Past Events

Durante el periodo de aislamiento algunas personas desarrollan síntomas de depresión, ansiedad u otros trastornos de salud mental. A su vez, los trastornos ya existentes se exacerban. Estas personas en su afán por aliviar sus síntomas pueden estar en riesgo de hacer un mal uso de sus medicamentos prescritos y/o de otras sustancias psicoactivas. Se discutirán los riesgos asociados a esta situación y cómo prevenirlos e identificarlos para desarrollar estrategias de manejo en este tiempo de aislamiento.

This four-month Zoom-based Community of Practice is geared towards change facilitators and executive sponsors who were selected for the 2020 cohort of the PSATTC's OPII intensive technical assistance effort to meet regularly to learn about remote delivery change facilitation techniques and to discuss how their process improvement/systems change efforts have been impacted by COVID-19, and strategies they are implementing to adapt their planned change project activities.

This closed meeting allows KS providers opportunities to share how they are adapting programming in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. If you would like information about these meetings, please email Bree at [email protected]. 

This session will provide a brief overview of Motivational Interviewing (MI) including an introduction to the spirit and principles of MI to the primary skills used in an MI conversation.  It will include a variety of experiential exercises.  These exercises will give participants an opportunity to consider the relevance of MI to their personal and professional concerns in assisting their clientele in dealing with their chronic health concerns and to experience some of what makes MI different from other approaches in increasing motivation for good self-care.  [This is a closed event]  

Technical Assistance for the "Skills for Psychological Recovery" webinar.

The Kansas City Perinatal Recovery Collaborative (KC PRC) is working to develop, grow, and nurture a coordinated, multi-system network of services and programs to support pregnant and parenting mothers as they navigate the dual journey of parenting and recovery. If you are interested in participating in these monthly meetings, please contact Bree at [email protected]. 

Mid-America ATTC partnered with the Mid-America MHTTC, and Mountain Plains MHTTC for Telehealth Learning and Consultation (TLC) Tuesdays, an online series for providers new to or unfamiliar with telehealth to ask questions of our specialists and hear practical advice. During each hour-long session we will spend the first 20 minutes covering a topic such as acquiring consents or billing for telehealth services, then address questions submitted by registrants for that week. This is the 4th session of the series and will focus on Telehealth for children and adolescents.

Compassionate Community Conference The Great Lakes ATTC is co-sponsoring and presenting at the Compassionate Community Conference that's taking place on April 21-22, 2020 in Scottsburg, IN. Kris Kelly, BS will be leading two breakout sessions during this event:      April 21, 10:30-11:30 AM  |   Introduction to Recovery-Oriented Systems of Care by Kris Kelly      April 22, 1:15-2:15 PM  |   Recovery Ready Workplaces by Kris Kelly A Compassionate Community is a resilient and prosperous community where businesses and families have the greatest opportunity to thrive. When we did this in Scott County an amazing thing happened  - nearly all the people who contracted HIV during the 2015 outbreak are virally suppressed. In just four years, the number of people in recovery has increased 1000%, new Hepatitis C cases are declining, and new HIV cases have plummeted by over 97% to just 5 in 2018. We accomplished this by building relationships and partnering with people in recovery. Business leaders understand the widespread nature of the opioid crisis and the need for well-established recovery resources in a community. Please visit the Compassionate Community Conference site for more information and event registration.   

Talking circles are based on the tradition of sharing circles.  Please join us together for our second virtual talking circle event. This event is held bi-weekly. This group will be facilitated by a Native guest and will focus on concerns about yourself, your family, your work, and/or your tribal community that you may be experiencing during these uncertain times. There is no fee or expectation to participate in this event. This is a respectful meeting space. Come share your concerns, offer support, and respect the group’s privacy. Location: Zoom or Call-in Registration Necessary? Yes (see above) Time: 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM AKST 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PST 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM MST 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM CST 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM EST

DESCRIPTION: The Central East ATTC is partnering with the child welfare training program at Morgan State University for SUD trainings supplemental to the Masters of Social Work (MSW) curriculum (through the Title IV-E Child Welfare grant for supplemental SUD training). The series covers varying topics in four sessions (listed below). The first three trainings were in-person; the BH Skill Set training was transitioned to a virtual platform. Motivational Interviewing (Sept 2019) Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (Oct 2019) Behavioral Health Psychopharmacology (Feb 2020) Integrating the Behavioral Health Skill Set: Integrating Substance Use Knowledge and Skills into Child Welfare Practice (2020)   PRESENTER: Anthony Estreet         This is a closed event. For additional information, please contact [email protected].

