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FREE Webinars in August with Coach Beverly

Coach Beverly is so excited about celebrating 25 years in business, that due to popular demand, she created a FREE course to de-mystify those complicated and confusing behavior change theories. Our community kept asking for this class and we are ready to deliver! In addition, we are thrilled to offer a FREE webinar designed to DeFEET Amputation, designed for all level of health care providers. Together, we CAN make a difference!

From Behavior Change Theory to hand’s on assessment of lower extremities, diabetes care and education specialists have so much to offer individuals living with diabetes.

Behavior Change Theories Made Easy

Airs live on August 23, 2023, at 11:30 am PT

Join us live on August 23rd from 11:30 am to 12:30 pm for our Free Webinar: Behavior Change Theories Made Easy

Keeping all the behavior change and learning theories straight can be daunting, especially if you are trying to get to the “best” answer for certification exams. Coach Beverly feels your pain and wants to help out. To say thanks for 25 years, she’s hosting a FREE Behavior Change Webinar to sort out and dissect the theories most relevant in clinical practice and for exam preparation.

Objectives:

  1. Describe 4 of the most common behavior change theories.
  2. Discuss how to apply these theories in clinical practice.
  3. List the steps in the transtheoretical model
  4. Have fun testing these theories out in real life.

Can’t make it live? No worries. We will send post the recorded version to the Online University within 24 hours of the broadcast

Two Ways to Register

Intended Audience: All health care professionals who are coaching individuals to support healthier self-management or who are taking the CDCES or BC-ADM exam.  

All hours earned count toward your CDCES Accreditation Information

Instructor: Beverly Thomassian RN, MPH, CDCES, has been Board Certified in Advanced Diabetes Management for over 20 years. She is an Associate Clinical Professor at UCSF, a working educator, and a nationally recognized diabetes expert. She has a Master’s Degree in Public Health from UCLA, with a focus on behavioral health and education.


3 Steps to DeFEET Amputation; Assess, Screen, & Report | 1.0 CEs

Airs live on August 10, 2023, at 11:30 am PT

Coach Beverly will walk participants through the 3-Step Process to Save Feet; Assess, Screen, & Report.  She will provide simple and clear instructions on how to assess and inspect feet, along with risk assessment & action steps. We will share free teaching tools, strategies, & documentation forms adapted from the Lower Extremity Prevention Program (LEAP) that you can immediately implement in your practice setting.

Objectives:

  1. Describe steps involved in effective foot assessment made easy.
  2. Demonstrate how to use a monofilament to assess sensation.
  3. Discuss the use of screening forms to report findings

Two Ways to Register

Intended Audience: This course is designed for all health care providers and educators, who are interested in learning more about assessing and saving feet in people living with diabetes.

All hours earned count toward your CDCES Accreditation Information

Instructor: Beverly Thomassian RN, MPH, CDCES, has been Board Certified in Advanced Diabetes Management for over 20 years. She is an Associate Clinical Professor at UCSF, a working educator, and a nationally recognized diabetes expert. She has a Master’s Degree in Public Health from UCLA, with a focus on behavioral health and education.


All hours earned count toward your CDCES Accreditation Information


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ADCES Art & Science Desk Reference 5th Edition

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The ADCES (formerly AADE) Art and Science of Diabetes Care and Education, 5th Edition is a specialist’s one-volume, go-to resource for the core knowledge and skills for providing person-centered care and education to persons with diabetes and related chronic conditions. This is a core resource for those who are studying for the Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist (CDCES) exam.

ADCES will be releasing an updated edition of the Art & Science Desk reference in August 2023


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