Online Education on Aging Issues at your Fingertips!
ASA offers both live and pre-recorded online presentations on a wide array of topics. More presentations are being added regularly so check back often for new offerings!
CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDIT IS NOW AVAILABLE FOR ASA WEB SEMINARS! Simply download the CEU application form and follow the instructions.
ON-DEMAND WEB SEMINARS
The following presentations are available for viewing 24/7. Simply the link below the title you are interested in. To view all web seminars recorded in 2010 on-demand (available to ASA members only), visit the ASA Learning Communities.
Alcohol and Other Drugs
A unique collection of six presentations covering multiple aspects of problem behavior, interventions, and initiatives for older adults affected by alcohol and other drug use. Please click here and register to view all six sessions.
Please click here for more information about available CEUs (a $45 fee is charged for CEU processing) and ASA's Alcohol and Other Drugs program, funded with a contract from the California Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs.
- Session #1: Alcohol and Aging: Obstacles to Identification
- Session #2: Communication Skills to Create Conversations with Older Adults Who May be Abusing/Misusing Substances
- Session #3: The Deadly Triangle: The Relationship between Depression, Alcoholism, Suicide and Older Adults
- Session #4: Medication Issues in Older Women
- Session #5: Medications Used by the Senior Community: A Double-Edged Sword?
- Session #6: Cultural Competency & Older Adult Substance Abuse Treatment
Civic Engagement
- Civic Engagement and Volunteerism in Communities of Color with
Jennie Chin Hansen, President, AARP Board of Directors| Go directly to the presentation
- How Communities Can Promote 50+ Civic Engagement moderated by
Nancy Henkin, Executive Director, Center for Intergenerational Learning | Go directly to the presentation
- Civic Enterprise with Laura Robbins, Programme Executive, The Atlantic Philanthropies,
and Jim Hinterlong Associate Professor, College of Social Work, Florida State University | Go directly to the presentation
- New Models for Increasing Organizational Capacity
moderated by Sabrina Reilly, Director, RespectAbility | Go directly to the presentation
MetLife MindAlert
Lecture Series
The American Society on Aging, with the generous funding from the MetLife Foundation, offers free online training and educational resources on current research and innovative programs in the non-profit sector that help older adults maintain and enhance cognitive and mental function in their later years. Building on the MetLife MindAlert program cornerstones ‐ from the awards to the lectures – touching thousands of professional and elders nationwide, ASA is taking the program to greater prominence with broader visibility through its online educational series. Click here to view MindAlert on-demand web lectures.
Speakers’ Bureau Online Series
The MindAlert Speakers’ Bureau Program is designed to train professionals around the country to implement cognitive stimulating programs in local settings. Speakers’ Bureau programs have received the MetLife Foundation MindAlert Award and are recognized as innovative community-based programs translating research related to enhancing cognitive function in later life into practical mental/cognitive health promotion activities. The MindAlert Online Series serve as an educational tool linking research with practice and policy. Click here to view presentations of these award-winning cognitive fitness programs. If you are interested in obtaining materials for the replication of this outstanding programs, please contact smoore@asaging.org.
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