Past Events

This interactive, one day course will provide an in-depth overview of the rationale, approach, and benefits of care to be more trauma-informed.

Telebehavioral health and recovery support can assist with the expansion of services and improve client outcomes. It is essential to ensure that professionals providing services using videoconferencing mediums obtain comprehensive and specific training and supervision in order to offer best quality of care. This series will provide a 20-hour curriculum that covers topics essential to practicing in an online environment utilizing blended activities of group and self-study.

Trauma Informed Care is a practice framework that helps providers to understand and treat clients who have experienced trauma. This webinar will cover definitions of trauma and trauma informed care, explore the impact of trauma on our client populations, look at how trauma impacts on brain development, and address strategies to apply in prevention and treatment. Goals: What is Trauma? Part One We explore the personal experience of an event that involves actual or threatened death or serious injury. The person’s response involves intense fear, horror, and helplessness. Providers understand the scope of trauma, definitions, and impact of trauma on their clients. Review a large scale study that demonstrated that adverse childhood experiences have a significant impact on future health concerns. Increase knowledge about “Trauma Informed Care”.   What is Trauma Informed Care? Part Two Systems approach; how trauma impacts clients; ensuring safety in all interactions and physical space.Helps us understand how we evaluate & reflect on our practice to avoid re-traumatizing our clients. Describe how trauma affects the brain List at least 5 symptoms of trauma that a provider might see. List at least 5 triggers for trauma.

THIS IS A CLOSED EVENT FOR SELECTED PROVIDERS. A collaborative team, including the Bureau of Substance Abuse Services (BSAS), the Institute for Health & Recovery, Dan Dubovsky, M.S.W., and Tommie Ann Bower, M.A., using NIATx Process Improvement coaching, is excited to announce a capacity-building opportunity for residential substance use treatment providers (men, women and adolescent/transitional youth). Selected providers will participate in a learning community focused on improving the capacity of organizations to serve clients with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) and co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders.

Presented by Michelle Peavy, PhD, this webinar will examine the concept of patient-centered care in an Opioid Treatment Program (OTP) setting. Dr. Peavy will describe a treatment model that leverages patient-centered care components and enhances retention among individuals who struggle with ongoing drug use, as well as discuss clinical implications of that treatment model. About the presenter: K. Michelle Peavy, PhD, is a licensed clinical psychologist in the role of Research and Training Manager at Evergreen Treatment Services (ETS), an opioid treatment program in Seattle, WA. She serves on the front lines of the opioid epidemic by providing direct clinical care to opioid users, and developing/implementing clinic-wide policies and practices to best serve the growing population.

This interactive, one day course will provide an in-depth overview of the rationale, approach, and benefits of care to be more trauma-informed.

(NEWLY UPDATED COURSE DESCRIPTION): 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 and systems level issues of culture including how bias and macroaggressions impact persons of marginalized communities, contrasting cultural values within the spectrum of dominant culture, the influence of client culture on engagement and communication for both provider and client and approaches to enhance collaboration, and culturally informed strategies for when visiting clients in their home.

This workshop provides an opportunity for treatment and recovery providers to learn the latest on marijuana with a focus on the latest data, scientific research, and evolving policies. This workshop will also include information related to marijuana and pregnancy, an overview of the many different forms and routes of consumption of marijuana, and some emerging outcome data from the first states to legalize such as Colorado and Washington. The workshop will provide tips and guidance to providers on how to engage clients on the topic of marijuana. Finally, providers will receive an overview of the many reliable national resources available for the science of today’s marijuana.

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. Note: This event is for Ohio residents only.

3-hour overview of MAT for substance use disorder treatment and recovery professionals. This workshop will provide an overview of medication-assisted treatment for alcohol and opioid use disorders. Participants will learn about the FDA-approved medications and how to implement them as part of a comprehensive treatment plan that includes behavioral counseling and social support. Presenter Eric Haram, LADC, helped to establish and expand a successful medication-assisted treatment program at the Addiction Resource Center in Brunswick, Maine.

Technology offers one more avenue by which the behavioral health field can provide recovery support services. This training will focus on how recovery support services can be extended through the use of technologies (e.g., the web, smart phone, and cell phone). Designed for professionals experienced in providing recovery support services, this training will introduce research-based recovery support technologies, showcase several technology-assisted interventions that can be used to help deliver recovery support services, and show how technology compliments behavioral health treatment services. Suggested activities prior to training: 1) Participants should become familiar with SAMHSA's working definition of recovery, go to: http://www.samhsa.gov/recovery. 2) Participants will engage in practice activities so are encouraged to bring their android cell phones and iPads (or other tablets) to this training.

Safety issues are at the core of crisis stabilization. These issues are discussed in this workshop. Cognitive-behavioral strategies are presented to enhance the person skills to manage emotional pain.

This interactive, one day course will provide an in-depth overview of the rationale, approach, and benefits of care to be more trauma-informed.

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.

A two day conference for TX. Dept. of Health and Human Services funded grantees providing Recovery Support Services in Texas

THIS EVENT IS FOR KING COUNTY PROVIDERS; REGISTRATION BY SPECIAL INVITATION ONLY. During this King County-sponsored training participants will examine and review curricula for use in group or individual therapy, for clients in Pre-contemplation/Contemplation and those in the Preparation Stages of Development. Participants will be offered the opportunity to practice delivery of group curricula. Emphasis will be placed on accurate assessment of Stages of Change, methods to initiate change among clients and appropriate topics for group presentation.

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 will 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. Please note: OASAS announced that effective January 1, 2018, CASACs will be required to complete a new one-time, 3-hour requirement for Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) training- this training does not fulfill this requirement.

This training is a continuation of the February 12 and 14 training for post-graduate diploma attendees.

Motivational Interviewing is a collaborative, goal-oriented method of communication with particular attention to the language of change. It is intended to strengthen personal motivation for & commitment to a change goal by eliciting and exploring an individuals own arguments for change. This evidenced-based practice is used in numerous settings including: addictions & mental health care, primary care, emergency rooms, public health care, criminal justice, street outreach & shelters, and child welfare.

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 EVENT IS FOR KING COUNTY PROVIDERS; REGISTRATION BY SPECIAL INVITATION ONLY. (Clinical Supervision I is a prerequisite.) This King County-sponsored course builds upon the foundation of structure and methods utilized in the model described in SAMHSA's TIP 52. Complex topics addressed include (a) conducting a corrective interview; (b) practicing a model of ethical decision-making with real life scenarios; (c) facilitating a Motivational Interviewing model of Case Consultation; and (d) gaining a deeper understanding of cultural influences on the supervisory relationship using Hays' ADDRESSING Framework. Other content sources include SAMHSA's TAP 21A: Competencies for Substance Abuse Treatment Clinical Supervisors and The Change Book: A Blueprint for Technology Transfer published by the ATTC. Behavioral health professionals will find this training applicable in many clinical settings.

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 training is a continuation of the February 12 training for post-graduate diploma attendees.

THIS EVENT IS FOR KING COUNTY PROVIDERS; REGISTRATION BY SPECIAL INVITATION ONLY. Treatment Planning MATRS is part of a King County workforce development plan, designed for both experienced and beginning counselors working in behavioral health professions. Participants will be provided a scenario from which they will work to create individualized treatment plans based on the principles of MATRS (Measurable, Attainable, Time-limited, Realistic and Specific). The importance of language and understanding the change process will be emphasized and information about documentation provided.