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WIC-Related Online Training

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Civil Rights Law and Policy Webcast on civil rights law as it applies to Wisconsin WIC policy 10.51.
Client-Centered Counseling Self-paced, interactive modules on stages of change and motivational negotiation in a WIC clinic setting.
Early Childhood and Home-Based Programs
Training about the influence of nurturing, empathic parent-child relationships and healthy childhood development.
Emergency Preparedness Training Courses offered by the Michigan Center for Public Health Preparedness.
Folic Acid Counseling   Continuing education tutorial from the Spina Bifida Association.
Folic Acid to Prevent Birth Defects   Transcripts, video and slides from a webcast on the benefits of folic acid.
Growth Charts Training   Three modules: overview; using BMI-for-age charts; screening, assessing and managing weight. 
Growth Charts Training   Seven modules on equipment, techniques, rating yourself, poor growth, using CDC charts, head circumference, and adolescent growth.
Infant Feeding Five modules on communication, counseling skills, health and nutrition, infant feeding and outreach. 
Nutrition and Physical Activity Community Intervention Modules Five "Wisconsin Moving to the Future" online slideshows with narration: 1   2   3   4   5.
Nutrition Case Studies Case studies of high-risk participants, including hyperemesis gravidarum, gestational diabetes and eating disorders.
Nutrition Education Handouts, marketing materials, evaluation reports and other items to promote good nutrition.
Nutrition Evaluation and Management Five modules on hypertension, diabetes, lipid disorders, obesity and metabolic syndrome.
Nutrition for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs Six modules on growth assessment, dietary intake, feeding skills, fluid and bowel problems, integrated services and family-centered plans.
Nutrition Labels   Make Your Calories Count, a web-based program to help consumers understand nutrition labels.
Oral Health   Seven modules on pediatric oral health for non-dental health professionals.
Oral Health and Nutrition   Five modules on oral health and children, including: screening, prevention and risk factors.
Premature Infants and Nutrition   Eight modules on nutrition care for premature and very low birthweight infants.
Public Health
Courses on public health issues such as overweight, obesity, communication and depression. 
Public Health Concepts
Modules on topics such as policy and advocacy, culture and health literacy, epidemiology and environmental health.
Public Health Foundational Training
Courses offered by the Michigan Public Health Training Center. Topics include: program operations, environmental health, budgeting and accounting.
Public Health Nutrition   Six modules on nutrition epidemiology, community assessment, chronic disease prevention, nutrition programs and policies, obesity, and pregnancy. 

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Last Revised:  August 14, 2008