CONTINUING EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES
The Association of Professional Chaplains is notified of many educational events of interest to professional chaplains. The following educational events are listed as a service to our members and community organizations. If you have an event that you would like listed here, please complete the Educational Opportunity Listing Application. In addition to getting your event listed here, you may also wish to purchase our mail list to promote your event (Mail List Request form).
The APC has not reviewed the content of these courses. Inclusion in this list does not imply APC endorsement or recommendation. However, these courses may count as continuing education (CE) credit. See APC's continuing education guidelines for details.
Date: August 30, 2010
Title of Event: All Day Grief Workshop Level 2: Children, Parents and Grief
Location: Miami, FL
Sponsor: Baptist Health
Explore subjects such as children, parents and grief; also spiritual resources for grief, and art and movement therapies for the grieving. Offered to anyone interested at no charge. Facilitated by Chaplain Guillermo Escalona MDiv BCC CT, Chaplain Dale Young DMin BCC, Dr. Roy Gaton DMin BCC PC, Theodora (Teddy) Tarr PsyD LCSW, Patricia D. Isis PhD LMHC ATR-BC and Carol Kaminsky MA ADTR NCC.
For more information, contact Baptist Health at 786-596-8418 or contact Chaplain Escalona at guillere@baptisthealth.net.
Date: Five-part course (Sept. 7, 2010; Oct. 5 2010; Nov. 9, 2010; Dec. 7, 2010 and Jan. 11, 2011)
Title of Event: Introduction to Chaplaincy Research
Location: Webinar Course
Sponsor: Association of Professional Chaplains
Presented by:George Fitchett PhD BCC and Patricia Murphy PhD BCC
Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL
Learn how to select, read, evaluate and implement clinical evidence-based research. This five-part Webinar course will help chaplains become comfortable approaching research and develop initial research literacy by:
Emphasizing the aim is not to make chaplains into active investigators; it is to help them become research-literate
Describing ways in which science can inform professional practice without conflicting with religious beliefs
Introducing key concepts in biomedical research by a close reading of selected research articles relevant for chaplains’ spiritual care
Providing information to help chaplains find additional research relevant for their work.
The course of five 90-minute classes will be held on Tuesdays from 1:00 to 2:30 p.m. Central Time on September 7, 2010; October 5 2010; November 9, 2010; December 7, 2010 and January 11, 2011.
Don’t miss this unprecedented opportunity to have some of the leading experts in chaplaincy research guide you through how it is done, and what impact it can have on your practice.
The course is limited to the first 30 chaplains who register. The small size will ensure that each participant will have the opportunity to ask questions and interact with the instructors.
Register online at the APC Store.
Date: September 8, 2010
Title of Event: Caring For Ourselves Caring for Others
Location: Coral Gables, FL
Sponsor: Baptist Health
Understand the nature of our God given mission to help others and be present for them in the context of their individual needs, and embrace the importance of taking care of ourselves as we take care of others. This seminar also explores self-nourishment modalities for the caregiver in order to be more effective. The importance of attitude for our health as well as for those we are called to care for will be examined. Facilitated by Rev. Roy Gaton DMin BCC.
For more information, contact Baptist Health at 786-596-8418 or contact Chaplain Escalona at guillere@baptisthealth.net.
Date: September 14 , 2010
Title of Event: Caring For Ourselves Caring for Others
Location: Miami, FL
Sponsor: Baptist Health
Understand the nature of our God given mission to help others and be present for them in the context of their individual needs, and embrace the importance of taking care of ourselves as we take care of others. This seminar also explores self-nourishment modalities for the caregiver in order to be more effective. The importance of attitude for our health as well as for those we are called to care for will be examined. Facilitated by Rev. Roy Gaton DMin BCC.
For more information, contact Baptist Health at 786-596-8418 or contact Chaplain Escalona at guillere@baptisthealth.net.
Date: September 16, 2010
Title of Event: Pastoral Care for the Traumatized
Location: online
Sponsor: Association of Professional Chaplains
In this Webinar, you will learn about the elements of trauma, how trauma occurs, what causes it, and when it is a “disorder.” You will also learn some of the major sequelae and comorbidities of trauma. The effects of trauma on individuals and their families will be discussed, focusing particularly on how families manage trauma after war. Next, you will explore several different ways to think theologically about trauma. Finally, you will be offered several different best practices used in helping communities support those who have been traumatized and their families. Presented by Rev. John P. Oliver DMin BCC, chief of the Chaplain Service and clinical pastoral education supervisor at the Durham VA Medical Center in Durham, NC.
