About Training & Conferences CAI offers a variety of trainings and hosts conferences periodically. Click here to view our current training calendar. Each year, CAI conducts over 700 training programs for agencies in New York City, New York State, and Federal Region II (New York, New Jersey, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands), as well as national and international programs. In developing a training program, CAI works closely with the agency, the funders, relevant field experts, and training participants, as well as clients who will receive services. Projects begin with a customized needs assessment to determine the topic areas and priorities that must be covered in training assess the existing knowledge and expectations of the prospective training participants, and pinpoint the objectives of training. In addition to written surveys, CAI utilizes focus groups and performance indicators or standards developed and monitored by recognized professional sources to obtain relevant data about training needs. CAI also conducts on-site visits and observations to assesses first-hand the training needs of agencies. This combination of input assists CAI to offer relevant, client-centered training. We are in partnership with a variety of universities and research projects in developing training curricula and programs for translating research into practice, these include: Mailman School of Public Health of Columbia University, New York State Psychiatric Institute HIV Center, University of Alabama, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the Association of Substance Abuse Providers of New York State. CAI has expertise in delivering professional training that is dynamic, interactive, and respectful of participants, and that incorporates the principles of adult learning. In order to meet the various needs of providers who have increasing workloads and decreasing time available for training, CAI has recently been offering an increasing number of satellite telecasts, trainings on CD-ROM, and on-line trainings. CAI Trainers CAI's administrators, trainers, and consultants are a culturally diverse group of experienced managers, physicians, nurses, psychologists, social workers, and other health professionals. All trainers have had front-line work experience in health and human services and most have extensive experience working with minority, poor, and underserved communities. As trainers, CAI staff are recognized for being innovative, having in-depth knowledge of technical areas, and having a dynamic approach in building skills and competence in trainees at every level of their respective professions. They have extensive experience conducting train-the-trainer and training programs, engaging providers, recruiting participation, designing curricula, and developing training models that are efficacious and adaptable by a broad cross-section of local providers. Cicatelli Associates Incorporated, 505 Eighth Avenue, Suite 1600, New York, NY  10018 phone: (212) 594-7741 / fax: (212) 629-3321 http://www.cicatelli.org If you experience problems browsing this page, please send e-mail to webmaster © Copyright 2004, Cicatelli Associates Inc. site map