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MindAlert Series

Sponsored by the MetLife Foundation 

The American Society on Aging, with the generous funding from the MetLife Foundation, offers free online training and educational resources on current research and innovative programs in the non-profit sector that help older adults maintain and enhance cognitive and mental function in their later years. Building on the MetLife MindAlert program cornerstones ‐ from the awards to the lectures – touching thousands of professional and elders nationwide, ASA is taking the program to greater prominence with broader visibility through its online educational series. 
 

Speakers Bureau Web Seminars

The MindAlert Speakers’ Bureau Program is designed to train professionals around the country to implement cognitive stimulating programs in local settings. Speakers’ Bureau programs have received the MetLife Foundation MindAlert Award and are recognized as innovative community-based programs translating research related to enhancing cognitive function in later life into practical mental/cognitive health promotion activities. To view previously recorded seminars in this series, click here.
 
Spirituality and Brain Health
*Includes FREE CEUs*
Thursday, May 23, 2013
10:00 AM Pacific / 11:00 AM Mountain
12:00 PM Central / 1:00 PM Eastern
Speaker: Dr. Andrew Newberg
 
Fight Back: NECC Cognitive Programs for Battling Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia
*Includes FREE CEUs*
Thursday, June 13, 2013
10:00 AM Pacific / 11:00 AM Mountain
12:00 PM Central / 1:00 PM Eastern
Speaker: Patti Said
Part of the MetLife MindAlert Series. Free for everyone.
 
*Includes FREE CEUs*
Thursday, June 20, 2013
10:00 AM Pacific / 11:00 AM Mountain
12:00 PM Central / 1:00 PM Eastern
Speakers: Debra Raybold and Rosemary Cox
 
Developing Plus 50 Leaders for Civic Engagement
*Includes FREE CEUs*
Thursday, August 22, 2013
10:00 AM Pacific / 11:00 AM Mountain
12:00 PM Central / 1:00 PM Eastern
Speaker: Carol Davis
Part of the MetLife MindAlert Series. Free for everyone.

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