Product Type: Presentation Slides

Join us for ESAS: HIV, STI, and SUDs. This event took place on July 5, 2023. Please click HERE to access the event recording.

The Leadership Academy Project Series for Providers Serving American Indian and Alaska Native Communities Upcoming Training: Community Based Change Through Leadership Initiatives This series will discuss on-the-ground initiatives focusing on improving important aspects of indigenous communities’ well-being. The series addresses different aspects of community health and describes projects that have impacted communities across the country. Join us to meet the presenters who have stepped up for their communities and driven meaningful change. Monday, June 12th: Implementing Trauma Informed Care in Primary Care Settings-- Melanie Hazle, MSBS, LMFT, Choctaw Nation Tribe. Click HERE to access the event recording. 

This event took place on June 7, 2023. Click HERE to access the event recording. 

Join Mr. Doug Widow Jr., (Cheyenne River Sioux), equine specialist, and substance use disorder counselor, as he presents a follow-up session on the use of traditional medicines, horses, and Ingenious ceremony for coping with Grief/ Loss in early recovery. This 90-minute interactive webinar will revisit issues related to grief, loss, and trauma that often affects our patients (relatives) while in early recovery. Mr. Widow will again share his teachings on Indigenous knowledge to addressing grief/loss in part 2 of this series. Click HERE to access the event recording. 

The National Alliance on Mental Illness recognizes that current environmental factors are traumatizing people of color, which as a risk factor can also initiate or increase substance use and potentially developing trauma and stress complications. Provider bias in stigmatic language or other microaggressions affect a client’s capacity to respond to clinical interventions and are often identified in research, as components of poor behavioral health outcomes. Practitioners who integrate cultural humility in practice are able to support highest levels of patient centered culturally informed care. This interactive virtual training will review practical tools and strategies for providers to identify and diffuse personal bias, dynamics of culture in substance use treatment and how to facilitate and align cultural humility with other culturally responsive strategies to increase patient wellness for racial and ethnic populations.

Behavioral health and health care 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.

This event took place on May 15, 2023. The Leadership Academy Project Series for Providers Serving American Indian and Alaska Native Communities Upcoming Training: Community Based Change Through Leadership Initiatives This series will discuss on-the-ground initiatives focusing on improving important aspects of indigenous communities’ well-being. The series addresses different aspects of community health and describes projects that have impacted communities across the country. Join us to meet the presenters who have stepped up for their communities and driven meaningful change. May 15: Mashkizibii Mentoring Project - Bad River Survival Revival Series-- Lynn Maday, Peer Coordinator, Sr, Medweoshkakwe (Ojibwe) Click HERE to access the event recording. 

Join us for our ESAS event, ESAS: Counseling Families, Partners, and Significant Others. This event took place on May 3, 2023. Click HERE to access the event recording. 

Please join us for part two of this 120-minute Behavioral Health webinar series. Jim Wikel PWS, CRM II/ PSS (Seneca-Cayuga) and Jessica Carroll MA (Osage) will again co-present on this important topic within the behavioral health field. This session will focus on the steps necessary for becoming an AI/AN Certified Peer Recovery Support Specialist while working within westernized clinical systems. This event took place on May 1, 2023. Click HERE to access the event recording. 

This event took place on April 24, 2023. Please click HERE to access the event recording.  The Leadership Academy Project Series for Providers Serving American Indian and Alaska Native Communities Upcoming Training: Community Based Change Through Leadership Initiatives This series will discuss on-the-ground initiatives focusing on improving important aspects of indigenous communities’ well-being. The series addresses different aspects of community health and describes projects that have impacted communities across the country. Join us to meet the presenters who have stepped up for their communities and driven meaningful change. Monday, April 24: Integrating Cultural Ideology into Tribal Health Practices-- Jason Butler, MS, Ute Tribe Monday, May 15: Mashkizibii Mentoring Project - Bad River Survival Revival Series-- Lynn Maday, Peer Coordinator, Sr, Medweoshkakwe (Ojibwe) Monday, May 22: Healing is Resistance – Recovery as Liberation-- Maria C. Molina, LCSW, she/her/hers, Pascua Yaqui Tribe Monday, June 5th: Yoeme Life Skills Curriculum: Nau Te Inetene – Together We Heal-- Bridget Valenzuela, M.Ed, BHT, Pascua Yaqui Tribe Monday, June 12th: Implementing Trauma Informed Care in Primary Care Settings-- Melanie Hazle, MSBS, LMFT, Choctaw Nation Tribe Monday, June 19th: Modoc Ancestral Run: Transcending Trauma through connection-- Monica (Yellowowl) Super, CADC, CPS, Pit River Tribe

This event took place on April 5, 2023. Click HERE to access the event recording. 

Please join us for a 5-part Behavioral Health webinar series as we host Dan Foster, PhD, (Western Band Cherokee-Dakota/Lakota) and Dr. Suzan McVicker, PhD,(Cherokee Descendant), and Warren “Bim” Pourier, MA, LPC, (Lakota), as they present on IFS (Internal Family Systems) therapy. These 120-minute webinars will offer an overview of IFS and its applications in a clinical setting. Additionally, cultural considerations discussion, recovery, re-entry, and addressing elements of the human condition. An interactive format will be used with a brief Q and A period reserved at the end of each event. This event took place on March 22, 2023.

