Trainings Calendar
Contact the Training Center at (914) 785-8278 or by email at dmay@arcs.org.
Can’t wait until April 2012 for a training not listed below?
The ARCS Regional Training Center can come to your organization in January or February 2012 to train HIV-related community service providers on your staff. You must guarantee a minimum attendance of 15 training participants and provide a training room at your facility. This offer applies to full-day and half-day trainings only. If you are interested, please contact Deborah May, dmay@arcs.org or (914) 785-8278 for more details.
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ARCS Regional Training Center
- HIV Disclosure: Deciding Who & When to Tell
February 28, 2012 (10am-12pm) WEBINAR - Improving Health Outcomes for HIV-Positive Individuals Transitioning from Correctional Settings to the Community
March 7, 1012 (9am-5pm) Hawthorne
- Advanced Training on the Needs of Incarcerated PLWHA Upon Community Re-entry
March 13, 2012 (9am-5pm) Hawthorne
- Sex, Gender and HIV/STDs
March 20 & 21, 2012 (9am-5pm) Hudson Valley LGBTQ Center, Kingston (Ulster County)
- HIV Testing in NYS
March 26, 2012 (1pm-4pm) Hawthorne
- HIV Testing: Skills Practice Session
March 27, 2012 (9am-5pm) Hawthorne - Integrating Screening for HCV and HIV
March 29, 2012 (9am-5pm) Hawthorne
- To view the AIDS Institute Statewide Calendar click here
- Partnership for Health: A Brief Safer Sex Intervention in Clinics Serving HIV+ Patients
The Partnership for Health intervention facilitates the delivery of prevention messages to people living with HIV as part of every clinic visit. The training to prepare a clinic to implement the Partnership for Health intervention is delivered on-site at your clinic.
If a primary care clinic that serves HIV+ clients is interested in learning more about this intervention, the clinic manager should review the Partnership for Health Start-Up Kit at http://effectiveinterventions.org/en/Interventions/PfH.aspx
If your clinic is interested in accessing training on the Partnership for Health intervention, contact Monica Barbosu at 1-800-233-5075.
Calendar of Trainings for Winter 2012
All trainings are free and open to the public. OASAS credits are available for most trainings.
Contact the Training Center at (914) 785-8278 or by email at dmay@arcs.org.
About the AIDS Institute
Mission
The New York State Department of Health AIDS Institute was established by legislation in 1983. The AIDS Institute promotes, protects and advocates for health through science, HIV prevention and assurance of access to a coordinated system of quality health care and support services for persons with HIV/AIDS.
Vision
Preventing HIV infection and improving the quality of life of those infected and affected by HIV through a collaborative, coordinated approach focusing on individuals, families and communities. In striving to accomplish its mission and vision, the New York State Department of Health AIDS Institute will continue its national leadership role in HIV prevention and care initiatives in this changing health and social services environment. Its leadership will continue to be based on dedication to the public good, commitment to excellence, respect for diversity, and compassion for those infected and affected by the HIV epidemic.