A Matter of Balance Lay Leader Model Master Trainer Session Information Master Trainer sessions are offered by MaineHealth's Partnership for Healthy Aging. The Master Trainer session will provide you with information and materials to implement A Matter of Balance in your community. As a result of the training, you will become a Master Trainer prepared to: - Recruit and train volunteers to lead A Matter of Balance classes
- Coordinate the program in your community
- Market the program to older adults
- Evaluate outcomes ?
Master Trainer Session Schedule 2013
Space is limited. Please call  207-661-7120 to check availability.
February 12 and 13, 2013
Phoenix, Arizona
Registration Deadline: January 12, 2013
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May 1 and 2, 2013
Portland, Maine
Registration Deadline: March 29, 2013
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The fee for the Master Trainer session is $1,500 per person. This includes:
- Two-day training
- License to train lay leaders
- Comprehensive curriculum materials
- Master Trainer Manual (view Table of Contents)
- Master Trainer CD-ROM (contains contents of manual)Two DVDs: "Fear of Falling" and "Exercise: It's Never Too Late"
Group training by request
Partnership for Healthy Aging can also send a team of two Lead Trainers to your site to train a group of 11-20 people to become Master Trainers. The fees are based upon the size of the group as follows:
11-15 participants: $16,000* plus $220 per person for materials
16-20 participants: $18,500* plus $220 per person for materials * Travel, meals and lodging for the two Lead Trainers will be charged at cost.
If you are interested in attending a Master Trainer session or hosting a group on site, please call Partnership for Healthy Aging at 207-661-7120 or email PFHA@mainehealth.org.
How can I integrate it into my Occupational Therapy practice? Integrating it into your practice can be done in a variety of ways depending on what type of setting you are working in: Acute; rehab; outpatient, etc.. It provides an excellent way to provide community service to the aging community, churches, and other community settings or health care settings such as assisted living; continual care retirement communities, council on aging, senior centers, support groups (MS, CVA, etc.). As a master trainer you can train other OT practitioners or health care professionals and offer MOB classes at your own setting as a community setting or offer the course to your former patients once they join a support group such as a CVA support group. As a volunteer layleader, you have the opportunity to teach the class within your setting or community. It may require your setting to be willing to let you off work to provide this community service since most older adults prefer day rather than night classes. | 
