Cursos de capacitación de la Iniciativa de Salud Conductual para Adultos Mayores
La Iniciativa de Salud Conductual para Adultos Mayores ofrece una variedad de módulos educativos para ayudar a las agencias comunitarias a satisfacer las necesidades únicas de esta creciente población.
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Cursos que ofrecemos:
2026 List of Training and Education Available
GOBHI’s OABHI team provides a variety of workforce training and community education. Several sample topics and programs are listed below.
Audience
Workforce and Community
Details
If you are interested in one of these or another topic not listed, please fill out the OABHI Training Interest Form .
Scheduled training events are also listed on this page below.
Workforce Training:
Loneliness & Isolation
Oregon Advance Directives
Crisis Intervention Training
Getting to Know Dementia and other Positive Approaches to Care (PAC) Training
GOBHI Older Adult Behavioral Health Training Series 2026 Part 1
Question, Persuade, Refer (QPR) Suicide Prevention Gatekeeper Training
Substance Misuse and Problem Gambling Trainings
Other Geriatric Competency Trainings available per request
Community Education:
(Click here for more information on topics below)
Advance Care Planning
Oregon Advance Directive
Death Café
Aging
Wellness Initiative for Senior Education (WISE)
Aging Café
Chronic Disease Self-Management (CDSMP)
Senior Planet (AARP Senior Technology Lectures and Workshops)
Neurocognitive Health
Healthy Brain
What is Dementia Really?
Getting to Know Dementia (series)
Memory Café
Behavioral Health
Mental Health First Aid for Older Adults
Question, Persuade, Refer - QPR Gatekeeper (Suicide Prevention)
Program to Encourage Active and Rewarding Lives (PEARLS)
Caregivers
Powerful Tools for Caregivers
Positive Approach to Care(PAC) Care Partner Support Series
Positive Approach to Care (PAC) Care Partner GEMS Series
Filling the Day with Meaning
Support Groups
John Day Caregivers Support Group (Alzheimer’s Assoc.)
John Day Parkinson’s Support Group
In-person | Virtual |
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Yes | Yes |
Connection Planning for the Heart
Workforce Lunch and Learn!
Audience
LCSW, LPC, CADC, QMHP, Peers, Case Managers, AAA, APD, CHW's
Details
February is Heart Health month ~ Loneliness & Isolation contribute to nearly all Behavioral Health Concerns including cardiac concerns, stroke, and dementia. Learn EBP's for Older Adults to Identify Barriers and Create Regular Values-Based Connection. Fillable worksheets provided. Connections Planning is the work of Dr. Laura Byerly
In-person | Virtual |
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No | Yes |
EOCCO Oregon Advance Directive 2026
Thinking about advance healthcare wishes for yourself, a loved one or someone you are providing care for?
EOCCO's Advance Directive online training teaches you how to talk with loved one and/or a person you are providing care for about health care wishes and choosing a person to make healthcare decisions when the person in question is unable to.
Audience
Oregon Residents and Healthcare Care Providers
Details
This free online training will help you to:
Share with loved ones your health care wishes
Remove the burden of making difficult health care decisions from loved ones
Provide guidance for loved one(s) and health care providers in honoring to your wishes
You will also learn about Oregon's Declaration for Mental Health Treatment; a tool for sharing your mental health wishes in a time of crisis.
When: Click on here to register
Feb 17th @ 1-2 pm (PST)
April 21th @ 1-2 pm (PST)
Aug 18th @ 1-2 pm (PST)
Nov 17th @ 1-2 pm (PST)
For questions or to get help registering for one of these sessions contact - Rod Harwood at rharwood@gobhi.org or Kai Nichols at kburgessnichols@gobhi.org
In-person | Virtual |
|---|---|
No | Yes |
Eastern Oregon Caregiver Support Group
Build a support system with people who. understand. Alzheimer’s Association® support groups, conducted by trained facilitators, are a safe place for people living with dementia and their care partners to:
• Develop a support system. • Exchange practical information on challenges and possible solutions. • Talk through issues and ways of coping. • Share feelings, needs and concerns. • Learn about community resources.
Audience
Care Partners of those Living with Dementia
Details
Third Monday of the month
11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
In-person | Virtual |
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No | Yes |
GOBHI Older Adult Behavioral Health Initiative Workforce Training Series 2026 Part I
Build your knowledge and skills to meet the behavioral health needs of older adults. Join the GOBHI OABHI team for a series of two-hour trainings.
Audience
Workforce
Details
All trainings on Zoom
*NASW CEUs pending*
In-person | Virtual |
|---|---|
No | Yes |
Helping Yourself Heal - Grief Support Series
You find yourself facing a major loss, adrift from what was your life and feeling unprepared navigate the difficult path. Yet you must face it and learn to adjust. Whether your loss is a loved one, a job, a role or a place. Grieving is an essential part of how you process your loss.
Supporting your grief needs the series will cover:
Understanding grief and the necessity of mourning
Common myths about grief and mourning
How your grief is unique
What you might expect on your grief journey
The six central needs of mourning
The 12 freedoms of healing in grief
Knowing when you need additional help – signs of complicated grief
Where you can find help in your community
Audience
Adults who are experiencing grief and loss in their lives
Details
When: Wednesday, February 11th through Wednesday, March 18th (6 Weeks)
Time: 5:00-6:30pm
Location: Provided virtually via Zoom
To Register click on registration link this training
In-person | Virtual |
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No | Yes |
OABHI GOBHI Ethics Series 2026
Kai Nichols OABHI presents ~ 3 part series designed to provide 6 Ethics CEU's required for MHACBO recertification. Register for 1 or all 3
Audience
CADC, QMHP, Peer, PSS, CHW, Case Manager,
Details
May 14 ~ 10a-noon Mental Health & Older Adults in Rural Communities
Learn about common Mental Health challenges Rural Older Adults face, and the Ethics of providing Evidenced Based Interventions designed specifically for the Older Demographic
June 11 ~ 10a-noon Project Visibility
A review of the history associated with the challenges faced by our Rural LGBTQ2A+ neighbors and friends in accessing equitable healthcare and particpating in the healthcare decisions of their loved ones.
June 15 ~ 10a-noon Creating Connection
Loneliness & Isolation are associated with nearly every Behavioral and Physical Health Concern. Older Adults in Rural communities are disproportionately impacted ~ The Surgeon General is calling it a "Behavioral Health Crisis" Learn about Dr. Emily Byerly's "Connection Planning" and Evidence-based Cirriculum for Older Adults designed to Create Values-Based Connection
In-person | Virtual |
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No | Yes |
Question, Persuade, Refer (QPR) Gatekeeper Training
Build your confidence and capability to help someone in crisis with this three-step, evidence-based training.
Audience
Professionals, volunteers and community members
Details
QPR stands for Question, Persuade, and Refer — the 3 simple steps anyone can
learn to help save a life from suicide.
People trained in QPR learn how to recognize the warning signs of a suicide crisis and how to question, persuade, and refer someone to help.
Also covered information about preventing suicide among older adults populations.
QPR can be learned in our Gatekeeper course. Choose from the one of the following three sessions that best works with your schedule.
We will also provide a special 2 hours session which will include a focus on the Veteran population
Virtual Zoom Training
QPR 1 hour Session
March 5th 1-2pm
Sept 3rd 1-2pm
Special Veterans Addition
Nov 5th 1-3pm
In-person | Virtual |
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No | Yes |