Events

This workshop is designed for the professional who hopes to gain a better understanding of culture and cultural competency issues and the ways to improve upon identifying and communicating with members of diverse populations. The participant will discover their own...

A personality disorder is a way of thinking, feeling and behaving that deviates from the expectations of the culture, causes distress or problems functioning, and lasts over time. Common to all personality disorders is a long-term pattern of behavior and inner...

This training will focus on the impact of alcohol on the entire system including neuro-biological change as well as medical complications from continued alcohol use. The participants will be able to identify symptoms of alcohol intoxication and impairment and alcohol...

PTSD: Trauma Informed Care is an all day training in which participants will learn skills that assist in treating PTSD, include understanding, recognizing, and responding to the effects of all types of trauma. This training will provide an overview of trauma related...

This three-hour workshop provides participants with a comprehensive overview on pregnant women and addiction. The session emphasizes early intervention, and how crucial it is in the outcome for mother and child, as well as the specific and more unique treatments...

We know smoking is killing the people we work with, but often we just don't know how to address it. Gain confidence in having the cessation conversation and creating effective referrals to treatment. You will learn how nicotine addiction affects the brain and how you...

This seminar is based on the Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Manual developed by Patrick Reilly, Ph.D. and Michael Shopshire, Ph.D. for the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment/SAMHSA. The anger management treatment design that will be taught in this course has been...

This training will provide participants with an in-depth examination of compelling ethical and risk-management challenges in social work. Frederic Reamer will explore high-risk ethical issues and practical strategies designed to protect clients and...

This workshop, conducted by Mike Cerullo, LMHC, founding convener of What’s the Rush, RI? and a member of the Joint Legislative Commission to study Legalization of Marijuana for Recreational Use, will explore multiple facets of this complex issue including mental...

Opioid abuse and addiction remains a critical national public health concern. This training will focus on addiction pharmacology for the care of clients with Opioid de-pendency. This includes medically supervised detoxification, as well as an under-standing of the...