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Professional Writing: Mechanics
This workshop provides participants with a review of the mechanics of writing including grammar, usage, and punctuation. The workshop includes a review of the parts of speech, parts of a sentence phrases and clauses, and the use of pronouns, verbs, and modifiers. Participants will also review the rules of punctuation including apostrophes, semicolons, dashes, commas, and quotation marks.
Number of Days: 1
Date(s): 1/23/2009 Registration deadline: 1/7/2009
Location: Schenectady County Community College, Schenectady NY
Accounting Refresher
This workshop is designed for professionals who work in accounting, auditing and other finance-related titles. The workshop provides an overview of the accounting equation and discusses the elements of the income statement. Charges in equity and balance sheets; an explanation of accrual accounting; accounting for deferrals; a synopsis of +/- accounts and the general journal; and a review of depreciation methods will be addressed. Governmental fund accounting and business type accrual accounting including applications of government- wide financial statements will be also be reviewed.
Number of Days: 1
Date(s): 1/23/2009 Registration deadline: 1/7/2009
Location: Sage College of Albany, Albany NY
Network Basics
This workshop is designed for computer professionals who need a basic introduction to the main components of a computer network. Participants will learn about key terms and services, such as DNS, DHCP, and Active Directory. Participants also will examine network infrastructure components, such as routers, switches, and cabling. Specific troubleshooting techniques will be demonstrated.
Number of Days: 1
Date(s): 1/28/2009 Registration deadline: 1/12/2009
Location: University at Albany, Albany NY
Derivative Transactions
This workshop provides an overview of derivatives accounting and is designed for professionals who work in accounting, auditing, and other finance-related titles. A derivative is a financial transaction such as an interest rate swap that has been structured from other transactions. This area often involves complex transactions and the accounting is also complex. Information from resources such as the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) and the New York State Government Finance Officers' Association, Inc. (NYS GFOA) is reviewed.
Number of Days: 1
Date(s): 2/2/2009 Registration deadline: 1/15/2009
Location: University at Albany, Albany NY
Scripting and Scripting Languages
This workshop provides a survey of scripting languages and the impact of scripting on accessibility issues. After a general overview of how scripting languages work, the most popular scripting languages are reviewed. This workshop assumes that users have a basic familiarity with web and web application development, and a basic understanding of relational database concepts.
Number of Days: 1
Date(s): 2/2/2009 Registration deadline: 1/15/2009
Location: MicroKnowledge, Latham NY
Problem Gambling: Screening and Assessing Clients
This workshop provides a basic understanding of the personality dynamics in assessing gambling addiction and the importance of looking at the entire psychosocial environment when completing the assessment. Participants review assessment models and instruments for screening and assessing problem gambling. Additionally, the workshop addresses the assessment of clients with other disorders.
Number of Days: 1
Date(s): 2/3/2009 Registration deadline: 1/15/2009
Location: NY Council on Problem Gambling, Albany NY
Investigative Interviewing
This workshop examines techniques for interviewing subjects for purposes of fact-finding and obtaining information about compliance, fraud, and abuse. It is designed for individuals who testify in administrative hearings or other proceedings. Topics include discussion of legal parameters, strategies for handling reluctant and hostile interviewees, and the importance of accurate field notes. The workshop focuses on interviewing external witnesses involved in underlying cases. Scenarios such as interviewing an office worker in a Medicaid Fraud investigation or the school nurse in a child abuse case will be included.
Number of Days: 1
Date(s): 2/9/2009 Registration deadline: 1/22/2009
Location: Albany Law School, Albany NY
Professional Presentation Skills
This workshop is designed for individuals who speak at or moderate meetings, deliver presentation, or participate in panel discussions. Participants will explore the guidelines for crafting and making effective presentations, the importance and role of the speaker, and how to manage nervousness associate with speaking in public. Topics include the organization and development of a presentation, an analysis of voice and diction skills, audience interaction, awareness of body language, effective listening, use of visual aids, and the role of humor.
Number of Days: 1
Date(s): 2/10/2009 Registration deadline: 1/23/2009
Location: Sage College of Albany, Albany NY
Professional Writing: Mechanics
This workshop provides participants with a review of the mechanics of writing including grammar, usage, and punctuation. The workshop includes a review of the parts of speech, parts of a sentence phrases and clauses, and the use of pronouns, verbs, and modifiers. Participants will also review the rules of punctuation including apostrophes, semicolons, dashes, commas, and quotation marks.
