Looking for a training topic for yourself or your next Staff Meeting? Try these topics suggested by the Stakeholder Advisory Group
- Motivational Interviewing
- Trauma informed care
- Cultural Responsiveness
- Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT)
- Medication-Assisted Treatment (Buprenorphine, Methadone, Naltrexone/Vivitrol)
- “Special” populations including cultural variations, deaf/HOH, elderly, 18-24 yr olds, etc. (elders; important training issues – can have specialized referrals; ATTC focusing on these issues for the next 2 years)
Supervision skills (see CSAT – TAP 21 clinical skills, TAP 21A clinical supervision and TIP 52, ATTC Network training curricula)
- Supervision of Motivational Interviewing
- Coaching (helping people learn, relearn)
- How to support those in recovery (clients or workers)
- Tools for self-sustaining and self-care
- Working on Successful Adoption of Effective Practices–such as the ATTC Science to Services model)
- Evidence-Based/Best Practices (see NIDA & ATTC – disseminating “blended” products)
- Core competencies (TAP 21, 21A; Boundaries; Ethics; professional responsibility)
- Addiction 101 - Knowledge – what is addiction, how does it affect people, Chalk Talk
- Treatment Planning
- ASI and other tools
- Customer service
- Moving from personal knowledge to best practices
- How to “onboard” or orient new hires (potentially with groups of agencies)
- Leadership development
- Quality Assurance/Continuous Quality Improvement (NIATx/NIDA/Federal funding/RWJ/State)
- Agency culture (you can watch the bottom line and still improve quality and create a positive workplace)
- How to evaluate trainings and their outcomes