Past Events

This training is for Opportunity Council providers only. This Introduction to Motivational Interviewing workshop is designed to increase providers' capacity to deliver evidence based practices and operate from a recovery oriented system of care perspective. Participants of this training will have a number of opportunities for practice and skills development through the use of role-plays, real-plays, and interactive group exercises. Video and live demonstrations will also be used to enhance the learning process. The training is designed for professionals working in education, corrections, mental health, substance abuse, and case management. This training is a two-day workshop; the second day will be on September 21, 2018. Participants should plan to attend both days.

This is an ongoing technical assistance event for the drug court component of the PR Court of Justice. The audience are judges, social workers and other service providers of drug courts .

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.

This course will define and explore stress and the process of vicarious traumatization. A model of worker self-care will also be presented and participants will review their own self-care behaviors.

National Recovery Month increases awareness and celebrates individuals living their lives in recovery and recognizes the dedicated workers who provide the prevention, treatment, and recovery support services that make it possible. In Honor of Recovery Month, please join us on a 4-part webinar series: Building Recovery Capital through Digital Health Technologies Part III: Engagement when using Digital Health Technologies This 4-part webinar series will occur every Wednesday during the month of September and will showcase digital health technologies related to recovery support services for individuals with substance use disorders, thereby helping behavioral health peer recovery, clinical and administrative staff become familiar with and develop/increase their digital health technology skills. Presenter: Diana Padilla, Program Manager, Ne-CATTC

This is an ongoing technical assistance event for the drug court component of the PR Court of Justice. The audience are judges, social workers and other service providers of drug courts.

The second of a 4-part webinar series occurs every Wednesday during the month of September and will showcase digital health technologies related to recovery support services for individuals with substance use disorders, thereby helping behavioral health peer recovery, clinical and administrative staff become familiar with and develop/increase their digital health technology skills.

This training is for Health Systems Trust (HST) health professionals. The training is to identify mental disorders and infectious diseases that frequently occur alongside substance use disorders. Providers that attend this training will learn how to screen for mental health and substance use disorders and interpret the results of screening tools in order to improve HIV treatment outcomes through detection and intervention of co-occurring alcohol and drug use.

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 for viewing.

You may know CPR. You can call 911. But can you administer first aid in a mental health crisis? Mental Health First Aid is an 8 hour course where you can learn how to help someone who is developing a mental health problem or experiencing a mental health crisis. You will learn to identify, understand, and respond to signs of mental illness and addictions.

Drug misuse, addiction, and HIV have been inextricably linked since the HIV epidemic began. This training will discuss the opioid crisis and how it increases risk of getting, or passing on, the HIV virus and how HIV and behavioral health stigma can impact prevention efforts. There will also be discussions on the science of addiction and how substance misuse impacts the brain, as well as engaging high-risk populations. At the end of this course, the audience will be trained on the benefits and the use of Naloxone in the event of an opioid overdose. Space is limited to 40 participants.

This training is for Health Systems Trust (HST) health professionals. Attendees will gain knowledge around cultural competencies to better conceptualise the circumstances and care of their patients in order to improve HIV treatment outcomes through strategies such as increased detection and intervention of co-occurring mental illness, alcohol and other drug use disorders.

Workshop will discuss main mental health disorders that co-occur with substance use disorders. A diagnosis of co-occurring disorders occurs when at least one disorder of each type can be established independent of the other and is not simply a cluster of symptoms resulting from the one disorder.

Workshop has the objective to increase familiarity with the issues and barriers faced by lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender persons in need of substance use disorders related services. Will enhance the ability to offer sensitive, affirmative, culturally relevant, and effective treatment to LGBT persons in substance use disorders services.

Motivational interviewing is an evidence-based counseling approach that health care providers can use to help patients adhere to treatment recommendations. It emphasizes using a directive, patient-centered style of interaction to promote behavioral change by helping patients explore and resolve ambivalence.

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.

? Include the team member responsible for organizing/hosting the event: Tom Cox ? Include the trainer name: Tom Cox and Cherie Hunter ? Include collaborators and their respective roles in the event: Get Healthy Scott County Coalition (GHSC) – host community group. ? Include a brief description of the event: This is a community-side training ROSC strategic planning session for the greater Get Healthy Scott County Coalition and Community Groups. The community participants will provide input and help develop a ROSC strategic plan to move the community toward measurable goals in developing a ROSC system for Scott County Indiana.

This training is the sixth of six trainings for health professionals and lay workers at the Denis Hurley Centre. The Denis Hurley Centre serves thousands of homeless, refugees, and people living with HIV and TB. Attendees of this training will gain knowledge about treatment and management of common mental health illnesses and associated healthcare pathways related to those illnesses. Those who attend this training will learn about the Mental Health Care Act, hospital admissions and role players, the admission pathway and process, and non-specialist worker experiences.

This training is for KwaZulu-Natal Department of Health doctors and nurses. Attendees will gain knowledge and skills in assessment, screening, brief interventions, and referral to treatment for people with substance use disorders, particularly those living with HIV. After this training, attendees will be able to apply these skills to the care of their patients in order to improve HIV treatment outcomes through strategies such as increased detection and intervention.

Pre-Conference Day: September 4 Conference: September 6-7 The 2018 Behavioral Health Conference has been approved for continuing for continuing education units through: ND Board of Social Work Examiners ND Board of Addiction Counselor Examiners ND POST Board ND Board of Counselor Examiners Continuing education units are pending for the ND State Board of Psychologist Examiners.

- Event Description ? Include the team member responsible for organizing/hosting the event: Tom Cox ? Include the trainer name: Tom Cox and Cherie Hunter ? Include collaborators and their respective roles in the event: Get Healthy Scott County Coalition (GHSC) – host community group. ? Include a brief description of the event: Training for the GHSC Leadership Team on how to engage the community in a ROSC strategic planning initiative and move the community toward measurable goals in developing a ROSC system

Part one of a 4-part webinar series occurring every Wednesday during the month of September and will showcase digital health technologies related to recovery support services for individuals with substance use disorders, thereby helping behavioral health peer recovery, clinical and administrative staff become familiar with and develop/increase their digital health technology skills.

National Recovery Month increases awareness and celebrates individuals living their lives in recovery and recognizes the dedicated workers who provide the prevention, treatment, and recovery support services that make it possible. In Honor of Recovery Month, please join us on a 4-part webinar series: Building Recovery Capital through Digital Health Technologies Part I: What are Digital Heath Technologies and How do they Work? This 4-part webinar series will occur every Wednesday during the month of September and will showcase digital health technologies related to recovery support services for individuals with substance use disorders, thereby helping behavioral health peer recovery, clinical and administrative staff become familiar with and develop/increase their digital health technology skills. Presenter: Laura Griffith, BS, M.Ed., Founder/Director, Recover Wyoming, UW

Join Governor Doug Burgum and First Lady Kathryn Helgaas Burgum for Recovery Reinvented, a daylong event where we are bringing together state and national experts to reinvent recovery by eliminating the stigma of addiction through advocacy, the brain science of addiction and empowering communities across North Dakota to create supportive cultures for recovery.