Behavioral Health Workforce Training Clearinghouse Updates

...for Massachusetts Community Behavioral Health Center (CBHC) and Behavioral Health Help Line (BHHL) staff and clinicians.

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In July We Celebrate ... Minority Mental Health Awareness Month!

Featured Online Training & Resource

Cultural Humility and Equity in Behavioral Health

This 1-hour training will provide participants with information on how to enhance cultural humility and allyship skills. This training begins with defining cultural humility, marginalization, allyship, and identifying common groups that are marginalized. The training moves to explore personal biases that people have and how this impacts cultural humility. The training provides exploration on self-reflection on how to enhance one’s ability to be an ally.

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Addressing Racial Trauma: Increasing Awareness and Developing Strategies

This 1-hour training is designed to provide participants with information on the impacts of racial trauma, ways to promote equity in therapeutic environments, and how to support healing in treatment. This training begins with a brief introduction to trauma-informed care, trauma, and types of racial trauma. The training explores the impact of racial trauma and the presence of daily occurrences that fuel experiences of racial trauma. The training emphasizes that developing safety and addressing racial trauma is an ongoing practice that requires people to reflect on systems and how people interact with the people they serve each day. Through this, participants will explore ways to increase safety and equity within treatment leading to the promotion of healing.

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Download the BIPOC Mental Health Toolkit created by Mental Health America National

Live Online Training

1 Live Online Training Now Available for Registration

Introductory Workshop for Motivational Interviewing

Speaker: John Rodolico, PhD, is the Director of Military and Veteran Consultation at McLean Hospital and an Assistant Professor of Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry, Part-Time at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Rodolico is committed to using evidence-based treatments to help people with substance use disorders across the life span and his experience working with adolescent addictions spans over 30 years.

Description: The Motivational Interviewing approach has been researched extensively in diverse settings, including primary care, mental health, addictions, education, and facilities under the department of corrections. Continuously evolving MI strategies has necessitated ongoing education for all types of healthcare workers.

This 4-hour live zoom introductory workshop held over two days is designed to help a variety of behavioral health professionals interested in learning the basic MI principles to translate that knowledge into practice. The workshop will review the four processes, spirit of MI, patient-centered communications skills, change and sustain talk, and approaches to people who are “resistant” to change. Multiple learning approaches will be used throughout the course, including didactics, video demonstrations, role-plays, and small group discussions.

Schedule:

September 9, 2024: 10:00 am - 12:00 pm and
September 10, 2024: 10:00 am - 12:00 pm

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Self-Paced Online Training

35 Self-Paced Online Trainings Now Available

To access Self-Paced Online Training a ForHealth Consulting Learning portal account is required. Need help logging in to access your training? Follow the full written or video instructions on the Resources>Online Training Access page. All courses are free and many are CE/CME credit-eligible!

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1 Self-Paced Online Training Added

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Diversity and Trauma-Informed Approach for Individuals Impacted by Intimate Partner Violence (IPV)

This 3.5-hour online course will increase CBHC providers' understanding, prevalence, and knowledge of intimate partner violence exposure and subsequent impacts on survivors and their children. Strategies for screening, engaging with, and caring for survivors of IPV and their children will be discussed. Trainers will review the dynamics of power and control, explore tactics used by people who use violence, and take particular care to highlight the hurdles survivors face in fleeing IPV; particularly survivors living in marginalized groups. Additionally, the workshop will highlight the importance of self-awareness and reflective practice to mitigate provider bias and vicarious trauma.

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2 Self-Paced Online Trainings Coming Soon

2 Self-Paced Online Trainings Expiring Soon

Introduction to Motivational Interviewing

Expiring July 31, 2024

This 7-hour online course is made up of video lessons with experts and activities to practice motivational interviewing techniques. Each video features Dr. Daniel Mullin, course director, in conversation with individuals who are experienced MI clinicians, trainers, and coaches. The format is an informal seminar on specific topics of Motivational Interviewing. Topics include:

The Spirit of Motivational Interviewing
OARS – Open questioning, Affirming, Reflecting, Summarizing
Complex Reflections and Empathy
Change Talk and Sustain Talk
Responding to Discord
The 4 Phases of MI and Developing Change Plans

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Effective Approaches to Caring for Individuals with Substance Use Disorder

Expiring November 30, 2024

This 4-hour online course focuses on evidence-based care with an emphasis on Relapse Prevention, Harm Reduction, Trauma Informed Care, and core principles from Motivational Interviewing. The course includes a review of practical strategies for screening, assessment, and diagnosis of people with substance use concerns. Presenters introduce learners to helpful approaches for addressing the needs of individuals with co-occurring mood disorders, anxiety, and trauma. Specific strategies for treating individuals using Nicotine, Alcohol, and Opioids are explored along with a review of how clinicians can support the use of medications to treat these conditions. The training also includes a discussion of privacy and coordination of care with family members.

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Live Group Consultation

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Group consultation with subject matter experts to support clinicians on specific evidence-based treatments will be offered throughout the year.

Please contact BHClearinghouse@umassmed.edu

if you are interested in future Group Consultations.

Leadership Corner

Are you a Clinical Supervisor?

Clinical Supervision Training Focus Group

If so, please join a small focus group discussion, on July 16th from 12:00-1:00 to shape and define clinical supervision training development and a larger supervision presentation and discussion in September. We’re excited to hear your feedback and dialogue related to learning topics for future clinical supervision training!

The BH Clearinghouse website has numerous General, State Agency-specific, and Technical Assistance (TA) Resources for Fidelity Assessments and Coaching Models to assist you in leading your clinical teams.

Resources

The BH Clearinghouse website Resources tab contains training access instructions, continuing education (CE) credit information, Job Aids & Resources, and historical BH Clearinghouse newsletters. Check it out!

Continuing Education Credits (CEs)

Additional CEs and CMEs are being added to online courses as we receive them. Check the bottom of each course page for a listing.

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