Employers who offer workplace programs on substance abuse have found serious benefits to both employees and the company.  Employers with successful drug-free workplace programs report improvements in morale and productivity, and decreases in absenteeism, accidents, downtime, turnover, and theft.  Employers with longstanding programs report better health status among employees and family members and decreased use of medical benefits by these same groups.  Some organizations with drug-free workplace programs qualify for incentives, such as decreased costs for workers’ compensation and other kinds of insurance.  In addition, the NLESB offers a number of classes to benefit Corporate America.

Recognizing Substance Abuse in the Workplace                                             

Recognizing Substance Abuse in the Workplace, for supervisors and managers, deals with understanding drug use and addiction, recognizing common indicators of substance abuse, identifying paraphernalia related to substance abuse and current drug trends & dangers.  The National Institute on Drug Abuse estimates that over 85 percent of all adult substance abusers are employed, as are most binge and heavy alcohol users.  Studies show that when compared with non–substance abusers, substance-abusing employees are more likely to change jobs frequently be late to or absent from work be less productive employees be involved in a workplace accident file a workers’ compensation claim.  Protect your business and your stockholder’s interests by taking a proactive stance on substance abuse.

Team Building

Team Building is more than several individuals working together; it is a synergistic endeavor where great things can be accomplished. The team involves many unique individuals at different levels of skills, abilities, and motivation. This course will address the dysfunctions of a team: absence of trust, fear of conflict, lack of communication, avoidance of accountability, and inattention to results. Through the true dynamics of teamwork a task force or even an organization is a place of accomplishing far more than any one person could even do alone.

Time Management

Time is something that we all have, but it is limited. This is not a course on how to make lists or even prioritize your daily obligations, because time management is life management. This course is about how to live, how to say no, how to understand and focus on core values: personal and organizational. The reality is we only have so much time in a day, a week, a month, or even a life, so how do you want to spend it. This course is a skill building class and you will learn how to manage your time, rather than being managed by it. This is one of the critical differences in becoming a leader.

Change Management

Change, even little change, can be a great stress to any individual or within an organization. Change can be very difficult, but even more difficult is to manage the changes of others. This course is about the impact of change and how to address issues and minimize the impact of those in the organization through communication, trust building, and understanding the different stages of stress management or grief. Little things don’t mean a lot; they mean everything to those going through this challenge. This course will greatly assist managers, supervisions, and leaders in accomplishing things through, not in spite of, people. Failing to address this change can be the one factor that becomes the bottleneck in you accomplishing results. 

Conflict Negotiations

Everything in life and within an organization is a series of negotiations or conflict resolutions. This class is more of a class of survival for anyone who is a supervisor or leader. You need to lead through people, but leadership is accomplishing results. This course develops the leader’s skills in resolving real life issues and how to solve problems. Anyone who has been in a position of management knows the enormous amount of time you will spend on solving people problems again and again. This course is designed to help the supervisor in addressing issues and solving problems through negotiations skills.

Narcotics Instruction for Medical Staff
This four to eight hour course of instruction is intended for Emergency room staff, Treating Doctors, nurses and Emergency response personnel.  The presentation includes the description and effects on the body of various illegal drugs and legal medications.  Methamphetamine use and dangers associated with exposure to contaminated patients and visitors.  How to protect yourself and staff from serious injury and potential liability will be discussed.  Various drugs will be discussed and the common use and abuse methods and trends. The training will enable participants to demonstrate knowledge and skills to understand the most common signs of drug abuse and the dangers associated with illegal drug use.  Training materials will be provided to each student along with follow up contact information with experienced training staff.

Narcotics Training for School Staff   
Narcotics Training for School staff, Resource Officers, Substance Abuse Treatment Personal, Community Trainers and Parents.  This three hour course will include the effects and use of the most abused drugs by students.  Focus on Pharmaceuticals and Methamphetamine use will be discussed and commonly used paraphernalia shown.  Anti-drug education is critical for schools and communities to be proactive against drug abuse.  Marijuana use and current trends will be discussed as well as information on health related issues.  Ecstasy and poly-drug use will be discussed and rave activities displayed.  This course is for personnel involved with students between the ages of 11-18 years of age. A drug training book will be supplied to each attendee.

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