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Saturday, April 29, 2017

ASA Offers Two Educational Opportunities for World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (WEAAD)

Elder Mistreatment

Launching June 12 is the new 5-week online course from American Society on Aging (ASA) and USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology on elder mistreatment prevention. USC faculty members will introduce participants to what is known about prevention within the field of elder mistreatment, teaching options and remedies for protecting existing victims of elder mistreatment and those who have not yet been mistreated. Learn more and enroll now to earn a certificate of completion from USC, and elect to receive 10 CSA CEUs. If you are not an ASA member yet, you can join when you register for the course and save $60 off your membership with discount code "USC7".

Additionally, join ASA for a special WEAAD web seminar – Domestic Violence and Sexual Abuse in Later Life: What You Can Do to Support Older Victims with Bonnie Brandl, Founder and Director of the National Clearinghouse on Abuse in Later Life (NCALL). This important one-hour event will take place June 13 from 10am-11am Pacific. Registration is free and includes a complimentary CSA CEU. Learn more and register today.