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Join us for this 90-minute interactive webinar that will explore issues related to grief, loss, and trauma that often affects our patients (relatives) while in treatment. This event took place on February 15, 2023.

Presenter: Lisa A. Marsch, PhD (Dartmouth Center for Technology and Behavioral Health) Digital therapeutics–software used to prevent, treat, or manage a medical disorder or disease–are redefining the future of healthcare. Digital therapeutics package an entire model of care that can be delivered with fidelity and in accordance with state-of-the-science best practices into a unified, seamless digital delivery system. Digital therapeutics have been particularly transformative in the field of substance use, mental health, and other behavioral health conditions and can markedly improve access to care, quality of care, and treatment outcomes, while reducing costs, for a wide array of audiences in diverse settings. In this presentation, Dr. Lisa A. Marsch (Dartmouth Center for Technology and Behavioral Health) will review the state of the science of digital therapeutics for behavioral health and timely opportunities to scale up access to these digital health tools via multiple paths to deployment around the world. Sponsored by the Northwest and Pacific Southwest ATTCs and the Western States Node of the NIDA Clinical Trials Network.  Download slides | Watch recording

Talking To Change: A Motivational Interviewing Podcast, hosted by Glenn Hinds and Sebastian Kaplan, is a series of conversations exploring Motivational Interviewing (MI) and its influence on supporting individuals and groups as they make positive health and lifestyle changes. Talking to Change: An MI Podcast. Episode 62: Transtheoretical Model Stages of Change & MI with Mary Marden Velasquez, PhD In this episode, hosts Glenn and Sebastian talk to Mary Marden Velasquez, PhD, an internationally recognized trainer in the Transtheoretical Model and MINT member, about the transtheoretical model stages of change. Topics covered include the 10 Processes of Change, the stages of change and how they relate to MI, decisional balance and self-efficacy, temptation, and what it’s like spending time with “giants” in the field.  

Current statistics note 108,174 overdoses occurred in the previous 12 months ending in April 2022. Stimulants, fentanyl, and a newly identified compound called Xylazine are having an impact on the high rates of overdoses. Appropriately, funding is targeting organizational and practice specific opportunities to provide prevention and treatment for people with struggling with opioid used disorder. In the interim, how do we respond to the emotional and psychological toll the overdose of a client or resident has on professional caregivers and other peers? What are the best ways to support both staff and clients? This interactive session reviews some of the issues that arise when residents in recovery environments experience and don’t survive a recurrence or relapse. Content review the behavioral, physical, and psychological responses to grief, self-care options, and coping strategies. Discussion also reviews emerging data on Xylazine and overdose postvention activities that can help support healing and recovery after an overdose loss.

Behavioral health and healthcare settings offer a spectrum of programs including substance use, mental health, and medical and recovery services. Professionals providing these supports use an array of competencies to empathize and assist persons with substance use and other psychosocial problems. Always focused on helping others, professionals can experience challenges in practicing self-care for themselves. This interactive workshop provides an opportunity for providers to review wellness practices and experience the benefits of intentional, micro-structured, self-care interventions.

Join us for our event, ESAS: Professional and Ethical Responsibilities. This even took place on February 1, 2023.

  DESCRIPTION: Participants will receive a 2-hour review of the changes specific to substance use disorders (SUD) that were made to the DSM-5-TR. This training will cover new clinical conditions, new diagnoses, and updated language that supports health equity and culturally appropriate service delivery. We will also discuss new coding procedures and what resources are available to help clinicians transition from using the DSM-5 to the DSM-5-TR. This training is for all levels but is especially important for providers who are new to diagnosing and/or those who haven’t yet reviewed the DSM-5-TR.     LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Describe general changes to the DSM-5-TR including substance use diagnosis. Discuss new clinical conditions and how to use the decision tree. Identify updated inclusive language in the DSM-5-TR and how it supports health equity.       TRAINER: Jennifer Haywood, LISW-S, LICDC-CS Jennifer has been training helping professionals since 1998. Her specialties include diagnosis, motivational interviewing, addictions focus topics, drug free workplace trainings, ethics, and supervision. Jennifer goes to agencies state-wide to train staff in treatment models in order to help their clients and trained all the behavioral health and medical social workers at Nationwide Children's Hospital in Motivational Interviewing in 2011/2012. Currently, Jennifer is teaching at OSU in the MSW and BSSW programs, focusing on the addictions minor the university is offering, clinical diagnosing and motivational interviewing. Jennifer has a private practice in Worthington, Ohio where she specializes in treating addicts and alcoholics, families of addicts and alcoholics, depression, anxiety, post-partum women, womens' issues, adolescent issues (14+ only), and relationship struggles. Jennifer's 24 years of experience in the addictions field allow her to assess, diagnose and treat clients with the expertise needed.  Jennifer is currently open for new clients and can guide anyone with questions about the right "fit" when choosing one of the clinicians she supervises.     The Great Lakes A/MH/PTTC is offering this training for individuals working in HHS Region 5: IL, IN, MI, MN, OH, WI. This training is being provided in response to a need identified by Region 5 stakeholders.

