Buprenorphine waiver training is available for physicians 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, physicians who have successfully completed the course may apply to the 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.
PCSS-MAT has a comprehensive library of materials available at no cost created to give physicians confidence in treating these complex patients. PCSS-MAT has a no-cost clinical coaching/mentoring program (http://pcssmat.org/mentoring/) to provide one-on-one expert help to primary care providers.
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.
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.
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.
The New England Association of Drug Court Professionals presents workshops including the following specialty courts: drug courts, veterans courts, DWI courts and Juvenile Family courts.
This one day course is similar to the half day but includes more exercises and discussion. It will review crystal meth in the MSM community, describe routes of administration, reasons why MSM use it, treatment options, and barriers to treatment.
Face-to-Face Training
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 targeted Training of Trainers (TOT) is designed to increase the participant's knowledge of Motivational Interviewing techniques and its utility in behavioral health practices. In our ongoing effort to effectively address disparities of care and increase access to care in culturally and/or ethnically underrepresented communities, we encourage people of diverse backgrounds to enroll in this very important training.
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This full day workshop will address the unique issues of getting to viral suppression through Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) adherence in adolescents as well those aging up with HIV/AIDS. Experts in the field will provide current information pertaining to the timeline from treatment to viral suppression of HIV including barriers, patient advocacy, and best practices, through informative interactive presentations. ** Registration information will be available soon.
Face-to-Face Training
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.
Face-to-Face Training
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.
The many barriers that the Hispanic and Latino population face when accessing cultural and linguistically competent care is well documented. This interactive training will inform on how integrating culture in practice can help address these barriers and effect successful outcomes for Hispanic and Latino clients with substance abuse disorders. Discussions will include the correlation between Latino culture and drug abuse, cultural factors that come up in treatment, and culturally informed strategies for practice.
Face-to-Face Training
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.
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.
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.
Webinar/Virtual Training
The GLATTC Advisory Board will meet virtually on Wednesday November 15, 2017 from 1pm-2pm Central Time
The most effective means of treating co-occurring disorders (COD) is through evidence-based integrated treatment practice in order to provide persons with COD with the highest likelihood of successful disease management and quality of life. This interactive training will inform on evidence-based practice competencies for integrated mental health (MH) and substance use disorder (SUD) services in health care settings.
The content will include the prevalence and overlapping bio-psychosocial factors of SUD, MH, and impact on health, essential behavioral and treatment skills and attitudes for clinicians treating COD, review of the screening and assessment process and tools to develop an integrated treatment plan, and the benefits of incorporating a trauma informed environment for both patients and providers.
Face-to-Face Training
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.
Face-to-Face Training
This three-hour workshop will introduce essential principles and skills associated with cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for adolescent substance use. Participants will learn how to conceptualize cases within a CBT framework, plan treatment, and apply basic CBT strategies to intervene with adolescent who misuse substances. Case examples and role plays will be used to demonstrate use of the following core CBT skills: positive activity scheduling, problem solving, thought changing, and affect regulation.
Face-to-Face Training
THIS IS A CLOSED EVENT FOR THE RIDOC
Trauma Informed Care is a strength-based framework that is responsive to the impact of trauma and involves understanding, recognizing, and responding to the effects of all types of trauma of persons in care. This interactive course will define trauma, and inform on commonly seen trauma and stress disorders and their symptomatology. Discussions will explore the impact of trauma on brain development and its correlation to reactive behavior, screening for trauma, and strategies to apply in prevention and treatment to create a trauma informed environment.
Face-to-Face Training
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.
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.
Face-to-Face Training
THIS TRAINING IS A CLOSED EVENT FOR TAUNTON STATE HOSPITAL.
This workshop provides an overview of Motivational Interviewing. It is designed to familiarize participants with the spirit, skills, and strategies of the model, and equip them to use those elements to begin work in this evidence-based practice. Methods used will include lecture and discussion, live and videotaped demonstration and coached practice. Motivational Interviewing is a person-centered, directional method of conversation that engages a person’s internal motivation to make positive changes in their lives. This evidence-based approach focuses on partnering with the person and drawing on their experiences and wisdom to develop reasons for change and strategies to achieve it.
