Trainings for Human Service Providers

Note: Training will begin promptly at 9:30 AM. Access to the training will not be permitted after 10:00 AM. Please remain until the end of the session. Certificates will be awarded only to those who attend the full training. NYS Social Work CE & LMHC Credit Hours: 5.0.  CASAC Renewal Credit Hours: 5.0 Altering behavior is complicated, and staff can either help the change process by becoming change agents in partnership with the service recipient or hinder the process by unwittingly pushing too hard.   This training is a supplementary training for practitioners who have already mastered the Motivational Interviewing (MI) skills offered in the introductory MI training, such as OARS, expressing empathy, rolling with resistance, and avoiding common road blocks to change.  In this training, participants learn how to use “change talk” to elicit client motivation.  In addition, the training introduces common MI techniques such as DARN statements, reframing, agreement with a twist, and amplified and double-sided reflections.  The goal of the training is to help practitioners promote persons’ commitment to change by advancing their use of MI techniques and avoiding traps that interfere with motivation.  Attendees will leave with a greater understanding of their role in the change process when working with others.   Read more

Note:  This training is a Webinar, you must stay the entire day to receive your certificate. Certificates will not be awarded to those who arrive later than 15 mins after the start of the course and who leaves before the course ends. NYS Social Work CE & LMHC Credit Hours: 5.0.  CASAC Renewal Credit Hours: 5.0 The “Recovery Model” is transforming mental health systems, a movement which champions this philosophy of practice and alters service approaches.  This training allows attendees to view mental health through that recovery lens and explores recovery as it relates to mental health through evidence, history, case studies, and exercises. Attendees learn how to appropriately support persons as they develop clear, self-directed goals to lead them towards self-determined meaningful lives. The training emphasizes a collaborative approach, with staff serving as part of the person’s support system. In addition, through role-playing and case studies, attendees obtain strategies and skills needed to work with consumers to create effective service plans that emphasize wellness and encourage consumer self-determination.  Attendees will leave the training with a better understanding on how to support persons through their personal journey toward wellness and recovery. Read more

Note: Training will begin promptly at 9:30 AM. Access to the training will not be permitted after 10:00 AM. Please remain until the end of the session. Certificates will be awarded only to those who attend the full training. NYS Social Work CE & LMHC Credit Hours: 5.0.  CASAC Renewal Credit Hours: 5.0 The nature of case management services varies widely, yet there are core values and fundamental components to which all case managers should adhere.  Using the National Association of Social Worker’s (NASW) Standards for Case Management as a guiding vision, this training offers new case managers an opportunity to learn fundamental concepts of a helping relationship with a focus on strength-based and person-centered services.  The training offers an overview of the ethics and values of case management and builds a foundation for effectively working in health and human services. It also offers skills and strategies for establishing professional boundaries and explores the most current trends in behavioral health, including wellness as a guiding vision.  Attendees will leave the training with a better understanding of the role of case management.   Read more

Note: Training will begin promptly at 9:30 AM. Access to the training will not be permitted after 10:00 AM. Please remain until the end of the session. Certificates will be awarded only to those who attend the full training. NYS Social Work CE & LMHC Credit Hours: 5.0.  CASAC Renewal Credit Hours: 5.0 Service providers are challenged with offering support to a number of populations who are at greater risk of suicide than the norm.  National efforts have focused on identifying risk factors and strategies to prevent suicide.  This training provides an overview of both suicide assessment and prevention, and offers vital statistics with an emphasis on risk factors that contribute to potential suicide.  Intervention strategies, including assessment on the continuum of suicide and ensuring the person’s safety, are presented, and attendees will learn how to create a plan of safety for individuals.  Case studies are used to practice the skills presented in this training and resources are provided.  Attendees will leave with a better understanding of the suicide continuum and a host of strategies to assist persons in crisis. Read more

Note: Training will begin promptly at 9:30 AM. Access to the training will not be permitted after 10:00 AM. Please remain until the end of the session. Certificates will be awarded only to those who attend the full training. NYS Social Work CE & LMHC Credit Hours: 5.0.  CASAC Renewal Credit Hours: 5.0 Housing First is an evidence-based practice that is a proven method of ending all types of homelessness and is the most effective approach to ending chronic homelessness.  Housing First offers homeless persons immediate access to permanent affordable or supportive housing.  Both federal and local government agencies and funders are prioritizing the housing first model as a means to house chronically homeless individuals and families effectively.  This implementation package offers an overview of the Housing First model and information on the efficacy and principles of this evidence-based practice.  Attendees will explore the philosophical underpinnings of Housing First.  Using first hand experience in adopting Housing First, programs are offered tested strategic planning issues to facilitate the implementation process.  Options for additional training supports are offered to programs adopting this exciting and promising evidence-based practice. Read more

Note:  Certificates will not be awarded to those who arrive later than 15 mins after the start of the course and who leaves before the course ends. NYS Social Work CE & LMHC Credit Hours: 5.0.  CASAC Renewal Credit Hours: 5.0 Change is difficult for most persons, yet change is the driving force behind most service planning and goal-setting.  Motivational Interviewing (MI), developed by Miller and Rollnick, is an intervention that helps people recognize and address problem behavior (present or potential), and is intended to help resolve ambivalence and to get a person moving along the path to change.  MI serves as an important prelude to other treatment and services by creating an “openness” to change, which paves the way for further important therapeutic work.  This training provides an introduction to the basic principles and skills associated with MI including OARS, expressing empathy, rolling with resistance, and avoiding common roadblocks to change.  It also offers a foundation for Motivational Interviewing Part 2, which expands these skills into actual “change talk” and promotion of commitment to change.  Staff members trained in MI are often able to work effectively with the change process that many service recipients go through in their personal journeys towards recovery. Motivational Interviewing part 1 is a two part series. If you are planning on attending MI part 2 you must attend MI part 1 first.   Read more