Family Planning Training Institute
The ABCD Health Services Department is committed to keeping low income residents and communities in the greater Boston area healthy through local public health promotion and disease prevention programs, including Title X family planning and related preventive health services. ABCD’s programming provides free, high quality care to tens of thousands of people each year.
The ABCD Family Planning Training Institute provides professional level training on family planning, reproductive health and sexuality education for healthcare providers, counselors, educators, and other community health workers. We offer a comprehensive calendar of professional training opportunities. Introduction to Family Planning, Basic Family Planning, and Family Planning for Advanced Practice are usually offered three times a year.
In addition, trainings on current reproductive health topics are held several times a year. Specialized trainings on family planning and reproductive health topics are available for community and health care agencies by special arrangement with ABCD staff.
ABCD also conducts mandatory trainings on current reproductive health topics several times a year. These trainings are required for certified family planning counselors in ABCD family planning funded sites.
Trainings:
Family Planning Training for Advanced Practice
Description: Our Advanced course is designed for practitioners to increase their knowledge of Family Planning topics. This course consists of self-paced eLearning modules and two live Zoom sessions. We cover prescribing and counseling for Birth Control options, Infertility Care, LGBTQ+ Health, Working with Adolescents, Pregnancy Options, and more! This course is designed for RNs, NPs, PAs, and MDs only and offers 15 CEUs.
Date and Time:
October 29, 2024 at 11:30am – 4:05pm
November 5, 2024 at 8:00am – 12:45pm
(Must attend both days for credit) (VIRTUAL)
Cost: If seeking CEUs, the cost for non-ABCD sites is $300. If not seeking CEUs, it is $200. For ABCD sites, the course is free unless CEUs are desired, then it is $100.
Registration Form: Sign up here
Registration Deadline: October 11, 2024
Payment for non ABCD sites due: October 22, 2024
Registration fees must be paid before attending.
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HIV Education for Health Workers Training
Description: This two day course is designed to provide health workers and educators with a deepened knowledge of STIs and HIV, testing and counseling, harm reduction and prevention strategies, the history of HIV, and HIV as an issue of racial health inequity.
Registration Form: New England AIDS Education and Training Center: Events (neaetc.org)
The passcode is “ABCD”. Once registered, you will receive an email with Zoom and further information.There is a cap of 20 participants for this training, however a waitlist will be kept for future offerings. If you have any questions or challenges with registration, please reach out to Kristin at NEAETC at Kmoccia@crihealth.org
Basic Family Planning Training
Description: Our Basic training course is a comprehensive introduction to Family Planning Counseling. This course contains two sets of self-paced eLearning modules and two live Zoom sessions. In this course, we cover Quality Family Planning Counseling principles, Reproductive Anatomy, Reproductive Justice, LGBTQIA+ Health, Contraception, STIs, Pregnancy Options, Working with Adolescents, and more!
FINAL REGISTRATION DEADLINE: Feb. 5, 2024
Registration Form: Sign up here
IUD Certification / Nexplanon Certification Training
Description: ABCD is partnering with Paragard and Organon to offer an In-Person IUD and Nexplanon certification training.
Date: June 10, 2024
Time:
Nexplanon: 9:00am – 10:30am
Paragard: 11:00am – 1:00pm
Cost: FREE
Target Audience: For Nexplanon- Only licensed clinicians. For IUD- Licensed clinicians preferred. Open to graduate NP students if slots are available.
Registration Form: Sign up here
substance use and harm reduction
Description: ABCD is offering a harm reduction training focused on substance use, covering a range of topics including various substances, effective communication with patients about substance use, personal relationships with substance consumption, treatment, risk reduction, and connection to treatment or other care.
Date: September 26th
Time: 1:00pm – 3:00pm
Morning Session:
Date: October 2nd
Time: 9:00am – 11:00am
FINAL REGISTRATION DEADLINE: October 24, 2024
Please contact JD Couillard Hale at jd.couillardhale@bostonabcd.org with any questions.
Webinars:
Available Webinars
HPV Prevention Training presented by Team Maureen
Sexual Education for Individuals with Developmental Delays presented by Mad Hatter Wellness
Sexual Misconduct Prevention and Response Training presented by RAINN
Culturally Responsive Reproductive Health Education for Youth Training Presented by HRiA
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