TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION

All staff members of Above and Beyond are qualified with training and certificates on a client need basis. Above and Beyond offers over 31 courses for their staff members some of which are listed below:

ABUSE PREVENTION - LONG VERSION

TThis module offers one of the only dedicated abuse prevention and safeguarding trainings that is truly specialized to the needs of the people we support. This is not a generic human services or health and social care training. Expect passion, values, first-hand examples, and stories to underline the importance of keeping people safe.

ABUSE PREVENTION - SHORT VERSION

This module offers one of the only dedicated abuse prevention and safeguarding trainings that is truly specialized to the needs of the people we support. This is not a generic human services or health and social care training. Expect passion, values, first-hand examples, and stories to underline the importance of keeping people safe.

ACTIVE SUPPORT

Active support is an approach that was developed to help combat the lack of engagement in meaningful activities and relationships experienced by people who receive support. Active support is about doing with, not for or to. Active support helps people to have a more active role in their lives and experience a better quality of life. Every moment has potential!

AUTISM

This module combines a straightforward introduction to autism with a broad range of practical strategies and approaches. The short films within the module balance the personal perspectives of people who have autism with the opinions and experiences of a number of leading professionals.

AUTISM AND SENSORY PROCESSING

This module expands on the learning provided in our module “Autism.” Please complete that module first. Understanding and gaining insight into your processing system takes time and effort. Understanding someone else's requires really careful observation, imagination, and empathy. In this module you will learn how your processing works and in turn we will teach you how to better understand and assist the processing realities of the people you support.

BOUNDARIES

Forget everything you think you know about boundaries. Dave Hingsburger's insightful words and thought provoking stories will open your mind. Both you and the people you support need to know about boundaries. But as this module explains, for the people you support boundaries are the most important social skill.

BUILDING FRIENDSHIPS AND COMMUNITIES

In this module, leading expert Kay Mills frames her personal experiences with stories of people she has worked with to comprehensively explain how we can help people to build friendships and community. Kay begins by defining both friendships and community and then goes on to explain their value. Finally, she offers a full range of strategies that workers can use to not only build but also maintain friendships and community.

CHALLENGING BEHAVIOR

The causes of challenging behavior and the needs of people with challenging behavior are often misun‐ derstood. Our insightful and empowering short films, supported by a range of interactive graphics, help clarify many of the most common misunderstandings.

DEMENTIA EXPLAINED

The good news is that the people with intellectual disabilities are living longer, but this also means they are developing all the conditions of older age. It is therefore very important to understand what dementia is, how it affects people with intellectual disabilities, and the support that people need.

DEMENTIA STRATEGIES

Dementia causes people to lose skills and abilities they once had. What people are not losing, however, are their feelings and emotions. So let's think about how we can make this part of people's life enjoyable and stress free. This module is packed full of easy to use and practical strategies that will help you be able to better support people with dementia.

DIFFICULT FAMILIES?

This module is a celebration of families and what we can learn from them. The moving and thoughtful words of the families who made this module will help you to learn from the experience and understand the perspectives of the families that you work with.

DO THE WRITE THING

Behind every word we write, there is a person. But paperwork is loathed by almost every support professional in the field of human services. What if we could change the way we document? Join us as we make paperwork become people work.

EMPLOYMENT

Paid employment is simply not given the priority that it deserves. This module aims to inspire change. The module begins by providing some background to the historical and present day barriers to employment, before reviewing in some detail the importance of employment.

FASD SUPPORTING SUCCESS!

Historically many people with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, also known as FASD, have not been understood or properly supported. This module will provide you with information and basic, practical adjustments that can lead to good lives for the people you support who live with FASD.

FIVE THINGS YOU CAN DO

"Five Things You Can Do," is a list of things you can think about and do when you are supporting a person whose behavior is troubling you. This is not a list of "quick fix" strategies for stopping unwanted behavior. It is a list of ideas for uncovering the real things that a person might need so that you can be more supportive.

FIVE MORE THINGS YOU CAN DO

David Pitonyak is back with another five things you can do to support someone who has behavior that is challenging. When the person you support is going through a difficult time friendships, a positive identity, fairness and fun are commonly neglected. Using a series of memorable short stories David will help you to learn why these principles are so important and what you can do to develop them.

HEALTH AND SAFETY

Warning. Slightly inspirational health and safety training! The words 'inspirational' and 'health and safety' may not sit easily together. But not many Health and Safety training courses feature contributions from leading thinkers like Dave Hingsburger, David Pitonyak Dave Hasbury, and John Raffaele.

INTENSIVE INTERACTION

Intensive Interaction is an approach for teaching communication skills to people with autism, severe intellectual disabilities and profound and multiple intellectual disabilities. For these people who are still at early levels of development as communicators, Intensive Interaction progresses their abilities to interact, connect, and communicate with the people around them.

