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Join us on Wednesday, April 27th (12-1pm PT) for our next webinar, Harm Reduction in Rural Alaska. Register here! Presented by Sarah Spencer, MD, a physician specializing in family and addiction medicine, this webinar will talk about Alaska's unique challenges when it comes to access to harm reduction services. Prior to 2016 only 3 urban […]

Many clients seeking care for their substance use disorder also have co-occurring mental health disorders – and vice versa. Treating both types of conditions at the same time by providing quality integrated services is more effective than treating each disorder separately.  Yet while integrated care has been increasingly prioritized, it remains an often elusive goal. […]

Talking To Change: A Motivational Interviewing Podcast, hosted by Glenn Hinds and Sebastian Kaplan, is a series of conversations exploring Motivational Interviewing (MI) and its influence on supporting individuals and groups as they make positive health and lifestyle changes. In the latest episode, Episode 52: MI in Primary Care Part 2, Glenn and Sebastian talk to […]

Join us on March 30, 2022 for our next webinar, presented by D/E/I Consultant Jovan Hollins, MBA!  Pillars of Connection is a team built to connect all of us to our humanity. PoC specializes in leadership perspectives, and helping organizations and career professionals develop skills and tools to connect with each other for the greater […]

The goal of the National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA) Clinical Trials Network/Addiction Technology Transfer Center (ATTC) webinar series is to help scholars and clinicians in the addiction field stay abreast of cutting edge science.  Pathways to Recovery from Addiction in Mutual Help Groups February 23, 2022 | 11:00am-12:30pm PT Register here! In this webinar, Keith […]

Join us January 19, 2022 from 12-1pm PT for our next webinar! For behavioral health providers, the effectiveness of clinical work is dependent upon the clinician/client relationship.  When appropriate boundaries are not maintained, it is these same relationships that can be at the root of serious professional misconduct.  In this one hour workshop, participants will […]

Join us for our next webinar on December 1, 2021 (12pm - 1pm PT)! Presenter: Callan Fockele, MD, a physician and population health research fellow at Harborview Medical Center. She works clinically in the emergency department (ED) and permanent supportive housing. She studies the social determinants of health, with a focus on addiction and homelessness. […]

Join the Northwest ATTC this November for our next webinar: Family Programming for Substance Use Disorders: What Works? featuring speaker Paul Hunziker, MA, LMFT, SUDP! Including families in SUD treatment can create a powerful long lasting positive impact on outcomes while at the same time including families can create many additional complexities to providing treatment. Creating […]

Join the Northwest ATTC (based at ADAI), the Pacific Southwest ATTC, and the Western States Node of the NIDA Clinical Trials Network for their latest joint webinar: Attitudes & Stigma Around Addiction October 27, 2021 | 11:00am - 12:30pm In this session, John Kelly, PhD, ABPP of Harvard University will discuss the fundamental causes of stigma and discrimination in relation to substance […]

The Northwest ATTC is one of the co-sponsors for Speak Out for Recovery, a virtual event honoring Recovery Month. The event will feature speakers from across the state nominated by their Recovery Coalition to share their Recovery Story. Resources will also be presented, and the winner of this year's King County Recovery Month Poetry and […]

In the U.S., firearm-related suicides account for almost half of suicide deaths and for most fatal firearm injuries. In clinical settings, lethal means counseling has been proposed as a way of addressing this risk. Implementation efforts, however, have been accompanied by growing awareness of a “culture gap” between clinicians with low familiarity with firearms and […]

Join the Northwest ATTC and presenters Tana Russell and Maureen Greeley of the Evergreen Council on Problem Gambling on August 18 for our next webinar: Problem Gambling 101 (12-1pm PT). Problem gambling can have devastating impacts on individuals, families, and communities. It can have an impact on personal finances, individual well-being, family and business relationships, […]

Join the Northwest ATTC on June 30 (12pm PT) for our next webinar: Community Reinforcement Approach (CRA), presented by Brian Serna, LPCC, LADAC CRA is an often-underutilized evidence-based practice that is has been proven to successfully treat addictive disorders with adolescents and adults around the world. This comprehensive, cost-effective behavioral program has been empirically supported […]

The goal of the NIDA Clinical Trials Network and Addiction Technology Transfer Center (ATTC) webinar series is to help scholars and clinicians in the addiction field stay abreast of cutting edge science. In this session, Larissa Mooney, MD, one of two PIs for the Greater Southern California Node of the NIDA Clinical Trials Network, will […]

This is a continuation of the webinar that was presented on January 27, 2021 that provided information on FASD and its manifestations in treatment and other settings, with a focus on the brain basis of the behaviors that are often misidentified as willful, manipulative behaviors. In this webinar, we focus on a discussion of the […]

The Clinical EBP Demonstration Video Series intends to demonstrate how a diverse set of clinical practitioners make use of evidenced based practices (EBP) in a telehealth environment. The impetus for these videos came from a provider survey and our organization partners who identified “Clinical Demonstration” as a needed product, especially with the recent pivot toward telehealth. The […]

Join us in 2021 for our 3-part webinar series on pregnant and parenting people and substance use. Part 1: January 27, 2021 | 12-1pm PST | Register here Improving Outcomes by Recognizing and Responding to Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) in Individuals The majority of those with an FASD are not diagnosed and many have […]

These are strange and frightening times. The global outbreak of COVID-19 has impacted daily life in profound ways. An economic recession, political strife, and the toxic impacts of racism weigh heavily on many. And those of us who work in the “helping professions” have the honor and the burden of caring for others in the […]

  Join the Northwest ATTC on Wednesday, November 18 (12pm PT) when our director, Dr. Bryan Hartzler, offers an orientation to therapeutic principles and practices of contingency management. He will also provide a case example of its successful, customized dissemination to an opioid treatment program, as well as tips and resources for its implementation by […]

Integrated treatment is the buzzword of the day, but what does it really look like? What is possible given funding restrictions and siloed services? Join the Northwest, Great Lakes, and Northwest & Caribbean ATTCs for a five-part webinar series to explore these questions and learn more from national experts.  Webinar 5: October 21, 2020 | […]

The Northwest ATTC has been very busy this fall! Among the activities of late are training events for the behavioral health workforce in support of recovery and trauma-informed care in September and early October. Highlights include: At a half-day, virtual workshop on Recovery Oriented Systems of Care (ROSC), 116 behavioral health providers from all over […]

Please join the Northwest ATTC and the CTN Western States Node on October 6, 2020 (10am-11:30am PT, 12-1:30pm CT) for our next webinar: Peer Recovery Specialists as Partners in Research and Practice: Early Findings from the ROAR Pilot Project. Peer recovery support services are supports provided across the service continuum by credentialed individuals in long-term recovery from alcohol or other […]

The Qungasvik (kung-az-vik) "Toolbox" is a multilevel strength-based intervention developed by Yup'ik Alaska Native communities to reduce and prevent alcohol use disorder (AUD) and suicide in youth and young adults at highest risk. During this webinar, Dr. Stacy Rasmus will: 1) Describe the science to practice model that supported the development and delivery of the […]

This six-month long full immersion program in clinical supervision is intended to introduce participants to a model of supervision, familiarize participants with competency based counselor skill development, prepare participants to be highly qualified clinical supervisors, and meet state guidelines for being an approved supervisor. The curriculum includes live experiential training sessions, on-going learning session opportunities […]