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Mountain Plains ATTC

University of North Dakota
231 Centennial Dr., Stop 7189,
Grand Forks,
ND
58202-7189
HHS Region 8
CO, MT, ND, SD, WY, UT
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Welcome to the Mountain Plains Addiction Technology Transfer Center

Co-located at the University of North Dakota and the University of Nevada, Reno, the Mountain Plains ATTC serves stakeholders residing in the HHS Region 8 (Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming). We are pleased that you are interested in participating in training and technical assistance activities and/or serving in an advisory capacity as thought leaders and community experts. Our mutual passion, enhancing SUD treatment and recovery services for individuals and family members, especially those residing in rural and remote areas, is the foundation of our work. We value and cherish our stakeholders so please do not hesitate to contact us with your questions or requests. By providing innovative and accessible learning opportunities on research-based practices in SUD treatment and recovery services, we seek to help you better serve your communities, staff, and patients.

Recent News

From the Mountain Plains ATTC
Aug. 22, 2024
August 31 marks International Overdose Awareness Day, the world’s largest annual campaign to end overdose. This year’s 2024 theme is "Together we can”, highlighting the power of our community when we all stand together. SAMHSA mourns with the families and friends who have lost loved ones to overdose, and we renew our commitment to preventing […]
Aug. 01, 2024
Celebrate National Recovery Month all through the month of September with the Mountain Plains ATTC! Learn more and find a national or local recovery event on our Recovery Month 2024 webpage.
Jul. 31, 2024
This report provides key findings from the 2023 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) on substance use, mental health, and treatment among the noninstitutionalized U.S. population aged 12 or older. Estimates are presented by age group and by race/ethnicity for selected measures.

Upcoming Events

Hosted by the Mountain Plains ATTC
Webinar/Virtual Training
In 2022, 29.5 million Americans ages 12 or older had alcohol use disorder (AUD). Less than 8% of those with AUD received any form of treatment in the last year and only 2.1% received medication to treat alcohol use disorder (MAUD). This webinar hosted by the Providers Clinical Support System – Medications for Alcohol Use Disorder (PCSS-MAUD) will highlight the prevalence of alcohol use in the region while providing skills to identify, diagnose, and treat AUD with an emphasis on using the three FDA-approved MAUD. Screening, withdrawal management, and a conversation about challenging cases will also be included. All healthcare professionals are encouraged to attend this webinar. Learning Objectives Explain prevalence, nomenclature, and diagnostic criteria for alcohol use disorder. Describe the three FDA-approved medications for alcohol use disorder and how best to determine a medication regimen. Demonstrate how to assess risk for alcohol withdrawal syndrome and determine a treatment plan based on risk. Dr. Brian Fuehrlein graduated from the M.D. Ph.D. program at the University of Florida in 2008, adult psychiatry residency program at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in 2012 and addiction psychiatry fellowship at Yale University in 2013. He is currently an Associate Professor and the director of the psychiatric emergency room at the VA Connecticut. Dr. Fuehrlein has a strong interest in medical student and resident education, particularly surrounding addiction psychiatry and serves on multiple local and national committees in this role.
Webinar/Virtual Training
Recruit, Hire, Retain, Promote, Coaching, Mentoring and PDSA, All Panel Discussion Human service providers are struggling to hire and retain the staff they need to fulfill their missions. Service providers are challenged by staffing shortages, competition for talent with other industries, and the high costs of staff turnover. This training series will combine training sessions focused on organizational culture, with the power of the NIATx change Leader academy, helping providers to better understand the fundamentals of organizational culture that impact staff hiring and retention, and to use tested tools that will improve hiring and retention. Using the lenses of CLAS Standards, DEI, workforce wellness, ands coaching/mentoring, the initial training series will help you to focus on the cultural elements that impact your capacity to recruit, hire, retain and promote the team that you need. This series will then be followed by a NIATx Change Leader Academy designed to focus specifically on the Recruit-Hire-retain-promote continuum. The CLA will provide tools that will enable you to engage in data driven changes that will improve your recruitment and hiring Learning Objectives: Participants in the RHRP Series will…. Apply a culture lens to organizational workforce challenges using the CLAS Standards Develop the workplace team using core wellness, coaching and mentoring tools and concepts. Use NIATx tools and rapid cycle PDSA cycles to improve recruitment, hiring, retention, and promotion. The Great Lakes ATTC, MHTTC, and PTTC are dedicated to providing accessible, 508 compliant content. Certificates: The Great Lakes ATTC will be sending certificates of attendance to registrants who fully attend each date of this event or training. Up to five certificates (one per session) will be awarded as long as registrants attend the session in full. A certificate of attendance will be sent via email within two weeks after the event or training. Accessibility Request: All information will be confidential—only the Great Lakes production team will see the survey answers for the purpose of coordinating accessibility options to meet your needs. Please submit requests using this URL: https://bit.ly/3N683rz

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This webinar presented August 28, 2024, is intended to help substance use disorders and mental health professionals increase cultural awareness to effectively support immigrant and refugee populations seeking treatment for substance use issues. The webinar will focus on identifying the cultural and social challenges surrounding the lack or limited access to treatment in the United States for immigrants and refugees. During the session, ideas to implement culturally tailored tools and strategies to match therapeutic interventions to those cultural and social challenges to increase engagement and effectiveness in outcomes when treating immigrant and refugee clients will be discussed.
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In this recording of a 90-minute webinar presented August 20, 2024, you will learn more about trauma-informed care principles, cultural humility and partnership development to promote wellbeing for communities who have experienced forced displacement. This engaging webinar will include large-group discussion and will highlight practical approaches and strategies for providing culturally responsive community-based mental health supports for refugees, asylees, and other immigrants who have survived highly stressful and traumatic experiences. Learning Objectives: Apply trauma-informed care principles to working with communities who have experienced forced displacement Understand the importance of cultural humility in treatment and prevention services for this population. identify potential partnerships to foster holistic healing for the clients who have experienced forced displacement.
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This is a recording and the presentation slides for the webinar held 8/13/24.
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