Cost: $67.00 USD

Models of Care



No dates are currently scheduled

 Today in the field of human services we are being asked to serve people with a growing variety of conditions. Often within a single service setting we provide care to people with: 

  • Mental Illness
  • Traumatic Brain Injury
  • Developmental Disabilities
  • Alzheimer's Disease

Frustration intensifies as we attempt to use the same paradigm, or model of care, to serve all of these conditions. With growing recognition that these conditions do not all fit into the same model of care, we are pressed to expand our knowledge base and adapt our delivery of care.

As we come to see the bigger picture for each of the conditions, we begin to understand our roles more clearly. Changing our perceptions helps decrease frustration and gives us a new direction. It allows for modification of our goals and expectations, and assists us to create a truly therapeutic milieu.

 This workshop offers an opportunity for direct care staff, nurses, and social workers to examine paradigms of care. An interactive format uses imagery, activity, lecture, and discussion to develop new perceptions, enabling us to more effectively serve others.

Course Information:
  • Course materials, refreshments and a box lunch are included in the course fee
  • Pre-registration is required
  • Register early! Class size is limited
  • Payment must accompany registration form
  • Video/audio taping of courses is prohibited
 Cancellation Policy:
  • Cancellations must be made no later than 5 business days prior to the course
  • The full course fee will be charged if cancellation is made in less than 5
    business days
  • Registration is transferable to another person
About the instructor

Karen Finck, RN, MS, CS, is an expert in psychiatric nursing and president of HCS. An engaging speaker, Ms. Finck lectures throughout Minnesota on mental health topics. She adeptly uses humor and presents real-life anecdotes from her experiences in the field. She provides not only an understandable theoretical framework, but offers practical approaches as well.
Continuing Education

This course is designed to provide 4.8 contact hours to nurses,
3.8 continuing education hours to social workers,
4.0 continuing education hours to
chemical dependency counselors, and
4.0 education hours to direct care staff

Please contact HCS if you would like to have this course presented at your own facility.