The Ultimate One-Day Diabetes Course is organized by PESI HealthCare and will be held from Apr 08, 2020 at Crowne Plaza Edison, Edison, New Jersey, United States of America. Target Audience: • Nurses • Nurse Practitioners • Clinical Nurse Specialists • Physician Assistants • Certified Diabetes Educators • Pharmacists • Registered Dietitians & Dietetic Technicians. Course Description: While 1 in 13 Americans have diabetes; 1 in 4 are diagnosed with pre-diabetes. All healthcare professionals will care for patients with diabetes, pre-diabetes or metabolic syndrome on a daily basis, regardless of specialty. As management of diabetes becomes increasingly complex, it is imperative to keep up to date on new treatment options and standards regarding complication prevention. You play an important role in diabetes prevention, care, and management. Your role begins with a solid undertanding of diabetes and its treatment. Attend this seminar and increase your understanding of diabetes and pre-diabetes, and learn evidence-based pharmacological and non-pharmacological techniques for glucose control. You will leave with an in-depth understanding of the latest approaches in assessing and treating patients with diabetes, as well as new skills to apply for those at risk for diabetes. Laurie Klipfel will provide you with strategies to optimize patient education and empowerment so you can improve the care you provide to diabetes patients. Objectives: • State diagnostic criteria for diabetes and understand the differences between Type 1, Type 2 and pregnancy induced (gestational) diabetes. • Evaluate metabolic syndrome ("the deadly quartet": diabetes, hypertension, hyperlipidemia and obesity) and pre-diabetes. • Recognize the symptoms of hyper- and hypoglycemia and use current research for optimal pharmacologic and non-pharmacological treatment based on ADA Standards of Care and AADE-7™ behavioral goals. • Discuss the basal/bolus concept of insulin administration including various insulin administration schedules to achieve optimal control. • Assess risk and employ prevention/treatment techniques for acute and chronic complications, including how to address weight issues. • Utilize current research to support the nationwide impetus for tight glycemic control for hospitalized patients, including management strategies during illness or surgery. • Explain what to do when a patient is wearing an insulin pump. • Analyze motivational techniques to assist patients to progress from knowing to doing. • Describe new treatment therapies and what is on the horizon. Additional details will be posted as soon as information is available.

Hands-on workshop with Dr. Foroud Hakim: Esthetic Dentistry – Redefining the Cliché is organized by Rutgers School of Dental Medicine (RSDM) and will be held on Apr 17, 2020 at Pines Manor, Edison, New Jersey, United States of America. Accreditation:  This CME Conference has been approved for a maximum of 7 participation credit hours. Course Description: Patient driven, elective, full-smile makeovers no longer define esthetic dentistry. The evolution of contemporary practice has led to a much more thoughtful and patient centered approach to restoration. Tooth preservation, minimal invasiveness, biology, and function are the goals of modern practice where optimal esthetics occurs as a value-added by-product. In this hands-on course, you will learn strategies for optimal adhesion to a variety of substrates including enamel, dentin, and a variety of restorative materials. The direct restorative component of the course will expand on composite layering techniques for developing three dimensionally shaded restorations. You will also learn critical aspects of delivery from fool proof matrix strategies for optimal contour and contact formation to best strategies for finishing and polishing. In the indirect restorative component of the course, you will be exposed to the latest in modern ceramics and will learn the where, why, and how of deployment. You will learn: • Adhesive review. • Contemporary direct and indirect restorations. • Modern approach to post and core. • Disease and substrate driven treatment decisions. • Critical materials, techniques, technologies and adjunctive armamentarium. Additional details will be posted as soon as information is available.

New Jersey Academy of General Dentistry (NJAGD) 2020 Annual Meeting is organized by New Jersey Academy of General Dentistry (NJAGD) and will be held on May 20, 2020 at Pines Manor, Edison, New Jersey, United States of America. Accreditation: This CME Conference has been approved with a maximum of 4 CE Credits Description: The hustle and bustle of running a busy dental practice, and sometimes an even busier family, can leave us with that overwhelming feeling of being stuck on the proverbial “treadmill”. Drs. Brett and Irene Druger have found that shifting just a few aspects of their practice, and their personal lives, can make a tremendous difference in how each day is experienced. The integration of health and wellness with a strong work ethic, and even stronger team culture, can help us get off that treadmill and back to experiencing joy and gratitude for this wonderful profession! Learning objectives: • Diminishing the feeling of overwhelm • Generating energy when you feel like you have none • How self-care directly affects the success of your practice • Creating a company culture that makes you and your team excited to come to work • Maintaining an attitude of gratitude to keep our sense of fulfillment, even on “bad” days Additional details will be posted as soon as information is available.

Self Regulation and Mealtimes: An Integrative Approach to Difficult Feeding Challenges is organized by Education Resources, Inc. (ERI) and will be held from Nov 13 - 14, 2020 at Lakeview School, Edison, New Jersey, United States of America. Target Audience: This course is designed for OTs, OTAs, PTs, PTAs, SLPs, Registered Dieticians, and Special Educators. Eating affects the entire lifespan and problems occur at all ages. While we often see food refusals and other maladaptive eating behaviors in autism spectrum disorders, disordered eating and food refusals occur frequently with ADHD, developmental delays, and even with typically developing children. Techniques apply to EI, school, clinic, and home settings with children from infancy to teens. Those new to feeding and even more experienced practitioners will learn from the course. CEU Details: • This course meets the criteria for 13 contact hours (1.3 CEUs). Application has been made to the MD and NJ Boards of Physical Therapy Examiners, and to the OH Physical Therapy Association. The DC, DE, PA and VA Boards of Physical Therapy recognize other state’s approvals. • TX Physical Therapy Association accredited provider. • Approved provider by the NY State Board of Physical Therapy for 15.6 contact hours. • This course is offered for up to 1.3 ASHA CEUs (Intermediate level, Professional area). • Approved provider of continuing education by the American Occupational Therapy Association #3043, for 13 contact hours Intermediate Level Occupational Therapy Process: assessment, intervention. The assignment of AOTA CEUs does not imply endorsement of specific course content, products or clinical procedures by AOTA. • NBCOT professional development provider-13 PDUs. • Approved by the TX Board of OT Examiners. • Dieticians will receive 13 hours. Description: Learn to view eating (a self-regulated occupation) through the lenses of psychoneuroimmunology, which involves multiple gut-brain neurohormonal feedback loops of sensory enjoyment, positive social interactions, and the microbiome. Participants will learn to find “just-right” self-regulation approaches, evaluate developmental readiness, plan sound nutritional food-chains, and use family-focused reduction of mealtime stress to improve feeding dynamics. Objectives: • Predict which sensory, movement, and communication activities will most likely enhance self-regulated behaviors for individual children. • Evaluate a child from participant’s caseload for developmental readiness using the Rainbow Kid’s Play Scale, and the Rainbow Kid’s Mealtime Scale. • Construct a food chain that begins with a child’s favorite food and introduces new, more nutritional foods in a stepwise pattern that stays within a child’s comfort level. • Support family-focused mealtimes by following the Satter Division of Responsibility in Feeding model. • Assemble a menu of therapeutic activities (games, cooking, art, music, academics) and objectives that will guide the child toward eating competence and autonomy.