Past Events

This training will present facts regarding the history of opioid treatment in the United States, changes in the laws regarding treatment of opioid addiction and the implications for the treatment system, how medication will benefit the delivery of opioid treatment and the types of medications used to treat opioid use disorder.

Behavioral health practitioner workforce shortages in rural areas of the US remain high. New technological advances may help address these shortages by affording practitioners the opportunity to easily deliver behavioral health services virtually. However, Moore and colleagues (2016) reported that while the social work field routinely conducts behavioral health research in rural areas, most social work education programs do not provide specialized course work in rural issues. Given this increase in access to rural patients through the use of technology, many behavioral health practitioners find themselves unprepared to treat these patients as their cultural and technology literacy skills are insufficient. This workshop will provide tools to enhance curricula and assist in building a workforce that is technologically and culturally competent.

Studies consistently reflect the disparities amongst Hispanics and Latinos seeking addiction and mental health treatment. Most often they include the barriers they encounter when accessing cultural and linguistically competent care. This interactive training will increase the competencies of addiction and other professionals to be able to integrate Hispanic and Latino culture into practice effecting successful outcomes. Discussions will include how culture influences Hispanic and Latino drug use but can also support recovery, cultural considerations for treatment planning including co-occurring disorders, and culturally informed strategies for practice.

Implementation of Screening, Brief Intervention, Referral to Treatment into Practice (SBIRT-IP) description coming soon....

This training is for King County providers only. This course will provide attendees with a deeper understanding of individuals struggling with an opioid use disorder, and the treatment options available to them. The content of this course is designed to apply to a wide range of professionals who interface with the opioid using population, and includes: opioid use disorder conceptualization and patterns of use; models of care (Medication Assisted Treatment, medications and modalities); opioid overdose risks and interventions; psychosocial interventions targeting OUD; and managing treatment resistance. The format will be a combination of didactics, small group case review, and larger group discussions emphasizing the practice of making evidence-based treatment recommendations.

Prescription drug and opioid abuse is devastating New England. News outlets continuously report on overdoses, broken families, straining healthcare systems, and overwhelmed law enforcement officers. Yet stakeholders of all types are finding ways to work together to heal communities, promote recovery, address stigma, and remove harmful drugs from the streets. Despite the many tragedies, real change is happening, lives are transforming, and helping professionals are making a difference. Join leading researchers and experts tackling this crisis--and be part of the solution--at the fourth annual Summit for Clinical Excellence in New England, featuring a new focus for law enforcement professionals in 2018.

Building Recovery Capital through Digital Health Technologies (BRC) online learning series description coming soon....

This training is led by Shaheema Allie and Rehana Kader for 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.

This training was on effective methods of supervising workers and provided an opportunity to explore creative ways of integrating effective interventions with workers in motivating them to grow in skill as well as how to work with the most "challenging" clients.

Presenter- Pamela Baston, MPA, MCAP, CPP Harold Tarbell, Tarbell Facilitation Network   Download the presentation handouts.   To View All Webinars: https://attcnetwork.org/centers/national-american-indian-and-alaska-native-attc/tor-ta-webinars  

Presenter- Pamela Baston, MPA, MCAP, CPP Harold Tarbell, Tarbell Facilitation Network   Download the presentation handouts.   To View All Webinars: https://attcnetwork.org/centers/national-american-indian-and-alaska-native-attc/tor-ta-webinars

This mental health training led by Phelisa Bashman is for KwaZulu Natal Department of Health 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 to co-occurring disorders.

This training is led by the South Africa HIV ATTC's Shaheema Allie and Rehana Kader 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.

Buprenorphine waiver training is available for physicians, physician assistants and advance practice nurses interested in seeking their waiver to prescribe buprenorphine in the treatment of opioid use disorders. To obtain the waiver to prescribe, providers are required to take eight (8) hours of training. Following training, providers who have successfully completed the course may apply to SAMHSA to obtain the waiver. PCSS-MAT urges all physicians who complete the course to submit a Notice of Intent Form to SAMHSA to obtain their waiver to prescribe. The waiver must be completed online and a link to the online form will be provided to participants following the training.

*** Closed event. To request a similar training, please go to our webpage: https://goo.gl/Pz18Kq *** This course will focus on the development of Motivational Interviewing (MI) skills and techniques. It will provide an overview of the research and efficacy of MI as an evidence-based practice, as well as how to implement MI in clinical practices. During this training, participants will practice MI techniques and learn how MI can enhance clients rapport and possibly improve patient outcomes. The training is open to providers who want experience in: using MI methods in clinical settings, understanding basic principles and facilitating counseling groups, and training others in MI skills and group facilitation methods.

Due to advances of medical treatment for HIV, what was once a fatal and disabling disease is now a chronic manageable condition. This one day course will review the basics of HIV/AIDS, outline the changes in medications and medication management, and look at how these changes affect clients today. In addition, there will be a module on HCV.

This training is for King County providers only. This King County sponsored course describes the foundation of CBT as related to the treatment of substance use and co-occurring disorders. Strategies to teach individuals about the connection between thoughts, emotions, and behaviors will be presented. Participants will learn the process for effective facilitation of a functional analysis of substance-using behavior along with other skillbuilding modules.

*** Closed event. To request a similar training, please go to our webpage: https://goo.gl/Pz18Kq *** This course will focus on the development of Motivational Interviewing (MI) skills and techniques. It will provide an overview of the research and efficacy of MI as an evidence-based practice, as well as how to implement MI in clinical practices. During this training, participants will practice MI techniques and learn how MI can enhance clients rapport and possibly improve patient outcomes. The training is open to providers who want experience in: using MI methods in clinical settings, understanding basic principles and facilitating counseling groups, and training others in MI skills and group facilitation methods.

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.

Jeanne Pulvermacher, Co-Director of the Great Lakes Addiction Technology Transfer Center, will be exhibiting and speaking at the 2018 MARRCH Annual Conference.

Scott Gatzke, State Coordinator for IL, IN, OH will be exhibiting at the 9th Annual Drug Abuse Symposium in Noblesville, IN.

This training is for King County providers only. This Advanced Motivational Interviewing workshop is part of a King County workforce development plan designed to increase providers' capacity to deliver evidence based practices and operate from a recovery oriented system of care perspective. This two-day advanced training for individuals who have attended an Introductory MI course. This training will build upon foundational skills and introduce more advanced MI techniques. Participants will have a number of opportunities for practices skills development through the use of real-plays, and interactive group exercises.

In response to the Opioid epidemic, the Mid-Atlantic ATTC has partnered with the Region III – Title X Family Planning Program to provide training and technical assistance to their provider network in the implementation of SBIRT. SBIRT is an evidence-based intervention used to help Screen, provide a Brief Intervention and Refer appropriate patients for Treatment related to substance use disorders. ** The ATTC believes that Family Planning providers can play an important role in working with their patients by offering SBIRT, and ultimately improve reproductive and behavioral health outcomes. Through training and technical assistance, the ATTC works with Title X staff to enhance their understanding, knowledge and skills in the implementation of SBIRT. Meeting with key staff monthly over a 9-month period, the goal of the ATTC is to assist agency staff in the development of a realistic Implementation Work Plan.

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: Entry Level Counselors: Common Supervision Issues. 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.