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Resources for Non-Clinical Staff 

Best-in-class diabetes care and support training for non-clinical staff

ADCES Education: Online Courses

ADCES7™ Self-Care Behaviors Online Series: Learn the evidence-based framework for the seven key behaviors essential to providing successful diabetes self-management education and support.

Basics of Diabetes for Non-Clinicians (no CE): Gain foundation knowledge of prediabetes and diabetes, as well as its complications and basic clinical guidelines for care.

Cultural Competency for Diabetes Care: Gain strategies to effectively communicate and address cultural and linguistic needs when working with diverse populations.

Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) for DSMES: Learn how to select CQI projects that will help improve your program delivery.

Lifestyle Coach Training Online: Learn the essential skills to deliver a successful National Diabetes Prevention Program at your site(s).

Prevention 101: Learn diabetes prevention basics to prepare yourself to participate in CDC-recognized lifestyle coach training (included as prework in live and online Lifestyle Coach Training course).

ADCES Education: Certificate Programs

AdvLSCbadgeAdvanced Lifestyle Coach Training Online Series: You’ve successfully completed ADCES’ lifestyle coach training and facilitated a full year of the diabetes prevention program—now you’re ready to take your training to the next level with vital skill-building in communications, group coaching, facilitating behavior change, promoting self-management, and cultural competence. Gain a digital badge upon completion.
 
ADCES-Art-of-TelehealthbadgeThe Art of Telehealth Certificate: Telehealth offers many benefits to your practice and clients. The Art of Telehealth certificate program gives you insight into how skillfully delivering virtual care offers many benefits to your practice and clients. Gain a digital badge upon completion.

DSMES Program and Business Management Certificate: Advance your DSMES service to operate as a business by gaining a deeper understanding of the business, marketing, reimbursement, and quality improvement techniques needed to implement and sustain a DSMES program.

ADCES Education: Publications

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Practical Spanish for Diabetes Educators

Help bridge a language barrier with Spanish speakers with this core reference. Includes key terms, phrases, and questions you use on a daily basis when working with people with diabetes and their families.

ADCES Education: Webinars

Cultural Competency, Health Literacy and Numeracy in Diabetes Care: Identify key patient cultural characteristics and signs of limited health literacy and discuss use of individualized diabetes specific language to improve diabetes focused health outcomes.

Meeting the Needs of Culturally Diversified Individuals and Growing Your Cultural Competences in Providing Diabetes Prevention: Understand how health beliefs influence behavior, and identify ways to overcome cultural challenges to increase effective communication when educating those from other cultural backgrounds than your own.

Using Motivational Interviewing in Your DPP to Support Behavior Change and Retention: Inform or refresh your motivational interviewing skills to facilitate effective individual and group conversations around goal setting and behavior change.

 

 

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