Implications for COVID-19 and Complex PTSD for Opioid Use Disorder
Join us for this interactive session to discuss the ongoing impact of COVID-19, Complex PTSD, and strategies for working with individuals with opioid use disorder. Session objectives: 1. Explore and […]
New Ethical Dilemmas: Developing Professional Competency in the Digital Age – Introductory Webinar
With the rapid onset of the public health emergency, COVID-19, the use of technology and social media by behavioral health practitioners, for personal and professional purposes, has increased dramatically. As […]
Webinar: Media Literacy Basics for Prevention Professionals
Overview Youth and young adults are bombarded with media depicting substances in a positive light, increasing the likelihood that they will use alcohol and other drugs. Building skills in youth […]
Leading Manchester to Recovery: Extending Our Reach Series – Recognizing and Responding to Human Trafficking
Speaker: Donna Plourde Executive Director & Co-Founder Real Life Giving Register Here
Building Capacity for a Public Health Approach to Prevention
COURSE DESCRIPTION Substance misuse and behavioral health overall, are an intrinsic part of public health. Many people with substance use disorders also live with mental health disorders, including serious mental […]
Taking on the “Perfect Storm”: Faith-based Organizations and Partnerships Address Critical Behavioral Health Needs in Communities of Color
Join this NNED virtual roundtable hosted by the NNED National Facilitation Center and SAMHSA’s Office of Behavioral Health Equity in partnership with SAMHSA’s Mental Health Technology Transfer Center Network Coordinating […]
Getting Paid: Medicare, Opioid Screening, Intervention, and Treatment and Older Adults
UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs and the Pacific Southwest ATTC are partnering with Advocates for Human Potential to present the Sustainable Reimbursement of MAT Webinar Series. The series will be […]
Understanding the New Changes to 42 CFR Part 2
On July 15, 2020, SAMHSA finalized changes to 42 CFR Part 2 ("Part 2"), the regulations for the Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records. These changes will go into […]
ASAM Integration and Application – Am I doing this right?
Need assistance applying and/or integrating the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) Criteria? Join On-the-Spot the 3rd Friday of each month at 10:00 a.m. MT / 11:00 a.m. CT for […]
Leading Manchester to Recovery: Extending Our Reach Series – Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome
Speaker: Dan Hale, MD, FAAP, SFHM Pediatric Hospitalist, Floating Hospital for Children Lawrence General Hospital Chief Professional Development Officer Lawrence General Hospital Register Here
Prevention of Opioid Use Disorder in Women
Marjorie Meyer, MD, Associate Professor, Maternal Fetal Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT . Women are at particularly increased risk of developing opioid use disorder related to prescribed opioids. This webinar will […]
Governor Mills 2nd Annual Opioid Response Summit Compassion, Community, Connection
Governor Janet Mills will host her second Opioid Response Summit on Thursday, July 23. The annual summit is part of the state’s commitment to fighting the opioid epidemic, and convenes […]
Leading Manchester to Recovery: Extending Our Reach Series – Treatment of Substance Use Disorders via Digital Technology
Speaker: Lisa A. Marsch, PhD Center Director Center for Technology and Behavioral Health Dartmouth College
Guiding Implementation Fidelity to Improve Adoption of Youth Substance Abuse Prevention Programs
The Stages of Implementation Completion (SIC) is an 8-staged measure of implementation process and milestones. Data collected using the SIC has generated a large repository of both successful and non-successful real-world implementation efforts, allowing for robust analyses and generation of models for paths for implementation success. These models currently are being used to inform a […]
Leading Manchester to Recovery: Extending Our Reach Series – Understanding Medicated Clients/Family Members; Personal Experience
Speakers: Franc Hudspeth, PhD, NCC, LPC-S, ACS, RPT-S, RPh Program Director of Counseling, Sacred Heart University Tyler Bott Register Here
On-the-Spot: Videoconferencing to Deliver Treatment and Recovery Services
Are you ready to start using videoconferencing in your practice/agency or Recovery Community Organization or have you already started and have questions about resources and next steps? Join this one-hour […]
Best Practices for Co-occurring Disorder Treatment: Organizational Structure and Service Environment
Program structure and milieu set the organizational foundation and tone for building integrated behavioral health capacity. This webinar will explore a variety of strategies for establishing an organizational culture that […]
‘Uncomfortable’ is not enough: Integrating antiracism within addiction treatment
About the Presentation: Racism in the U.S. contributes to health, mental health, and substance misuse disparities among People of Color (POC) compared with White people. Despite entering into addiction treatment […]
The New England ADA, Addiction and Recovery Workshop during COVID-19 – Part 1
