Curriculum Package
2-hour, self-paced course provides a science-based introduction to substance use, substance use disorders (SUDs) and SUD treatment. Designed for undergraduate, graduate, and health professions students and practitioners who do not have a background in addictions.
Published: January 1, 2018
eNewsletter or Blog
Monthly newsletter announcing training and events in the Great Lakes ATTC region. Editor/writer: Maureen Fitzgerald
Published: December 1, 2017
Presentation Slides
This is a training for the Criminal Justice System on addiction, medications, benefits of addiction treatment in the CJ system and treatment planning.
Published: November 3, 2017
Print Media
This booklet identifies common workplace stressors for addiction professionals and offers evidence-based, practical strategies and resources to promote healthy lifestyles and productive professional lives. It is intended to assist agencies to create supportive work environments as well as provide guidance to employees on enhancing their own well-being. This guide is an updated version of "Self-Care: A Guide for Addiction Professionals."
Published: October 19, 2017
Curriculum Package
Self-paced course designed to enhance professional knowledge of MAT and build skills for educating patients about MAT.
Published: October 1, 2017
Presentation Slides
This is a training for the Criminal Justice workforce based on the Treatment Planning M.A.T.R.S product.
Published: October 1, 2017
Multimedia
Addiction is a family disease. Yet mothers are often treated in isolation from their children and partners, having to choose between getting treatment and keeping their families together. One revolutionary program in Compton, California lets women bring them all -- fathers/partners and children of all ages -- to experience the recovery journey together. "Bring Them All" tells the story of family-centered care through the perspectives of clients and staff at SHIELDS for Families.
Published: September 20, 2017
Presentation Slides
This skills building workshop introduced CBT for adolescent substance use. Presented by Sara Becker, PhD.
Published: July 12, 2017
Interactive Resource
A Tour of Motivational Interviewing: An Interprofessional Road Map for Behavior Change is a four-hour course in Motivational Interviewing (MI), a form of collaborative conversation for strengthening a person's own motivation and commitment to change, by eliciting and exploring the person's own reasons for change within an atmosphere of acceptance and compassion. This course takes the learner on a tour of the essential skills used to strengthen an individual’s motivation for behavior change.
This online course was prepared by the University of Missouri Kansas City School of Nursing and Health Studies’ Mid-America Addiction Technology Transfer Center (Mid-America ATTC), under a cooperative agreement from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) and the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA).
Published: May 18, 2017
Multimedia, Presentation Slides
Ruth Paris, PhD, LICSW, from the Boston University School of Social Work delivered a didactic presentation on parenting for women in recovery. The presentation discussed challenges to engaging women who are pregnant/postpartum in treatment and different parenting interventions that should be considered in PPW programs.
Published: May 2, 2017
Presentation Slides
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).
Published: December 23, 2016
Curriculum Package
3-hour, self-paced course designed to enhance professional knowledge of MAT and build skills related to educating clients about MAT.
Published: October 1, 2016
Curriculum Package, Presentation Slides, Print Media
The purpose of this introductory training is to provide HIV clinicians (including, but not limited to physicians, dentists, nurses, and other allied medical staff, therapists and social workers, and counselors, specialists, and case managers) with a detailed overview of smoking and HIV
Published: September 21, 2016
Presentation Slides
This presentation discussed trauma-informed approaches to the assessment and treatment of adolescent substance use. Presented by Kay Jankowski, Ph.D.
Published: July 20, 2016
Curriculum Package, Presentation Slides, Print Media
The purpose of this introductory training curriculum is to provide HIV clinicians (including, but not limited to physicians, dentists, nurses, and other allied medical staff, therapists and social workers, and counselors, specialists, and case managers) with an overview of substance use and HIV issues among older adultsV. Also included the training product is a detailed trainer guide and 2-page fact sheet for HIV clinicians.
Published: October 15, 2015
Curriculum Package
This is a curriculum developed to address the professional standards that guide the community corrections professional's role as change agent, the specific competencies associated with reducing risk and the common knowledge, skills and attitudes for community corrections professionals.
Published: October 1, 2015
Website
Through a partnership with UNR, the PSATTC launched a learning management system called PSATTC e-Learn. Currently, there is one self-paced online course housed on the site; more will be added in the future.
Published: May 29, 2015
Curriculum Package
Four-hour self-paced online SBIRT course; continuing education available for physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, marriage and family therapists, social workers, registered nurses, and certified addiction counselors.
Published: May 29, 2015
Presentation Slides
This presentation demonstrated how to use Motivational Interviewing with adolescents. Presented by Nadine Mastroleo, Ph.D. This presentation is proprietary.
Published: April 16, 2015
Presentation Slides
This presentation described: (1) the epidemics of HIV and HCV among US adolescents and young adults with regional examples. (2) the HIV continuum of care for Adolescents and Young Adults. (3) the value of HIV treatment, and current antiretroviral treatment guidelines and recent updates in care and treatment (4) how to incorporate HIV and HCV prevention, screening and linkage to care into your work with youth. Presented by Cathryn Samples, M.D.
Published: April 16, 2015
Presentation Slides
This training presentation provides information about the use of Buprenorphine in medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorders.
Published: November 26, 2014
Curriculum Package, Presentation Slides, Print Media
The purpose of this introductory training is to provide HIV clinicians (including, but not limited to physicians, dentists, nurses, and other allied medical staff, therapists and social workers, and counselors, specialists, and case managers) with a detailed overview of substance abuse and HIV among youth.
Published: November 14, 2014
Curriculum Package, Presentation Slides, Print Media
The purpose of this full-day, interactive, practice-based training is to provide HIV clinicians (including, but not limited to physicians, dentists, nurses, and other allied medical staff, therapists and social workers, and counselors, specialists, and case managers) with a detailed overview of screening patients for at-risk alcohol and other drug use and conducting a brief intervention with patients to reduce their at-risk substance use.
Published: November 14, 2014
Presentation Slides
90-minute presentation targeted to parole and probation officer. The learning objectives inlcude 1) Identify signs & symptoms of community correctional fatigue 2) Develop a personalized self-care plan to prevent community correctional fatigue 3)Identify actions and behaviors that violate healthy boundaries 4) Provide at least two examples of self-care and/or strategies to manage community correctional staff fatigue
Published: September 28, 2014