Upcoming Trainings & Events

This 30-minute course is intended to help providers identify their role in helping patients transition away from a dependence on opioids and to encourage them to study more about pain management and suicide prevention. The objectives of the course are to teach the community providers how to: Define the meaning of the SAVE acronym; Identify the warning signs of suicide; Explain how to conduct a suicide assessment; Describe how to discuss lethal means, and; Refer patients at imminent risk of suicide, or in need of further assessment, to live crisis resources.

SELF-PACED; ON DEMAND; MUST CREATE AN ACCOUNT

Certificate upon Completion

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Cost:

FREE

Sponsor: American Psychiatric Association

Live presentation on March 8, 2022; recording will be available shortly after at  PCSS website (https://bit.ly/PCSSArchive).

About the webinar: Exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, the opioid epidemic in the United States is a dangerous reality that affects all demographics. In this presentation, gender differences in opioid use disorders will be discussed from an epidemiologic perspective. Understanding the differences in trends by gender can help clinicians treat the patient, rather than treating the condition. Neurobiological and social determinants will also be reviewed as the differences vary greatly by gender. Finally, treatment implications will be discussed so we can better understand the impact of tailored OUD treatment.

Educational objectives:  At the conclusion of this activity participants should be able to:

• Apply the epidemiologic differences in the prevalence of OUD to your practice setting. 
• Identify the gender differences in neurobiology of OUD when treating patients. 
• Evaluate the patient treatment outcomes based on gender.

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Target audience: Interprofessional teams, psychiatrists, physicians, nurses, physician assistants. The live webinar is accredited for physicians.

Cost:

no fee

Sponsor: Providers Clinical Support System

recorded webinar available February 5, 2021 to February 5, 2024

Presenter(s): Alexander Walley, MD, Boston Medical College

Target Audience: Physicians, nurse practitioners or other advanced practice nurses, PAs, psychologists, pharmacists, social workers and healthcare teams.

Webinar Description: The overdose crisis continues despite expanded and enhanced efforts to implement evidence-based practices, including overdose education and naloxone rescue kits, medication for opioid use disorder, and prescription opioid safety. While these evidence-based practices are more accessible, they are not reaching those at highest risk for overdose. Opportunities lie in engaging high-risk individuals, addressing the low barrier-retention paradox, and addressing the increasingly toxic drug supply. This webinar will equip learners with the knowledge to intervene during acute opiate toxicity episodes and help them develop practice improvement plans to reduce impediments to access of overdose prevention resources.

Educational Objectives:

• Describe at least three (3) approaches to reduce opioid overdose deaths.
• Identify at least three (3) limitations of these approaches to high-risk populations.
• List opportunities to engage high-risk individuals, address the low barrier-retention paradox and make the drug supply less toxic.

Credit Designations Available: AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™, Nursing Contact Hours, AAPA Category 1 CME credit, CEUs for psychology, Pharmacy Continuing Education Credit, and SW CE credit.

Continuing Education Information:

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Cost:

No Costs

Sponsor: Providers Clinical Support System

Recorded webinar – January 2021

Presenter(s): Brad Finegood, MA, LMHC, Strategic Advisor, Public Health – Seattle & King County; Judith Tsui, MD, MPH, Physician, UW Medicine; Shireesha Dhanireddy, MD, Physician, UW Medicine; Richard Waters, MD, Physician, Site Medical Director – Housing & Street Outreach, Neighborcare Health

Target Audience: This activity is designed to meet the needs of primary care physicians, specialty care physicians, allied professional staff, and program administrators.

Webinar Description: Leading Seattle-area physicians discuss how quality medical care intersects with harm reduction philosophy and practice. Learn how medical providers have advanced opportunities for recovery from substance use disorders by providing compassionate care to people who use drugs and partnering with harm reduction services providers.

Educational Objectives:

• Examine the intersection between quality medical care and harm reduction philosophy and practice
• Identify partnership opportunities for physicians and harm reduction providers to provide compassionate care to people who use drugs

Continuing Education Information:

1. View the recorded webinar and return to the web page that lists the webinar recording link. By viewing the full presentation it will unlock and allow you to proceed to the evaluation.
2. Click “Evaluation” and answer the questions to the best of your ability. Upon completion of this survey, you will be directed to PCSS to claim your certificate.
3. If you have any questions or you do not receive your certificate, please email #ob#cpff#at#nnnc.bet#ob# or call (855) 227-2776.Note: This archive webinar is not designated for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™

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Cost:

No costs

Sponsor: Providers Clinical Support System

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Presenter(s): Chandra Speight, PhD, RN, NP-C, CNE Assistant Professor, Department of Advanced Nursing Practice and Education in the College of Nursing at East Carolina University

Target Audience: Nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, nurse midwives, physician assistants, and physicians, from novice to expert, in any field of practice, who are interesting in understanding factors affecting buprenorphine prescribing. The content will add to participants’ body of knowledge related to factors affecting buprenorphine prescribing by nurse practitioners. The session is unique because it offers insights on prescribing identified from individual interviews with nurse practitioners who hold buprenorphine waivers. It also offers special insight into barriers and facilitators to prescribing in rural regions.

Webinar Description: The webinar will first provide an overview of buprenorphine and its role in treating individuals living with substance use disorder. Policies affecting buprenorphine prescribing will then be reviewed, with an emphasis on the role of advanced practice providers in treating substance use disorder in rural areas and the buprenorphine prescribing policies that specifically impact their ability to prescribe. Barriers and facilitators to physician prescribing identified in the extant literature on buprenorphine prescribing will be briefly considered before the presenter shares barriers and facilitators to nurse practitioner prescribing identified in her research. The webinar will close with directions for future inquiry.

Educational Objectives:

• Describe the role of buprenorphine in treating individuals living with opioid use disorder in rural regions
• Analyze the policies that impact buprenorphine prescribing
• Describe barriers and facilitators to buprenorphine prescribing

Continuing Education Information:

1. View the recorded webinar and return to the web page that lists the webinar recording link. By viewing the full presentation it will unlock and allow you to proceed to the evaluation.
2. Click “Evaluation” and answer the questions to the best of your ability. Upon completion of this survey, you will be directed to PCSS to claim your certificate.
3. If you have any questions or you do not receive your certificate, please email #ob#cpff#at#nnnc.bet#ob# or call (855) 227-2776.Note: This archive webinar is not designated for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.

Cost:

no costs

Sponsor: Providers Clinical Support System

Recorded session – February 23, 2021

Presenter(s): Tara Nichols, DNP, ARNP, RN-BC, CCRN, CCNS, AGCNS Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner

Target Audience: Health care professionals (Physicians, Advanced Practice Registered Nurses, RN, Social Workers, Pharmacist, and other members of the health care team).

Webinar Description: Dr. Nichols will present to Health care professionals (Physicians, Advanced Practice Registered Nurses, RN, Social Workers, Pharmacist, and other members of the health care team) that manage pain how to expand options to offer people with all levels of pain but specifically chronic pain, acute on chronic pain, people with chronic opioid use and opioid use disorder. Dr. Nichols led an interprofessional team (Physicians, Advanced Practice Registered Nurses, RN, Social Workers, Pharmacist and Medical Assistant) and the people they cared for in creating Comfort Bundles© by starting the conversation focused on Understanding pain and planning for comfort© to create a pain plan of medicine and non-medicine treatment options.

Educational Objectives:

• Describe the non pharmacologic protocol
• Apply the protocol to a patient to determine “Comfort Bundles© (Pharmacologic and non pharmacologic treatment combinations)
• Create a plan of care balancing pharmacologic and non pharmacologic

Continuing Education

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Cost:

No costs

Sponsor: Think Cultural Health – A US Department of Health and Human Services sponsored site

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This program is approved for 5 Contact hours for LADC’s. See registration for details on additional CE. Expiration on CE’s March 31,2023

Cost:

FREE

Available January 2020 through April 2028

Sponsor: New Hampshire Alcohol and Drug Counselors Association

What is stigma and how does it affect people with substance use disorder. This training will discuss how making a small change in how we speak and write about substance use disorder will make a huge impact.

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Cost:

See registration

Sponsor: Institution for Research, Education & Training in Addictions

Learn to identify the relationship between adolescents and sensation seeking/impulsivity. This connection is associated with the escalation of substance use. Students will become familiar with the screening tools that can detect and assess teens’ marijuana use, then explore new approaches to interventions and aftercare.

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Cost:

CEU's $10.00

Hosted By: New England Prevention Technology Transfer Center Network

Loneliness, mental health challenges and substance use have risen in our culture. In the midst of suffering, people continue to report feeling judged and stigmatized. We know from the research that there’s a strong correlation between early childhood trauma, mental and physical health issues. Guided by science, empathy, a trauma-informed lens and type 2 thinking, we’ll debunk myths and begin moving away from “us versus them” toward a vision that “we” can heal, connect and thrive together. Armed with powerful insights we can begin to find sustainable solutions by becoming compassionate, resilient, and self-healing communities. This training provides an overview of the science of positive experiences, how ACEs and stigma greatly increase the risk for isolation and loneliness. This approach reduces barriers to improve health equity, resilience, and connection to support well-being.

Speaker: Kini-Ana Tinkham, (she/her/hers)

Kini is the Executive Director of the Maine Resilience Building Network, a public health not-for-profit working to improve the health and well-being of children, individuals, and communities by advancing MRBN’s mission through capacity building, system integration, education, policy, and advocacy.

Kini has worked in public health and healthcare for 40 years as an RN, educator, advocate, and leader. She brings proven system transformation leadership to advance health equity, and well-being. In addition to her work at MRBN, her career expands across maternal and child health, home visitation, school-based health centers, youth leadership, and community health education. Kini is a Daniel Hanley Center for Health Leadership Class VII graduate. She has served as a school board member and Chair of the RSU #38 school committee and a past recipient of the Maine Youth Action Network (MYAN) Youth Leadership and Advocacy award.

About the webinar: This webinar is hosted by the New England PTTC, a program funded by SAMHSA, in response to an identified need for training on strategies to reduce stigma for prevention professionals in New England. Participants who complete the full webinar will receive a certificate of participation for 1.5 contact hours. No partial credit will be awarded. This webinar will not be recorded.

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Date:

December 4, 2023

Time:

11:00 am - 12:30 pm

Location:

virtual

Cost:

no costs

Sponsor: Choices Addiction & Recovery Education

Course Description: Motivational interviewing is evidence-based and is integral in counseling to initiate movement toward behavior change. Peer recovery support workers and peer coaches utilize motivational interviewing and conversation in alignment with their role of reducing power differentials. Our course offers foundational learning to implement these powerful skills.

Objectives:

• Learn the spirit of motivational conversation.
• Implement concepts of active listening.
• Identify ambivalence.
• Learn the fundamentals of Open-Ended Questions, Affirmations, Reflective Listening, and Summarizing (OARS).

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Date:

December 6, 2023

Time:

12:30 pm - 4:30 pm

Location:

Virtual by Zoom

Cost:

see registration

Sponsor: NH Alcohol & drug Abuse Counselors Association

The goals of this workshop are to: increase knowledge about HIV progression and treatment, increase understanding about NH HIV/AIDS EPI profile, and increase awareness of the correlation between HIV/STD/HEP (A, B&C) and TB. The workshop will also address the utilization of Motivational Enhancement Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in working with clients at high risk for HIV infection and secondary transmission. Particular attention will be paid to the link between potentional increased infection rate and the current rise of methamphetamine use. 

Upon completion of the event participants will be able to: 

• Utilize a basic knowledge about the HIV/AIDS epidemic; 
• Describe strategies to work with their high-risk clients utilizing harm reduction techniques; and 
• Explain the importance of integrating services of Substance Use, Mental Health, HIV/AIDS, housing providers and other community resources to better serve their clients. 

Peter DalPra, LADC, LCS, is the Clinical Coordinator for the NH Professionals Health Program (NHPHP) after working in residential treatment in NH for 18 years. He has also worked as the Chemical Dependency and HIV/AIDS Case Manager for the former NH Division of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention and Recovery as well as for the Nashua Public Health Department as an HIV/AIDS Street Outreach Worker. A nationally certified trainer in “Preventing HIV Disease Among Substance Abusers;” he is an Adjunct Faculty member at Concord Community College NHTI in Concord, NH. He is also a past President of NHADACA and a past member of the NH Board of Licensing for Alcohol and Other Drug Use Professionals. 

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Date:

December 8, 2023

Time:

8:30 am - 12:00 pm

Location:

130 Pembroke Road, Suite 150
Concord, NH 03301

Cost:

see registration

Sponsor: New Hampshire Alcohol & Drug Abuse Counselors Association

One of the primary characteristics of substance misuse is its impact on a user’s brain. But what happens when that brain is still developing? How do drugs impact the structure and functions of the developing brain in childhood and adolescents? In this full day training, we explore the growth and development of the brain from infancy to late adolescence and examine the impact various substances in the trajectory of that development. Specifically, we will examine the impact of developmental shifts that occurs on learning & cognition, emotional regulation and behavioral control capacities of the children when subjected to nicotine, alcohol and cannabis as well as some stimulants since these are the substances most commonly misused during these developmental stages. Due to time constraints, we will not be able to cover prenatal substance use exposure and brain development. This training is especially important for educators and treatment professionals who work with children and adolescents.

Upon completion of this training, participants will be able to:

• Summarize the four critical mechanisms by which the brain operates;
• Describe how each of these mechanisms develop and evolve in early childhood to late adolescence; and
• Identify the impact of substance use on the cognitive, emotional and behavioral manifestations of misused substances on the developing brain.

Dr. Afshar has been a professional psychotherapist, trainer and educator for over 35 years.  He received his Doctorate in Professional Psychology (Psy.D.) from California Coast University, his Masters in Counseling from Harvard University and his Bachelors in Psychology from U.Mass-Boston. He is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor and School Psychologist. He is also a certified School Principle, and School Counselor.   Dr. Afshar has been a Director of Special Education & Guidance for SAU #37 & 50, Director of Guidance & Advising for Pinkerton Academy has taught courses in Psychology, Mental Health Counseling, Special Education, School Guidance and Psychology of Design at the graduate and undergraduate levels for the past 35 years. Dr. Afshar’s professional experience in addiction and recovery includes both clinical work as the Admissions Director of the Drug Addiction Rehabilitation Center (Later Dorchester Counseling Center) in Dorchester as well Associate Executive Director and Clinical Director of Noddle’s Island Multi-service Agency in East Boston, Massachusetts. He was the addictions consultant at the Massachusetts General Hospital—The Charlestown Clinic in Boston, and has consulted extensively with medical, legal, educational and business organization around the issues of addiction prevention, intervention and recovery He has taught courses on addiction at the graduate and undergraduate levels in topics such as Psychopharmacology of Addiction, History and Socio-Politics of Addiction, and treatment models.   With a wide range of professional expertise spanning nearly 4 decades, Dr. Afshar brings a considerable breadth and depth of understanding of addictions and mental health issues as applicable in a variety of settings, age spans and affected populations.  

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Date:

December 11, 2023

Time:

8:30 am - 4:00 pm

Location:

Remote via Zoom

Cost:

see registration

Sponsor: Rural Communities Opioid Response Program

Given the epidemic of increased maternal mortality and morbidity in the U.S., there is growing sentiment on how to mitigate preventable causes, including that of addressing substance use disorder (SUD). This webinar will provide information on the complications of SUD in pregnancy, along with methods for effective intervention and management for clinicians and collaborators.

Learning Objectives:

-Review SUD-related risk factors and adverse outcomes in pregnancy.
-Identify barriers to universal screening, assessment, and treatment of SUD in pregnancy.
-Examine evidence-based practices implemented to assist clinicians with screening, assessing, and treating SUD in pregnancy.
-Gain insight into federal and state efforts to improve care for pregnant people with SUD.

Presenter:
-Dr. Sura Edmond

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Date:

December 12, 2023

Time:

2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Cost:

FREE

Sponsor: New Hampshire Alcohol & Drug Abuse Counselors Association

PRESENTATION: This training will introduce the history and guiding principles of Harm Reduction. We will discuss various examples of harm reduction strategies and overdose prevention and how we can integrate Harm Reduction across the spectrum of drug use. This will be an interactive training to create a safe space to explore our individual biases and how stigma and bias can impact access to services and the delivery of services in our communities. We will explore the intersections of race and ethnicity along with social determinants of health and the importance of culturally responsive systems of care. This class will also discuss harm reduction effort that are occurring locally, regionally and nationally and how participants of the training can integrate these approaches into their work to support people in our communities.

Upon completion of this training, participants will be able to:

• Describe harm reduction as an approach to reducing health and social risks associated with drug use;
• Identify 3 harm reduction interventions;
• Describe how those 3 harm reduction interventions reduce health and/or social risks associated with drug use in communities of color;
• Create 3 strategies to incorporate harm reduction approaches into their own work with clients with an emphasis on approaches in communities of color;
• List at least 4 harmful impacts of stigma on vulnerable and marginalized individuals who may use drugs; and
• Describe collaborative goal setting for overdose and infection prevention with people who use drugs.

John Burns, MBA, CRSW, is a person with lived experience in recovery, a family member of a loved one in recovery and a guardian caregiver for one of his grandsons. He is the director of SOS Recovery Community Organization. John has been engaged in training delivery and development over the last 5 years at SOS. He supervises a staff of over 20 at SOS Recovery Community Organization and assists in training and supervision of three Recovery Community Centers. SOS operates syringe service programs and harm reduction supplies at all of their recovery community centers as well as a comprehensive outreach program with those experiencing homelessness and a statewide “peer-strength” program for individuals involved in the criminal justice system. John and his team at SOS worked with local and national recovery leaders and subject matter experts to develop the Art & Science of Peer-Assisted Recovery® 30 hour peer-assisted recovery training curriculum, as well as trainings on ethics, HIV prevention, and suicide prevention for peer-assisted recovery supports. John is a member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT) and completed the MINT training of new trainers in 2021. He has been trained extensively in motivational interviewing techniques through a series of trainings and train the trainers sessions and is trained in Motivational Interviewing Treatment Integrity (MITI) Coding and is trained and authorized to complete Motivational Interviewing Competency Assessments (MICA) for coding practitioners of MI. John serves as Vice Chair on the board of the NH Harm Reduction Coalition and on the executive committee of the Strafford County Public Health Advisory Committee. He is an appointee of NH Governor Sununu on the Overdose Fatality Review Commission and is a member of the budget taskforce for the NH Governor’s Commission for Alcohol and other drugs.

Eileen Doyle, CRSW, is the Training Coordinator at SOS Recovery Community Organization. A person in long-term recovery and a family member, Eileen has trained SOS curriculums with a variety of trainers and has completed Motivational Interviewing trainings with Stephen R. Andrew LCSW, LADC, CCS at the Health Education and Training Institute and John Gilbert, MS, RD, CCP, RHC-III, ACSM-CEP® at the Institute for Individual and Organizational Change. She works with SOSRCO Executive Director John Burns to create and revise curriculums for SOS and continues to work directly with participants seeking support services. She facilitates an Invitation to Change support group for family members each week. Eileen earned her Masters in Science for Teachers from the University of NH and a bachelor’s degree in Liberal Arts/Journalism from Northeastern University. She is a NH Certified Recovery Support Worker and a certified Journaling Instructor through the Therapeutic Writing Institute. She has led several journaling workshops for recovery support workers. Eileen volunteered at SOS for four years before retiring from a 23-year teaching career in a Massachusetts high school and being hired at SOS. Before becoming the Training Coordinator, she worked as the Recovery Friendly Workplace Coordinator for SOS as part of a statewide initiative to provide training and resources to employers to encourage them to support employees and their family members impacted by SUD.

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Date:

December 14, 2023

Time:

8:30 am - 1:00 pm

Location:

130 Pembroke Road, Suite 150
Concord, NH

Cost:

see registration

Sponsor: New Hampshire Alcohol & Drug Abuse Counselors Association

PRESENTATION: This training will discuss an effective approach in the treatment of challenging clients and provide participants with an opportunity to explore creative ways of integrating these approaches into an effective therapeutic intervention — when to use, when not to use Motivational Interviewing. This class will introduce participants to Motivational Interviewing (MI) theory and practice. Participants will learn about the fundamentals of MI including understanding ambivalence, the MI Spirit, and how we can best support others considering change. This workshop will include ample opportunities for topic discussion and practicing reflective listening, developing focus, and recognizing, evoking, and responding to a person’s “change talk”.

Upon completion of this training, participants will be able to:

• Define MI as a counseling style;
• Define the Spirit of MI;
• Define the 4 principles of MI;
• Demonstrate use of OARS;
• Describe how to identify sustain and change talk; and
• Demonstrate at least 2 methods to elicit change talk.

ABOUT THE PRESENTERS: 

John Burns, MBA, CRSW, is a person with lived experience in recovery, a family member of a loved one in recovery and a guardian caregiver for one of his grandsons. He is the director of SOS Recovery Community Organization. John has been engaged in training delivery and development over the last 5 years at SOS. He supervises a staff of over 20 at SOS Recovery Community Organization and assists in training and supervision of three Recovery Community Centers. SOS operates syringe service programs and harm reduction supplies at all of their recovery community centers as well as a comprehensive outreach program with those experiencing homelessness and a statewide “peer-strength” program for individuals involved in the criminal justice system. John and his team at SOS worked with local and national recovery leaders and subject matter experts to develop the Art & Science of Peer-Assisted Recovery® 30 hour peer-assisted recovery training curriculum, as well as trainings on ethics, HIV prevention, and suicide prevention for peer-assisted recovery supports. John is a member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT) and completed the MINT training of new trainers in 2021. He has been trained extensively in motivational interviewing techniques through a series of trainings and train the trainers sessions and is trained in Motivational Interviewing Treatment Integrity (MITI) Coding and is trained and authorized to complete Motivational Interviewing Competency Assessments (MICA) for coding practitioners of MI. John serves as Vice Chair on the board of the NH Harm Reduction Coalition and on the executive committee of the Strafford County Public Health Advisory Committee. He is an appointee of NH Governor Sununu on the Overdose Fatality Review Commission and is a member of the budget taskforce for the NH Governor’s Commission for Alcohol and other drugs.

Eileen Doyle, CRSW, is the Training Coordinator at SOS Recovery Community Organization. A person in long-term recovery and a family member, Eileen has trained SOS curriculums with a variety of trainers and has completed Motivational Interviewing trainings with Stephen R. Andrew LCSW, LADC, CCS at the Health Education and Training Institute and John Gilbert, MS, RD, CCP, RHC-III, ACSM-CEP® at the Institute for Individual and Organizational Change. She works with SOSRCO Executive Director John Burns to create and revise curriculums for SOS and continues to work directly with participants seeking support services. She facilitates an Invitation to Change support group for family members each week. Eileen earned her Masters in Science for Teachers from the University of NH and a bachelor’s degree in Liberal Arts/Journalism from Northeastern University. She is a NH Certified Recovery Support Worker and a certified Journaling Instructor through the Therapeutic Writing Institute. She has led several journaling workshops for recovery support workers. Eileen volunteered at SOS for four years before retiring from a 23-year teaching career in a Massachusetts high school and being hired at SOS. Before becoming the Training Coordinator, she worked as the Recovery Friendly Workplace Coordinator for SOS as part of a statewide initiative to provide training and resources to employers to encourage them to support employees and their family members impacted by SUD.

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Date:

December 15, 2023

Time:

8:30 am - 4:00 pm

Location:

Remote via Zoom

Cost:

see registration

Sponsor: New Hampshire Alcohol & Drug Abuse Counselors Association

PRESENTATION: There is strong evidence that culturally responsive care improves client/patient satisfaction that leads to greater engagement in care, improved adherence to treatment and better health outcomes. Through interactive self-reflection and discussion we will focus on improving our ability to interact effectively with people of different cultures to help ensure the needs of all community members are addressed. We will look beyond just race and ethnicity to include gender, sexual orientation, disability, religion, socio-economic status, and geographic location. The course includes several activities to engage participants and encourages participants to reflect on how their own knowledge and beliefs may affect interactions with individuals who share different perspectives. The session will feature a segment dedicated to creating greater awareness and forming knowledge and familiarity with the special issues and needs of people from diverse populations who struggle with substance use disorder. Participants will work individually and together to identify concrete actions for creating a workplace environment that is more equitable, diverse, and inclusive.

As a result of attending this training, participants will be able to: 

• Summarize a basic understanding of cultural competence;
• Describe the framework and rationale for culturally responsive care;
• List at least 3 individual and organizational barriers to cultural competence
• Describe at least 3 practical skills & techniques to provide more culturally appropriate services; and
• Articulate how to build understanding of cultural perspectives on substance use.

ABOUT THE PRESENTER: James Figueiredo, M.Ed. is the Executive Director and Founder of Community Workforce Initiative. He has over 3 decades of experience working in the public health field throughout the United States and internationally. His work is focused primarily on the professional development of frontline workers and their supervisors. James has extensive experience developing and delivering trainings on cultural competency, suicide prevention, HIV/AIDS, and leadership development. James has served as lecturer at Tufts University and was selected as an author for the Foundations for Community Health Workers textbook slated for release in August 2023. During the height of the HIV/AIDS pandemic, James worked as a community health work on an integrated clinical team at the Cambridge Health Alliance. He spent another decade at the Justice Resource Institute (JRI) as the Director of Education and Training, where he served as co-chair of the Diversity Committee, oversaw, and led trainings throughout sub-Saharan Africa. James speaks Portuguese, Spanish, Haitian Creole, and Cape Verdean Creole. He holds a Master of Education degree from Harvard University and Graduate Certificate in Non-Profit Leadership and Management from Boston University. As an undergraduate he studied English Language and Literature at West London College in the United Kingdom. He most enjoys spending time with his spouse and children on backpacking trips. He aspires to be a coffee grower, avocado farmer, and beekeeper when he retires.

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Date:

December 18, 2023

Time:

8:30 am - 4:00 pm

Location:

130 Pembroke Road, Suite 150,
Concord, NH

Cost:

see registration

Sponsor: NH Alcohol & Drug Abuse Counselors Association

There is strong evidence that culturally responsive care improves client/patient satisfaction that leads to greater engagement in care, improved adherence to treatment and better health outcomes. Through interactive self-reflection and discussion we will focus on improving our ability to interact effectively with people of different cultures to help ensure the needs of all community members are addressed. We will look beyond just race and ethnicity to include gender, sexual orientation, disability, religion, socio-economic status, and geographic location. The course includes several activities to engage participants and encourages participants to reflect on how their own knowledge and beliefs may affect interactions with individuals who share different perspectives. The session will feature a segment dedicated to creating greater awareness and forming knowledge and familiarity with the special issues and needs of people from diverse populations who struggle with substance use disorder. Participants will work individually and together to identify concrete actions for creating a workplace environment that is more equitable, diverse, and inclusive.

As a result of attending this training, participants will be able to: 

• Summarize a basic understanding of cultural competence;
• List the framework and rationale for culturally responsive care;
• Examine individual and organizational barriers to cultural competence; 
• Describe practical skills & techniques to provide more culturally appropriate services; and
• Build understanding of cultural perspectives on substance use. 

ABOUT THE PRESENTER: James Figueiredo, M.Ed. is the Executive Director and Founder of Community Workforce Initiative. He has over 3 decades of experience working in the public health field throughout the United States and internationally. His work is focused primarily on the professional development of frontline workers and their supervisors. James has extensive experience developing and delivering trainings on cultural competency, suicide prevention, HIV/AIDS, and leadership development. James has served as lecturer at Tufts University and was selected as an author for the Foundations for Community Health Workers textbook slated for release in August 2023. During the height of the HIV/AIDS pandemic, James worked as a community health work on an integrated clinical team at the Cambridge Health Alliance. He spent another decade at the Justice Resource Institute (JRI) as the Director of Education and Training, where he served as co-chair of the Diversity Committee, oversaw, and led trainings throughout sub-Saharan Africa. James speaks Portuguese, Spanish, Haitian Creole, and Cape Verdean Creole. He holds a Master of Education degree from Harvard University and Graduate Certificate in Non-Profit Leadership and Management from Boston University. As an undergraduate he studied English Language and Literature at West London College in the United Kingdom. He most enjoys spending time with his spouse and children on backpacking trips. He aspires to be a coffee grower, avocado farmer, and beekeeper when he retires.

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Date:

December 18, 2023

Time:

8:30 am - 4:00 pm

Location:

130 Pembroke Road, Suite 150
Concord, NH 03301

Cost:

See registration

Sponsor: New Hampshire Alcohol & Drug Abuse Counselors Association

PRESENTATION: The course examines trends in NH and explores the adulterants cut into today’s street drug supply and their physical effects, including in samples of cocaine, fentanyl, heroin and methamphetamines as well as the presence of xylazine in fentanyl. This will provide an opportunity to discuss community drug checking and the barriers in NH around policies that inhibit effective overdose prevention strategies impacted by adulterants. We will also explore stigma and fear-based propaganda that negatively impacts people who use drugs and our community.

Upon completion of this training, participants will be able to:

• Identify at least 2 common adulterants being identified in illicit substances in NH;
• Summarize the prevalence and impact of xylazine in the supply of fentanyl and cocaine;
• List at least 3 of the physical effects of adulterants used in the drug supply;
• Explain myths around exposure to fentanyl and the stigma they may create; and
• Describe the impact of Naloxone and developments in effective overdose strategies.

ABOUT THE PRESENTERS: 

John Burns, MBA, CRSW, is a person with lived experience in recovery, a family member of a loved one in recovery and a guardian caregiver for one of his grandsons. He is the director of SOS Recovery Community Organization. John has been engaged in training delivery and development over the last 5 years at SOS. He supervises a staff of over 20 at SOS Recovery Community Organization and assists in training and supervision of three Recovery Community Centers. SOS operates syringe service programs and harm reduction supplies at all of their recovery community centers as well as a comprehensive outreach program with those experiencing homelessness and a statewide “peer-strength” program for individuals involved in the criminal justice system. John and his team at SOS worked with local and national recovery leaders and subject matter experts to develop the Art & Science of Peer-Assisted Recovery® 30 hour peer-assisted recovery training curriculum, as well as trainings on ethics, HIV prevention, and suicide prevention for peer-assisted recovery supports. John is a member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT) and completed the MINT training of new trainers in 2021. He has been trained extensively in motivational interviewing techniques through a series of trainings and train the trainers sessions and is trained in Motivational Interviewing Treatment Integrity (MITI) Coding and is trained and authorized to complete Motivational Interviewing Competency Assessments (MICA) for coding practitioners of MI. John serves as Vice Chair on the board of the NH Harm Reduction Coalition and on the executive committee of the Strafford County Public Health Advisory Committee. He is an appointee of NH Governor Sununu on the Overdose Fatality Review Commission and is a member of the budget taskforce for the NH Governor’s Commission for Alcohol and other drugs.

Eileen Doyle, CRSW, is the Training Coordinator at SOS Recovery Community Organization. A person in long-term recovery and a family member, Eileen has trained SOS curriculums with a variety of trainers and has completed Motivational Interviewing trainings with Stephen R. Andrew LCSW, LADC, CCS at the Health Education and Training Institute and John Gilbert, MS, RD, CCP, RHC-III, ACSM-CEP® at the Institute for Individual and Organizational Change. She works with SOSRCO Executive Director John Burns to create and revise curriculums for SOS and continues to work directly with participants seeking support services. She facilitates an Invitation to Change support group for family members each week. Eileen earned her Masters in Science for Teachers from the University of NH and a bachelor’s degree in Liberal Arts/Journalism from Northeastern University. She is a NH Certified Recovery Support Worker and a certified Journaling Instructor through the Therapeutic Writing Institute. She has led several journaling workshops for recovery support workers. Eileen volunteered at SOS for four years before retiring from a 23-year teaching career in a Massachusetts high school and being hired at SOS. Before becoming the Training Coordinator, she worked as the Recovery Friendly Workplace Coordinator for SOS as part of a statewide initiative to provide training and resources to employers to encourage them to support employees and their family members impacted by SUD.

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Date:

December 18, 2023

Time:

11:00 am - 1:00 pm

Location:

Remote via Zoom

Cost:

see registration

Sponsor: National Center for Health in Public Housing

In the coming years FQHC’s and PHPC’s are expected to take an increasing share of the country’s addiction management caseload. This is particularly true of health centers serving disadvantaged populations. In this webinar, join the National Center for Health in Public Housing team as they present an epidemiological perspective of addiction management with a focus on the impact of housing, poverty and historical marginalization have had on the lived experience of Residents of Public Housing and other marginalized groups. Additionally, through the lens of the Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) we will examine the models, practices and care interventions which can assist FQHCs and PHPC’s in supporting addiction management programs and promoting the staff and patient experience at their organization.