INTRODUCTION TO YOUR ROLE

This module offers a succinct introduction to the role of the support staff person, and therefore is a great starting place for new employees and people who are new to the field.

JUMPING INTO CHAOS OF THINGS

David Pitonyak has a way of understanding and communicating the needs of people with challenging behavior that is profoundly straightforward. This module offers a unique compilation of tips gleaned from David's library of adventure books (most particularly, Sebastian Junger's The Perfect Storm). Often people with challenging behavior are overboard, drowning, terrified, and we barely seem to notice.

ME AND MINE

Dave Hingsburger will change the way you think about your work and the way that you support people. 'Me and Mine' explores the importance of self and the need to help the people you support to develop a stronger sense of self.

PERSON-CENTERED APPROACHES, THINKING AND PLANNING

With a series of short video presentations from the likes of Beth Mount, Jack Pearpoint, Patti Scott, Simon Duffy, and others, this module offers a stunningly unique opportunity to listen to, and learn from, some of the most forward thinking professionals in our field today. This module inspires the user while clearly examining the detail and purpose of person-centered practice.

PERSON-CENTERED, A GUIDE TO BEING

Being person-centered helps you to learn about and understand the uniqueness of each person that you support. Being person-centered helps people to take control of their lives and make their own choices. By using practical approaches, explanations, strategies, and tools this module will help you to be person-centered.

SELF-DETERMINATION

In this module, the author Simon Duffy uses his ex‐ pansive knowledge to explain what self-determination means. A combination of graphics and short films combine with Simon's easy read writing style to high‐ light the importance of control and the understanding that everyone can take control of their own lives.

SEXUALITY AND RELATIONSHIPS

This module is written by, and also features a range of short films with internationally acclaimed author and lecturer Dave Hingsburger. Dave uses a light and refreshing conversational style to introduce learners to sexuality and relationships.

SUPPORTED DECISION-MAKING

The people you support can and should make decisions. This module will help you to learn how.

SUPPORTING AND UNDERSTANDING COMMUNICATION

Communication is the most complex human skill. It is the way we understand the world, express ourselves as individuals, make choices, develop relationships, build trust and control our lives. In this module, the renowned speech and language specialist, Sue Thurman, provides a comprehensive and straightforward introduction to the subject.

TRAUMA-INFORMED CARE

Repeated exposure to abuse, social exclusion and rejection has had a devastating affect on the people we support. Trauma affects the way brain's develop and function and leaves a lasting impression. This module will help you to understand the biology of trauma. This module will help you to be able to recognize and most importantly support and heal the trauma that people have experienced.

UNDERSTANDING AND PROMOTING RIGHTS- LONG VERSION

This module presents a clear and matter-of-fact approach to the rights of the people we support. Beyond describing and defining rights, this module gives the user first hand knowledge and expertise on how to maintain and promote the rights of the person they support.

UNDERSTANDING AND PROMOTING RIGHTS- SHORT VERSION

VALUE SOCIAL ROLES

This module is written by Marc Tumeinski from the Social Role Valorization (SRV) Implementation project. Marc uses his intimate knowledge of SRV to help support professionals to reflect on both the barriers to the "Good Things of Life" and how valued social roles may help the people we support to have greater access to these good things.

WE WORK TOGETHER

Written by the great John Raffaele, this module uses 12 wonderful short films to tell 12 memorable stories. By completing this module you will learn how to conduct and collaborate with informal and formal assessments and how you can be a bigger and better part of your organization.

WORKING ON THE INSIDE

In this module Kate Fulton explores how we can move beyond fancy paperwork and checklists. Through her extensive work with people and families Kate has developed an intimate understanding of the qualities, skills and attitudes that build personal resilience, compassion and capacity. Users will learn about the importance of being present, intentions, beliefs, being positive, seeing possibility, and understanding the impact of their role.

Additional Courses Coming Soon

First Aid and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)

Medication Administration

Crisis Intervention

Positive Behavior Supports

Universal Precautions

Training specific to the individuals diagnoses as they pertain to health, behavior and/or medical concerns

Conflict resolution

Harm reduction

Suicide Prevention (and intervention if required)

Mental Health First Aid

Critical Incident Debriefing

Training that is specific to individuals complex medical needs

Advance De-escalation Skills

Environmental and technical safeguards and monitoring systems

Clinical interventions

VOLUNTEER WITH US

"Even if you just change one life, you’ve changed the world forever.”
– Mike Satterfield

Come join us in creating a safe and supportive envioronment.

Who is it for?

College / university students
Caregivers who are new in the industry and are looking for experience.

Reach out to us
403-616-2731
info@aboveandbeyondcare.ca