Products and Resources - SAMHSA Reporting

In an effort to better understand the needs of providers in the region, Mountain Plains ATTC conducted a survey of SUD services in Region 8, which includes the states of Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming, to determine training/technical assistance needs. The survey was distributed using email list serves available through the Single State Authority (SSA) offices and through provider contact lists within the Mountain Plains ATTC database.

Dr. Haner Hernandez has been working to improve health equity and for more than 20 years. In this 14-minute podcast, Dr. Hernandez shares recommendations for ways that treatment organizations can address the needs of their Latino clients.

Sean A Bear I, Co-Director of the National American Indian- Alaskan Native ATTC gives an overview of some of the substances that are normally used within Indian Country as well as cultural factors that may assist with recovery efforts. View the recorded webinar: 

The March 2019 Dialogue feature: Addiction: SUD Screening for Women | Mental Health: Women and Mental Health | Prevention: Tailoring SUD Prevention Services for women | ORN: Suboxone Program. Additional sections include upcoming training and webinar events, behavioral health observances, new resources, Region 3 news, and Region 3 Spotlight: PTTC Regional Webinar Series. The Dialogue is designed to inform behavioral and mental health professionals of news and upcoming events in the Central East states. This electronic newsletter is disseminated on the first Tuesday of each month. We encourage you to provide any feedback or submit articles and topics for discussion in future issues of the newsletter. If you would like to be added to our mailing list to receive the Dialogue, news, and training announcements, sign up here.

Results from this survey will help Mountain Plains ATTC better collaborate with providers and other stakeholders throughout the region in the development of new products, training materials, and technical assistance requests. 

Results from this survey will help Mountain Plains ATTC better collaborate with providers and stakeholders throughout the region in the development of new products, training materials, and technical assistance requests. 

Results from this survey will help Mountain Plains ATTC better collaborate with providers and stakeholders throughout the region in the development of new products, training materials, and technical assistance requests. 

Results from this survey will help Mountain Plains ATTC better collaborate with providers and stakeholders throughout the region in the development of new products, training materials, and technical assistance requests. 

Results from this survey will help Mountain Plains ATTC better collaborate with providers and stakeholders throughout the region in the development of new products, training materials, and technical assistance requests. 

Results from this survey will help Mountain Plains ATTC better collaborate with providers and stakeholders throughout the region in the development of new products, training materials, and technical assistance requests. 

Presented on February 27, 2019, this webinar reviewed key factors necessary for effectively treating co-occurring trauma and addiction. Practical suggestions and tools were offered, including content specific to assessment, early intervention, and long-term recovery. Dr. Fitzgerald also made available copies of the comprehensive self-evaluation battery he administers to all his clients, as well as a scoring sheet for providers to use along with it. Download slides | Fitzgerald's Comprehensive Self-Evaluation Forms and Scoring Sheet/Summary

The National CLAS Standards are intended to advance health equity, improve quality, and help eliminate health care disparities. This webinar will discuss the importance for healthcare organizations to provide culturally and linguistically appropriate services and promote a more inclusive definition of culture to include sexual orientation and gender identity, in order to better serve the LGBTQ community. OBJECTIVES: Highlights of the enhanced CLAS Standards Relevant insights on the impacts of disparities and societal stigma on the mental health and personal safety of LGBTQ individuals Heightened awareness, knowledge, and skills that address the needs of LGBTQ and substance use and/or other BH disorders PRESENTERS: Jacqueline Coleman MEd, MSM, BA, CPC Certified Professional Coach     Kate Bishop Education Coordinator LGBT Health Resource Center of Chase Brexton

News and events from the Great Lakes ATTC, February 2019. 

The February 2019 Dialogue features a redesigned template. Addiction: Segments include African American children of parents with alcohol use disorder | Mental Health: Mental Health News, HRSA job fair | Prevention: implementing culturally competent prevention programs for African American | ORN: Recovery Residences. Additional sections include upcoming training and webinar events, behavioral health observances, new resources, Region 3 news, and Region 3 Spotlight: ASAM 50th Annual Conference. The Dialogue is designed to inform behavioral and mental health professionals of news and upcoming events in the Central East states. This electronic newsletter is disseminated on the first Tuesday of each month. We encourage you to provide any feedback or submit articles and topics for discussion in future issues of the newsletter. If you would like to be added to our mailing list to receive the Dialogue, news, and training announcements, sign up here.

This slide deck provides a brief overview of the use of videoconferencing to deliver assessment and treatment services to individuals with substance use disorders (SUDs) and mental health conditions. It is designed to be used by behavioral health academic faculty, trainers, and state agency staff members for a variety of audiences. Each slide has notes for the presenter to provide guidance if necessary. References are included on the slides and in the notes. If you require further information on this topic, please contact the Mountain Plains Addiction Technology Transfer Center (MPATTC). You are free to use these slides and pictures but please give credit to the MPATTC when using them by keeping the branding and referencing the ATTC at the beginning of your presentation.