Learning Objectives:

1. Present an epidemiological perspective of addiction treatment/management at FQHCs and PHPCs.

2. Examine the impacts of the Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) on patients experiencing addiction.

3. Review models of care and workforce management that can maximize staff experience and reduce burnout.

4. Through the perspective of the SDOH, present models and practices to improve the patient experience in addiction treatment and support.

Speakers: Dr. Kevin Lombardi, MD MPH, Manager of Health Research, Policy and Advocacy, NCHPH

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Date:

December 18, 2023

Time:

1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Location:

virtual

Cost:

no costs

Sponsor: New Hampshire Alcohol & Drug Abuse Counselors Association

PRESENTATION: The goal of this workshop is to introduce attendees to the performance domains of the CRSW credential: Ethical Responsibility, Advocacy, Mentoring & Education, Recovery & Wellness Support.  Information will be specific to peer support and working with individuals with substance use and co-occurring mental health disorders in a supportive way.  Participants will understand the scope of service that CRSWs are able to provide, the variety of settings where these skills can be employed and the unique and powerful value that peer support services offer individuals pursuing recovery. Participants will learn how to work collaboratively across systems to better serve client needs. 

 As a result of this training participants will be able to:

• Describe the 4 performance domains relative to the recovery supports and the CRSW credential;
• Identify and describe the stages of change;
• Describe the provision of basic screening of persons with substance use and co-occurring mental health disorders;
• List signs and symptoms of addiction, intoxication and withdrawal; and
• Explain the function of screening, as it occurs in the Web Information Technology System (WITS).

PRESENTER:   Michael Lawless, MSW, LICSW, MLADC has worked in a variety of clinical settings providing direct services to clients with substance use and co-occurring mental health disorders.  He has worked as a supervisor of individuals who work as CRSW’s and has supervised individuals pursuing credentialing and licensure.   Michael has served as a contract manager for the Bureau of Drug & Alcohol Services, trainer in the community and has extensive experience working with legally-involved clients.  He is the Director for the State of NH’s Employee Assistance Program and has a small private practice in Manchester, NH.  Michael is a Diploma Candidate at the Carl Jung Institute of New England

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Date:

December 19, 2023

Time:

8:30 am - 4:00 pm

Location:

130 Pembroke Road, Suite 100 OR vi ZOOM
Concord, NH

Cost:

see registration

Sponsor: NH Alcohol & Drug Abuse Counselors Association

PRESENTATION: This workshop provides an overview of the 12 core functions for substance use counselors.  It is created for new counselors working toward credentialing.  The core functions discussed will be screening, intake, orientation, assessment, treatment planning, counseling, case management, crisis intervention, client education, referral, reports and record keeping and consultation.  It will also include discussion of the related global criteria of substance use counseling. Participants will be shown the value of each function, how they are interrelated, and form an understanding of how they apply to clinical practice.   

Upon completion of the training, participants will be able to:

• Define the role of the twelve core functions within counseling practice;
• Describe the interrelated aspects of the core functions and global criteria; and
• Summarize the core functions in the counseling process

NOTE:  Although this course meets categories of competence for substance use and other mental health counselors, this training is intended for individuals new to the profession of substance use disorders.  This course is core in nature and offers basic information.

ABOUT THE PRESENTER:David Parisi, LICSW, MLADC, is in private practice in Central New Hampshire, where he has been providing mental health and chemical dependency treatment services for over 40 years. He was a member of the NH Certification Board for Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counselors since its inception and was a member of the Peer Review Committee attaché to the NH Board of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Professional Practice. Mr. Parisi served as the Chair of the Case Presentation Method Committee of the ICRC.AODA and was instrumental in the development of the process and standards for assessing alcohol and drug abuse counselor competency internationally. He was a faculty member of the New England Institute on Addiction Studies for over 20 years and is recognized internationally for providing professional training on counseling skills and counselor competency.

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Date:

January 5, 2024

Time:

8:30 am - 4:00 pm

Location:

130 Pembroke Road, Suite 150
Concord, NH

Cost:

see registration

Sponsor: Choices Addiction & Recovery Education

Course Description:

Anyone who is working with someone who is taking, has taken benzodiazepines know the side effects are extremely devastating. People with lived experience have been working tireless for years bring this knowledge to the mainstream communities. Now, you can be a part of their solution by having more knowledge of the effects of benzodiazepines and how to support individuals with these conditions. The struggle is real!

1 in 5 Americans take benzodiazepine prescribed by a physician or psychiatrist, and many providers do not know enough about the drugs and their adverse effects. Benzodiazepines can cause physical dependence when taken continuously, and withdrawal from this class of medication can produce long-term life-altering consequences. This training will educate peers, counselors, and caregivers on benzodiazepines, their effects, tapering, and withdrawal.

Objectives:

• Discuss benzodiazepine conditions for prescribing, use and discontinuation.
• Identify the difference between substance use disorder (SUD) and Physical Dependency (PD).
• Define, describe and explain BIND.
• Understand the barriers & stigma that impede wellness and healing.
• Develop skills to support hope, healing & wellness for Benzodiazepine Affected Individuals.
• Recognize and identify boundaries for the helper and the caregiver.
• Learn strategies to prevent compassion fatigue.

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Date:

January 23, 2024

Time:

11:00 am - 6:30 pm

Location:

Virtual by Zoom

Cost:

see registration

Sponsor: Choices Addiction & Recovery Education

Course Description:

Anyone who is working with someone who is taking, has taken benzodiazepines know the side effects are extremely devastating. People with lived experience have been working tireless for years bring this knowledge to the mainstream communities. Now, you can be a part of their solution by having more knowledge of the effects of benzodiazepines and how to support individuals with these conditions. The struggle is real!

1 in 5 Americans take benzodiazepine prescribed by a physician or psychiatrist, and many providers do not know enough about the drugs and their adverse effects. Benzodiazepines can cause physical dependence when taken continuously, and withdrawal from this class of medication can produce long-term life-altering consequences. This training will educate peers, counselors, and caregivers on benzodiazepines, their effects, tapering, and withdrawal.

Objectives:

• Discuss benzodiazepine conditions for prescribing, use and discontinuation.
• Identify the difference between substance use disorder (SUD) and Physical Dependency (PD).
• Define, describe and explain BIND.
• Understand the barriers & stigma that impede wellness and healing.
• Develop skills to support hope, healing & wellness for Benzodiazepine Affected Individuals.
• Recognize and identify boundaries for the helper and the caregiver.
• Learn strategies to prevent compassion fatigue.

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Date:

January 30, 2024

Time:

11:00 am - 6:30 pm

Location:

Virtual by Zoom

Cost:

see registration

Sponsor: Choices Addiction & Recovery Education

Course Description:

Anyone who is working with someone who is taking, has taken benzodiazepines know the side effects are extremely devastating. People with lived experience have been working tireless for years bring this knowledge to the mainstream communities. Now, you can be a part of their solution by having more knowledge of the effects of benzodiazepines and how to support individuals with these conditions. The struggle is real!

1 in 5 Americans take benzodiazepine prescribed by a physician or psychiatrist, and many providers do not know enough about the drugs and their adverse effects. Benzodiazepines can cause physical dependence when taken continuously, and withdrawal from this class of medication can produce long-term life-altering consequences. This training will educate peers, counselors, and caregivers on benzodiazepines, their effects, tapering, and withdrawal.

Objectives:

• Discuss benzodiazepine conditions for prescribing, use and discontinuation.
• Identify the difference between substance use disorder (SUD) and Physical Dependency (PD).
• Define, describe and explain BIND.
• Understand the barriers & stigma that impede wellness and healing.
• Develop skills to support hope, healing & wellness for Benzodiazepine Affected Individuals.
• Recognize and identify boundaries for the helper and the caregiver.
• Learn strategies to prevent compassion fatigue.

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Date:

November 7, 2024

Time:

11:00 am - 6:30 pm

Location:

Virtual by Zoom

Cost:

see registration

Sponsor: Choices Addiction & Recovery Education

Course Description:

Anyone who is working with someone who is taking, has taken benzodiazepines know the side effects are extremely devastating. People with lived experience have been working tireless for years bring this knowledge to the mainstream communities. Now, you can be a part of their solution by having more knowledge of the effects of benzodiazepines and how to support individuals with these conditions. The struggle is real!

1 in 5 Americans take benzodiazepine prescribed by a physician or psychiatrist, and many providers do not know enough about the drugs and their adverse effects. Benzodiazepines can cause physical dependence when taken continuously, and withdrawal from this class of medication can produce long-term life-altering consequences. This training will educate peers, counselors, and caregivers on benzodiazepines, their effects, tapering, and withdrawal.

Objectives:

• Discuss benzodiazepine conditions for prescribing, use and discontinuation.
• Identify the difference between substance use disorder (SUD) and Physical Dependency (PD).
• Define, describe and explain BIND.
• Understand the barriers & stigma that impede wellness and healing.
• Develop skills to support hope, healing & wellness for Benzodiazepine Affected Individuals.
• Recognize and identify boundaries for the helper and the caregiver.
• Learn strategies to prevent compassion fatigue.

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Date:

November 14, 2024

Time:

11:00 am - 6:30 pm

Location:

Virtual by Zoom

Cost:

see registration

Sponsor: American Psychiatric Association

Live presentation on March 8, 2022; recording will be available shortly after at  PCSS website (https://bit.ly/PCSSArchive).

About the webinar: Exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, the opioid epidemic in the United States is a dangerous reality that affects all demographics. In this presentation, gender differences in opioid use disorders will be discussed from an epidemiologic perspective. Understanding the differences in trends by gender can help clinicians treat the patient, rather than treating the condition. Neurobiological and social determinants will also be reviewed as the differences vary greatly by gender. Finally, treatment implications will be discussed so we can better understand the impact of tailored OUD treatment.

Educational objectives:  At the conclusion of this activity participants should be able to:

• Apply the epidemiologic differences in the prevalence of OUD to your practice setting. 
• Identify the gender differences in neurobiology of OUD when treating patients. 
• Evaluate the patient treatment outcomes based on gender.

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Target audience: Interprofessional teams, psychiatrists, physicians, nurses, physician assistants. The live webinar is accredited for physicians.

Cost:

no fee

Sponsor: Providers Clinical Support System

recorded webinar available February 5, 2021 to February 5, 2024

Presenter(s): Alexander Walley, MD, Boston Medical College

Target Audience: Physicians, nurse practitioners or other advanced practice nurses, PAs, psychologists, pharmacists, social workers and healthcare teams.

Webinar Description: The overdose crisis continues despite expanded and enhanced efforts to implement evidence-based practices, including overdose education and naloxone rescue kits, medication for opioid use disorder, and prescription opioid safety. While these evidence-based practices are more accessible, they are not reaching those at highest risk for overdose. Opportunities lie in engaging high-risk individuals, addressing the low barrier-retention paradox, and addressing the increasingly toxic drug supply. This webinar will equip learners with the knowledge to intervene during acute opiate toxicity episodes and help them develop practice improvement plans to reduce impediments to access of overdose prevention resources.

Educational Objectives:

• Describe at least three (3) approaches to reduce opioid overdose deaths.
• Identify at least three (3) limitations of these approaches to high-risk populations.
• List opportunities to engage high-risk individuals, address the low barrier-retention paradox and make the drug supply less toxic.

Credit Designations Available: AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™, Nursing Contact Hours, AAPA Category 1 CME credit, CEUs for psychology, Pharmacy Continuing Education Credit, and SW CE credit.

Continuing Education Information:

See details on link

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Cost:

No Costs

Sponsor: Providers Clinical Support System

Recorded webinar – January 2021

Presenter(s): Brad Finegood, MA, LMHC, Strategic Advisor, Public Health – Seattle & King County; Judith Tsui, MD, MPH, Physician, UW Medicine; Shireesha Dhanireddy, MD, Physician, UW Medicine; Richard Waters, MD, Physician, Site Medical Director – Housing & Street Outreach, Neighborcare Health

Target Audience: This activity is designed to meet the needs of primary care physicians, specialty care physicians, allied professional staff, and program administrators.

Webinar Description: Leading Seattle-area physicians discuss how quality medical care intersects with harm reduction philosophy and practice. Learn how medical providers have advanced opportunities for recovery from substance use disorders by providing compassionate care to people who use drugs and partnering with harm reduction services providers.

Educational Objectives:

• Examine the intersection between quality medical care and harm reduction philosophy and practice
• Identify partnership opportunities for physicians and harm reduction providers to provide compassionate care to people who use drugs

Continuing Education Information:

1. View the recorded webinar and return to the web page that lists the webinar recording link. By viewing the full presentation it will unlock and allow you to proceed to the evaluation.
2. Click “Evaluation” and answer the questions to the best of your ability. Upon completion of this survey, you will be directed to PCSS to claim your certificate.
3. If you have any questions or you do not receive your certificate, please email #ob#cpff#at#nnnc.bet#ob# or call (855) 227-2776.Note: This archive webinar is not designated for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™

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Cost:

No costs

Sponsor: Think Cultural Health – A US Department of Health and Human Services sponsored site

To register click here

This program is approved for 5 Contact hours for LADC’s. See registration for details on additional CE. Expiration on CE’s March 31,2023

Cost:

FREE

Hosted By: New England Prevention Technology Transfer Center Network

Loneliness, mental health challenges and substance use have risen in our culture. In the midst of suffering, people continue to report feeling judged and stigmatized. We know from the research that there’s a strong correlation between early childhood trauma, mental and physical health issues. Guided by science, empathy, a trauma-informed lens and type 2 thinking, we’ll debunk myths and begin moving away from “us versus them” toward a vision that “we” can heal, connect and thrive together. Armed with powerful insights we can begin to find sustainable solutions by becoming compassionate, resilient, and self-healing communities. This training provides an overview of the science of positive experiences, how ACEs and stigma greatly increase the risk for isolation and loneliness. This approach reduces barriers to improve health equity, resilience, and connection to support well-being.

Speaker: Kini-Ana Tinkham, (she/her/hers)

Kini is the Executive Director of the Maine Resilience Building Network, a public health not-for-profit working to improve the health and well-being of children, individuals, and communities by advancing MRBN’s mission through capacity building, system integration, education, policy, and advocacy.

Kini has worked in public health and healthcare for 40 years as an RN, educator, advocate, and leader. She brings proven system transformation leadership to advance health equity, and well-being. In addition to her work at MRBN, her career expands across maternal and child health, home visitation, school-based health centers, youth leadership, and community health education. Kini is a Daniel Hanley Center for Health Leadership Class VII graduate. She has served as a school board member and Chair of the RSU #38 school committee and a past recipient of the Maine Youth Action Network (MYAN) Youth Leadership and Advocacy award.

About the webinar: This webinar is hosted by the New England PTTC, a program funded by SAMHSA, in response to an identified need for training on strategies to reduce stigma for prevention professionals in New England. Participants who complete the full webinar will receive a certificate of participation for 1.5 contact hours. No partial credit will be awarded. This webinar will not be recorded.

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Date:

December 4, 2023

Time:

11:00 am - 12:30 pm

Location:

virtual

Cost:

no costs

Sponsor: Choices Addiction & Recovery Education

Course Description: Motivational interviewing is evidence-based and is integral in counseling to initiate movement toward behavior change. Peer recovery support workers and peer coaches utilize motivational interviewing and conversation in alignment with their role of reducing power differentials. Our course offers foundational learning to implement these powerful skills.

Objectives:

• Learn the spirit of motivational conversation.
• Implement concepts of active listening.
• Identify ambivalence.
• Learn the fundamentals of Open-Ended Questions, Affirmations, Reflective Listening, and Summarizing (OARS).

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Date:

December 6, 2023

Time:

12:30 pm - 4:30 pm

Location:

Virtual by Zoom

Cost:

see registration

Sponsor: NH Alcohol & drug Abuse Counselors Association

The goals of this workshop are to: increase knowledge about HIV progression and treatment, increase understanding about NH HIV/AIDS EPI profile, and increase awareness of the correlation between HIV/STD/HEP (A, B&C) and TB. The workshop will also address the utilization of Motivational Enhancement Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in working with clients at high risk for HIV infection and secondary transmission. Particular attention will be paid to the link between potentional increased infection rate and the current rise of methamphetamine use. 

Upon completion of the event participants will be able to: 

• Utilize a basic knowledge about the HIV/AIDS epidemic; 
• Describe strategies to work with their high-risk clients utilizing harm reduction techniques; and 
• Explain the importance of integrating services of Substance Use, Mental Health, HIV/AIDS, housing providers and other community resources to better serve their clients. 

Peter DalPra, LADC, LCS, is the Clinical Coordinator for the NH Professionals Health Program (NHPHP) after working in residential treatment in NH for 18 years. He has also worked as the Chemical Dependency and HIV/AIDS Case Manager for the former NH Division of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention and Recovery as well as for the Nashua Public Health Department as an HIV/AIDS Street Outreach Worker. A nationally certified trainer in “Preventing HIV Disease Among Substance Abusers;” he is an Adjunct Faculty member at Concord Community College NHTI in Concord, NH. He is also a past President of NHADACA and a past member of the NH Board of Licensing for Alcohol and Other Drug Use Professionals. 

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Date:

December 8, 2023

Time:

8:30 am - 12:00 pm

Location:

130 Pembroke Road, Suite 150
Concord, NH 03301

Cost:

see registration

Sponsor: New Hampshire Alcohol & Drug Abuse Counselors Association

One of the primary characteristics of substance misuse is its impact on a user’s brain. But what happens when that brain is still developing? How do drugs impact the structure and functions of the developing brain in childhood and adolescents? In this full day training, we explore the growth and development of the brain from infancy to late adolescence and examine the impact various substances in the trajectory of that development. Specifically, we will examine the impact of developmental shifts that occurs on learning & cognition, emotional regulation and behavioral control capacities of the children when subjected to nicotine, alcohol and cannabis as well as some stimulants since these are the substances most commonly misused during these developmental stages. Due to time constraints, we will not be able to cover prenatal substance use exposure and brain development. This training is especially important for educators and treatment professionals who work with children and adolescents.

Upon completion of this training, participants will be able to:

• Summarize the four critical mechanisms by which the brain operates;
• Describe how each of these mechanisms develop and evolve in early childhood to late adolescence; and
• Identify the impact of substance use on the cognitive, emotional and behavioral manifestations of misused substances on the developing brain.

Dr. Afshar has been a professional psychotherapist, trainer and educator for over 35 years.  He received his Doctorate in Professional Psychology (Psy.D.) from California Coast University, his Masters in Counseling from Harvard University and his Bachelors in Psychology from U.Mass-Boston. He is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor and School Psychologist. He is also a certified School Principle, and School Counselor.   Dr. Afshar has been a Director of Special Education & Guidance for SAU #37 & 50, Director of Guidance & Advising for Pinkerton Academy has taught courses in Psychology, Mental Health Counseling, Special Education, School Guidance and Psychology of Design at the graduate and undergraduate levels for the past 35 years. Dr. Afshar’s professional experience in addiction and recovery includes both clinical work as the Admissions Director of the Drug Addiction Rehabilitation Center (Later Dorchester Counseling Center) in Dorchester as well Associate Executive Director and Clinical Director of Noddle’s Island Multi-service Agency in East Boston, Massachusetts. He was the addictions consultant at the Massachusetts General Hospital—The Charlestown Clinic in Boston, and has consulted extensively with medical, legal, educational and business organization around the issues of addiction prevention, intervention and recovery He has taught courses on addiction at the graduate and undergraduate levels in topics such as Psychopharmacology of Addiction, History and Socio-Politics of Addiction, and treatment models.   With a wide range of professional expertise spanning nearly 4 decades, Dr. Afshar brings a considerable breadth and depth of understanding of addictions and mental health issues as applicable in a variety of settings, age spans and affected populations.  

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Date:

December 11, 2023

Time:

8:30 am - 4:00 pm

Location:

Remote via Zoom

Cost:

see registration

Sponsor: National Council for Mental Wellbeing

The number of people in America who died from a drug overdose in 2021 was more than six times the number in 1999, with more than 75% of those deaths involving an opioid, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). How did we get here? What’s next?
 
Find out on Dec. 13 (2-3 p.m. ET) during American Tragedy: Dopesick Author Beth Macy on the Opioid Crisis, Overdose Deaths and What’s Next, our 13th Wellbeing Wednesdays episode featuring New York Times bestselling author and award-winning journalist Beth Macy.
 
Macy is renowned for documenting the epidemic — from the flood of prescription drugs that fueled addiction and overdose deaths to failed drug policies. Her books include “Raising Lazarus” and “Dopesick,” which was made into a Peabody- and Emmy-winning Hulu series.
 
National Council President and CEO Chuck Ingoglia will sit down with the author to discuss the future of the opioid crisis, overdose deaths and harm reduction, as well as the important work of peer support specialists who battle stigma and local laws to help people who use drugs.

Join us on December 13 for the next episode in our Wellbeing Wednesdays virtual learning series, where the best minds in health care share their thoughts on current issues:

• Beth Macy, New York Times bestselling author of Dopesick and Raising Lazarus
• Chuck Ingoglia, President and CEO, National Council for Mental Wellbeing

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Date:

December 13, 2023

Time:

2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Location:

virtual

Cost:

no costs

Sponsor: New Hampshire Alcohol & Drug Abuse Counselors Association

PRESENTATION: This training will introduce the history and guiding principles of Harm Reduction. We will discuss various examples of harm reduction strategies and overdose prevention and how we can integrate Harm Reduction across the spectrum of drug use. This will be an interactive training to create a safe space to explore our individual biases and how stigma and bias can impact access to services and the delivery of services in our communities. We will explore the intersections of race and ethnicity along with social determinants of health and the importance of culturally responsive systems of care. This class will also discuss harm reduction effort that are occurring locally, regionally and nationally and how participants of the training can integrate these approaches into their work to support people in our communities.

Upon completion of this training, participants will be able to:

• Describe harm reduction as an approach to reducing health and social risks associated with drug use;
• Identify 3 harm reduction interventions;
• Describe how those 3 harm reduction interventions reduce health and/or social risks associated with drug use in communities of color;
• Create 3 strategies to incorporate harm reduction approaches into their own work with clients with an emphasis on approaches in communities of color;
• List at least 4 harmful impacts of stigma on vulnerable and marginalized individuals who may use drugs; and
• Describe collaborative goal setting for overdose and infection prevention with people who use drugs.

John Burns, MBA, CRSW, is a person with lived experience in recovery, a family member of a loved one in recovery and a guardian caregiver for one of his grandsons. He is the director of SOS Recovery Community Organization. John has been engaged in training delivery and development over the last 5 years at SOS. He supervises a staff of over 20 at SOS Recovery Community Organization and assists in training and supervision of three Recovery Community Centers. SOS operates syringe service programs and harm reduction supplies at all of their recovery community centers as well as a comprehensive outreach program with those experiencing homelessness and a statewide “peer-strength” program for individuals involved in the criminal justice system. John and his team at SOS worked with local and national recovery leaders and subject matter experts to develop the Art & Science of Peer-Assisted Recovery® 30 hour peer-assisted recovery training curriculum, as well as trainings on ethics, HIV prevention, and suicide prevention for peer-assisted recovery supports. John is a member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT) and completed the MINT training of new trainers in 2021. He has been trained extensively in motivational interviewing techniques through a series of trainings and train the trainers sessions and is trained in Motivational Interviewing Treatment Integrity (MITI) Coding and is trained and authorized to complete Motivational Interviewing Competency Assessments (MICA) for coding practitioners of MI. John serves as Vice Chair on the board of the NH Harm Reduction Coalition and on the executive committee of the Strafford County Public Health Advisory Committee. He is an appointee of NH Governor Sununu on the Overdose Fatality Review Commission and is a member of the budget taskforce for the NH Governor’s Commission for Alcohol and other drugs.

Eileen Doyle, CRSW, is the Training Coordinator at SOS Recovery Community Organization. A person in long-term recovery and a family member, Eileen has trained SOS curriculums with a variety of trainers and has completed Motivational Interviewing trainings with Stephen R. Andrew LCSW, LADC, CCS at the Health Education and Training Institute and John Gilbert, MS, RD, CCP, RHC-III, ACSM-CEP® at the Institute for Individual and Organizational Change. She works with SOSRCO Executive Director John Burns to create and revise curriculums for SOS and continues to work directly with participants seeking support services. She facilitates an Invitation to Change support group for family members each week. Eileen earned her Masters in Science for Teachers from the University of NH and a bachelor’s degree in Liberal Arts/Journalism from Northeastern University. She is a NH Certified Recovery Support Worker and a certified Journaling Instructor through the Therapeutic Writing Institute. She has led several journaling workshops for recovery support workers. Eileen volunteered at SOS for four years before retiring from a 23-year teaching career in a Massachusetts high school and being hired at SOS. Before becoming the Training Coordinator, she worked as the Recovery Friendly Workplace Coordinator for SOS as part of a statewide initiative to provide training and resources to employers to encourage them to support employees and their family members impacted by SUD.

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Date:

December 14, 2023

Time:

8:30 am - 1:00 pm

Location:

130 Pembroke Road, Suite 150
Concord, NH

Cost:

see registration

Sponsor: New Hampshire Alcohol & Drug Abuse Counselors Association

PRESENTATION: This training will discuss an effective approach in the treatment of challenging clients and provide participants with an opportunity to explore creative ways of integrating these approaches into an effective therapeutic intervention — when to use, when not to use Motivational Interviewing. This class will introduce participants to Motivational Interviewing (MI) theory and practice. Participants will learn about the fundamentals of MI including understanding ambivalence, the MI Spirit, and how we can best support others considering change. This workshop will include ample opportunities for topic discussion and practicing reflective listening, developing focus, and recognizing, evoking, and responding to a person’s “change talk”.

Upon completion of this training, participants will be able to:

• Define MI as a counseling style;
• Define the Spirit of MI;
• Define the 4 principles of MI;
• Demonstrate use of OARS;
• Describe how to identify sustain and change talk; and
• Demonstrate at least 2 methods to elicit change talk.

ABOUT THE PRESENTERS: 

John Burns, MBA, CRSW, is a person with lived experience in recovery, a family member of a loved one in recovery and a guardian caregiver for one of his grandsons. He is the director of SOS Recovery Community Organization. John has been engaged in training delivery and development over the last 5 years at SOS. He supervises a staff of over 20 at SOS Recovery Community Organization and assists in training and supervision of three Recovery Community Centers. SOS operates syringe service programs and harm reduction supplies at all of their recovery community centers as well as a comprehensive outreach program with those experiencing homelessness and a statewide “peer-strength” program for individuals involved in the criminal justice system. John and his team at SOS worked with local and national recovery leaders and subject matter experts to develop the Art & Science of Peer-Assisted Recovery® 30 hour peer-assisted recovery training curriculum, as well as trainings on ethics, HIV prevention, and suicide prevention for peer-assisted recovery supports. John is a member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT) and completed the MINT training of new trainers in 2021. He has been trained extensively in motivational interviewing techniques through a series of trainings and train the trainers sessions and is trained in Motivational Interviewing Treatment Integrity (MITI) Coding and is trained and authorized to complete Motivational Interviewing Competency Assessments (MICA) for coding practitioners of MI. John serves as Vice Chair on the board of the NH Harm Reduction Coalition and on the executive committee of the Strafford County Public Health Advisory Committee. He is an appointee of NH Governor Sununu on the Overdose Fatality Review Commission and is a member of the budget taskforce for the NH Governor’s Commission for Alcohol and other drugs.

Eileen Doyle, CRSW, is the Training Coordinator at SOS Recovery Community Organization. A person in long-term recovery and a family member, Eileen has trained SOS curriculums with a variety of trainers and has completed Motivational Interviewing trainings with Stephen R. Andrew LCSW, LADC, CCS at the Health Education and Training Institute and John Gilbert, MS, RD, CCP, RHC-III, ACSM-CEP® at the Institute for Individual and Organizational Change. She works with SOSRCO Executive Director John Burns to create and revise curriculums for SOS and continues to work directly with participants seeking support services. She facilitates an Invitation to Change support group for family members each week. Eileen earned her Masters in Science for Teachers from the University of NH and a bachelor’s degree in Liberal Arts/Journalism from Northeastern University. She is a NH Certified Recovery Support Worker and a certified Journaling Instructor through the Therapeutic Writing Institute. She has led several journaling workshops for recovery support workers. Eileen volunteered at SOS for four years before retiring from a 23-year teaching career in a Massachusetts high school and being hired at SOS. Before becoming the Training Coordinator, she worked as the Recovery Friendly Workplace Coordinator for SOS as part of a statewide initiative to provide training and resources to employers to encourage them to support employees and their family members impacted by SUD.

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Date:

December 15, 2023

Time:

8:30 am - 4:00 pm

Location:

Remote via Zoom

Cost:

see registration

Sponsor: New Hampshire Alcohol & Drug Abuse Counselors Association

PRESENTATION: There is strong evidence that culturally responsive care improves client/patient satisfaction that leads to greater engagement in care, improved adherence to treatment and better health outcomes. Through interactive self-reflection and discussion we will focus on improving our ability to interact effectively with people of different cultures to help ensure the needs of all community members are addressed. We will look beyond just race and ethnicity to include gender, sexual orientation, disability, religion, socio-economic status, and geographic location. The course includes several activities to engage participants and encourages participants to reflect on how their own knowledge and beliefs may affect interactions with individuals who share different perspectives. The session will feature a segment dedicated to creating greater awareness and forming knowledge and familiarity with the special issues and needs of people from diverse populations who struggle with substance use disorder. Participants will work individually and together to identify concrete actions for creating a workplace environment that is more equitable, diverse, and inclusive.

As a result of attending this training, participants will be able to: 

• Summarize a basic understanding of cultural competence;
• Describe the framework and rationale for culturally responsive care;
• List at least 3 individual and organizational barriers to cultural competence
• Describe at least 3 practical skills & techniques to provide more culturally appropriate services; and
• Articulate how to build understanding of cultural perspectives on substance use.

ABOUT THE PRESENTER: James Figueiredo, M.Ed. is the Executive Director and Founder of Community Workforce Initiative. He has over 3 decades of experience working in the public health field throughout the United States and internationally. His work is focused primarily on the professional development of frontline workers and their supervisors. James has extensive experience developing and delivering trainings on cultural competency, suicide prevention, HIV/AIDS, and leadership development. James has served as lecturer at Tufts University and was selected as an author for the Foundations for Community Health Workers textbook slated for release in August 2023. During the height of the HIV/AIDS pandemic, James worked as a community health work on an integrated clinical team at the Cambridge Health Alliance. He spent another decade at the Justice Resource Institute (JRI) as the Director of Education and Training, where he served as co-chair of the Diversity Committee, oversaw, and led trainings throughout sub-Saharan Africa. James speaks Portuguese, Spanish, Haitian Creole, and Cape Verdean Creole. He holds a Master of Education degree from Harvard University and Graduate Certificate in Non-Profit Leadership and Management from Boston University. As an undergraduate he studied English Language and Literature at West London College in the United Kingdom. He most enjoys spending time with his spouse and children on backpacking trips. He aspires to be a coffee grower, avocado farmer, and beekeeper when he retires.

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Date:

December 18, 2023

Time:

8:30 am - 4:00 pm

Location:

130 Pembroke Road, Suite 150,
Concord, NH

Cost:

see registration

Sponsor: NH Alcohol & Drug Abuse Counselors Association

There is strong evidence that culturally responsive care improves client/patient satisfaction that leads to greater engagement in care, improved adherence to treatment and better health outcomes. Through interactive self-reflection and discussion we will focus on improving our ability to interact effectively with people of different cultures to help ensure the needs of all community members are addressed. We will look beyond just race and ethnicity to include gender, sexual orientation, disability, religion, socio-economic status, and geographic location. The course includes several activities to engage participants and encourages participants to reflect on how their own knowledge and beliefs may affect interactions with individuals who share different perspectives. The session will feature a segment dedicated to creating greater awareness and forming knowledge and familiarity with the special issues and needs of people from diverse populations who struggle with substance use disorder. Participants will work individually and together to identify concrete actions for creating a workplace environment that is more equitable, diverse, and inclusive.

As a result of attending this training, participants will be able to: 

• Summarize a basic understanding of cultural competence;
• List the framework and rationale for culturally responsive care;
• Examine individual and organizational barriers to cultural competence; 
• Describe practical skills & techniques to provide more culturally appropriate services; and
• Build understanding of cultural perspectives on substance use. 

