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Contingency management (CM) is an effective behavioral intervention that provides tangible reinforcement when target behaviors are completed and objectively verified. A large body of literature supports the use of CM for the treatment of persons with substance use disorders (SUDs). Many applications of CM in treating SUDs focus on abstinence, providing monetary rewards or prizes when clients provide objective evidence of abstinence from drugs (e.g., urine samples). Contingency management has also been adapted successfully to reinforce other behaviors, including treatment attendance, medication adherence, and treatment-related activities (e.g., submitting job applications, attending medical appointments). Despite this strong empirical foundation, CM has only been widely disseminated within large self-contained healthcare systems (e.g., Veterans Affairs).  This workshop will review the application of CM to promote positive behavior change in substance use disorder treatment settings.  Attendees will learn how to design and implement an effective CM program. Specifically, 1) the theoretical underpinnings and supporting empirical literature, 2) different types of CM programs (i.e., voucher, prize), 3) effective design features, 4) most common deviations from evidence-based protocols and how to avoid them, 5) common barriers, 6) how to calculate costs of delivering CM incentives themselves and 7) strategies for designing your own protocol. After the webinar, participants will be able to understand CM theory and the supporting empirical literature; recognize different types of CM programs; recognize effective  features of CM Interventions and reinforcement schedules; and understand common deviations from evidence-based protocols and how to avoid them.

COURSE DESCRIPTION: This virtual training course focuses on topics and issues for behavioral health supervisors to help enhance and expand your process as a clinical supervisor. Throughout the training, we will discuss a variety of supervision topics including various models of supervision, addressing ethical dilemmas with supervision, as well as technology and supervision. OBJECTIVES: Define the significant roles of clinical supervisors Explain the significance of a mentoring relationship in supervision Define the ethical issues in clinical supervision including dual relationships and confidentiality Analyze the ethical obligations and ethical decision-making of the supervisor Discuss the importance of collaboration in the development of an effective supervisory relationship Discuss the key benefits of using technology to extend the reach of clinical supervision   WHO SHOULD ATTEND: All persons who interact with patients, which may include intake staff, reception area personnel, drivers, maintenance staff, as well as professional staff. PRESENTERS: Anthony Estreet, Ph.D., LCSW-C, LCADC Executive Director, Next Step Treatment Center. Anthony is an Associate Professor at Morgan State University and is an experienced client-centered therapist with strength in developing and delivering effective training.

June 2020 issue of the Great Lakes Current, featuring resources and training event focused on building health equity and inclusion in the COVID-19 era.   

Our ESAS recording from June 3rd, 2020 is available for viewing at the link above!

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This webinar from the Northwest ATTC, presented on May 27, 2020, shared how a systems-based approach to improving chronic pain and opioid management in primary care can improve outcomes for patients, including complex patients with diagnoses of behavioral health and substance use disorders. Presenters Laura-Mae Baldwin, MD, MPH and Michael Parchman, MD, MPH explored whether this approach might be relevant for behavioral health and other organizations and shared resources developed for clinics managing patients with chronic pain using opioid medications during the COVID pandemic. Download slides | Watch recording

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Our webinar for June 4, 2020: Motivational Interviewing During Challenging Times: Re-examining the Concept of Ambivalence and Working with Change Talk  is available for viewing at the link above.

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Description: This 5-hour virtual conference focused on the integration efforts that support a collaborative healthcare approach. Professionals working in these areas were able to increase their knowledge of new updates in an interprofessional environment. These clinical updates are designed to assist in creating comprehensive screening protocols in primary care, substance use treatment, and infectious disease and sexual health clinics. Sessions: Enhancing Sexual Health History Taking HIV Biomedical Prevention: PrEP and PEP Screening Protocols Introduction to Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT): Clinical and Stigma Update   Intended Audience: Physicians, physicians assistants, nurses, nurse practitioners, case managers, social workers, students of health professions, and other members of the healthcare team. Professionals and students in infectious disease, sexual health and family planning, substance use, behavioral health, mental health, and primary care are welcome and encouraged to attend. This training is a collaboration between the Mid-Atlantic Education and Training Center, The Danya Institute, the Central East TTCs (ATTC, MHTTC, PTTC), and the STD/HIV Prevention Training Center at Johns Hopkins.