  Non-fatal and fatal overdoses are traumatic events that have been increasing over the past 20 years and disproportionately impacting rural communities in the United States (Winstanley, 2020). The human suffering caused by the opioid epidemic and ongoing global COVID-19 pandemic contribute to increased symptoms of compassion fatigue (burnout and secondary traumatic stress) among treatment and peer recovery support providers (Berry, 2021). These symptoms can impact the physical and mental well-being of providers and diminish the quality of care they deliver. This 2-part webinar series will take a deeper dive into compassion fatigue to focus on grief/loss, collective trauma, peer and professional worker loss; and self care.  Webinar Series Objectives Participants will: Learn the nature, scope of overdose death Distinguish the unique sequela of overdose grief and risks for complicated grief Learn basic self-care recovery maintenance in the presence of suffering Learn team support to address suffering   PRESENTER: Kathie Supiano, PhD, LCSW,FT, FGSA, APHSW-C Associate Professor, University of Utah College of Nursing, and Director, Caring Connections: A Hope and Comfort in Grief Program, University of Utah College of Nursing. 

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  Non-fatal and fatal overdoses are traumatic events that have been increasing over the past 20 years and disproportionately impacting rural communities in the United States (Winstanley, 2020). The human suffering caused by the opioid epidemic and ongoing global COVID-19 pandemic contribute to increased symptoms of compassion fatigue (burnout and secondary traumatic stress) among treatment and peer recovery support providers (Berry, 2021). These symptoms can impact the physical and mental well-being of providers and diminish the quality of care they deliver. This 2-part webinar series will take a deeper dive into compassion fatigue to focus on grief/loss, collective trauma, peer and professional worker loss; and self care.  Webinar Series Objectives Participants will: Learn the nature, scope of overdose death Distinguish the unique sequela of overdose grief and risks for complicated grief Learn basic self-care recovery maintenance in the presence of suffering Learn team support to address suffering   PRESENTER: Kathie Supiano, PhD, LCSW,FT, FGSA, APHSW-C Associate Professor, University of Utah College of Nursing, and Director, Caring Connections: A Hope and Comfort in Grief Program, University of Utah College of Nursing. 

