Training Innovation - Service

SE4A University

“Training – Innovation - Service”

The SE4A University is the first of its kind collaboration between the Southeastern Association of Area Agencies on Aging (SE4A) and the Center for Aging & Disability Education & Research (CADER) at Boston University. SE4A Universitywas createdtoprovide comprehensive, validated, skill-based online training programs to ensure that workers have the knowledge and skills needed to meet the long-term living services and support needs of consumers and families in an increasingly diverse and rapidly changing world. The programsare designed to enhance the skills of those already providing these services, as well as for those who will need new skills to meet the increased demands from the changing healthcare landscape.

The SE4A University is based on two simple ideas: 1) that learning must be skill-based and tied to behaviors and tasks that workers need to succeed on the job, and 2) learning must be consistent and cost-effective, and can be accessed anywhere by participants so the training can be most effective.

SE4A University Training Programs are for those workers in the eight member states’ (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee) AAAs and their service provider networks that want the skill requirements needed to provide a full range of community-based long-term living services and supports include the following:

Center for Aging & Disability Education & Research (formerly the Institute for Geriatric Social Work) 

264 Bay State Road  Boston, MA 02215  .

Participant Direction
ADRC/Options Counseling
Integrated Care Coordination
Legal & Ethical
Elder Abuse, Neglect Investigations Interventions
Behavioral Health
Care Management/Transitions
Supervision & Leadership

Center for Aging & Disability Education & Research (formerly the Institute for Geriatric Social Work) 

264 Bay State Road  Boston, MA 02215  .

Program Overview

To help agencies ensure that their workers have these skills, the SE4A University offers a cost-effective, high quality, and structured online training programsdeveloped by the Center for Aging and Disability Education and Research at Boston University. The training provides comprehensive training programs in which workers obtain proficiency in core competency areas leading to the attainment of increasingly advanced practice skills. Collectively, the competency areas cover the range of knowledge and skills essential for effective practice and successful job performance.

Customized training programs through SE4A University are available upon request for agencies, state associations, or state agencies within the member states, for more information about these programs and services please contact CADER’s Director of Business Development, Frank Fay, to discuss your agency or state’s needs. He will work with you and your management staff to develop a training curriculum that is customized to your state or agency’s training needs, which can be determined by doing a comprehensive needs assessment with your entire staff.

Or you can choose fromany of the below pre-designed programs that were created based on the survey results we did with SE4A members – staff as well as the ones with directors. The SE4A Board and CADER strongly recommend that you have the majority of your staff initially participate in one of the two core training programs (Option 1or Option 2) because it allows states and agencies to build a strong foundation of core skills and competencies, andalso provides you the opportunity to benchmark and measure your network as you move forward. CEUs are available for Social Workers, Guardians, and in some states Nurses.

Program pricing isoutlined in the following chart.

Number of Participants / SE4A Members
Cost per Certificate / SE4A Non-Members
Cost per Certificate
1 to 5 participants / $325 per participant / $500 per participant
5 or more participants / $265 per participant / $500 per participant
Agency Rate (up to 25 participants) / $4,975 / $8,125

The below SE4A University program options include access for participants to 5online courses that together provide approximately 20 plus hours of training. In addition, participating associations or agencies that have 15 or more training participants will receive one Training Implementation Guide, and one set of accompanying course supervisor/facilitator guides (5 total guides) that together with the online courses provide more than 35 plushours of online and in-house training for you and your staff.

Theonline courses have been developed by leading industry experts in the field of aging and disability, and reviewed by licensed practitioners which together provide a real life feel and application that is not found in any other online training program of this kind. The Center for Aging and Disability Education and Research will provide ongoing program management, as well as technical and customer support for all participants. Each 5 course program is designed to be completed in 9 - 12 months.

*** The Core Issues in Aging & Disabilities course is highly recommended as a pre-requisite for any of the below programs.

Option 1–SE4A Foundation in Aging & Disability TrainingProgram (Recommended year 1 training):