Cost: FREE

Contact Hours: 1.75 (Certificate of Attendance and Social Work/Counseling CEUs provided by the DC Department of Behavioral Health (DBH) Training Institute)

Target Audience: Professionals or organizations; Community members (members of a community or consumers); Students or educators (including faculty, administrators, supervisors, etc.)

Developed for: SAMHSA Region 3

COURSE DESCRIPTION

Outreach efforts, accessing care, participation in treatment planning and care can all be negatively affected by a client’s adverse childhood experiences. In the quest for resilience, many people develop survival behavior, a series of responses that helped them during the most dangerous moments of their lives. These behaviors also hamper effective engagement with behavioral health services and substance use care. A provider who understands how survival behavior affects behavior, interrupts cognitive processes, and interferes with engagement in care can better serve affected clients. This event gives providers insights into how their work is affected by a client’s survival behaviors and what strategies can improve access and utilization of care.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

At the end of this training, participants will be able to:

1. Recite the ways in which significant adverse childhood experiences affect information sharing, appointment attendance, engagement in care and treatment participation.
2. Relate strategies for recognizing the presence of survival behavior and reactivity that can derail access and utilization of care for Substance Use Disorder.
3. Explain how they will integrate this information into their current level of practice to ensure improved access to and success in Substance Use Disorder treatment efforts.

PRESENTER

Laura Hinds, MSW, LCSW, is a clinical social worker with experience in medical, behavioral and mental health settings.  Laura has had the pleasure of working with high acuity special needs populations and their providers for over 22 years.  An alumna and instructor at Penn’s School of Social Policy and Practice for 13 years, and Bryn Mawr’s School of Social Work and Social Research’s for the past 4 years, Laura has supported the learning and education of new social workers, veterans in the field, and their interdisciplinary partners.

*CONTACT HOUR ELIGIBILITY

In order to be eligible for the contact hours and/or certificate of attendance, you must join the live webinar in the Zoom platform.

If you are having issues accessing the room or the application at the time of the event: Please email [email protected] at the start of the webinar so that we can assist you.

ACCOMMODATIONS

If you are in need of any special accommodations, please notify the Central East PTTC Webinar Team three weeks in advance of the event, or as soon as possible, by emailing [email protected].