Number of Days: 1
Date(s): 2/13/2009 Registration deadline: 1/28/2009
Location: Schenectady County Community College, Schenectady NY
Negotiation Skills for Attorneys
This workshop addresses negotiation strategies, styles and tactics. Active listening and communication skills will be discussed and demonstrated. Participants will have opportunities for skill practice. Upon successful completion of this workshop, three (3) Continuing Legal Education Credits in Professional Practice and three (3) Continuing Legal Education Credits in Skills will be awarded.
Number of Days: 1
Date(s): 2/25/2009 Registration deadline: 2/9/2009
Location: Albany Law School, Albany NY
Professional Writing: Mechanics
This workshop provides participants with a review of the mechanics of writing including grammar, usage, and punctuation. The workshop includes a review of the parts of speech, parts of a sentence phrases and clauses, and the use of pronouns, verbs, and modifiers. Participants will also review the rules of punctuation including apostrophes, semicolons, dashes, commas, and quotation marks.
Number of Days: 1
Date(s): 2/27/2009 Registration deadline: 2/11/2009
Location: Schenectady County Community College, Schenectady NY
Computer Security Basics
This workshop provides an introduction to fundamental computer security concepts, focusing on the Windows operating system and personal computers. Topics include basic computer security tools and practices, including the management of user rights and privileges. Participants will understand the current threat matrix targeting workstations, issues in managing security for desktop computers, and effective countermeasures for protecting agency workstations.
Number of Days: 1
Date(s): 2/26/2009 Registration deadline: 2/10/2009
Location: University at Albany, Albany NY
Copyright and Fair Use
This workshop will first provide a general overview of U.S. copyright law: the nature of copyright, what kinds of works are protected, what are the rights of a copyright owner, and what conduct will be considered infringing. It will then describe and explore the U.S. concept of "fair use" of copyrighted materials, the kinds of uses that, while apparently infringing, will nevertheless be protected. We will examine the development of the fair use doctrine and the way in which it has been applied in a variety of contexts.
Number of Days: 1
Date(s): 2/26/2009 Registration deadline: 2/10/2009
Location: Albany Law School, Albany NY
Investigative Interviewing
This workshop examines techniques for interviewing subjects for purposes of fact-finding and obtaining information about compliance, fraud, and abuse. It is designed for individuals who testify in administrative hearings or other proceedings. Topics include discussion of legal parameters, strategies for handling reluctant and hostile interviewees, and the importance of accurate field notes. The workshop focuses on interviewing external witnesses involved in underlying cases. Scenarios such as interviewing an office worker in a Medicaid Fraud investigation or the school nurse in a child abuse case will be included.
Number of Days: 1
Date(s): 3/2/2009 Registration deadline: 2/13/2009
Location: Albany Law School, Albany NY
Professional Writing: Mechanics
This workshop provides participants with a review of the mechanics of writing including grammar, usage, and punctuation. The workshop includes a review of the parts of speech, parts of a sentence phrases and clauses, and the use of pronouns, verbs, and modifiers. Participants will also review the rules of punctuation including apostrophes, semicolons, dashes, commas, and quotation marks.
Number of Days: 1
Date(s): 3/20/2009 Registration deadline: 3/4/2009
Location: Schenectady County Community College, Schenectady NY
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Technical Writing for Engineers
This two-day workshop assists engineers and technical professionals in producing written reports, memos, letters and other texts. Topics include how to organize written documents for readability, how to design effective formats for presenting information, and how to improve language usage and mechanics. The workshop also focuses on how purpose and audience affect both the content and the format of the text. Upon completion of this workshop, 1.2 Continuing Education Units will be awarded.
Number of Days: 2
Date(s): 1/12/2009 and 1/13/2009 Registration deadline: 1/5/2009
Location: Binghamton University, Binghamton NY
Conflict Resolution
In this interactive workshop, participants have an opportunity to improve their skills in dealing with and managing conflict. The workshop provides practical tools and techniques for conflict management and dispute resolution. Topics include conflict theory, to individual styles for resolving conflict, differentiating between positions and interests, and determining how differences impact communication. The focus is upon making the participants more effective problem solvers.
