The Division of Aging and Adult Services, Adult Services
Section, provides training throughout the state to each of the county
DSS. The training is intended to help adult services social workers and
supervisors understand and address the needs of older adults, adults with
disabilities and their families. Training topics include:
- Adult Protective Services:
Basic Skills
- Adult Protective Services:
Assessing an Adult’s Capacity to Consent
- Adult Protective Services:
Financial Exploitation
- Guardianship: Basic Skills, A
Systematic Approach
- Guardianship: Decision Making,
An Ethical Perspective
- Medicaid Administrative
Claiming for Adults (Classroom and Webinar formats)
- Service Planning (Webinar
format)
- Effective Social Work Practice
in Adult Services: A Core Curriculum
- Severe and Persistent Mental
Illness
- State-County Special Assistance
In-Home Case Management