*This event is postponed. Please register to be notified when it has been rescheduled.* Opioids use disorder (OUD) is a chronic condition that affects millions of Americans. If left untreated it can result in serious consequences including increased morbidity, relapse, opioid overdose, and death. Medication-assisted treatment is effective for OUD and has been shown to decrease all-cause mortality and opioid overdose-related deaths. This pharmacist-driven training will provide detailed education on the induction and maintenance of medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorder. Discuss the epidemiology of opioid overdose and opioid use disorder in the United States Review the prescribing patters of opioids for chronic non-cancer pain over the past two decades Define and review the clinical presentation of opioid dependence, opioid withdrawal, and opioid use disorder Review the pharmacology and therapeutics for methadone, buprenorphine/naloxone, and naltrexone for the treatment of opioid use disorder Presenter: Jasmine Carpenter, Pharm.D, BCPS, BCPP, mental health clinical pharmacist at a hospital in D.C. where she provides direct pharmaceutical care to patients of the mental health service and SUD rehab program. Jasmine also serves on the faculty of Howard University’s non-traditional Pharm. D program.  

Need assistance applying and/or integrating the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) Criteria? Join On-the-Spot the 3rd Friday of each month at 10:00 a.m. MT / 11:00 a.m. CT for a one-hour session with an ASAM professional who will answer and discuss questions related to: program development; 6-dimensional assessment and treatment planning; and continued service, transfer and discharge management.  Participants will have the opportunity to share case studies and receive guidance on how to use ASAM to make informed decisions with the client across the continuum of care. OtS is an open forum guided by the participants at each session. We look forward to meeting you and providing guidance on using ASAM.  No registration required, join anytime within the hour.  Join ASAM Integration and Application OtS anytime during the scheduled day/time using the Zoom login below: Step 1: Join from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android: https://zoom.us/j/761231872 Step 2:  Join by Telephone (ONLY if device does not have a microphone built in) Dial: +1 669 900 6833 (US Toll) or +1 408 638 0968 (US Toll) Meeting ID: 761 231 872

Need assistance applying and/or integrating the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) Criteria? Join On-the-Spot the 3rd Friday of each month at 10:00 a.m. MT / 11:00 a.m. CT for a one-hour session with an ASAM professional who will answer and discuss questions related to: program development; 6-dimensional assessment and treatment planning; and continued service, transfer and discharge management.  Participants will have the opportunity to share case studies and receive guidance on how to use ASAM to make informed decisions with the client across the continuum of care. OtS is an open forum guided by the participants at each session. We look forward to meeting you and providing guidance on using ASAM.  No registration required, join anytime within the hour.   Join ASAM Integration and Application OtS anytime during the scheduled day/time using the Zoom login below: Step 1: Join from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android: https://zoom.us/j/761231872 Step 2:  Join by Telephone (ONLY if device does not have a microphone built in) Dial: +1 669 900 6833 (US Toll) or +1 408 638 0968 (US Toll) Meeting ID: 761 231 872 Joining via web-cam is strongly encouraged.

Peer Advocates play an important part in substance use treatment. There are also some challenges for them. This two-day webinar will focus on Professional Boundaries for Peer Advocates. It will include the Code of Ethical and Professional Conduct. There will be lectures, exercises, and interactive discussions. You must register for each day separately. To receive a Certificate of Completion for three CASAC hours, participants are required to attend both sessions in their entirety.

Continuing the webinar series on MRT - Moral Reconation Therapy®, this webinar will focus on the details involved in implementing MRT within drug courts. Dr. Ken Robinson, Co-Developer of MRT will share some frequently asked questions regarding MRT implementation. Additionally, attendees will have the opportunity to view a video of a Mock MRT Group, with MRT Trainers playing group participants attending a meeting. This webinar is part two of an MRT series. 

Dirigido a personal de primera respuesta para ayudar en las semanas y meses posteriores a un desastre. Tiene el propósito de apoyar el manejo de la angustia y de hacer frente al estrés ante el desastre. Este adiestramiento es basado en el módulo Habilidades psicológicas para la recuperación ante desastres. El módulo está basado en evidencia científica.

