FY 24 Training

  1. Two-Day ASAM Criteria 3rd Edition Skill Building
  2. Harm Reduction Approach within ASAM Criteria Framework
  3. 4 Courses Co-Occurring Disorders Program Implementation
  4. Leadership Development
  5. Motivational Interviewing and Individualized Service Planning with The ASAM Criteria
  6. LGBTQ & Addiction for Providers
  7. Recovery Coach Academy
  8. Moving From Trauma-Informed to Trauma-Responsive
  9. Two-Day ASAM Criteria 3rd Edition Skill Building
  10. 2-day Motivational Interviewing and Individualized Service Planning with The ASAM Criteria
  11. Seeking Safety
  12. CCAR Ethical Considerations
  13. ASAM Criteria 3rd Edition Skill Building

March 7th- 8th

8:30 - 3:00 pm 

Two-Day ASAM Criteria 3rd Edition Skill Building

This two-day, application-focused training provides participants with an in-depth look at the theoretical foundations of the Criteria, including clinically driven services, biopsychosocial assessment, the six dimensions, continued stay, and transfer/discharge criteria. Incorporating the new edition of The ASAM Criteria book, participants have opportunities for skill practice at every stage of the treatment process: assessment, engagement, treatment planning, continuing care, and transfer or discharge. Registration Link: https://www.prevention.org/training/EventDetails?i=2840

March 11th

8:30 am - 3:00 pm 

Harm Reduction Approach within ASAM Criteria Framework

This training provides skill building in the use of the ASAM Criteria as a framework for determining the most appropriate intensity of services and how a harm reduction model/approach; specifically providing strategies for working with clients on goal setting, application of risk reduction skills and evaluation of treatment goals fits within the broader framework of the Criteria's six dimensions and levels of care. Registration Link: https://www.prevention.org/training/EventDetails?i=2841

March 12th

4 Courses Co-Occurring Disorders Program Implementation

Hazelden's evidence-based Co-Occurring Disorders Program addresses issues that directly impact clients living with substance use disorder and non-severe mental illness.

CDP is still extremely flexible and very easy to implement. Each piece of CDP can be used effectively as a stand-alone program. However, when five components are used in conjunction with each other, they provide a proven-effective treatment protocol for your team.

Round 1:

(1) March 12th: 9:00 - 10:30 am

Screening & Assessment / Medication Management

https://www.prevention.org/training/EventDetails?i=2851

(2) March 12th: 1:00 - 3:30 pm

Integrating Combined Therapies

https://www.prevention.org/training/EventDetails?i=2852

(3) April 30th: 9:00 - 10:00 am

Family Programs

https://www.prevention.org/training/EventDetails?i=2853

(4) April 30th: 1:00 - 3:30 pm

Cognitive Behavioral Therapies

https://www.prevention.org/training/EventDetails?i=2854   

March 13th & May 1st

Round 2:

(1) March 13th: 9:00 - 10:30 am

Screening & Assessment / Medication Management

(2) March 13th: 1:00 - 3:30 pm

Integrating Combined Therapies

(3) May 1st: 9:00 - 10:00 am

Family Programs

(4) May 1st: 1:00 - 3:30 pm

Cognitive Behavioral Therapies

Round 3:

(1) March 14th: 9:00 - 10:30 am

https://www.prevention.org/training/EventDetails?i=2862

(2) March 14th: 1:00 - 3:30 pm

https://www.prevention.org/training/EventDetails?i=2861

(3) May 2nd: 9:00 - 10:00 am

https://www.prevention.org/training/EventDetails?i=2856

(4) May 2nd: 1:00 - 3:30 pm

https://www.prevention.org/training/EventDetails?i=2860

March 19th

12:00 pm - 3:00 pm 

Leadership Development

This workshop will explore the components needed to build a culture of serving others first and exploring one's identity and relationship with their emotions. Through interactive discussions about emotional maturity, leadership development, and appropriate use of one's experience to advocate for change, participants will walk away with an increased ability to build a thriving community culture.

  • Understand and apply servant leadership values & competencies
  • Develop servant leadership / EQ evaluation for staff and clients

Know the 7 aspects of Recovery allyship. Registration Link: https://www.prevention.org/training/EventDetails?i=2867  

March 26th - 27th

8:30 am - 3:00 pm 2-day

Motivational Interviewing and Individualized Service Planning with The ASAM Criteria

This application-focused workshop offers a practical approach to the ASAM Criteria and how it supports and drives individualized service planning. Participants will understand the relationship between the treatment plan and the use of The ASAM Criteria's admission, continued stay, transfer and discharge criteria. In addition, participants will learn how to write measurable, individualized treatment plans based on the individualized needs of the client and the dimensional analysis. Behavior change principles will be discussed to enhance trainees' understanding of how and why people change, and explore ways in which the client's stage of change impacts and drives a person-centered service plan. Participants' abilities to develop individualized service planning will be strengthened through core motivational interviewing skills as a way to have better conversations about individualized needs and increase client readiness for and engagement in treatment.

