Behavioral Health Workforce Training Clearinghouse Updates

You are receiving this email as a Community Behavioral Health Center (CBHC) or Behavioral Health Help Line (BHHL) staff member enrolled in the Behavioral Health Workforce Training Clearinghouse Learning Management System (LMS) operated by ForHealth Consulting.

For more information on accessing your free online training via the LMS, read below.

The Behavioral Health Workforce Training Clearinghouse (BH Clearinghouse) is a resource to support the development of Community Behavioral Health Centers (CBHCs), a new network of community-based clinics offering real-time and high-quality access to behavioral health treatment in Massachusetts. The BH Clearinghouse offers high-quality, free training for CBHC providers and Behavioral Health Help Line (BHHL) staff in evidenced-based behavioral health practices.

Learn more about the BH Clearinghouse

Access your Learning Management System (LMS) Account Reminder!

All self-paced online learning is available and must be accessed through your LMS account. Accounts were established and communicated to CBHC staff in January of this year and to BHHL staff recently. Can't find yours? Don't worry!

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Featured Training

Addressing Secondary Trauma and Compassion Fatigue

During this 1-hour training participants will explore the impact of work-related trauma. Participants will be given the opportunity to consider how exposure to trauma in the workplace has affected them and how they have coped. Emphasis will be placed on identifying helpful coping strategies using group discussion and case reviews.

After participating in this training participants will be able to:

Define secondary trauma
Describe symptoms of secondary trauma
List ways of coping with secondary trauma
Use strategies for developing resilience

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Addressing Secondary Trauma and Compassion Fatigue

19 Self-Paced Online Trainings Now Available

Be sure to bookmark the Self-Paced Online Training page of the Behavioral Health (BH) Clearinghouse. Here you can view a complete listing of courses that are “Available” and “Coming Soon”. Available courses include a [Launch Course] button that will bring you directly to the ForHealth Consulting Learning Management System (LMS) login page to enroll in the training. Once in the LMS via your login (CBHC email address) and password (click reset password if needed), you can self-enroll in online training courses:

Click on the “Discover” link in the top Navigation bar.
View available courses by scrolling up and down the page.
Click on the course you’d like to take.
Click on [Enroll in Course] to self-enroll and complete the course.

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3 Self-Paced Online Trainings Recently Added

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Anxiety
Trauma-Informed Crisis Response and De-Escalation
Dialectical Behavioral Therapy - Skills Portion

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1 Self-Paced Online Training Coming Soon

Substance Use Assessment and Treatment

Featured Resource

The Resources page on the Behavioral Health (BH) Clearinghouse contains historical BH Clearinghouse newsletters, Training Access and CE credit information, as well as useful Job Aids & Resources. Check out the latest resource just added:

Never Worry Alone: Engaging Foster Parents in Best Practices to Care for Youth Who are At Risk of or Who Have Been Exploited

This video series focuses on helping foster families create a comfortable, emotionally safe environment for the youth in their home who has experienced sexual exploitation and other trauma. Information provided would also be helpful for those providing behavioral health care to such youth.
This video series was produced with the support of a three-year grant #2019-MU-MU-0033 award by the Office of Victims of Crime, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice, and the MA Executive Office of Public Safety and Security. The Executive Office of Health and Human Services and the Department of Children and Families partnered with My Life My Choice, a survivor-led organization that provides comprehensive and evidence-based programs and training to end the commercial sexual exploitation of children.
The videos range from 4-14 minutes each with an identical introduction (1:45) that starts off each video. The series provides Spanish subtitles and you have the option of pausing the frame if additional time is needed to read through the text on some of the videos.
The trailer serves to introduce the 9-part series.

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Continuing Education Credits (CEs)

Additional CEs are being added to online courses as we receive them. Check the bottom of each LMS course page or the website's Resou rce page for the latest approvals.

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Behavioral Health Workforce Training Clearinghouse