Training

Have you supported a loved one with mental health, substance use, or developmental challenges? Your journey can help others. Gain the tools, confidence, and certification pathway to support other families with hope and connection. Family Peer Support (FPS) providers use their lived experience to offer hope, guidance, and connection to fellow caregivers. Share your story to make [...]

Positive Youth Development (PYD) is a holistic approach that focuses on creating a developmentally appropriate learning setting for young people. Positive youth development strategies focus on: forging positive relationships strengthening academic soft and technical skills cultivating trustworthy safe spaces offering youth opportunities to succeed in meaningful ways. Positive Youth Development treats youth as equal partners and engage [...]

This session continues Adult Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) by focusing on how to respond when someone needs support. Participants practice using the MHFA Action Plan (ALGEE) as a clear framework to assess concerns, communicate supportively, and connect adults to appropriate professional help, self-help, and community resources—while emphasizing safety and privacy during the conversation. **Both Part 1 [...]

Substance use disorders remain among the most stigmatized and misunderstood health conditions, often shaped by outdated policies and rigid treatment models that fail to reflect current science. This webinar invites social workers and behavioral health professionals to reimagine substance use care by bridging the gap between policy, neuroscience, and day-to-day clinical practice. Participants will explore how modern [...]

This training session will address the critical intersection of trauma and substance use disorders through a comprehensive and transformative approach. By recognizing the profound impact of trauma on individuals with substance use disorders, this session will inspire participants to implement trauma-informed care principles, enhance treatment outcomes, and promote holistic recovery.2 CEUs awarded from OH Chemical Dependency Board.

Explore the Best Practices for Supporting Families Affected by SUD helps participants better understand substance use disorder, its impact on loved ones and family dynamics, and the importance of open communication, healthy boundaries, self-care, and connection to support resources. This interactive training offers practical tools for supporting families with compassion while recognizing that recovery is a process. [...]

This training provides an overview of substance use across different stages of life, with attention to prevention, treatment, and community-based support. Participants will examine broad trends, contributing factors, and collaborative strategies for response. 2 CEUs awarded from OH Chemical Dependency Board.    

Restorative Practices (RP) in the Mental & Behavioral Workplace provides participants with tools to enhance intrapersonal engagement and organizational health using trauma-informed approaches that support belonging, individual agency, and accountability. Participants will examine strategies that support organizational wellbeing and strengthen workplace culture. Restorative practices can be used to build diverse and resilient teams through a focus on [...]

This training explores how loneliness, grief, and life transitions can impact substance use among older adults. Participants will consider factors that may increase risk and discuss supportive approaches for prevention, awareness, and community response. 2 CEUs awarded from OH Chemical Dependency Board.

Engaging adolescents in conversation at developmentally appropriate levels can be a challenge for adults. Speaking to adolescents about substance use disorder can be even more daunting. This event engages providers in recognizing the barriers that negate effective conversations with adolescents about their behavioral health and how to overcome them. Via a reflection on best practices, evidenced based [...]