http://www.uacurrents.org/events/Default.aspx?cID=2University of Arkansas CURRENTS BridgeWorks Teleclasses currently being offered. Click on a class for more details and to register.http://www.uacurrents.org/events/Default.aspx?cID=2http://www.uacurrents.org/css/200TAG.jpgAn introduction to Motivation Interviewing, and a discussion of how MI is being used successfully in Vocational Rehabilitation. Participant will learn the basics of MI and will have an opportunity to practice MI in the class.http://www.uacurrents.org/bridgeworks/bwclass.aspx?eID=1997&cID=2This class will review levels of intellectual and borderline functioning, the assessment instruments most commonly used to determine levels of intelligence, or intelligence quotient (IQ), and the benefits/pitfalls of using these test scores to determine an individual’s level of functioning. Implications for customized employment, including self-employment will be explored. Successful examples will be presented and discussed. Participants will have an opportunity to share their successes and struggles in an effort to generate creative ways to individualize employment services for this population. Current events and happenings relevant to the ID population will be highlighted. Participants will have an opportunity to ask questions and will receive a list of internet resources to facilitate further self-study of these topics.http://www.uacurrents.org/bridgeworks/bwclass.aspx?eID=2004&cID=2Learn the basics of the Wide Range Achievement Test 4 (WRAT4) as applied in rehabilitation settings. The WRAT4 is widely used by rehabilitation counselors, vocational evaluators, rehabilitation psychologists, and other professionals to conduct a brief screening of a client's reading, spelling, and math skills.http://www.uacurrents.org/bridgeworks/bwclass.aspx?eID=1998&cID=2The program is designed to improve the knowledge and skills of vocational rehabilitation counselors, psychologists, evaluators, employment training specialists and instructors in planning and providing vocational rehabilitation services to persons with neuropsychological disabilities - in specific, traumatic brain injury (T.B.I.), and cerebral vascular accidents (C.V.A.).http://www.uacurrents.org/bridgeworks/bwclass.aspx?eID=2006&cID=2This 3 hour course will provide the participants with specific tools to prevent and de-escalate adolescent and adult clients who become verbally and physically aggressive. The interventions will focus on general de-escalation techniques, motivational interviewing as an intervention, as well as techniques to use with clients diagnosed with different mental and physical disorders. A focus of the course will be on preventing aggression and therapist safety in the office and during homevisits.http://www.uacurrents.org/bridgeworks/bwclass.aspx?eID=2002&cID=2The program is designed to improve the knowledge and skills of vocational rehabilitation counselors, psychologists, evaluators, employment training specialists and instructors in planning and providing rehabilitation services to adult persons with ADHD.http://www.uacurrents.org/bridgeworks/bwclass.aspx?eID=1996&cID=2