ABOUT THE PRESENTER: James Figueiredo, M.Ed. is the Executive Director and Founder of Community Workforce Initiative. He has over 3 decades of experience working in the public health field throughout the United States and internationally. His work is focused primarily on the professional development of frontline workers and their supervisors. James has extensive experience developing and delivering trainings on cultural competency, suicide prevention, HIV/AIDS, and leadership development. James has served as lecturer at Tufts University and was selected as an author for the Foundations for Community Health Workers textbook slated for release in August 2023. During the height of the HIV/AIDS pandemic, James worked as a community health work on an integrated clinical team at the Cambridge Health Alliance. He spent another decade at the Justice Resource Institute (JRI) as the Director of Education and Training, where he served as co-chair of the Diversity Committee, oversaw, and led trainings throughout sub-Saharan Africa. James speaks Portuguese, Spanish, Haitian Creole, and Cape Verdean Creole. He holds a Master of Education degree from Harvard University and Graduate Certificate in Non-Profit Leadership and Management from Boston University. As an undergraduate he studied English Language and Literature at West London College in the United Kingdom. He most enjoys spending time with his spouse and children on backpacking trips. He aspires to be a coffee grower, avocado farmer, and beekeeper when he retires.

For more information and to register for this click here:

Date:

December 18, 2023

Time:

8:30 am - 4:00 pm

Location:

130 Pembroke Road, Suite 150
Concord, NH 03301

Cost:

See registration

Sponsor: New Hampshire Alcohol & Drug Abuse Counselors Association

PRESENTATION: The course examines trends in NH and explores the adulterants cut into today’s street drug supply and their physical effects, including in samples of cocaine, fentanyl, heroin and methamphetamines as well as the presence of xylazine in fentanyl. This will provide an opportunity to discuss community drug checking and the barriers in NH around policies that inhibit effective overdose prevention strategies impacted by adulterants. We will also explore stigma and fear-based propaganda that negatively impacts people who use drugs and our community.

Upon completion of this training, participants will be able to:

• Identify at least 2 common adulterants being identified in illicit substances in NH;
• Summarize the prevalence and impact of xylazine in the supply of fentanyl and cocaine;
• List at least 3 of the physical effects of adulterants used in the drug supply;
• Explain myths around exposure to fentanyl and the stigma they may create; and
• Describe the impact of Naloxone and developments in effective overdose strategies.

ABOUT THE PRESENTERS: 

John Burns, MBA, CRSW, is a person with lived experience in recovery, a family member of a loved one in recovery and a guardian caregiver for one of his grandsons. He is the director of SOS Recovery Community Organization. John has been engaged in training delivery and development over the last 5 years at SOS. He supervises a staff of over 20 at SOS Recovery Community Organization and assists in training and supervision of three Recovery Community Centers. SOS operates syringe service programs and harm reduction supplies at all of their recovery community centers as well as a comprehensive outreach program with those experiencing homelessness and a statewide “peer-strength” program for individuals involved in the criminal justice system. John and his team at SOS worked with local and national recovery leaders and subject matter experts to develop the Art & Science of Peer-Assisted Recovery® 30 hour peer-assisted recovery training curriculum, as well as trainings on ethics, HIV prevention, and suicide prevention for peer-assisted recovery supports. John is a member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT) and completed the MINT training of new trainers in 2021. He has been trained extensively in motivational interviewing techniques through a series of trainings and train the trainers sessions and is trained in Motivational Interviewing Treatment Integrity (MITI) Coding and is trained and authorized to complete Motivational Interviewing Competency Assessments (MICA) for coding practitioners of MI. John serves as Vice Chair on the board of the NH Harm Reduction Coalition and on the executive committee of the Strafford County Public Health Advisory Committee. He is an appointee of NH Governor Sununu on the Overdose Fatality Review Commission and is a member of the budget taskforce for the NH Governor’s Commission for Alcohol and other drugs.

Eileen Doyle, CRSW, is the Training Coordinator at SOS Recovery Community Organization. A person in long-term recovery and a family member, Eileen has trained SOS curriculums with a variety of trainers and has completed Motivational Interviewing trainings with Stephen R. Andrew LCSW, LADC, CCS at the Health Education and Training Institute and John Gilbert, MS, RD, CCP, RHC-III, ACSM-CEP® at the Institute for Individual and Organizational Change. She works with SOSRCO Executive Director John Burns to create and revise curriculums for SOS and continues to work directly with participants seeking support services. She facilitates an Invitation to Change support group for family members each week. Eileen earned her Masters in Science for Teachers from the University of NH and a bachelor’s degree in Liberal Arts/Journalism from Northeastern University. She is a NH Certified Recovery Support Worker and a certified Journaling Instructor through the Therapeutic Writing Institute. She has led several journaling workshops for recovery support workers. Eileen volunteered at SOS for four years before retiring from a 23-year teaching career in a Massachusetts high school and being hired at SOS. Before becoming the Training Coordinator, she worked as the Recovery Friendly Workplace Coordinator for SOS as part of a statewide initiative to provide training and resources to employers to encourage them to support employees and their family members impacted by SUD.

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Date:

December 18, 2023

Time:

11:00 am - 1:00 pm

Location:

Remote via Zoom

Cost:

see registration

Sponsor: National Center for Health in Public Housing

In the coming years FQHC’s and PHPC’s are expected to take an increasing share of the country’s addiction management caseload. This is particularly true of health centers serving disadvantaged populations. In this webinar, join the National Center for Health in Public Housing team as they present an epidemiological perspective of addiction management with a focus on the impact of housing, poverty and historical marginalization have had on the lived experience of Residents of Public Housing and other marginalized groups. Additionally, through the lens of the Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) we will examine the models, practices and care interventions which can assist FQHCs and PHPC’s in supporting addiction management programs and promoting the staff and patient experience at their organization.

Learning Objectives:

1. Present an epidemiological perspective of addiction treatment/management at FQHCs and PHPCs.

2. Examine the impacts of the Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) on patients experiencing addiction.

3. Review models of care and workforce management that can maximize staff experience and reduce burnout.

4. Through the perspective of the SDOH, present models and practices to improve the patient experience in addiction treatment and support.

Speakers: Dr. Kevin Lombardi, MD MPH, Manager of Health Research, Policy and Advocacy, NCHPH

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Date:

December 18, 2023

Time:

1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Location:

virtual

Cost:

no costs

Sponsor: New Hampshire Alcohol & Drug Abuse Counselors Association

PRESENTATION: The goal of this workshop is to introduce attendees to the performance domains of the CRSW credential: Ethical Responsibility, Advocacy, Mentoring & Education, Recovery & Wellness Support.  Information will be specific to peer support and working with individuals with substance use and co-occurring mental health disorders in a supportive way.  Participants will understand the scope of service that CRSWs are able to provide, the variety of settings where these skills can be employed and the unique and powerful value that peer support services offer individuals pursuing recovery. Participants will learn how to work collaboratively across systems to better serve client needs. 

 As a result of this training participants will be able to:

• Describe the 4 performance domains relative to the recovery supports and the CRSW credential;
• Identify and describe the stages of change;
• Describe the provision of basic screening of persons with substance use and co-occurring mental health disorders;
• List signs and symptoms of addiction, intoxication and withdrawal; and
• Explain the function of screening, as it occurs in the Web Information Technology System (WITS).

PRESENTER:   Michael Lawless, MSW, LICSW, MLADC has worked in a variety of clinical settings providing direct services to clients with substance use and co-occurring mental health disorders.  He has worked as a supervisor of individuals who work as CRSW’s and has supervised individuals pursuing credentialing and licensure.   Michael has served as a contract manager for the Bureau of Drug & Alcohol Services, trainer in the community and has extensive experience working with legally-involved clients.  He is the Director for the State of NH’s Employee Assistance Program and has a small private practice in Manchester, NH.  Michael is a Diploma Candidate at the Carl Jung Institute of New England

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Date:

December 19, 2023

Time:

8:30 am - 4:00 pm

Location:

130 Pembroke Road, Suite 100 OR vi ZOOM
Concord, NH

Cost:

see registration

Sponsor: NH Alcohol & Drug Abuse Counselors Association

PRESENTATION: This workshop provides an overview of the 12 core functions for substance use counselors.  It is created for new counselors working toward credentialing.  The core functions discussed will be screening, intake, orientation, assessment, treatment planning, counseling, case management, crisis intervention, client education, referral, reports and record keeping and consultation.  It will also include discussion of the related global criteria of substance use counseling. Participants will be shown the value of each function, how they are interrelated, and form an understanding of how they apply to clinical practice.   

Upon completion of the training, participants will be able to:

• Define the role of the twelve core functions within counseling practice;
• Describe the interrelated aspects of the core functions and global criteria; and
• Summarize the core functions in the counseling process

NOTE:  Although this course meets categories of competence for substance use and other mental health counselors, this training is intended for individuals new to the profession of substance use disorders.  This course is core in nature and offers basic information.

ABOUT THE PRESENTER:David Parisi, LICSW, MLADC, is in private practice in Central New Hampshire, where he has been providing mental health and chemical dependency treatment services for over 40 years. He was a member of the NH Certification Board for Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counselors since its inception and was a member of the Peer Review Committee attaché to the NH Board of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Professional Practice. Mr. Parisi served as the Chair of the Case Presentation Method Committee of the ICRC.AODA and was instrumental in the development of the process and standards for assessing alcohol and drug abuse counselor competency internationally. He was a faculty member of the New England Institute on Addiction Studies for over 20 years and is recognized internationally for providing professional training on counseling skills and counselor competency.

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Date:

January 5, 2024

Time:

8:30 am - 4:00 pm

Location:

130 Pembroke Road, Suite 150
Concord, NH

Cost:

see registration

Sponsor: Choices Addiction & Recovery Education

Course Description:

Anyone who is working with someone who is taking, has taken benzodiazepines know the side effects are extremely devastating. People with lived experience have been working tireless for years bring this knowledge to the mainstream communities. Now, you can be a part of their solution by having more knowledge of the effects of benzodiazepines and how to support individuals with these conditions. The struggle is real!

1 in 5 Americans take benzodiazepine prescribed by a physician or psychiatrist, and many providers do not know enough about the drugs and their adverse effects. Benzodiazepines can cause physical dependence when taken continuously, and withdrawal from this class of medication can produce long-term life-altering consequences. This training will educate peers, counselors, and caregivers on benzodiazepines, their effects, tapering, and withdrawal.

Objectives:

• Discuss benzodiazepine conditions for prescribing, use and discontinuation.
• Identify the difference between substance use disorder (SUD) and Physical Dependency (PD).
• Define, describe and explain BIND.
• Understand the barriers & stigma that impede wellness and healing.
• Develop skills to support hope, healing & wellness for Benzodiazepine Affected Individuals.
• Recognize and identify boundaries for the helper and the caregiver.
• Learn strategies to prevent compassion fatigue.

For more information and to register click here

Date:

January 23, 2024

Time:

11:00 am - 6:30 pm

Location:

Virtual by Zoom

Cost:

see registration

Sponsor: Choices Addiction & Recovery Education

Course Description:

Anyone who is working with someone who is taking, has taken benzodiazepines know the side effects are extremely devastating. People with lived experience have been working tireless for years bring this knowledge to the mainstream communities. Now, you can be a part of their solution by having more knowledge of the effects of benzodiazepines and how to support individuals with these conditions. The struggle is real!

1 in 5 Americans take benzodiazepine prescribed by a physician or psychiatrist, and many providers do not know enough about the drugs and their adverse effects. Benzodiazepines can cause physical dependence when taken continuously, and withdrawal from this class of medication can produce long-term life-altering consequences. This training will educate peers, counselors, and caregivers on benzodiazepines, their effects, tapering, and withdrawal.

Objectives:

• Discuss benzodiazepine conditions for prescribing, use and discontinuation.
• Identify the difference between substance use disorder (SUD) and Physical Dependency (PD).
• Define, describe and explain BIND.
• Understand the barriers & stigma that impede wellness and healing.
• Develop skills to support hope, healing & wellness for Benzodiazepine Affected Individuals.
• Recognize and identify boundaries for the helper and the caregiver.
• Learn strategies to prevent compassion fatigue.

For more information and to register click here

Date:

January 30, 2024

Time:

11:00 am - 6:30 pm

Location:

Virtual by Zoom

Cost:

see registration

Sponsor: Choices Addiction & Recovery Education

Course Description:

Anyone who is working with someone who is taking, has taken benzodiazepines know the side effects are extremely devastating. People with lived experience have been working tireless for years bring this knowledge to the mainstream communities. Now, you can be a part of their solution by having more knowledge of the effects of benzodiazepines and how to support individuals with these conditions. The struggle is real!

1 in 5 Americans take benzodiazepine prescribed by a physician or psychiatrist, and many providers do not know enough about the drugs and their adverse effects. Benzodiazepines can cause physical dependence when taken continuously, and withdrawal from this class of medication can produce long-term life-altering consequences. This training will educate peers, counselors, and caregivers on benzodiazepines, their effects, tapering, and withdrawal.

Objectives:

• Discuss benzodiazepine conditions for prescribing, use and discontinuation.
• Identify the difference between substance use disorder (SUD) and Physical Dependency (PD).
• Define, describe and explain BIND.
• Understand the barriers & stigma that impede wellness and healing.
• Develop skills to support hope, healing & wellness for Benzodiazepine Affected Individuals.
• Recognize and identify boundaries for the helper and the caregiver.
• Learn strategies to prevent compassion fatigue.

For more information and to register click here

Date:

November 7, 2024

Time:

11:00 am - 6:30 pm

Location:

Virtual by Zoom

Cost:

see registration

Sponsor: Choices Addiction & Recovery Education

Course Description:

Anyone who is working with someone who is taking, has taken benzodiazepines know the side effects are extremely devastating. People with lived experience have been working tireless for years bring this knowledge to the mainstream communities. Now, you can be a part of their solution by having more knowledge of the effects of benzodiazepines and how to support individuals with these conditions. The struggle is real!

1 in 5 Americans take benzodiazepine prescribed by a physician or psychiatrist, and many providers do not know enough about the drugs and their adverse effects. Benzodiazepines can cause physical dependence when taken continuously, and withdrawal from this class of medication can produce long-term life-altering consequences. This training will educate peers, counselors, and caregivers on benzodiazepines, their effects, tapering, and withdrawal.

Objectives:

• Discuss benzodiazepine conditions for prescribing, use and discontinuation.
• Identify the difference between substance use disorder (SUD) and Physical Dependency (PD).
• Define, describe and explain BIND.
• Understand the barriers & stigma that impede wellness and healing.
• Develop skills to support hope, healing & wellness for Benzodiazepine Affected Individuals.
• Recognize and identify boundaries for the helper and the caregiver.
• Learn strategies to prevent compassion fatigue.

For more information and to register click here

Date:

November 14, 2024

Time:

11:00 am - 6:30 pm

Location:

Virtual by Zoom

Cost:

see registration

Sponsor: American Psychiatric Association

Live presentation on March 8, 2022; recording will be available shortly after at  PCSS website (https://bit.ly/PCSSArchive).

About the webinar: Exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, the opioid epidemic in the United States is a dangerous reality that affects all demographics. In this presentation, gender differences in opioid use disorders will be discussed from an epidemiologic perspective. Understanding the differences in trends by gender can help clinicians treat the patient, rather than treating the condition. Neurobiological and social determinants will also be reviewed as the differences vary greatly by gender. Finally, treatment implications will be discussed so we can better understand the impact of tailored OUD treatment.

Educational objectives:  At the conclusion of this activity participants should be able to:

• Apply the epidemiologic differences in the prevalence of OUD to your practice setting. 
• Identify the gender differences in neurobiology of OUD when treating patients. 
• Evaluate the patient treatment outcomes based on gender.

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Target audience: Interprofessional teams, psychiatrists, physicians, nurses, physician assistants. The live webinar is accredited for physicians.

Cost:

no fee

Sponsor: Providers Clinical Support System

recorded webinar available February 5, 2021 to February 5, 2024

Presenter(s): Alexander Walley, MD, Boston Medical College

Target Audience: Physicians, nurse practitioners or other advanced practice nurses, PAs, psychologists, pharmacists, social workers and healthcare teams.

Webinar Description: The overdose crisis continues despite expanded and enhanced efforts to implement evidence-based practices, including overdose education and naloxone rescue kits, medication for opioid use disorder, and prescription opioid safety. While these evidence-based practices are more accessible, they are not reaching those at highest risk for overdose. Opportunities lie in engaging high-risk individuals, addressing the low barrier-retention paradox, and addressing the increasingly toxic drug supply. This webinar will equip learners with the knowledge to intervene during acute opiate toxicity episodes and help them develop practice improvement plans to reduce impediments to access of overdose prevention resources.

Educational Objectives:

• Describe at least three (3) approaches to reduce opioid overdose deaths.
• Identify at least three (3) limitations of these approaches to high-risk populations.
• List opportunities to engage high-risk individuals, address the low barrier-retention paradox and make the drug supply less toxic.

Credit Designations Available: AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™, Nursing Contact Hours, AAPA Category 1 CME credit, CEUs for psychology, Pharmacy Continuing Education Credit, and SW CE credit.

Continuing Education Information:

See details on link

To access recorded webinar click here

Cost:

No Costs

Sponsor: Providers Clinical Support System

Recorded webinar – January 2021

Presenter(s): Brad Finegood, MA, LMHC, Strategic Advisor, Public Health – Seattle & King County; Judith Tsui, MD, MPH, Physician, UW Medicine; Shireesha Dhanireddy, MD, Physician, UW Medicine; Richard Waters, MD, Physician, Site Medical Director – Housing & Street Outreach, Neighborcare Health

Target Audience: This activity is designed to meet the needs of primary care physicians, specialty care physicians, allied professional staff, and program administrators.

Webinar Description: Leading Seattle-area physicians discuss how quality medical care intersects with harm reduction philosophy and practice. Learn how medical providers have advanced opportunities for recovery from substance use disorders by providing compassionate care to people who use drugs and partnering with harm reduction services providers.

Educational Objectives:

• Examine the intersection between quality medical care and harm reduction philosophy and practice
• Identify partnership opportunities for physicians and harm reduction providers to provide compassionate care to people who use drugs

Continuing Education Information:

1. View the recorded webinar and return to the web page that lists the webinar recording link. By viewing the full presentation it will unlock and allow you to proceed to the evaluation.
2. Click “Evaluation” and answer the questions to the best of your ability. Upon completion of this survey, you will be directed to PCSS to claim your certificate.
3. If you have any questions or you do not receive your certificate, please email #ob#cpff#at#nnnc.bet#ob# or call (855) 227-2776.Note: This archive webinar is not designated for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™

To view webinar and slides click here

Cost:

No costs

Sponsor: Providers Clinical Support System

To view recorded session click here

Presenter(s): Chandra Speight, PhD, RN, NP-C, CNE Assistant Professor, Department of Advanced Nursing Practice and Education in the College of Nursing at East Carolina University

Target Audience: Nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, nurse midwives, physician assistants, and physicians, from novice to expert, in any field of practice, who are interesting in understanding factors affecting buprenorphine prescribing. The content will add to participants’ body of knowledge related to factors affecting buprenorphine prescribing by nurse practitioners. The session is unique because it offers insights on prescribing identified from individual interviews with nurse practitioners who hold buprenorphine waivers. It also offers special insight into barriers and facilitators to prescribing in rural regions.

Webinar Description: The webinar will first provide an overview of buprenorphine and its role in treating individuals living with substance use disorder. Policies affecting buprenorphine prescribing will then be reviewed, with an emphasis on the role of advanced practice providers in treating substance use disorder in rural areas and the buprenorphine prescribing policies that specifically impact their ability to prescribe. Barriers and facilitators to physician prescribing identified in the extant literature on buprenorphine prescribing will be briefly considered before the presenter shares barriers and facilitators to nurse practitioner prescribing identified in her research. The webinar will close with directions for future inquiry.

Educational Objectives:

• Describe the role of buprenorphine in treating individuals living with opioid use disorder in rural regions
• Analyze the policies that impact buprenorphine prescribing
• Describe barriers and facilitators to buprenorphine prescribing

Continuing Education Information:

1. View the recorded webinar and return to the web page that lists the webinar recording link. By viewing the full presentation it will unlock and allow you to proceed to the evaluation.
2. Click “Evaluation” and answer the questions to the best of your ability. Upon completion of this survey, you will be directed to PCSS to claim your certificate.
3. If you have any questions or you do not receive your certificate, please email #ob#cpff#at#nnnc.bet#ob# or call (855) 227-2776.Note: This archive webinar is not designated for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.

Cost:

no costs

Sponsor: Think Cultural Health – A US Department of Health and Human Services sponsored site

To register click here

This program is approved for 5 Contact hours for LADC’s. See registration for details on additional CE. Expiration on CE’s March 31,2023

Cost:

FREE

Available January 2020 through April 2028

Sponsor: New Hampshire Alcohol and Drug Counselors Association

What is stigma and how does it affect people with substance use disorder. This training will discuss how making a small change in how we speak and write about substance use disorder will make a huge impact.

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Cost:

See registration

Sponsor: Institution for Research, Education & Training in Addictions

Learn to identify the relationship between adolescents and sensation seeking/impulsivity. This connection is associated with the escalation of substance use. Students will become familiar with the screening tools that can detect and assess teens’ marijuana use, then explore new approaches to interventions and aftercare.

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Cost:

CEU's $10.00

Sponsor: HealtheKnowledge

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Cost:

free

Hosted By: New England Prevention Technology Transfer Center Network

Loneliness, mental health challenges and substance use have risen in our culture. In the midst of suffering, people continue to report feeling judged and stigmatized. We know from the research that there’s a strong correlation between early childhood trauma, mental and physical health issues. Guided by science, empathy, a trauma-informed lens and type 2 thinking, we’ll debunk myths and begin moving away from “us versus them” toward a vision that “we” can heal, connect and thrive together. Armed with powerful insights we can begin to find sustainable solutions by becoming compassionate, resilient, and self-healing communities. This training provides an overview of the science of positive experiences, how ACEs and stigma greatly increase the risk for isolation and loneliness. This approach reduces barriers to improve health equity, resilience, and connection to support well-being.

Speaker: Kini-Ana Tinkham, (she/her/hers)

Kini is the Executive Director of the Maine Resilience Building Network, a public health not-for-profit working to improve the health and well-being of children, individuals, and communities by advancing MRBN’s mission through capacity building, system integration, education, policy, and advocacy.

Kini has worked in public health and healthcare for 40 years as an RN, educator, advocate, and leader. She brings proven system transformation leadership to advance health equity, and well-being. In addition to her work at MRBN, her career expands across maternal and child health, home visitation, school-based health centers, youth leadership, and community health education. Kini is a Daniel Hanley Center for Health Leadership Class VII graduate. She has served as a school board member and Chair of the RSU #38 school committee and a past recipient of the Maine Youth Action Network (MYAN) Youth Leadership and Advocacy award.

About the webinar: This webinar is hosted by the New England PTTC, a program funded by SAMHSA, in response to an identified need for training on strategies to reduce stigma for prevention professionals in New England. Participants who complete the full webinar will receive a certificate of participation for 1.5 contact hours. No partial credit will be awarded. This webinar will not be recorded.

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Date:

December 4, 2023

Time:

11:00 am - 12:30 pm

Location:

virtual

Cost:

no costs

Sponsor: Choices Addiction & Recovery Education

Course Description: Motivational interviewing is evidence-based and is integral in counseling to initiate movement toward behavior change. Peer recovery support workers and peer coaches utilize motivational interviewing and conversation in alignment with their role of reducing power differentials. Our course offers foundational learning to implement these powerful skills.

Objectives:

• Learn the spirit of motivational conversation.
• Implement concepts of active listening.
• Identify ambivalence.
• Learn the fundamentals of Open-Ended Questions, Affirmations, Reflective Listening, and Summarizing (OARS).

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Date:

December 6, 2023

Time:

12:30 pm - 4:30 pm

Location:

Virtual by Zoom

Cost:

see registration

Sponsor: NH Alcohol & drug Abuse Counselors Association

The goals of this workshop are to: increase knowledge about HIV progression and treatment, increase understanding about NH HIV/AIDS EPI profile, and increase awareness of the correlation between HIV/STD/HEP (A, B&C) and TB. The workshop will also address the utilization of Motivational Enhancement Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in working with clients at high risk for HIV infection and secondary transmission. Particular attention will be paid to the link between potentional increased infection rate and the current rise of methamphetamine use. 

Upon completion of the event participants will be able to: 

• Utilize a basic knowledge about the HIV/AIDS epidemic; 
• Describe strategies to work with their high-risk clients utilizing harm reduction techniques; and 
• Explain the importance of integrating services of Substance Use, Mental Health, HIV/AIDS, housing providers and other community resources to better serve their clients. 

Peter DalPra, LADC, LCS, is the Clinical Coordinator for the NH Professionals Health Program (NHPHP) after working in residential treatment in NH for 18 years. He has also worked as the Chemical Dependency and HIV/AIDS Case Manager for the former NH Division of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention and Recovery as well as for the Nashua Public Health Department as an HIV/AIDS Street Outreach Worker. A nationally certified trainer in “Preventing HIV Disease Among Substance Abusers;” he is an Adjunct Faculty member at Concord Community College NHTI in Concord, NH. He is also a past President of NHADACA and a past member of the NH Board of Licensing for Alcohol and Other Drug Use Professionals. 

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Date:

December 8, 2023

Time:

8:30 am - 12:00 pm

Location:

130 Pembroke Road, Suite 150
Concord, NH 03301

Cost:

see registration

Sponsor: Rural Communities Opioid Response Program

Given the epidemic of increased maternal mortality and morbidity in the U.S., there is growing sentiment on how to mitigate preventable causes, including that of addressing substance use disorder (SUD). This webinar will provide information on the complications of SUD in pregnancy, along with methods for effective intervention and management for clinicians and collaborators.

Learning Objectives:

-Review SUD-related risk factors and adverse outcomes in pregnancy.
-Identify barriers to universal screening, assessment, and treatment of SUD in pregnancy.
-Examine evidence-based practices implemented to assist clinicians with screening, assessing, and treating SUD in pregnancy.
-Gain insight into federal and state efforts to improve care for pregnant people with SUD.

Presenter:
-Dr. Sura Edmond

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Date:

December 12, 2023

Time:

2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Cost:

FREE

Sponsor: New Hampshire Alcohol & Drug Abuse Counselors Association

PRESENTATION: This training will introduce the history and guiding principles of Harm Reduction. We will discuss various examples of harm reduction strategies and overdose prevention and how we can integrate Harm Reduction across the spectrum of drug use. This will be an interactive training to create a safe space to explore our individual biases and how stigma and bias can impact access to services and the delivery of services in our communities. We will explore the intersections of race and ethnicity along with social determinants of health and the importance of culturally responsive systems of care. This class will also discuss harm reduction effort that are occurring locally, regionally and nationally and how participants of the training can integrate these approaches into their work to support people in our communities.

Upon completion of this training, participants will be able to:

• Describe harm reduction as an approach to reducing health and social risks associated with drug use;
• Identify 3 harm reduction interventions;
• Describe how those 3 harm reduction interventions reduce health and/or social risks associated with drug use in communities of color;
• Create 3 strategies to incorporate harm reduction approaches into their own work with clients with an emphasis on approaches in communities of color;
• List at least 4 harmful impacts of stigma on vulnerable and marginalized individuals who may use drugs; and
• Describe collaborative goal setting for overdose and infection prevention with people who use drugs.

John Burns, MBA, CRSW, is a person with lived experience in recovery, a family member of a loved one in recovery and a guardian caregiver for one of his grandsons. He is the director of SOS Recovery Community Organization. John has been engaged in training delivery and development over the last 5 years at SOS. He supervises a staff of over 20 at SOS Recovery Community Organization and assists in training and supervision of three Recovery Community Centers. SOS operates syringe service programs and harm reduction supplies at all of their recovery community centers as well as a comprehensive outreach program with those experiencing homelessness and a statewide “peer-strength” program for individuals involved in the criminal justice system. John and his team at SOS worked with local and national recovery leaders and subject matter experts to develop the Art & Science of Peer-Assisted Recovery® 30 hour peer-assisted recovery training curriculum, as well as trainings on ethics, HIV prevention, and suicide prevention for peer-assisted recovery supports. John is a member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT) and completed the MINT training of new trainers in 2021. He has been trained extensively in motivational interviewing techniques through a series of trainings and train the trainers sessions and is trained in Motivational Interviewing Treatment Integrity (MITI) Coding and is trained and authorized to complete Motivational Interviewing Competency Assessments (MICA) for coding practitioners of MI. John serves as Vice Chair on the board of the NH Harm Reduction Coalition and on the executive committee of the Strafford County Public Health Advisory Committee. He is an appointee of NH Governor Sununu on the Overdose Fatality Review Commission and is a member of the budget taskforce for the NH Governor’s Commission for Alcohol and other drugs.

Eileen Doyle, CRSW, is the Training Coordinator at SOS Recovery Community Organization. A person in long-term recovery and a family member, Eileen has trained SOS curriculums with a variety of trainers and has completed Motivational Interviewing trainings with Stephen R. Andrew LCSW, LADC, CCS at the Health Education and Training Institute and John Gilbert, MS, RD, CCP, RHC-III, ACSM-CEP® at the Institute for Individual and Organizational Change. She works with SOSRCO Executive Director John Burns to create and revise curriculums for SOS and continues to work directly with participants seeking support services. She facilitates an Invitation to Change support group for family members each week. Eileen earned her Masters in Science for Teachers from the University of NH and a bachelor’s degree in Liberal Arts/Journalism from Northeastern University. She is a NH Certified Recovery Support Worker and a certified Journaling Instructor through the Therapeutic Writing Institute. She has led several journaling workshops for recovery support workers. Eileen volunteered at SOS for four years before retiring from a 23-year teaching career in a Massachusetts high school and being hired at SOS. Before becoming the Training Coordinator, she worked as the Recovery Friendly Workplace Coordinator for SOS as part of a statewide initiative to provide training and resources to employers to encourage them to support employees and their family members impacted by SUD.

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Date:

December 14, 2023

Time:

8:30 am - 1:00 pm

Location:

130 Pembroke Road, Suite 150
Concord, NH

Cost:

see registration

Sponsor: New Hampshire Alcohol & Drug Abuse Counselors Association

PRESENTATION: This training will discuss an effective approach in the treatment of challenging clients and provide participants with an opportunity to explore creative ways of integrating these approaches into an effective therapeutic intervention — when to use, when not to use Motivational Interviewing. This class will introduce participants to Motivational Interviewing (MI) theory and practice. Participants will learn about the fundamentals of MI including understanding ambivalence, the MI Spirit, and how we can best support others considering change. This workshop will include ample opportunities for topic discussion and practicing reflective listening, developing focus, and recognizing, evoking, and responding to a person’s “change talk”.

Upon completion of this training, participants will be able to:

• Define MI as a counseling style;
• Define the Spirit of MI;
• Define the 4 principles of MI;
• Demonstrate use of OARS;
• Describe how to identify sustain and change talk; and
• Demonstrate at least 2 methods to elicit change talk.

ABOUT THE PRESENTERS: 

John Burns, MBA, CRSW, is a person with lived experience in recovery, a family member of a loved one in recovery and a guardian caregiver for one of his grandsons. He is the director of SOS Recovery Community Organization. John has been engaged in training delivery and development over the last 5 years at SOS. He supervises a staff of over 20 at SOS Recovery Community Organization and assists in training and supervision of three Recovery Community Centers. SOS operates syringe service programs and harm reduction supplies at all of their recovery community centers as well as a comprehensive outreach program with those experiencing homelessness and a statewide “peer-strength” program for individuals involved in the criminal justice system. John and his team at SOS worked with local and national recovery leaders and subject matter experts to develop the Art & Science of Peer-Assisted Recovery® 30 hour peer-assisted recovery training curriculum, as well as trainings on ethics, HIV prevention, and suicide prevention for peer-assisted recovery supports. John is a member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT) and completed the MINT training of new trainers in 2021. He has been trained extensively in motivational interviewing techniques through a series of trainings and train the trainers sessions and is trained in Motivational Interviewing Treatment Integrity (MITI) Coding and is trained and authorized to complete Motivational Interviewing Competency Assessments (MICA) for coding practitioners of MI. John serves as Vice Chair on the board of the NH Harm Reduction Coalition and on the executive committee of the Strafford County Public Health Advisory Committee. He is an appointee of NH Governor Sununu on the Overdose Fatality Review Commission and is a member of the budget taskforce for the NH Governor’s Commission for Alcohol and other drugs.

Eileen Doyle, CRSW, is the Training Coordinator at SOS Recovery Community Organization. A person in long-term recovery and a family member, Eileen has trained SOS curriculums with a variety of trainers and has completed Motivational Interviewing trainings with Stephen R. Andrew LCSW, LADC, CCS at the Health Education and Training Institute and John Gilbert, MS, RD, CCP, RHC-III, ACSM-CEP® at the Institute for Individual and Organizational Change. She works with SOSRCO Executive Director John Burns to create and revise curriculums for SOS and continues to work directly with participants seeking support services. She facilitates an Invitation to Change support group for family members each week. Eileen earned her Masters in Science for Teachers from the University of NH and a bachelor’s degree in Liberal Arts/Journalism from Northeastern University. She is a NH Certified Recovery Support Worker and a certified Journaling Instructor through the Therapeutic Writing Institute. She has led several journaling workshops for recovery support workers. Eileen volunteered at SOS for four years before retiring from a 23-year teaching career in a Massachusetts high school and being hired at SOS. Before becoming the Training Coordinator, she worked as the Recovery Friendly Workplace Coordinator for SOS as part of a statewide initiative to provide training and resources to employers to encourage them to support employees and their family members impacted by SUD.

