Coming Soon: Tracking Participant Contacts
Starting in late February 2025, you’ll be able to track successful and attempted participant contacts on the PIN Comments page in WWP.

Check out the Tracking Participant Contacts course in the Learning Center later this month to learn more.

Upcoming Classes

Balancing Domestic Abuse Issues and W-2 Participation - Face to Face Classroom
Workshop participants will develop an understanding of domestic abuse and develop strategies for working with victims/survivors of domestic abuse.

• April 23 - 24, 2025 in Milwaukee

For more details about this course and/or to register: Learning Center.

Note: This course is required for new W-2 workers. New workers have one year from date of hire to complete this course.

Balancing Domestic Abuse Issues and W-2 Participation - Virtual Classroom
Workshop participants will develop an understanding of domestic abuse and develop strategies for working with victims/survivors of domestic abuse.

• February 10 - 13, 2025 (PM)
• June 24 - 27, 2025 (AM)

For more details about this course and/or to register: Learning Center.

Note: This course is required for new W-2 workers. New workers have one year from date of hire to complete this course.

BEST in Action: Focus on Assessment - Face to Face Classroom
Are you looking to expand your case management skills? This course, designed specifically for experienced Case Managers, digs deeper into the BEST (Balance, Exploration, Sensitivity, and Trust) approach by focusing on assessments. Throughout the course, we look at how various assessments impact your case management practices and the participant’s journey toward self-sufficiency.

• April 29, 2025 in LaCrosse

For more details about this course and/or to register: Learning Center.

Building Stronger Families Together - Webinar
Discover how families can thrive! Parents participating in W-2 often balance challenges that touch every part of their lives, and by supporting the whole family, you can help them achieve their goals.

This webinar provides an overview of Whole Family Case Management. Explore its core principles, understand its significance in service delivery, and learn engagement strategies to make a lasting impact on the families you serve.

• February 26, 2025 (PM)
• March 14, 2025 (AM)
• April 17, 2025 (AM)
• May 12, 2025 (PM)
• June 18, 2025 (AM)

For more details about this course and/or to register: Learning Center.

Building the BEST Connections in Case Management - Face to Face Classroom
What’s the secret to guiding conversations with participants about assessment, goals, activities, and accommodations? Discover the BEST approach to build a solid foundation for your case management practices.

You’ll learn how the BEST approach fits into principles of assessment, then apply those concepts to W-2 assessments, EP goals, EP activities, and accommodations.

• March 12 - 13, 2025 in Milwaukee

For more details about this course and/or to register: Learning Center.

Note: This course is required for new W-2 workers. New workers have one year from date of hire to complete this course.

Building the BEST Connections in Case Management - Virtual Classroom
What’s the secret to guiding conversations with participants about assessment, goals, activities, and accommodations? Discover the BEST approach to build a solid foundation for your case management practices.

You’ll learn how the BEST approach fits into principles of assessment, then apply those concepts to W-2 assessments, EP goals, EP activities, and accommodations.

• May 13 - 16, 2025 (AM)

For more details about this course and/or to register: Learning Center.

Note: This course is required for new W-2 workers. New workers have one year from date of hire to complete this course.

Domestic Abuse Awareness for W-2 Staff - Virtual Classroom
Chances are you will work with a victim of domestic abuse in your role at the W-2 agency. This class includes activities designed to increase your awareness of domestic abuse and its impacts on victims, including how to recognize warning signs of abuse, effective strategies to work with victims, and making appropriate referrals.

• May 21- 22, 2025 (AM)

For more details about this course and/or to register: Learning Center.

Empowering Change Through Motivational Interviewing - Face to Face Classroom
Are you looking to enhance your communication skills and help others initiate positive behavior change? Motivational Interviewing is an evidence-based communication approach that empowers you to effectively guide others toward their goals. In the course, you will learn and practice skills that will help you facilitate change in individuals who may feel ambivalent about it.

• May 20, 2025 in Milwaukee

For more details about this course and/or to register: Learning Center.

Engage with Ease: Case Management Fundamentals - Face to Face Classroom
How can you create meaningful connections while maintaining professional boundaries? This course helps you build the skills you need to connect, collaborate, and succeed with participants as a W-2 Case Manager!

• March 26 - 27, 2025 (Pilot) in Wausau
• May 7 - 8, 2025 in Milwaukee

For more details about this course and/or to register: Learning Center.

Note: This course is required for new W-2 workers. New workers have one year from date of hire to complete this course.

Practical Applications in CWW - Face to Face Classroom
The purpose of this course is to develop a clear understanding of CWW processes and to use CWW accurately in W-2 eligibility determination.

• February 27, 2025 in Milwaukee
• April 9, 2025 in Wausau
• June 3, 2025 in Franklin

For more details about this course and/or to register: Learning Center.

Reminder: This course is required for new W-2 workers. New workers have one year from date of hire to complete this course.

NOTE: This is a very popular course, and classes often have a wait list. If you have taken this course within the last two years, you likely will be allocated out of a wait-listed class. Consider accessing the CWW Troubleshooting: How to Get the System to Work for You Webinar.

Working with W-2 Participants with Multiple Barriers - Face to Face Classroom
In this class you’ll network and strategize with other W-2 workers on the topics of assessment, goals, and engagement techniques. Using real participant stories, you’ll think about how you can use, modify, or adjust your current techniques and W-2 activities to better engage participants with barriers, helping them take steps forward.

• March 04, 2025 in Wausau

For more details about this course and/or to register: Learning Center.

Congratulations!
Join us in congratulating the following individuals who have successfully completed all the requirements of initial W-2 New Worker Training for their specific job function during December 2024.

Take the time to congratulate them and provide them with your support as they make the transition from new worker to ongoing worker.

4 Key Ways to Balance Your Mind, Body, and Soul
Nowadays it’s extremely common for people to find themselves living stress-ridden and hectic lives. We often find ourselves in a hurry to do and achieve so many things – trying to balance careers, families, side-hustles, social lives, workouts & more leave us feeling for lack of a better word – drained.

Has balance become such a lofty goal that for most people it’s no longer feasible? Maybe a good place to start is by simply aiming to find holistic balance in regard to your overall health – aka your mind, body, and soul. Below are 4 ways to help you begin the process.

1. Start with the Food You Eat
2. Give Yourself Time to Rest
3. Arrange a Spa Day in the Comfort of Your Own Home
4. Disconnect from Technology

Learn more at: https://www.gaiam.com/blogs/discover/4-key-ways-to-balance-your-mind-body-and-soul

Learning Center Tips

Training Transcript
In the left navigation pane of the PTT Learning Center, choose My Information, then Transcript. If you are prompted to Sign On, enter your Learning Center Logon ID and click OK.

You will see your upcoming classes and the last 3 years of your training history. To view your entire training history, select Entire Training Transcript in the upper right portion of the screen.

Clicking on the Select button to the left of the class will take you to the information page for that class.

Explanation of the registration statuses:

If you have questions about using this feature in the Learning Center, please call the registration staff at 920-424-1071, or email them at regstaff@uwosh.edu

Reminders

Print Your Own Participant Guides
Training participants are responsible for downloading and printing their own Participant Guides. Directions regarding this are included in the confirmation letter. 

Inclement Weather Phone Number
The Partner Training Team offers a phone number to call when the weather doesn't cooperate with training plans. If you wonder if your class will be held, call the Inclement Weather Number at 608-422-6322 before you drive! A recorded message will announce the status of training sessions.