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Are you new? We've never heard of HAHK.
We've been around since 1999. HAHK Training and Consulting
was developed out of necessity. Both, as a Gerontologist, but also
as an administrator/licensee in long-term care, I became frustrated
with the options for continuing education. I found most of the courses
offered to be dreadfully boring, not being taught by a person in
the respective field, or worse, not even a qualified trainer with
classroom experience and, at times, the content was inaccurate.
So, I took my training experience and my knowledge and joined Residential
Care Society, under one of the most influential trainers and advocates
of our time for the developmentally disabled and workers in health
care, Lonnie Nolta. I learned a tremendous amount from Lonnie as
did a lot of you. Sadly, Lonnie was recruited by the higher power
to run things upstairs, which threw many of us into chaos. It was
from her leadership and legacy that HAHK was borne.
What's with the funny name?
That's my favorite question. To be quite honest, it was one of
those ideas that seemed good at the time. In fact, outside of California,
we are known as HAWK, because there are quite a few students who
think it's "HANK". So, we often get calls from people
trying to track down this guy named Hank. At first, we told them
they had the wrong number, until we figured it out! Our idea was
to make the name unique while having a deeper meaning. Which, we
achieved, at a price. H-A-H-K are the first four letters of my last
name. Which pronounced in it's entirety is: Hawk-low-tubby. The
"Hawk" in my Native American culture, is the messenger
of knowledge, thus a very appropriate double entendre. Unfortunately,
this fact is lost on most.
Most companies have a mission statement, do you?
Well, not really, we have a tagline of sorts though "The educated,
educating" - we developed that out of frustration of those
vendors who have neither an education relating to the subjects they
teach nor applied experience in the field. They come in and just
read a curriculum that was developed by someone else and look like
a deer in headlights when asked a question. I have been toying with
the idea of a mission statement however, let's see what I can come
up with on the fly…..
HAHK Training and Consulting is dedicated to the following:
- Providing accurate and necessary information to health
care administrators with the goal of facilitating the increase
of quality in the lives of their clients.
- To validate and empower the health care provider with
the tools and an open, safe, forum to share issues and troubleshoot
them among their cohorts.
- To provide stimulating curriculum with real-life scenarios
to illustrate how the curriculum relates to the "real
world".
- To offer all of the above in a supportive, fun environment.
- And of course, to provide lunch!
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How was that?
Who is HAHK?
Admittedly, we are a small company and we intend to keep it that
way out of fear of what has happened to the quality of the training
from companies who started like us but grew out of control. Our
team consists of like-minded individuals with an obscene amount
of education, experience and passion for what we do. Click on a
name below to see a brief vitae of our team
David Hahklotubbe, M.A.
Juliet Hahklotubbe
Sarah McCormack, M.A.
David Price, M.A.
Mikki Broughton, M.A., MFT
Robert Broughton, M.A., Ph.D. (candidate)
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David Hahklotubbe, M.A.
is the founder of HAHK Training and Consulting. David writes
and delivers all of the curriculum with support from his contributing
authors. David holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Industrial/Organizational
Psychology, a Bachelor of Science degree in Sexology and a
Master of Arts degree in Gerontology; Long Term Care Administration,
from San Francisco State University. Believe it or not, David
began his career as a trainer and developer in Silicon Valley
for NET.COM. However, after taking care of two grandmothers
and a great uncle, all with dementia, David was drawn to the
field of long term care. David has been an administrator in
many large facilities (80+ beds) with special units for those
afflicted with dementia. David is the co-owner/co-administrator
of Choctaw House, a 6-bed RCFE specializing in memory impairment,
located in Napa, California. In addition, David is currently
the host of a television show on elder care called "Successful
Aging Today". He is also a published author.
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Juliet Hahklotubbe
is the friendly voice on the other side of the HAHK telephone
line and the glue that holds this company together. Juliet
is an administrator, licensee and co-owner of a long term
care facility for the elderly specializing in memory impairments,
Choctaw House, in Napa, California. Juliet manages all office
duties while simultaneously running Choctaw House. Juliet
applies her Bachelor of Arts degree in Human Development with
an emphasis in Cross Cultural Family Studies from California
State University Hayward by contributing up to date information
to curriculum. Juliet started her career as a preschool owner,
specializing in care for children with developmental disabilities.
She shifted her career to long term care while caring for
two grandmothers with dementia.
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Sarah McCormack, M.A.
is a contributing author to much of the curriculum surrounding
developmental disabilities. Sarah is a behavioral consultant
working in Los Angeles. Her clientele are afflicted with childhood
ADHD, Autism, Down's Syndrome, Bipolar Disorder, Asperger's
Syndrome and the Severely Emotionally Disturbed. Sarah holds
a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from the University
of California, Berkeley as well as a Master of Arts Degree
in Psychology from Pepperdine University. Sarah has recently
returned from a clinical fellowship with Cedar Sinai hospital
to devote more time to her private practice. You can reach
Mrs. McCormack at: 310.486.6165. We are hoping to see Sarah
in the classroom as a trainer soon.
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David Price, M.A.
is a contributing author on subjects related to managing
our most precious resource, our staff. David has over 40 years
of applied management experience overseeing line level personnel
through upper management. David has a Bachelor of Science
degree in Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley
as well as a Master of Arts degree in Organizational Development
from the University of California, San Francisco. David has
recently retired from the full-time grind after 40 successful
years in the high tech field and plans to spend time creating
more curriculum and making guest appearances in the classroom.
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Mikki Broughton, M.A.,MFT
is a contributing author for curriculum dealing with the
psychodynamics and psycho-social aspects of aging and the
impact of placement of those into long term care. Mikki holds
a Bachelor of Arts degree in Education from Chico State University
as well as a Master of Arts degree in Clinical Psychology
from JFK University. Mikki is a licensed therapist who practices
in Concord California. Mikki specializes in group therapy
for the following groups: Straight spouses of gays, Menopause,
Couples whose relationships have ended, Families with elders
in long term care facilities and Support for weight loss.
Mikki can be reached at 925.680.7351. Those of you interested
in attending HAHK's MFT and LCSW courses can thank Mikki for
contacting HAHK and motivating us to create courses for those
licensed under the Board of Behavioral Sciences.
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Robert Broughton, M.A., Ph.D. (candidate)
is a contributing author on subjects related to death and
dying as well as a consultant on techniques for effective
course delivery. Robert was a school teacher in Contra Costa
County for 30 years. Since Robert's retirement, he has dedicated
much of his time as a volunteer for various organizations,
one of which is San Francisco's Zen Hospice Program. Bob holds
a Bachelor of Arts degree in Anthropology from San Francisco
State University, a Master of Arts in Curriculum and Instruction
from San Francisco State University and is a candidate for
Ph.D. in Education from the University of California, San
Francisco.
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