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  1. Motivational Interviewing Skills

    This course is designed for practitioners who work with clients struggling with substance use and are seeking to enhance their skills in Motivational Interviewing (MI). Drawing on foundational work by experts William R. Miller and Stephen Rollnick, the course offers two progressive training modules:

    1. Introduction to Motivational Interviewing: This initial module provides a comprehensive overview of Motivational Interviewing, focusing on equipping participants with the foundational skills needed to engage with clients who are ambivalent about change. The training aims to build basic MI skills, laying the groundwork for more effective communication and fostering readiness for sustainable recovery.

    2. Advanced Motivational Interviewing Skills: Building upon the introductory module, this advanced session focuses on deepening MI skills and enhancing practical application. Participants will further develop their techniques, with a focus on more complex interactions and strategies to support clients in overcoming ambivalence and moving towards lasting behavioral change.

    The content in this course is drawn from Modules 3 & 4 of the Addictions Certificate Program.

    Course developed 1/2025.

    Both modules emphasize practical skill-building and real-world application to enable practitioners to better guide substance-involved clients through their recovery journey. This course is excerpted from Modules 3 & 4 of the Addictions Certificate Program.

    Instructor

    webinar (asynchronous)

    CE Contact Hours

    • 6 regular asynchronous online

    Location

    online
  2. Navigating Growth Using Enhanced Genograms in Social Work Practice

    This workshop will provide comprehensive content and strategies about creating and using enhanced genograms in social work practice. It is a tool social workers can use to understand client and community stories in a way that identifies past traumas and potential sources for healing and strength. In addition, this workshop will model how to implement an enhanced genogram in real time, as well as strategies for helping clients and communities to understand their own core story. This might include tips for daily practice during times of stress.

    This workshop has been developed to train participants in skills that can be used in multiple settings, including interpersonal practice as well as working with organizations and communities.

    Instructors

    webinar (asynchronous)

    CE Contact Hours

    • 1.5 regular asynchronous online

    Location

    online
  3. Nothing About Us Without Us - Disability and Ableism 101

    Over 27% of the U.S. population identifies has having one or more disabilities or impairments, yet people with disabilities and those who identify as disabled are often left out of conversations around diversity and inclusion. This workshop will cover some of the history of language used by and about this community, what ableism is (as well as able-bodied/neurotypical privilege), ways to dismantle these types of oppression so ingrained in various systems, and ways that to create more inclusive programs, conferences, classrooms, offices, and health care to ensure that all members of this community are able to engage. Participants will learn about ways ableism has been historically used to oppress disabled bodies, what ableist microaggressions are (and ways to interrupt/engage them), discuss the concept of disability justice, create action items to leverage their own privilege, and more.

    Instructor

    webinar (asynchronous)

    Sessions

    • asynchronous

    CE Contact Hours

    • 1.25 pain management asynchronous online

    Location

    online
  4. Supporting Safe Practices with Sex Toys and in Kink/BDSM

    When supporting clients around their sexuality, it is important for social workers to understand the basic in and outs of sex toys and safety surrounding their use. Additionally, safety is key in kink and BDSM practice. Attendees will about the basics of kink play, how consent is discussed and negotiated, the difference between all the terms, and what various kinks and fetishes may look like. Understand the differences between fantasy (like 50 Shades of Grey) and reality, and how to support your clients/patients in their kink practices. Whether you’re looking to learn something new, or just to add some knowledge to support your therapeutic or medical practice, this is a great overview of safety regarding sex toys and kink/BDSM.

    Instructor

    webinar (asynchronous)

    Sessions

    • asynchronous

    CE Contact Hours

    • 1 pain management asynchronous online

    Location

    online
  5. Transferring Addictions & Harm Reduction

    The observed phenomena of individuals pursuing abstinence from a primary addictive substance or behavior sequentially replacing that addictive behavior with another is well-established. Understanding this “replacement addiction” equips treatment providers to more effectively intervene and support optimal recovery outcomes with those demonstrating this pattern. Harm reduction refers to strategies or interventions that are intentionally purposeful for treatment with individuals who are customers for such approaches, when they may be too ambivalent to pursue abstinence-based recovery. This module addresses both of these important topics in significant depth.

    Please note that this course is comprised of the content from Module 10 of the newly revised Addictions Certificate Program, Track 1.

    Instructor

    webinar (asynchronous)

    Sessions

    • asynchronous

    CE Contact Hours

    • 1 pain management asynchronous online
    • 2 regular asynchronous online

    Location

    online
  6. Understanding Behavioral Addictions

    For the majority of time that addiction treatment has been available in the United States, the focus has been on the destructive misuse of alcohol and/or other chemical substances. However, “behavioral addictions” such as gambling, compulsive sexual behavior, and an increasing variety of internet-related pursuits have gained increasing amounts of attention, as unchecked involvement has led to negative outcomes that have impaired quality-of-life and level-of-functioning for many. This module defines a useful working definition of behavioral or process addiction, and addresses various treatment approaches that have been shown to be effective.

    Please note that this course is comprised of the content from Module 9 of the newly revised Addictions Certificate Program, Track 1.

    Instructor

    webinar (asynchronous)

    Sessions

    • asynchronous

    CE Contact Hours

    • 3 regular asynchronous online

    Location

    online
  7. What Every Behavioral Health Provider Should Know About Oral Health and Dental Care

    In the words of psychiatrist Steve Kisely, there is “no mental health without oral health.” Decades of research evidence have shown the ways that behavioral health and wellbeing are impacted by oral health: for example, one’s ability to smile with friends and family, get past a job interview, live without chronic pain, get a good night’s sleep, and maintain a varied diet. People living with psychiatric disabilities and substance use disorders are particularly vulnerable to oral health problems. For example, people with psychiatric disabilities have triple the odds of losing all their teeth. Accessing oral health care and successfully completing dental treatment plans is greatly facilitated when patients are well prepared for their appointments, have learned methods to regulate their dental anxiety, and feel confident that the dental team is on their side. The behavioral health provider can therefore play a key role in the success of a person’s oral health recovery and multifactor pain management trajectory.

    In this course, behavioral health providers such as social workers, nurses, physicians, and care managers will learn the basics of the oral health: why it is important, how it is linked to behavioral health and chronic pain, what key facts about oral health to share with clients, and where to find resources. Learners will leave the course with practical information that can be applied to social work and other behavioral health practice.

    Instructors

    webinar (asynchronous)

    CE Contact Hours

    • 1.75 pain management asynchronous online

    Location

    online

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