Register online at the APC Store
Date: September 23-24, 2010
Title of Event: Critical Incident Stress Management Courses
Location: Arlington, TX
Sponsor: North Central Texas Trauma Regional Advisory Council
Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM) is a comprehensive multi-component-based crisis intervention system, designed to help emergency personnel effectively deal with the stress that comes from working in crisis situations. CISM provides early intervention skills that can enhance emotional, physical, and psychological recovery of workers exposed to critical incidents.
CISM is designed to train emergency personnel, mental health professionals, chaplains, and others on helping each other in crisis situations by providing a systematic process proven to defuse extremely abnormal emotional reactions.
Individual Crisis Intervention & Peer Support (13 CEUs) provides instruction to individuals in one-on-one situations, after group sessions have taken place, when additional assistance is required. It also highlights the defusing ability peers can bring to these situations and how to communicate more effectively in crisis situations.
The above courses are accredited for CEUs. For additional CEU information, please contact Course Instructor Larry Lowe at larry.lowe@cor.gov.
For registration, visit http://www.ncttrac.org/default.aspx?tabid=67.
Date: October 1-3, 2010
Title of Event: Trauma Resiliency and its Applications to Pastoral Counseling
Location: St. Louis, MO
Sponsor: American Association of Pastoral Counselors
Please join us to hear Mary Gaudreau, National Care Team Instructor with United Methodist Committee on Relief and Dr. Laura Leitch, Co-founder and Director of Trauma Resource Institute. hey will address individual and international traumas that have impacted our lives as care providers. Additionally, the St. Louis area experts will guide us in discussion and local applications.
The overarching theme of the presentation will be what neuroscience has to teach us about our work with people in need and with “at risk” populations, and the value of using biologically based intervention…whether it is clergy or clinicians who use it. We will discuss ways to collect information from traumatized people that does not re-traumatize them in the telling. These issues are relevant for a wide range of people who are caregivers, first responders and clinicians.
For further information call 641-414-8984 or e-mail ddyounge@liberty.edu.
Date: October 4, 5 & 6, 2010
Title of Event: Organization and Community Advance Care Planning Course
Location: Onalaska, Wisconsin
Sponsor: Gundersen Lutheran Medical Foundation
For further information visit www.respectingchoices.org
Date: October 9, 2010
Title of Event: Ancient Widsom of the Church for Balance
Location: Nazareth Motherhouse, Nazareth, KY
Sponsor: National Association of Catholic Chaplains
Topics to include: Lectio Divina, Mental Illness, and Self Care, Having Fun.
Date: October 14, 2010
Title of Event: Making Healthcare Whole: Integrating Spirituality into Patient Care
Location: Albuquerque, NM
Sponsor: Presbyterian Healthcare Services Department of Chaplaincy Services
This conference is designed for health care leaders, administrators, physicians, practitioners, counselors, therapists, social workers, chaplains, clergy of all faiths and laypeople. It will focus on presenting the mind, body and spirit connection; ethical considerations; and the interprofessional model for spiritual care. This year's conference will educate participants about the contributions spirituality makes to a patient's health and healing. The goal of the Spirituality and Health Conference is to "provide a forum where the intersection of spirituality and theology with health and health care is explored, elaborated and discussed from multiple perspectives."
Date : October 15, 2010
Title of Event: APC/ NACC/ NAJC Continuing Education Event
Location: Aurora, CO
Sponsor: APC Colorado state leaders in cooperation with NACC and NAJC chaplains
Presentation 1: Changes in Advance Directive and Advance Care Planning Laws & Tools: What Every Care Provider Needs to Know. Colorado, like many states across the nation, has recently completed a major revision of its advance directive laws, regulations, and tools, including launching a Medical Orders for Scope of Treatment Program. Wyoming is also looking at this innovative advance care planning paradigm, and legislation affecting advance care planning has been reintroduced at the federal level. Learn how these changes and innovations will impact end-of-life decision-making and, subsequently our work as chaplains, in Colorado, Wyoming, and the nation. Presented by Jennifer Ballentine MA co-chair of the Colorado Advance Directives Consortium.