Is your health center ready to integrate and implement SBIRT? Join us for a one-hour session with a knowledgeable SBIRT professional who will answer and discuss questions related to: administration and use of screening materials including the AUDIT, DAST, and the CRAFFT among others; brief interventions and referrals to treatment including making effective warm handoffs; and workflow and integration of SBIRT into medical settings. Participants will have the opportunity to share case studies and receive guidance on how to integrate SBIRT into their health center sustainably. We look forward to meeting you and providing guidance on implementing SBIRT.   To join OtS SBIRT Implementation use the Zoom login below on the scheduled time and day : Step 1: Join from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android: https://zoom.us/j/225336565 Step 2:  Join by Telephone (ONLY if device does not have a microphone built in): Phone: +1 669 900 6833 (US Toll) or +1 408 638 0968 (US Toll)                Meeting ID: 225 336 565 Joining via web-cam is strongly encouraged.

Peer Advocates play an important part in substance use treatment. There are also some challenges for them. This two-day webinar will focus on Professional Boundaries for Peer Advocates. It will include the Code of Ethical and Professional Conduct. There will be lectures, exercises, and interactive discussions. You must register for each day separately. To receive a Certificate of Completion for three CASAC hours, participants are required to attend both sessions in their entirety.

Build your Motivational Interviewing (MI) skills through the free Motivational Interviewing Learning Collaborative! Third Wednesday each month, beginning February 19, 2020.  10:00-10:45am CST The Great Lakes MHTTC and PTTC will host a series of interactive calls via Zoom for people who want to enhance their MI skills. This learning opportunity provides practitioners with a no-cost, easy to access opportunity to continue to build their practice skills towards fidelity. All sessions will be geared towards multiple levels of learning. Attend all sessions or select from the menu (see list of dates and topics below). Calls last for 45 minutes You only need to register one time for the Zoom link to the calls  ​​​ Trainer: Laura Saunders State Project Manager, Wisconsin Great Lakes ATTC, MHTTC, and PTTC Laura A. Saunders, MSSW, is the Wisconsin State Project Manager for the Great Lakes Addiction, Mental Health and Prevention Technology Transfer  Centers. Her position is housed at the UW–Madison, where she’s worked since 1988. Since 2001, Laura has provided SBIRT and Motivational Interviewing training to physicians, nurses, medical students, psychologists, specialty addiction treatment providers, social workers, physical therapists, health educators, and staff who work in correctional settings. She has provided feedback and coaching to hundreds of social workers, correctional staff,  and other human service providers who are interested in using evidence-based practices with fidelity. Laura joined the international group of Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT) in 2006 (Sophia, Bulgaria) and is an active member of the Wisconsin MINT group. Topics by Date February 19 Your MI Spirit Is Showing March 18  Let Your Partner (Client, Consumer, Customer, Patient) Know You're Working Hard to Understand April 15 WHY Not Ask WHY And Other Things to Think About With Open Questions May 20 Taming Your Inner Cheerleader: Be Proud Of You and How Well You Can Use Affirmations June 17 Gold Star Things to Say (Genuinely!)  July 15 What To Do When the Client Says Something About Changing Their Behavior August 19 What to Do When The Client Seems Stuck About Changing Their Behavior September 16  Pay Attention to Discord October 21 Guess What Happens When You Ask for Change Talk? November 18:   TBD December 16:   TBD 