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Date:

December 15, 2023

Time:

8:30 am - 4:00 pm

Location:

Remote via Zoom

Cost:

see registration

Sponsor: New Hampshire Alcohol & Drug Abuse Counselors Association

PRESENTATION: There is strong evidence that culturally responsive care improves client/patient satisfaction that leads to greater engagement in care, improved adherence to treatment and better health outcomes. Through interactive self-reflection and discussion we will focus on improving our ability to interact effectively with people of different cultures to help ensure the needs of all community members are addressed. We will look beyond just race and ethnicity to include gender, sexual orientation, disability, religion, socio-economic status, and geographic location. The course includes several activities to engage participants and encourages participants to reflect on how their own knowledge and beliefs may affect interactions with individuals who share different perspectives. The session will feature a segment dedicated to creating greater awareness and forming knowledge and familiarity with the special issues and needs of people from diverse populations who struggle with substance use disorder. Participants will work individually and together to identify concrete actions for creating a workplace environment that is more equitable, diverse, and inclusive.

As a result of attending this training, participants will be able to: 

• Summarize a basic understanding of cultural competence;
• Describe the framework and rationale for culturally responsive care;
• List at least 3 individual and organizational barriers to cultural competence
• Describe at least 3 practical skills & techniques to provide more culturally appropriate services; and
• Articulate how to build understanding of cultural perspectives on substance use.

ABOUT THE PRESENTER: James Figueiredo, M.Ed. is the Executive Director and Founder of Community Workforce Initiative. He has over 3 decades of experience working in the public health field throughout the United States and internationally. His work is focused primarily on the professional development of frontline workers and their supervisors. James has extensive experience developing and delivering trainings on cultural competency, suicide prevention, HIV/AIDS, and leadership development. James has served as lecturer at Tufts University and was selected as an author for the Foundations for Community Health Workers textbook slated for release in August 2023. During the height of the HIV/AIDS pandemic, James worked as a community health work on an integrated clinical team at the Cambridge Health Alliance. He spent another decade at the Justice Resource Institute (JRI) as the Director of Education and Training, where he served as co-chair of the Diversity Committee, oversaw, and led trainings throughout sub-Saharan Africa. James speaks Portuguese, Spanish, Haitian Creole, and Cape Verdean Creole. He holds a Master of Education degree from Harvard University and Graduate Certificate in Non-Profit Leadership and Management from Boston University. As an undergraduate he studied English Language and Literature at West London College in the United Kingdom. He most enjoys spending time with his spouse and children on backpacking trips. He aspires to be a coffee grower, avocado farmer, and beekeeper when he retires.

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Date:

December 18, 2023

Time:

8:30 am - 4:00 pm

Location:

130 Pembroke Road, Suite 150,
Concord, NH

Cost:

see registration

Sponsor: NH Alcohol & Drug Abuse Counselors Association

There is strong evidence that culturally responsive care improves client/patient satisfaction that leads to greater engagement in care, improved adherence to treatment and better health outcomes. Through interactive self-reflection and discussion we will focus on improving our ability to interact effectively with people of different cultures to help ensure the needs of all community members are addressed. We will look beyond just race and ethnicity to include gender, sexual orientation, disability, religion, socio-economic status, and geographic location. The course includes several activities to engage participants and encourages participants to reflect on how their own knowledge and beliefs may affect interactions with individuals who share different perspectives. The session will feature a segment dedicated to creating greater awareness and forming knowledge and familiarity with the special issues and needs of people from diverse populations who struggle with substance use disorder. Participants will work individually and together to identify concrete actions for creating a workplace environment that is more equitable, diverse, and inclusive.

As a result of attending this training, participants will be able to: 

• Summarize a basic understanding of cultural competence;
• List the framework and rationale for culturally responsive care;
• Examine individual and organizational barriers to cultural competence; 
• Describe practical skills & techniques to provide more culturally appropriate services; and
• Build understanding of cultural perspectives on substance use. 

ABOUT THE PRESENTER: James Figueiredo, M.Ed. is the Executive Director and Founder of Community Workforce Initiative. He has over 3 decades of experience working in the public health field throughout the United States and internationally. His work is focused primarily on the professional development of frontline workers and their supervisors. James has extensive experience developing and delivering trainings on cultural competency, suicide prevention, HIV/AIDS, and leadership development. James has served as lecturer at Tufts University and was selected as an author for the Foundations for Community Health Workers textbook slated for release in August 2023. During the height of the HIV/AIDS pandemic, James worked as a community health work on an integrated clinical team at the Cambridge Health Alliance. He spent another decade at the Justice Resource Institute (JRI) as the Director of Education and Training, where he served as co-chair of the Diversity Committee, oversaw, and led trainings throughout sub-Saharan Africa. James speaks Portuguese, Spanish, Haitian Creole, and Cape Verdean Creole. He holds a Master of Education degree from Harvard University and Graduate Certificate in Non-Profit Leadership and Management from Boston University. As an undergraduate he studied English Language and Literature at West London College in the United Kingdom. He most enjoys spending time with his spouse and children on backpacking trips. He aspires to be a coffee grower, avocado farmer, and beekeeper when he retires.

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Date:

December 18, 2023

Time:

8:30 am - 4:00 pm

Location:

130 Pembroke Road, Suite 150
Concord, NH 03301

Cost:

See registration

Sponsor: National Center for Health in Public Housing

In the coming years FQHC’s and PHPC’s are expected to take an increasing share of the country’s addiction management caseload. This is particularly true of health centers serving disadvantaged populations. In this webinar, join the National Center for Health in Public Housing team as they present an epidemiological perspective of addiction management with a focus on the impact of housing, poverty and historical marginalization have had on the lived experience of Residents of Public Housing and other marginalized groups. Additionally, through the lens of the Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) we will examine the models, practices and care interventions which can assist FQHCs and PHPC’s in supporting addiction management programs and promoting the staff and patient experience at their organization.

Learning Objectives:

1. Present an epidemiological perspective of addiction treatment/management at FQHCs and PHPCs.

2. Examine the impacts of the Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) on patients experiencing addiction.

3. Review models of care and workforce management that can maximize staff experience and reduce burnout.

4. Through the perspective of the SDOH, present models and practices to improve the patient experience in addiction treatment and support.

Speakers: Dr. Kevin Lombardi, MD MPH, Manager of Health Research, Policy and Advocacy, NCHPH

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Date:

December 18, 2023

Time:

1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Location:

virtual

Cost:

no costs

Sponsor: New Hampshire Alcohol & Drug Abuse Counselors Association

PRESENTATION: The goal of this workshop is to introduce attendees to the performance domains of the CRSW credential: Ethical Responsibility, Advocacy, Mentoring & Education, Recovery & Wellness Support.  Information will be specific to peer support and working with individuals with substance use and co-occurring mental health disorders in a supportive way.  Participants will understand the scope of service that CRSWs are able to provide, the variety of settings where these skills can be employed and the unique and powerful value that peer support services offer individuals pursuing recovery. Participants will learn how to work collaboratively across systems to better serve client needs. 

 As a result of this training participants will be able to:

• Describe the 4 performance domains relative to the recovery supports and the CRSW credential;
• Identify and describe the stages of change;
• Describe the provision of basic screening of persons with substance use and co-occurring mental health disorders;
• List signs and symptoms of addiction, intoxication and withdrawal; and
• Explain the function of screening, as it occurs in the Web Information Technology System (WITS).

PRESENTER:   Michael Lawless, MSW, LICSW, MLADC has worked in a variety of clinical settings providing direct services to clients with substance use and co-occurring mental health disorders.  He has worked as a supervisor of individuals who work as CRSW’s and has supervised individuals pursuing credentialing and licensure.   Michael has served as a contract manager for the Bureau of Drug & Alcohol Services, trainer in the community and has extensive experience working with legally-involved clients.  He is the Director for the State of NH’s Employee Assistance Program and has a small private practice in Manchester, NH.  Michael is a Diploma Candidate at the Carl Jung Institute of New England

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Date:

December 19, 2023

Time:

8:30 am - 4:00 pm

Location:

130 Pembroke Road, Suite 100 OR vi ZOOM
Concord, NH

Cost:

see registration

Sponsor: Providers Clinical Support System

recorded webinar available February 5, 2021 to February 5, 2024

Presenter(s): Alexander Walley, MD, Boston Medical College

Target Audience: Physicians, nurse practitioners or other advanced practice nurses, PAs, psychologists, pharmacists, social workers and healthcare teams.

Webinar Description: The overdose crisis continues despite expanded and enhanced efforts to implement evidence-based practices, including overdose education and naloxone rescue kits, medication for opioid use disorder, and prescription opioid safety. While these evidence-based practices are more accessible, they are not reaching those at highest risk for overdose. Opportunities lie in engaging high-risk individuals, addressing the low barrier-retention paradox, and addressing the increasingly toxic drug supply. This webinar will equip learners with the knowledge to intervene during acute opiate toxicity episodes and help them develop practice improvement plans to reduce impediments to access of overdose prevention resources.

Educational Objectives:

• Describe at least three (3) approaches to reduce opioid overdose deaths.
• Identify at least three (3) limitations of these approaches to high-risk populations.
• List opportunities to engage high-risk individuals, address the low barrier-retention paradox and make the drug supply less toxic.

Credit Designations Available: AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™, Nursing Contact Hours, AAPA Category 1 CME credit, CEUs for psychology, Pharmacy Continuing Education Credit, and SW CE credit.

Continuing Education Information:

See details on link

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Cost:

No Costs

Sponsor: Providers Clinical Support System

Recorded webinar – January 2021

Presenter(s): Brad Finegood, MA, LMHC, Strategic Advisor, Public Health – Seattle & King County; Judith Tsui, MD, MPH, Physician, UW Medicine; Shireesha Dhanireddy, MD, Physician, UW Medicine; Richard Waters, MD, Physician, Site Medical Director – Housing & Street Outreach, Neighborcare Health

Target Audience: This activity is designed to meet the needs of primary care physicians, specialty care physicians, allied professional staff, and program administrators.

Webinar Description: Leading Seattle-area physicians discuss how quality medical care intersects with harm reduction philosophy and practice. Learn how medical providers have advanced opportunities for recovery from substance use disorders by providing compassionate care to people who use drugs and partnering with harm reduction services providers.

Educational Objectives:

• Examine the intersection between quality medical care and harm reduction philosophy and practice
• Identify partnership opportunities for physicians and harm reduction providers to provide compassionate care to people who use drugs

Continuing Education Information:

1. View the recorded webinar and return to the web page that lists the webinar recording link. By viewing the full presentation it will unlock and allow you to proceed to the evaluation.
2. Click “Evaluation” and answer the questions to the best of your ability. Upon completion of this survey, you will be directed to PCSS to claim your certificate.
3. If you have any questions or you do not receive your certificate, please email #ob#cpff#at#nnnc.bet#ob# or call (855) 227-2776.Note: This archive webinar is not designated for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™

To view webinar and slides click here

Cost:

No costs

Sponsor: Providers Clinical Support System

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Presenter(s): Chandra Speight, PhD, RN, NP-C, CNE Assistant Professor, Department of Advanced Nursing Practice and Education in the College of Nursing at East Carolina University

Target Audience: Nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, nurse midwives, physician assistants, and physicians, from novice to expert, in any field of practice, who are interesting in understanding factors affecting buprenorphine prescribing. The content will add to participants’ body of knowledge related to factors affecting buprenorphine prescribing by nurse practitioners. The session is unique because it offers insights on prescribing identified from individual interviews with nurse practitioners who hold buprenorphine waivers. It also offers special insight into barriers and facilitators to prescribing in rural regions.

Webinar Description: The webinar will first provide an overview of buprenorphine and its role in treating individuals living with substance use disorder. Policies affecting buprenorphine prescribing will then be reviewed, with an emphasis on the role of advanced practice providers in treating substance use disorder in rural areas and the buprenorphine prescribing policies that specifically impact their ability to prescribe. Barriers and facilitators to physician prescribing identified in the extant literature on buprenorphine prescribing will be briefly considered before the presenter shares barriers and facilitators to nurse practitioner prescribing identified in her research. The webinar will close with directions for future inquiry.

Educational Objectives:

• Describe the role of buprenorphine in treating individuals living with opioid use disorder in rural regions
• Analyze the policies that impact buprenorphine prescribing
• Describe barriers and facilitators to buprenorphine prescribing

Continuing Education Information:

1. View the recorded webinar and return to the web page that lists the webinar recording link. By viewing the full presentation it will unlock and allow you to proceed to the evaluation.
2. Click “Evaluation” and answer the questions to the best of your ability. Upon completion of this survey, you will be directed to PCSS to claim your certificate.
3. If you have any questions or you do not receive your certificate, please email #ob#cpff#at#nnnc.bet#ob# or call (855) 227-2776.Note: This archive webinar is not designated for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.

Cost:

no costs

Sponsor: Think Cultural Health – A US Department of Health and Human Services sponsored site

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This program is approved for 5 Contact hours for LADC’s. See registration for details on additional CE. Expiration on CE’s March 31,2023

Cost:

FREE

Sponsor: New Hampshire Alcohol & Drug Abuse Counselors Association

One of the primary characteristics of substance misuse is its impact on a user’s brain. But what happens when that brain is still developing? How do drugs impact the structure and functions of the developing brain in childhood and adolescents? In this full day training, we explore the growth and development of the brain from infancy to late adolescence and examine the impact various substances in the trajectory of that development. Specifically, we will examine the impact of developmental shifts that occurs on learning & cognition, emotional regulation and behavioral control capacities of the children when subjected to nicotine, alcohol and cannabis as well as some stimulants since these are the substances most commonly misused during these developmental stages. Due to time constraints, we will not be able to cover prenatal substance use exposure and brain development. This training is especially important for educators and treatment professionals who work with children and adolescents.

Upon completion of this training, participants will be able to:

• Summarize the four critical mechanisms by which the brain operates;
• Describe how each of these mechanisms develop and evolve in early childhood to late adolescence; and
• Identify the impact of substance use on the cognitive, emotional and behavioral manifestations of misused substances on the developing brain.

Dr. Afshar has been a professional psychotherapist, trainer and educator for over 35 years.  He received his Doctorate in Professional Psychology (Psy.D.) from California Coast University, his Masters in Counseling from Harvard University and his Bachelors in Psychology from U.Mass-Boston. He is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor and School Psychologist. He is also a certified School Principle, and School Counselor.   Dr. Afshar has been a Director of Special Education & Guidance for SAU #37 & 50, Director of Guidance & Advising for Pinkerton Academy has taught courses in Psychology, Mental Health Counseling, Special Education, School Guidance and Psychology of Design at the graduate and undergraduate levels for the past 35 years. Dr. Afshar’s professional experience in addiction and recovery includes both clinical work as the Admissions Director of the Drug Addiction Rehabilitation Center (Later Dorchester Counseling Center) in Dorchester as well Associate Executive Director and Clinical Director of Noddle’s Island Multi-service Agency in East Boston, Massachusetts. He was the addictions consultant at the Massachusetts General Hospital—The Charlestown Clinic in Boston, and has consulted extensively with medical, legal, educational and business organization around the issues of addiction prevention, intervention and recovery He has taught courses on addiction at the graduate and undergraduate levels in topics such as Psychopharmacology of Addiction, History and Socio-Politics of Addiction, and treatment models.   With a wide range of professional expertise spanning nearly 4 decades, Dr. Afshar brings a considerable breadth and depth of understanding of addictions and mental health issues as applicable in a variety of settings, age spans and affected populations.  

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Date:

December 11, 2023

Time:

8:30 am - 4:00 pm

Location:

Remote via Zoom

Cost:

see registration

Sponsor: New Hampshire Alcohol & Drug Abuse Counselors Association

PRESENTATION: The course examines trends in NH and explores the adulterants cut into today’s street drug supply and their physical effects, including in samples of cocaine, fentanyl, heroin and methamphetamines as well as the presence of xylazine in fentanyl. This will provide an opportunity to discuss community drug checking and the barriers in NH around policies that inhibit effective overdose prevention strategies impacted by adulterants. We will also explore stigma and fear-based propaganda that negatively impacts people who use drugs and our community.

Upon completion of this training, participants will be able to:

• Identify at least 2 common adulterants being identified in illicit substances in NH;
• Summarize the prevalence and impact of xylazine in the supply of fentanyl and cocaine;
• List at least 3 of the physical effects of adulterants used in the drug supply;
• Explain myths around exposure to fentanyl and the stigma they may create; and
• Describe the impact of Naloxone and developments in effective overdose strategies.

ABOUT THE PRESENTERS: 

John Burns, MBA, CRSW, is a person with lived experience in recovery, a family member of a loved one in recovery and a guardian caregiver for one of his grandsons. He is the director of SOS Recovery Community Organization. John has been engaged in training delivery and development over the last 5 years at SOS. He supervises a staff of over 20 at SOS Recovery Community Organization and assists in training and supervision of three Recovery Community Centers. SOS operates syringe service programs and harm reduction supplies at all of their recovery community centers as well as a comprehensive outreach program with those experiencing homelessness and a statewide “peer-strength” program for individuals involved in the criminal justice system. John and his team at SOS worked with local and national recovery leaders and subject matter experts to develop the Art & Science of Peer-Assisted Recovery® 30 hour peer-assisted recovery training curriculum, as well as trainings on ethics, HIV prevention, and suicide prevention for peer-assisted recovery supports. John is a member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT) and completed the MINT training of new trainers in 2021. He has been trained extensively in motivational interviewing techniques through a series of trainings and train the trainers sessions and is trained in Motivational Interviewing Treatment Integrity (MITI) Coding and is trained and authorized to complete Motivational Interviewing Competency Assessments (MICA) for coding practitioners of MI. John serves as Vice Chair on the board of the NH Harm Reduction Coalition and on the executive committee of the Strafford County Public Health Advisory Committee. He is an appointee of NH Governor Sununu on the Overdose Fatality Review Commission and is a member of the budget taskforce for the NH Governor’s Commission for Alcohol and other drugs.

Eileen Doyle, CRSW, is the Training Coordinator at SOS Recovery Community Organization. A person in long-term recovery and a family member, Eileen has trained SOS curriculums with a variety of trainers and has completed Motivational Interviewing trainings with Stephen R. Andrew LCSW, LADC, CCS at the Health Education and Training Institute and John Gilbert, MS, RD, CCP, RHC-III, ACSM-CEP® at the Institute for Individual and Organizational Change. She works with SOSRCO Executive Director John Burns to create and revise curriculums for SOS and continues to work directly with participants seeking support services. She facilitates an Invitation to Change support group for family members each week. Eileen earned her Masters in Science for Teachers from the University of NH and a bachelor’s degree in Liberal Arts/Journalism from Northeastern University. She is a NH Certified Recovery Support Worker and a certified Journaling Instructor through the Therapeutic Writing Institute. She has led several journaling workshops for recovery support workers. Eileen volunteered at SOS for four years before retiring from a 23-year teaching career in a Massachusetts high school and being hired at SOS. Before becoming the Training Coordinator, she worked as the Recovery Friendly Workplace Coordinator for SOS as part of a statewide initiative to provide training and resources to employers to encourage them to support employees and their family members impacted by SUD.

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Date:

December 18, 2023

Time:

11:00 am - 1:00 pm

Location:

Remote via Zoom

Cost:

see registration

Sponsor: National Center for Health in Public Housing

In the coming years FQHC’s and PHPC’s are expected to take an increasing share of the country’s addiction management caseload. This is particularly true of health centers serving disadvantaged populations. In this webinar, join the National Center for Health in Public Housing team as they present an epidemiological perspective of addiction management with a focus on the impact of housing, poverty and historical marginalization have had on the lived experience of Residents of Public Housing and other marginalized groups. Additionally, through the lens of the Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) we will examine the models, practices and care interventions which can assist FQHCs and PHPC’s in supporting addiction management programs and promoting the staff and patient experience at their organization.

Learning Objectives:

1. Present an epidemiological perspective of addiction treatment/management at FQHCs and PHPCs.

2. Examine the impacts of the Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) on patients experiencing addiction.

3. Review models of care and workforce management that can maximize staff experience and reduce burnout.

4. Through the perspective of the SDOH, present models and practices to improve the patient experience in addiction treatment and support.

Speakers: Dr. Kevin Lombardi, MD MPH, Manager of Health Research, Policy and Advocacy, NCHPH

To register click here

Date:

December 18, 2023

Time:

1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Location:

virtual

Cost:

no costs

Sponsor: American Psychiatric Association

Live presentation on March 8, 2022; recording will be available shortly after at  PCSS website (https://bit.ly/PCSSArchive).

About the webinar: Exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, the opioid epidemic in the United States is a dangerous reality that affects all demographics. In this presentation, gender differences in opioid use disorders will be discussed from an epidemiologic perspective. Understanding the differences in trends by gender can help clinicians treat the patient, rather than treating the condition. Neurobiological and social determinants will also be reviewed as the differences vary greatly by gender. Finally, treatment implications will be discussed so we can better understand the impact of tailored OUD treatment.

Educational objectives:  At the conclusion of this activity participants should be able to:

• Apply the epidemiologic differences in the prevalence of OUD to your practice setting. 
• Identify the gender differences in neurobiology of OUD when treating patients. 
• Evaluate the patient treatment outcomes based on gender.

To register click here

Target audience: Interprofessional teams, psychiatrists, physicians, nurses, physician assistants. The live webinar is accredited for physicians.

Cost:

no fee

Sponsor: Providers Clinical Support System

recorded webinar available February 5, 2021 to February 5, 2024

Presenter(s): Alexander Walley, MD, Boston Medical College

Target Audience: Physicians, nurse practitioners or other advanced practice nurses, PAs, psychologists, pharmacists, social workers and healthcare teams.

Webinar Description: The overdose crisis continues despite expanded and enhanced efforts to implement evidence-based practices, including overdose education and naloxone rescue kits, medication for opioid use disorder, and prescription opioid safety. While these evidence-based practices are more accessible, they are not reaching those at highest risk for overdose. Opportunities lie in engaging high-risk individuals, addressing the low barrier-retention paradox, and addressing the increasingly toxic drug supply. This webinar will equip learners with the knowledge to intervene during acute opiate toxicity episodes and help them develop practice improvement plans to reduce impediments to access of overdose prevention resources.

Educational Objectives:

• Describe at least three (3) approaches to reduce opioid overdose deaths.
• Identify at least three (3) limitations of these approaches to high-risk populations.
• List opportunities to engage high-risk individuals, address the low barrier-retention paradox and make the drug supply less toxic.

Credit Designations Available: AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™, Nursing Contact Hours, AAPA Category 1 CME credit, CEUs for psychology, Pharmacy Continuing Education Credit, and SW CE credit.

Continuing Education Information:

See details on link

To access recorded webinar click here

Cost:

No Costs

Sponsor: Providers Clinical Support System

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Presenter(s): Chandra Speight, PhD, RN, NP-C, CNE Assistant Professor, Department of Advanced Nursing Practice and Education in the College of Nursing at East Carolina University

Target Audience: Nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, nurse midwives, physician assistants, and physicians, from novice to expert, in any field of practice, who are interesting in understanding factors affecting buprenorphine prescribing. The content will add to participants’ body of knowledge related to factors affecting buprenorphine prescribing by nurse practitioners. The session is unique because it offers insights on prescribing identified from individual interviews with nurse practitioners who hold buprenorphine waivers. It also offers special insight into barriers and facilitators to prescribing in rural regions.

Webinar Description: The webinar will first provide an overview of buprenorphine and its role in treating individuals living with substance use disorder. Policies affecting buprenorphine prescribing will then be reviewed, with an emphasis on the role of advanced practice providers in treating substance use disorder in rural areas and the buprenorphine prescribing policies that specifically impact their ability to prescribe. Barriers and facilitators to physician prescribing identified in the extant literature on buprenorphine prescribing will be briefly considered before the presenter shares barriers and facilitators to nurse practitioner prescribing identified in her research. The webinar will close with directions for future inquiry.

Educational Objectives:

• Describe the role of buprenorphine in treating individuals living with opioid use disorder in rural regions
• Analyze the policies that impact buprenorphine prescribing
• Describe barriers and facilitators to buprenorphine prescribing

Continuing Education Information:

1. View the recorded webinar and return to the web page that lists the webinar recording link. By viewing the full presentation it will unlock and allow you to proceed to the evaluation.
2. Click “Evaluation” and answer the questions to the best of your ability. Upon completion of this survey, you will be directed to PCSS to claim your certificate.
3. If you have any questions or you do not receive your certificate, please email #ob#cpff#at#nnnc.bet#ob# or call (855) 227-2776.Note: This archive webinar is not designated for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.

Cost:

no costs

Sponsor: Smart Recovery: Life beyond Addiction

A free prerecorded webinar -on demand

This podcast focuses on Opiates; adding awareness of the ways in which Addiction shows itself-in today’s opiate crisis, but much more broader.

To access click here

Cost:

free

Sponsor: Think Cultural Health – A US Department of Health and Human Services sponsored site

To register click here

This program is approved for 5 Contact hours for LADC’s. See registration for details on additional CE. Expiration on CE’s March 31,2023

Cost:

FREE

Hosted By: New England Prevention Technology Transfer Center Network

Loneliness, mental health challenges and substance use have risen in our culture. In the midst of suffering, people continue to report feeling judged and stigmatized. We know from the research that there’s a strong correlation between early childhood trauma, mental and physical health issues. Guided by science, empathy, a trauma-informed lens and type 2 thinking, we’ll debunk myths and begin moving away from “us versus them” toward a vision that “we” can heal, connect and thrive together. Armed with powerful insights we can begin to find sustainable solutions by becoming compassionate, resilient, and self-healing communities. This training provides an overview of the science of positive experiences, how ACEs and stigma greatly increase the risk for isolation and loneliness. This approach reduces barriers to improve health equity, resilience, and connection to support well-being.

Speaker: Kini-Ana Tinkham, (she/her/hers)

Kini is the Executive Director of the Maine Resilience Building Network, a public health not-for-profit working to improve the health and well-being of children, individuals, and communities by advancing MRBN’s mission through capacity building, system integration, education, policy, and advocacy.

Kini has worked in public health and healthcare for 40 years as an RN, educator, advocate, and leader. She brings proven system transformation leadership to advance health equity, and well-being. In addition to her work at MRBN, her career expands across maternal and child health, home visitation, school-based health centers, youth leadership, and community health education. Kini is a Daniel Hanley Center for Health Leadership Class VII graduate. She has served as a school board member and Chair of the RSU #38 school committee and a past recipient of the Maine Youth Action Network (MYAN) Youth Leadership and Advocacy award.

About the webinar: This webinar is hosted by the New England PTTC, a program funded by SAMHSA, in response to an identified need for training on strategies to reduce stigma for prevention professionals in New England. Participants who complete the full webinar will receive a certificate of participation for 1.5 contact hours. No partial credit will be awarded. This webinar will not be recorded.

To register click here

Date:

December 4, 2023

Time:

11:00 am - 12:30 pm

Location:

virtual

Cost:

no costs

Sponsor: NH Alcohol & drug Abuse Counselors Association

The goals of this workshop are to: increase knowledge about HIV progression and treatment, increase understanding about NH HIV/AIDS EPI profile, and increase awareness of the correlation between HIV/STD/HEP (A, B&C) and TB. The workshop will also address the utilization of Motivational Enhancement Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in working with clients at high risk for HIV infection and secondary transmission. Particular attention will be paid to the link between potentional increased infection rate and the current rise of methamphetamine use. 

Upon completion of the event participants will be able to: 

• Utilize a basic knowledge about the HIV/AIDS epidemic; 
• Describe strategies to work with their high-risk clients utilizing harm reduction techniques; and 
• Explain the importance of integrating services of Substance Use, Mental Health, HIV/AIDS, housing providers and other community resources to better serve their clients. 

Peter DalPra, LADC, LCS, is the Clinical Coordinator for the NH Professionals Health Program (NHPHP) after working in residential treatment in NH for 18 years. He has also worked as the Chemical Dependency and HIV/AIDS Case Manager for the former NH Division of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention and Recovery as well as for the Nashua Public Health Department as an HIV/AIDS Street Outreach Worker. A nationally certified trainer in “Preventing HIV Disease Among Substance Abusers;” he is an Adjunct Faculty member at Concord Community College NHTI in Concord, NH. He is also a past President of NHADACA and a past member of the NH Board of Licensing for Alcohol and Other Drug Use Professionals. 

For more information and to register click here.

Date:

December 8, 2023

Time:

8:30 am - 12:00 pm

Location:

130 Pembroke Road, Suite 150
Concord, NH 03301

Cost:

see registration

Sponsor: Rural Communities Opioid Response Program

Given the epidemic of increased maternal mortality and morbidity in the U.S., there is growing sentiment on how to mitigate preventable causes, including that of addressing substance use disorder (SUD). This webinar will provide information on the complications of SUD in pregnancy, along with methods for effective intervention and management for clinicians and collaborators.

Learning Objectives:

-Review SUD-related risk factors and adverse outcomes in pregnancy.
-Identify barriers to universal screening, assessment, and treatment of SUD in pregnancy.
-Examine evidence-based practices implemented to assist clinicians with screening, assessing, and treating SUD in pregnancy.
-Gain insight into federal and state efforts to improve care for pregnant people with SUD.

Presenter:
-Dr. Sura Edmond

To register click here

Date:

December 12, 2023

Time:

2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Cost:

FREE

Sponsor: New Hampshire Alcohol & Drug Abuse Counselors Association

PRESENTATION: This training will introduce the history and guiding principles of Harm Reduction. We will discuss various examples of harm reduction strategies and overdose prevention and how we can integrate Harm Reduction across the spectrum of drug use. This will be an interactive training to create a safe space to explore our individual biases and how stigma and bias can impact access to services and the delivery of services in our communities. We will explore the intersections of race and ethnicity along with social determinants of health and the importance of culturally responsive systems of care. This class will also discuss harm reduction effort that are occurring locally, regionally and nationally and how participants of the training can integrate these approaches into their work to support people in our communities.

Upon completion of this training, participants will be able to:

• Describe harm reduction as an approach to reducing health and social risks associated with drug use;
• Identify 3 harm reduction interventions;
• Describe how those 3 harm reduction interventions reduce health and/or social risks associated with drug use in communities of color;
• Create 3 strategies to incorporate harm reduction approaches into their own work with clients with an emphasis on approaches in communities of color;
• List at least 4 harmful impacts of stigma on vulnerable and marginalized individuals who may use drugs; and
• Describe collaborative goal setting for overdose and infection prevention with people who use drugs.

John Burns, MBA, CRSW, is a person with lived experience in recovery, a family member of a loved one in recovery and a guardian caregiver for one of his grandsons. He is the director of SOS Recovery Community Organization. John has been engaged in training delivery and development over the last 5 years at SOS. He supervises a staff of over 20 at SOS Recovery Community Organization and assists in training and supervision of three Recovery Community Centers. SOS operates syringe service programs and harm reduction supplies at all of their recovery community centers as well as a comprehensive outreach program with those experiencing homelessness and a statewide “peer-strength” program for individuals involved in the criminal justice system. John and his team at SOS worked with local and national recovery leaders and subject matter experts to develop the Art & Science of Peer-Assisted Recovery® 30 hour peer-assisted recovery training curriculum, as well as trainings on ethics, HIV prevention, and suicide prevention for peer-assisted recovery supports. John is a member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT) and completed the MINT training of new trainers in 2021. He has been trained extensively in motivational interviewing techniques through a series of trainings and train the trainers sessions and is trained in Motivational Interviewing Treatment Integrity (MITI) Coding and is trained and authorized to complete Motivational Interviewing Competency Assessments (MICA) for coding practitioners of MI. John serves as Vice Chair on the board of the NH Harm Reduction Coalition and on the executive committee of the Strafford County Public Health Advisory Committee. He is an appointee of NH Governor Sununu on the Overdose Fatality Review Commission and is a member of the budget taskforce for the NH Governor’s Commission for Alcohol and other drugs.

