Training materials

This article breaks down the most important elements of an agenda, goes over the steps you should follow when creating one, and ends with some samples and a free agenda template.

This training is about how one state’s independent living network developed an effective outreach process, from conception to implementation.

This is a training about how you can adopt a proven committee approach to needs assessment in your state.

This report from AARP's Public Policy Institute is part of a series of papers focusing on innovative strategies. It explores the benefits of self-directed care and looks at best practices used in Texas, Iowa, Wisconsin, and Florida. The report also provides a toolkit for educational and training purposes to help states improve and expand upon their self-directed LTSS programs.

Please see modules 6, 7, 8, and 12 to learn more about engaging boards.

This is a recording of an on-location training that goes over analyzing costs and setting rates for services.

This article includes tips for designing an effective agenda for your next meeting, with a sample agenda and template. You can use these tips whether a meeting lasts an hour or three days and whether you’re meeting with a group of five or forty.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued new guidelines to assist long term care facilities in complying with regulations by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) that require facilities which are Medicare and/or Medicaid-certified to ensure their residents receive services in the most integrated setting appropriate to their needs.

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has developed an online course which provide federal employees with basic information and resources to successfully hire, retain, and advance employees with disabilities. The course is available to agencies at no cost on HR University and the training should be considered required for human resources personnel and hiring managers.

This training and certification program has been designed to arm certain professionals with tools necessary to help older drivers and their families work through the complicated issue of age-related diminishing driving skills. The training and certification program supplements your current professional skills and life experiences with a very pro-active, targeted program that will help older drivers and their loved ones work through a retirement from driving.