HIV Overview Trainings

The ABC's of Hepatitis and HIV

This half-day training provides information about Hepatitis A, B, and C.

By the end of this training, case managers will be able to:

  • Identify how Hepatitis is transmitted;
  • Identify the signs and symptoms;
  • Recall the epidemiology of Hepatitis A, B, and C;
  • Review treatment options; and
  • Discuss the relationship between HIV and Hepatitis A, B, and C.

Prerequisite: None

Audience: All Health and Human Service Providers

Date Location Registration Center
August 12 Syracuse REACH

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HIV Disclosure: Deciding Who & When to Tell

This half-day training will increase the case manager's awareness of the multifaceted issues clients face when contemplating HIV status disclosure to family, friends and service providers. The case manager will develop the skills necessary to conduct timely, ongoing assessments and discussion of HIV status disclosure as a component of effective service planning. This training is meant to enhance case manager skills and should not be viewed as a foundation training for new staff entering the field.

By the end of this training, case managers will be able to:

  • Describe the benefits of ongoing assessment and discussion around disclosure;
  • Outline a format to help clients with effective decision-making about HIV/AIDS status disclosure, listing the benefits and limitations;
  • Explain the value of supporting a client's decision regarding disclosure; and
  • Discuss the steps involved in making the decision to disclose HIV/AIDS status to family, friends and service providers.

Prerequisite: Although there is no prerequisite for this course, it is strongly suggested that participants have previous training in HIV Confidentiality and have taken "Introduction to Case Management", "Enhancing the Partnership between Client and Case Manager" and "Serving Families: From Assessments to Service Plans."

Audience: Case Management Staff including:

  • Case Managers and Case Management Technicians in both COBRA and grant-funded programs.
  • Supervisors
  • Program Directors, and
  • Other interested Health and Human Service Providers.
Date Location Registration Center
July 21 Hawthorne ARCS
July 23 Buffalo ARC
August 12 Manhattan NDRI
September 23 Albany PDP SUNY Albany
October 21 Manhattan Cicatelli
November 6 Johnson City STAP
November 18 Manhattan NDRI

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HIV & STDs

This half-day or full-day (depending on site) training will provide health and human services providers with basic information about:

  • Diagnosis and treatment of the most common sexually transmitted diseases (STDs);
  • Effects of STDs on transmission of HIV;
  • Importance of early identification and treatment of STDs as a strategy to reduce HIV transmission; and
  • Benefits of early identification and treatment of STDs for people living with HIV infection.

Prerequisite: It is strongly recommended that participants have previous knowledge of or training on basic HIV/AIDS information.

Audience: All Health and Human Service Providers

Date Location Registration Center
July 29 Syracuse REACH
September 11 Johnson City STAP
September 16 Poughkeepsie ARCS
September 23 Albany PDP SUNY Albany
September 25 Amityville CPHE
October 17 Manhattan NDRI
October 24 Manhattan Cicatelli
November 5 Rochester CHBT
December 5 Manhattan Cicatelli
December 8 Hawthorne ARCS

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Overview of HIV Infection and AIDS

This half-day to full-day (depending on site) training is designed to give the participant a basic understanding of HIV infection and AIDS.

Topics to be covered:

  • HIV transmission;
  • HIV prevention strategies;
  • Course of HIV infection and AIDS;
  • Importance of early detection;
  • Treatment to slow down HIV infection; and
  • Treatment to prevent opportunistic infection.

Prerequisite: None

Audience: All Health and Human Service Providers.

Date Location Registration Center
July 15 Rochester CHBT
August 12 Manhattan NDRI
September 9 Niagara Falls ARC
September 9 Manhattan Cicatelli
September 11 Johnson City STAP
September 12 Syracuse REACH
September 12 Manhattan NDRI
September 16 Hempstead CPHE
September 23 Bronx ACRIA
October 2 Hawthorne ARCS
October 27 Ronkonkoma CPHE
November 11 Queens ACRIA
November 18 Manhattan NDRI
December 2 Goshen ARCS
December 4 Johnson City STAP
December 8 Greenlawn CPHE

FREE CME/CNE & OASAS Credits

OASAS: The AIDS Institute has been certified as an OASAS Education and Training Provider. This course is also approved by the New York State Office of Alcoholism & Substance Abuse Services for initial credentialing and renewal of CASAC, CPP, CPS for 3.0 clock hours.

