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Handouts from the session ESAS: Treatment Knowledge.  Featuring our special guest speaker: Avis Garcia, PhD, LAT, LPC, NCC, Northern Arapaho. The purpose of this presentation discusses main theories and techniques used during each type of counseling dynamic, such as individual, family, or group therapy. Within each of these settings there are many different counseling theories practiced by addiction professionals; however, no one therapy or counseling approach is appropriate for all situations or clients. Depending on the school of thought of the addiction counselor or other helping professional, several theories could be equally applicable to a given situation or client. An addiction counselor or other helping professional must utilize his or her own experience and education to gauge which would be the most beneficial and effective for the individual client. This part of counseling is often referred to as the “theoretical tool bag” because addiction professionals simply look for and select the best “tools” for the job at hand.   

This video took place on February 19th, 2021. This unique winter months series, presented by the National AI/AN ATTC, provides the viewers with an opportunity to discuss strength-based cultural practices and teachings to our peers, friends, and relatives. The Topics will include Winter Ceremony, Singing/ Spirituality, Family Storytelling, Hunting, Beading, Preparing Medicines, Being Good Relatives, Building Relationships with Everything Around Us, Healing, Sharing, Giving, and Keeping the Fire Lit. Our hope is to offer a safe and supportive venue to help guide each other through the increasing infection rate, illnesses, and deaths related to COVID-19 that we anticipate are coming the next 3 months. A stark and troubling time indeed, but we will persevere The Light to greet us in Springtime and the better days to come.

Resources for the session TOR Webinar: Comprehensive Overview of GPRA Data Collection for SAMHSA TOR Grantees.  On Wednesday, February 24, SAMHSA will be holding a webinar on GPRA data collection requirements for TOR grantees. The webinar will cover the following topics: • Overview of GPRA data collection purpose and requirements • Client-level GPRA data collection FAQs • Addressing client-level GPRA data collection concerns • Trauma and culturally-informed GPRA data collection • GPRA client-level data collection role play • Uploading data into SPARS and running SPARS reports We strongly encourage all TOR grantees to attend this webinar. The webinar will also be recorded and made available online. Please contact your SAMHSA GPO if you have any questions.

On Wednesday, February 24, SAMHSA will be holding a webinar on GPRA data collection requirements for TOR grantees. The webinar will cover the following topics: • Overview of GPRA data collection purpose and requirements • Client-level GPRA data collection FAQs • Addressing client-level GPRA data collection concerns • Trauma and culturally-informed GPRA data collection • GPRA client-level data collection role play • Uploading data into SPARS and running SPARS reports 

This webinar gives general information to help new TOR grantees get started implementing their grant. 

This optional TA tool is designed to assist Tribal Opioid Response (TOR) grantees that need assistance in developing an implementation plan to organize and guide their grant activities. This TA tool includes three parts: Practical instructions for completing an Implementation Plan A sample Implementation Plan (partially completed) A blank Implementation Plan template for use or adaptation

These are the handouts for our ATTC event: Motivational Interviewing Part Two that took place on February 17th, 2020. This webinar series presents the basic concepts of Motivational Interviewing (MI), its relationship to those individuals facing change, especially in this unprecedented season of pandemic. This training is for helpers who work with American Indians and Alaska Natives (AIAN). It is intended to elicit recognition of natural skill in engaging ambivalent clients, and go deeper by connecting innate ability with the evidence based practice of MI.  

These are the handouts for the ATTC event; Practicing Self-Care in the Workplace. This event took place on February 19th, 2020  1-2 EST   12-1 CST   11-12 MST   10-11 PST   9-10 AST This event is presented by Sean Bear 1st, BA, Meskwaki, and Steve Steine, MA, CADC.  

These are the handouts for the ATTC Winter Living event that took place on January 22nd, 2021 as part of our Winter Living Series: Hope, Resilience, Love, and Strength Series. Presenter(s):Sean Bear 1st, BA, Meskwaki, Ray Daw, MA, Daniel Foster, PhD, Teresa Brewington, MA, Kaew'e Bone, BA QMHP, Shirley Holmberg, MA, Theresa Sault-Brill, FVTC, Jim Wikel, CPRC This unique 6-part winter months series, presented by the National AI/AN ATTC, provides the viewers with an opportunity to discuss strength-based cultural practices and teachings to our peers, friends, and relatives. Our hope is to offer a safe and supportive venue to help guide each other through the increasing infection rate, illnesses, and deaths related to COVID-19 that we anticipate are coming the next 3 months. Please join us as we stand united together in supporting and strengthening our resolve.

These are the handouts for the ATTC event from our Native Rezilience and Wellness Series titled: Interacting with Veteran Family Members during a Pandemic: Helping families support their Family Hero that took place on December 4th 2020.  Guest Speaker: Dusty Pack, MS, LPC, LSSBB, CMTC, C-IA Presenter(s): David Natseway, MA, Sean Bear 1st, BA, Meskwaki, Ray Daw, MA How are our veteran patients faring during quarantine? What can we, as providers, do to support them during this time? These questions are on our minds and we hope to share strategies, resources, and support each other as we work with and care for our veteran patients, especially those in Native communities. If you work with veterans, or are a veteran who supports others, we welcome you to join us for these discussions. We hope to offer support and guidance and answer questions you may have about this issue, so please feel free to get in touch and share your ideas if there are any specific topics you would like to have covered. We look forward to sharing with you.

This event that took place on February 17th, 2021. This webinar series presents the basic concepts of Motivational Interviewing (MI), its relationship to those individuals facing change, especially in this unprecedented season of pandemic. This training is for helpers who work with American Indians and Alaska Natives (AIAN). It is intended to elicit recognition of natural skill in engaging ambivalent clients, and go deeper by connecting innate ability with the evidence based practice of MI.