On-Demand Course: Dismantling Stigma: Addiction, Treatment, and Policy   Course Description This on-demand course will review briefly the new knowledge gained during the past 50 years and describe how this has led to shifts in cultural understanding of addiction that has given rise to new research and approaches that can help reduce stigma and discrimination. During the past 50 years, a great deal has been learned about the etiology, epidemiology, typology, and phenomenology of addiction that has uncovered its complex causes, natural history, and highly variable presentation and clinical course. These novel findings have given rise to a number of clinical paradigm shifts and increased awareness of the many pathways through and out of addiction and into remission and long-term recovery. These findings have helped reduce stigmatization of addiction but challenges still remain.   At the conclusion of the on-demand course, participants will be able to: Identify at least two (2) dimensions that underlie stigma related to addiction. Recall at least two (2) factors that inhibit successful recovery from addiction. Distinguish three (3) strategies that are helpful to address addiction stigma. Launch Date: December 12, 2022   Instructions for Continuing Education Credits How to receive a CE/CME certificate: For Continuing Medical Education (CME) for physicians, physician assistants, nurses, and nurse practitioners only, you will receive a link to complete the course evaluation for CME after watching the video for this course, and you will receive your CE certificate via email within six to eight weeks. If you have any UCLA ISAP CME-related questions, please contact Kimberly Valencia at [email protected]. For other disciplines, you must pass the final test with a minimum of 80% correct. Once you pass the final test, you will be given links to complete a follow-up course evaluation. Choose the link that corresponds with the type of license you have. The link will take you to a course evaluation. Once you submit this required course evaluation, you will receive your CE certificate via email within six to eight weeks. If you have any CE-related questions, please contact Darren Manley at [email protected].   CME Statements: Please view the linked CME Learner Handout for more information about how to obtain CME credit. The training course meets the qualifications for the provision of one (1.0) continuing medical education credit/contact hour (CME/CEH). UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs (ISAP) is accredited by the California Medical Association (CMA) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs (ISAP) designates this on-demand course for a maximum of one (1.0) AMA PRA Category 1 CreditTM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. The California Board of Registered Nursing recognizes that Continuing Medical Education (CME) is acceptable for meeting RN continuing education requirements as long as the course is certified for AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM (rn.ca.gov). Nurses will receive a Certificate of Participation following this activity that may be used for license renewal. Continuing medical education will be awarded within 6-8 weeks following completion of the on-demand course.   Continuing Education: The on-demand course meets the qualifications for the provision of one (1.0) continuing education credit/contact hour (CE/CEH). UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs (ISAP) is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. UCLA ISAP maintains responsibility for this program and its content . UCLA ISAP is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists to sponsor continuing education for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, and/or LEPs (Provider #64812). UCLA ISAP maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content. Course meets the qualifications for one (1.0) hour of continuing education credit for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, and LEPs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences. UCLA ISAP is also an approved provider of continuing education for RADTs I/II, CADCs-CASs, CADCs I/II, CADCs-CSs, and LAADCs (CCAPP, #2N-21-339-1223), CATCs (ACCBC/ CAADE, #CP40 872 C 0825), and CAODCs (CADTP, #151). CE credit will be awarded at the conclusion of the training. Upon completing the final module, you must pass the final test with a minimum of 80% correct. Once you pass the final test, it will display a link to complete a course evaluation and submit the required information for your CE certificate. Upon completing this required course evaluation, you will receive your CE certificate via email within six to eight weeks. If you have any CE-related questions, please contact Darren Manley at [email protected]. Estimated time to complete the course: This course should take approximately 1.0 hour to complete. Cost: Free Disclosure statements: John Kelly, PhD, ABPP None of the presenters, planners, or others in control of content for this educational activity have relevant financial relationships to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.   Trainer: John Kelly, PhD, ABPP Elizabeth R. Spallin Professor of Psychiatry in Addiction Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Founder and Director MGH Recovery Research Institute   Recommended Audience: This online course is recommended for medical, behavioral health, and substance use disorder clinicians and administrative staff who are involved in providing multidisciplinary care to persons with opioid, stimulant, and other substance use disorders, including, but not limited to: Physicians Physician Assistants Nurse Practitioners Registered Nurses and LVNs Psychologists Marriage and Family Therapists Social Workers Alcohol and Other Drug and Mental Health Counselors Case Managers Medical Assistants   Instructions for Requesting Accommodations for Disability: If you need a disability-related reasonable accommodation/alternative format for this event, please contact Darren Manley at [email protected].   Instructions for Filing a Grievance Concerning UCLA ISAP’s Continuing Education Program: Please contact Dr. Thomas E. Freese, CE Program Administrator, in writing:(UCLA ISAP, 10911 Weyburn Ave, Suite 200, Los Angeles, CA 90024) or by phone (310-267-5397). Alternately, you may contact Dr. Gloria Miele or Dr. James Peck, ISAP-affiliated doctoral-level psychologists responsible for program planning for the ISAP CE Program. Drs. Miele and Peck can be reached in writing at: 10911 Weyburn Ave, Suite 200, Los Angeles, CA 90024 or by phone at: 310-267-5888 (Miele) or 310-267-5346 (Peck).

Presenters: Ashton Marra and Jonathan Stoltman, Co-Directors of ReportingOnAddiction.org January 2023 Mainstream media perpetuates many problematic narratives about drug use and addiction that increase stigma, discrimination, and bad policy. One way to address these shortcomings is to increase the coverage of evidence-based approaches to addiction treatment and recovery. To do this, we need bridges between subject matter experts and the media. However, many experts are not trained to interact with journalists in today’s media environment. Thus, this workshop is designed to offer customized training to support interactions between the addiction workforce and the media. Topics covered include preparing for interviews and how to pitch ideas/op-eds to the media. Download slides | Watch recording

Our Native Veterans serve to protect and defend the US, their tribal lands and its people. The National AI/AN ATTC and National AI/AN PTTC are collaborating to honor Native American veterans for their service. The series will provide opportunities for our Native American veterans to have support, for their families to learn more about their support services, and a learning collaborative for Veterans that provides access to culturally responsive resources, including treatment and healing options. This vent took place on January 5, 2023.