The New England ATTC in partnership with the Community Care Alliance of Rhode Island is hosted a four-part targeted TA series in "Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) for Substance Use and Co-Occurring Disorders" on 2/7, 2/21, 2/28, and 3/7 with subject matter expert Taylor D'Addario.  Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is a cognitive behavioral treatment that was originally developed to treat chronically suicidal individuals diagnosed with borderline personality disorder (BPD) and it is now recognized as the gold standard psychological treatment for this population.  In addition, research has shown that it is effective in treating substance use disorders and a wide range of co-occurring mental health disorders such as depression, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and eating disorders.

The New England ATTC in partnership with Gateway Healthcare hosted the SAMHSA’s National Outcome Measures Service Tool: Collecting Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, and Race/Ethnicity Demographic Information in a Culturally Humble and Sensitive Approach virtual training on 1/25/23 with subject matter expert David Zelaya. This training aimed to provide an introductory overview regarding the ever growing and evolving language regarding sexual orientation, gender identity, and race/ethnicity. Specifically, the training contextualized the demographic questions being utilized in SAMHSA's NOMS tool. The training included experiential activities, dedicated space for reflection, in addition to a question and answer portion with the trainer. In line with the mission of the New England ATTC, this training helped to increase the cultural competency (i.e., awareness, knowledge, and skills) of the behavioral health workforce providing substance use and addiction services.

Please join us for this 120-minute Behavioral Health two part webinar series. Jim Wikel PWS, CRM II/ PSS (Seneca-Cayuga) and Jessica Carroll MA (Osage) will co-present on this important topic within the behavioral health field. Part 1 will focus on the approach that peer values are cultural values, it involves cooperation not competition, and the concept of mutuality. The presenters will discuss how Individual liberty can coexist with collectivism and exploring how we can integrate these values into our work as peer supporters. Part 2 will focus on the steps necessary for becoming a Certified Peer Recovery Support Specialist while working within westernized clinical systems. To view the event recording, please click HERE. This event took place on March 20, 2023.

Please join us for a 5-part Behavioral Health webinar series as we host Dan Foster, PhD, (Western Band Cherokee-Dakota/Lakota) and Dr. Suzan McVicker, PhD,(Cherokee Descendant), and Warren “Bim” Pourier, MA, LPC, (Lakota), as they present on IFS (Internal Family Systems) therapy. These 120-minute webinars will offer an overview of IFS and its applications in a clinical setting. Additionally, cultural considerations discussion, recovery, re-entry, and addressing elements of the human condition. An interactive format will be used with a brief Q and A period reserved at the end of each event. To access this event recording click HERE. This event took place on March 22, 2023.

Join us for our event, ESAS: Treatment Knowledge. To view the event recording, click HERE. This event took place on March 1, 2023. 

The New England ATTC in partnership with the New England Association of Recovery Court Professionals recently hosted a webinar titled, "Data-Based Insights on Cannabis Use Disorder Treatment, Recovery, and Implications for Recovery Courts" Dr. Michael J. Sofis reviewed recent findings from the Cannabis Public Policy Consulting’s Regulatory Determinants of Cannabis Outcomes Survey (RDCOS) from 25 adult use, medical-only, and illegal/low-THC states on the prevalence of cannabis use harms like cannabis use disorder (CUD), driving under the influence of cannabis. (DUIC), and youth cannabis use. He highlighted promising up-and-coming treatment and prevention approaches designed to help prevent cannabis harms and contextualize how such approaches will impact recovery courts.  View the slides from the Data-Based Insights on Cannabis Use Disorder Treatment and Recovery Implications for Recovery Courts by clicking on the view resource button above. 

Please join us for this interactive 120-minute follow-up webinar as Anishinaabe Dreamer and Culture Protector, Theresa Sault-Brill, and Dr. Dan and Rebecca Foster share their knowledge, experiences, and resources on the holistic impacts of trauma on the brain and the effects on behavioral health, physical health, mental wellness, spirituality, and Native cultural dynamics. This event took place on December 21, 2022. Please click HERE to access the event recording. 

Sounds in nature used as a healing source have been practiced by ancient cultures since time immemorial. These sounds transformed into the music we are familiar with today share these same healing powers. All cultures throughout human history have spiritual paths to address pain and suffering, as well as joy. Universally these paths have incorporated musical elements in the practice. Whereas other forms of artistic expression such as painting, pottery, and poetry effect most humans emotionally through visual means, only music has the potential to effect humans through both emotional and physiological pathways. This event took place on December 12, 2022. Please click HERE to view the event recording. 

This event took place 1/4/2023. Click HERE to view the event recording. 

Slides from the session Essential Substance Abuse Skills: Treatment Planning. This event took place on December 7, 2022. Please click HERE to view the event recording. 

Event took place November 9, 2022. Click HERE to view the recording. 

Event took place on October 5, 2022 Link to recording