Past Events

For King County Providers only. This second Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) workshop expands on the skills-based component of group sessions, and the function of individual DBT sessions to help people learn and use new skills and strategies to develop a life that they experience as worth living.  DBT skills include skills for mindfulness, emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness. This workshop is part two of an introduction to DBT and is intended for behavioral health professionals who wish to acquaint themselves with the components of DBT, to increase their DBT skills development, and to build a case formulation to implement treatment. 

This mental health training led by Phelisa Bashman is for Western Cape Department of Health - People Development Centre trainers, administrative staff and lay workers. Providers that attend this training will learn cultural competencies to contextualize the circumstances and care of their patients as well as how to recognize common mental health disorders in order to improve HIV treatment outcomes through strategies such as increased detection and intervention of co-occurring disorders.

Working with youth in any discipline is understandably challenging when you consider this population’s consistently changing cognitive process. This two 90-minute webinar series will review brain development, stages and tasks, adolescent behavioral indicators and the influences and impact of family, peer, community, and substance use during progressive cognitive stages.  Effective strategies to help engage and motivate healthy behavior change for youth in health care, drug treatment, or in criminal justice programs will be recommended.  To receive an "OASAS Certificate of Completion" for three (3) CASAC hours, participants are required to attend both sessions in their entirety. 

Motivational interviewing is a therapeutic model for evoking and enhancing people’s intrinsic motivation to change unhealthful behaviors that are inconsistent with their values and goals. In this workshop, participants will learn the techniques of motivational interviewing and how to apply them in their clinical work, particularly in the context of substance abuse treatment.

During the first session of the Region 7 Recovery Stakeholders Learning Community, Rev. Roxanne Pendleton presented on "Trauma: What You Need to Know." The Region 7 Recovery Stakeholders Learning Community occurs the last Thursday of each month from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. Participants join via Zoom, a free videoconferencing software. Each session contains a presentation on a recovery-related topic, following by networking and discussion among recovery stakeholders in Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska. Registration is required for each session.

Unlike past years, cocaine has made a come-back this year with more deaths in Texas than methamphetamine or heroin. In addition to these drugs, Dr. Maxwell's latest study shows the changes in characteristics of persons using synthetic cannabinoids (Spice, K-2) and early findings on the use of cannabis oils and edible preparations in Texas. Hear her presentation to learn more!

This training is for King County providers only. This 2-day King county sponsored workshop provides behavioral health counselors an opportunity to consider the potential impact of using Motivational Interviewing (MI) methods in facilitating counseling groups. The workshop includes brief instructional presentations, demonstrations, structured learning activities, and group facilitation skill practice, all within an MI framework. Clinicians who facilitate groups using a structured, manual-based format and those who utilize more process-focused methods will benefit equally from the workshop. It should be noted, however, that this workshop does not serve as a basic introduction to MI or to group facilitation. It is assumed that participants will have a basic understanding of MI and group facilitation.  

Join the NWATTC on November 28, 2018 for a webinar about mindfulness-based relapse prevention, an evidence-based treatment developed at the University of Washington. Mindfulness practices increase awareness of triggers, habitual patterns, and "automatic" reactions. These practices cultivate the ability to pause, observe present experience, and bring awareness to the range of choices before us.  Dr. Chawla is one of the co-creators of Mindfulness-Based Relapse Prevention and is also the Founder & Director of the Seattle Mindfulness Center.   Download flyer

As part of its “Enhancing Workforce Capacity to Provide Clinical Supervision for Substance Use Disorders” (CS-4-SUD) initiative, Mid-America ATTC is hosting a ten-session Clinical Supervision Project ECHO Clinic. Participants completed a 14-hour online course and a two-day in-person training on the ATTC Network’s curriculum, “Clinical Supervision Foundations.” In alignment with the Project ECHO model, each 1 ½-hour ECHO session involves a didactic presentation, an update from one or two of the participants who utilized feedback with their supervisee since their initial presentations, and two new case presentations on supervisee dilemmas to which recommendations are provided. Twenty-six clinical supervisors are in the Project ECHO Clinic, each presenting one or two case presentations in order to receive feedback. The clinic Hub team is Christina Boyd, LSCSW, LCAC, and Scott Breedlove, MS, CPS, MARS. The didactic topic for this session is: The Reflective Model of Supervision.  Registration is currently full, but this intensive learning opportunity will be repeated with a future cohort. Contact Project Manager Bree Sherry at [email protected] for more information.

Last webinar in the TOR Technical Assistance Webinar Series. To view information and resource from previous webinar, visit the TOR Webinars Resource Page        

The purpose of Drug and other specialty courts is to reduce recidivism, offer evidence-based drug treatment for high-risk high need defendants (clients), instead of reincarceration. Drug courts have been shown in multiple studies to save lives and save money. This is the only gathering of peer drug court professionals from New England and expect to attract a broad audience including those interested in specialty courts – adult and juvenile drug courts, veteran’s courts, mental health courts and family courts.

