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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 foundational 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

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The 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 and upon completion.

Diabetes Community Care Coordinator Certificate: Dive into the diagnosis and disease state of prediabetes and diabetes, complications, comorbidities, and basic clinical guidelines for care. Then, learn skills to apply each module of the ADCES7® Self-care Behaviors Framework into practice, including Healthy Coping, Monitoring, Reducing Risks, Problem Solving and more. Plus, understand how person-centered care enhances your practice and outcomes for people with diabetes.

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: Webinars

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.

Why + How: How the Dietary Guidelines Promote Health, Prevent Disease, and Inform Diabetes Prevention Programs: Gain key take-aways and guidance on the new HHS and USDA Dietary Guidelines for Americans for 2020-2025 and ways to incorporate strategies in your Lifestyle Change Program.

Why + How: Supporting Healthy Habit Formation through Diabetes Prevention Programs: Advance your coaching skills and learn how to support healthy habit formation to maintain healthy routines.

Why + How: Understanding and Increasing Retention in CDC Lifestyle Change Programs: Meet CDC’s two-hour continuing education requirement as you delve into the diabetes prevention program’s biggest challenge—retention! Determine strategies to assess individual risk for drop out, build more resilient groups, and develop a retention action plan with hands-on strategies to engage and retain participants.

 

 

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