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With regard to the time...•more time ...•more days ...•add three more days ...•more training ...•I wish I would have had this training prior to working on the unit
With regard to the trainers...•the instructors really do have an acute knowledge of the info they are communicating to the students ...•instruction -compassion -content knowledge -compatibility -team teaching ...•one of the best trainings I’ve been to thanks to the instructors...•I remember now why I got into this to begin with - the kids need professional staff and I am a professional ...•the trainers were very helpful. | Contact: Question: Jim Sherves 219-956-3309 Christian Haven, Inc.219 956-3309 • 219 956-3125 • Fax 219 956-4125 • janice@christianhaven.org Campagna Academy 219 322-8614 • Fax 219 322-8436 • http://www.campagnaacademy.org Shults-Lewis 219 462-0513 • Fax 219 464-7828 • shultslewis@niia.net and ask for information about the current N.I.T.A. schedule and prices. | |