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Workshops • Seminars  • On-site Inservices


National Workshops and Seminars
T.R.-T.I.P.S., Inc. professionals lead workshops and seminars nationally, generating participant enthusiasm in their innovative, fun, and hands-on education programs. Presenters focus on resident-centered care and quality of life, emphasizing people's strengths and what they can do, whatever their abilities. Workshops and educational seminars can be arranged for any number of hours or days, and in combination with multiple topics. Continuing Education credits (CEs) are available for all professional staff!

Creative & Participatory Education & Training Programs For:

  • Assisted Living Communities
  • Adult Day Centers
  • Retirement Centers
  • Senior Centers
  • Home Health Care
  • Long Term Care Communities
  • Health Organizations
  • Hospitals
  • Hospices
  • Group Homes
  • Professional Associations
  • Schools
  • Camps
  • Youth Organizations

On-Site Staff Development
Increasing staff effectiveness, while decreasing staff time, is the focus of T.R. - T.I.P.S.' unique, fun, and participatory on-site educational services.

CEs are available for Administrators, Activities, Dietary, Nursing, Social Services, and Therapies (Physical, Occupational, Recreational).

Programs are designed to meet the specific needs of your agency or group.  Staff training can be arranged for any number of hours or days, including repeated offerings in a single day. A variety of locations are used from agency sites and classrooms, to outdoor environments, camps, and conference centers. 


Training can cover almost ANY area!
Topics address current trends and issues in the health care industry.

  • Abuse Issues: Policies/Procedures, Recognition, Reporting, Training, Documentation
  • Accommodating Individual Needs
  • Activity Analysis and Task Analysis
  • Activity/T.R. Programming: Aquatics, Exercise, Fun and Fitness,  Gardening and Horticulture Therapy, Horseback Riding, Men, Music Programs, New Games, Pet Facilitated Therapy, Physical Sports and Games, Under 50/Younger
  • Adapting Activities - Leadership, Environment, Equipment, Supplies
  • Admission and Discharge Processes - Customer Friendly
  • Alzheimer’s/Dementia Training - working in Units and general population (ranging from 4-40 hours)
  • Arts and Crafts - adaptations, money makers
  • Assessments: Activity, Social, Psychosocial, Culture Change
  • Behavior Management and Handling Disruptive Behaviors
  • Budgets: Making, Monitoring, Stretching Your Dollars
  • Building Empathy, Sensitivity, and Awareness
  • Building Teams and Teamwork
  • Care Plans: Connecting Documentation
  • Care Plans: Resident-Centered/ Directed, Individualized
  • Care Plans: Interdisciplinary Teamwork & Communication
  • Care Plans: MDS 3.0 Content, Writing Problems, Needs, Strengths, Goals, & Approaches
  • Census Building
  • Communication: Intra and Interdepartmental
  • Computer Usage: Paperwork, Programming, P.R.
  • Computer Usage: Privacy and Security Issues
  • Confidentiality and Privacy
  • CPR and First Aid Training
  • Creating Calendars, Bulletin Boards, and Newsletters
  • Creativity and Problem-solving: - Developing Ideas and Solutions
  • Cultural Awareness
  • Cultural Diversity
  • Culture Change - attitudes and environments
  • Culture Change & Intergenerational Programming
  • Customer Service and Customer Satisfaction
  • Department Documentation: Assessments, Record-keeping and Requirements, Time Savers, Interdisciplinary Efforts, Evaluation
  • Depression - Assessment, and Interdisciplinary Interventions
  • Documentation and Charting Specifics: Activities, Social Services
  • Emergency Preparedness & Disaster Planning
  • Family Support: Groups & Individually
  • Grants: finding, writing, monitoring, reporting
  • Handling the Survey Process (OBRA, JCAHO) -Traditional and QIS
  • HIPAA Made Easy - Privacy and Security Issues
  • Humor/Humor Therapy: for Programming & Management
  • I Care Plans
  • Individualizing Care: Lifestyles, Habits, Routines, Cultural and Spiritual Considerations
  • Innovative Programming
  • Interdisciplinary Documentation and Teamwork - Linking It All Together
  • MDS 3.0, Care Area Assessments (CAAs), and Care Planning
  • Medically-related Social Services and Documentation
  • Music Programs for the Non-Musician
  • One-to-One Programming and Documentation
  • Organizing Your Department and Programs
  • Orientation/Training for Activities and Social Services (in-depth, individualized)
  • Pain Management (Non-Drug and Interdisciplinary Interventions Emphases)
  • Pet Facilitated Therapy
  • Policies & Procedures
  • Population and Program/Calendar Analyses
  • Professionalism - It’s more than a Title
  • Programming for Low-Functioning: Planning, Executing, and Evaluating, 1-1's, and Small Groups
  • Programming for Varying Functional Levels and Abilities
  • Psychosocial Assessments, Issues, and F-Tags
  • Psychosocial Severity Scale
  • Public Speaking, Public Relations, & Marketing
  • Quality Assurance and Quality Management
  • Quality Indicator Survey (QIS) Process
  • Quality of Life and Quality of Care Issues -Working Together (including Care Plans)
  • Reasonable Accommodation of Resident Needs
  • Regulatory Compliance, Updates, Trends & Issues - CMS/OBRA, OSHA, ADA, CARF, JCAHO, HIPAA - Privacy & Security
  • Resident and Family Councils and Culture Change
  • Resident Rights and Dignity
  • Sensory Stimulation, Remotivation, and More
  • Sharing and Caring
  • Social Service Groups and Social Service Programs
  • Staff Supervision & Management Techniques
  • Staying Upbeat in a World of Complainers
  • Stress Management & Burnout - Taking it Personally
  • Time Management: Tips and Tricks for Squeezing It All In
  • Volunteer Management and Supervision: recruitment, selection, orientation, direction, recognition, & evaluation
  • Working with Specific Populations: Individuals with Arthritis/Strokes, Alzheimer’s/Dementia (Units, General Population), Cognitively Impaired, Developmentally Delayed, Sensory Deficits (Hearing, Vision), Younger Residents, etc.

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          Contact us today to improve the effectiveness of your nursing home,     assisted living, or adult day center staff.