Presentation 2: Creating a Comprehensive Framework for Outcome Oriented Spiritual Care. This team of chaplains will present on the development of a spiritual assessment tool that includes the assessment of needs and resources of patients/families/residents in four categories: Holy, Community, Meaning, and Hope. The tool includes assessment, intervention, outcomes, and plan of care. Presented by: Rev. Janet Barriger MDiv ACPE, Chaplain Jamie Beachy MDiv ACPE, Rev. Steve Gomes MDiv ACPE, Chaplain Glenn Sackett MDiv BCC.
For more information contact Chaplain Laurie Jeddeloh at 720.225.1778 or Laurie.Jeddeloh@HealthONEcares.com
Date: October 22, 2010
Title of Event: From Student to Professional Chaplain: Demystifying the Board Certification Process
Location: online
The board certified chaplain (BCC) credential is the gold standard in professional chaplaincy. Not surprisingly, the very reasons the BCC credential is valued by chaplains and employers can be the same ones that frustrate and confuse applicants. Certification standards are high and applying is more rigorous than a simple online form. This Webinar will help you understand the board certification standards and how to plan, right now as a student, to meet them. With a little forethought and some key information, the process of becoming a professional chaplain can be transformed from a source of anxiety to a professional milestone achieved. CPE supervisors and mentors will also benefit from this Webinar, which will provide them with up-to-date resources and information to help guide students. Presented by Joe Perez BCC and Bob Grigsby, BCC, ACPE supervisor.
Register online at the APC Store.
Date: October 27-28, 2010
Title of Event: Not in Our Pews: Teaming Up to End Domestic Violence
Location: Oconomowoc, WI
Sponsor: Episcopal Diocese of Chicago
Goals of the conference:
- To build partnerships between congregational leaders, service providers and law enforcement programs
- To provide faith and congregational leaders with strategies and resources to effectively and safely meet the needs of victims and families
- To equip clergy and lay leaders to assist victims to make thoughtful decisions from a theological perspective while remaining in relationship with God and their faith community
- To explore how faith communities might work to end domestic violence
- To help congregational leaders navigate a congregation that is impacted by domestic violence
Registration deadline: October 11, 2011
Register online at www.notinourpews.com.
Date: October 29, 2010
Title of Event: Ethics and the Chaplain
Location: Baton Rouge, LA
Sponsor: APC and The McFarland Institute
Ethics and the Chaplain led by Father Donald Owens PhD, ethicist, associate professor and chaplain at Tulane University School of Medicine.
Registration deadline: October 15, 2010. Because of limited seating and meal planning, pre-registration is required.
For more information, contact Jim Hightower EdD BCC, APC Louisiana state continuing education chair, at 504.593.2363 or jhightower@tmcfi.org.
Date: November 4-5, 2010
Title of Event: 2010 Mayo Spiritual Care Research Conference
Sponsor: Mayo Continuing Nursing Education with Mayo Clinic Department of Chaplain Services and St. Marys Hospital Sponsorship Board Inc.
The 2010 Mayo The 2010 Mayo Spiritual Care Research Conference is multidisciplinary and provides an exciting opportunity for researchers, educators, and care providers to discuss work related to spirituality and health. It is designed to provide a forum for the dissemination of research findings from investigations into spirituality, spiritual well-being and distress, religiosity and health across the life span. Keynote faculty are William Breitbart, MD, Katherine Piderman, PhD, Rachel Remen, MD, and Tait Shanafelt, MD. Sessions vary and will be presented by an international faculty. The conference will provide for excellent learning and networking.
http://calendar.cne-registration.com/events/2010-mayo-spiritual-care-research-conference/
Date: November 30, 2010
Title of Event: A Day in the Life of a Professional Chaplain: Incorporating Standards of Practice Into Your Practice
Location: Online
Sponsor: Association of Professional Chaplains
The Standards of Practice for Professional Chaplains in Acute Care Settings are a significant advancement for the chaplaincy profession. With their completion, we join other health care professions (i.e. nursing, social work, interpreters, etc.) that have developed documents to provide direction for professional practice and a framework for the evaluation of practice. The standards describe the day-to-day work of professional hospital chaplains. Through lecture and discussion, this Webinar will look at a day in the life of a professional chaplain. Particular attention will be given to the practical implementation of each of the 13 standards in a variety of acute care settings.
