You can bring a variety of professional development programs to your own site for convenient staff trainings. Current offerings include:

• Disability Awareness Workshops
• Workshops on Family Violence Detection & Prevention
• Eating Disorders Prevention Program
• Workshops for Professionals Working With At-Risk Children

In addition to these on-site programs, UJA-Federation of New York beneficiary agencies are also eligible for matching fees for trainers providing professional development programs. So far, workshops on supervision, team building, public speaking, time management, and grant writing have been made available with this support. For more information, please contact June Fortess at 1.212.836.1603 or .

Disability Awareness Workshops

In recognition of the challenges agencies face in helping staff become sensitive to issues related to individuals with disabilities, UJA-Federation's Task Force on People With Disabilities offers free training programs. Consultants from the task force are prepared to work with your agency to design a program relevant to your needs. The task force has also developed a sensitivity training manual that is available to training directors at no cost. For more information, please contact June Fortess at 1.212.836.1603 or .

Workshops on Family Violence Detection & Prevention

UJA-Federation's Task Force on Family Violence offers free training for professionals who work in nonclinical settings. Topics include child abuse and neglect, with certification available; elder abuse and neglect; partner abuse and neglect; dating violence; violence directed at gays and lesbians; and legal aspects of family violence. For more information, please contact June Fortess at 1.212.836.1603 or .

Eating Disorders Prevention Program

To address eating disorders among young Jewish girls and women, F.E.G.S.Health and Human Services System has developed a multilevel, Jewish-focused education and prevention program that has been funded by the Hadassah Foundation, Jewish Women¹s Foundation of New York, UJA-Federation, and private donors. The program uses the renowned and field-tested Full of Ourselves: Advancing Girl Power, Health & Leadership curriculum by Dr.Catherine Steiner-Adair and Lisa Sjostrom of McLean Hospital, Harvard Medical School (formerly of the Harvard Eating Discovers Center), and Healthy Body Image: Teaching Kids to Eat and Love Their Bodies Too!, a curriculum created by Kathy J. Kater.

F.E.G.S. trains UJA-Federation network agency professionals on the issue of eating disorders, including risk factors, warning signs, intervention tools, and community resources, and how to facilitate a powerful prevention program.

For information, visit fegs.org or call 1.516.496.7550.

Workshops for Professionals Working With At-Risk Children

Workshops on managing difficult children, supervising staff, and other topics of relevance to professionals working with at-risk youth and families are available at a low cost to UJA-Federation's beneficiary agencies.

For information, visit www.ramapoforchildren.org/RT or contact Susan Rifkin of Ramapo Training at 1.212.754.7003 or .