Free training for staff and peers in Brooklyn and on Long Island: OASAS-Funded State Opioid Response (SOR) Grant-Funded Training. All courses provide continuing education hours for CASAC, SW, MHC, and MFT!
Training for staff and peers working in OASAS-certified programs on Long Island and in Brooklyn is available at no charge under the OASAS SOR grant. All courses provide CASAC, social work, MHC, and MFT continuing education hours. To be eligible, you must work on Long Island or in Brooklyn in an OASAS-certified program. Trainings have been scheduled for September, with more to come soon. Check back regularly!
September • October • November • December
To apply for any (or all) courses, please complete this brief, separate application form. You will receive a response in a few weeks to confirm your enrollment.
September
Psychological Trauma and Trauma- Informed Care
This course will provide an understanding for all staff members who work in substance use disorder treatment and have client contact, regardless of role. The goal of the course is to help sensitize participants to the impact trauma has on clients and how to interact with clients in a trauma-informed manner. The definition of trauma, its signs and symptoms, and its pervasive impact on individuals will be explored. Principles of trauma-informed care will be presented, and participants will discuss how to apply these to their work settings.
- Date: September 6, 2023
- Time: 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm
- Trainer: Liliane Drago, MA, CASAC Master Counselor, MAC, Director, Outreach Training Institute, Outreach Development Corporation
Registration Deadline: August 30
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Crisis Prevention & De-escalation
This course teaches participants to use Nonviolent Crisis Intervention by the Crisis Prevention Institute (CPI). Participants learn to appropriately intervene at every level of a crisis, with emphasis on the identification of the early stages of a crisis and how to prevent its escalation. The use of verbal de-escalation and personal safety techniques is introduced and practiced. The overarching priority of this approach is to keep both clients and staff safe.
- Date: September 7, 2023
- Time: 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm
- Trainer: Liliane Drago, MA, CASAC Master Counselor, MAC, Director, Outreach Training Institute, Outreach Development Corporation
Registration Deadline: September 1
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Medication- Assisted Treatment
The increasing emphasis and use of medication in the treatment of substance use disorders necessitates the treatment professional developing some familiarity with the variety of medications currently available. This presentation will review these various medications as well as concurrent clinical issues which might arise for the non-prescribing clinician who seeks to support medication assisted treatment.
- Date: September 14, 2023
- Time: 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm
- Trainer: Kevin Wadalavage, MA, LMHC, CASAC II, MAC, Training & Quality Consultant, Outreach Development Corporation
Registration Deadline: September 7
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Harm Reduction
This presentation will be an opportunity to examine the multiple issues which harm reduction approaches raise for substance use disorder providers who have less experience in providing these services. We will look at definitions, examples currently in practice, and proposed patient interventions. Practical implementation and operational issues which individual practitioners and organizations might have to address will also be reviewed.
- Date: September 18, 2023
- Time: 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm
- Trainer: Kevin Wadalavage, MA, LMHC, CASAC II, MAC, Training & Quality Consultant, Outreach Development Corporation
Registration Deadline: September 11
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Screening for Psychological Trauma and PTSD
Participants in this class will learn why screening for psychological trauma and PTSD is so essential in the provision of trauma-specific and trauma-informed care, the use of specific trauma screening tools, and best practices for administration and follow-up.
- Date: September 19, 2023
- Time: 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm
- Trainer: Liliane Drago, MA, CASAC Master Counselor, MAC, Director, Outreach Training Institute, Outreach Development Corporation
Registration Deadline: September 12
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Collaborative Documentation
This course will review the practice of collaborative documentation, a process that involves the client in the documentation and planning of services, enabling the clinician to both engage the client in counseling and complete the documentation within the session time. Positive outcomes have been demonstrated for both clinicians and clients. Participants in this course will learn how to use collaborative documentation can be used in conjunction with a person-centered individual counseling style.
- Date: September 20, 2023
- Time: 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm
- Trainer: Liliane Drago, MA, CASAC Master Counselor, MAC, Director, Outreach Training Institute, Outreach Development Corporation
Registration Deadline: September 13
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Burnout and Self-Care
This course will explore the work-related challenges of burnout, vicarious traumatization, and compassion fatigue, and will engage participants in a discussion of work and personal practices that can be protective. Participants will have opportunities for sharing challenges they face in the workplace and brainstorm helpful coping strategies.
- Date: September 28, 2023
- Time: 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm
- Trainer: Liliane Drago, MA, CASAC Master Counselor, MAC, Director, Outreach Training Institute, Outreach Development Corporation
Registration Deadline: September 20
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October
Working with LGBTQ+ Youth in the Field of SUD and MH (3 hours)
This course will review LGBTQ+ 101 terminology, queer history, risk and protective factors for LGBTQ+ Youth, allyship, and affirming best practices for LGBTQ+ Youth.
- Date: Wednesday, Oct 4, 2023
- Time: 4:00 pm-7:00 pm
- Instructor: John Cho, LMHC, Adjunct Instructor, Youth Support Manager, The LGBT Center
Registration Deadline: September 27, 2023
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Models of Alcoholism and Addiction (3 hours)
There are numerous models of addiction’s causation with implications for how individuals, professionals, organizations, and society will therefore address the problem. This review will look at a dozen different models and regard how each model would seek to intervene and treat individuals with addictive disorders. The role of faith- based recovery will also be discussed.
