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This is a training on Medication Assisted Treatment

This is a training on Trauma Integrated Addiction Treatment.  

In collaboration with the New England Association of Drug Court Professionals (NEADCP) and the Opioid Response Network of New England (ORN), we created a webinar series for individuals who wanted to learn more about Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) and its role in justice settings. The goal of this webinar was to familiarize professionals in the drug court system with opioid use disorder (OUD) as a disease and its effects. The webinar also explained how MAT works, answered the question “what is the ‘treatment’ in medication assisted treatment,” and examined why the science of OUD is important to effective treatment courts. Leading experts in the field were present to answer discussion questions.

In collaboration with the New England Association of Drug Court Professionals (NEADCP) and the Opioid Response Network of New England (ORN), we developed a second webinar that focused primarily on the impact of stigma on drug court participation in MAT. We discussed common challenges facing patients within the criminal justice population, including criminal thinking, underlying trauma, and stigma. We also discussed stigma with regard to both MAT and the criminal justice population, with special attention to three types of stigma: self-stigma, social stigma, and institutional stigma, including the reluctance to be involved in providing MAT services from an institutional standpoint. Further, we discussed the efficacy of MAT in these populations, as well as existing barriers, and how these relate to the three above-mentioned types of stigma.  A major point of emphasis was that MAT is highly efficacious regardless of whether a patient has a history of criminal involvement.

In collaboration with the New England Association of Drug Court Professionals (NEADCP) we hosted the third and final webinar of this series for individuals who wanted to learn more about MAT and its role in justice settings. This training opportunity focused on dealing with issues that a professional might encounter when handling patients with complex issues. The webinar focused on presenting a hypothetical and complex OUD court case based on factual data. The presenter explained how important life events are often not considered when conducting a comprehensive evaluation. The webinar concluded with an interactive open discussion. 

MIA:STEP is a training for those that supervise or mentor treatment providers in a clinical setting and are expected to give feedback and coaching to help practitioners improve their skills and effectiveness. This training for clinical supervisors provides practical tools to be used to enhance treatment providers' Motivational Interviewing (MI) skills. 

This training is an introduction to the evidence-based clinical method of Motivational Interviewing, an effective approach in the care of challenging clients, and will provide participants with an opportunity to explore creative ways of integrating these approaches. Motivational Interviewing is a client-centered, evidence-based, directive method for enhancing intrinsic motivation to change by exploring and resolving ambivalence. After orientation to the underlying spirit, structure, and principles of Motivational Interviewing, practical exercises will help participants strengthen empathy skills, recognize and elicit patient change talk, and roll with resistance.

In partnership with an NIAAA funded project awarded to researchers at Rhode Island Hospital, we developed an intensive TA curriculum to promote the implementation of screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment into pediatric trauma centers. The curriculum includes an online orientation video, three self-paced webinars, self-paced submission of role plays with standardized case vignettes, and monthly coaching calls. Materials are currently being actively piloted and will be available in the ATTC Network once finalized.

This training provides information about the use of Medication Assisted Treatment for Opioid Use Disorders in the criminal justice system.

This program focuses on criminogenic risk factors, evidence-based practices and treatment planning that will identify and target behavioral interventions and facilitate positive outcomes for clients. The use of actuarial risk, needs, responsivity factors (RNR) and how to integrate assessments to deliver supervision treatment planning that impacts the client relationships will be discussed. During this workshop, the Criminal Thinking scales instrument used in predicting general offending will also be explored. Attention is given to evidence-based strategies that deal with the critical needs of clients and correlates with behavioral changes that reduce the risk of reoffending. The methods used to facilitate this training will be small group discussions, experiential exercises ad case studies.

This course consists of two interconnected components: an online course and a face-to-face training, and is intended for supervisors in substance use disorder (SUD) treatment and recovery settings. The course totals 30 contact hours and introduces clinical supervisors, along with persons preparing to become supervisors, to the knowledge and skills essential to the practice of supervision.The Clinical Supervision Foundations course is especially suited for: Beginning clinical supervisors; Clinical Supervisors who would like to enhance or review the fundamental skills needed to be a successful clinical supervisor; Counselors who are being groomed to become clinical supervisors; and Behavioral healthcare professionals who want to learn more about clinical supervision.

This one-day workshop will provide a brief overview of the medical, psychological and behavioral aspects of opiate abuse/dependence. Agonist, partial agonist, antagonist and non-medication assisted therapy will be discussed and include: a. Deciding factors between medication and non-medication assisted treatment b. Treatment protocols

Stigma is a major barrier preventing millions of people who are struggling with substance use from entering treatment today. This presentation is designed to help professionals break that stigma that creates an unnecessary barrier to treatment by understanding recovery oriented language and strategies that can be integrated into practice immediately. Participants will: Be able to identify use strengths based language to reduce stigma associated with substance use disorders. Be able to conceptualize the factors that influence stigma associated with substance use disorders and their consequences. Be able to discuss targets and interventions aimed at addressing stigma associated with substance use.

This is a course on Advanced Motivational Interviewing

This is a training for the Criminal Justice System on addiction, medications, benefits of addiction treatment in the CJ system and treatment planning.

This presentation described a simple screening tool for pregnancy intention. One Key Question was originally developed by and is the intellectual property of the Oregon Foundation for Reproductive Health. Presented by Sounivone Phanthavong.

This presentation had four objective. (1) Detail the scope of the problem. (2) Describe why adolescence is a key period in the pathogenesis of addiction. (3) Explain the prevalence and clinical importance of co-occurring disorders. (4) Review evidence-based interventions & recommendations for improving treatment. Presented by Robert Miranda, Ph.D.

This presentation consisted of two inspirational speakers discussing the work of Rise Together, a school-based substance prevention program. Presented by Anthony Alvarado and Douglas Darby, two young adults in recovery.

The New England ATTC, the Northeast & Caribbean ATTC, and the National SBIRT ATTC at IRETA, have collaborated to create the six video vignettes below as a component of the ATTC Network’s HCV Current Initiative. The HCV Current Initiative provides materials to help health professionals address patients’ needs in the evolving field of HCV treatment. The New England and National SBIRT ATTCs developed, filmed, and edited the videos.

This is a training for the Criminal Justice workforce based on the Treatment Planning M.A.T.R.S product.

This multidisciplinary six-module training series provides information about the use of medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorders.

This skills building workshop introduced CBT for adolescent substance use. Presented by Sara Becker, PhD.

This handout was distributed to accompany a plenary talk about Adolescent Substance Use in the Era of Marijuana Legalization. Created by Yifrah Kaminer, MD

This is a training on Technology-Assisted Care and will improve awareness of and receptivity to using Technology-Assisted Care (TAC) for the treatment of Substance Use Disorders (SUDs).