The ABCs of Humor

Learn the attributes and build your capacity for humor.  Humor is a skill and it isn’t about comedy.  Humor has positive outcomes ranging from decreasing your stress to enhancing your immunity.  Embrace humor and find how it can add spice to your life.

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“A Complaint is a Gift!”

A customer service class that looks at the reasons why someone complains and what opportunities that brings.
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CABS (Child and Baby Sitting Safety)

Learn how to be a great babysitter!  Learn what to do in an emergency, what to expect at what age, and how to positively discipline kids.  Participants will receive CPR and Foreign Body Airway Obstruction Training.  Prepaid registration is required.  Call 740.687.8477 for more information.

Change

The rapid changing world we live in demands a higher level of adaptability. This program helps individuals identify how to better deal with change by increasing their resilience. A survival guide to change is created by reviewing common mistakes and providing suggestions for success.

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Communicable Disease

A certification class for standards of care to those in care giving of children and adults.  There is a 3 hour and 6 hour course available.

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Exploring Personality Styles

Participants take a quick self-test followed by a brief review of the 4 basic styles.  This class is very good for learning to communicate to all 4 styles.  This class builds understanding among workers and those in relationships. Outcomes from the class tend to be more about communication than personality, but it is a good combination that is a crowd pleaser.  

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First AID and CPR

A fully certified training program developed by the National Safety Council's First Aid Institute features the following: Up-to-date and medically accurate first aid information and procedures, American Safety and Health Institute guidelines for CPR and outstanding instructional materials.

Flexible classes can be developed for groups to tailor course content, length and instructional format.

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HMA/Parish Nurses Networking Meetings

(Health Ministers Association includes Parish Nurses as well as other health professionals, clergy, and interested lay ministers) Open to all people of faith. There is no registration required and no fee to attend.  Meeting may include 1-1.2 Continuing education for nursing education. 

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Handling a Difficult Conversation

When heading into a difficult conversation, preparation makes a world of difference in outcomes.  Learn about the three conversations within a difficult conversation.  We usually only hear about what went wrong.  But there are two other hidden conversations within the mysterious depths of an issue.  Learn to sort out all the pieces to get at root issues and take care of real problems.

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Health Risk Appraisal

Comprehensive questionnaire assesses individual's health history. Answers will be analyzed and risk factors identified in a health appraisal folder for each participant's perusal.

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Health Talks

Fairfield Medical Center's network of health professionals enjoys sharing their expertise with individuals or groups. One half hour informal rap session can be designed to bring the experts to you. Some session topics include: attitude, strategies for lifestyle changes, self-breast exam, maintaining your goal weight, living wills, sleep disorders and dealing with anger. These are only a few of the topics that could be presented at your facility or at the Center.

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Heart Health

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death in the United States today. Despite these gloomy statistics, there is reason for optimism.

Advancements in technology, CPR training and most importantly education programs that increase public awareness have helped decrease the CVD death rate by 25%.

The Center's four to eight week CVD education program can be developed to reach individuals or groups in the community. Topics covered in the program include CVD risk factors such as nutrition, blood pressure, cholesterol, exercise, smoking and stress.

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How to Drug Proof Your Kids

This 6 session program is designed to help parents establish strategies that will prevent drug use and reduce associated harm.  Parents will be empowered with skills that will influence their children’s choices regarding the harmful use of drugs and provide them with relevant information on services, support, and resources available.    Based on the book Drug Proof Your Kids by Stephen Arterburn and Jim Burns, formulated further by Focus on the Family for the adaptation of skilled professionals to education community members on how to prevent drug abuse.  How to Drug Proof Your Kids is a community based education, prevention and early intervention program.  At its core is the belief that better-informed parents are more able to create strong family relationships through more open communication.  This in turn, will help children make better choices; and they will be less likely to use and abuse drugs.  This course includes education on drugs, why kids take drugs, recognition of use and presents parents with interventional strategies that will help reduce drug-related harm.    Looking for help is not a sign of weakness, but a sign of strength and love.  This program is now available to our community for group scheduling and open to weekend presentations at the Center.

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P.I.C.K. Training

Marital distress is a major risk factor for many forms of dysfunction and psychopathology according to the recent National Institute of Mental health report on Prevention.  Marital and family discord, for example, has been correlated with higher rates of depression, lowered physical health, and poor worker production.  In addition, socio-economic stability is greatly altered.  For these reasons, Fairfield Medical Center now offers a 5 or 6-session training by a certified instructor for the P.I.C.K. Program.  

The P.I.C.K. Program has been presented for 10 years, in eight countries and across the United States.   It organized a massive amount of research and theory about dating relationships and partner-selection in an exceptionally understandable and friendly format.  It has been validated by a recent study conducted by Ohio State University. 

The PICK Program is best known for the sassy title How to Avoid Marrying a Jerk(ette).   Included among the instructors are professional counselors, therapists, psychologists, and social workers; there are clergy, hundreds of Army chaplains, Family Advocacy Managers, and chaplains in the Air Force, Navy, Coast Guard and Marines; there are instructors in High schools, college campuses, singles, organizations and marriage coalitions and initiatives, and then there are concerned parents and singles who just want to help promote partner-selection education.  

This program is now available to our community for group scheduling and open for weekend presentations at the Center.

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Positive Discipline

This class is great for babysitters, parents and anyone looking to improve their influence with reduced conflict in others.  These tactics work with your own self-discipline if you try them.

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Smoking Cessation

This program is designed for individuals who want the support of a group. The American Lung Association's clinic uses a positive change approach, giving the smoker alternative to smoking and helping the individual want to quit.

Program leaders help smokers develop an individual plan to stop smoking, with smokers quitting at the third session. The final three sessions concentrate on how to stay a nonsmoker and includes information on exercise, relaxation techniques and how to avoid weight gain.

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Stress Suspension

Stress is a fact of life, but it doesn't have to be a way of life. Either on the job or at home, stress can be hazardous to your health. Our stress management programs provide individuals with a better understanding of how stress impacts well-being and assists in developing techniques to help enhance coping by taking action. Multiple sessions can be developed according to individuals needs.

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Teambuilding

Time Management

Is time on your side? Many individuals struggle with the "Time Trap." Learn how you presently use time. Identify what time you can control and how to make the most effective use of time. An initial one to two hour session will assess time management skills and provide practical ways to get a grip on the problem of priorities.

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Self-Nurturing

Self-Nurturing is a choice.  This class branches out past the limits of a regular Stress Management class to include a practical activity.  The outline includes emotional awareness, cognitive restructuring, assertiveness with affirmation, support and communication, time management and discipline as varying ways to take care of you.

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