NEON IS A COMMUNITY COLLABORATIVE
Inclusive Innovative Supportive
Who Are We?
NEON is a 501(c)3 nonprofit, with a comprehensive training and consulting program offering online (or in person upon request) trainings and workshops. We provide training opportunities to Executive Directors, HR, C-Suite staff, Community Health Workers, Traditional Health Workers, Social Workers, and other frontline staff across the State of Oregon.
We are passionate about systemic changes to ensure diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging which is why these ideal principles are instilled in all of our offerings. Our goal is to offer healthcare professionals in Oregon opportunities to build knowledge and skills within their profession, while gaining confidence to learn fundamental practice techniques for systemic changes.
All of our trainings and workshops, offer continuing education units through MHACBO, NASW, or SHRM and are earned by hours attended. We also can provide custom training dates to organizations needing a large group to attend as well as custom training curriculum that aligns with our mission, vision, and values.
Contact Kinda Cable at [email protected] for more information.
Trainings to Support You and Your Organization
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Wellness at Work Training Program
NEON's Wellness at Work project supports the health care workforce throughout Oregon by providing training to frontline staff working with rural or culturally underserved populations. We also offer training for supervisors and administrators who support this workforce.
Trainings offered in this program: Supervising for Resilience, Wellness at Work for Healthcare Executives. Self-Care at Work series includes: Take Care of Yourself, Inside Job, Dynamic Duo, Set Your Scene, and For the Fun of It.
*Scholarships and iPads widely available for this program. Scholarships cover a portion of the full price towards the Supervising for Resilience and Workforce Wellness for Mid-Level Leaders trainings.
Apply for the Scholarship!
Rural Oregon Opioid Trainings
NEON's Removing Community Risks for Opioid Misuse in Eastern Oregon training project works with the direct service workforce from multiple fields. In these sessions, workers build their knowledge and skills to work with people who struggle with opioid misuse.
Topics covered: Brain basics, Compassion Fatigue and Addiction, Family Impacts, Health Risks of Opioid Addiction, Motivational Interviewing and Addiction, and Medication Assisted Treatment and How to Support It.
Community Health Worker (CHW) Certification Course
CHWs are found in all sorts of settings, working to address systemic inequities and reduce barriers to health care for our communities' most vulnerable. They are there to build bridges between underserved communities and the health care services they need.
In this course, participants share and learn about the roles of CHWs and a range of topics relevant to their work. By the end, they have a big-picture understanding of community and public health and the ways they can have a positive impact. NEONs CHW certification course is a 90-hour training approved by the Oregon Health Authority and runs three times a year.
Tobacco Cessation Skills Training
Tobacco cessation is a complex process that requires not only a personal commitment, but also access to cessation resources, and the availability of a social support system.
This training series provides an overview of the nature, extent and impact of tobacco use on health. It also offers a detailed exploration of counseling and support strategies that Community Health Workers and other front line staff can implement with those patients interested in tobacco cessation or quitting.
* Looking for a different training topic? View our complete list of available Training Topics HERE.
About Our Trainings
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Trainings are held online via Zoom but in-person accommodations can be made upon request.
- All trainings are in real time and use popular education methods.
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Targeted audiences include the broader state of Oregon with a focus on those working with rural and culturally underserved populations.
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Collectively the trainers have over 40 years of experience in training, curriculum development, and human services.
- Continuing Education Units are offered for all our trainings and workshops.
Meet the NEON training team
Lisa Ladendorff, LCSW, CHW
Lisa is the Development and Training Program Director. She has trained, mentored, and supervised public health, community mental health, and non-profit leadership staff throughout Oregon. She has experience in community health assessment, health systems planning, and grant writing and management.
Connie Sherrard, MSW, CHW
Connie is the Training Manager at NEON. She has spent her career working in human services, mostly devoted to families and children. She is passionate about helping people become better advocates for equity and access for all.
Edna Murrieta, MS. Ed, CHW
Edna is the DEIB and Training Program Manager at NEON. She has worked in higher education supporting students from marginalized communities to achieve success in higher education. She is a valuable asset and advocate in NEON’s efforts to address diversity, equity, and inclusion, both internally and in the services we provide.
Kinda Cable, BS, CHW
Kinda is the Training Program Communications and Project Manager, a position that coordinates activities for the training program, assists in registration and scholarships, data collection, marketing, visual and website design, and provides participant support. Kinda is a lifelong rural who studied at Westwood College online where she earned her BS in Visual Communications.
Cami Miller, PSS, CHW
Cami Miller is the Training Coordinator at NEON. She was trained by NEON as a CHW in 2017, and contracted with them with various projects over the years. She also worked as a certified recovery mentor with substance use, as a mental health peer support person and as a CHW in houselessness. She recently joined NEON as trainer and is excited to be back where her ardor for traditional health work began.
Meet our Contract Trainers
Information Coming Soon
What's Happening with the NEON Training Team!
The NEON training team will be attending multiple upcoming conferences this Fall. Come see us at any of our events listed below and say hello.
Eastern Oregon University Peer Conference in La Grande, Oregon - August 22nd.
ORCHWA Conference in Salem, Oregon - September 5th & 6th.
Eastern Oregon University Health Equity Conference in La Grande, Oregon - September 28th & 29th.
Oregon Rural Health Conference in Bend, Oregon - October 2nd through 4th.
Oregon Doula Conference in Salem, Oregon - October 25th.
Hear From Our Participants
"Really appreciate how well you integrate chat and breakout with the teaching portions". - Opioid Addiction Training Participant
"The content was great and very useful. It was delivered in a manner that was easy to understand." - Compassion Fatigue Training Participant
