As behavioral health professionals, we often have gaps in our education around the basics of how our brain functions and how that functioning is impacted by trauma, mental health, substance use, and recovery. This session is a foundational course designed to introduce the fundamentals of brain functioning in ways that are both understandable and can be effectively and practically utilized in treatment and leveraged for recovery.

Participants in this session will be able to:

1. Verbalize the primary function of the brain and the two primary systems thereof,
2. Articulate a basic understanding of how learning occurs,
3. Identify the ways substance use impacts brain functioning,
4. Discuss how recovery is impacted by and impacts brain functioning as well.