This course will review the Ethics Code for OASAS Counselors. Topics include: definitions and foundations of ethics, principles and problem areas, professional responsibility and counselor considerations. Confidentiality will also be reviewed. There will be case studies, discussion, and information on technology and ethics.

This training is led by Shaheema Allie and Tara Carney for Community Oriented Substance Use PRogram (COSUP) doctors, nurses, counsellors, community health workers, social workers, lay workers, and clinical associates. This training focuses on how to conduct screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment (SBIRT) for alcohol and other illicit drug use. Attendees will gain knowledge and skills in assessment, screening, brief interventions, and referral to treatment for substance use disorders. Attendees will also gain knowledge and skills in Motivational Interviewing (MI) techniques in order to promote behavior change related to substance use disorders. Such skills are expected to improve HIV treatment outcomes through increased detection and intervention of co-occurring alcohol and drug use disorders.

This training is led by Shaheema Allie for the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Health doctors, nurses, psychiatrists, counsellors, community health workers, social workers, and district trainers. This training focuses on how to conduct screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment (SBIRT) for alcohol and other illicit drug use. Attendees will gain knowledge and skills in assessment, screening, brief interventions, and referral to treatment for substance use disorders. Such skills are expected to improve HIV treatment outcomes through increased detection and intervention of co-occurring alcohol and drug use disorders.

Trauma informed care is a practice framework that recognizes the presence of trauma and its impact, and how to effectively minimize its effects without causing additional trauma. This interactive course will define trauma and trauma-informed care, explore trauma & stress disorders and symptomology, look at how trauma impacts on brain development, and strategies to prevent re-traumatization.  

This training is led by Shaheema Allie and is for KwaZulu-Natal Department of Health doctors, nurses, psychiatrists, counsellors, community health workers, social workers, and district trainers. Providers that attend this training will gain knowledge and skills in Motivational Interviewing (MI) techniques in order to promote behavior 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.

This mental health training led by Phelisa Bashman is for SANCA Lowveld nurses, counsellors, community health workers, social workers, social auxillary workers, and lay workers. Providers that attend this training will learn cultural competencies to contextualize the circumstances and care of their patients as well as how to recognize common mental health disorders in order to improve HIV treatment outcomes through strategies such as increased detection and intervention of co-occurring disorders.

On average, nearly 20 people per minute are physically abused by an intimate partner in the United States. Providers need to understand the dynamics of Intimate Partner Violence (IPV), and how to support victimized clients. This interactive course is designed to inform on how to recognize IPV behavior and cycles of abuse, common myths, responses and vicarious trauma. Content will include how historical trauma is foundational to the cumulative effects of IPV from an African American, Hispanic, and LGBTQA community perspective. In addition, approaches to historical trauma, exit strategies, and trauma informed care will be discussed. 

This training is for King County providers only. This TIO training provides foundational knowledge appropriate for individuals across sectors and job titles. After defining key terms, including stress, trauma and systemic oppression, we explore how trauma and adversity affect individual's access to services. Participants begin to identify how service systems, often unknowingly, retraumatize survivors of complex trauma. We highlight the difference between trauma specific services and trauma- informed care, and practice reframing behaviors from a trauma- informed lens. Participants then identify ways to modify programs and policies to be more trauma informed, by learning about the principles of trauma-informed practice. Finally, we delve into the impact of adversity and stress on the workforce and the organization, and highlight the importance of workforce wellness and self-care.

Part of the 2018 Essential Substance Abuse Skills: A Guide for Professionals Webinar Series which gives an overview of the curriculum founded on SAMHSA's TAP 21: Addiction Counseling Competencies, and bridges the NIDA Principles of Effective Drug Treatment. This series has been culturally adapted to inform those working the Native clients.

This is a closed event.

As part of its “Enhancing Workforce Capacity to Provide Clinical Supervision for Substance Use Disorders” (CS-4-SUD) initiative, Mid-America ATTC is hosting a ten-session Clinical Supervision Project ECHO Clinic. Participants completed a 14-hour online course and a two-day in-person training on the ATTC Network’s curriculum, “Clinical Supervision Foundations.” In alignment with the Project ECHO model, each 1 ½-hour ECHO session involves a didactic presentation, an update from one or two of the participants who utilized feedback with their supervisee since their initial presentations, and two new case presentations on supervisee dilemmas to which recommendations are provided. Twenty-six clinical supervisors are in the Project ECHO Clinic, each presenting one or two case presentations in order to receive feedback. The clinic Hub team is Christina Boyd, LSCSW, LCAC, and Scott Breedlove, MS, CPS, MARS. The didactic topic for this session is: Balancing Administrative and Clinical Tasks. Registration is currently full, but this intensive learning opportunity will be repeated with a future cohort. Contact Project Manager Bree Sherry at [email protected] for more information.