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Trainings, workshops, seminars, and consultation are available to both the private and public sectors, including individuals, organizations, institutions and businesses. Some of the many topics offered are; conflict resolution, communication skill building, team building, anger management, and group facilitation.

Advocacy training for parents of children with disabilities and professionals.

Provides licensed and registered child care providers caring for children birth to 3 years old with technical assistance, training and appropriate resources.

Provides OCFS (Office of Children and Family Services) mandated reporter training and information on identifying and reporting child abuse and neglect/maltreatment. On site programs.Call for schedule of programs at PFML.

This service is for divorced, unmarried or separated families who are typically referred by the Family or Supreme Court. Based on court order the program can provide Therapeutic Supervised Visitation or Monitored Exchanges. Visitation provides children with a safe, secure and healing environment where they can have contact with their non-custodial parent. Typically, these are families with allegations and/or a history of mental illness, physical/emotional abuse, alcohol or chemical dependency, low parent skill or a risk of abduction, and where the court has determined that supervision is required. Exchanges provides a neutral drop-off and pick-up service that allows children to have safe transitions for scheduled access time. This is a service for families where safe child access to a parent is jeopardized because of existing orders of protection, domestic violence and/or high parental conflict.

Provides assistance to Child Care Providers by helping them develop their Health Care Plans that describe how they will meet the requirements and standards set by New York State with regards to health policies and medication. After preparation of the Health Care Plan, a site visit is made to ensure compliance with the plan and to verify administration in their program. Health Services is presently made up of two Registered Nurses (RNs) who are Health Care Consultants. Both are trained as Medication Administration Training (MAT) instructors and provide the 8 hour required program at Child Care Council of Nassau.The department actively develops, prepares and presents educational programs for child care providers, both at the Child Care Council of Nassau and at individual programs. The Health Care Consultants field many technical assistance phone calls and act as a source of information and guidance in caring for the health needs of all children in child care. MAT courses offered.

Provides reimbursement for qualifying meals and snacks serviced in all types of regulated or approved day care settings. Promotes the health and well being of infants, children and adults in day care by insuring that day care providers serve nutritious and safely prepared meals and snacks.

Offers a 60-hour introductory experiential-learning-based CE certificate program, participants will experience each of the six expressive arts modalities (art, dance/movement, drama, music, psychodrama, and writing/poetry) as well as multimodal integrative special topic sessions addressing work with children/adolescents, life transitions and aging, substance use disorders and trauma-informed care, and arts-based applications to cases and supervision as well as for closure and processing loss. Important Note: This program does not certify one as an expressive or creative arts therapist and each expressive art form has its own organization and credentialing process. For more about this please visit the National Coalition of Creative Arts Therapies Associations (NCCATA) website. Each session will cover scope of practice issues and offer insight on where to get additional training and/or how to obtain certification if that is of interest. Call for detailed information.

Provides community organizations involved with the program, Building For Success, with assistance and training in the areas of leadership and program development, community engagement and organizational development with the goal of better meeting the needs of youth, families and communities in need of social services.

Provides referrals for working parents searching for licensed day care providers. Also provides training workshops for day care providers on various topics, such as early childhood development, health and safety, nutrition, educational activities, and program management. Assists those interested in starting a day care through funding and orientation seminars.

Offers healthcare professionals and social providers in the areas of geriatrics and gerontology continuing education and training programs focusing on primary care, health promotion, disease prevention, multicultural aging and outreach services. Provides a Geriatric Resource Center with a wide range of resources along with a Speaker's Bureau. Innovations in the geriatric field and clinical updates are disseminated through interdisciplinary courses, team training, distance learning and workshops.

Offers Master’s level professionals in social work and related behavioral health fields the opportunity to complete the 350 clock hour educational requirement to apply for the NYS OASAS credential in Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Counseling (CASAC-T). The Postgraduate Certificate in Addictions course promotes the psychodynamic understanding of current theoretical and practical approaches to the assessment and treatment of substance use disorders. Leading experts from the addictions field will discuss: The neurobiology of addiction; Psychopharmacology; Diagnostic assessment; Motivational interviewing and Empirically based evidence treatment approaches with adolescents and adults across a broad spectrum of culturally diverse populations. Topics incorporate an integrated approach to substance use disorder and mental health comorbidity, including behavioral addictions: sex, gambling and tobacco use. The course will synthesize lecture, case presentation and classroom discussion for 45 credit hours towards the completion of the New York State CASAC requirements of addiction-specific education and training (Section 1). Call for detailed information.  

Offers coursework that meets Social Work CPE and is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers, approval #0110. A number of courses offered in the Credentialed Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Counselor (CASAC) program have been approved for Social Work CE credit. Call for the most detailed information.

Advocacy training for parents of children with disabilities and professionals.

Offers a course, developed by the Institute for Social Work and Environmental Justice, that will incorporate practical and actionable curriculum for social workers, across the practice spectrum by addressing the effects of climate change on the most vulnerable populations. Exploring strategies applicable at the micro, mezzo, and macro levels through the lens of the Grand Challenges of Social Work, participants will examine current and potential interventions that support resilience in clients, communities, and the environment. In this project-based course, each participant will craft an intervention that brings the principles of environmental social work into their personal or professional life. Three-course assignments are carefully designed to guide students as they build these interventions. Like seeds, these interventions are planted during the 10-week course to grow and actualize in the future. Upon course completion, participants will be awarded a formal certificate of completion, 24 CEs and a digital badge. Call for detailed information.

Provides reimbursement for qualifying meals and snacks serviced in all types of regulated or approved day care settings. Promotes the health and well being of infants, children and adults in day care by insuring that day care providers serve nutritious and safely prepared meals and snacks.

Provides NYS Medication Administration Training (MAT) for child care providers and early school age care professionals. Nurse can provide training and technical assistance with health care plans and health related issues.

Offers a post-graduate certificate program which provides intensive training on social work supervision of direct practice across the life course. Social Work Practice Fellows was created as an innovative effort to fill this gap in an intensive interactive setting. This sophisticated continuing education program for social work supervisors capitalizes on a distinct conceptual framework for confronting the problems of population-focused and setting-specific silos of social work practice. Social Work Practice Fellows is unique in both its curriculum and content while building upon previously established models of effective educational approaches. Social Work Practice Fellows is a model training program for social work supervisors from a broad range of local community organizations. Partnering in this approach with Adelphi University are the continuing education departments of Schools of Social Work which maintain relationships with the vast communities of practice in their regions and understand the unique strengths and needs of local providers. Call for detailed information.

Provides licensed and registered child care providers caring for children birth to 3 years old with technical assistance, training and appropriate resources.

Offers any and all types of assistance to individuals and programs providing or are considering the option to provide child care in their homes or center-based child care programs. Assistance includes training to meet regulatory requirements, Mandated Reporter training, and improve program quality and on-site quality improvement projects for existing providers. Also provides start-up assistance for prospective child care providers.