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Contact Beaver Valley is Offering “Skills for Better Listening”

February 16, 2010

in Contact Beaver County

Improve your ability to relate more effectively with family, friends, and co-workers and equip yourself with the interpersonal skills, knowledge and self-awareness to respond to the expressed needs of the people you deal with in your everyday life.

The classes being offered by Contact Beaver Valley, a Beaver County nonprofit organization,  will take place at the Beaver United Methodist Church, 350 College Avenue,  Beaver, PA 15009 and will take place on Tuesdays and Thursdays from  February 16th to March 16 th.  click to continue

Tagged as: Domestic Violence Assistance, Mental disorder, Mental health

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CONTACT Beaver County offering “Skills for Better Listening”

January 22, 2009

in Contact Beaver County

no-year-logo CONTACT Beaver County wants to help you become a better listener.  That’s why they are offering the “Skills for Better Listening” Course. 

Improve your ability to relate more effectively with family, friends, and co-workers and equip yourself with the interpersonal skills, knowledge and self-awareness to respond to the expressed needs of the people you deal with in your everyday life. Skills for Better Listening is Act 48 approved, and will prepare you to become a Crisis Center Specialist with CONTACT Beaver Valley. 

PROGRAM INFORMATION listening8

WHERE:               Penn State Beaver

                                    Room 106 – General Classroom Building

                                    Monaca, PA 15061 

WHEN:                 Tuesdays and Thursdays

                                    March 10th to April 2nd

                                    7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. 

Topics covered in the course include: 

  • Active Listening                                                          
  • Communications Skills
  • Loneliness, Depression and Grief                               
  • Ethics
  • Depression and Mental Illness                                    
  • Addiction and Substance Abuse
  • Coping with Stress                                                     
  • Child and Elder Care and Abuse
  • Suicide and Crisis Intervention                                   
  • Domestic Violence and Anger
  • Accessing Community                                                
  • Psychological, Spiritual, and
  • Resources and Programs                                               
  • Social Needs 

For more information call:  724-728-9511

 

Tagged as: Beaver County Nonprofit, listening skills

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Do You Need Help, or Know Someone Who Does?

October 13, 2008

in Contact Beaver County

Contact Beaver Valley make the telephone a Lifeline for many in the Beaver County Area.  The Mission of CONTACT Beaver Valley is to respond to the needs of callers through listening, and referral to appropriate services, 24 hours a day – 365 days a year.  Their services include: 

  • Helpline and Information Referral Services that operates 24/7
  • Reassurance Program that makes outgoing calls to individuals that are elderly, isolated, living alone, shut in, or handicapped.
  • Homeless Helpline that operates 24/7
  • Provide access to the national 1-800-SUICIDE Helpline and 1-800-227-TALK Hopeline to the entire 724 area code which covers 12 counties in Southwestern Pennsylvania.
  • Participates in the Department of Veterans Affairs national suicide prevention hotline
  • Provides after hours answering service for the following agencies in Beaver County:
  • o The Prevention Project’s SAFE Gate Program
  • o Beaver County’s Low Income Energy Assistance Program
  • Offers “Skills for Better Listening” training for potential volunteers, and for the community to be used for personal growth and continuing education.

The residents of Beaver County depend on the free, anonymous, and confidential services provided by CONTACT Beaver Valley phone workers.  Please support them by getting the word out about their services.  You can also help by volunteering your time, making a cash donation, and supporting their fundraising activities. Please visit the Events Calendar on this blog for upcoming events

If you would like more information about CONTACT Beaver Valley, please visit their website at www.contactbv.org.

The Director of CONTACT Beaver Valley, DON VILLELLA is available to speak at your organization.  For more information, please call 724-728-9511, email us at don.cbv@verizon.net.

Tagged as: Beaver County Nonprofit, Helpline, Referral Services, Veterans Affairs, volunteering

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