Continuing Education:
As an organizer I strive to continually learn more about my craft so that I can better serve my clients in every way possible.
NAPO classes (National Association of Professional Organizers):
- Ethics for the Professional Organizer 05/07
- Selling for clients on Ebay 03/07
- Understanding the Grieving Client 03/07
- Personal Safety in the Workplace (NAPO SE) 03/07
- Organizing for Students & Teachers (NAPO SE) 08/07
- Things That Make Us Nervous (NAPO) 10/07
- Worst Case Scenarios (NAPO SE) 11/07
- Organizing Outside the Box 1/08
- PO 102 - Basic Organizing Principles Space, Data, Time 10 & 11/09
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NAPO Conference Classes:
2009-Orlando, FL
→ Residential Organizing: Tips, Tricks and Tools
→ Blogging & Podcasting
→ How to Unpack and Organize a House in 3 Days
→ Getting Your Clients Affairs in Order
→ Maintenance Issues: They Keep Slipping Back
→ The Magic of Motivating
2008 - Reno, NV
→ Perfectionists and Pleasers
→ Marketing on a Dime for the Residential Organizer
→ The Art of Pre-Assessment
→ Assessments and Client Action Plans
→ Inspiring & Shifting the Stuck Client
→ So That's It! Understanding/Working with Mental Health Conditions
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NSGCD (National Study Group on Chronic Disorganization):
The NSGCD is a group of organizers and related professionals; therapists, social and health care workers, etc. It places great emphasis on education and offers weekly classes on a variety of organizing topics. They offer a 5 level certification program.
Certificates Held:
Level 1 Study Certificate in Chronic Disorganization
2007
· Basic Differences Between OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder) & OCPD (Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder) 03/07
· Thyroid Dysfunction in CD Clients 03/07
· Basic ADD 04/07
· Locating Mental Health Resources in Your Community 05/07
· Working with Adult Children of Elderly CD Clients 05/07
· Working With Visual Learners 05/07
· Collaborative Therapy for CD Clients and Organizers 06/07
· Depression in the Elderly Client 06/07
· Understanding the NSGCD Certification Program 07/07
· Basic CD (Chronic Disorganization) 08/07
· Understanding the Physical & Mental Challenges of Elderly Clients 08/07
· Working with Auditory Learners 08/07
· Working with Clients in Transition 08/07
· ADD/CD and the Organizing Process 09/07
· Personal Safety with CD Clients 9/07
· Boundaries and Ethics 9/07
· Collaborative Therapy for CD Clients and Organizers (Advanced) 10/07
· Letting Go: The Process and Meaning of Dispossession in the lives of Consumers 11/07
· Assisting the Traumatic Brain Injured Client 11/07
· Introduction to Compulsive Hoarding 12/07
2008
· Compulsive Hoarding and Acquiring -1/08
· Privacy Concerns and the CD Client 2/08
· Understanding Mental Health Conditions Affecting the CD Client 2/08
· Helping Clients Whose Hoarding Puts Them and Others at Risk - 03/08
· Establishing Successful Client Relationships 4/08
· Storage Units: Pros & Cons for CD Clients 5/08
· Couples & Organization 6/08
· Working with Clients with Vision Loss 12/08
· Backsliding 12/08
· Research on the Meanings of Possessions During Life Transitions & Following
Traumatic Loss (Pt. 1 of 2) 12/08
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2009
· Strategies for Becoming an Effective Change Agent 2/09
· What is an Anxiety Disorder 03/09
· Research Based Techniques to use when Dealing with CD Clients Undergoing
Life Transitions (Pt. 2 of 2) 04/09
· Aging in Place 04/09
Fidget to Focus: At Home 05/09
· Relocation Stress Syndrome & CD Clients 06/09
· Change Agent Roles and Techniques in Working with CD Clients 06/09
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Other Classes:
· The Basics of Selling on eBay eBay University -10/07
· Scan It, Print It, Save It - Rolodex, Dymo, & Cardscan Presentation - 4/08 (NAPO National Conference)
· Utilizing COZI Family Organizing Software 01/09
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