This training module includes PowerPoint slides and a trainer’s guide for delivering a 60-90 minute interactive presentation for support staff (i.e. front desk, schedulers) working in medical settings. The module introduces staff to the practice of Motivational Interviewing as a way to support patient-centered care and handle “challenging” patient interactions, and is intended to support MI implementation efforts in medical settings.

Our webinar for June 3: Client, Family, and Community Education/HIV and STIs is available for viewing at the link above

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Stigma undermines access to diagnosis, treatment, and successful health outcomes for people with substance use disorders. This session will explore techniques to eliminating the stigma that exists in systems of care and will describe opportunities and challenges due to the COVID-19 pandemic.  

Dr. Haner Hernandez reflects on the 2018 National Recovery Month theme, Join the Voices for Recovery: Invest in Health, Home, Purpose, and Community, and offers recommendations on ways that treatment organizations can meet the needs of their Hispanic and Latino clients. 

Julia Alexander, co-director of the Great Lakes PTTC,  shares her experience as a person in long-term recovery along with recommendations on starting a recovery community organization (RCO).   

Dr. Tom Freese, co-director of the Pacific Southwest ATTC, shares insights on treatment and recovery in the LGBTQ population and offers recommendations on ways treatment organizations can meet the needs of their LGBTQ clients. 

Our Recovery Month 2019 podcast features an interview with Mark Sanders, LCSW, CADC, a behavioral health trainer and consultant whose work has reached thousands across the United States and beyond. In this episode, Mark discusses the many pathways to recovery in the African American Community. 

This Recovery Month 2019 podcast features an interview with Dr. Mike Flaherty, a clinical psychologist with more than 30 years' experience in prevention, intervention, treatment, research, and policy development related to substance use treatment and recovery. In this episode, Dr. Flaherty provides an overview of Recovery-Oriented Systems of Care.   

Mat Roosa, LCSW-R, was a founding member of NIATx and has been a NIATx coach on numerous projects. In this episode, Mat gives an overview of NIATx and process improvement in behavioral health. 

The Great Lakes Wave podcast channel is available on all of the top podcasting platforms, including Anchor, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, and Breaker. New episodes and podcast series are added regularly!  

Elinore F. McCance-Katz, MD, PhD Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Staying in Touch: Using Caring Contacts to Sustain Connections with Your Clients is an online curriculum that describes a low-threshold, Caring Contacts intervention designed to help providers reduce client self-harm, increase feelings of self-efficacy, and fill treatment gaps due to health disparities or other challenges. A Caring Contact is a personalized written form of practitioner outreach to individual clients that expresses care and concern for their wellbeing. This simple, customizable intervention can be implemented at a distance during times of stress and isolation, making it a particularly useful addition to telehealth practices. This curriculum: is self-paced, with expected completion time of less than an hour; outlines the scientific support for this approach to reduce client isolation and potential self-harm; focuses, in part, on special circumstances and populations that can be hard to engage and retain in care; and includes concrete examples of Caring Contacts, as well as modifiable templates that can be downloaded and adapted for any organization’s use.   Additional Resources Suicide Prevention Resource Center (SAMHSA). Features information, tools, training, and more. CAMS-Care: Preventing Suicide. Training and certification for the CAMS suicide prevention assessment, intervention and treatment.  Now Matters Now (American Foundation for Suicide Prevention). Personal stories and research-based ways (DBT, e.g.) for managing suicidal thoughts and emotions.   

  Presenter: Dr. Pang Foua Yang Rhodes Dr. Rhodes offers insight on the effects of social distancing and stigma within Hmong communities during the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Rhodes elaborates on the struggles facing Hmong Americans and provides social and historical context of Hmong culture that should inform providers' treatment methods and crisis response services during this difficult time.   EnglishTranscript_Culturally Relevant Services in Crisis(Part 3)_Rhodes_04_28_20 HmongTranscript_Culturally Relevant Services in Crisis(Part 3)_Rhodes_04_28_20