Description: This 8-hour training provides participants with essential skills for conducting level-of-care assessments based on the ASAM 4th Edition criteria. Participants will learn how to evaluate patient needs, determine appropriate treatment levels, and enhance patient outcomes through a comprehensive understanding of the updated assessment framework.

Description: This 4-hour training is designed to explain the major changes between the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) Criteria 3rd and 4th Editions. Participants will explore the updates and enhancements that reflect the evolving landscape of substance use disorder treatment and patient/client care.

Description: This 2-hour course is designed to equip professionals with the essential skills needed to build strong relationships and enhance communication in the workplace. Participants will explore strategies for cultivating professional relationships, including fostering trust, maintaining accountability, and promoting collaboration. The course will also dive into effective communication techniques that are crucial for clear and impactful interactions in professional settings. The course begins with an introduction to the importance of professional relationships and effective communication in creating a satisfying work life. Through a combination of theoretical insights and practical examples, participants will gain a deeper understanding of how to establish rapport, navigate workplace dynamics, and communicate with confidence.

Description: In this 2-hour course, students will learn about the relationship between burnout and the stress cycle. They will learn of science-based strategies to efficiently close the stress cycle, and identify the strategies most likely to work for them as individuals. This course is suited to anyone who has ever experienced stress.

Description: In this 2 hour, self-paced CE course, students will learn about the origins and theory of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) along with basic foundational skills for reframing negative thoughts, cognitive restructuring and challenging cognitive distortions.

Description: In this 8 hour, live CE course, students will learn about the origins of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), common cognitive distortions, and how to apply empirically-based cognitive behavioral techniques to help clients challenge thoughts and bring about changes to negative or incorrect core beliefs.

Description: This 4-contact-hour training covers information on 42 CFR Part 2, the federal regulation which governs the confidentiality of substance use disorder (SUD) patient/client records. The training will help participants determine what constitutes a program that needs to follow 42 CFR Part 2, how to manage substance use disorder patient/client records, how to convey this information to patients/clients, and what is required to release their records.

Description: In this 3-hour course, students will learn practical step-by-step skills to best support a person who is experiencing an emotional crisis, and when there is the risk of potential harm or danger. Students will also learn skills and explore strategies to navigate conflict in a healthy and productive way.

Description: This is an 8 hour course. Rural and village providers typically provide services to people with whom they have dual relationships.  While dual relationships are not necessarily harmful to the client in every case, they can be challenging and stressful for providers to navigate.  According to the BHA Code of Ethics, providers need to practice self-care, which includes paying attention to how they feel about caring for their acquaintances, neighbors, and others they know. In this eight-hour seminar, we will learn to evaluate factors that can make a dual relationship harmful for the client.  We will discuss the impact of caring for others in your community, and we will share strategies for managing the stress, secondary trauma and burnout that can occur as a result of working professionally with people you know personally.  Participants in this course will be invited to share and discuss their experiences as providers and community members.  

Description: This 2-hour course explores the philosophy of the harm reduction perspective and the role that harm reduction approaches can play in engaging clients in a recovery process.  Students will learn about practical harm reduction strategies and think about how these could help certain clients to engage in treatment.  Students will discuss how harm reduction approaches may or may not be a fit for themselves as care providers, their agencies, and their communities.

Description: This is a 4 hour course, Motivational Interviewing is a technique used across healthcare settings. When using Motivational Interviewing it is important to know one’s audience and take into consideration a person’s culture in order to increase effectiveness. In this course, participants will review Motivational Interviewing principles and techniques as well as culture; recognizing specific cultural considerations that influence and enhance the delivery of Motivational Interviewing.

Description: In this 2-hour course, participants will learn about the impacts of stress on the mind and body, and be introduced to the window of tolerance. Helping a client recognize where they are at and how to increase their window of tolerance using useful interventions and skills allows for the opportunity for physical and emotional regulation. Students will learn and practice skills for calming the mind and body using experiential activities. These skills are not only useful for clients, but can be used by providers to manage stress, prevent burnout, and increase health and wellness.

Description: In this 2 hour, live CE course, participants will learn how to recognize, screen for, and educate parents about postpartum mental health concerns. Recognizing a health aide’s own role in referring, treating, and following up on those with postpartum mental health concerns is crucial in ensuring quality of life for new parents and babies.. 

Description: This 40-contact hour course will cover the philosophy of clinical supervision and provide practical application approaches to carrying it out. Students will learn strategies for facilitating effective participation by supervisees and participate in discussion about the use of technology and how it modifies, impacts or enhances the clinical supervision relationship. This course will provide guidance to students on setting boundaries, and the differences between clinical and administrative supervision. Students will participate in application exercises and develop a clinical supervision plan that can be used within their individual work environment. 

Description: This 8-contact hour course will review confidentiality and privacy requirements, professional ethics differentiating among values, ethics, policies, and laws including the Federal Privacy Act, Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), HIPAA HITECH, and 42 CFR Part 2 and their application to behavioral health services. Exceptions to confidentiality, client consent, protecting privacy, including written and electronic records, dual relationships and the need for boundaries within a village based setting will also be discussed. 

Description: In this 2 hour course, students will learn the difference between stress, burnout, and secondary trauma and the characteristics of each. Because this course is focused on self-care for providers, students will learn at least six intentional self-care strategies after assessing their own self-care and self-care goals. This ensures that providers in the helping profession have skills to care for themselves, allowing them to provide care to others better.

Description: This is a 2-hour course. Although telehealth services have been used for many years its use has significantly increased since COVID-19. Telehealth is an effective method for behavioral health treatment when guiding principles are followed. When using telehealth services, as is with in-person services, there are certain standards and principles to follow. In this 90-minute training participants will recognize learn tips on telehealth usage, data about its effectiveness, and cultural considerations as well as review ethics, consent, confidentiality and privacy of telehealth use.

Description: In this 2-hour course, students will learn about trauma-informed care and practices at an organizational level. We will consider how policies and procedures, meeting formats, supervision practices, and even physical spaces can be viewed through a trauma-informed lens. Practical steps to make changes will be discussed. This course is especially suited to individuals who work some or all of the time in a team lead, supervisory, or administrative role.

Description: This 4 hour continuing education course provides an in-depth exploration of Complex Grief, equipping participants with the knowledge and skills necessary to identify and respond to this challenging condition. Learners will gain the ability to screen individuals for Complex Grief by recognizing key risk factors and clinical signs and symptoms. The course also addresses special considerations in treatment, including cultural, developmental, and trauma-related issues as they relate to grief. Emphasis is placed on understanding and applying five major evidence-based treatment models for grief recovery. Through a combination of theoretical instruction and practical application, this course prepares providers to be informed, compassionate when working with those navigating prolonged or complicated bereavement

Description: In this 2 hour course, students will learn the difference between trauma and complex trauma and how it impacts thinking, emotions, and behavior. Students will discuss how individuals with complex trauma relate to agencies and systems and learn strategies to help them navigate those systems.