While there is no prerequisite for this training, participants are expected to have a solid foundation and understanding of the ASAM Criteria. Registration Link: https://www.prevention.org/training/EventDetails?i=2842  

March 27th

9:00 am - 3:00 pm 

LGBTQ & Addiction for Providers

The YMSM + LGBT Center of Excellence full-day training, "A Provider's Introduction to Substance Abuse Treatment for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Individuals (2nd Edition)". which is intended for any providers in contact with LGBT individuals. Since SAMHSA released the first version in 2001, equality for the LGBT community has shifted in a more positive direction. However, shame, stigma, bullying, homophobia, bi-phobia, and transphobia still create barriers for many LGBT people to access and receive affirming care. Registration Link: https://www.prevention.org/training/EventDetails?i=2868

April 8th - 11th

9:00 am - 3:00 pm 

Recovery Coach Academy

The CCAR Recovery Coach Academy© is a 5-day/30-hour intensive training academy focusing on providing individuals with the skills needed to guide, mentor, and support anyone who would like to enter into or sustain long-term recovery from an addiction to alcohol or other drugs. This training includes core competencies for recovery coaches with additional training on ethics, boundaries, medication-assisted treatment, gambling, and more. Recognized nationally as the original and leading recovery offering of its kind, CCAR's Recovery Coach Academy© is an innovative new approach to healing people's lives that is unlike any other training. Registration Link: https://www.prevention.org/training/EventDetails?i=2865  

April 17th - 18th

10:00 am - 1:30 pm 

Moving From Trauma-Informed to Trauma-Responsive

While many organizations are trauma-informed, becoming trauma-responsive means looking at every aspect of an organization's programming, environment, language, and values and involving all staff in better serving clients who have experienced trauma.

Moving from Trauma-Informed to Trauma-Responsive provides program administrators and clinical directors with key resources needed to train staff and make organizational changes to become trauma-responsive. This comprehensive training program involves all staff, ensuring clients are served with a trauma-responsive approach. Registration Link: https://www.prevention.org/training/EventDetails?i=2848   

April 23rd - 24th

8:30 am - 3:00 pm 

Two-Day ASAM Criteria 3rd Edition Skill Building

This two-day, application-focused training provides participants with an in-depth look at the theoretical foundations of the Criteria, including clinically driven services, biopsychosocial assessment, the six dimensions, continued stay, and transfer/discharge criteria. Incorporating the new edition of The ASAM Criteria book, participants have opportunities for skill practice at every stage of the treatment process: assessment, engagement, treatment planning, continuing care, and transfer or discharge. Registration Link: https://www.prevention.org/training/EventDetails?i=2843

May 2nd - 3rd

8:30 am - 3:00 pm 

2-day Motivational Interviewing and Individualized Service Planning with The ASAM Criteria

This application-focused workshop offers a practical approach to the ASAM Criteria and how it supports and drives individualized service planning. Participants will understand the relationship between the treatment plan and the use of The ASAM Criteria's admission, continued stay, transfer and discharge criteria. In addition, participants will learn how to write measurable, individualized treatment plans based on the individualized needs of the client and the dimensional analysis. Behavior change principles will be discussed to enhance trainees' understanding of how and why people change and explore ways in which the client's stage of change impacts and drives a person-centered service plan. Participants' abilities to develop individualized service planning will be strengthened through core motivational interviewing skills as a way to have better conversations about individualized needs and increase client readiness for and engagement in treatment.

While there is no prerequisite for this training, participants are expected to have a solid foundation and understanding of the ASAM Criteria. Registration Link: https://www.prevention.org/training/EventDetails?i=2844

May 8th

9:00 am - 4:00 pm 

Seeking Safety

Overview of the model, how to implement it, demonstration of a session, role-play practice of a session by attendees, with video clips and experiential exercises. This training also includes attention to trauma-informed care. Registration Link: https://www.prevention.org/training/EventDetails?i=2847

May 13th - 14th

10:00 am - 2:00 pm 

CCAR Ethical Considerations

Recovery coaching as a peer-to-peer recovery support services has grown exponentially over the past few years. The issue of ethical considerations has been discussed in many circles, yet formal training has been lacking. This two-day training addresses this critical need. Using presentations, small group work, and role play many areas will be addressed including defining the coaching service role and functions, coaching standards, issues of vulnerability, ethical decision making, performance enhancement, and legal issues.

Learning Objectives:

  • Understand what ethics are and why ethics are so important when performing Recovery Coach Services
  • Learn how to stay in your lane as a recovery coach
  • Understand the decision-making process
  • Develop guidelines for making ethical decisions

Registration Link: https://www.prevention.org/training/EventDetails?i=2870

June 10th - 11th

8:30 am - 3:00 pm 2-day

ASAM Criteria 3rd Edition Skill Building

This two-day, application-focused training provides participants with an in-depth look at the theoretical foundations of the Criteria, including clinically driven services, biopsychosocial assessment, the six dimensions, continued stay, and transfer/discharge criteria. Incorporating the new edition of The ASAM Criteria book, participants have opportunities for skill practice at every stage of the treatment process: assessment, engagement, treatment planning, continuing care, and transfer or discharge. Registration Link: https://www.prevention.org/training/EventDetails?i=2845