Sponsor: NH Alcohol & Drug Abuse Counselors Association PRESENTATION: This 30-hour, evidence-informed, highly interactive training for persons interested in providing recovery coaching services in a variety of service settings, is authored by several NH-based and national thought leaders in the field of peer-based recovery support services. Concepts and competencies addressed include: recovery-oriented systems of care; multiple pathways of recovery; harm reduction; and peer recovery supports ethics. The content also includes boundary management; Motivational Interviewing; social… Read more »
NatCon21
Sponsor: National Council for Behavioral Health Join us for NatCon21 from May 3-5, the largest mental health and addiction recovery conference in the world and your path to practice improvement. What can you expect? For starters, three days of high-quality content and industry-leading learning. We’re not just covering the topics that matter to you – we’re delivering the tools you need to tackle today’s challenges. This is your opportunity to boost your knowledge base and… Read more »
Webinar Registration for “An Exploration of Substance Use Fundamentals & Youth Perspective on the Impacts of COVID-19”
Sponsor: National Council for Behavioral Health A national assessment of 600 youth, ages 13-18, conducted in January 2021 found that 78% of youth felt the COVID-19 pandemic has increased stress for them and their family and 69% reported increased feelings of loneliness. Nearly a quarter of the respondents reported that accessing substances was easy or very easy during the pandemic. These impacts are not limited to the time of the current public health crisis/pandemic but… Read more »
VIRTUAL – 52nd New England School of Addiction and Prevention Studies (740-314)
Sponsor: AdCare Educational Institute of New England The New England School of Addiction and Prevention Studies, often called Summer School, is a 5-day intensive learning experience to further knowledge, skills, and experience in the field of substance use disorder services. Each year, participants from many disciplines come together to form a unique, diverse learning community. In order to safely meet your continuing education needs this summer, we are pleased to take the 52nd Summer School learning community… Read more »
Childhood Lead Poisoning in NH: What Pediatric Providers Need to Know
Sponsor: North Country Health Consortium AUDIENCE: Physicians, APRNs, PAs, RNs, LPNs, MAs WHAT: This Childhood Lead Poisoning education for Pediatric Providers will cover the following. Each year, over 650 children in New Hampshire are poisoned by lead and experience blood lead levels known to impair academic performance and cause behavior challenges. Lead exposure has a significant negative impact on cognitive ability, speech and language, hearing, visual-spatial skills, attention, impulse control, social behaviors, emotional regulation, and… Read more »
Telebehavioral Health Webinar Multiple Parts Series
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Office of Regional Operations invites you to a free webinar on Expanding Access to Medication—Based Treatment for OUD in Underserved Rural Areas Utilizing Telehealth—Part 3 Sponsor: Health Resources & Services Administration Even before the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, only about 1 in 10 Americans with a substance use disorder (SUD) received needed treatment. Rural populations face additional challenges in accessing medications for Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) due to… Read more »
Virtual: Substance Abuse Prevention Skills Training (SAPST) – 4 Day Training
Sponsor: New Hampshire Alcohol & Drug Abuse Counselors Association A 31 hour (4-day + Online Component ) training event with Marissa Carlson, CPS and Julie Yerkes April 13, 15, 19 & 21, 2021 8:30am to 4:30pm (daily) The NH Bureau of Drug & Alcohol Services with SAMHSA’s Center for the Application of Prevention Technologies (CAPT), invites you to register for the Substance Abuse Prevention Skills Training (SAPST): Building Our Behavioral Health Workforce. What is the Substance… Read more »
The 12 Core Functions of a Substance Use Counselor
Sponsor: New Hampshire Alcohol & Drug Abuse Counselors Association This event is tentatively scheduled to be in-person. We reserve the right to switch to virtual based on CDC advisories and best practices PRESENTATION: This training includes a comprehensive and detailed study of application both in documentation and treatment of the 12 Core Functions of a Substance Use Counselor. Emphasis will be on the 12 core functions, the assessments BPS and ASI, entry level diagnosis, SMART treatment… Read more »
Suicide Prevention for Non-Clinicians
Sponsor: New Hampshire Alcohol & Drug Abuse Counselors Association This training is scheduled to be held in person; however, we reserve the right to offer it virtually based on public health conditions and CDC Advisories. PRESENTATION: Troubling statistics indicate that death by suicide is rising at an alarming rate and increasingly impacting all racial/ethnic and age groups. Yet, suicide is a preventable public health issue. Half of those who died by suicide received health care services… Read more »
CRSWs Supervising CRSWs
Sponsor: New Hampshire Alcohol & Drug Abuse Counselors Association This training is scheduled to be held in person; however, we reserve the right to offer it virtually based on public health conditions and CDC Advisories. PRESENTATION: The goal of this workshop is to discuss the challenges and opportunities which naturally occur in any supervisory relationship and how to navigate through these when supervising peer support workers. We will explore the performance domains of the Certified Recovery… Read more »