Eileen Doyle, CRSW, is the Training Coordinator at SOS Recovery Community Organization. A person in long-term recovery and a family member, Eileen has trained SOS curriculums with a variety of trainers and has completed Motivational Interviewing trainings with Stephen R. Andrew LCSW, LADC, CCS at the Health Education and Training Institute and John Gilbert, MS, RD, CCP, RHC-III, ACSM-CEP® at the Institute for Individual and Organizational Change. She works with SOSRCO Executive Director John Burns to create and revise curriculums for SOS and continues to work directly with participants seeking support services. She facilitates an Invitation to Change support group for family members each week. Eileen earned her Masters in Science for Teachers from the University of NH and a bachelor’s degree in Liberal Arts/Journalism from Northeastern University. She is a NH Certified Recovery Support Worker and a certified Journaling Instructor through the Therapeutic Writing Institute. She has led several journaling workshops for recovery support workers. Eileen volunteered at SOS for four years before retiring from a 23-year teaching career in a Massachusetts high school and being hired at SOS. Before becoming the Training Coordinator, she worked as the Recovery Friendly Workplace Coordinator for SOS as part of a statewide initiative to provide training and resources to employers to encourage them to support employees and their family members impacted by SUD.

For more information and to register click here

Date:

December 14, 2023

Time:

8:30 am - 1:00 pm

Location:

130 Pembroke Road, Suite 150
Concord, NH

Cost:

see registration

Sponsor: New Hampshire Alcohol & Drug Abuse Counselors Association

PRESENTATION: This training will discuss an effective approach in the treatment of challenging clients and provide participants with an opportunity to explore creative ways of integrating these approaches into an effective therapeutic intervention — when to use, when not to use Motivational Interviewing. This class will introduce participants to Motivational Interviewing (MI) theory and practice. Participants will learn about the fundamentals of MI including understanding ambivalence, the MI Spirit, and how we can best support others considering change. This workshop will include ample opportunities for topic discussion and practicing reflective listening, developing focus, and recognizing, evoking, and responding to a person’s “change talk”.

Upon completion of this training, participants will be able to:

• Define MI as a counseling style;
• Define the Spirit of MI;
• Define the 4 principles of MI;
• Demonstrate use of OARS;
• Describe how to identify sustain and change talk; and
• Demonstrate at least 2 methods to elicit change talk.

ABOUT THE PRESENTERS: 

John Burns, MBA, CRSW, is a person with lived experience in recovery, a family member of a loved one in recovery and a guardian caregiver for one of his grandsons. He is the director of SOS Recovery Community Organization. John has been engaged in training delivery and development over the last 5 years at SOS. He supervises a staff of over 20 at SOS Recovery Community Organization and assists in training and supervision of three Recovery Community Centers. SOS operates syringe service programs and harm reduction supplies at all of their recovery community centers as well as a comprehensive outreach program with those experiencing homelessness and a statewide “peer-strength” program for individuals involved in the criminal justice system. John and his team at SOS worked with local and national recovery leaders and subject matter experts to develop the Art & Science of Peer-Assisted Recovery® 30 hour peer-assisted recovery training curriculum, as well as trainings on ethics, HIV prevention, and suicide prevention for peer-assisted recovery supports. John is a member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT) and completed the MINT training of new trainers in 2021. He has been trained extensively in motivational interviewing techniques through a series of trainings and train the trainers sessions and is trained in Motivational Interviewing Treatment Integrity (MITI) Coding and is trained and authorized to complete Motivational Interviewing Competency Assessments (MICA) for coding practitioners of MI. John serves as Vice Chair on the board of the NH Harm Reduction Coalition and on the executive committee of the Strafford County Public Health Advisory Committee. He is an appointee of NH Governor Sununu on the Overdose Fatality Review Commission and is a member of the budget taskforce for the NH Governor’s Commission for Alcohol and other drugs.

Eileen Doyle, CRSW, is the Training Coordinator at SOS Recovery Community Organization. A person in long-term recovery and a family member, Eileen has trained SOS curriculums with a variety of trainers and has completed Motivational Interviewing trainings with Stephen R. Andrew LCSW, LADC, CCS at the Health Education and Training Institute and John Gilbert, MS, RD, CCP, RHC-III, ACSM-CEP® at the Institute for Individual and Organizational Change. She works with SOSRCO Executive Director John Burns to create and revise curriculums for SOS and continues to work directly with participants seeking support services. She facilitates an Invitation to Change support group for family members each week. Eileen earned her Masters in Science for Teachers from the University of NH and a bachelor’s degree in Liberal Arts/Journalism from Northeastern University. She is a NH Certified Recovery Support Worker and a certified Journaling Instructor through the Therapeutic Writing Institute. She has led several journaling workshops for recovery support workers. Eileen volunteered at SOS for four years before retiring from a 23-year teaching career in a Massachusetts high school and being hired at SOS. Before becoming the Training Coordinator, she worked as the Recovery Friendly Workplace Coordinator for SOS as part of a statewide initiative to provide training and resources to employers to encourage them to support employees and their family members impacted by SUD.

For more information and to register click here:

Date:

December 15, 2023

Time:

8:30 am - 4:00 pm

Location:

Remote via Zoom

Cost:

see registration

Sponsor: National Center for Health in Public Housing

In the coming years FQHC’s and PHPC’s are expected to take an increasing share of the country’s addiction management caseload. This is particularly true of health centers serving disadvantaged populations. In this webinar, join the National Center for Health in Public Housing team as they present an epidemiological perspective of addiction management with a focus on the impact of housing, poverty and historical marginalization have had on the lived experience of Residents of Public Housing and other marginalized groups. Additionally, through the lens of the Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) we will examine the models, practices and care interventions which can assist FQHCs and PHPC’s in supporting addiction management programs and promoting the staff and patient experience at their organization.

Learning Objectives:

1. Present an epidemiological perspective of addiction treatment/management at FQHCs and PHPCs.

2. Examine the impacts of the Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) on patients experiencing addiction.

3. Review models of care and workforce management that can maximize staff experience and reduce burnout.

4. Through the perspective of the SDOH, present models and practices to improve the patient experience in addiction treatment and support.

Speakers: Dr. Kevin Lombardi, MD MPH, Manager of Health Research, Policy and Advocacy, NCHPH

To register click here

Date:

December 18, 2023

Time:

1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Location:

virtual

Cost:

no costs

This 30-minute course is intended to help providers identify their role in helping patients transition away from a dependence on opioids and to encourage them to study more about pain management and suicide prevention. The objectives of the course are to teach the community providers how to: Define the meaning of the SAVE acronym; Identify the warning signs of suicide; Explain how to conduct a suicide assessment; Describe how to discuss lethal means, and; Refer patients at imminent risk of suicide, or in need of further assessment, to live crisis resources.

SELF-PACED; ON DEMAND; MUST CREATE AN ACCOUNT

Certificate upon Completion

To register click here.

Cost:

FREE

On-Demand

Sponsor: Opioid Response Network in collaboration with the American Psychiatric Nurses Association

This presentation will explore how substance use during pregnancy impacts the maternal/fetal development and increases the neurological vulnerabilities of the neonate.  The unique challenges and opportunities of providing care to a substance-exposed pregnancy will be explored.  The importance of screening procedures will be discussed and how the information obtained during the screening influences the treatment plan.

Presenter: Kathleen Schachman, PhD, PMHNP-BC, FAANP, FIAAN

For more information and to register click here

Learning Outcomes:
Upon completion of this presentation, the participant will be able to: 

• Describe two ways that substance use during pregnancy impacts maternal/fetal developmental and neurological vulnerabilities of the neonate.
• Identify the unique challenges and opportunities in providing care for substance-exposed pregnancies.
• Implement screening procedures identify high-risk or problematic substance use during pregnancy.
• Plan treatment approaches to optimize maternal and neonatal outcomes.

Cost:

free

Sponsor: Grayken Center for Addiction, a program of Boston Medical Center

Description

This training describes the principles of harm reduction and offers strategies to support persons who use drugs and their community members.

This training satisfies 0.75 hours of the required 8 hours of training for DEA-registered practitioners. The Medication Access and Training Expansion (MATE) Act was included in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023. The MATE Act requires increased training for Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)-registered physicians and practitioners—specifically, a one-time eight-hour training requirement on treating and managing patients with opioid or other substance use disorders.

Intended audience

Medical professionals with prescriptive authority, nurses and support staff who support them looking to increase provision of care for patients with substance use disorder.

For more information and to register click here (Note that you will need to create a free account to access this training.)

Medical professionals with prescriptive authority, nurses and support staff who support them looking to increase provision of care for patients with substance use disorder.

Cost:

no costs

Sponsor: HMP Education: Global Learning Network

This on-demand activity discusses strategies for patient-centered communication, including shared decision-making and motivational interviewing, to facilitate treatment selection and acceptance.

Learning Objectives: After participating in this activity, learners should be better able to:

• Assess barriers to optimal schizophrenia treatment, and outline strategies to overcome these barriers

• Evaluate the pharmacology, mechanisms of action, safety/efficacy data, and administration considerations associated with novel antipsychotic formulations targeting the muscarinic cholinergic system

• Describe how different MOAs can potentially be synergistic and when it may be beneficial to combine two MOAs to improve efficacy
• Implement strategies for patient-centered communication, including shared decision-making and motivational interviewing, to facilitate treatment selection and acceptance.

For more information and to register click here

Cost:

no costs

Sponsor: UR Medicine Recovery Centr of Excellence

This 35-minute self-paced module focuses on how primary care providers can navigate the changing landscape of opioid use disorder in relation to synthetic opioids. The module discusses synthetic overdose in relation to fentanyl and fentanyl analogs, as well as the dangers of xylazine. It provides treatment recommendations for patients who use synthetic opioids and overdose prevention strategies.

For more information and to access click here

Cost:

free

A new law soon goes into effect that requires new or renewing DEA licensees, as of June 27, 2023, to have completed a total of at least eight hours of training on opioid or other substance use disorders and the appropriate treatment of pain. Dr Yngvild Olsen, director of the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, joins us to discuss the requirements going into effect, what should clinicians know about the changes, and how to best prepare.

Helpful links in podcast:

DATA Waiver Repeal : www.samhsa.gov/medications-subst…imination-mat-act

8-Hour Training Information: www.samhsa.gov/medications-subst…ate-act-resources

Contact SAMHSA: #ob#cebivqrefhccbeg#at#fnzufn.uuf.tbi#ob#

Cost:

no costs

Sponsor: American Osteopathic Academy of Addiction Medicine

In accordance with 2021 changes in practice guidelines for administering buprenorphine for the treatment of opioid use disorder, physician assistants are required to apply to the Drug Enforcement Agency for a waiver to prescribe buprenorphine. To treat more than 30 patients, however, providers must complete 24 hours of specialized training to prescribe buprenorphine, one of three medications approved by the FDA for the treatment of opioid use disorder. The training includes 8 hours of waiver training and an additional 16 hours of training.

How it Works: When you have completed the entire course, you will receive a certificate of completion. Physicians will then be able to apply for the waiver to prescribe buprenorphine. All other eligible providers can apply for the waiver after completing an additional 16-hour course here for advanced practice nurses and here for PAs.  

This training is available as a self-paced session as well as a combination of live and self-paced.

To register and for more information click here

Cost:

free

Sponsor: UVM Center on Rural Addiction

To receive CME credit for this video, please complete the interactive version within the UVM CME portal. For instructions on how to complete this process, please visit: https://go.uvm.edu/cmhowto

Use of cocaine and methamphetamine is rising across the country resulting in a wave of overdose deaths that is truly alarming. The ability to help people with issues around cocaine and stimulant use is hampered by the limited number of treatments available. For example, there is no medication available to treat these issues. However, there are behavioral treatments that are effective, including contingency management (CM), where people can earn incentives for healthy behavior change. In fact, looking across all the available treatment options, CM has been shown repeatedly to be the most effective. Our faculty at UVM CORA have worked to develop educational resources for treatment providers, policymakers, health departments, health services, and clinicians in how to use CM. We have developed a brief video to highlight: –Why providers should consider CM with their patients who struggle with substance use –The evidence that supports the use of CM –The most important steps and considerations for using CM and resources available through UVM CORA to help support these efforts.

For the introductory YouTube version with objectives and more information click here

Cost:

free

Sponsor: Social Worker Online CE Institute

Self-study

Adolescence is a time of constant and significant change. In fact, most people will never experience a more dramatic change than when in their adolescence. So, what’s changing? Everything! Adolescents are simultaneously experiencing biological, psychological, social, and role changes, meaning that their bodies, brains, emotions, relationships, and everything in between are in a state of flux and growth. Substance use during adolescence further complicates – and even disrupts – this process. Youth and young adults who engage in substance misuse or suffer from a substance use disorder (SUD) face additional challenges that impact their ability to successfully navigate their journey into adulthood, but social workers can be a mitigating factor for these young people. This training will provide an overview of addiction in adolescents, including information on current data and trends, co-occurring disorders, trauma, the developing brain, and effective treatment approaches.

Faculty: Samantha Kawola

Samantha Kawola, LMSW, is an LMSW charged with coordinating adolescent substance use services at the NYS Office of Addiction Services and Supports (OASAS). In 7 years with OASAS’ Bureau Adolescent, Women, and Family Services, she has been a key contributor to policy and program development and enactment, including writing and implementing clinical standards and guidance, establishing and overseeing recovery services for youth statewide (e.g., Youth Clubhouses, collegiate recovery programs, recovery high schools), and implementing EBPs statewide. In addition, she sits on the Governor’s LGBT Task Force and is one of the agency’s subject matter experts in LGBTQ matters. Sam earned B.A. in Psychology from Siena College in 2014 and her MSW from Fordham University in 2017, the latter of which afforded her the opportunity to gain clinical experience in a residential substance use treatment facility for adolescents.

For more information and to purchase click here

Cost:

$10.00 - $20.00 - see above link for details

Sponsor: Social Work Online CE Institute

Self-paced

Substance Use Disorder (SUD) costs the United States approximately $416 billion per year in crime, lost work productivity, medical care and other social problems. In one study, the most common primary SUD problem among veteran admissions was alcohol (65.4%), followed by heroin (10.7%) and cocaine (6.2%) (SAMSHA, 2015). SUD treatment and aftercare requires case management which is frequently provided through the provision of social work case management services. This webinar will educate the participant about social work case management, benefits, most desirable treatment outcomes and associated challenges.

Learning Objectives:

• Inform the participant about Substance Use Disorder (SUD).   
• Educate the participant about social work case management, benefits, most desirable treatment outcomes and associated challenges.
• Problem-solve several important yet intractable concerns and obstacles that surround the case management, treatment, intervention and recovery of veterans utilizing social work practice skills.

Faculty- Bradley J. Schaffer, LMSW, BCD, FSW

Dr. Bradley Schaffer retired from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) clinical social worker after 31 years. He retired as the Coordinator, Veterans Justice Outreach (VJO), Liaison, Veterans Treatment Court (VTC), VA Medical Center, and Butler, PA.  His years of VA service were primarily clinical, but he spent nearly a decade in management and social research. Dr. Schaffer has presented at numerous national and international conferences, seminars, and workshops. He published 4 book chapters and over 30 articles, all on military veterans. He is an honorably discharged U.S. Marine Corps Veteran, 1976-82. Dr. Schaffer earned his DSW at Millersville University of Pennsylvania, School of Social Work.

Dr. Schaffer is concurrently an Adjunct at the Edinboro University of PA, Department of Social Work, and Missouri State University. Prior, Mr. Schaffer was an Adjunct at Thiel College, Department of Sociology, California University of PA, School of Social Work, and the University of Cincinnati, School of Social Work. He is a Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW), Board Certified Diplomat in Clinical Social Work.  

For more information and to purchase click here

Cost:

0 - $30.00; see link above for details

Sponsor: New England AIDS Education and Training Center

Recorded on January 11, 2022

Part 3 of the “Myth-Busting HCV Treatment Series” explored the advances in the treatment of HCV to the clinical management of PWID and SUD and various monitoring strategies that can be used during HCV treatment and follow-up for hard-to-reach populations.

Speaker:  Marguerite Beiser, NP, Director of HCV Services, Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program

Topics:

• Harm Reduction/Safe Injection
• Hepatitis C
• Substance use disorders
• Opioid use disorder
• Cultural competence
• Health literacy
• Case management
• Community linkages
• Coordination of care
• Organizational needs assessment
• Practice Transformation

To view the recording click here

Note that you will need to recreate a free membership to access.

Cost:

free

Sponsor: New England AIDS Education and Training Center

Recorded on December 7, 2021: this recording is NOT certified for continuing education credit.

Recorded discussion of the role of the interdisciplinary team in completing the essential components of HCV treatment assessment, service delivery for marginalized populations, and outreach to individuals experiencing SUD.

Speakers from the Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program:

• Savanna Shores, RN, BSN, HCV Team Nurse
• Giavanna Wilson, Case Manager, HCV Services
• Khadija Muse, HCV Outreach Manager

Targeted population to be discussed: young adults ages 18-24

Topics:

• Behavioral Prevention
• Harm Reduction/Safe Injection
• HIV diagnosis (i.e. HIV testing)
• Hepatitis C
• Substance use disorders
• Opioid use disorder
• Cultural competence
• Health literacy
• Case management
• Community linkages
• Coordination of care
• Organizational needs assessment
• Practice Transformation

To access the recording click here

(Note that you must sign up for a free membership to access.)

Cost:

free

free On-Demand training

Sponsor: Opioid Response Network in collaboration with the American Psychiatric Nurses Association

This presentation will explore substance use disorders in the older adult population, and how unique age-related physiological and social changes present unique challenges for the identification and treatment of this disorder.

Presenter:  Kathleen Schachman, PhD, PMHNP-BC, FAANP, FIAAN

Session Length:  45 minutes

Target Audience:  RN, APRN

Learning Outcomes:
Upon completion of this presentation, the participant will be able to:

• Estimate the prevalence of substance use/misuse in older adults.
  
• Understand risk factors that may influence this population’s use/misuse of substances.
• Understand physiological differences with aging.
• List three potential treatment approaches that are safe, effective, and tailored to the unique strengths and needs of the older adult who has a substance use disorder (SUD).

More more information and to register click here

Cost:

free

Sponsor: Grayken Center for Addiction TTA, a program of Boston Medical Center

Description

This training will review medical conditions commonly seen in people using substances.

This training satisfies 1.00 hours of the required 8 hours of training for DEA-registered practitioners.

Objectives

Following this training, participants will have the knowledge necessary to:

• Recognize skin and soft tissue infections in people who inject drugs. 
• Identify risk factors and risk groups for Hepatitis C and HIV.
• Describe prevention interventions for HCV and HIV, including effective addiction treatment, harm reduction and behavioral risk reduction, and antiviral agents. 
• Discuss how treatment regimens for both HCV and HIV are highly effective in patients with OUD and can be safely used with opioid agonist and partial agonist therapy.

For more information and to register click here

Cost:

no costs

Self-paced recorded session

Sponsor: Rural Communities Opioid Response Program Technical Assistance

This workshop will explore the link between Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) of individuals with substance use concerns and its impact on their development. We will explore the experiences, perceptions, beliefs, and behaviors that may present challenges in development. We will discuss practical, trauma-informed, outcome-driven strategies that improve the outcomes.

Objectives:

• The attendee will learn how to describe adverse childhood experiences; trauma and toxic stress affect biological, physiological, social, emotional, and brain development and the findings of the ACE study.
• The attendee will learn how to describe adaptive response(s) to environmental circumstances and toxic stress that they may encounter.
• The attendee will learn how to make modifications to their work to understand ACEs and the client’s adaptive response(s) to circumstances and toxic stress.
• The attendee will develop and understand the importance of being aware of personal perceptions and beliefs that impact the client/provider dynamic does not add to the traumatic experience.

Presenters: Brandon Jones & Kelly King

To register click here

Cost:

no costs

Sponsor: Providers Clinical Support System

recorded webinar available February 5, 2021 to February 5, 2024

Presenter(s): Alexander Walley, MD, Boston Medical College

Target Audience: Physicians, nurse practitioners or other advanced practice nurses, PAs, psychologists, pharmacists, social workers and healthcare teams.

Webinar Description: The overdose crisis continues despite expanded and enhanced efforts to implement evidence-based practices, including overdose education and naloxone rescue kits, medication for opioid use disorder, and prescription opioid safety. While these evidence-based practices are more accessible, they are not reaching those at highest risk for overdose. Opportunities lie in engaging high-risk individuals, addressing the low barrier-retention paradox, and addressing the increasingly toxic drug supply. This webinar will equip learners with the knowledge to intervene during acute opiate toxicity episodes and help them develop practice improvement plans to reduce impediments to access of overdose prevention resources.

Educational Objectives:

• Describe at least three (3) approaches to reduce opioid overdose deaths.
• Identify at least three (3) limitations of these approaches to high-risk populations.
• List opportunities to engage high-risk individuals, address the low barrier-retention paradox and make the drug supply less toxic.

Credit Designations Available: AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™, Nursing Contact Hours, AAPA Category 1 CME credit, CEUs for psychology, Pharmacy Continuing Education Credit, and SW CE credit.

Continuing Education Information:

See details on link

To access recorded webinar click here

Cost:

No Costs

Sponsor: Providers Clinical Support System

Recorded webinar – January 2021

Presenter(s): Brad Finegood, MA, LMHC, Strategic Advisor, Public Health – Seattle & King County; Judith Tsui, MD, MPH, Physician, UW Medicine; Shireesha Dhanireddy, MD, Physician, UW Medicine; Richard Waters, MD, Physician, Site Medical Director – Housing & Street Outreach, Neighborcare Health

Target Audience: This activity is designed to meet the needs of primary care physicians, specialty care physicians, allied professional staff, and program administrators.

Webinar Description: Leading Seattle-area physicians discuss how quality medical care intersects with harm reduction philosophy and practice. Learn how medical providers have advanced opportunities for recovery from substance use disorders by providing compassionate care to people who use drugs and partnering with harm reduction services providers.

Educational Objectives:

• Examine the intersection between quality medical care and harm reduction philosophy and practice
• Identify partnership opportunities for physicians and harm reduction providers to provide compassionate care to people who use drugs

Continuing Education Information:

1. View the recorded webinar and return to the web page that lists the webinar recording link. By viewing the full presentation it will unlock and allow you to proceed to the evaluation.
2. Click “Evaluation” and answer the questions to the best of your ability. Upon completion of this survey, you will be directed to PCSS to claim your certificate.
3. If you have any questions or you do not receive your certificate, please email #ob#cpff#at#nnnc.bet#ob# or call (855) 227-2776.Note: This archive webinar is not designated for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™

To view webinar and slides click here

Cost:

No costs

Sponsor: Providers Clinical Support System

Recorded session – February 23, 2021

Presenter(s): Tara Nichols, DNP, ARNP, RN-BC, CCRN, CCNS, AGCNS Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner

Target Audience: Health care professionals (Physicians, Advanced Practice Registered Nurses, RN, Social Workers, Pharmacist, and other members of the health care team).

Webinar Description: Dr. Nichols will present to Health care professionals (Physicians, Advanced Practice Registered Nurses, RN, Social Workers, Pharmacist, and other members of the health care team) that manage pain how to expand options to offer people with all levels of pain but specifically chronic pain, acute on chronic pain, people with chronic opioid use and opioid use disorder. Dr. Nichols led an interprofessional team (Physicians, Advanced Practice Registered Nurses, RN, Social Workers, Pharmacist and Medical Assistant) and the people they cared for in creating Comfort Bundles© by starting the conversation focused on Understanding pain and planning for comfort© to create a pain plan of medicine and non-medicine treatment options.

Educational Objectives:

• Describe the non pharmacologic protocol
• Apply the protocol to a patient to determine “Comfort Bundles© (Pharmacologic and non pharmacologic treatment combinations)
• Create a plan of care balancing pharmacologic and non pharmacologic

Continuing Education

See details on website

To access click here

Cost:

No costs

Sponsor: Think Cultural Health – A US Department of Health and Human Services sponsored site

To register click here

This program is approved for 5 Contact hours for LADC’s. See registration for details on additional CE. Expiration on CE’s March 31,2023

Cost:

FREE

Sponsor: Institution for Research, Education & Training in Addictions

Learn to identify the relationship between adolescents and sensation seeking/impulsivity. This connection is associated with the escalation of substance use. Students will become familiar with the screening tools that can detect and assess teens’ marijuana use, then explore new approaches to interventions and aftercare.

To register click here

Cost:

CEU's $10.00

Sponsor: Boston Medical Center Grayken Center for Addiction Training and Technical Assistance, Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Bureau of Substance Addiction Services (DPH/BSAS)

Description

This training will introduce participants to stimulant use disorders.

Objectives

Following this training, participants will have the knowledge necessary to:

• Identify at least 3 types of stimulants.
• Discuss how stimulants impact the central nervous system.
• Recognize the signs and symptoms of overamping.
• Describe basic principles within a contingency management program.

For more information and to register click here

Cost:

no costs

Sponsor: Grayken Center for Addiction TTA, a program of Boston Medical Center

Description

This training will review strategies for managing alcohol use disorders and benzodiazepine use disorders.

This training satisfies 1.00 hours of the required 8 hours of training for DEA-registered practitioners.

Intended audience

Medical professionals with prescriptive authority, nurses and support staff who support them looking to increase provision of care for patients with substance use disorder.

Objectives

Following this training, participants will have the knowledge necessary to:

• Identify signs and symptoms of alcohol use disorder (AUD).
• Identify signs and symptoms of benzodiazepine use disorder.
• List the 3 FDA-approved medications to treat AUD.
• Recognize the role of inpatient treatment for the management of alcohol and benzodiazepine use disorder.
• Identify the role that polysubstance use has on the overdose epidemic

For more information and to register click here

Cost:

no costs

Sponsor: From Big Pharma to Recovery – The Intersection of the Opioid Epidemic and the Criminal Legal System

The Opioid Response Network (ORN) has launched a new podcast, MOUD in Corrections, to provide a comprehensive understanding of the opioid epidemic, medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) and justice-involved individuals.

In the U.S., more than 1.5 million arrests are made for drug violations annually and 1 in 5 people are incarcerated because of a drug related offense. However, in recent years the justice system has started to change its approach to incarcerated individuals with opioid use disorder to be more consistent with those having other chronic relapsing diseases. The podcast series, developed by the Addiction Technology Transfer Center Network, explores this shift, highlights the critical and evolving role the justice system plays in addressing the opioid epidemic and emphasizes the importance of understanding that a substance use disorder is a disease of the brain. Available for Apple, Spotify and other apps. Listen here.

Cost:

free

Sponsor: Grayken Center for Addiction TTA, a program of Boston Medical Center

Description: This training will provide an overview of identification and management of substance use disorders in the older adult population.

This training satisfies 0.50 hours of the required 8 hours of training for DEA-registered practitioners.

Intended audience: Medical professionals with prescriptive authority, nurses and support staff who support them looking to increase provision of care for patients with substance use disorder.

Objectives:

• Recognize the prevalence of substance use disorder in older adults, including initiation of use at older age.
• Identify 2 risk factors for substance use disorder in older adults.
• Understand differences in presentation of withdrawal symptoms in older adults.

For more information and to register click here:

Cost:

FREE

Sponsor: Grayken Center for Addiction TTA, a program of Boston Medical Center

Description: This training will provide strategies to implementing addiction care and medications for OUD into your practice setting.

This training satisfies 1.00 hours of the required 8 hours of training for DEA-registered practitioners.

Intended audience

Intended audience: Medical professionals with prescriptive authority, nurses and support staff who support them looking to increase provision of care for patients with substance use disorder.

Objectives

Following this training, participants will have the knowledge necessary to:

• Recall strategies for identifying substance use disorders in the primary care setting.
• Identify at least 3 different levels of care available for substance use disorder (SUD) treatment.
• Recognize how to appropriately triage patients to a level of care that meets their treatment needs. 
• Describe the roles of members of the SUD care team.
• Recognize the 4 key components of treatment models of care for opioid use disorder.
• Identify 3 models of care for delivering treatment for opioid use disorder in primary care

To get more information and register click here

Cost:

no costs

Sponsor: Boston Medical Grayken Center for Addiction TTA, The Association for Multidisciplinary Education and Research in Substance Use and Addiction (AMERSA), Department of Public Health, Bureau of Substance Addiction Services (DPH/BSAS), The Opioid Response Network (ORN).

Description: “Protecting the Community and Serving Your Patient: The Importance of Buprenorphine” is Part 3 of 3 in the “Best Practices for Community Pharmacy-Based Care for Patients with Opioid Use Disorder” series. Part 3 describes the three medications that are mainly used for treating Opioid-Use Disorder, and dives deeper into buprenorphine prescribing and the pharmacy’s role in it.

Intended audience: This activity is intended for pharmacists and pharmacy technicians working as part of the healthcare team to treat patients for substance use disorder.

Description:

1. Describe the efficacy and safety of dispensing buprenorphine for opioid use disorder (OUD) treatment.

2. Explain an effective interaction between a pharmacy staff member and patient filling a prescription for buprenorphine.

2. Explain an effective interaction between a pharmacy staff member and patient filling a prescription for buprenorph

For more information and to register click here:

“Protecting the Community and Serving Your Patient: The Importance of Buprenorphine” is Part 3 of 3 in the “Best Practices for Community Pharmacy-Based Care for Patients with Opioid Use Disorder” series. Part 3 describes the three medications that are mainly used for treating Opioid-Use Disorder, and dives deeper into buprenorphine prescribing and the pharmacy’s role in it. 

Cost:

FREE

Sponsor: Grayken Center for Addiction TTA, a program of Boston Medical Center

Description: “Community-Centered Care for People Who Use Drugs” is Part 2 of 3 in the “Best Practices for Community Pharmacy-Based Care for Patients with Opioid Use Disorder” series. Part 2 focuses on harm reduction practices that can be beneficial to individuals who use drugs and how pharmacies can play a role in these practices. Naloxone and Naloxone distribution will be discussed as well as how safer injection promotion can benefit the overall well-being of patients who use drugs.

Intended audience

Intended audience: This activity is intended for pharmacists and pharmacy technicians working as part of the healthcare team to treat patients for substance use disorder.

Objectives

1. Describe the efficacy and safety of dispensing naloxone and selling syringes in a community pharmacy.

2. Explain an effective interaction between pharmacy staff member and patient attempting to purchase harm reduction supplies.

For more information and to register click here

Cost:

no costs

Sponsors: Boston Medical Grayken Center for Addiction TTA, The Association for Multidisciplinary Education and Research in Substance Use and Addiction (AMERSA), Department of Public Health, Bureau of Substance Addiction Services (DPH/BSAS), The Opioid Response Network (ORN)

Description

“Opioid use Disorder – Making Connections” is Part 1 of 3 in the “Best Practices for Community Pharmacy-Based Care for Patients with Opioid Use Disorder” series. Part 1 will describe how addiction is a complex chronic illness that requires treatment, often involving medications. This training covers the different types of medications that individuals with Opioid Use Disorders (OUD) might be prescribed. Part 1 will also investigate how stigma impacts the recovery of individuals with Substance Use Disorders. 

Intended audience

This activity is intended for pharmacists and pharmacy technicians working as part of the healthcare team to treat patients for substance use disorder.

Objectives

1. Describe the disease model of addiction.

2. Identify situations to use patient-centered addiction language.

2. Identify situations to use patient-centered addiction language.

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Cost:

FREE

Sponsor: Grayken Center for Addiction TTA, a program of Boston Medical Center

Description: This training will review the goals of toxicology screening, most common matrices used, and tips for interpreting results.

Intended audience: Medical professionals with prescriptive authority, nurses and support staff who support them looking to increase provision of care for patients with substance use disorder.

This training satisfies 0.50 hours of the required 8 hours of training for DEA-registered practitioners.

Objectives

Following this training, participants will have the knowledge necessary to:

• Recall goals of toxicology screening.
• Identify the most common matrices of toxicology screens.
• Display knowledge of how to interpret toxicology screening and confirmatory testing.

For more information and to register click here:

Cost:

no costs

Sponsor: Grayken Center for Addiction TTA, a program of Boston Medical Center

Description: This training will provide recommendations for managing substance use disorders throughout the peripartum period, including pregnancy, birth, and post-partum.

This training satisfies 0.75 hours of the required 8 hours of training for DEA-registered practitioners.

Intended audience: Medical professionals with prescriptive authority, nurses and support staff who support them looking to increase provision of care for patients with substance use disorder.

Objectives

Following this training, participants will have the knowledge necessary to:

• Recognize the major benefits and limitations of methadone and buprenorphine treatment during the peripartum period.
• Identify 3 strategies to mitigate and manage neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome (NOWS) among infants prenatally exposed to buprenorphine.
• Recall the importance of managing polysubstance use (e.g., alcohol, tobacco, stimulants) during pregnancy.

For more information and to register click here:

Cost:

no costs

Sponsor: Grayken Center for Addiction TTA, a program of Boston Medical Center

Description: This training will provide an overview of identification and management of substance use disorders in the adolescent and young adult population.

