Past Events

The National CLAS Standards are intended to advance health equity, improve quality, and help eliminate health care disparities. This webinar will discuss using the CLAS Standards when working with the LGBTQ population. 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.   The recording is now available to view.

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.

According to the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, over 20 million people in 2015 met the criteria for substance use disorder, (SUD). Research shows that a greater amount is at high risk levels of consumption and related health problems. This interactive training will review SUD diagnosis criteria, the impact of SUD on the brain and compulsivity factor, as well as specific signs and symptoms for alcohol and opioid use disorders (AUD, OUD). The content fill further explain how medication assisted treatment (MAT) works, why it’s the most effective treatment for OUD and AUD, and includes skills building activities that will help providers to effectively inform clients on how MAT increases a person's opportunity for sustainability of their recovery.

This meeting is a 5-Day STI Intensive Course that will focus on the integration efforts that support a collaborative healthcare approach. Current medical updates in services for STIs, HIV, TB, and hepatitis, family planning, and addictions will be discussed. The presentation regarding opioids will discuss national and state trends in overdose deaths; multiple health implications and impact of opioid use and dependence; efforts to reduce the impact of the epidemic in Virginia; and effective evidence-based strategies to address the epidemic in multiple systems and care settings.

The 15th Annual Statewide Integrated Care Conference will be held in Universal City, California, at the Hilton Universal Hotel on October 24-25, 2018. The conference focuses on integrating substance use, mental health and primary care services. This year, we have created thematic tracks that recognize the importance of addressing the needs of specific populations and of system transformation. Attendees may follow tracks (including LGBT issues, primary healthcare, children and transition-age youth, and criminal justice, among others) through the breakout sessions, or mix and match content to meet their own needs. All workshop and plenary presenters will address how their specific topic area relates to the theme of integration from the ground up. For more information, please visit: http://www.uclaisap.org/dmhcod/html/statewide-integrated-care-conference.html

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 covers definitions of trauma and trauma-informed care, explores the impact of trauma on our client populations, looks at how trauma impacts brain development, outlines screening and assessment for trauma, and strategies to apply in prevention and treatment.

This workshop will provide an overview of co-occurring disorders for treatment providers. It will define “co-occurring disorders”, describe useful screening and assessment instruments, and give participants tools to effectively serve people with co-occurring disorders. The reciprocal impacts of substance abuse and mental health symptoms, barriers that interfere with progress and integrated treatment will be discussed. Participants will explore their own values about working with people with co-occurring disorders and build practice skills. In addition, this 6-hour training course explores basic principles associated with the integration of mental health and substance abuse services.

Conference on Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome is an interprofessional event designed to provide an opportunity for various disciplines throughout RI to coordinate and collaborate ensuring the best care for pregnant women and substance-exposed newborns. This interactive event will include presentations as well as small group discussions. The major areas of focus will be an overview of treatment for opioid use disorder and NAS, models of practice such as interprofessional-shared decision making, trauma-informed care and stigma reduction.

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender people can experience violence, discrimination and oppression chronically over the full-course of their lives. The health disparities and use of substances among members of these communities, confirm the grave toll wrought for the transgression of being who they are. This interactive training raises awareness and offers strategies to engage and retain LGBT people in care and treatment. Participants will explore their own attitudes, values and beliefs and consider the practice of cultural humility.

Motivational Interviewing (MI) is an evidence based practice developed and refined to build intrinsic motivation about behavior change. MI is a 'client-centered conversation' focused on the exploration and resolution of 'ambivalence' about a collaboratively defined ‘change goal’. This interactive training defines and demonstrates the essential components necessary for 'intentional' practice: MI Spirit, the Four Processes and the core skills; represented by the acronym OARS. Learners will engage in practice opportunities and observe demonstrations of effective and ineffective practice.

Richard Nance will present a Clinical Supervision Training at Elgin Mental Health Center in Elgin, IL.

This training is aimed at preparing clinical supervisors to observe job performance, provide feedback and coaching, prioritize learning needs, develop achievable learning objectives, and continue monitoring performance to assess effectiveness. Examples of key topics/concepts discussed are: • The scope of clinical supervision, the supervisory relationship • Applying theoretical models to clinical supervision • Observation formats and methods, how to review tapes • Counselor assessment and goal development, developing your own model • Cultural considerations, including agency culture considerations • Discussion/review of TAP 21A competencies • Requirements, regulations, and legal aspects of supervision • Social Media.

