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• Mental Health in the Workplace

  • When
    09 Sep 2022
  •  
    8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
  • Location
    via Zoom
  • Registered
    2 registrants

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  PRESENTERS
  Jess Pladsen and Amy Reihman

  DATE AND TIME
  September 9, 2022 at 8:30 a.m.

  PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

  In this chapter meeting, we will discuss an overview of general mental health disorders and associated symptomology.  We'll focus on dispelling stereotypes and promoting critical thinking and problem solving around values and beliefs and how these show up in the workplace.  We will also address system and cultural components within the workplace to create an atmosphere of understanding support, and acceptance.  Finally, we'll propose leadership strategies to promote healthy workplace environment.

  CAPABILITY MODEL

  Communication, emotional intelligence & decision making as well as collaboration and leadership.

  BIOGRAPHY

  Jess Pladsen is a Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and Registered Play Therapist Supervisor (RPT-S).  She graduated with a Master's Degree from Mt. Mercy University in 2012 and has worked in the mental health field for close to 15 years.  She is currently working towards her PhD in Marriage and Family Therapy with a specialization in neuroscience.  She is also an AAMFT approved supervisor and serves as a board member for Iowa's Association of Play Therapy.  She has worked in several larger mental health agency and private practice settings serving in administrative and Clinical Directing roles.  She, along with Amy Reihman, opened their own practice, Prism Therapy Group in 2021.  They are quickly growing and credit a great deal of their success to promoting a systemic culture that cultivates positive leadership and workplace environments.  She is very passionate about promoting healthy workplace settings and developing skills and communication around topics of mental health, growth, connection, and systemic change.

  
  

  Amy Reihman is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) and supervisor.  She graduated with her degree from Capella University in 2014.  She has worked in several mental health settings with over 10 years of experience in the field of mental health.  In 2021, she opened a private practice with Jess Pladsen, called Prism Therapy Group.  She is passionate about volunteer work and is involved in several community service groups.  Throughout her experience and education in various work settings, she has acquired knowledge around the importance of mental health in the workplace and how to promote a culture of acceptance and support.

  SHRM CREDITS
  

  This program is valid for 1 PDC for the SHRM-CP or SHRM-SCP.

  REGISTRATION FEES
  Members can log into the website and register to attend the program for free.  Guests will need to register online and pay a fee of $20.00. We'd be more than happy to apply your registration fee toward a chapter membership when you become a member within one week of this program.

  LOCATION
  This session will be offered via Zoom.

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• How to be a Badass Instructional Designer

  • When
    14 Oct 2022
  •  
    8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
  • Location
    Via Zoom
  • Registered
    2 registrants

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  PRESENTER
  Chanta Rand

  DATE AND TIME
  October 14, 2022 at 8:30 a.m.

  PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

  Instruction Design is one of the most lucrative opportunities you'll find.  If you're already an ID, you may have noticed that the market has become saturated. With this influx of competition, how do you set yourself apart from everyone else?  For over 20 years, Chanta has worked as a freelancer, a contractor, and a full-time employee for Fortune 100 companies.  She will show you how to communicate your value (whether to external clients or to internal customers), how to manage your career as a business, how to negotiate the salary you want, and how to showcase your skills as a badass designer.

  
  

  In this fast and furious session, we'll cover:

  • Your skills
  • Your brand
  • Your tools
  • Your money
  • Your health

  Get prepared to learn everything you've always wanted to know about proving your worth as an instructional designer - and even some stuff you didn't!

  This course is for intermediate to advanced learners.  One lucky participant will receive an advance copy of How to Be a Badass Instructional Designer by Chanta Rand.

  CAPABILITY MODEL
  

  Developing Professional Capability - Instructional Design

  BIOGRAPHY

  Chanta is a strategist and innovator with an eye for creative design elements that wow the end user and drive action.  As a learning professional with over 20 years of experience designing training solutions, she believes we never stop learning.  In the words of Eartha Kitt, "The tombstone will be my diploma". Chanta is also the founder of Curriculum Queens and Designslayers.com, consulting services focused on visually appealing training designs that help tell the data story.  In her spare time, she's a rock hound, who loves collecting rocks and painting them with social justice themes.  To collaborate or to make contact, mailto:chanta@chantarand.com.

  SHRM CREDITS
  

  This program is valid for 1 PDC for the SHRM-CP or SHRM-SCP.

  REGISTRATION FEES
  Members can log into the website and register to attend the program for free.  Guests will need to register online and pay a fee of $20.00. We'd be more than happy to apply your registration fee toward a chapter membership when you become a member within one week of this program.

  LOCATION
  This session will be offered via Zoom only.

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