Intended audience

Intended audience: Medical professionals with prescriptive authority, nurses and support staff who support them looking to increase provision of care for patients with substance use disorder.

Objectives:

Following this training, participants will have the knowledge to:

• List 3 major substances of use in adolescents and young adults.
• Identify at least 3 barriers to treatment of SUD experienced by adolescents and young adults.
• Recognize at least 2 strategies to improve SUD treatment and engagement in care for adolescents and young adults.

For more information and to register click here:

Cost:

not costs

Sponsor: Grayken Center for Addiction TTA, a program of Boston Medical Center

Description: This training will provide strategies for pain management in patients with co-occurring pain and opioid use disorder.

This training satisfies 0.75 hours of the required 8 hours of training for DEA-registered practitioners.

Intended audience

Intended audience: Medical professionals with prescriptive authority, nurses and support staff who support them looking to increase provision of care for patients with substance use disorder.

Objectives:

Following this training, participants will have the knowledge necessary to:

• Identify at least three risk factors for opioid use disorder (OUD) and overdose in patients with chronic pain.
• List three examples of non-opioid treatments for chronic pain.
• Develop an acute pain management strategy for a patient taking prescribed buprenorphine.

For more information and to register click here:

Cost:

no costs

Sponsor: Grayken Center for Addiction TTA, a program of Boston Medical Center

Description: This training provides an overview of the 3 FDA-approved medications for the treatment of opioid use disorder (OUD): buprenorphine, methadone, and naltrexone.

This training satisfies 1.00 hours of the required 8 hours of training for DEA-registered practitioners.

Intended audience:

Medical professionals with prescriptive authority, nurses and support staff who support them looking to increase provision of care for patients with substance use disorder.

Objectives

Following this training, participants will have the knowledge necessary to:

• Explain the major pharmacologic properties of methadone,buprenorphine, and naltrexone.
• Describe 3 medical or social considerations in medication initiation planning.
• Identify patients at risk for severe opioid withdrawal.
• List at least 2 medications that may be utilized to manage symptoms of opioid withdrawal.
• Recall benefits for treatment with injectable buprenorphine.

For more information and to register click here:

Cost:

no costs

Sponsor: Grayken Center for Addiction TTA, a program of Boston Medical Center

Description: This training will identify common co-occurring disorders in people with substance use disorders and review basic therapeutic and pharmacologic interventions.

This training satisfies 1.00 hours of the required 8 hours of training for DEA-registered practitioners.

Intended audience: Medical professionals with prescriptive authority, nurses and support staff who support them looking to increase provision of care for patients with substance use disorder.

For more information and to register click here:

Cost:

no costs

Sponsor: National Council for Mental Wellbeing

The number of people in America who died from a drug overdose in 2021 was more than six times the number in 1999, with more than 75% of those deaths involving an opioid, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). How did we get here? What’s next?
 
Find out on Dec. 13 (2-3 p.m. ET) during American Tragedy: Dopesick Author Beth Macy on the Opioid Crisis, Overdose Deaths and What’s Next, our 13th Wellbeing Wednesdays episode featuring New York Times bestselling author and award-winning journalist Beth Macy.
 
Macy is renowned for documenting the epidemic — from the flood of prescription drugs that fueled addiction and overdose deaths to failed drug policies. Her books include “Raising Lazarus” and “Dopesick,” which was made into a Peabody- and Emmy-winning Hulu series.
 
National Council President and CEO Chuck Ingoglia will sit down with the author to discuss the future of the opioid crisis, overdose deaths and harm reduction, as well as the important work of peer support specialists who battle stigma and local laws to help people who use drugs.

Join us on December 13 for the next episode in our Wellbeing Wednesdays virtual learning series, where the best minds in health care share their thoughts on current issues:

• Beth Macy, New York Times bestselling author of Dopesick and Raising Lazarus
• Chuck Ingoglia, President and CEO, National Council for Mental Wellbeing

For more information and to register click here

Date:

December 13, 2023

Time:

2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Location:

virtual

Cost:

no costs

Sponsor: Boston Medical Grayken Center for Addiction TTA, The Association for Multidisciplinary Education and Research in Substance Use and Addiction (AMERSA), Department of Public Health, Bureau of Substance Addiction Services (DPH/BSAS), The Opioid Response Network (ORN).

Description: “Protecting the Community and Serving Your Patient: The Importance of Buprenorphine” is Part 3 of 3 in the “Best Practices for Community Pharmacy-Based Care for Patients with Opioid Use Disorder” series. Part 3 describes the three medications that are mainly used for treating Opioid-Use Disorder, and dives deeper into buprenorphine prescribing and the pharmacy’s role in it.

Intended audience: This activity is intended for pharmacists and pharmacy technicians working as part of the healthcare team to treat patients for substance use disorder.

Description:

1. Describe the efficacy and safety of dispensing buprenorphine for opioid use disorder (OUD) treatment.

2. Explain an effective interaction between a pharmacy staff member and patient filling a prescription for buprenorphine.

2. Explain an effective interaction between a pharmacy staff member and patient filling a prescription for buprenorph

For more information and to register click here:

“Protecting the Community and Serving Your Patient: The Importance of Buprenorphine” is Part 3 of 3 in the “Best Practices for Community Pharmacy-Based Care for Patients with Opioid Use Disorder” series. Part 3 describes the three medications that are mainly used for treating Opioid-Use Disorder, and dives deeper into buprenorphine prescribing and the pharmacy’s role in it. 

Cost:

FREE

On-Demand

Sponsor: Opioid Response Network in collaboration with the American Psychiatric Nurses Association

This presentation will explore how substance use during pregnancy impacts the maternal/fetal development and increases the neurological vulnerabilities of the neonate.  The unique challenges and opportunities of providing care to a substance-exposed pregnancy will be explored.  The importance of screening procedures will be discussed and how the information obtained during the screening influences the treatment plan.

Presenter: Kathleen Schachman, PhD, PMHNP-BC, FAANP, FIAAN

For more information and to register click here

Learning Outcomes:
Upon completion of this presentation, the participant will be able to: 

• Describe two ways that substance use during pregnancy impacts maternal/fetal developmental and neurological vulnerabilities of the neonate.
• Identify the unique challenges and opportunities in providing care for substance-exposed pregnancies.
• Implement screening procedures identify high-risk or problematic substance use during pregnancy.
• Plan treatment approaches to optimize maternal and neonatal outcomes.

Cost:

free

Sponsor: Grayken Center for Addiction, a program of Boston Medical Center

Description

This training describes the principles of harm reduction and offers strategies to support persons who use drugs and their community members.

This training satisfies 0.75 hours of the required 8 hours of training for DEA-registered practitioners. The Medication Access and Training Expansion (MATE) Act was included in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023. The MATE Act requires increased training for Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)-registered physicians and practitioners—specifically, a one-time eight-hour training requirement on treating and managing patients with opioid or other substance use disorders.

Intended audience

Medical professionals with prescriptive authority, nurses and support staff who support them looking to increase provision of care for patients with substance use disorder.

For more information and to register click here (Note that you will need to create a free account to access this training.)

Medical professionals with prescriptive authority, nurses and support staff who support them looking to increase provision of care for patients with substance use disorder.

Cost:

no costs

Sponsor: HMP Education: Global Learning Network

This on-demand activity discusses strategies for patient-centered communication, including shared decision-making and motivational interviewing, to facilitate treatment selection and acceptance.

Learning Objectives: After participating in this activity, learners should be better able to:

• Assess barriers to optimal schizophrenia treatment, and outline strategies to overcome these barriers

• Evaluate the pharmacology, mechanisms of action, safety/efficacy data, and administration considerations associated with novel antipsychotic formulations targeting the muscarinic cholinergic system

• Describe how different MOAs can potentially be synergistic and when it may be beneficial to combine two MOAs to improve efficacy
• Implement strategies for patient-centered communication, including shared decision-making and motivational interviewing, to facilitate treatment selection and acceptance.

For more information and to register click here

Cost:

no costs

Sponsor: UR Medicine Recovery Centr of Excellence

This 35-minute self-paced module focuses on how primary care providers can navigate the changing landscape of opioid use disorder in relation to synthetic opioids. The module discusses synthetic overdose in relation to fentanyl and fentanyl analogs, as well as the dangers of xylazine. It provides treatment recommendations for patients who use synthetic opioids and overdose prevention strategies.

For more information and to access click here

Cost:

free

A new law soon goes into effect that requires new or renewing DEA licensees, as of June 27, 2023, to have completed a total of at least eight hours of training on opioid or other substance use disorders and the appropriate treatment of pain. Dr Yngvild Olsen, director of the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, joins us to discuss the requirements going into effect, what should clinicians know about the changes, and how to best prepare.

Helpful links in podcast:

DATA Waiver Repeal : www.samhsa.gov/medications-subst…imination-mat-act

8-Hour Training Information: www.samhsa.gov/medications-subst…ate-act-resources

Contact SAMHSA: #ob#cebivqrefhccbeg#at#fnzufn.uuf.tbi#ob#

Cost:

no costs

Sponsor: American Osteopathic Academy of Addiction Medicine

In accordance with 2021 changes in practice guidelines for administering buprenorphine for the treatment of opioid use disorder, physician assistants are required to apply to the Drug Enforcement Agency for a waiver to prescribe buprenorphine. To treat more than 30 patients, however, providers must complete 24 hours of specialized training to prescribe buprenorphine, one of three medications approved by the FDA for the treatment of opioid use disorder. The training includes 8 hours of waiver training and an additional 16 hours of training.

How it Works: When you have completed the entire course, you will receive a certificate of completion. Physicians will then be able to apply for the waiver to prescribe buprenorphine. All other eligible providers can apply for the waiver after completing an additional 16-hour course here for advanced practice nurses and here for PAs.  

This training is available as a self-paced session as well as a combination of live and self-paced.

To register and for more information click here

Cost:

free

Sponsor: UVM Center on Rural Addiction

To receive CME credit for this video, please complete the interactive version within the UVM CME portal. For instructions on how to complete this process, please visit: https://go.uvm.edu/cmhowto

Use of cocaine and methamphetamine is rising across the country resulting in a wave of overdose deaths that is truly alarming. The ability to help people with issues around cocaine and stimulant use is hampered by the limited number of treatments available. For example, there is no medication available to treat these issues. However, there are behavioral treatments that are effective, including contingency management (CM), where people can earn incentives for healthy behavior change. In fact, looking across all the available treatment options, CM has been shown repeatedly to be the most effective. Our faculty at UVM CORA have worked to develop educational resources for treatment providers, policymakers, health departments, health services, and clinicians in how to use CM. We have developed a brief video to highlight: –Why providers should consider CM with their patients who struggle with substance use –The evidence that supports the use of CM –The most important steps and considerations for using CM and resources available through UVM CORA to help support these efforts.

For the introductory YouTube version with objectives and more information click here

Cost:

free

Sponsor: Social Worker Online CE Institute

Self-study

Adolescence is a time of constant and significant change. In fact, most people will never experience a more dramatic change than when in their adolescence. So, what’s changing? Everything! Adolescents are simultaneously experiencing biological, psychological, social, and role changes, meaning that their bodies, brains, emotions, relationships, and everything in between are in a state of flux and growth. Substance use during adolescence further complicates – and even disrupts – this process. Youth and young adults who engage in substance misuse or suffer from a substance use disorder (SUD) face additional challenges that impact their ability to successfully navigate their journey into adulthood, but social workers can be a mitigating factor for these young people. This training will provide an overview of addiction in adolescents, including information on current data and trends, co-occurring disorders, trauma, the developing brain, and effective treatment approaches.

Faculty: Samantha Kawola

Samantha Kawola, LMSW, is an LMSW charged with coordinating adolescent substance use services at the NYS Office of Addiction Services and Supports (OASAS). In 7 years with OASAS’ Bureau Adolescent, Women, and Family Services, she has been a key contributor to policy and program development and enactment, including writing and implementing clinical standards and guidance, establishing and overseeing recovery services for youth statewide (e.g., Youth Clubhouses, collegiate recovery programs, recovery high schools), and implementing EBPs statewide. In addition, she sits on the Governor’s LGBT Task Force and is one of the agency’s subject matter experts in LGBTQ matters. Sam earned B.A. in Psychology from Siena College in 2014 and her MSW from Fordham University in 2017, the latter of which afforded her the opportunity to gain clinical experience in a residential substance use treatment facility for adolescents.

For more information and to purchase click here

Cost:

$10.00 - $20.00 - see above link for details

Sponsor: New England AIDS Education and Training Center

Recorded on January 11, 2022

Part 3 of the “Myth-Busting HCV Treatment Series” explored the advances in the treatment of HCV to the clinical management of PWID and SUD and various monitoring strategies that can be used during HCV treatment and follow-up for hard-to-reach populations.

Speaker:  Marguerite Beiser, NP, Director of HCV Services, Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program

Topics:

• Harm Reduction/Safe Injection
• Hepatitis C
• Substance use disorders
• Opioid use disorder
• Cultural competence
• Health literacy
• Case management
• Community linkages
• Coordination of care
• Organizational needs assessment
• Practice Transformation

To view the recording click here

Note that you will need to recreate a free membership to access.

Cost:

free

Sponsor: New England AIDS Education and Training Center

Recorded on December 7, 2021: this recording is NOT certified for continuing education credit.

Recorded discussion of the role of the interdisciplinary team in completing the essential components of HCV treatment assessment, service delivery for marginalized populations, and outreach to individuals experiencing SUD.

Speakers from the Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program:

• Savanna Shores, RN, BSN, HCV Team Nurse
• Giavanna Wilson, Case Manager, HCV Services
• Khadija Muse, HCV Outreach Manager

Targeted population to be discussed: young adults ages 18-24

Topics:

• Behavioral Prevention
• Harm Reduction/Safe Injection
• HIV diagnosis (i.e. HIV testing)
• Hepatitis C
• Substance use disorders
• Opioid use disorder
• Cultural competence
• Health literacy
• Case management
• Community linkages
• Coordination of care
• Organizational needs assessment
• Practice Transformation

To access the recording click here

(Note that you must sign up for a free membership to access.)

Cost:

free

free On-Demand training

Sponsor: Opioid Response Network in collaboration with the American Psychiatric Nurses Association

This presentation will explore substance use disorders in the older adult population, and how unique age-related physiological and social changes present unique challenges for the identification and treatment of this disorder.

Presenter:  Kathleen Schachman, PhD, PMHNP-BC, FAANP, FIAAN

Session Length:  45 minutes

Target Audience:  RN, APRN

Learning Outcomes:
Upon completion of this presentation, the participant will be able to:

• Estimate the prevalence of substance use/misuse in older adults.
  
• Understand risk factors that may influence this population’s use/misuse of substances.
• Understand physiological differences with aging.
• List three potential treatment approaches that are safe, effective, and tailored to the unique strengths and needs of the older adult who has a substance use disorder (SUD).

More more information and to register click here

Cost:

free

Sponsor: Grayken Center for Addiction TTA, a program of Boston Medical Center

Description

This training will review medical conditions commonly seen in people using substances.

This training satisfies 1.00 hours of the required 8 hours of training for DEA-registered practitioners.

Objectives

Following this training, participants will have the knowledge necessary to:

• Recognize skin and soft tissue infections in people who inject drugs. 
• Identify risk factors and risk groups for Hepatitis C and HIV.
• Describe prevention interventions for HCV and HIV, including effective addiction treatment, harm reduction and behavioral risk reduction, and antiviral agents. 
• Discuss how treatment regimens for both HCV and HIV are highly effective in patients with OUD and can be safely used with opioid agonist and partial agonist therapy.

For more information and to register click here

Cost:

no costs

Self-paced available September 29, 2021 through September 29, 2024

Sponsor: Dartmouth-Hitchcock

In this 3 hour self-paced workshop, participants will expand their awareness of trauma-informed care and compassionate communication and the impact it has on caring for families in the perinatal setting. We will examine the evidence behind and foundations of the trauma-informed lens to identify the purpose for compassionate communication and equitable care, the barriers to it, and the strategies and skills needed to improve upon it. We will use real world, challenging scenarios to examine habits and build new pathways to interacting with clients and patients to effectively express compassion and improve the quality of care. The population of focus will be families affected by trauma, health inequity, perinatal substance exposure and birth trauma.

To create a log in and register click here

Farrah Sheehan Deselle, MSN, RN, IBCLC
Eat Sleep Console and Trauma-Informed Care Implementation Specialist

Learning Outcome(s)

At the end of this learning activity, (at least 75% of) participants will be able to design a plan of care that utilizes a trauma-informed approach when interacting with women and their families during the perinatal period.

Cost:

There is no fee for this activity, but to receive credit(s) you must register online and complete the online evaluation (you must register to access this form).

Self-paced recorded session

Sponsor: Rural Communities Opioid Response Program Technical Assistance

This workshop will explore the link between Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) of individuals with substance use concerns and its impact on their development. We will explore the experiences, perceptions, beliefs, and behaviors that may present challenges in development. We will discuss practical, trauma-informed, outcome-driven strategies that improve the outcomes.

Objectives:

• The attendee will learn how to describe adverse childhood experiences; trauma and toxic stress affect biological, physiological, social, emotional, and brain development and the findings of the ACE study.
• The attendee will learn how to describe adaptive response(s) to environmental circumstances and toxic stress that they may encounter.
• The attendee will learn how to make modifications to their work to understand ACEs and the client’s adaptive response(s) to circumstances and toxic stress.
• The attendee will develop and understand the importance of being aware of personal perceptions and beliefs that impact the client/provider dynamic does not add to the traumatic experience.

Presenters: Brandon Jones & Kelly King

To register click here

Cost:

no costs

Sponsor: Providers Clinical Support System

recorded webinar available February 5, 2021 to February 5, 2024

Presenter(s): Alexander Walley, MD, Boston Medical College

Target Audience: Physicians, nurse practitioners or other advanced practice nurses, PAs, psychologists, pharmacists, social workers and healthcare teams.

Webinar Description: The overdose crisis continues despite expanded and enhanced efforts to implement evidence-based practices, including overdose education and naloxone rescue kits, medication for opioid use disorder, and prescription opioid safety. While these evidence-based practices are more accessible, they are not reaching those at highest risk for overdose. Opportunities lie in engaging high-risk individuals, addressing the low barrier-retention paradox, and addressing the increasingly toxic drug supply. This webinar will equip learners with the knowledge to intervene during acute opiate toxicity episodes and help them develop practice improvement plans to reduce impediments to access of overdose prevention resources.

Educational Objectives:

• Describe at least three (3) approaches to reduce opioid overdose deaths.
• Identify at least three (3) limitations of these approaches to high-risk populations.
• List opportunities to engage high-risk individuals, address the low barrier-retention paradox and make the drug supply less toxic.

Credit Designations Available: AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™, Nursing Contact Hours, AAPA Category 1 CME credit, CEUs for psychology, Pharmacy Continuing Education Credit, and SW CE credit.

Continuing Education Information:

See details on link

To access recorded webinar click here

Cost:

No Costs

Sponsor: Providers Clinical Support System

Recorded webinar – January 2021

Presenter(s): Brad Finegood, MA, LMHC, Strategic Advisor, Public Health – Seattle & King County; Judith Tsui, MD, MPH, Physician, UW Medicine; Shireesha Dhanireddy, MD, Physician, UW Medicine; Richard Waters, MD, Physician, Site Medical Director – Housing & Street Outreach, Neighborcare Health

Target Audience: This activity is designed to meet the needs of primary care physicians, specialty care physicians, allied professional staff, and program administrators.

Webinar Description: Leading Seattle-area physicians discuss how quality medical care intersects with harm reduction philosophy and practice. Learn how medical providers have advanced opportunities for recovery from substance use disorders by providing compassionate care to people who use drugs and partnering with harm reduction services providers.

Educational Objectives:

• Examine the intersection between quality medical care and harm reduction philosophy and practice
• Identify partnership opportunities for physicians and harm reduction providers to provide compassionate care to people who use drugs

Continuing Education Information:

1. View the recorded webinar and return to the web page that lists the webinar recording link. By viewing the full presentation it will unlock and allow you to proceed to the evaluation.
2. Click “Evaluation” and answer the questions to the best of your ability. Upon completion of this survey, you will be directed to PCSS to claim your certificate.
3. If you have any questions or you do not receive your certificate, please email #ob#cpff#at#nnnc.bet#ob# or call (855) 227-2776.Note: This archive webinar is not designated for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™

To view webinar and slides click here

Cost:

No costs

Sponsor: Boston Medical Center Grayken Center for Addiction Training and Technical Assistance, Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Bureau of Substance Addiction Services (DPH/BSAS)

Description

This training will introduce participants to stimulant use disorders.

Objectives

Following this training, participants will have the knowledge necessary to:

• Identify at least 3 types of stimulants.
• Discuss how stimulants impact the central nervous system.
• Recognize the signs and symptoms of overamping.
• Describe basic principles within a contingency management program.

For more information and to register click here

Cost:

no costs

Sponsor: Grayken Center for Addiction TTA, a program of Boston Medical Center

Description

This training will review strategies for managing alcohol use disorders and benzodiazepine use disorders.

This training satisfies 1.00 hours of the required 8 hours of training for DEA-registered practitioners.

Intended audience

Medical professionals with prescriptive authority, nurses and support staff who support them looking to increase provision of care for patients with substance use disorder.

Objectives

Following this training, participants will have the knowledge necessary to:

• Identify signs and symptoms of alcohol use disorder (AUD).
• Identify signs and symptoms of benzodiazepine use disorder.
• List the 3 FDA-approved medications to treat AUD.
• Recognize the role of inpatient treatment for the management of alcohol and benzodiazepine use disorder.
• Identify the role that polysubstance use has on the overdose epidemic

For more information and to register click here

Cost:

no costs

Sponsor: From Big Pharma to Recovery – The Intersection of the Opioid Epidemic and the Criminal Legal System

The Opioid Response Network (ORN) has launched a new podcast, MOUD in Corrections, to provide a comprehensive understanding of the opioid epidemic, medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) and justice-involved individuals.

In the U.S., more than 1.5 million arrests are made for drug violations annually and 1 in 5 people are incarcerated because of a drug related offense. However, in recent years the justice system has started to change its approach to incarcerated individuals with opioid use disorder to be more consistent with those having other chronic relapsing diseases. The podcast series, developed by the Addiction Technology Transfer Center Network, explores this shift, highlights the critical and evolving role the justice system plays in addressing the opioid epidemic and emphasizes the importance of understanding that a substance use disorder is a disease of the brain. Available for Apple, Spotify and other apps. Listen here.

Cost:

free

Sponsor: Grayken Center for Addiction TTA, a program of Boston Medical Center

Description: This training will provide an overview of identification and management of substance use disorders in the older adult population.

This training satisfies 0.50 hours of the required 8 hours of training for DEA-registered practitioners.

Intended audience: Medical professionals with prescriptive authority, nurses and support staff who support them looking to increase provision of care for patients with substance use disorder.

Objectives:

• Recognize the prevalence of substance use disorder in older adults, including initiation of use at older age.
• Identify 2 risk factors for substance use disorder in older adults.
• Understand differences in presentation of withdrawal symptoms in older adults.

For more information and to register click here:

Cost:

FREE

Sponsor: Grayken Center for Addiction TTA, a program of Boston Medical Center

Description: This training will provide strategies to implementing addiction care and medications for OUD into your practice setting.

This training satisfies 1.00 hours of the required 8 hours of training for DEA-registered practitioners.

Intended audience

Intended audience: Medical professionals with prescriptive authority, nurses and support staff who support them looking to increase provision of care for patients with substance use disorder.

Objectives

Following this training, participants will have the knowledge necessary to:

• Recall strategies for identifying substance use disorders in the primary care setting.
• Identify at least 3 different levels of care available for substance use disorder (SUD) treatment.
• Recognize how to appropriately triage patients to a level of care that meets their treatment needs. 
• Describe the roles of members of the SUD care team.
• Recognize the 4 key components of treatment models of care for opioid use disorder.
• Identify 3 models of care for delivering treatment for opioid use disorder in primary care

To get more information and register click here

Cost:

no costs

Sponsor: Boston Medical Grayken Center for Addiction TTA, The Association for Multidisciplinary Education and Research in Substance Use and Addiction (AMERSA), Department of Public Health, Bureau of Substance Addiction Services (DPH/BSAS), The Opioid Response Network (ORN).

Description: “Protecting the Community and Serving Your Patient: The Importance of Buprenorphine” is Part 3 of 3 in the “Best Practices for Community Pharmacy-Based Care for Patients with Opioid Use Disorder” series. Part 3 describes the three medications that are mainly used for treating Opioid-Use Disorder, and dives deeper into buprenorphine prescribing and the pharmacy’s role in it.

Intended audience: This activity is intended for pharmacists and pharmacy technicians working as part of the healthcare team to treat patients for substance use disorder.

Description:

1. Describe the efficacy and safety of dispensing buprenorphine for opioid use disorder (OUD) treatment.

2. Explain an effective interaction between a pharmacy staff member and patient filling a prescription for buprenorphine.

2. Explain an effective interaction between a pharmacy staff member and patient filling a prescription for buprenorph

For more information and to register click here:

“Protecting the Community and Serving Your Patient: The Importance of Buprenorphine” is Part 3 of 3 in the “Best Practices for Community Pharmacy-Based Care for Patients with Opioid Use Disorder” series. Part 3 describes the three medications that are mainly used for treating Opioid-Use Disorder, and dives deeper into buprenorphine prescribing and the pharmacy’s role in it. 

Cost:

FREE

Sponsor: Grayken Center for Addiction TTA, a program of Boston Medical Center

Description: “Community-Centered Care for People Who Use Drugs” is Part 2 of 3 in the “Best Practices for Community Pharmacy-Based Care for Patients with Opioid Use Disorder” series. Part 2 focuses on harm reduction practices that can be beneficial to individuals who use drugs and how pharmacies can play a role in these practices. Naloxone and Naloxone distribution will be discussed as well as how safer injection promotion can benefit the overall well-being of patients who use drugs.

Intended audience

Intended audience: This activity is intended for pharmacists and pharmacy technicians working as part of the healthcare team to treat patients for substance use disorder.

Objectives

1. Describe the efficacy and safety of dispensing naloxone and selling syringes in a community pharmacy.

2. Explain an effective interaction between pharmacy staff member and patient attempting to purchase harm reduction supplies.

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Cost:

no costs

Sponsors: Boston Medical Grayken Center for Addiction TTA, The Association for Multidisciplinary Education and Research in Substance Use and Addiction (AMERSA), Department of Public Health, Bureau of Substance Addiction Services (DPH/BSAS), The Opioid Response Network (ORN)

Description

“Opioid use Disorder – Making Connections” is Part 1 of 3 in the “Best Practices for Community Pharmacy-Based Care for Patients with Opioid Use Disorder” series. Part 1 will describe how addiction is a complex chronic illness that requires treatment, often involving medications. This training covers the different types of medications that individuals with Opioid Use Disorders (OUD) might be prescribed. Part 1 will also investigate how stigma impacts the recovery of individuals with Substance Use Disorders. 

Intended audience

This activity is intended for pharmacists and pharmacy technicians working as part of the healthcare team to treat patients for substance use disorder.

Objectives

1. Describe the disease model of addiction.

2. Identify situations to use patient-centered addiction language.

2. Identify situations to use patient-centered addiction language.

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Cost:

FREE

Sponsor: Grayken Center for Addiction TTA, a program of Boston Medical Center

Description: This training will review the goals of toxicology screening, most common matrices used, and tips for interpreting results.

Intended audience: Medical professionals with prescriptive authority, nurses and support staff who support them looking to increase provision of care for patients with substance use disorder.

This training satisfies 0.50 hours of the required 8 hours of training for DEA-registered practitioners.

Objectives

Following this training, participants will have the knowledge necessary to:

• Recall goals of toxicology screening.
• Identify the most common matrices of toxicology screens.
• Display knowledge of how to interpret toxicology screening and confirmatory testing.

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Cost:

no costs

Sponsor: Grayken Center for Addiction TTA, a program of Boston Medical Center

Description: This training will provide recommendations for managing substance use disorders throughout the peripartum period, including pregnancy, birth, and post-partum.

This training satisfies 0.75 hours of the required 8 hours of training for DEA-registered practitioners.

Intended audience: Medical professionals with prescriptive authority, nurses and support staff who support them looking to increase provision of care for patients with substance use disorder.

Objectives

Following this training, participants will have the knowledge necessary to:

• Recognize the major benefits and limitations of methadone and buprenorphine treatment during the peripartum period.
• Identify 3 strategies to mitigate and manage neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome (NOWS) among infants prenatally exposed to buprenorphine.
• Recall the importance of managing polysubstance use (e.g., alcohol, tobacco, stimulants) during pregnancy.

For more information and to register click here:

Cost:

no costs

Sponsor: Grayken Center for Addiction TTA, a program of Boston Medical Center

Description: This training will provide an overview of identification and management of substance use disorders in the adolescent and young adult population.

Intended audience

Intended audience: Medical professionals with prescriptive authority, nurses and support staff who support them looking to increase provision of care for patients with substance use disorder.

Objectives:

Following this training, participants will have the knowledge to:

• List 3 major substances of use in adolescents and young adults.
• Identify at least 3 barriers to treatment of SUD experienced by adolescents and young adults.
• Recognize at least 2 strategies to improve SUD treatment and engagement in care for adolescents and young adults.

For more information and to register click here:

Cost:

not costs

Sponsor: Grayken Center for Addiction TTA, a program of Boston Medical Center

Description: This training will provide strategies for pain management in patients with co-occurring pain and opioid use disorder.

This training satisfies 0.75 hours of the required 8 hours of training for DEA-registered practitioners.

Intended audience

Intended audience: Medical professionals with prescriptive authority, nurses and support staff who support them looking to increase provision of care for patients with substance use disorder.

Objectives:

Following this training, participants will have the knowledge necessary to:

• Identify at least three risk factors for opioid use disorder (OUD) and overdose in patients with chronic pain.
• List three examples of non-opioid treatments for chronic pain.
• Develop an acute pain management strategy for a patient taking prescribed buprenorphine.

For more information and to register click here:

Cost:

no costs

Sponsor: Grayken Center for Addiction TTA, a program of Boston Medical Center

Description: This training provides an overview of the 3 FDA-approved medications for the treatment of opioid use disorder (OUD): buprenorphine, methadone, and naltrexone.

This training satisfies 1.00 hours of the required 8 hours of training for DEA-registered practitioners.

Intended audience:

Medical professionals with prescriptive authority, nurses and support staff who support them looking to increase provision of care for patients with substance use disorder.

Objectives

Following this training, participants will have the knowledge necessary to:

• Explain the major pharmacologic properties of methadone,buprenorphine, and naltrexone.
• Describe 3 medical or social considerations in medication initiation planning.
• Identify patients at risk for severe opioid withdrawal.
• List at least 2 medications that may be utilized to manage symptoms of opioid withdrawal.
• Recall benefits for treatment with injectable buprenorphine.

For more information and to register click here:

Cost:

no costs

Sponsor: Grayken Center for Addiction TTA, a program of Boston Medical Center

Description: This training will identify common co-occurring disorders in people with substance use disorders and review basic therapeutic and pharmacologic interventions.

This training satisfies 1.00 hours of the required 8 hours of training for DEA-registered practitioners.

Intended audience: Medical professionals with prescriptive authority, nurses and support staff who support them looking to increase provision of care for patients with substance use disorder.

For more information and to register click here:

Cost:

no costs

Sponsor: National Council for Mental Wellbeing

The number of people in America who died from a drug overdose in 2021 was more than six times the number in 1999, with more than 75% of those deaths involving an opioid, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). How did we get here? What’s next?
 
Find out on Dec. 13 (2-3 p.m. ET) during American Tragedy: Dopesick Author Beth Macy on the Opioid Crisis, Overdose Deaths and What’s Next, our 13th Wellbeing Wednesdays episode featuring New York Times bestselling author and award-winning journalist Beth Macy.
 
Macy is renowned for documenting the epidemic — from the flood of prescription drugs that fueled addiction and overdose deaths to failed drug policies. Her books include “Raising Lazarus” and “Dopesick,” which was made into a Peabody- and Emmy-winning Hulu series.
 
National Council President and CEO Chuck Ingoglia will sit down with the author to discuss the future of the opioid crisis, overdose deaths and harm reduction, as well as the important work of peer support specialists who battle stigma and local laws to help people who use drugs.

