All courses provide continuing education hours for CASAC, SW, MHC, and MFT !
For more information regarding our Professional Development Trainers, please view our faculty page. If you and your employer are interested in hosting a professional development training for your workplace, please review our course listings for more information.
September • October • November
If you wish to see more re-credentialing opportunities, please visit our CASAC Re-Credentialing page.
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– Free EBP Training Opportunities –
September
Medication for Addiction Treatment (MAT) (3 hours)
In this course, participants will learn the benefits of medication for addiction treatment and how to counsel individuals in MAT to enhance treatment outcomes. Common problems, such as stigma, compliance and adjustment issues, are reviewed to enable clinicians to provide effective and supportive counseling.
- Date: Tuesday September 10, 2024
- Time: 9:30 am – 12:30 pm
- Trainer: Kalisha Smith, DSW, LCSW, CASAC-M, Director, Outreach Training Institute, Outreach Development Corporation
Registration Deadline: September 6, 2024
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Counseling and Communicating with Families and Significant Others (12 hours)
This course provides an overview of working with families and significant others. It includes the core beliefs of addiction specialists related to the family, the evolution of the family in American society, types of family structures, the family system and the concept of homeostasis, the impact of drug and alcohol abuse on family relationships, the developmental stages of the individual and family, the function of rules and roles in a family system, the use of genograms in family work, stages of assessment of individuals and families, working with the family system, relapse prevention with families, children of alcoholics and substance abusers, and fetal alcohol syndrome.
- Date: Wednesday September 11, 2024; Thursday September 12, 2024; Tuesday September 17, 2024 and Wednesday September 18, 2024
- Time: 9:30 am – 12:30 pm
- Trainer: Dawn Matherly, Ph.D, LMFT, Adjunct Instructor, OTI
Registration Deadline: September 6, 2024
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October
Cultural Competency (6 Hours)
This course will enhance the ability of the participant to provide counseling in a culturally competent manner and his or her understanding of the particular needs of special populations. The course reviews the definition of cultural competence, the principles and skills of cultural competence, core aspects of identity, addressing the needs of special populations, terminology for cultural interaction styles, “isms, ” stereotypes, prejudice, and myths, parallels between recovery from oppression and addiction, and addressing barriers to cultural competence.
- Date: Tuesday October 15, 2024 and Wednesday October 16, 2024
- Time: 9:30 am – 12:30 pm
- Trainer: Chanel Weathers, LMHC, MPA, Adjunct Instructor, OTI
Registration Deadline: October 4, 2024
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Counseling Special Populations: LGBTQIA+ (3 hours)
In this course, participants will learn about substance use disorders in the LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning) community, definitions of sexual orientation and gender identity, clinical issues that need to be addressed in treatment and how to provide competent care to this population.
- Date: Thursday October 17, 2024
- Time: 9:30 am – 12:30 pm
- Trainer: Gretchen Grappone, LICSW, Adjunct Instructor, OTI
Registration Deadline: October 6, 2024
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Cultural Competency (15 Hours – Including 6Hr Cultural Competence, LGBTQIA, & Practica 1 & 2)
This course will enhance the ability of the participant to provide counseling in a culturally competent manner and his or her understanding of the particular needs of special populations. The course reviews the definition of cultural competence, the principles and skills of cultural competence, core aspects of identity, addressing the needs of special populations, terminology for cultural interaction styles, “isms, ” stereotypes, prejudice, and myths, parallels between recovery from oppression and addiction, and addressing barriers to cultural competence.
- Date: Tuesday October 15, 2024; Wednesday October 16, 2024; Thursday October 17, 2024; Tuesday, October 29 2024 and Wednesday October 30, 2024
- Time: 9:30 am – 12:30 pm
- Trainer: Chanel Weathers, LMHC, MPA, Adjunct Instructor, OTI
Registration Deadline: October 4, 2024
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Counseling Special Populations: Trauma (3 hours)
Psychological trauma will be defined, along with the diagnostic criteria for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in this course. The treatment implications for the high co-occurrence between substance use disorders and PTSD will be explored. Participants will learn about trauma-specific and trauma-informed approaches to addressing the effects of trauma in the context of treatment for substance use disorders.
- Date: Tuesday October 22, 2024
- Time: 9:30 am – 12:30 pm
- Trainer: TBD
Registration Deadline: October 11, 2024
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Counseling Special Populations: Domestic Violence (3 hours)
The causes, prevalence, and dynamics of domestic violence, including issues of power and control, the psychology of the victim and the impact on children, are examined in this course. Participants will learn how screen for DV, get treatment for victims and batterers, and do safety planning with victims of domestic violence.
- Date: Wednesday October 23, 2024
- Time: 9:30 am – 12:30 pm
- Trainer: Gretchen Grappone, LICSW, Adjunct Instructor, OTI
Registration Deadline: October 11, 2024
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November
Identifying Mental Health Disorders (9 hours)
This introductory course will review the types of mental health disorders that commonly co-occur with substance use disorders. Signs, symptoms, and a brief overview of treatment approaches will be presented.
- Date: Tuesday November 12, 2024; Wednesday November 13, 2024, and Thursday November 14, 2024
- Time: 9:30 am – 12:30 pm
- Trainer: Dayna Slade Smith, MA, MS, MAC, SAP, Adjunct Instructor, OTI
Registration Deadline: November 1, 2024
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Person Centered Treatment Planning & Clinical Documentation (12 hours)
This course teaches participants how to write a person-centered treatment plan, incorporating the client’s strengths, needs, abilities and preferences, an interpretive summary, progress notes, and a discharge plan and summary. The medical necessity of treatment for substance use disorders, often needed to justify payment for care, is defined and its documentation in the client record is demonstrated. Participants are given a sample case upon which to practice.
- Date: Wednesday November 27, 2024; Tuesday December 3, 2024; Wednesday December 4, 2024; Thursday December 5, 2024
- Time: 9:30 am – 12:30 pm
- Trainer: Dolores Jewell, JD, Ph.D., Adjunct Instructor, OTI
Registration Deadline: November 15, 2024
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Free, OASAS-Sponsored EBP Trainings
Free training for staff and peers in Brooklyn and on Long Island: OASAS-Funded State Opioid Response (SOR) Grant-Funded Training.
We have a new page now as we’re adding more training offerings! Visit https://opiny.org/sor-trainings/ for more information and to apply!
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