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Keeping Your Attitude Positive in Hard Times
November 12, 2009
1:00 – 4:00 pm 
Heintz Center – HA110
$59 per person

Financial crisis, lay-offs, stock market crash, billion dollar bail-outs… it is hard to ignore the economic condition our nation/world is in.  The news seems to constantly report negative predictions and stories.  How do you stay positive? Is it even possible? This session will teach you how to create and maintain a positive attitude in these tough times.  You will learn how to reduce your anxiety and focus on the components you can control.  Join Catherine Davis in an uplifting, positive session that will give you a new and improved attitude in today’s gloomy environment.   
Contact Hours: 3 Hours
Instructor: Catherine Davis

DISCUS: Tardive Dyskinesia Monitoring
December 9, 2009
9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Heintz Center - Room HA104
$95 per person (lunch on own)
This program funded in part by a grant from
Heartland Regional Geriatric Education Center

This interactive training course is designed to teach skills for monitoring the development and progression of Tardive Dyskinesia. Tardive Dyskinesia consists of specific involuntary movements in seven different areas of the body. It is a potentially persistent side effect for people taking antipsychotic (neuroleptic) medications.

Training skills include learning the DISCUS rating scale, the medical standard used to measure Tardive Dyskinesia. A series of videotapes enables participants to practice using the DISCUS and demonstrate skills for DISCUS rating. The MOSES, a general side effect assessment scale for psycotrophic medications, is reviewed as well.
Contact Hours: 6.5 hours
Instructor: Karen Finck, RN, MS, CS

Mild TBI - Identifying Less Visible Injuries
Date & Time: TBA
Cost: TBA

Mild traumatic brain injury (MTBI), is one of the most common neurological disorders. Symptoms may appear mild, or even so subtle they are missed at the time of injury. However, MTBI can lead to "not so mild" life-long cognitive, emotional, behavioral and physical impairments. Age groups most often affected by these injuries include adolescents and young adults (age 15-24) and older adults ages 65 and older. If you like to be added to our contact list for this upcoming workshop, please call 507-280-3191 or email michele.altman@roch.edu the following information: Name, address, phone and email.