The Clinical Supervision Skills Video Demonstration series intends to provide examples of how to utilize specific methods taught in the Northwest ATTC clinical supervision training series. The series follows two mock supervisees and their supervisors demonstrating clinical supervision vignettes on providing feedback, building a professional development plan, and working through a corrective action. The supervisees in these videos are all relatively new to the field, making a more directive approach to supervision helpful for their stage of professional development. The videos below can be viewed as stand-alone or in sequence. Our Telehealth Video Demonstrations Series also includes Clinical EBP Demonstration Videos and Telehealth MOUD Video Demonstrations. Find the complete series here! Produced by the Northwest ATTC. We thank Paul Hunziker for his development of these videos and the clinicians involved for their conceptual contributions to the development of these characters and the supervisory scenarios. 

Talking To Change: A Motivational Interviewing Podcast, hosted by Glenn Hinds and Sebastian Kaplan, is a series of conversations exploring Motivational Interviewing (MI) and its influence on supporting individuals and groups as they make positive health and lifestyle changes. Talking to Change: An MI Podcast. Episode 61: Motivational Interviewing & Grief, with Dr. M. Katherine Shear In this episode of Talking to Change, Glenn and Sebastian welcome Dr. M. Katherine shear of Columbia University School of Social Work to talk about grief and how MI can be used to address it. Topics addressed include what grief is and how people experience it, what we are losing when a loved one dies, how people can adapt after a loss, the six “healing milestones,” sudden vs. expected loss, and Dr. Shear’s work around grief in the African American community.      

Typically for in-person service delivery, both clinicians and peer support specialists must possess skills to create an environment that is private, distraction-free, and encourages patients or peers to discuss/disclose information that is important to positively impacting treatment outcomes and/or recovery goals. The same requirements exist for services delivered virtually. Using technology to facilitate clinical or recovery support sessions requires clinicians and peer support specialists to simulate real-time experiences (Hilty, 2002) that promote a therapeutic alliance (treatment) or connection (peer support). However, virtual service delivery requires some careful modification of the clinicians’ or peer support specialists’ skills to ensure engagement occurs and positive working relationships are developed. This workshop will highlight how to develop a virtual presence that leads to building empathy, trust, and mutual respect. View the "Building a 'Virtual Presence' Through Effective Engagement Strategies" webinar in a new tab.  

Presenters: Sean Mahoney, Mental Health and Addiction Association of Oregon December 2022 It's one thing to believe in harm reduction but how do we actually have those conversations with people actively using substances? And what other things should we know about besides Narcan and clean needles? Peer and recovery mentor Sean Mahoney has been having these conversations for years and is excited to share his experience navigating these difficult conversations with safety, compassion and love. Mahoney has also seen how this conversation has changed over the years due to fentanyl, COVID and the emerging mental health crisis. Harm reduction for opioids and heroin for sure but also for meth, alcohol, benzos and beyond will be covered in this course as will the techniques and approaches to have a trauma informed conversation to let the people we serve know that their lives matter. Download slides | Watch recording

Talking To Change: A Motivational Interviewing Podcast, hosted by Glenn Hinds and Sebastian Kaplan, is a series of conversations exploring Motivational Interviewing (MI) and its influence on supporting individuals and groups as they make positive health and lifestyle changes. Talking to Change: An MI Podcast. Talking to Change: An MI Podcast. Episode 60: Training MI Across Cultures, with Rik Bes. In this episode, Glenn and Sebastian welcomed Rik Bes to the podcast to discuss his work training MI across cultures. Rik talks about how to bring client-centeredness to addiction services in The Netherlands, ways to broaden the cultural scope, adaptations and metaphors from the Middle East to New Zealand, the importance of co-training and seeking feedback, and how to develop hybrid training programs.  

Recording of Honoring Our Native Veterans' Past, Present, and Future. This event took place on December 1, 2022. 

Recording of the event Cultivating Connections in These Changing Times: Keeping the Fire. Beginning on September 21, 2022, this monthly 3-session series will host a diverse panel of Native Americans to address both personal and collective barriers to living heathier. The panel will explore ways to navigate a linear colonial system, in a good way, while maintaining balance, and share teachings on helping both ourselves and the Native people.

