Working with persons from diverse backgrounds in any discipline requires that professionals engage in a culturally responsive manner that can essentially increase the likelihood of successful outcomes for both agencies and consumers. This skills building training is designed to instruct on agency level issues of culture, how bias and macroaggressions impact persons of marginalized communities, the influence of client culture on engagement and communication, and culturally informed strategies to integrate in practice.
This course will review crystal meth in the MSM community, describe routes of administration, reasons why MSM use it, treatment options, and barriers to treatment.
The NIATx CLA 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.
For Washington State providers only.
Over the last 30 years, research has shown that family-based interventions are effective in combination with substance use disorder (SUD) treatment; however, integration of the two approaches remain relatively rare. This training will examine some of the common challenges found in engaging families of adolescents in family-based interventions for SUD treatment. It will discuss reasons families tend to avoid joining their loved one's therapy and demonstrate strategies to increase their motivation to do so. A review of several family-based interventions will highlight those that fall within the scope of practice of SUD counselors. Lastly, recognizing when to make referrals to a trained family therapist, in addition to suggestions to improve the coordination of care between SUD providers and family therapists, will be offered.
Instructor: Janis Crawford
Working with persons from diverse backgrounds in any discipline requires that professionals engage in a culturally responsive manner that can essentially increase the likelihood of successful outcomes for both agencies and consumers. This skills building training is designed to instruct on agency level issues of culture, how bias and macroaggressions impact persons of marginalized communities, the influence of client culture on engagement and communication, and culturally informed strategies to integrate in practice.
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.
Face-to-Face Training
This 2.5 day conference provided anyone working within the behavioral health or criminal justice profession the opportunity to learn about and network with those within the various specialty courts in Arizona, such as, but not limited to, drug, veterans, family, tribal and juvenile courts. The program offered attendees the chance to hear national and local keynote speakers. There were more than 30 breakout sessions held, designed to enhance professionals' skills or provide insight on working with people involved in the specialty court system.
Arizona is currently in the midst of an opioid epidemic, with record numbers of overdose deaths and other drug-related harms occurring. This crisis spans across all age and socioeconomic groups, and has the largest impact on people who use prescription opioid painkillers. Medication has proven to be an indispensable tool in reducing preventable overdose death, both as treatment for opioid use disorders, and as an emergency response tool when an overdose occurs. This workshop will discuss the various medications used in substance abuse treatment, and will also teach participants how to educated patients and clients on opioid safety and overdose prevention, recognition of an overdose, and use of naloxone to revive and overdose victim. Steps for incorporating overdose prevention programming in your agency and streamlining naloxone distribution for patients and clients will be discussed. Free naloxone kits will be made available at the end of the workshop.
Webinar/Virtual Training
his presentation will review the 2016 Surgeon General’s Report, “Facing Addiction in America.” This seminal report serves as a key document outlining critical issues associated with addiction health and addiction health services research. At a time when this country is experiencing an opioid misuse epidemic, marijuana use continues to be the most commonly used illegal drug. Fortunately, the Surgeon General’s report functions as a visionary template for change to help inform policy makers, researchers, health care professionals and the general public about the need for a full continuum of services for substance use disorders. The approach taken within the SG Report can help promote a better understanding of cannabis science, public policy and public knowledge.
Attendees receive training to identify mental disorders and infectious diseases that frequently occur alongside substance use disorders as well as an overview of risk factors and treatment approaches for these disorders in high-risk populations.
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.
This training is full.
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.
Face-to-Face Training
Learning Objectives
Participants will:
Be able to identify use strengths based language to reduce stigma associated with substance use disorders.
Be able to conceptualize the factors that influence stigma associated with substance use disorders and their consequences.
Be able to discuss targets and interventions aimed at addressing stigma associated with substance use.
Face-to-Face Training
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.
THIS EVENT IS FOR KING COUNTY PROVIDERS; REGISTRATION BY SPECIAL INVITATION ONLY.
Through a combination of lecture, video, and small group practice, participants will apply skills based in Motivational Interviewing to the delivery of a four-step Brief Negotiated Interview (BNI). Completion of this 4-hour course allows eligible practitioners to provide, or supervise individuals providing, SBIRT services, billable under Washington Apple Health (Medicaid). This training is funded by the King County Mental Illness and Drug Dependency Plan (MIDD).