Today, 30 years after the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), thousands of people in recovery from addiction are unaware of their civil rights under the law. The ADA ensures that people with disabilities have the same rights and opportunities as everyone else. This includes people with alcohol use disorder and substance use […]
Best Practices for Co-occurring Disorders Treatment: Staffing and Training
Organizational staffing directly impacts program capacity for integrated treatment, particularly whether an organization’s staff composition includes staff with dual licensure or extensive experience treating individuals with co-occurring disorders. This webinar will address strategies for staffing, supervision, and training that can contribute to an improved infrastructure and ongoing staff development that will enhance integrated care. Register […]
The New England ADA, Addiction, Recovery and Employment Workshop during COVID-19 – Part 2
Today, 30 years after the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), thousands of people in recovery from addiction are unaware of their civil rights under the law. The ADA insures that people with addiction to alcohol, and in recovery from opioids and other drugs have the same rights and opportunities as everyone else. […]
Cannabis Use in Pregnancy and Lactation: Understanding the Science and Assisting Practitioners with Prevention Strategies
COURSE DESCRIPTION Participants will understand the basic tenets of the social determinants of health and its impact on behavioral health, prevention, and wellness efforts. Participants will critically examine the role of neighborhood conditions, education, socio-economic, and socio-political climate. This training will strengthen participants understanding of the social determinants of health and their role in shaping […]
Cannabis Use in Pregnancy and Lactation: Understanding the Science and Assisting Practitioners with Prevention Strategies
COURSE DESCRIPTION Participants will understand the basic tenets of the social determinants of health and its impact on behavioral health, prevention, and wellness efforts. Participants will critically examine the role of neighborhood conditions, education, socio-economic, and socio-political climate. This training will strengthen participants understanding of the social determinants of health and their role in shaping […]
SBIRT for Unhealthy Alcohol Use: What Is It and Why Use It?
Presenter: Gail Rose, PhD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT Summary: Ever wondered what SBIRT is, where it came from, and why to use it? In this webinar, Dr. Rose will present the origins of SBIRT and summarize the evidence for its efficacy. She will describe the process and the variety of options […]
Deconstructing Unconscious Bias in Behavioral Health Care
Description: Behavioral health disparities reflect the lack of access to quality care for specific populations. Despite notable efforts to address inequitable outcomes, research suggests that race and ethnicity are predictors of how services are delivered, and unconscious bias is one component that has been identified as influencing the provision of poor care. With the steady […]
Supporting Recovery for All: Racial Equity in Recovery
Anecdotal evidence suggests that even with a growing number of Black recovery leaders and Black-led recovery organizations, Black people continue to be underrepresented and underserved within recovery support settings. SAMHSA’s Bringing Recovery Supports to Scale Technical Assistance Center Strategy (BRSS TACS) invites you to join national experts in a conversation about racial equity in recovery […]
Treatment of Stimulant Use Disorders
Presenter: Richard Rawson, PhD, Research Professor, Vermont Center for Behavior and Health, University of Vermont in Burlington, VT and Professor Emeritus, UCLA Department of Psychiatry, Los Angeles, CA Summary: The emergence of increased rates of cocaine and methamphetamine use and associated overdose deaths (with and without opioids) is being referred to as the “4th wave of the opioid […]
Advocacy Series, Session IV: Confidentiality Rule Changes and 42 CFR
Description This webinar will review the latest legislation on 42 USC 290dd-2(b), which migrates a portion of the substance use disorder confidentiality regulations into HIPAA. Participants will be presented with both the update and a discussion of the integration of the amended 42 USC 290dd-2. In addition, a review of the most current regulations put […]
Making the Case to Identify Not Blame: Deconstructing Unconscious Bias in Behavioral Health Care Series
Description: Building off the psychological framework of unconscious bias as discussed in the first session, this second presentation will review and inform on how unconscious bias is reflected in words, communications, and relations toward persons of color through case scenarios reflecting its impact in the addiction, mental health, and prevention settings. The elusiveness of cognitive […]
Dismantling Bias and Building Equity: Deconstructing Unconscious Bias in Behavioral Health Care Series
Description: In the first two sessions we define and describe the impact of unconscious bias on cognition and provider practice, as well as how it contributes to behavioral health disparities. This third session will offer practical tools and strategies for organizations and providers to identify and address unconscious bias and support the delivery of culturally […]