CADER Online Courses
Browse available offerings available to senior center and council on aging staff at a discounted rate. To receive the discounted rate, learners must register through this portal.
Program Planning (1 CE) – This one-hour course provides human services professionals with essential skills for planning, implementing, and evaluating interventions. Learners will explore problem and decision analysis and develop practical skills for designing and systematically implementing effective work plans to address identified needs.
Discounted Rate: $25.00 per learner
Volunteer Engagement (2.5 CEs) – Volunteers play a vital role in supporting organizations that serve older adults. This course provides practical strategies and tools to recruit, engage, and manage volunteers effectively, helping organizations strengthen their volunteer workforce, expand their capacity, and increase their impact in the community.
Discounted Rate: $62.50 per learner
Aging with Intellectual and Developmental Disability (3 CEs) – This course provides an overview of intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) and their impact across the lifespan, including physical, emotional, cognitive, and social aspects. Participants will learn how aging and disability service systems can work together to better support older adults with lifelong disabilities and promote inclusion in community programs and services.
Human Services Management (3.5 CEs) – This course helps learners develop the essential skills needed to lead and manage effectively in human service organizations. Participants will explore strategies for navigating complex social, political, technological, and economic challenges while building adaptive, mission-driven organizations that balance the needs of diverse stakeholders and promote positive community impact.
Discounted Rate: $87.50 per learner
Mental Wellness and Resilience Among Older Immigrants and Refugees (3 CEs) – By the end of this course, you will have become familiar with the background of immigration in the United States, and how it impacts older adults. It will help you identify the stressors and barriers faced by older immigrants and refugees as well as understand the strengths and resources found in immigrant and refugees’ communities. You will also explore your own cultural attitudes and beliefs and how they may affect your work with immigrants and refugees.
Discounted Rate: $75.00
Understanding Structural & Institutional Racism (3.5 CEs) – This free online course explores the social systems and ideologies that contribute to racial inequality. Through three one-hour sections, learners will examine concepts such as racial capitalism, white supremacy, and structural racism; explore strategies for challenging inequity; and learn about the history of antiracist activism and the role of social workers in advancing equity. The course is designed to expand knowledge, introduce new perspectives, and support efforts to build a more antiracist society.
Free Offering
A Guide to the Aging and Disability Networks (4 CEs) – This course provides an overview of the services and supports available to older adults and people with disabilities through federal, state, and local programs. Learners will gain an understanding of key resources within the aging and disability networks, including program eligibility requirements and how to connect individuals with appropriate services and benefits.
Discounted Rate: $100.00 per learner
Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias (4 CEs) – This course offers a comprehensive look at Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias, investigating the impact on individuals, families, caregivers, and communities. The course explains risk factors, prevention, the stages of Alzheimer’s disease, and strategies for communicating with individuals living with dementia. It highlights the importance of a coordinated, person-centered care network involving healthcare and human service professionals. The course also explores the impact of caregiving on caregivers and how caregivers can be supported.
Discounted Rate: $100.00 per learner
Mental Health and Aging Issues (4 CEs) – This course provides health and human service workers with fundamental knowledge of the signs and symptoms of common mental health concerns that impact older adults and the tools required to address the needs of the older people you work with in this crucial realm — through appropriate intervention or referral. The course will discuss a strengths-based approach to mental health, which uncovers and draws on the person’s strengths and abilities. Understanding how to work from this perspective will help you become more effective in your work with people who need affirmation and encouragement to work toward their recovery.
Discounted Rate: $100.00 per learner
Substance Use among Older Adults (4 CEs) – This course explores the prevalence, health impacts, screening, intervention, and prevention of substance use in aging populations. Through interactive learning, participants will gain practical strategies to recognize concerns, reduce stigma, and support healthier outcomes for older adults.
Discounted Rate: $100.00 per learner
Suicide Prevention among Older Adults (4 CEs) – This course prepares those working with older adults to recognize suicide risk among their clients, to intervene, and to engage in and promote suicide prevention. You will learn about the underlying causes of suicide, and the risk factors associated with suicide in older adults, as well as the influence that cultural and religious factors may have on the risk of suicide. The course provides an assessment of the interventions that have proven most effective in preventing suicide among at-risk older adults. The course also includes a discussion of the ethical and legal issues that surround suicide.
Discounted Rate: $100.00 per learner
Core Issues in Aging and Disability (6 CEs) – This two-part course examines how aging and disability can impact quality of life and explores the laws, policies, and programs that promote independence, inclusion, and equal access to services. Learners will gain an understanding of the aging and disability networks, the history of disability rights, and the community-based supports available to help older adults and people with disabilities live independently.