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Virtual meeting
Via Zoom
Description
As part of the twice-monthly SUD Care Continuum ECHO® series, Kristin Parent, MA, LMHC, will explain the principles of contingency management as a treatment for stimulant use disorder, review evidence-based protocols for its implementation, and discuss structural barriers to its implementation along with how to address them. The didactic will be followed by a de-identified patient case presentation from an ECHO® participant and recommendations from the panel of experts and attendees.
Boston Medical Center's (BMC) drop-in series Substance Use Disorder Care Continuum ECHO® (SUD Care Continuum ECHO®) offers training and support in addiction treatment, with a focus on supporting front line addiction treatment workforce. This includes health providers in Acute Treatment Services (ATS), Crisis Stabilization Services (CSS), Transitional Support Services (TSS), Opioid Treatment Programs (OTP), long-term residential program, sober and recovery homes, primary care, and psychiatry. This free, case-based tele-mentoring program is designed to increase the capacity of health care providers to implement high-quality and evidence-based addiction treatment.
Intended audience
Providers, nurses, social workers, psychologists, peer supports, other clinical staff, and non-clinicians.
Speakers
Kristin Parent, MA, LMHC
Kristin is the program director of the Stimulant Treatment and Recovery Team (START) clinic, which provides treatment for patients with stimulant use disorder. As a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, she also provides group therapy to patients involved in the program. As part of the Grayken Center for Addiction Training & Technical Assistance (TTA) team, she provides TTA to the three other programs in Massachusetts implementing the START model into their sites. Kristin is a graduate of Boston University’s School of Medicine, where she earned a Master of Arts in Mental Health Counseling and Behavioral Medicine, and she received a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from The Pennsylvania State University.
Objectives
Following this training, participants will have the knowledge to:
- Recognize the key principles of contingency management as a treatment for stimulant use disorder.
- Name at least 3 evidence-based protocols for the implementation of contingency management for the treatment of stimulant use disorder.
- Identify structural barriers to the implementation of contingency management programs and how to address them.
Sponsored by
Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Bureau of Substance Addiction Services (DPH/BSAS).
Funding for out of state attendees is provided by the Opioid Response Network (ORN).
Funding for this initiative was made possible (in part) by grant no. 1H79TI085588-02 from SAMHSA. The views expressed in written conference materials or publications and by speakers and moderators do not necessarily reflect the official policies of the Department of Health and Human Services; nor does mention of trade names, commercial practices, or organizations imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.
Audience
Providers, nurses, social workers, psychologists, peer supports, other clinical staff, and non-clinicians.
