South Southwest ATTC

Trauma Informed Integrated Care  Wednesday July 10, 2024 from 9:00am- 12:00pm CT Facilitators: Meadow Hazelhoff, MSW, LCSW VIRTUAL TRAINING 3 CEU'S will be available to LPC, LCSW, LMFT, LADC, CPRSS, CPS, and CM's. Join this 3-hour training to gain essential skills for supporting individuals affected by trauma. Enhance your skills to provide support for trauma-affected individuals within integrated care systems. This event is hosted by Oklahoma Behavioral Health Association (OBHA), a SSW ATTC partner. This event is offered for free for any professional who resides or works within HHS Region 6 states AR, LA, NM, OK, and TX.

Medication Assisted Treatment Friday July 12, 2024 from 9:00am- 12:00pm CT Facilitators: LaCinda Daugherty, MS LPC, and Brian Turner, LADC-MH VIRTUAL TRAINING 3 Free CEU'S will be available to LPC, LCSW, LMFT, LADC, CPRSS, CPS, and CM's. Discover the vital role of Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) in recovery. Participants will gain valuable insights, practical techniques, and clinical expertise to enhance your practice and empower your clients' recovery journeys. This event is hosted by Oklahoma Behavioral Health Association (OBHA), a SSW ATTC partner. This event is offered for free for any professional who resides or works within HHS Region 6 states AR, LA, NM, OK, and TX.

Evidence-based strategies: How Arkansas can better address the interconnected issues of syphilis, HCV, and substance use, improving health outcomes for individuals and communities July 17, 2024 12:00 noon to 1:00pm CT VIRTUAL TRAINING Facilitators: Stephanie Rose, DSW, LCSW, AADC, CS, DCC Assistant Professor, Program Director, Addiction Studies at University of Central Arkansas (UCA) and Amber Kincade, B.A., M.S. UCA Graduate Student This webinar will cover  the co-occurrence of syphilis, hepatitis C virus (HCV), and substance use in Arkansas requires a comprehensive and multi-faceted approach, combining medical, behavioral, and social interventions. Here are some best practices for dealing with these issues:  Integrated Screening and Testing,  Comprehensive Care Coordination,  Harm Reduction Strategies,  Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT),  Behavioral Health Interventions,  Training and Education for Healthcare Providers, Policy and Advocacy,  Data Collection and Monitoring and  Arkansas-Specific Resources and Data. The University of Central Arkansas (UCA) is an Educational Consortium partner of the SSW ATTC. This webinar is in response to a need in HHS Region 6 and intended for behavioral health professionals and students in AR, LA, NM, OK, and TX.

The purpose of the listening sessions was to gather information from family members and loved ones of people with substance use challenges to better understand family members’ experiences supporting and seeking support for their loved one who is using substances; to ask what questions family members have about supporting their loved one who is using substances; to ask who or what is providing support for family members; and the unmet needs for support for family members. Version 1 of this report in February 2023, which described the process and findings from the initial round of listening session in 2022. Version 2 of this report describes the process and findings of additional follow up community outreach in 2023 to enhance the first phase of this consultation process: including a new round of listening sessions with family members and loved ones of people who use substances.  This project is in collaboration with the African American Behavioral Health Center of Excellence and National Hispanic and Latino ATTC.

  The South Southwest Addiction Technology Transfer Center (SSW ATTC) collaborates with Faith Partners, Inc. a non-profit 501©3, which was founded in 1995 by religious leaders seeking ways to mobilize faith communities’ resources to address alcohol and drug issues in their communities. Faith Partners provides the leadership, training, educational materials and consultation to initiate, develop and sustain a faith communities’ efforts to address drugs and alcohol and its impact on their members. Faith Partners provides an individualized plan to start an effective team effort to address the needs of the whole faith community. As part of the process of building capacity and identifying the unique needs and goals of each faith community around the development of their ministry, Faith Partners utilizes community surveys at several points in time. Following is a practical guide developed by the South Southwest ATTC with best practices for engaging the entire faith community in the survey process.

The purpose of the listening sessions was to gather information from family members and loved ones of people with substance use challenges to better understand family members’ experiences supporting and seeking support for their loved one who is using substances; to ask what questions family members have about supporting their loved one who is using substances; to ask who or what is providing support for family members; and the unmet needs for support for family members. This report describes the process and findings of the first phase of this consultation process: listening sessions with family members and loved ones of people who use substances. This project is in collaboration with the African American Behavioral Health Center of Excellence and National Hispanic and Latino ATTC.