El objetivo de esta presentación es hablar acerca del estrés y el estigma que la comunidad Latina enfrenta en relación con la pandemia del COVID-19 y cómo esto ha provocado un aumento en el uso de sustancias ilícitas. Esta presentación tendrá información sobre el estrés Latinx, el uso ascendente de las sustancias ilícitas, y proveerá técnicas que pueden usar con sus clientes para ayudarlos a sobrellevar las dificultades.

Recording of the February 9th, 2021 session of Native American Storytelling: Culture is Prevention  This series of sessions features traditional Native American storytelling, along with time for discussion on what can be learned from the stories, as well as the ways these stories can be incorporated by Native American providers into their work with patients. Please note that while we encourage non-Native providers to attend these sessions to increase your cultural understanding and sensitivity, we ask that out of respect for cultural traditions, you do not use these stories as your own if they are not a part of your culture. Native storytelling is an long honored way of teaching lessons of life. We, as Native people, need to laugh while learning. For example, laughing at how Coyote makes funny mistakes. This can teach people how to avoid behaving as Coyote does. Further, Native legends can offer stories about Creation or the Trickster. However, some stories can only be told during certain times of the year. For example, Coyote legends are only told during the winter time because that is often when Native people would be in their lodges practicing survival skills to help the tribe thrive in difficult times. 

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This Month of February​ Latino Behavioral Health Supports ​Black History Month by ​Highlighting 3 Afro-Latinx professionals​. Join us in honoring our colleagues!​ Este mes de febrero celebramos el mes de la Historia Afroamericana Como profesionales Latinos de Adicción ​y Salud Mental,​ Nos gustaría apoyar esta ocasión destacando ​a tres Afrolatinos(as).​ ¡Acompáñenos a honrar a nuestros(as) colegas!​ Este mês de fevereiro, celebramos o mês da História Afroamericana Como profissionais Latinos Abuso de Substâncias e Saúde mental, ​ gostaríamos de apoiar esta ocasião destacando três afro-latinos(as). Junte-se a nós para homenagear nossos colegas!!​ #BlackHistoryMonth #mesdelaHistoriaAfroamericana ​#mêsdaHistóriaAfroamericana​ #NHLATTC #NHLPTTC #NLBHA

The National American Indian and Alaska Native Addiction Technology Transfer Center would like to share with you Volume 7, Issue 1 of our newsletter, Addressing Addiction in our Native American Communities for Winter 2021: Pathways to Recover from Meth. Please take a few moments to explore this issue.

This webinar aims to provide an overview on the stress and stigma Hispanic and Latino communities face in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic and how this has caused an uptick in substance use among individuals. This presentation will provide recent research and information on Latinx stress, substance use and mental health trends, and coping strategies that professionals working with the Latinx community can use to help clients build resiliency. Additional Resources Presentation Handouts English Español Portuguese   Translations       Speakers Jessica Martinez, MA

These are the slides from the ESAS: Professional and Ethical Responsibilities event that took place on February 3rd, 2021. Because of the intimate nature of counseling and the power it gives over a client, counselors must be held to the highest ethical standards in all situations involving the client. This session will not only provide the professional guidelines for professional behavior in the counseling relationship, it also provides an overview of culture and diversity.    

This event took place on February 3rd, 2021. Because of the intimate nature of counseling and the power it gives over a client, counselors must be held to the highest ethical standards in all situations involving the client. This session will not only provide the professional guidelines for professional behavior in the counseling relationship, it also provides an overview of culture and diversity.   Objectives for this session: 1. Ethical Principles: Autonomy, non-maleficence, beneficence, social justice, fidelity, veracity 2. 13 Principles of Effective Treatment 3. Professional Code of Ethics 4. Ethical Responsibilities: Codes of ethics, patient rights, mandatory reporting, boundary issues, using supervision and more.   About our Speaker: Avis Garcia, PhD, L.P.C. L.A.T. (Northern Arapaho) is an enrolled member of the Northern Arapaho Nation and affiliated with the Eastern Shoshone Tribe of Wyoming. She earned a doctorate in counselor education and supervision at the University of Wyoming, and is also a Licensed Professional Counselor, and Licensed Addictions Therapist. For nineteen years she has been a mental health provider in the treatment of Native American youth and families.

The National Hispanic and Latino Addiction Technology Transfer Center is pleased to provide new factsheets addressing the shame and stigma during COVID-19 and how it is affecting the Latinx community. It will provide skills to reduce stress during COVID-19.  This factsheet is available also in Spanish, Español, and Português.

Peer to peer consultation on Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) with Ted Hill, Ho Chunk Nation

Peer to peer consultation on Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) with Ted Hill, Ho Chunk Nation

This event took place on January 22nd, 2021. 

Happy New Year!   This month, our theme for our video is “A Healthy New Year”. We invite you to take a moment and watch this short video.  #HEALTHYNEWYEAR #NLBHA #NHLPTTC #NHLATTC Disponible en Español ¡Feliz año nuevo!  Este mes, el tema de nuestro video es “Un Año Nuevo Saludable”. ¡Te invitamos a ver este video corto! #AÑONUEVOSALUDABLE #NLBHA #NHLPTTC #NHLATTC Disponible en Portugués Feliz ano novo!   Este mês, o tema do nosso vídeo é “Um Ano Novo Saudável." Nós convidamos você a assistir a este vídeo curto. #ANONOVOSAUDÁVEL #NLBHA #NHLPTTC #NHLATTC