Join us on December 13 for the next episode in our Wellbeing Wednesdays virtual learning series, where the best minds in health care share their thoughts on current issues:

• Beth Macy, New York Times bestselling author of Dopesick and Raising Lazarus
• Chuck Ingoglia, President and CEO, National Council for Mental Wellbeing

For more information and to register click here

Date:

December 13, 2023

Time:

2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Location:

virtual

Cost:

no costs

On-Demand

Sponsor: Opioid Response Network in collaboration with the American Psychiatric Nurses Association

This presentation will explore how substance use during pregnancy impacts the maternal/fetal development and increases the neurological vulnerabilities of the neonate.  The unique challenges and opportunities of providing care to a substance-exposed pregnancy will be explored.  The importance of screening procedures will be discussed and how the information obtained during the screening influences the treatment plan.

Presenter: Kathleen Schachman, PhD, PMHNP-BC, FAANP, FIAAN

For more information and to register click here

Learning Outcomes:
Upon completion of this presentation, the participant will be able to: 

• Describe two ways that substance use during pregnancy impacts maternal/fetal developmental and neurological vulnerabilities of the neonate.
• Identify the unique challenges and opportunities in providing care for substance-exposed pregnancies.
• Implement screening procedures identify high-risk or problematic substance use during pregnancy.
• Plan treatment approaches to optimize maternal and neonatal outcomes.

Cost:

free

Sponsor: Grayken Center for Addiction, a program of Boston Medical Center

Description

This training describes the principles of harm reduction and offers strategies to support persons who use drugs and their community members.

This training satisfies 0.75 hours of the required 8 hours of training for DEA-registered practitioners. The Medication Access and Training Expansion (MATE) Act was included in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023. The MATE Act requires increased training for Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)-registered physicians and practitioners—specifically, a one-time eight-hour training requirement on treating and managing patients with opioid or other substance use disorders.

Intended audience

Medical professionals with prescriptive authority, nurses and support staff who support them looking to increase provision of care for patients with substance use disorder.

For more information and to register click here (Note that you will need to create a free account to access this training.)

Medical professionals with prescriptive authority, nurses and support staff who support them looking to increase provision of care for patients with substance use disorder.

Cost:

no costs

Sponsor: HMP Education: Global Learning Network

This on-demand activity discusses strategies for patient-centered communication, including shared decision-making and motivational interviewing, to facilitate treatment selection and acceptance.

Learning Objectives: After participating in this activity, learners should be better able to:

• Assess barriers to optimal schizophrenia treatment, and outline strategies to overcome these barriers

• Evaluate the pharmacology, mechanisms of action, safety/efficacy data, and administration considerations associated with novel antipsychotic formulations targeting the muscarinic cholinergic system

• Describe how different MOAs can potentially be synergistic and when it may be beneficial to combine two MOAs to improve efficacy
• Implement strategies for patient-centered communication, including shared decision-making and motivational interviewing, to facilitate treatment selection and acceptance.

For more information and to register click here

Cost:

no costs

Sponsor: UR Medicine Recovery Centr of Excellence

This 35-minute self-paced module focuses on how primary care providers can navigate the changing landscape of opioid use disorder in relation to synthetic opioids. The module discusses synthetic overdose in relation to fentanyl and fentanyl analogs, as well as the dangers of xylazine. It provides treatment recommendations for patients who use synthetic opioids and overdose prevention strategies.

For more information and to access click here

Cost:

free

A new law soon goes into effect that requires new or renewing DEA licensees, as of June 27, 2023, to have completed a total of at least eight hours of training on opioid or other substance use disorders and the appropriate treatment of pain. Dr Yngvild Olsen, director of the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, joins us to discuss the requirements going into effect, what should clinicians know about the changes, and how to best prepare.

Helpful links in podcast:

DATA Waiver Repeal : www.samhsa.gov/medications-subst…imination-mat-act

8-Hour Training Information: www.samhsa.gov/medications-subst…ate-act-resources

Contact SAMHSA: #ob#cebivqrefhccbeg#at#fnzufn.uuf.tbi#ob#

Cost:

no costs

Sponsor: American Osteopathic Academy of Addiction Medicine

In accordance with 2021 changes in practice guidelines for administering buprenorphine for the treatment of opioid use disorder, physician assistants are required to apply to the Drug Enforcement Agency for a waiver to prescribe buprenorphine. To treat more than 30 patients, however, providers must complete 24 hours of specialized training to prescribe buprenorphine, one of three medications approved by the FDA for the treatment of opioid use disorder. The training includes 8 hours of waiver training and an additional 16 hours of training.

How it Works: When you have completed the entire course, you will receive a certificate of completion. Physicians will then be able to apply for the waiver to prescribe buprenorphine. All other eligible providers can apply for the waiver after completing an additional 16-hour course here for advanced practice nurses and here for PAs.  

This training is available as a self-paced session as well as a combination of live and self-paced.

To register and for more information click here

Cost:

free

Sponsor: UVM Center on Rural Addiction

To receive CME credit for this video, please complete the interactive version within the UVM CME portal. For instructions on how to complete this process, please visit: https://go.uvm.edu/cmhowto

Use of cocaine and methamphetamine is rising across the country resulting in a wave of overdose deaths that is truly alarming. The ability to help people with issues around cocaine and stimulant use is hampered by the limited number of treatments available. For example, there is no medication available to treat these issues. However, there are behavioral treatments that are effective, including contingency management (CM), where people can earn incentives for healthy behavior change. In fact, looking across all the available treatment options, CM has been shown repeatedly to be the most effective. Our faculty at UVM CORA have worked to develop educational resources for treatment providers, policymakers, health departments, health services, and clinicians in how to use CM. We have developed a brief video to highlight: –Why providers should consider CM with their patients who struggle with substance use –The evidence that supports the use of CM –The most important steps and considerations for using CM and resources available through UVM CORA to help support these efforts.

For the introductory YouTube version with objectives and more information click here

Cost:

free

Sponsor: Social Worker Online CE Institute

Self-study

Adolescence is a time of constant and significant change. In fact, most people will never experience a more dramatic change than when in their adolescence. So, what’s changing? Everything! Adolescents are simultaneously experiencing biological, psychological, social, and role changes, meaning that their bodies, brains, emotions, relationships, and everything in between are in a state of flux and growth. Substance use during adolescence further complicates – and even disrupts – this process. Youth and young adults who engage in substance misuse or suffer from a substance use disorder (SUD) face additional challenges that impact their ability to successfully navigate their journey into adulthood, but social workers can be a mitigating factor for these young people. This training will provide an overview of addiction in adolescents, including information on current data and trends, co-occurring disorders, trauma, the developing brain, and effective treatment approaches.

Faculty: Samantha Kawola

Samantha Kawola, LMSW, is an LMSW charged with coordinating adolescent substance use services at the NYS Office of Addiction Services and Supports (OASAS). In 7 years with OASAS’ Bureau Adolescent, Women, and Family Services, she has been a key contributor to policy and program development and enactment, including writing and implementing clinical standards and guidance, establishing and overseeing recovery services for youth statewide (e.g., Youth Clubhouses, collegiate recovery programs, recovery high schools), and implementing EBPs statewide. In addition, she sits on the Governor’s LGBT Task Force and is one of the agency’s subject matter experts in LGBTQ matters. Sam earned B.A. in Psychology from Siena College in 2014 and her MSW from Fordham University in 2017, the latter of which afforded her the opportunity to gain clinical experience in a residential substance use treatment facility for adolescents.

For more information and to purchase click here

Cost:

$10.00 - $20.00 - see above link for details

Sponsor: Social Work Online CE Institute

Self-paced

Substance Use Disorder (SUD) costs the United States approximately $416 billion per year in crime, lost work productivity, medical care and other social problems. In one study, the most common primary SUD problem among veteran admissions was alcohol (65.4%), followed by heroin (10.7%) and cocaine (6.2%) (SAMSHA, 2015). SUD treatment and aftercare requires case management which is frequently provided through the provision of social work case management services. This webinar will educate the participant about social work case management, benefits, most desirable treatment outcomes and associated challenges.

Learning Objectives:

• Inform the participant about Substance Use Disorder (SUD).   
• Educate the participant about social work case management, benefits, most desirable treatment outcomes and associated challenges.
• Problem-solve several important yet intractable concerns and obstacles that surround the case management, treatment, intervention and recovery of veterans utilizing social work practice skills.

Faculty- Bradley J. Schaffer, LMSW, BCD, FSW

Dr. Bradley Schaffer retired from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) clinical social worker after 31 years. He retired as the Coordinator, Veterans Justice Outreach (VJO), Liaison, Veterans Treatment Court (VTC), VA Medical Center, and Butler, PA.  His years of VA service were primarily clinical, but he spent nearly a decade in management and social research. Dr. Schaffer has presented at numerous national and international conferences, seminars, and workshops. He published 4 book chapters and over 30 articles, all on military veterans. He is an honorably discharged U.S. Marine Corps Veteran, 1976-82. Dr. Schaffer earned his DSW at Millersville University of Pennsylvania, School of Social Work.

Dr. Schaffer is concurrently an Adjunct at the Edinboro University of PA, Department of Social Work, and Missouri State University. Prior, Mr. Schaffer was an Adjunct at Thiel College, Department of Sociology, California University of PA, School of Social Work, and the University of Cincinnati, School of Social Work. He is a Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW), Board Certified Diplomat in Clinical Social Work.  

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Cost:

0 - $30.00; see link above for details

Sponsor: New England AIDS Education and Training Center

Recorded on January 11, 2022

Part 3 of the “Myth-Busting HCV Treatment Series” explored the advances in the treatment of HCV to the clinical management of PWID and SUD and various monitoring strategies that can be used during HCV treatment and follow-up for hard-to-reach populations.

Speaker:  Marguerite Beiser, NP, Director of HCV Services, Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program

Topics:

• Harm Reduction/Safe Injection
• Hepatitis C
• Substance use disorders
• Opioid use disorder
• Cultural competence
• Health literacy
• Case management
• Community linkages
• Coordination of care
• Organizational needs assessment
• Practice Transformation

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Cost:

free

Sponsor: New England AIDS Education and Training Center

Recorded on December 7, 2021: this recording is NOT certified for continuing education credit.

Recorded discussion of the role of the interdisciplinary team in completing the essential components of HCV treatment assessment, service delivery for marginalized populations, and outreach to individuals experiencing SUD.

Speakers from the Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program:

• Savanna Shores, RN, BSN, HCV Team Nurse
• Giavanna Wilson, Case Manager, HCV Services
• Khadija Muse, HCV Outreach Manager

Targeted population to be discussed: young adults ages 18-24

Topics:

• Behavioral Prevention
• Harm Reduction/Safe Injection
• HIV diagnosis (i.e. HIV testing)
• Hepatitis C
• Substance use disorders
• Opioid use disorder
• Cultural competence
• Health literacy
• Case management
• Community linkages
• Coordination of care
• Organizational needs assessment
• Practice Transformation

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Cost:

free

free On-Demand training

Sponsor: Opioid Response Network in collaboration with the American Psychiatric Nurses Association

This presentation will explore substance use disorders in the older adult population, and how unique age-related physiological and social changes present unique challenges for the identification and treatment of this disorder.

Presenter:  Kathleen Schachman, PhD, PMHNP-BC, FAANP, FIAAN

Session Length:  45 minutes

Target Audience:  RN, APRN

Learning Outcomes:
Upon completion of this presentation, the participant will be able to:

• Estimate the prevalence of substance use/misuse in older adults.
  
• Understand risk factors that may influence this population’s use/misuse of substances.
• Understand physiological differences with aging.
• List three potential treatment approaches that are safe, effective, and tailored to the unique strengths and needs of the older adult who has a substance use disorder (SUD).

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Cost:

free

Sponsor: Grayken Center for Addiction TTA, a program of Boston Medical Center

Description

This training will review medical conditions commonly seen in people using substances.

This training satisfies 1.00 hours of the required 8 hours of training for DEA-registered practitioners.

Objectives

Following this training, participants will have the knowledge necessary to:

• Recognize skin and soft tissue infections in people who inject drugs. 
• Identify risk factors and risk groups for Hepatitis C and HIV.
• Describe prevention interventions for HCV and HIV, including effective addiction treatment, harm reduction and behavioral risk reduction, and antiviral agents. 
• Discuss how treatment regimens for both HCV and HIV are highly effective in patients with OUD and can be safely used with opioid agonist and partial agonist therapy.

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Cost:

no costs

Self-paced available September 29, 2021 through September 29, 2024

Sponsor: Dartmouth-Hitchcock

In this 3 hour self-paced workshop, participants will expand their awareness of trauma-informed care and compassionate communication and the impact it has on caring for families in the perinatal setting. We will examine the evidence behind and foundations of the trauma-informed lens to identify the purpose for compassionate communication and equitable care, the barriers to it, and the strategies and skills needed to improve upon it. We will use real world, challenging scenarios to examine habits and build new pathways to interacting with clients and patients to effectively express compassion and improve the quality of care. The population of focus will be families affected by trauma, health inequity, perinatal substance exposure and birth trauma.

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Farrah Sheehan Deselle, MSN, RN, IBCLC
Eat Sleep Console and Trauma-Informed Care Implementation Specialist

Learning Outcome(s)

At the end of this learning activity, (at least 75% of) participants will be able to design a plan of care that utilizes a trauma-informed approach when interacting with women and their families during the perinatal period.

Cost:

There is no fee for this activity, but to receive credit(s) you must register online and complete the online evaluation (you must register to access this form).

Self-paced recorded session

Sponsor: Rural Communities Opioid Response Program Technical Assistance

This workshop will explore the link between Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) of individuals with substance use concerns and its impact on their development. We will explore the experiences, perceptions, beliefs, and behaviors that may present challenges in development. We will discuss practical, trauma-informed, outcome-driven strategies that improve the outcomes.

Objectives:

• The attendee will learn how to describe adverse childhood experiences; trauma and toxic stress affect biological, physiological, social, emotional, and brain development and the findings of the ACE study.
• The attendee will learn how to describe adaptive response(s) to environmental circumstances and toxic stress that they may encounter.
• The attendee will learn how to make modifications to their work to understand ACEs and the client’s adaptive response(s) to circumstances and toxic stress.
• The attendee will develop and understand the importance of being aware of personal perceptions and beliefs that impact the client/provider dynamic does not add to the traumatic experience.

Presenters: Brandon Jones & Kelly King

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Cost:

no costs

Sponsor: The Rural Communities Opioid Response Program (RCORP)

This self-paced webinar focuses on the crucial role of the emergency department (ED) in recognizing and treating opioid use disorder (OUD) patients with evidence-based medications for addiction treatment. Gail D’Onofrio, MD, discusses her pioneering work in creating the evidence for initiating ED buprenorphine treatment with ED patients presenting with opioid use disorder. Overall, the opioid epidemic intertwined with the COVID-19 pandemic has greatly escalated the need to mitigate the morbidity and mortality associated with the rising rate of fentanyl use. Data supporting the use of buprenorphine in the ED setting as well as the consequences of not initiating treatment were discussed. While the use of ED prescribed buprenorphine has increased, universal adoption has lagged. Barriers to implementation of ED buprenorphine were discussed as well as strategies to overcome these challenges. Components of successful integration of an ED program with community partnerships were outlined. Current research by emergency physicians regarding innovative strategies such as high-dose buprenorphine inductions and use of extended release 7-day formulation of buprenorphine were discussed. Initiation buprenorphine effectively, reduces withdrawal symptoms, improves adherence to treatment, and saves lives.

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Cost:

free

Sponsor: Providers Clinical Support System

recorded webinar available February 5, 2021 to February 5, 2024

Presenter(s): Alexander Walley, MD, Boston Medical College

Target Audience: Physicians, nurse practitioners or other advanced practice nurses, PAs, psychologists, pharmacists, social workers and healthcare teams.

Webinar Description: The overdose crisis continues despite expanded and enhanced efforts to implement evidence-based practices, including overdose education and naloxone rescue kits, medication for opioid use disorder, and prescription opioid safety. While these evidence-based practices are more accessible, they are not reaching those at highest risk for overdose. Opportunities lie in engaging high-risk individuals, addressing the low barrier-retention paradox, and addressing the increasingly toxic drug supply. This webinar will equip learners with the knowledge to intervene during acute opiate toxicity episodes and help them develop practice improvement plans to reduce impediments to access of overdose prevention resources.

Educational Objectives:

• Describe at least three (3) approaches to reduce opioid overdose deaths.
• Identify at least three (3) limitations of these approaches to high-risk populations.
• List opportunities to engage high-risk individuals, address the low barrier-retention paradox and make the drug supply less toxic.

Credit Designations Available: AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™, Nursing Contact Hours, AAPA Category 1 CME credit, CEUs for psychology, Pharmacy Continuing Education Credit, and SW CE credit.

Continuing Education Information:

See details on link

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Cost:

No Costs

Sponsor: Providers Clinical Support System

Recorded webinar – January 2021

Presenter(s): Brad Finegood, MA, LMHC, Strategic Advisor, Public Health – Seattle & King County; Judith Tsui, MD, MPH, Physician, UW Medicine; Shireesha Dhanireddy, MD, Physician, UW Medicine; Richard Waters, MD, Physician, Site Medical Director – Housing & Street Outreach, Neighborcare Health

Target Audience: This activity is designed to meet the needs of primary care physicians, specialty care physicians, allied professional staff, and program administrators.

Webinar Description: Leading Seattle-area physicians discuss how quality medical care intersects with harm reduction philosophy and practice. Learn how medical providers have advanced opportunities for recovery from substance use disorders by providing compassionate care to people who use drugs and partnering with harm reduction services providers.

Educational Objectives:

• Examine the intersection between quality medical care and harm reduction philosophy and practice
• Identify partnership opportunities for physicians and harm reduction providers to provide compassionate care to people who use drugs

Continuing Education Information:

1. View the recorded webinar and return to the web page that lists the webinar recording link. By viewing the full presentation it will unlock and allow you to proceed to the evaluation.
2. Click “Evaluation” and answer the questions to the best of your ability. Upon completion of this survey, you will be directed to PCSS to claim your certificate.
3. If you have any questions or you do not receive your certificate, please email #ob#cpff#at#nnnc.bet#ob# or call (855) 227-2776.Note: This archive webinar is not designated for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™

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Cost:

No costs

Sponsor: Providers Clinical Support System

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Presenter(s): Chandra Speight, PhD, RN, NP-C, CNE Assistant Professor, Department of Advanced Nursing Practice and Education in the College of Nursing at East Carolina University

Target Audience: Nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, nurse midwives, physician assistants, and physicians, from novice to expert, in any field of practice, who are interesting in understanding factors affecting buprenorphine prescribing. The content will add to participants’ body of knowledge related to factors affecting buprenorphine prescribing by nurse practitioners. The session is unique because it offers insights on prescribing identified from individual interviews with nurse practitioners who hold buprenorphine waivers. It also offers special insight into barriers and facilitators to prescribing in rural regions.

Webinar Description: The webinar will first provide an overview of buprenorphine and its role in treating individuals living with substance use disorder. Policies affecting buprenorphine prescribing will then be reviewed, with an emphasis on the role of advanced practice providers in treating substance use disorder in rural areas and the buprenorphine prescribing policies that specifically impact their ability to prescribe. Barriers and facilitators to physician prescribing identified in the extant literature on buprenorphine prescribing will be briefly considered before the presenter shares barriers and facilitators to nurse practitioner prescribing identified in her research. The webinar will close with directions for future inquiry.

Educational Objectives:

• Describe the role of buprenorphine in treating individuals living with opioid use disorder in rural regions
• Analyze the policies that impact buprenorphine prescribing
• Describe barriers and facilitators to buprenorphine prescribing

Continuing Education Information:

1. View the recorded webinar and return to the web page that lists the webinar recording link. By viewing the full presentation it will unlock and allow you to proceed to the evaluation.
2. Click “Evaluation” and answer the questions to the best of your ability. Upon completion of this survey, you will be directed to PCSS to claim your certificate.
3. If you have any questions or you do not receive your certificate, please email #ob#cpff#at#nnnc.bet#ob# or call (855) 227-2776.Note: This archive webinar is not designated for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.

Cost:

no costs

Sponsor: Think Cultural Health – A US Department of Health and Human Services sponsored site

To register click here

This program is approved for 5 Contact hours for LADC’s. See registration for details on additional CE. Expiration on CE’s March 31,2023

Cost:

FREE

Available January 2020 through April 2028

Sponsor: New Hampshire Alcohol and Drug Counselors Association

What is stigma and how does it affect people with substance use disorder. This training will discuss how making a small change in how we speak and write about substance use disorder will make a huge impact.

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Cost:

See registration

Sponsor: Institution for Research, Education & Training in Addictions

Learn to identify the relationship between adolescents and sensation seeking/impulsivity. This connection is associated with the escalation of substance use. Students will become familiar with the screening tools that can detect and assess teens’ marijuana use, then explore new approaches to interventions and aftercare.

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Cost:

CEU's $10.00

Sponsor: HealtheKnowledge

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Cost:

free

Sponsor: Boston Medical Center Grayken Center for Addiction Training and Technical Assistance, Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Bureau of Substance Addiction Services (DPH/BSAS)

Description

This training will introduce participants to stimulant use disorders.

Objectives

Following this training, participants will have the knowledge necessary to:

• Identify at least 3 types of stimulants.
• Discuss how stimulants impact the central nervous system.
• Recognize the signs and symptoms of overamping.
• Describe basic principles within a contingency management program.

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Cost:

no costs

Sponsor: Grayken Center for Addiction TTA, a program of Boston Medical Center

Description

This training will review strategies for managing alcohol use disorders and benzodiazepine use disorders.

This training satisfies 1.00 hours of the required 8 hours of training for DEA-registered practitioners.

Intended audience

Medical professionals with prescriptive authority, nurses and support staff who support them looking to increase provision of care for patients with substance use disorder.

Objectives

Following this training, participants will have the knowledge necessary to:

• Identify signs and symptoms of alcohol use disorder (AUD).
• Identify signs and symptoms of benzodiazepine use disorder.
• List the 3 FDA-approved medications to treat AUD.
• Recognize the role of inpatient treatment for the management of alcohol and benzodiazepine use disorder.
• Identify the role that polysubstance use has on the overdose epidemic

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Cost:

no costs

Sponsor: Grayken Center for Addiction TTA, a program of Boston Medical Center

Description: This training will provide an overview of identification and management of substance use disorders in the older adult population.

This training satisfies 0.50 hours of the required 8 hours of training for DEA-registered practitioners.

Intended audience: Medical professionals with prescriptive authority, nurses and support staff who support them looking to increase provision of care for patients with substance use disorder.

Objectives:

• Recognize the prevalence of substance use disorder in older adults, including initiation of use at older age.
• Identify 2 risk factors for substance use disorder in older adults.
• Understand differences in presentation of withdrawal symptoms in older adults.

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Cost:

FREE

Sponsor: Grayken Center for Addiction TTA, a program of Boston Medical Center

Description: This training will provide strategies to implementing addiction care and medications for OUD into your practice setting.

This training satisfies 1.00 hours of the required 8 hours of training for DEA-registered practitioners.

Intended audience

Intended audience: Medical professionals with prescriptive authority, nurses and support staff who support them looking to increase provision of care for patients with substance use disorder.

Objectives

Following this training, participants will have the knowledge necessary to:

• Recall strategies for identifying substance use disorders in the primary care setting.
• Identify at least 3 different levels of care available for substance use disorder (SUD) treatment.
• Recognize how to appropriately triage patients to a level of care that meets their treatment needs. 
• Describe the roles of members of the SUD care team.
• Recognize the 4 key components of treatment models of care for opioid use disorder.
• Identify 3 models of care for delivering treatment for opioid use disorder in primary care

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Cost:

no costs

Sponsor: Boston Medical Grayken Center for Addiction TTA, The Association for Multidisciplinary Education and Research in Substance Use and Addiction (AMERSA), Department of Public Health, Bureau of Substance Addiction Services (DPH/BSAS), The Opioid Response Network (ORN).

Description: “Protecting the Community and Serving Your Patient: The Importance of Buprenorphine” is Part 3 of 3 in the “Best Practices for Community Pharmacy-Based Care for Patients with Opioid Use Disorder” series. Part 3 describes the three medications that are mainly used for treating Opioid-Use Disorder, and dives deeper into buprenorphine prescribing and the pharmacy’s role in it.

Intended audience: This activity is intended for pharmacists and pharmacy technicians working as part of the healthcare team to treat patients for substance use disorder.

Description:

1. Describe the efficacy and safety of dispensing buprenorphine for opioid use disorder (OUD) treatment.

2. Explain an effective interaction between a pharmacy staff member and patient filling a prescription for buprenorphine.

2. Explain an effective interaction between a pharmacy staff member and patient filling a prescription for buprenorph

For more information and to register click here:

“Protecting the Community and Serving Your Patient: The Importance of Buprenorphine” is Part 3 of 3 in the “Best Practices for Community Pharmacy-Based Care for Patients with Opioid Use Disorder” series. Part 3 describes the three medications that are mainly used for treating Opioid-Use Disorder, and dives deeper into buprenorphine prescribing and the pharmacy’s role in it. 

Cost:

FREE

Sponsor: Grayken Center for Addiction TTA, a program of Boston Medical Center

Description: “Community-Centered Care for People Who Use Drugs” is Part 2 of 3 in the “Best Practices for Community Pharmacy-Based Care for Patients with Opioid Use Disorder” series. Part 2 focuses on harm reduction practices that can be beneficial to individuals who use drugs and how pharmacies can play a role in these practices. Naloxone and Naloxone distribution will be discussed as well as how safer injection promotion can benefit the overall well-being of patients who use drugs.

Intended audience

Intended audience: This activity is intended for pharmacists and pharmacy technicians working as part of the healthcare team to treat patients for substance use disorder.

Objectives

1. Describe the efficacy and safety of dispensing naloxone and selling syringes in a community pharmacy.

2. Explain an effective interaction between pharmacy staff member and patient attempting to purchase harm reduction supplies.

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Cost:

no costs

Sponsors: Boston Medical Grayken Center for Addiction TTA, The Association for Multidisciplinary Education and Research in Substance Use and Addiction (AMERSA), Department of Public Health, Bureau of Substance Addiction Services (DPH/BSAS), The Opioid Response Network (ORN)

Description

“Opioid use Disorder – Making Connections” is Part 1 of 3 in the “Best Practices for Community Pharmacy-Based Care for Patients with Opioid Use Disorder” series. Part 1 will describe how addiction is a complex chronic illness that requires treatment, often involving medications. This training covers the different types of medications that individuals with Opioid Use Disorders (OUD) might be prescribed. Part 1 will also investigate how stigma impacts the recovery of individuals with Substance Use Disorders. 

Intended audience

This activity is intended for pharmacists and pharmacy technicians working as part of the healthcare team to treat patients for substance use disorder.

Objectives

1. Describe the disease model of addiction.

2. Identify situations to use patient-centered addiction language.

2. Identify situations to use patient-centered addiction language.

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Cost:

FREE

Sponsor: Grayken Center for Addiction TTA, a program of Boston Medical Center

Description: This training will review the goals of toxicology screening, most common matrices used, and tips for interpreting results.

Intended audience: Medical professionals with prescriptive authority, nurses and support staff who support them looking to increase provision of care for patients with substance use disorder.

This training satisfies 0.50 hours of the required 8 hours of training for DEA-registered practitioners.

Objectives

Following this training, participants will have the knowledge necessary to:

• Recall goals of toxicology screening.
• Identify the most common matrices of toxicology screens.
• Display knowledge of how to interpret toxicology screening and confirmatory testing.

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Cost:

no costs

Sponsor: Grayken Center for Addiction TTA, a program of Boston Medical Center

Description: This training will provide recommendations for managing substance use disorders throughout the peripartum period, including pregnancy, birth, and post-partum.

This training satisfies 0.75 hours of the required 8 hours of training for DEA-registered practitioners.

Intended audience: Medical professionals with prescriptive authority, nurses and support staff who support them looking to increase provision of care for patients with substance use disorder.

Objectives

Following this training, participants will have the knowledge necessary to:

• Recognize the major benefits and limitations of methadone and buprenorphine treatment during the peripartum period.
• Identify 3 strategies to mitigate and manage neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome (NOWS) among infants prenatally exposed to buprenorphine.
• Recall the importance of managing polysubstance use (e.g., alcohol, tobacco, stimulants) during pregnancy.

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Cost:

no costs

Sponsor: Grayken Center for Addiction TTA, a program of Boston Medical Center

Description: This training will provide an overview of identification and management of substance use disorders in the adolescent and young adult population.

Intended audience

Intended audience: Medical professionals with prescriptive authority, nurses and support staff who support them looking to increase provision of care for patients with substance use disorder.

Objectives:

Following this training, participants will have the knowledge to:

• List 3 major substances of use in adolescents and young adults.
• Identify at least 3 barriers to treatment of SUD experienced by adolescents and young adults.
• Recognize at least 2 strategies to improve SUD treatment and engagement in care for adolescents and young adults.

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Cost:

not costs

Sponsor: Grayken Center for Addiction TTA, a program of Boston Medical Center

Description: This training will provide strategies for pain management in patients with co-occurring pain and opioid use disorder.

This training satisfies 0.75 hours of the required 8 hours of training for DEA-registered practitioners.

Intended audience

Intended audience: Medical professionals with prescriptive authority, nurses and support staff who support them looking to increase provision of care for patients with substance use disorder.

Objectives:

Following this training, participants will have the knowledge necessary to:

• Identify at least three risk factors for opioid use disorder (OUD) and overdose in patients with chronic pain.
• List three examples of non-opioid treatments for chronic pain.
• Develop an acute pain management strategy for a patient taking prescribed buprenorphine.

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Cost:

no costs

Sponsor: Grayken Center for Addiction TTA, a program of Boston Medical Center

Description: This training provides an overview of the 3 FDA-approved medications for the treatment of opioid use disorder (OUD): buprenorphine, methadone, and naltrexone.

This training satisfies 1.00 hours of the required 8 hours of training for DEA-registered practitioners.

Intended audience:

Medical professionals with prescriptive authority, nurses and support staff who support them looking to increase provision of care for patients with substance use disorder.

Objectives

Following this training, participants will have the knowledge necessary to:

• Explain the major pharmacologic properties of methadone,buprenorphine, and naltrexone.
• Describe 3 medical or social considerations in medication initiation planning.
• Identify patients at risk for severe opioid withdrawal.
• List at least 2 medications that may be utilized to manage symptoms of opioid withdrawal.
• Recall benefits for treatment with injectable buprenorphine.

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Cost:

no costs

Sponsor: Grayken Center for Addiction TTA, a program of Boston Medical Center

Description: This training will identify common co-occurring disorders in people with substance use disorders and review basic therapeutic and pharmacologic interventions.

This training satisfies 1.00 hours of the required 8 hours of training for DEA-registered practitioners.

Intended audience: Medical professionals with prescriptive authority, nurses and support staff who support them looking to increase provision of care for patients with substance use disorder.

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Cost:

no costs

Sponsor: National Council for Mental Wellbeing

The number of people in America who died from a drug overdose in 2021 was more than six times the number in 1999, with more than 75% of those deaths involving an opioid, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). How did we get here? What’s next?
 
Find out on Dec. 13 (2-3 p.m. ET) during American Tragedy: Dopesick Author Beth Macy on the Opioid Crisis, Overdose Deaths and What’s Next, our 13th Wellbeing Wednesdays episode featuring New York Times bestselling author and award-winning journalist Beth Macy.
 
Macy is renowned for documenting the epidemic — from the flood of prescription drugs that fueled addiction and overdose deaths to failed drug policies. Her books include “Raising Lazarus” and “Dopesick,” which was made into a Peabody- and Emmy-winning Hulu series.
 
National Council President and CEO Chuck Ingoglia will sit down with the author to discuss the future of the opioid crisis, overdose deaths and harm reduction, as well as the important work of peer support specialists who battle stigma and local laws to help people who use drugs.

Join us on December 13 for the next episode in our Wellbeing Wednesdays virtual learning series, where the best minds in health care share their thoughts on current issues:

• Beth Macy, New York Times bestselling author of Dopesick and Raising Lazarus
• Chuck Ingoglia, President and CEO, National Council for Mental Wellbeing

For more information and to register click here

Date:

December 13, 2023

Time:

2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Location:

virtual

Cost:

no costs

On-Demand

Sponsor: Opioid Response Network in collaboration with the American Psychiatric Nurses Association

This presentation will explore how substance use during pregnancy impacts the maternal/fetal development and increases the neurological vulnerabilities of the neonate.  The unique challenges and opportunities of providing care to a substance-exposed pregnancy will be explored.  The importance of screening procedures will be discussed and how the information obtained during the screening influences the treatment plan.

Presenter: Kathleen Schachman, PhD, PMHNP-BC, FAANP, FIAAN

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Learning Outcomes:
Upon completion of this presentation, the participant will be able to: 

• Describe two ways that substance use during pregnancy impacts maternal/fetal developmental and neurological vulnerabilities of the neonate.
• Identify the unique challenges and opportunities in providing care for substance-exposed pregnancies.
• Implement screening procedures identify high-risk or problematic substance use during pregnancy.
• Plan treatment approaches to optimize maternal and neonatal outcomes.

