An important part of keeping yourself and the clients safe is to practice standard precaution to minimize the transmission of disease. Given the nature of your job duties, it is your responsibility to understand the nature of infectious disease types and how to follow the established exposure control plan. This class will provide you with the skills necessary to handle routine non-emergency excretions in giving care, handle exposure incidents, and use personal protective equipment and effective personal hygiene practices. OSHA standards for prevention of bloodborne pathogens' transmission will be presented.

The safety of the clients is of paramount concern. In this class, you will learn appropriate methods for preventing fire, teaching evacuation skills, and responding to a fire. Basic fire safety practices will be discussed including maintenance of fire alarm systems, use of fire extinguishers, prevention of fires, practice of fire evacuation drills, and other aspects of effective fire management.

An important part of keeping yourself and the clients safe is to practice standard precaution to minimize the transmission of disease. Given the nature of your job duties, it is your responsibility to understand the nature of infectious disease types and how to follow the established exposure control plan. This class will provide you with the skills necessary to handle routine non-emergency excretions in giving care, handle exposure incidents, and use personal protective equipment and effective personal hygiene practices. OSHA standards for prevention of bloodborne pathogens' transmission will be presented.

One of the many important responsibilities given you is to assist with the administration of medications.   To correctly fulfill this duty, you must understand how to use the pharmacist’s written information that accompanies prescription medications and how to implement the five rights to safely administer medications.   This class is designed to provide you with this required knowledge and increase your awareness of medication-related concerns that you may observe.

There are many reasons why a client might display challenging behaviors. In order to assist him or her, you must understand the cause of the challenging behavior and then appropriately initiate therapeutic and individualized interventions. In this class, you will learn many of the common causes of challenging behaviors, methods for modifying the environment, and ways to assist clients with managing stress.

This class is designed to provide you with the skills needed to promptly and adequately respond in an emergency situation. You will learn how to recognize the signals of an emergency situation and how to provide the needed care.

To enhance your ability to protect and advocate for the rights of the clients, this review course was developed. In this course, we will review client rights and your responsibility to respect and promote them.

This class is designed to provide you with the skills needed to promptly and adequately respond in an emergency situation. You will learn how to recognize the signals of an emergency situation and how to provide the needed care.