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.

Jeanne Pulvermacher, Co-Director of the Great Lakes Addiction Technology Transfer Center, will hold an exhibit at the 14th Annual Mental Health and Substance Abuse Recovery Training Conference.

Todd Molfenter, Director of the Great Lakes Addiction Technology Transfer Center, will be presenting at the 2018 Addiction Health Services Research Conference.

Please join Faces and Voices of Recovery and the South Southwest ATTC Region 6 for a Recovery Virtual Town Hall Meeting on Wednesday, October 17, 2018 from 1:00 – 3:00pm. The Town Hall is open to individuals and organizations dedicated to fostering a vibrant community for people in recovery across the states and tribal communities in our region: Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas. It’s an opportunity to learn about the many recovery efforts going on in our communities, make connections with each other, promote your efforts and share best practices.

Presenter- Anne Helene Skinstad,PsyD, PhD - Program Director for: National American Indian and Alaska Native Addiction Technology Transfer Center; Tribal Affairs Mental Health Technology Transfer Center (MHTTC); and Tribal Affairs Prevention Technology Transfer Center (PHTTC)   Download the presentation handouts.   To View All Webinars: https://attcnetwork.org/centers/national-american-indian-and-alaska-native-attc/tor-ta-webinars

With each conference, organizers continue to strive to bring together experts from Washington and across the nation to share information about innovative therapeutic techniques, skills, programs, practices and policies that offer a relevant and enjoyable learning experience. The goal is to promote integration of services across the public mental health, substance use disorder, developmental disabilities, and medical systems; promote knowledge about co-occurring disorders and the value of integration, to support the development of a co-occurring capable system of care, and to advocate and partner with others to promote integrated treatment and recovery for all people. Finally, we strive to present each participant with current information that will bring value back to the agency and the patients they serve, and to provide a great opportunity to network with friends and colleagues.

This is the fourth in a 4-part series: Overview of Screening and Assessments, Part 2 ** The Goal of this project is to provide a standardized set of trainings and supervisory supports to service-providing organizations that will: 1) improve outcomes for patients who have co-occurring disorders, 2) Improve organizational outcomes, staff morale and organization efficiencies, and 3) Provide "mentors" to increase the likelihood of students using the materials and using them correctly.

Professional boundaries set the parameters of effective and appropriate interaction between professionals and the persons they serve. They protect clients or patients as well as the provider. This course will discuss professionalism and ethics, dual relationships, how to build a safe working environment and maintain professional boundaries that are essential for practice and achieving client goals.

This training is aimed at preparing clinical supervisors to observe job performance, provide feedback and coaching, prioritize learning needs, develop achievable learning objectives, and continue monitoring performance to assess effectiveness. Examples of key topics/concepts discussed are: • The scope of clinical supervision, the supervisory relationship • Applying theoretical models to clinical supervision • Observation formats and methods, how to review tapes • Counselor assessment and goal development, developing your own model • Cultural considerations, including agency culture considerations • Discussion/review of TAP 21A competencies

This training is designed to provide participants with an overview of the moral concepts of goodness, right, and obligation, and the ways in which they operate in society, religion, and law. These concepts are further enhanced during the classroom discussions and group work. Additionally, this training is designed to provide participants with cultural experience and how their perceptions of themselves and others are impacted in our society. Videos and self-assessments will be utilized to encourage participation.

This two-day Motivational Interviewing (MI) Academy is a unique intensive workshop that includes multiple opportunities for participants to practice MI skills and receive individualized mentoring and feedback. Academy participants will learn and improve their MI skills through use of videos, real-plays, exercises, and scoring of recorded clinical sessions. Training participants can track their MI proficiency and skill development via the new MyMI web portal. Upon completion of the Academy, and submission of two work samples, participants will receive a completion certificate demonstrating their individualized MI proficiency level. Motivational Interviewing is a client-centered, goal-oriented method for enhancing intrinsic motivation to change by exploring and resolving ambivalence. Studies on learning MI have shown, individual coaching and feedback contribute substantially to enhance of MI skills.

In this workshop, participants will get an overview of the recent epidemiology of opioid (pharmaceutical and heroin) abuse and addiction as well as a quick review of the signs and symptoms of the acute and chronic use of opioids and withdrawal symptomatology. The bulk of the presentation will focus on the details of use of and patient response to the various FDA approved medications for the treatment of opioid addiction – buprenorphine, methadone and naltrexone.