The National Drug Court Institute (NDCI), in partnership with the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), is excited to work with the North Carolina AOC to offer a statewide coordinator training. The training will focus on the role of the coordinator, risk assessments, case management, data collection and evaluation, and an opportunity to share what is …
Two-part webinar: Tuesday, June 30th, 12:00PM - 1:30PM (Eastern Time) Wednesday, July 1st, 12:00PM - 1:30PM (Eastern Time) Course Description: In recent years, treatment centers have focused on creating trauma informed settings by integrating safety protocols and avoiding re-traumatization in service delivery. The emergence of COVID-19 as a pandemic has increased rates of trauma and stress in …
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Substance use disorders among pregnant women and the number of infants born with prenatal substance exposure continues to rise. To address this, the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA) requires that states develop Plans of Safe Care and have policies and procedures to address the needs of this population. Presenters will briefly discuss the CAPTA requirements, some best …
Two-part webinar: Tuesday, June 30th, 12:00PM - 1:30PM (Eastern Time) Wednesday, July 1st, 12:00PM - 1:30PM (Eastern Time) Course Description: In recent years, treatment centers have focused on creating trauma informed settings by integrating safety protocols and avoiding re-traumatization in service delivery. The emergence of COVID-19 as a pandemic has increased rates of trauma and stress in …
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Participants will learn about concrete strategies to ensure a sustainable FTC including funding strategies, outcome measurement, cost/benefit analyses, and success stories. Keys to Sustainability is the third webinar in a series designed for judicial and child welfare professionals. Each webinar will be 90 minutes in length and will include interactive polling questions and a Q&A.
individuals with substance use disorders and providing recovery support services focused on asynchronous tools, such as social media, blogs, podcasts, online support groups, videos, and text messaging. Finally, recommendations for clinicians and peer recovery coaches for developing their own tools will be highlighted. According to the 2018 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, almost …
Culture is fundamental to develop a successful career or a successful organization, and building that culture is everyone's responsibility. Despite recent progress, health disparities continue a challenge among Latino/Hispanic, Native Americans, and Alaska Natives, compared with the US population as a whole. National data show the need to enhance services and access to services for …
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This webinar will address how the COVID-19 pandemic affects access to care, specifically mental health services. Presenters will discuss how access to care is critical for farming and rural and frontier communities and highlight the unique barriers these communities face. Presenters will also provide information about telehealth service and resources, and how best practices developed …
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This webinar will focus specifically on the role and tasks of the case manager who are so crucial to the process of supporting medical care in the SMI population. There is a need for good tools and information about the illnesses that can be addressed to improve the mortality gap in those SMI, and about …
Law enforcement officers often experience firsthand how the mental health and substance use crises affect their communities. With the number of law enforcement interactions involving opioids on the rise, there is now a greater push to train about opioid use disorders and medication-assisted treatment (MAT). In 2018, the CIT ECHO program in New Mexico developed …
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Dr. Durand Crosby Chief of staff and COO with Oklahoma Department of Mental Health andSubstance Abuse Services will be joining us to educate mental health professionals about the importance of ethical behavior as well as everyday obstacles to ethical behavior in the modern workplace. The training will be interactive and include real life scenarios. How …
Substance Use 101: A Series Are you new in the field of substance use? Or do you want a review of the basics of alcohol and other drugs? This series of webinars/trainings is a collection of basic information and will present 3 popular topics: the DSM-5, Neurochemistry, and Pharmacology. Each course can be taken alone …
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Culture is fundamental to develop a successful career or a successful organization, and building that culture is everyone's responsibility. Despite recent progress, health disparities continue a challenge among Latino/Hispanic, Native Americans, and Alaska Natives, compared with the US population as a whole. National data show the need to enhance services and access to services for …
Build your Motivational Interviewing (MI) skills through the free Motivational Interviewing Learning Collaborative! Third Wednesday each month, beginning February 19, 2020. 10:00-10:45am CST The Great Lakes MHTTC and PTTC will host a series of interactive calls via Zoom for people who want to enhance their MI skills. This learning opportunity provides practitioners with a no-cost, easy to access opportunity to continue …
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This 90-minute online session will discuss concepts and skills related to family therapy as well as the cultural values that may be incorporated into therapy with Latino children and adolescents. The speakers will discuss a case that illustrates the application of structural family therapy with a young Mexican girl and their family using active listening, …
For eight decades, the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges’ (NCJFCJ) Annual Conference has been held in nearly every state and has served as an educational institution for juvenile and family court judges in issues related to child welfare, juvenile justice, family violence, a83rd Annual Virtual Conference Schedulend more. The NCJFCJ is committed …
SBIRT (Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment), is an evidence based practice that uses a preventive public health approach to identify and intervene with persons with at risk use of alcohol and other substances impacting their health and on a trajectory of substance use disorder. This interactive 90-minute presentation will review the integration of cultural elements and inclusivity as critical to …
Telehealth has been in use for years across multiple settings, but in the age of COVID has seen an unprecedented and unexpected explosion in popularity. Many mental health providers who previously utilized only traditional face-to-face encounters now find themselves forced by circumstance to adapt to new technologies and new ways of interacting with their patients. …
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Substance Use 101: A Series Are you new in the field of substance use? Or do you want a review of the basics of alcohol and other drugs? This series of webinars/trainings is a collection of basic information and will present 3 popular topics: the DSM-5, Neurochemistry, and Pharmacology. Each course can be taken alone and …
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Session 2 of 3: Rural Social Isolation and Loneliness Series This session will address programs designed to make connections between and among individuals and organizations to promote well-being in the aging population.
Culture is fundamental to develop a successful career or a successful organization, and building that culture is everyone's responsibility. Despite recent progress, health disparities continue a challenge among Latino/Hispanic, Native Americans, and Alaska Natives, compared with the US population as a whole. National data show the need to enhance services and access to services for …
The National American Indian & Alaska Native PTTC will be holding virtual sessions to support our Native communities in these challenging times. These weekly meetings will cover major concerns that have been expressed, and will continue to share resources, and encourage the peer support that has been happening among those who participated. We hope these …
Substance Use 101: A Series Are you new in the field of substance use? Or do you want a review of the basics of alcohol and other drugs? This series of webinars/trainings is a collection of basic information and will present 3 popular topics: the DSM-5, Neurochemistry, and Pharmacology. Each course can be taken alone …
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Session 3 of 3: Rural Social Isolation and Loneliness Series What are the unique qualities of our rural environments which lend to us creating community surrounding our common denominator of grief? Come explore in this engaging and interactive webinar where we will discuss how you can start the thread of connection in your own community to …
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This project was supported by Grant No. 2019-DC-BX-K002 awarded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance. The Bureau of Justice Assistance is a component of the Department of Justice’s Office of Justice Programs, which also includes the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the National Institute of Justice, the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, the Office for Victims of Crime, and the SMART Office. Points of views or opinions in this document are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the official position or policies of the U.S. Department of Justice.