Pharmaceutical Credits: The Pharmacists Society of the State of New York is approved by the Accreditation Council of Pharmacy Accreditation (ACPE) as a provider of continuing education. Certificates will be awarded for 3 contact hours within 3-4 weeks upon successful completion of the verification/continuing education form.

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HIV/AIDS Confidentiality Law

This half-day training provides information about New York State's HIV Confidentiality Law (Public Health Law Article 27-F). This training is designed to meet provider requirements for initial and annual confidentiality training.

Topics to be covered:

  • Basic components and intent of the law;
  • Rules concerning confidentiality;
  • Disclosure and signed releases;
  • Penalties and sanctions for violation of the law;
  • Documentation and record keeping;
  • Workplace policy and procedure requirements; and
  • Information about regulations regarding HIV case reporting and partner notification as it relates to confidentiality issues.

Prerequisite: None

Audience: All Health and Human Service Providers

Date Location Registration Center
September 9 Rochester CHBT
September 10 Syosset CPHE
September 12 Manhattan Cicatelli
September 15 Elmira STAP
September 16 Queens ACRIA
September 16 Poughkeepsie ARCS
October 14 Bay Shore CPHE
October 17 Manhattan NDRI
October 21 Niagara Falls ARC
November 4 Albany PDP SUNY Albany
November 6 Hawthorne ARCS
November 7 Manhattan Cicatelli
December 4 Johnson City STAP
December 8 Greenlawn CPHE
December 12 Manhattan NDRI
December 12 Syracuse REACH

FREE CME/CNE & OASAS Credits

CME: This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and Policies of the Medical Society of the State of New York through the joint sponsorship of the School of Public Health, University at Albany, SUNY and the AIDS Institute, New York State Department of Health. The School of Public Health is accredited by the MSSNY to provide continuing medical education (CME) for physicians. The School designates this educational activity for a maximum of 4.0 hours of category one credit towards the AMA/PRA. Each physician should claim only those hours of credit that he/she actually spent in the educational activity.

CNE: The University at Albany, School of Public Health is an approved provider of continuing education by the New York State Nurses Association's Council on Continuing Education, which is accredited as an approver of continuing education in nursing by the American Nurse's Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation. It is being presented in joint sponsorship with the AIDS Institute, New York State Department of Health. . (Contact Hours: 4.0 hours; Approval Code 5TLL8T-PRV-04-007)

Please Note: As of January 2007, CME/CNE credit hours are the same.

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Community HIV/AIDS Educator Training

This four-day training is designed to prepare the participants to serve as community HIV/AIDS educators. Participants will be required to give a presentation to the class on the final day of training.

During the training, potential Community HIV/AIDS Educators learn:

  • Facts about HIV/AIDS;
  • Risk reduction skills and teaching strategies;
  • The effect of STDs on the transmission of HIV;
  • Information about June 1, 2000 HIV Reporting and Partner Notification regulations;
  • Public speaking skills;
  • Nonjudgmental perspective, and cultural sensitivity; and
  • Other training skills such as answering participant's questions and facilitation of class discussion.

Prerequisite: None

Audience: All Health and Human Service Providers, Open to members of the community

Date Location Registration Center
October 6-9 Bronx ACRIA
November 4-7 Buffalo ARC

FREE CME/CNE & OASAS Credits

OASAS: The AIDS Institute has been certified as an OASAS Education and Training Provider. This course is also approved by the New York State Office of Alcoholism & Substance Abuse Services for initial credentialing and renewal of CASAC, CPP, CPS for 26 clock hours.

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Basic Information about Domestic Violence

This one-day training gives an overview of the interrelationships between adult domestic violence and HIV/AIDS.

The goals of this training are to assist health and human service providers to:

  • Understand the nature and dynamics of domestic violence;
  • Conduct assessments and discussing domestic violence with clients living with HIV/AIDS;
  • Create emergency safety plans with victims of domestic violence; and
  • Make appropriate referrals in situations involving domestic violence.

Prerequisite: None

Audience: All Health and Human Service Providers including:

  • Case Managers
  • HIV/STD Counselors
  • Substance Use Counselors
  • Nurses
  • Mid-level Practitioners
  • HIV Educators/Outreach Workers
  • Domestic Violence Service Providers
Date Location Registration Center
December 4 Albany PDP SUNY Albany

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