This FREE 2-part virtual learning series was designed to enhance education and training related to the pre and post migration risk factors that contribute to substance use disorders (SUD) among Hispanic/Latino immigrant youth and provides screening, intervention, and referral to treatment tools to non-clinical professionals working with this population. The series addresses research data related to SUD in Hispanic/Latino immigrant youth, introduces basic alcohol, tobacco, and other drug abuse (ATODA) training, focuses on the early identification and prevention of behavioral, and emotional problems, as well as identifying signs and symptoms of co-occurring mental health issues. The series also provides information on assessing early signs and symptoms of SUD and highlights the importance of basic parenting/caregiver supervision and monitoring for those caring for unaccompanied immigrant youth. Lastly, the presenters will discuss developmental and SUD related issues, and introduces a culturally adapted approach to delivering Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) for Hispanic/Latino immigrant youth. At the end of the 2-part virtual learning series, non-clinical professionals will have reviewed the dynamics of facilitating a culturally responsive SBIRT intervention in preventing, eliminating substance use, and supporting healthy adjustment and wellbeing in Hispanic/Latino immigrant youth. Session 1: Early Identification of Pre and Post Migration Risk Factors of Substance Use Disorders in Hispanic/Latino Youth Date: December 1st, 2022 Time: 12:00pm-1:30pm MST/ 2:00pm-3:30pm ET   View Presentation Download Presentation Handouts Learning Objectives: Participants will be able to: Understand basic ATODA use and abuse data as it relates to the general population compared to Hispanic/Latino immigrant youth Assess and identify pre and post migration trauma in early identification and co-occurring issues in relation to substance use in the Hispanic/Latino immigrant youth Assess behavioral and emotional problems in early identification and prevention of substance use in Hispanic/Latino immigrant youth Identify parenting related issues to promote positive parenting skills in the prevention of substance use in the Hispanic/Latino youth population   Session 2: A Migration Informed Context for Delivering Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) with Hispanic/Latino Immigrant Youth Date: January 12th, 2023 Time: 12:00pm-1:30pm MST/ 2:00pm-3:30pm ET   View Presentation Download Presentation Handouts Learning Objectives: Participants will be able to: List migration related experiences that impact development and coping with immigrant youth Define cultural bereavement and its correlation with substance use Describe components of, Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment, (SBIRT) Identify opportunities for cultural adaptations with SBIRT with immigrant youth Identify factors of a culturally responsive rapport and engagement for screening List benefits of the person-centered approach using core skills of motivational interviewing in a brief intervention interaction List cultural considerations for a referral to treatment and language conducive terminology   About the Presenters Richard Cervantes, Ph.D. Dr. Cervantes is Research Director of Behavioral Assessment, Inc. Dr. Cervantes was a Research Psychologist at the UCLA Spanish Speaking Mental Health Research Center and held a full-time faculty appointment in the USC School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, and the Behavioral Sciences. Dr. Cervantes is Co-Investigator on the Duke University, NIH Supported “Ser Hispano” study on acculturation stress and biomarkers. He was also the Principal Investigator for the NIH funded study, “Development of the Hispanic Stress Inventory-2” and PI on the recently completed the NIH drug prevention study “Familia Adelante: A multi risk Prevention Program for Hispanic Youth”. Dr. Cervantes is also a leader in evaluation science with special expertise in cultural competency and cross-cultural instrument development. He is the lead evaluator for the SAMHSA Hispanic and Latino Addiction and Prevention Technology Transfer Centers (TTCs). He has published extensively in peer review journals, books, and special reports. He is on the editorial board for the Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences and sits on a number of national, local and university based advisory boards. Dr. Cervantes received his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Oklahoma State University.   Diana Padilla, CLC, CARC, CASAC-T Diana Padilla, RCR, CASAC-T, is Research Project Manager at the New York State Psychiatric Institute, Division of Substance Use Disorders, Columbia University Medical Center. Ms. Padilla provides intensive technical assistance in two organizational capacity-building initiatives; the implementation of SBIRT (Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment), and the integration of Equity and Inclusion strategies to improve service delivery and address behavioral health disparities for marginalized communities. Both projects are facilitated for the Northeast and Caribbean Technology Transfer Center (NeCATTC), HHS Region 2. Ms. Padilla also Chairs the National Committee on Behavioral Health Equity & Inclusion committee for the Addiction Technology Transfer Center. The working group focuses on disseminating the application of CLAS standards and other related topics and technical assistance initiatives to help organizations address disparities in behavioral health care. Ms. Padilla is also a Senior Trainer with more than 23 years of public health service, instructing behavioral health practitioners, prevention specialists and drug court professionals on addictions and recovery supporting best practices.

Recording of Honoring Our Native Veterans' Past, Present, and Future. This event took place on November 10, 2022.

Beginning on September 21, 2022, this monthly 3-session series will host a diverse panel of Native Americans to address both personal and collective barriers to living heathier. The panel will explore ways to navigate a linear colonial system, in a good way, while maintaining balance, and share teachings on helping both ourselves and the Native people.

This event took place on September 28, 2022.