Training

ABCD offers a two-prong training system, including our onboarding training and Continuing Education Catalog. Our onboarding courses: Basic Family Planning Training, Family Planning Training for Advanced Practice, HIV Education for Health Workers, and Program Requirements are offered multiple times a year. Our Continuing Education Catalog courses are each offered once a year and afterwards can be found as recordings on the “Webinars” tab.

All new ABCD Family Planning Counselors MUST take the Basic Family Planning Training and the Program Requirements Training.

It is STRONGLY recommended that all Family Planning RNs, NPs, and PAs at ABCD sites take Family Planning Training for Advanced Practice.

All ABCD Family Planning Counselors MUST take two Continuing Education trainings, either live or as a webinar.

If you have any questions, please email us at abcdfamilyplanning@bostonabcd.org.

Basic Family Planning Training

ABCD’s Basic Family Planning Training is designed to give new Family Planning Counselors and Health Educators the content knowledge and functional skills to excel in Family Planning work. This training consists of two live virtual sessions and 11 self-guided online learning modules. Live sessions are designed for skills-based practice, while our eLearning modules deliver content that counselors can return to as needed. Topics covered include Family Planning Counseling, Reproductive Anatomy, Contraceptives, STIs, Pregnancy Options, Working with Adolescents, and More.

Currently, the ABCD Training Team is working on returning the Basic Course to in-person instruction.

Current Live Zoom Session Dates: 

To be announced

Family Planning Training for Advanced Practice 

ABCD’s Family Planning Training for Advanced Practice is designed to expand the content knowledge and enhance the skills of practitioners participating in Family Planning Counseling. This training consists of 10 hours of self-guided online content and 10 hours of live skills-based training. It is only available to RNs, NPs, PAs, and MDs. 

This course offers 15 contact hours credit. When registering, please indicate if you are interested in contact hours credit.

Current Live Zoom Session Dates: 

To be announced

HIV Education for health workers

ABCD’s Family Planning Training for Advanced Practice is designed to expand the content knowledge and enhance the skills of practitioners participating in Family Planning Counseling. This training consists of 10 hours of self-guided online content and 10 hours of live skills-based training. It is only available to RNs, NPs, PAs, and MDs. 

HIV Education for Health Workers can be offered on-site at your clinic. If you have multiple staff members interested, please get in touch with us at abcdfamilyplanning@bostonabcd.org.

Current Live Zoom Session Dates: 

To be announced

ABCD Program Requirements Training

ABCD’s Program Requirements Training is designed to educate our sub-recipient staff on how to comply with the different requirements of our Family Planning program. Topics covered will include data reporting, billing, quality review information, and contraceptive orders.

If you want to take this training as a refresher, please email us at abcdfamilyplanning@bostonabcd.org.

Current Live Zoom Session Dates: 

May 8th, 9 am to 12 pm

ABCD IUD / implant Certification

ABCD is partnering with Paraguard to bring free IUD certification training to staff. For our first training date, we are also partnering with Organon to conduct Nexplanon training. Please indicate what training you are interested in on your registration form.

The Paraguard training certification will cover all IUD brands. Please check with your clinic for further steps needed to be able to implant IUDs at your site.

This training will be in-person at our Chauncy St. location, 105 Chauncy St., Boston, MA 02111.

Current Dates: 

To be announced.

Payment Information 

Costs for each training are as follows:

Registration checks should be made payable to “ABCD Health Services” and sent to: 

C/o Jean-Denis Couillard Hale

178 Tremont Street,
Boston, MA 02111.

To request an invoice, please email us at  abcdfamilyplanning@bostonabcd.org.

Training Calendar

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