- Date: Thursday, Oct. 5, 2023
- Time: 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm
- Instructor: Kevin Wadalavage, MA, LMHC, CASAC II, MAC, Training & Quality Consultant, Outreach Development Corporation
Registration Deadline: September 28, 2023
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Prescription & Over the Counter Drug Misuse (3 hours)
This review will look at factors which have led to the recent increase in prescription and over-the counter drug use and abuse, some of the more popular choices, special treatment considerations, and community/family responses.
- Date: Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023
- Time: 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm
- Instructor: Kevin Wadalavage, MA, LMHC, CASAC II, MAC, Training & Quality Consultant, Outreach Development Corporation
Registration Deadline: October 4, 2023
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Motivational Interviewing Tune-Up (3 hours)
This course will provide an opportunity for participants to practice MI skills and refresh their understanding of this essential approach to working with people with substance use disorders.
- Date: Thursday, Oct 12, 2023
- Time: 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm
- Instructor: Liliane Drago, MA, CASAC Master Counselor, MAC, Director, Outreach Training Institute, Outreach Development Corporation
Registration Deadline: October 5, 2023
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November
Cannabis Legalization in NYS: What Can Clinicians Expect? (3 hours)
As cannabis products become decriminalized and commercialized, new concerns for consumers and clinicians are expected around such issues as product quality, uncertain purity levels, accidental positive drug tests, consumption of improperly regulated growth products, false promotion claims, increased youth access, use of unfamiliar delivery systems, concentrates, variants, increased medical and/or mental health risks, etc. This presentation will attempt to define some of these issues so that clinicians can engage in meaningful discussions with patients around use of cannabis.
- Date: Monday, Nov. 13, 2023
- Time: 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm
- Instructor: Kevin Wadalavage, MA, LMHC, CASAC II, MAC, Training & Quality Consultant, Outreach Development Corporation
Registration Deadline: November 6, 2023
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Person-Centered Care (3 hours)
A person-centered approach is the standard of care in health and behavioral health services. The principles of person-centered care will be reviewed, including its philosophy, approach, language, documentation, and effectiveness.
- Date: Thursday, Nov 16, 2023
- Time: 2:00 – 5:00 pm
- Instructor: Liliane Drago, MA, CASAC Master Counselor, MAC, Director, Outreach Training Institute, Outreach Development Corporation
Registration Deadline: November 9, 2023
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Maintaining Standards of Care in Telehealth (3 hours)
The provision of online counseling services has offered opportunities to provide access to patients, providers and care specialties that cannot as easily be offered by traditional in-person visit settings. But there are challenges to its effective implementation, including assessing who is appropriate, technology access, confidentiality, proper orientation, boundary setting, hybrid possibilities, etc. This presentation will invite participants to explore these issues, share any of their experiences, explore problematic scenarios and offer guidelines toward more effective provision of online counseling.
- Date: Tuesday, Nov. 28
- Time: 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm
- Instructor: Kevin Wadalavage, MA, LMHC, CASAC II, MAC, Training & Quality Consultant, Outreach Development Corporation
Registration Deadline: November 21, 2023
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December
Writing a Billable Note (3 hours)
This course will teach participants the elements of a good progress note that includes the criteria required by Medicaid and other payers. Participants will learn to write exactly what is needed for reimbursement and to be more efficient in their documentation by eliminating unnecessary verbiage.
- Dates: Tuesday, Dec 5, 2023
- Time:4:00 pm – 7:00 pm
- Instructor: Dolores Jewell, PhD, JD, Adjunct Instructor, Outreach Development Corporation
Registration Deadline: November 28, 2023
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Tobacco Use and Nicotine Dependence (3 hours)
This course will explore the effects of tobacco use, tobacco use disorder (TUD), the co-occurrence of TUD with other substance disorders, assessment of TUD and intervention approaches.
- Date: Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023
- Time: 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm
- Instructor: Kevin Wadalavage, MA, LMHC, CASAC II, MAC, Training & Quality Consultant, Outreach Development Corporation
Registration Deadline: November 29, 2023
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Motivational Interviewing Tune-Up (3 hours)
This course will provide an opportunity for participants to practice MI skills and refresh their understanding of this essential approach to working with people with substance use disorders.
- Date: Thursday, Dec 7, 2023
- Time: 1:00 – 4:00 pm
- Instructor: Liliane Drago, MA, CASAC Master Counselor, MAC, Director, Outreach Training Institute, Outreach Development Corporation
Registration Deadline: November 30, 2023
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Developments in the Field of Substance Use: 22-23 (3 hours)
This presentation will provide a wide-ranging update to substance abuse service providers who work in clinical, supervisory and/or administrative roles. Areas covered include developments in treatment, research, drug trends, funding, legal & regulatory issues and professional development.
- Date: Thursday, Dec. 14, 2023
- Time: 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm
- Instructor: Kevin Wadalavage, MA, LMHC, CASAC II, MAC, Training & Quality Consultant, Outreach Development Corporation
Registration Deadline: December 7, 2023