Number of Days: 1
Date(s): 2/2/2009 Registration deadline: 1/15/2009
Location: Binghamton University, Binghamton NY
Dementia Disorders: An Overview
This workshop discusses conditions and neurological disorders other than Alzheimer’s disease that cause symptoms of dementia. Participants learn about three additional forms of dementia: vascular dementia, Lewy body dementia, and Frontotemporal dementia. The signs, symptoms, and treatment options are also reviewed.
Number of Days: 1
Date(s): 2/26/2009 Registration deadline: 2/10/2009
Location: Binghamton University, Binghamton NY
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Co-Occurring Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders
This workshop is designed for social workers, health professionals, counselors, nurses, teachers, and other professionals. Discussion will focus on the tools for assessing the needs of drug and alcohol-dependent clients. Strategies will be provided for overcoming obstacles for treatment of those with mental health and substance use issues.
Number of Days: 1
Date(s): 1/21/2009 Registration deadline: 1/5/2009
Location: Long Island University-Brooklyn, Brooklyn NY
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act for Auditors
This workshop will cover the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and its impact on New York State employees. It will provide a review of key provisions of the act, including the scope of the term "issuer" (public companies whose stock is traded on an exchange, or "Over-The-Counter"); strengthening of audit committees; improper influence on audits; internal financial controls; code of ethics; Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) certification of disclosure; other disclosure enhancements, such as off-balance sheet transactions; substantive transactional provisions, such as forfeiture by an issuer’s CEO and CFO of any bonuses, or incentive compensation; accurate, complete, and timely determination of materiality and disclosure obligations; fair representation of financial condition and results; high quality audit and review of public company financial statements; preventing conflict of interest; and proper retention of audit documents and records.
Number of Days: 1
Date(s): 2/4/2009 Registration deadline: 1/16/2009
Location: Pace University, New York NY
Medications in Addictions Treatment: Understanding the Role
This workshop explores the new trends in the use of medications and addresses the resistance by some providers who may perceive a conflict between appropriate medication use and abstinence-only models of treatment. The psychosocial interventions for the treatment of addiction dependence, how medication and psychosocial interventions impact abstinence, and patient readiness for change, are also discussed.
Number of Days: 1
Date(s): 2/11/2009 Registration deadline: 1/26/2009
Location: Long Island University-Brooklyn, Brooklyn NY
Supervising Parolees and Inmates with Serious Personality Disorders
This workshop is designed for parole officers and correctional institution staff whose tasks involve interaction with parolees and /or inmates who suffer from mental illness, including parolees with Axis II diagnoses. Participants learn how to identify possible mental health issues, when to make a referral for a mental health screening, and how to recognize symptoms of an adverse reaction to psychotropic medications.
Number of Days: 1
Date(s): 2/18/2009 Registration deadline: 2/2/2009
Location: 555 West 57th Street Building, New York NY
Psychotropic Medications Update
This workshop for health care professionals explores diagnoses and treatments requiring the use of psychotropic medications. Therapeutic dosages and administration of these medications will be described, as well as the potential for their abuse in clinical and non-clinical settings. Also to be discussed are possible drug interactions.
Number of Days: 1
Date(s): 2/25/2009 Registration deadline: 2/9/2009
Location: Long Island University-Brooklyn, Brooklyn NY
Public Sector Budget Development
This workshop provides an overview of analytical techniques and tools to consider when developing a public sector budget, which include cost benefit analysis, revenue forecasting, and outcome-oriented budgeting techniques.
Number of Days: 1
Date(s): 2/26/2009 Registration deadline: 2/10/2009
Location: Pace University, New York NY
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Professional Writing: Mechanics
This workshop provides participants with a review of the mechanics of writing including grammar, usage, and punctuation. The workshop includes a review of the parts of speech, parts of a sentence phrases and clauses, and the use of pronouns, verbs, and modifiers. Participants will also review the rules of punctuation including apostrophes, semicolons, dashes, commas, and quotation marks.
Number of Days: 1
Date(s): 1/21/2009 Registration deadline: 1/5/2009
Location: Canisius College, Amherst NY