How do you engage with clients who are using marijuana heavily, but not interested in treatment? This webinar, presented by Denise Walker, PhD, of the University of Washington, focused on the Check-Up model of intervention, designed to attract voluntary participation from non-treatment-seeking marijuana users. The elements of the intervention were described, with a focus on Motivational Enhancement Therapy and topics of conversation that can be used to enhance motivation to change marijuana use.  Download the slides here.    

This webinar provide basic knowledge on Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD0 and its connection with Substance Use Disorder (SUD), presented by Julie Rosen, MPH., EMDR therapist.  The path leading to one’s substance use is often affected by many different factors. One of them is the fact that people take drugs as a solution to their negative emotions, the discomfort from a traumatic event, or some bad experience that has happened to them in the past. It’s extremely helpful to know and understand the traumas that patients have been suffering and support them in recognizing and resolving traumas. This will contribute to a sustainable improvement of the treatment outcome, facilitating patient to gradually reduce unhealthy behaviors and head for a better free-of-drug life. Because the time is limited, the treatment for PTSD was not fully explained. As this is a useful topic, VHATTC hopes that in the future we can organize a formal or face-to-face training on PTSD and its connection with SUD.

Vietnam HIV - Addiction Technology Transfer Center - University of Medicine and Pharmacy at HCMC (VHATTC-UMP) has been focusing remarkably on online training and distant TA activities. This approach is expected to be the future of VHATTC-UMP’s activities with support fonmo smart and hi-tech devices. This approach both helps to save costs and spread knowledge quickly, reaching to areas and facilities with limitation to access face-to-face training and TA. To make full and appropriate use of this model before actual implementation, VHATTC-UMP conducted a survey exploring the needs of clinics and their medical staff for online training and TA, taking it as evidence-based orientation to conduct and expand this model. The survey results have been published in the MedPharmRes Journal (Journal of Medical Pharmaceutical Research) of the University of Medicine and Pharmacy at Ho Chi Minh City, the first English international electronic journal of medical research in Vietnam. Please follow this link if you're interested in this topic: (English)MPR-2.4.2.TO.7-14 Read more: http://medpharmres.com/view/article/detail/40

The January 2019 Dialogue features the MHTTC Systems Transformation Initiative, Vaping/E-Cigarettes, SAMHSA funding news, and upcoming health observances and training events. The Dialogue is designed to inform behavioral and mental health professionals of news and upcoming events in the Central East states. This electronic newsletter is disseminated on the first Tuesday of each month. We encourage you to provide any feedback or submit articles and topics for discussion in future issues of the newsletter. If you would like to be added to our mailing list to receive the Dialogue, news, and training announcements, sign up here.

The National CLAS Standards are intended to advance health equity, improve quality, and help eliminate health care disparities. This webinar will discuss how health care organizations need to ensure that awareness, adoption, and implementation of the National CLAS Standards are incorporated to have a more inclusive definition of culture in order to better adolescents. OBJECTIVES: highlights of enhanced CLAS Standards that contribute to positive health outcomes; increased knowledge of current disparities facing youth and young adults in health care settings; new and existing frameworks that have created successful health outcomes for youth and adolescents experiencing crisis; and review of Best practice interactions with youth and adolescent patients PRESENTERS: Jacqueline Coleman MEd, MSM, BA, CPC Certified Professional Coach   Benjamin Di'Costa Leading digital health and wellness strategist

HHSC RSS FY18 Interim Process Evaluation Report

Dr. Tom Freese shares insights on substance use disorder treatment and recovery issues that affect the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community. Dr. Freese is the director of the Pacific Southwest ATTC and also served as co-director of the YMSM+LGBTCenter of Excellence. 

Substance Use Disorder: A Chronic, Relapsing Brain Disease slideDecks4U are unrestricted PowerPoint slide decks intended to highlight a topic in 10 slides or less (similar to ‘pitch decks’ used in the business world to give a short summary of a company and its start-up vision) that include presenter notes and references and designed to be used by academic faculty in behavioral health programs, trainers, and state agency staff members for a variety of audiences.

This slide deck provides a brief overview of the use of videoconferencing to deliver assessment and treatment services to individuals with substance use disorders (SUDs) and mental health conditions. It is designed to be used by behavioral health academic faculty, trainers, and state agency staff members for a variety of audiences. Each slide has notes for the presenter to provide guidance if necessary. References are included on the slides and in the notes. If you require further information on this topic, please contact the Mountain Plains Addiction Technology Transfer Center (MPATTC). You are free to use these slides and pictures but please give credit to the MPATTC when using them by keeping the branding and referencing the ATTC at the beginning of your presentation.