Past Events

Motivational Interviewing is a collaborative, goal-oriented method of communication with particular attention to the language of change. It is intended to strengthen personal motivation for & commitment to a change goal by eliciting and exploring an individuals own arguments for change. This evidenced-based practice is used in numerous settings including: addictions & mental health care, primary care, emergency rooms, public health care, criminal justice, street outreach & shelters, and child welfare. Registration: $110 per person. Student Registration: Enrolled students may receive a discount. Please email [email protected] for questions. Registration Link:  https://www.eiseverywhere.com/ehome/index.php?eventid=427628&

The purpose of this group is to offer a regular platform for learning and consultation related to videocounseling case reviews, legalities and ethics, rules and regulations, and jurisdictional and licensing issues. It also provides an opportunity to develop effective strategies and skills that are key to effectively working with clients using this approach. This consultation group will explore a variety of topics and activities that promotes learning about the potential successes, challenges, and pitfalls of using videocounseling to offer clinical services in a behavioral health setting, as well as enhance participants’ videocounseling skills.  During this interactive session, participants and facilitators will provide feedback to each other on the visible office environment, including lighting, sound, and ambiance. This is a free, open consultation group offered by the Mountain Plains ATTC (HHS Region 8). No registration is required. Use the link below to Join on the scheduled day/time. Step 1:  Join from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android. https://zoom.us/j/490144014 Step 2:  Join by Telephone (ONLY if device does not have a built in microphone)                  Phone: +1 669 900 6833 (US Toll) or +1 408 638 0968 (US Toll)                  Meeting ID: 490 144 014   Joining via webcam is strongly encouraged. We look forward to seeing you there!

Providers that attend this training gain knowledge and skills in Motivational Interviewing techniques in order to promote behaviour change related to substance use disorders: such skills are expected to improve HIV treatment outcomes through improved treatment of co-occurring alcohol or drug use disorders. [Registration for this training is now closed]

1-2:30 EDT, 12-1:30 CDT, 11-12:30 MDT, 10-11:30 PST, 9-10:30 AST

The South Africa HIV ATTC's Co-Director Goodman Sibeko, PhD will be giving a presentation on behavioural health and HIV for non-specialist healthcare workers as a part of the South African Depression and Anxiety Group Symposium.

 The Motivational Interviewing-Into Practice online learning series will provide a 20-hour curriculum that covers topics and provides interactive practice opportunities essential to the development and/or refinement of MI skills and relational style. Emphasis is placed on the “intentional use” of MI skills to identify a change goal, resolve ambivalence and increase motivation for change.

2-3:30 EDT, 1-2:30 CDT, 12-1:30 MDT, 11-12:30 PST, 10-11:30 AST

The NIATx Change Leader Academy is a one-day face-to-face workshop followed by three months of peer networking and support from a NIATx coach. The CLA trains change leaders in the NIATx model of process improvement: a structured, team-based approach to change management for organizations large and small. In this interactive training session, attendees will learn the four essential NIATx tools and develop a clear plan for a change project.   This is a closed event. However, you can learn more about our upcoming training and technical events on the Great Lakes ATTC website under Upcoming Events. If no upcoming events are taking place near you, please contact your nearest state project manager to inquire about future training opportunities in your region.

Presenter- Shelly Campo, PhD, has focused on research centered on health communication and social marketing. Her work focuses on how to encourage more informed decision making and to encourage healthy behaviors by reducing risk through identifying and attempting to influence individual, family and health care provider variables that impact behaviors in a wide variety of populations, particularly those with health disparities.   Download the presentation handouts.   To View All Webinars: https://attcnetwork.org/centers/national-american-indian-and-alaska-native-attc/tor-ta-webinars

This informational webinar will allow potential applicants an opportunity to evaluate the content and commitment for the Master's Series Trainings. This page will be updated with registration information closer to the date of the event.

This installation of the SAPC-UCLA Lecture series will identify and explore the current state, presenting opportunities and future directions of efforts to more effectively integrate the treatment of substance use disorders (SUDs) into the physical health and mental health systems of care. While the SUD, mental health and physical health systems have historically operated separately, the presentation will explore the expected service delivery benefits and positive health outcomes that are possible through intentionally designing systems that more effectively address the holistic health needs of patients. In addition to an exploration of the policy and system opportunities, we will also have a featured presenter who will identify what is needed clinically, current system opportunities, and what integration of SUD, mental health and physical health services can look like in practice. Lastly, we will learn real world approaches for effective integrated SUD service delivery from a panel of health care leaders representing the physical health, mental health and SUD service delivery systems on what they are doing to more effectively deliver services to historically underserved populations. These leaders will discuss their efforts to better integrate the healthcare workforce to collaboratively detect and treat SUDs while also establishing better pathways for effective information sharing and care linkage among these systems of care.  A panel discussion will follow this presentation, featuring representatives from the Department of Public Health, Department of Health Services, Department of Mental Health and a specialty provider. These representatives will highlight what is needed clinically, current system opportunities, and what integration of SUD can look like in practice.  The representatives will discuss issues relating to increasing workforce needs and abilities to collaboratively detect and treat SUDs while also establishing pathways for effective information sharing and effective linkage among health systems.   Objectives: At the end of this presentation, participants will be able to: 1)    Identify three (3) strategies to effectively integrate Substance Use Disorder(s) into physical health and mental health care. 2)    Discuss at least two (2) methods of improving healthcare providers ability to treat SUDs. 3)    Discuss the expected service delivery benefits and positive health outcomes of better integrating of physical health, mental health, and substance use care. 4)    Describe current pathways and future opportunities for information exchange among multiple health systems of care. 5)    Explore the cultural and linguistic barriers of access, assessment and treatment of Substance Use Disorder(s) within the physical and mental health systems of care.

