Professional Development
Community Education Series
As a community partner, we offer professional development opportunities at Riveredge. Please note that beginning in the fall of 2011, the schedule for these will be changing to the first Friday of the month in the morning.
- Presentations typically occur the 1st Friday of the month from 9am-11am.
- There is no cost to attend.
- 2.0 CEU's (unless otherwise noted) are offered for each presentation through the Illinois Department of Professional and Financial Regulation.
- Online registration is required to attend.
- A continental breakfast is provided.
Online registration is required to attend. Please click here to see our upcoming events and to register.
If you are interested in having a presenter at your organization, please contact Ginny Trainor (708) 488-4970. Our team has a breadth of knowledge on various topics that includes, but is not limited to:
- Suicide education and prevention through The Jason Foundation (this presentation meets the requirement for the school mandate as stated in HB 4672)
- Topics related to identifying and working with sexually aberrant behaviors
- Working with those with autism
- Signs and symptoms of mental illness
- Suicide assessment and intervention
- Topics related to parenting
- Understanding and managing challenging behaviors in a classroom
- Trauma informed treatment
- Compassion fatigue
- Array of nursing topics