Presented by Brent Peery BCC and Mark LaRocca-Pitts BCC
Register online at the APC store.
Date: April 13-17, 2011
Title of Event: 2011 CASC/ACSS Conference
Location: Toronto, ON
Sponsor: Canadian Association for Spiritual Care
The 2011 CASC/ACSS Conference, “The Art and Science of Spiritual Care in Critical Times”, will take place on April 13-17, 2011 at the Delta Chelsea Hotel in downtown Toronto, ON.
Conference highlights include:
- International keynote speakers Dr. Benjamin Corn and Dr. Erminia Guarneri
- CASC Foundation benefit concert starring soloist Jackie Richardson
- Second annual CASC Foundation 5K Walk
For further information visit www.cappe.org.
Date: August 21-27, 2011
Title of Event: 9th World-Congress of ICPCC
Rituals of Encounter in Healing: Pastoral Care and Counseling
Location: New Zealand
Sponsor: International Council on Pastoral Care and Counselling
For further information visit www.icpcc.net
Date: Ongoing
Title of Event: The Case for Standards of Practice: Do Professional Chaplains Practice What They Preach?
Location: Online
Sponsor: APC Board of Directors
The Association of Professional Chaplains is proud to provide a free viewing of the video of this plenary session, which was presented at the 2010 APC Annual Conference by Rev. George Handzo BCC and Rev. Paul Derrickson BCC. It describes the importance of Standards of Practice in chaplaincy as a crucial step in the development of the profession. In addition, it provides background information on the process of drafting the Standards of Practice for Professional Chaplains in Acute Care and discusses the significance of these standards. Discussion also included audience questions and feedback, as well as an overview of how APC is working toward SOPs in other chaplain specialties.
http://www.dcprovidersonline.com/apc/
Date: Ongoing
Title of Event: Professional Chaplaincy Webinar Recordings
Location: Webinar Recordings
Sponsor: Association of Professional Chaplains
Are Your Chaplains Competent? Developing a Competency Validation Process & Measurement Tools for Chaplains
Screening for Spiritual Struggle
Soulful Aging: The Wisdom of Elders
Professional Chaplains and Health Care Quality Improvement: Research into Practice
Ethics in a Postmodern World II
Ten Stories, Three Streams: Teaching Tales from Buddhism II
For a complete description and to purchase, visit the APC store.
Date: Ongoing
Title of Event: Joining Forces online educational video series
Location: www.joiningforcesonline.org
Sponsor: HealthPartners Institute for Medical Education
Through the Joining Forces education curricula, chaplains, medical professionals and other caregivers across the nation can receive free training online on how to deal with the physical, spiritual and emotional health issues facing our nation’s troops as they return home from service. The Web site, www.joiningforcesonline.org, houses the four-part video series which addresses the most common issues our returning soldiers face, including challenges of reintegration, a general overview of healthcare issues faced by returning military, mild traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic stress disorder, as well as links to a variety of other resources. Read about the Association of Professional Chaplains' partnership in this program, which is endorsed by General Colin Powell, on our News page.
Date: Ongoing
Title: The ACPE Academy for Continuing Education
Sponsor: Association for Pastoral Education
The ACPE Academy for Continuing Education was established in 2009 to provide additional educational opportunities for clergy, spiritual care professional, chaplains and others. The academy will offer a provide seminars, workshops, on-line courses and Webinars designed for the professional who offers ministry and care in a complex, evolving, multicultural, technology-driven world.
www.acpeacademy.com/2010-webinars
Date: Ongoing (July 2010 - July 2011)
Title of Event: Near Death Experiences Part I: Recognizing a Pleasurable Near Death Experience
Sponsor: University of North Texas, Counseling and Higher Education; International Association for Near-Death Studies (IANDS)
This free program is for health care providers – medical, social and spiritual - seeking continuing education to increase competence in service to Near-Death Experiencers (NDErs), their families and their associates. Developed by professional members of the International Association for Near Death Studies (IANDS) representing the fields of counseling, nursing, chaplaincy, psychology, social work and psychiatry, the self-paced online program contains audiovisual excerpts in NDErs’ own words. Auditory lecture accompanied by text is used to illustrate, clarify, and enhance spoken narratives from over 20 NDErs and commentaries from health professionals proficient in working with NDErs.
http://www.iands.org/education/educational_credits/ceu-course-info.html