This course provides an introduction to SBIRT (Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment) for adolescents and young adults. As a comprehensive and preventive approach, SBIRT can identify youth at risk for substance use problems and how to conduct a brief intervention to help them modify their behavior. This interactive training will discuss validated adolescent specific, evidence-based tools used in SBIRT, how to facilitate a brief intervention using motivational interviewing skills to help modify risky substance use consumption, and how to facilitate a successful referral to treatment.

The Judicial Academy of Puerto Rico and their Drug Court Program are interested in acquiring more knowledge in how to proceed with people who have Substance Use Disorders and Mental Health Conditions within the judicial system. In addition they would like to learn how they can manage vicarious trauma within their workforce.

Mid-America ATTC and Missouri Recovery Network invite you to join us next Thursday, June 27 for the last Recovery Stakeholders Learning Community of the season. This session will focus on the topic of Ethics and Boundaries for Peers. Mark McDonald from the Ozark Center in Joplin, MO will give a presentation followed by a facilitated Q&A. 

[This is a closed event] This training will teach participants about Contingency Management, an evidence-based treatment method for people with Substance Use Disorders.

Hepatitis C virus is on the rise in rural communities of the U.S. This presentation will describe the syndemic of opioid use disorder (OUD) and hepatitis C (HCV). Dr. Tsui will present evidence showing the current gaps in treatment for OUD and HCV among persons who inject drugs. Based on analysis of current treatment methods and real-world patient living conditions, her presentation will also describe research on innovative models of care to improve treatment access and outcomes for persons with OUD and HCV. This webinar is sponsored by the Northwest ATTC and the Area Health Education Center for Western Washington (AHECWW). Presenter Judith Tsui, MD, MPH, is an Associate Professor of Medicine, Div. of General Internal Medicine, at the University of Washington School of Medicine Download/share flyer

The opioid epidemic has touched every county in the state of Georgia and every state in the United States. However, most of the attention has been focused on opioid use in White communities leaving out the effects of this epidemic in racially and ethnically diverse communities. This workshop will address what we know about the effects of the opioid epidemic within the Latinx community. In particular, Latinx youth. How are Latinx youth being affected by this crisis? What are the trends in use, overdose and death? How do Latinx youth become exposed?, How are their families affected? We will address the cultural and linguistic needs necessary in order to help this community and what can we do to help them.

This is one of 8 virtual TA sessions for the Connections Motivational Interviewing Learning Collaborative.

The Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, Office of Children, Young Adults, and Families and the Georgia Interagency Directors Team are pleased to invite you to attend the 2019 Georgia System of Care Academy.  The 12th Annual Georgia System of Care Academy is scheduled for June 26-28, 2019 at the Evergreen Marriott Resort in Stone Mountain, Georgia.  This year’s theme is, Be Bold: From Engaging to Connecting. Registration is free and closes on June 10, 2019 or when registration reaches capacity.  

These training sessions focus on how to conduct screening, brief intervention and referral to treatment (SBIRT) for alcohol and other illicit drug use. Attendees gain knowledge and skills in assessment, screening, brief interventions, and referral to treatment for substance use disorders. Training in SBIRT basics is combined with our training in Motivational Interviewing (MI), where providers gain knowledge and skills in MI techniques in order to promote behavior change related to substance use disorders. Such skills in SBIRT and MI are expected to improve HIV outcomes through increased detection and intervention of co-occurring alcohol or drug use disorders.

The Motivational Interviewing - Intentional Application of Strategies and Skills (MI-ISS) is a six-month bimonthly series open to anyone with basic knowledge of Motivational Interviewing (MI) concepts, as well as core skills and principles. The purpose of the group is to build on participant’s prior knowledge of MI and provide increased insight into the MI philosophy to better understand nuances of MI principles, strategies, and skills and will explore a variety of MI topics and activities in an atmosphere of collaboration, support, curiosity, openness, and intentional practice. It is a chance to deepen one’s MI knowledge and hone MI skills in a non-judgmental venue. Part 10: June 25 -  Focusing with the 4 Processes - Intentional Planning To Join the MI-Intentional Application Consultation Group use the Zoom login below: Step 1: Join from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android. https://zoom.us/j/915820130 Step 2:  Join by Telephone (ONLY if device does not have a built in microphone)         Phone: +1 669 900 6833 (US Toll) or +1 408 638 0968 (US Toll)         Meeting ID: 280 136 361 For more information visit MPATTC Consultation Group webpage The Motivational Interviewing - Intentional Application of Strategies and Skills Consultation Series occurs every 2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month through July 23, 2019, 11:00-12:00pm Central Time.

Lou Kurtz, State Project Manager - OH, will exhibit at the 2019 Ohio Prevention Conference.

Laura Saunders, State Project Manager - WI, and Kris Kelly, State Project Manager - MN, will exhibit at the  National Rural Institute on Alcohol and Drug Abuse.

This three-hour course will review some of the trends emerging in substance use. It will include information on heroin, methamphetamines, fentanyl, K2 & bath salts. For each substance, participants will learn the composition of the drug, routes of administration, and effects.