*Free to employees of Highline Medical Center, St. Francis Hospital, and CHI Franciscan Health.
This course is an introduction to “Screening Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT)” and is offered to participants in the Community Behavioral Health Collaborative. As a
comprehensive, integrated, public health and preventive approach, SBIRT can be used to deliver referrals to treatment services for persons with substance use disorders (SUD), as well as to identify persons at-risk of SUD before the onset of dependency. This interactive training will discuss validated evidence based tools used in SBIRT, how to provide a brief intervention to modify risky substance use, and how to facilitate referrals to treatment services. The training is suitable for licensed clinical and non-licensed staff.
Face-to-Face Training
This is a training event of the Clinical Supervision Foundations, ATTC Network course.
This course introduces clinical supervisors, along with persons preparing to become supervisors, to the knowledge and skills essential to the practice of supervision. The curriculum is an introductory course intended as a first step in preparing clinicians to provide meaningful supervision.
*** 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.
Face-to-Face Training
This is a training event of the Clinical Supervision Foundations, ATTC Network course.
This course introduces clinical supervisors, along with persons preparing to become supervisors, to the knowledge and skills essential to the practice of supervision. The curriculum is an introductory course intended as a first step in preparing clinicians to provide meaningful supervision.
Face-to-Face Training
Learning Objectives
Participants will:
Be able to identify use strengths based language to reduce stigma associated with substance use disorders.
Be able to conceptualize the factors that influence stigma associated with substance use disorders and their consequences.
Be able to discuss targets and interventions aimed at addressing stigma associated with substance use.
For Washington State providers only.
Over the last 30 years, research has shown that family-based interventions are effective in combination with substance use disorder (SUD) treatment; however, integration of the two approaches remain relatively rare. This training will examine some of the common challenges found in engaging families of adolescents in family-based interventions for SUD treatment. It will discuss reasons families tend to avoid joining their loved one's therapy and demonstrate strategies to increase their motivation to do so. A review of several family-based interventions will highlight those that fall within the scope of practice of SUD counselors. Lastly, recognizing when to make referrals to a trained family therapist, in addition to suggestions to improve the coordination of care between SUD providers and family therapists, will be offered.
Instructor: Kathy Tomlin
For Washington State providers only.
This Using Motivational Interviewing in Individual Service Planning for Youth in SUD Treatment workshop is designed to increase providers' capacity to deliver evidence-based practices and operate from a recovery-oriented system of care perspective. This one-day training is for individuals who have attended an introductory course in Motivational Interviewing (MI). This training will build upon foundational MI skills and apply them to service planning for youth in SUD treatment. Participants will have a number of opportunities to practice skills development through interactive group exercises.
Instructor: Paul Hunziker
Face-to-Face Training
Arizona is currently in the midst of an opioid epidemic, with record numbers of overdose deaths and other drug-related harms occurring. This crisis spans across all age and socioeconomic groups, and has the largest impact on people who use prescription opioid painkillers. Medication has proven to be an indispensable tool in reducing preventable overdose death, both as treatment for opioid use disorders, and as an emergency response tool when an overdose occurs. This workshop will discuss the various medications used in substance abuse treatment, and will also teach participants how to educated patients and clients on opioid safety and overdose prevention, recognition of an overdose, and use of naloxone to revive and overdose victim. Steps for incorporating overdose prevention programming in your agency and streamlining naloxone distribution for patients and clients will be discussed. Free naloxone kits will be made available at the end of the workshop.
Face-to-Face Training
Arizona is currently in the midst of an opioid epidemic, with record numbers of overdose deaths and other drug-related harms occurring. This crisis spans across all age and socioeconomic groups, and has the largest impact on people who use prescription opioid painkillers. Medication has proven to be an indispensable tool in reducing preventable overdose death, both as treatment for opioid use disorders, and as an emergency response tool when an overdose occurs. This workshop will discuss the various medications used in substance abuse treatment, and will also teach participants how to educated patients and clients on opioid safety and overdose prevention, recognition of an overdose, and use of naloxone to revive and overdose victim. Steps for incorporating overdose prevention programming in your agency and streamlining naloxone distribution for patients and clients will be discussed. Free naloxone kits will be made available at the end of the workshop.