** This is a SPANISH Language Webinar. Pre-recorded versions in English and Portuguese will be available on our website shortly after our live Spanish event* En su charla TED titulada "Todo lo que crees que sabes sobre la adicción es incorrecto", el cual ha sido visto más de 15 millones de veces, el periodista británico Johann Hari analiza la investigación disponible sobre las causas subyacentes de la adicción y concluye, de manera brillante, que lo contrario de la adicción no es la sobriedad, es la conexión. COVID-19 ha interrumpido esa conexión y nos ha afectado de formas que quizás no habíamos experimentado antes, o de formas que pueden ser peligrosas para nuestra recuperación. Ha hecho más difícil el tener el apoyo a nuestra recuperación de la forma que funcionaba para nosotros y nos ha forzado a que cambiemos y aprendamos nuevas herramientas para mantener nuestra recuperación. Este seminario web analizará cómo nuestra recuperación ha sido afectada durante estos tiempos del COVID-19 y qué podemos hacer para mantenerla y fortalecerla. Los participantes: Aprenderán cómo el aislamiento social, la soledad y la inseguridad afectan a las personas en recuperación Entenderán los pasos para la recuperación y la resiliencia de la pandemia Discutirán soluciones prácticas para fortalecer la recuperación durante el aislamiento social. Presentador Pierluigi Mancini, PhD, MAC Project Director @National Hispanic and Latino Addiction Technology Transfer Center and Prevention Technology Transfer Center Pierluigi Mancini, PhD, MAC is the Project Director for the National Hispanic and Latino Addiction Technology Transfer Center and the National Hispanic and Latino Prevention Technology Transfer Center. Both SAMHSA funded centers are housed at the National Latino Behavioral Health Association (www.NLBHA.org) located in New Mexico. With over 30 years of experience in culturally and linguistically appropriate behavioral health treatment and prevention, Dr. Mancini is one of the most sought after national and international consultants and speakers on mental health and addiction, his areas of expertise is immigrant behavioral health and health disparities. Dr. Mancini founded Georgia’s first Latino behavioral health program in 1999 to serve the immigrant population by providing cultural and linguistically appropriate services in English, Spanish and Portuguese. Pierluigi Mancini, PhD, MAC es el Director del Centro Hispano Latino de Capacitación y Asistencia Técnica en Adicción (NHL-ATTC) y del Centro Hispano Latino de Capacitación y Asistencia Técnica en Prevención (NHL-PTTC). Ambos centros financiados por la agencia federal SAMHSA son parte de La Asociación Nacional Latina de Salud Mental y Adicciones (NLBHA por sus siglas en inglés www.NLBHA.org) ubicada en Nuevo México. Con más de 30 años de experiencia en el tratamiento y la prevención de la adicción y la salud mental con sensibilidad cultural y lingüísticamente apropiadas, el Doctor Mancini es uno de los consultores y oradores nacionales e internacionales más solicitados. Sus áreas de especialización son la salud mental del inmigrante y las disparidades de salud. El Doctor Mancini fundó el primer programa de salud mental y adicciones para latinos en el estado de Georgia en el año 1999 para brindar servicios en inglés, español y portugués.

As provider organizations rapidly shift to telehealth services to accommodate social distancing, there is a great deal of anxiety and uncertainty around best practices for engaging clients via these mediums. The fact of the matter is, telehealth services have long been recommended for enhancing client access to treatment, and have been demonstrated effective in doing so. Thus, in responding to this unprecedented crisis, providers have a very unique opportunity to learn how to effectively engage clients using telehealth technologies. The goal(s) of our work remain the same no matter the means of connection: in-person, over the telephone or via videoconference. Informed and intentional adaptations of in-person practices is the key to successfully assuring continuity of connection and services during this challenging time. Participants will review strategies for preparation, as well as skills to employ during, and following remote counseling conversations. This course is being offered in a Zoom video session (i.e. facilitator and participants will be face-to-face on camera). Please consider the nature of the telehealth interventions most relevant to your work, when registering for this course. This training meets the OASAS requirement for 1.5 renewal hours (CASAC, CPP, CPS) and 1.5 initial hours (CPP, CPS). To receive a Certificate of Completion for 1.5 CASAC hours, participants are required to attend the full 90 minutes.

Mid-America ATTC partnered with the Mid-America MHTTC, and Mountain Plains MHTTC for Telehealth Learning and Consultation (TLC) Tuesdays, an online series for providers new to or unfamiliar with telehealth to ask questions of our specialists and hear practical advice. During each hour-long session we will spend the first 20 minutes covering a topic such as acquiring consents or billing for telehealth services, then address questions submitted by registrants for that week. This is the 3rd session of the series and will focus on Telehealth tools.

This training enables attendees to identify mental disorders and infectious diseases that frequently co-occur alongside addictive disorders. Attendees learn about shared risk factors for these disorders in vulnerable population groups, including people living with HIV. Attendees also learn about common approaches to managing these disorders in addiction treatment and evidence of their effectiveness.

Difficult moments don’t have to grow into ‘incidents’ that can threaten client engagement and retention. This interactive two-part webinar is designed to equip peers, counselors, social workers, anyone working with people with concepts and preparatory actions that can be used to de-escalate a wide range of interactions. The basics of de-escalation include the ABC model of assessment, the Seven Principles of Effective Verbal Interventions and a worker self-care assessment tool. You must register for each day separately. To receive a Certificate of Completion for three CASAC hours, participants are required to attend both sessions in their entirety.