Cost:

free

Sponsor: Grayken Center for Addiction, a program of Boston Medical Center

Description

This training describes the principles of harm reduction and offers strategies to support persons who use drugs and their community members.

This training satisfies 0.75 hours of the required 8 hours of training for DEA-registered practitioners. The Medication Access and Training Expansion (MATE) Act was included in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023. The MATE Act requires increased training for Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)-registered physicians and practitioners—specifically, a one-time eight-hour training requirement on treating and managing patients with opioid or other substance use disorders.

Intended audience

Medical professionals with prescriptive authority, nurses and support staff who support them looking to increase provision of care for patients with substance use disorder.

For more information and to register click here (Note that you will need to create a free account to access this training.)

Medical professionals with prescriptive authority, nurses and support staff who support them looking to increase provision of care for patients with substance use disorder.

Cost:

no costs

Sponsor: UR Medicine Recovery Centr of Excellence

This 35-minute self-paced module focuses on how primary care providers can navigate the changing landscape of opioid use disorder in relation to synthetic opioids. The module discusses synthetic overdose in relation to fentanyl and fentanyl analogs, as well as the dangers of xylazine. It provides treatment recommendations for patients who use synthetic opioids and overdose prevention strategies.

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Cost:

free

A new law soon goes into effect that requires new or renewing DEA licensees, as of June 27, 2023, to have completed a total of at least eight hours of training on opioid or other substance use disorders and the appropriate treatment of pain. Dr Yngvild Olsen, director of the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, joins us to discuss the requirements going into effect, what should clinicians know about the changes, and how to best prepare.

Helpful links in podcast:

DATA Waiver Repeal : www.samhsa.gov/medications-subst…imination-mat-act

8-Hour Training Information: www.samhsa.gov/medications-subst…ate-act-resources

Contact SAMHSA: #ob#cebivqrefhccbeg#at#fnzufn.uuf.tbi#ob#

Cost:

no costs

Sponsor: UVM Center on Rural Addiction

To receive CME credit for this video, please complete the interactive version within the UVM CME portal. For instructions on how to complete this process, please visit: https://go.uvm.edu/cmhowto

Use of cocaine and methamphetamine is rising across the country resulting in a wave of overdose deaths that is truly alarming. The ability to help people with issues around cocaine and stimulant use is hampered by the limited number of treatments available. For example, there is no medication available to treat these issues. However, there are behavioral treatments that are effective, including contingency management (CM), where people can earn incentives for healthy behavior change. In fact, looking across all the available treatment options, CM has been shown repeatedly to be the most effective. Our faculty at UVM CORA have worked to develop educational resources for treatment providers, policymakers, health departments, health services, and clinicians in how to use CM. We have developed a brief video to highlight: –Why providers should consider CM with their patients who struggle with substance use –The evidence that supports the use of CM –The most important steps and considerations for using CM and resources available through UVM CORA to help support these efforts.

For the introductory YouTube version with objectives and more information click here

Cost:

free

Sponsor: Social Worker Online CE Institute

Self-study

Adolescence is a time of constant and significant change. In fact, most people will never experience a more dramatic change than when in their adolescence. So, what’s changing? Everything! Adolescents are simultaneously experiencing biological, psychological, social, and role changes, meaning that their bodies, brains, emotions, relationships, and everything in between are in a state of flux and growth. Substance use during adolescence further complicates – and even disrupts – this process. Youth and young adults who engage in substance misuse or suffer from a substance use disorder (SUD) face additional challenges that impact their ability to successfully navigate their journey into adulthood, but social workers can be a mitigating factor for these young people. This training will provide an overview of addiction in adolescents, including information on current data and trends, co-occurring disorders, trauma, the developing brain, and effective treatment approaches.

Faculty: Samantha Kawola

Samantha Kawola, LMSW, is an LMSW charged with coordinating adolescent substance use services at the NYS Office of Addiction Services and Supports (OASAS). In 7 years with OASAS’ Bureau Adolescent, Women, and Family Services, she has been a key contributor to policy and program development and enactment, including writing and implementing clinical standards and guidance, establishing and overseeing recovery services for youth statewide (e.g., Youth Clubhouses, collegiate recovery programs, recovery high schools), and implementing EBPs statewide. In addition, she sits on the Governor’s LGBT Task Force and is one of the agency’s subject matter experts in LGBTQ matters. Sam earned B.A. in Psychology from Siena College in 2014 and her MSW from Fordham University in 2017, the latter of which afforded her the opportunity to gain clinical experience in a residential substance use treatment facility for adolescents.

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Cost:

$10.00 - $20.00 - see above link for details

Sponsor: New England AIDS Education and Training Center

Recorded on January 11, 2022

Part 3 of the “Myth-Busting HCV Treatment Series” explored the advances in the treatment of HCV to the clinical management of PWID and SUD and various monitoring strategies that can be used during HCV treatment and follow-up for hard-to-reach populations.

Speaker:  Marguerite Beiser, NP, Director of HCV Services, Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program

Topics:

• Harm Reduction/Safe Injection
• Hepatitis C
• Substance use disorders
• Opioid use disorder
• Cultural competence
• Health literacy
• Case management
• Community linkages
• Coordination of care
• Organizational needs assessment
• Practice Transformation

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Note that you will need to recreate a free membership to access.

Cost:

free

Sponsor: Grayken Center for Addiction TTA, a program of Boston Medical Center

Description

This training will review medical conditions commonly seen in people using substances.

This training satisfies 1.00 hours of the required 8 hours of training for DEA-registered practitioners.

Objectives

Following this training, participants will have the knowledge necessary to:

• Recognize skin and soft tissue infections in people who inject drugs. 
• Identify risk factors and risk groups for Hepatitis C and HIV.
• Describe prevention interventions for HCV and HIV, including effective addiction treatment, harm reduction and behavioral risk reduction, and antiviral agents. 
• Discuss how treatment regimens for both HCV and HIV are highly effective in patients with OUD and can be safely used with opioid agonist and partial agonist therapy.

For more information and to register click here

Cost:

no costs

Self-paced recorded session

Sponsor: Rural Communities Opioid Response Program Technical Assistance

This workshop will explore the link between Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) of individuals with substance use concerns and its impact on their development. We will explore the experiences, perceptions, beliefs, and behaviors that may present challenges in development. We will discuss practical, trauma-informed, outcome-driven strategies that improve the outcomes.

Objectives:

• The attendee will learn how to describe adverse childhood experiences; trauma and toxic stress affect biological, physiological, social, emotional, and brain development and the findings of the ACE study.
• The attendee will learn how to describe adaptive response(s) to environmental circumstances and toxic stress that they may encounter.
• The attendee will learn how to make modifications to their work to understand ACEs and the client’s adaptive response(s) to circumstances and toxic stress.
• The attendee will develop and understand the importance of being aware of personal perceptions and beliefs that impact the client/provider dynamic does not add to the traumatic experience.

Presenters: Brandon Jones & Kelly King

To register click here

Cost:

no costs

Sponsor: Providers Clinical Support System

recorded webinar available February 5, 2021 to February 5, 2024

Presenter(s): Alexander Walley, MD, Boston Medical College

Target Audience: Physicians, nurse practitioners or other advanced practice nurses, PAs, psychologists, pharmacists, social workers and healthcare teams.

Webinar Description: The overdose crisis continues despite expanded and enhanced efforts to implement evidence-based practices, including overdose education and naloxone rescue kits, medication for opioid use disorder, and prescription opioid safety. While these evidence-based practices are more accessible, they are not reaching those at highest risk for overdose. Opportunities lie in engaging high-risk individuals, addressing the low barrier-retention paradox, and addressing the increasingly toxic drug supply. This webinar will equip learners with the knowledge to intervene during acute opiate toxicity episodes and help them develop practice improvement plans to reduce impediments to access of overdose prevention resources.

Educational Objectives:

• Describe at least three (3) approaches to reduce opioid overdose deaths.
• Identify at least three (3) limitations of these approaches to high-risk populations.
• List opportunities to engage high-risk individuals, address the low barrier-retention paradox and make the drug supply less toxic.

Credit Designations Available: AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™, Nursing Contact Hours, AAPA Category 1 CME credit, CEUs for psychology, Pharmacy Continuing Education Credit, and SW CE credit.

Continuing Education Information:

See details on link

To access recorded webinar click here

Cost:

No Costs

Sponsor: Providers Clinical Support System

Recorded webinar – January 2021

Presenter(s): Brad Finegood, MA, LMHC, Strategic Advisor, Public Health – Seattle & King County; Judith Tsui, MD, MPH, Physician, UW Medicine; Shireesha Dhanireddy, MD, Physician, UW Medicine; Richard Waters, MD, Physician, Site Medical Director – Housing & Street Outreach, Neighborcare Health

Target Audience: This activity is designed to meet the needs of primary care physicians, specialty care physicians, allied professional staff, and program administrators.

Webinar Description: Leading Seattle-area physicians discuss how quality medical care intersects with harm reduction philosophy and practice. Learn how medical providers have advanced opportunities for recovery from substance use disorders by providing compassionate care to people who use drugs and partnering with harm reduction services providers.

Educational Objectives:

• Examine the intersection between quality medical care and harm reduction philosophy and practice
• Identify partnership opportunities for physicians and harm reduction providers to provide compassionate care to people who use drugs

Continuing Education Information:

1. View the recorded webinar and return to the web page that lists the webinar recording link. By viewing the full presentation it will unlock and allow you to proceed to the evaluation.
2. Click “Evaluation” and answer the questions to the best of your ability. Upon completion of this survey, you will be directed to PCSS to claim your certificate.
3. If you have any questions or you do not receive your certificate, please email #ob#cpff#at#nnnc.bet#ob# or call (855) 227-2776.Note: This archive webinar is not designated for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™

To view webinar and slides click here

Cost:

No costs

Sponsor: Think Cultural Health – A US Department of Health and Human Services sponsored site

To register click here

This program is approved for 5 Contact hours for LADC’s. See registration for details on additional CE. Expiration on CE’s March 31,2023

Cost:

FREE

Available January 2020 through April 2028

Sponsor: New Hampshire Alcohol and Drug Counselors Association

What is stigma and how does it affect people with substance use disorder. This training will discuss how making a small change in how we speak and write about substance use disorder will make a huge impact.

To register click here

Cost:

See registration

Sponsor: Boston Medical Center Grayken Center for Addiction Training and Technical Assistance, Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Bureau of Substance Addiction Services (DPH/BSAS)

Description

This training will introduce participants to stimulant use disorders.

Objectives

Following this training, participants will have the knowledge necessary to:

• Identify at least 3 types of stimulants.
• Discuss how stimulants impact the central nervous system.
• Recognize the signs and symptoms of overamping.
• Describe basic principles within a contingency management program.

For more information and to register click here

Cost:

no costs

Sponsor: Grayken Center for Addiction TTA, a program of Boston Medical Center

Description

This training will review strategies for managing alcohol use disorders and benzodiazepine use disorders.

This training satisfies 1.00 hours of the required 8 hours of training for DEA-registered practitioners.

Intended audience

Medical professionals with prescriptive authority, nurses and support staff who support them looking to increase provision of care for patients with substance use disorder.

Objectives

Following this training, participants will have the knowledge necessary to:

• Identify signs and symptoms of alcohol use disorder (AUD).
• Identify signs and symptoms of benzodiazepine use disorder.
• List the 3 FDA-approved medications to treat AUD.
• Recognize the role of inpatient treatment for the management of alcohol and benzodiazepine use disorder.
• Identify the role that polysubstance use has on the overdose epidemic

For more information and to register click here

Cost:

no costs

Sponsor: Grayken Center for Addiction TTA, a program of Boston Medical Center

Description: This training will provide strategies to implementing addiction care and medications for OUD into your practice setting.

This training satisfies 1.00 hours of the required 8 hours of training for DEA-registered practitioners.

Intended audience

Intended audience: Medical professionals with prescriptive authority, nurses and support staff who support them looking to increase provision of care for patients with substance use disorder.

Objectives

Following this training, participants will have the knowledge necessary to:

• Recall strategies for identifying substance use disorders in the primary care setting.
• Identify at least 3 different levels of care available for substance use disorder (SUD) treatment.
• Recognize how to appropriately triage patients to a level of care that meets their treatment needs. 
• Describe the roles of members of the SUD care team.
• Recognize the 4 key components of treatment models of care for opioid use disorder.
• Identify 3 models of care for delivering treatment for opioid use disorder in primary care

To get more information and register click here

Cost:

no costs

Sponsor: Grayken Center for Addiction TTA, a program of Boston Medical Center

Description: This training will provide recommendations for managing substance use disorders throughout the peripartum period, including pregnancy, birth, and post-partum.

This training satisfies 0.75 hours of the required 8 hours of training for DEA-registered practitioners.

Intended audience: Medical professionals with prescriptive authority, nurses and support staff who support them looking to increase provision of care for patients with substance use disorder.

Objectives

Following this training, participants will have the knowledge necessary to:

• Recognize the major benefits and limitations of methadone and buprenorphine treatment during the peripartum period.
• Identify 3 strategies to mitigate and manage neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome (NOWS) among infants prenatally exposed to buprenorphine.
• Recall the importance of managing polysubstance use (e.g., alcohol, tobacco, stimulants) during pregnancy.

For more information and to register click here:

Cost:

no costs

Sponsor: Grayken Center for Addiction TTA, a program of Boston Medical Center

Description: This training will provide an overview of identification and management of substance use disorders in the adolescent and young adult population.

Intended audience

Intended audience: Medical professionals with prescriptive authority, nurses and support staff who support them looking to increase provision of care for patients with substance use disorder.

Objectives:

Following this training, participants will have the knowledge to:

• List 3 major substances of use in adolescents and young adults.
• Identify at least 3 barriers to treatment of SUD experienced by adolescents and young adults.
• Recognize at least 2 strategies to improve SUD treatment and engagement in care for adolescents and young adults.

For more information and to register click here:

Cost:

not costs

Sponsor: Grayken Center for Addiction TTA, a program of Boston Medical Center

Description: This training will identify common co-occurring disorders in people with substance use disorders and review basic therapeutic and pharmacologic interventions.

This training satisfies 1.00 hours of the required 8 hours of training for DEA-registered practitioners.

Intended audience: Medical professionals with prescriptive authority, nurses and support staff who support them looking to increase provision of care for patients with substance use disorder.

For more information and to register click here:

Cost:

no costs

This 30-minute course is intended to help providers identify their role in helping patients transition away from a dependence on opioids and to encourage them to study more about pain management and suicide prevention. The objectives of the course are to teach the community providers how to: Define the meaning of the SAVE acronym; Identify the warning signs of suicide; Explain how to conduct a suicide assessment; Describe how to discuss lethal means, and; Refer patients at imminent risk of suicide, or in need of further assessment, to live crisis resources.

SELF-PACED; ON DEMAND; MUST CREATE AN ACCOUNT

Certificate upon Completion

To register click here.

Cost:

FREE

On-Demand

Sponsor: Opioid Response Network in collaboration with the American Psychiatric Nurses Association

This presentation will explore how substance use during pregnancy impacts the maternal/fetal development and increases the neurological vulnerabilities of the neonate.  The unique challenges and opportunities of providing care to a substance-exposed pregnancy will be explored.  The importance of screening procedures will be discussed and how the information obtained during the screening influences the treatment plan.

Presenter: Kathleen Schachman, PhD, PMHNP-BC, FAANP, FIAAN

For more information and to register click here

Learning Outcomes:
Upon completion of this presentation, the participant will be able to: 

• Describe two ways that substance use during pregnancy impacts maternal/fetal developmental and neurological vulnerabilities of the neonate.
• Identify the unique challenges and opportunities in providing care for substance-exposed pregnancies.
• Implement screening procedures identify high-risk or problematic substance use during pregnancy.
• Plan treatment approaches to optimize maternal and neonatal outcomes.

Cost:

free

Sponsor: Grayken Center for Addiction, a program of Boston Medical Center

Description

This training describes the principles of harm reduction and offers strategies to support persons who use drugs and their community members.

This training satisfies 0.75 hours of the required 8 hours of training for DEA-registered practitioners. The Medication Access and Training Expansion (MATE) Act was included in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023. The MATE Act requires increased training for Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)-registered physicians and practitioners—specifically, a one-time eight-hour training requirement on treating and managing patients with opioid or other substance use disorders.

Intended audience

Medical professionals with prescriptive authority, nurses and support staff who support them looking to increase provision of care for patients with substance use disorder.

For more information and to register click here (Note that you will need to create a free account to access this training.)

Medical professionals with prescriptive authority, nurses and support staff who support them looking to increase provision of care for patients with substance use disorder.

Cost:

no costs

Sponsor: HMP Education: Global Learning Network

This on-demand activity discusses strategies for patient-centered communication, including shared decision-making and motivational interviewing, to facilitate treatment selection and acceptance.

Learning Objectives: After participating in this activity, learners should be better able to:

• Assess barriers to optimal schizophrenia treatment, and outline strategies to overcome these barriers

• Evaluate the pharmacology, mechanisms of action, safety/efficacy data, and administration considerations associated with novel antipsychotic formulations targeting the muscarinic cholinergic system

• Describe how different MOAs can potentially be synergistic and when it may be beneficial to combine two MOAs to improve efficacy
• Implement strategies for patient-centered communication, including shared decision-making and motivational interviewing, to facilitate treatment selection and acceptance.

For more information and to register click here

Cost:

no costs

Sponsor: UR Medicine Recovery Centr of Excellence

This 35-minute self-paced module focuses on how primary care providers can navigate the changing landscape of opioid use disorder in relation to synthetic opioids. The module discusses synthetic overdose in relation to fentanyl and fentanyl analogs, as well as the dangers of xylazine. It provides treatment recommendations for patients who use synthetic opioids and overdose prevention strategies.

For more information and to access click here

Cost:

free

Sponsor: UVM Center on Rural Addiction

To receive CME credit for this video, please complete the interactive version within the UVM CME portal. For instructions on how to complete this process, please visit: https://go.uvm.edu/cmhowto

Use of cocaine and methamphetamine is rising across the country resulting in a wave of overdose deaths that is truly alarming. The ability to help people with issues around cocaine and stimulant use is hampered by the limited number of treatments available. For example, there is no medication available to treat these issues. However, there are behavioral treatments that are effective, including contingency management (CM), where people can earn incentives for healthy behavior change. In fact, looking across all the available treatment options, CM has been shown repeatedly to be the most effective. Our faculty at UVM CORA have worked to develop educational resources for treatment providers, policymakers, health departments, health services, and clinicians in how to use CM. We have developed a brief video to highlight: –Why providers should consider CM with their patients who struggle with substance use –The evidence that supports the use of CM –The most important steps and considerations for using CM and resources available through UVM CORA to help support these efforts.

For the introductory YouTube version with objectives and more information click here

Cost:

free

Sponsor: New England AIDS Education and Training Center

Recorded on January 11, 2022

Part 3 of the “Myth-Busting HCV Treatment Series” explored the advances in the treatment of HCV to the clinical management of PWID and SUD and various monitoring strategies that can be used during HCV treatment and follow-up for hard-to-reach populations.

Speaker:  Marguerite Beiser, NP, Director of HCV Services, Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program

Topics:

• Harm Reduction/Safe Injection
• Hepatitis C
• Substance use disorders
• Opioid use disorder
• Cultural competence
• Health literacy
• Case management
• Community linkages
• Coordination of care
• Organizational needs assessment
• Practice Transformation

To view the recording click here

Note that you will need to recreate a free membership to access.

Cost:

free

Sponsor: New England AIDS Education and Training Center

Recorded on December 7, 2021: this recording is NOT certified for continuing education credit.

Recorded discussion of the role of the interdisciplinary team in completing the essential components of HCV treatment assessment, service delivery for marginalized populations, and outreach to individuals experiencing SUD.

Speakers from the Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program:

• Savanna Shores, RN, BSN, HCV Team Nurse
• Giavanna Wilson, Case Manager, HCV Services
• Khadija Muse, HCV Outreach Manager

Targeted population to be discussed: young adults ages 18-24

Topics:

• Behavioral Prevention
• Harm Reduction/Safe Injection
• HIV diagnosis (i.e. HIV testing)
• Hepatitis C
• Substance use disorders
• Opioid use disorder
• Cultural competence
• Health literacy
• Case management
• Community linkages
• Coordination of care
• Organizational needs assessment
• Practice Transformation

To access the recording click here

(Note that you must sign up for a free membership to access.)

Cost:

free

Sponsor: Grayken Center for Addiction TTA, a program of Boston Medical Center

Description

This training will review medical conditions commonly seen in people using substances.

This training satisfies 1.00 hours of the required 8 hours of training for DEA-registered practitioners.

Objectives

Following this training, participants will have the knowledge necessary to:

• Recognize skin and soft tissue infections in people who inject drugs. 
• Identify risk factors and risk groups for Hepatitis C and HIV.
• Describe prevention interventions for HCV and HIV, including effective addiction treatment, harm reduction and behavioral risk reduction, and antiviral agents. 
• Discuss how treatment regimens for both HCV and HIV are highly effective in patients with OUD and can be safely used with opioid agonist and partial agonist therapy.

For more information and to register click here

Cost:

no costs

Sponsor: Providers Clinical Support System

recorded webinar available February 5, 2021 to February 5, 2024

Presenter(s): Alexander Walley, MD, Boston Medical College

Target Audience: Physicians, nurse practitioners or other advanced practice nurses, PAs, psychologists, pharmacists, social workers and healthcare teams.

Webinar Description: The overdose crisis continues despite expanded and enhanced efforts to implement evidence-based practices, including overdose education and naloxone rescue kits, medication for opioid use disorder, and prescription opioid safety. While these evidence-based practices are more accessible, they are not reaching those at highest risk for overdose. Opportunities lie in engaging high-risk individuals, addressing the low barrier-retention paradox, and addressing the increasingly toxic drug supply. This webinar will equip learners with the knowledge to intervene during acute opiate toxicity episodes and help them develop practice improvement plans to reduce impediments to access of overdose prevention resources.

Educational Objectives:

• Describe at least three (3) approaches to reduce opioid overdose deaths.
• Identify at least three (3) limitations of these approaches to high-risk populations.
• List opportunities to engage high-risk individuals, address the low barrier-retention paradox and make the drug supply less toxic.

Credit Designations Available: AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™, Nursing Contact Hours, AAPA Category 1 CME credit, CEUs for psychology, Pharmacy Continuing Education Credit, and SW CE credit.

Continuing Education Information:

See details on link

To access recorded webinar click here

Cost:

No Costs

Sponsor: Providers Clinical Support System

Recorded webinar – January 2021

Presenter(s): Brad Finegood, MA, LMHC, Strategic Advisor, Public Health – Seattle & King County; Judith Tsui, MD, MPH, Physician, UW Medicine; Shireesha Dhanireddy, MD, Physician, UW Medicine; Richard Waters, MD, Physician, Site Medical Director – Housing & Street Outreach, Neighborcare Health

Target Audience: This activity is designed to meet the needs of primary care physicians, specialty care physicians, allied professional staff, and program administrators.

Webinar Description: Leading Seattle-area physicians discuss how quality medical care intersects with harm reduction philosophy and practice. Learn how medical providers have advanced opportunities for recovery from substance use disorders by providing compassionate care to people who use drugs and partnering with harm reduction services providers.

Educational Objectives:

• Examine the intersection between quality medical care and harm reduction philosophy and practice
• Identify partnership opportunities for physicians and harm reduction providers to provide compassionate care to people who use drugs

Continuing Education Information:

1. View the recorded webinar and return to the web page that lists the webinar recording link. By viewing the full presentation it will unlock and allow you to proceed to the evaluation.
2. Click “Evaluation” and answer the questions to the best of your ability. Upon completion of this survey, you will be directed to PCSS to claim your certificate.
3. If you have any questions or you do not receive your certificate, please email #ob#cpff#at#nnnc.bet#ob# or call (855) 227-2776.Note: This archive webinar is not designated for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™

To view webinar and slides click here

Cost:

No costs

Sponsor: Smart Recovery: Life beyond Addiction

A free prerecorded webinar -on demand

This podcast focuses on Opiates; adding awareness of the ways in which Addiction shows itself-in today’s opiate crisis, but much more broader.

To access click here

Cost:

free

Sponsor: Think Cultural Health – A US Department of Health and Human Services sponsored site

To register click here

This program is approved for 5 Contact hours for LADC’s. See registration for details on additional CE. Expiration on CE’s March 31,2023

Cost:

FREE

Available January 2020 through April 2028

Sponsor: New Hampshire Alcohol and Drug Counselors Association

What is stigma and how does it affect people with substance use disorder. This training will discuss how making a small change in how we speak and write about substance use disorder will make a huge impact.

To register click here

Cost:

See registration

Sponsor: Boston Medical Center Grayken Center for Addiction Training and Technical Assistance, Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Bureau of Substance Addiction Services (DPH/BSAS)

Description

This training will introduce participants to stimulant use disorders.

Objectives

Following this training, participants will have the knowledge necessary to:

• Identify at least 3 types of stimulants.
• Discuss how stimulants impact the central nervous system.
• Recognize the signs and symptoms of overamping.
• Describe basic principles within a contingency management program.

For more information and to register click here

Cost:

no costs

Sponsor: Grayken Center for Addiction TTA, a program of Boston Medical Center

Description

This training will review strategies for managing alcohol use disorders and benzodiazepine use disorders.

This training satisfies 1.00 hours of the required 8 hours of training for DEA-registered practitioners.

Intended audience

Medical professionals with prescriptive authority, nurses and support staff who support them looking to increase provision of care for patients with substance use disorder.

Objectives

Following this training, participants will have the knowledge necessary to:

• Identify signs and symptoms of alcohol use disorder (AUD).
• Identify signs and symptoms of benzodiazepine use disorder.
• List the 3 FDA-approved medications to treat AUD.
• Recognize the role of inpatient treatment for the management of alcohol and benzodiazepine use disorder.
• Identify the role that polysubstance use has on the overdose epidemic

For more information and to register click here

Cost:

no costs

Sponsor: Grayken Center for Addiction TTA, a program of Boston Medical Center

Description: This training will provide strategies to implementing addiction care and medications for OUD into your practice setting.

This training satisfies 1.00 hours of the required 8 hours of training for DEA-registered practitioners.

Intended audience

Intended audience: Medical professionals with prescriptive authority, nurses and support staff who support them looking to increase provision of care for patients with substance use disorder.

Objectives

Following this training, participants will have the knowledge necessary to:

• Recall strategies for identifying substance use disorders in the primary care setting.
• Identify at least 3 different levels of care available for substance use disorder (SUD) treatment.
• Recognize how to appropriately triage patients to a level of care that meets their treatment needs. 
• Describe the roles of members of the SUD care team.
• Recognize the 4 key components of treatment models of care for opioid use disorder.
• Identify 3 models of care for delivering treatment for opioid use disorder in primary care

To get more information and register click here

Cost:

no costs

Sponsor: Boston Medical Grayken Center for Addiction TTA, The Association for Multidisciplinary Education and Research in Substance Use and Addiction (AMERSA), Department of Public Health, Bureau of Substance Addiction Services (DPH/BSAS), The Opioid Response Network (ORN).

Description: “Protecting the Community and Serving Your Patient: The Importance of Buprenorphine” is Part 3 of 3 in the “Best Practices for Community Pharmacy-Based Care for Patients with Opioid Use Disorder” series. Part 3 describes the three medications that are mainly used for treating Opioid-Use Disorder, and dives deeper into buprenorphine prescribing and the pharmacy’s role in it.

Intended audience: This activity is intended for pharmacists and pharmacy technicians working as part of the healthcare team to treat patients for substance use disorder.

Description:

1. Describe the efficacy and safety of dispensing buprenorphine for opioid use disorder (OUD) treatment.

2. Explain an effective interaction between a pharmacy staff member and patient filling a prescription for buprenorphine.

2. Explain an effective interaction between a pharmacy staff member and patient filling a prescription for buprenorph

For more information and to register click here:

“Protecting the Community and Serving Your Patient: The Importance of Buprenorphine” is Part 3 of 3 in the “Best Practices for Community Pharmacy-Based Care for Patients with Opioid Use Disorder” series. Part 3 describes the three medications that are mainly used for treating Opioid-Use Disorder, and dives deeper into buprenorphine prescribing and the pharmacy’s role in it. 

Cost:

FREE

Sponsors: Boston Medical Grayken Center for Addiction TTA, The Association for Multidisciplinary Education and Research in Substance Use and Addiction (AMERSA), Department of Public Health, Bureau of Substance Addiction Services (DPH/BSAS), The Opioid Response Network (ORN)

Description

“Opioid use Disorder – Making Connections” is Part 1 of 3 in the “Best Practices for Community Pharmacy-Based Care for Patients with Opioid Use Disorder” series. Part 1 will describe how addiction is a complex chronic illness that requires treatment, often involving medications. This training covers the different types of medications that individuals with Opioid Use Disorders (OUD) might be prescribed. Part 1 will also investigate how stigma impacts the recovery of individuals with Substance Use Disorders. 

Intended audience

This activity is intended for pharmacists and pharmacy technicians working as part of the healthcare team to treat patients for substance use disorder.

Objectives

1. Describe the disease model of addiction.

2. Identify situations to use patient-centered addiction language.

2. Identify situations to use patient-centered addiction language.

For more information and to register click here:

Cost:

FREE

Sponsor: Grayken Center for Addiction TTA, a program of Boston Medical Center

Description: This training will provide an overview of identification and management of substance use disorders in the adolescent and young adult population.

Intended audience

Intended audience: Medical professionals with prescriptive authority, nurses and support staff who support them looking to increase provision of care for patients with substance use disorder.

Objectives:

Following this training, participants will have the knowledge to:

• List 3 major substances of use in adolescents and young adults.
• Identify at least 3 barriers to treatment of SUD experienced by adolescents and young adults.
• Recognize at least 2 strategies to improve SUD treatment and engagement in care for adolescents and young adults.

For more information and to register click here:

Cost:

not costs

Sponsor: Grayken Center for Addiction TTA, a program of Boston Medical Center

Description: This training provides an overview of the 3 FDA-approved medications for the treatment of opioid use disorder (OUD): buprenorphine, methadone, and naltrexone.

This training satisfies 1.00 hours of the required 8 hours of training for DEA-registered practitioners.

Intended audience:

Medical professionals with prescriptive authority, nurses and support staff who support them looking to increase provision of care for patients with substance use disorder.

Objectives

Following this training, participants will have the knowledge necessary to:

• Explain the major pharmacologic properties of methadone,buprenorphine, and naltrexone.
• Describe 3 medical or social considerations in medication initiation planning.
• Identify patients at risk for severe opioid withdrawal.
• List at least 2 medications that may be utilized to manage symptoms of opioid withdrawal.
• Recall benefits for treatment with injectable buprenorphine.

For more information and to register click here:

Cost:

no costs

Sponsor: Grayken Center for Addiction TTA, a program of Boston Medical Center

Description: This training will identify common co-occurring disorders in people with substance use disorders and review basic therapeutic and pharmacologic interventions.

This training satisfies 1.00 hours of the required 8 hours of training for DEA-registered practitioners.

Intended audience: Medical professionals with prescriptive authority, nurses and support staff who support them looking to increase provision of care for patients with substance use disorder.

For more information and to register click here:

Cost:

no costs

Sponsor: National Council for Mental Wellbeing

The number of people in America who died from a drug overdose in 2021 was more than six times the number in 1999, with more than 75% of those deaths involving an opioid, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). How did we get here? What’s next?
 
Find out on Dec. 13 (2-3 p.m. ET) during American Tragedy: Dopesick Author Beth Macy on the Opioid Crisis, Overdose Deaths and What’s Next, our 13th Wellbeing Wednesdays episode featuring New York Times bestselling author and award-winning journalist Beth Macy.
 
Macy is renowned for documenting the epidemic — from the flood of prescription drugs that fueled addiction and overdose deaths to failed drug policies. Her books include “Raising Lazarus” and “Dopesick,” which was made into a Peabody- and Emmy-winning Hulu series.
 
National Council President and CEO Chuck Ingoglia will sit down with the author to discuss the future of the opioid crisis, overdose deaths and harm reduction, as well as the important work of peer support specialists who battle stigma and local laws to help people who use drugs.

Join us on December 13 for the next episode in our Wellbeing Wednesdays virtual learning series, where the best minds in health care share their thoughts on current issues:

• Beth Macy, New York Times bestselling author of Dopesick and Raising Lazarus
• Chuck Ingoglia, President and CEO, National Council for Mental Wellbeing

For more information and to register click here

Date:

December 13, 2023

Time:

2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Location:

virtual

Cost:

no costs