Training Resources: search scheduled trainings and self-paced online trainings

February 14, 2022. 6 CEs. 9 AM – 4:30 PM

This class is designed for Peer Support Workers and Peer Recovery Coaches. Coaches will learn their role in Suicide Prevention as peer support workers.

Objectives:

Gain an Understanding of Suicide
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This training is aimed at mid- to advanced level experienced clinicians, as well as experienced direct care staff, to learn about the evidenced-based, therapeutic curriculum created by Lisa Najavits called “Seeking Safety”.  It is essential for participants to... read more

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This presentation is designed to be an introduction for those that are interested in doing telehealth counseling and clinical supervisor. This presentation will provide a general overview of the process including some basic tools, techniques, confidentiality... read more

Virtual* CCAR Recovery Coach Academy©
The CCAR Recovery Coach Academy is a 5-day intensive training academy designed to provide individuals with an understanding of both the art and science of Recovery Coaching. Delivered in a retreat like environment, the CCAR Recovery Coach Academy... read more

This training is designed to provide participants with hands-on practical experience in providing trauma-informed care through interactive activities and problem-focused case examples. This training provides participants with practical experience in implementing interventions and techniques... read more

Participants in this training will explore the impact of the recent opioid crisis on substance use disorder treatment professionals and others on the front line of the crisis. Participants will be given the opportunity to share how the crisis has affected them and how they have coped.... read more

A recovery-focused learning community is a group of people who come together with a shared goal of learning from each other:
• About recovery from substance use disorders and from trauma
• How to use the skills and information we gain to help others move toward recovery from a... read more

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This two-part workshop offers participants seven proven strategies to rapidly improve the kind of problems in treatment agencies that discourage staff and unnecessarily complicate the road to recovery.  We combine theory with practice and examples from... read more

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This 3-hour training is aimed at direct-care staff, mid- to advanced level experienced clinicians and administrators to improve their skills in working with youth and young adults by defining, exploring, and enhancing their knowledge of the components of creating... read more

This orientation training will answer the following questions:

What am I supposed to be doing in my role as TEC?
Am I in charge of making people quit smoking?
What are BSAS program requirements for addressing tobacco/nicotine use, including e-cigarettes?
Why address... read more

This orientation training will answer the following questions:

What am I supposed to be doing in my role as TEC?
Am I in charge of making people quit smoking?
What are BSAS program requirements for addressing tobacco/nicotine use, including e-cigarettes?
Why address... read more

This training is designed to provide participants with information on the impacts of racial trauma, ways to promote equity in therapeutic environments, and how to support healing in treatment. The training emphasizes that developing safety and addressing racial trauma is an ongoing practice that... read more

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Participants will learn about the school to prison pipeline and its operation in Massachusetts. 

This will include an overview of how school discipline policies and school based arrests drive students from the classroom into the juvenile and criminal... read more

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Most human service agencies serve clients who have experienced trauma. However, most front-line staff are not clinically trained to respond to the trauma experienced by clients, and are often left feeling helpless when clients share their experiences. 

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Description: This training examines policies and practices that are promoters and inhibitors of racial equity in employment. Activities and exercises address: 

Description: This training reviews fundamental concepts related to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) for those new to the organization and for organizations just beginning to incorporate DEI principles to their mission. This highly interactive training includes breakout groups, videos... read more

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Motivational Interviewing (MI) is a client-centered, evidenced-based method for engaging clients in a self-examination of the issues they face, and creation of motivation to change by exploring and resolving ambivalence. It is being used with considerable success... read more

Virtual* Addictions 101 for Recovery Coaching

Addiction has unfortunately become a household word in the news and millions of households across the United States. The standard disease model of addiction has become the most commonly adapted understanding, as the government’s solution to... read more

Virtual* Mental Wellness & Coaching Recovery

Presently, 1 out of 5 adults in the United States experiences some form of Mental Health challenge. About a quarter of those individuals also experience challenges with substance use. Recovery Coaches come across individuals with such... read more

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This training is aimed at Community Partners who engage, at any level, with someone with Substance Use Disorder and who is seeking to better understand the disease and the grueling process of recovery. 

Participants will be introduced to SUD disease... read more

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Participants will gain an understanding of “multi-System” youth who are involved with both the child welfare and juvenile justice systems.

This includes an analysis of factors that lead to these youth being among the most vulnerable in our state with a... read more

Virtual* Infinite Pathways of Recovery
With social media and prime time shows highlighting recovery as a possibility, recovery is slowly becoming a household word. Yet the most commonly championed path of going to “meetings” continues to be frequently suggested and recommended as a single... read more

Substance use disorders are most often accompanied by a history of trauma and mental health disorders.  How can we promote recovery in all areas, especially when engaging with and treating youth and young adults?

This... read more

The Institute for Health and Recovery (IHR) is a statewide service, research, policy and program development agency.  Trainings on a wide variety of topics are available through BSAS Training Calendar.

The Federal Addiction Technology Transfer Center's Network Coordinating Office maintains the ATTC Network's Online Learning Portfolio at HealtheKnowledge.org. There are free courses, both self-paced and instructor-led. Continuing Education credits are available for a small fee per contact... read more

A free, interactive course "Military Culture: Core Competencies for Healthcare Professionals" by the Center for Deployment Psychology, offered as part of the Veterans Administration's Community Provider Toolkit.

This training is A Comprehensive Introduction to Psychological Trauma for Substance Use Disorder Treatment Professionals. It training is designed to support individual and organizational efforts to provide trauma informed care. While this training was developed specifically for substance use... read more

Adolescent SBIRT Field Instructor and Preceptor Program. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends adolescent substance use screening and education as part of routine care, using the universal Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) process endorsed by the Substance... read more

Misperceptions and the Misused Language of Addiction: Words Matter is the first in the Substance Use Disorder Webinar Series, presented by the National Network of Library of Medicine New England Region.

Despite recognition of addiction as a health condition, terminology used in both... read more

Treating Opioid Use Disorder and Co-occurring Disorders is the third in the Substance Use Disorder Webinar Series, presented by the National Network of Library of Medicine New England Region.

Harm reduction is a public health strategy that was developed initially for adults with... read more

In this 5-hour Introduction to Substance Abuse Prevention course, you will learn about the history of prevention, key concepts and definitions, and specific drug effects—and get a glimpse of the effects of substance use and addiction on the brain.

This 75 minute Men, Gender, and Trauma training will help substance use disorder and other treatment professionals understand how men’s socialization as men can interfere with recovery from substance use and other disorders.  Specific techniques are presented for working with men to... read more

This course provides information about the opioid epidemic and how to recognize and respond to an opioid overdose. It includes practical, step-by-step guidance for performing rescue breathing and administering Narcan (naloxone).

This 3-module training program for medical prescribers will address opioid use and opioid use disorder in pregnancy. During pregnancy medical providers must respond to women’s pain management and behavioral health needs while minimizing potential risks to the fetus, and this balance is further... read more

SBIRT is an evidence-based practice used to identify, reduce, and prevent problematic use and dependence on alcohol and illicit drugs. Coupled with “motivational interviewing,” in which the clinician partners with the client to make decisions about the client’s care, SBIRT is... read more

IHR’s On-PAR Online Training can assist behavioral health programs and service providers to treat tobacco/nicotine dependence on par with other substance use disorders.

IHR’s On-PAR Online Training addresses specific practice/treatment barriers and challenges to integration and... read more