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The Northwest ATTC is excited to offer a new training product for peer support specialists about opioid use disorder. Supporting Recovery from Opioid Use: A Peer’s Guide to Person-Centered Care is a one-hour, self-paced course designed to equip peers and other outreach workers with information, resources, and practical tips to help them better understand opioids and […]

Join the Northwest ATTC and the Area Health Education Center for Western Washington (AHECWW) for a new webinar this June: Medications for Opioid Use Disorders and Hepatitis C: Access and Adherence Among People Who Inject Drugs Judith Tsui, MD, MPH, University of Washington School of Medicine June 26, 2019, 12-1pm (PT), 11-12pm (AKT) Hepatitis C […]

Join us on Wednesday, May 22, 2019 (12-1pm PT, 11-12pm AKT) for the latest in our Northwest ATTC webinar series: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) for Addiction: The Practice and the Science. This webinar will introduce ACT, show how it is applied to treat addictions, and briefly survey the science supporting ACT for addictions. Clinical examples will […]

Please join us on Wednesday, April 24, 2019 (12-1pm PT, 11-12pm AKT) for our next NWATTC webinar: Healing the Healer:  Employing Principles of Neuroscience, CBT, and MI to Understand and Treat Compassion Fatigue Among Human Services Professionals Troy Montserrant-Gonzales, LPC, LMHC This webinar will re-examine compassion fatigue and self-care in light of neuroscience research and […]

Healing Two Generations: Research and Clinical Perspectives on Providing Comprehensive Care for Pregnant and Parenting Women with Opioid Use Disorder April 18, 2019 | 10am (PDT) / 1pm (EDT) This webinar, sponsored by the Northwest ATTC and the Western States Node of the NIDA CTN, will summarize what makes women’s treatment for substance use disorder […]

The Northwest Prevention Technology Transfer Center (Northwest PTTC) aims to advance the Region 10 prevention workforce's ability to find, select, implement, and evaluate evidence-based and promising substance abuse prevention programs, policies, and practices to achieve a meaningful reduction in substance misuse and its harmful consequences. The Northwest PTTC is currently seeking feedback from the region […]

Join us on March 27th, 2019 (12pm-1pm) for the next installment of our webinar series, "Teens R' Us and the SBIRT Model."  Ken C. Winters, PhD, of the Oregon Research Institute and University of Minnesota, will provide an overview of the SBIRT model for adolescents who may be using substances. An emphasis will be placed […]

Join us on February 27, 2019 (12pm PT) for the next installment of the NWATTC Webinar series! Presenters: John Fitzgerald, PhD, LPC, CAS and Mark Girard, MSW, LCSW This webinar will review key factors necessary for effectively treating co-occurring trauma and addiction. Practical suggestions and tools will be offered, including content specific to assessment, early intervention, […]

How do you engage with clients who are using marijuana heavily, but not interested in treatment? This webinar will focus on the Check-Up model of intervention designed to attract voluntary participation from non-treatment seeking marijuana users. The elements of the intervention will be described with a focus on topics of conversation utilized to enhance motivation […]

Join us on December 19 from 12-1pm (PT) for the latest in our NWATTC Webinar Series! This session, presented by Mary Hatch-Maillette, PhD, of the University of Washington Alcohol & Drug Abuse Institute, will describe how and why SUD treatment counselors should strive for greater comfort and ease in talking to patients about their sexual risk […]

On September 26, 2018, the Northwest ATTC in conjunction with the Skagit County Public Health Department and Swinomish Indian Tribal Community, co-sponsored a community-based Recovery Month event in Skagit County called “Solution to Addiction: Know the Facts. Join the Conversation. Be Part of the Solution.” The event, held at the Swinomish Casino & Lodge in Anacortes, WA, brought together 500 community […]

Join the NWATTC on November 28, 2018 for a webinar about mindfulness-based relapse prevention, an evidence-based treatment developed at the University of Washington. Mindfulness practices increase awareness of triggers, habitual patterns, and "automatic" reactions. These practices cultivate the ability to pause, observe present experience, and bring awareness to the range of choices before us.  Dr. Chawla […]