Offering an array of topics designed to enhance educational and skill development.
Topics for training include Integrated Treatment for Co-Occurring Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders, Motivational Interviewing, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Trauma Informed Care, and many other topics.
These trainings are free for RADIAS Health Employees. If you are not an employee of RADIAS Health – please click here and use these forms to register for the training.
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8:30 am: Person-Centered Thinking, Planning and Client Rights: Whose Goal is it, Anyway?
The concept of Person-Centered Care is integral to how RADIAS approaches work we do with people we serve. This training provides a broad overview of the Person-Centered Approach in supporting persons served.
Participants will be able to:
Understand the context of person-centered care in Minnesota's systems
Be aware of examples of person-centered language (as well as language to avoid)
Practice using several tools to provide a person-centered approach
Dana has been working in mental health for 17 years and is new to Radias Health as the Hennepin County ACT supervisor. She is an MSW LICSW currently pursuing her DSW. Dana’s focus has been on client-centered, culturally empathetic, trauma-informed care for those who struggle with a mental health diagnosis, substance use, and often homelessness. Trained in DBT, CBT-P, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, DBT, and certified in TF-CBT she used a mix of evidence-based practices to support clients and staff. As a Clinical Supervisor since 2016 she works to motivate and engage staff to learn self-reflective skills and continually work towards improving practice.
Training participants will explore the concepts of both compassion fatigue and compassion satisfaction. We will learn how recognize signs and symptoms, and do our own assessment. Participants will leave the training with their own self-care plan.
Objectives:
Define compassion fatigue and burnout
Define compassion satisfaction
Review contributing factors and symptoms
Self-assessment - Professional Quality of Life
Develop a self-care plan
Patty has worked for RADIAS since 2014. She is the director of RADIAS Health Outpatient Clinic and DBT Clinic. She loves training new and existing employees in a variety of subjects relevant to delivering services to populations served by RADIAS. Patty does training in suicide risk assessment and teaches a class about DBT at the University of Minnesota in the Integrated Behavioral Health Program.
Trainers: Julie Duncan, MA, LP and Jessica Metkowski-Gulden
Associate Directors of Clinical Services Length: 6.5 Training hours
This course will provide participants with an overview of trauma including the impact on the brain, body, and lives of the individuals who experience it. We will discuss the prevalence of trauma and common trauma responses. We will review characteristics of trauma informed providers the principles of trauma informed care. This training includes practice techniques for use with individuals you serve.
Objectives:
· Have an understanding of trauma and trauma reactions
· Have the ability to identify and implement trauma informed service delivery strategies.
Julie has over 25 years of experience working in behavioral health in various leadership, project management, project development, and training roles. She has conducted clinical trainings since 2004. Currently she provides several clinical trainings to RADIAS staff on a recurring basis. Training topics include Trauma Informed Care, Civil Commitment, Family Psychoeducation, and Compassion Fatigue. She has presented at the Minnesota Association of Community Mental Health Programs Annual Conference in Duluth. Julie has been an ACT Team Leader and oversees ACT teams in her current role at RADIAS. She is a trained ACT Fidelity Reviewer.
Jessica has worked for RADIAS Health since 2009 and has been on the same Assertive Community Treatment team. She is the team’s Team Lead. Jessica has her master's degree in counseling and has an LPCC license. She has also trained on topics of self-care and is an TMACT fidelity reviewer.
This training will provide an overview of the civil commitment process with a focus on the case manager's role. We will review the steps leading up to commitment, the types of petitions, and what happens after someone is civilly committed. We will explain reporting requirements and revocations.
Objectives:
Learn steps to commitment process
Understand criteria for commitment and revocation
Understand types of petitions and orders
Learn reporting requirements and how to accurately prepare for the court
Participants will have a better understanding of Borderline Personality Disorder, and will be able to outline the philosophy and foundation of DBT.
Participants will learn and practice validation strategies to assist people who experience significant dysregulation.
This course will provide a basic understanding of Borderline Personality Disorder. It will outline the philosophy and foundation of Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) and highlight the skills and practice relevant to the participants’ practice. Participants will work together to determine validation strategies and practice/role play them.
Brooke has worked in the behavioral health services since 1994 in various roles, including supportive housing, case management, therapy, program management, clinical supervision, and agency leadership. Brooke has provided trainings within and outside of RADIAS since 2007. Topics have included Conceptualization of Borderline Personality Disorder and Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Concepts of Person-Centered Planning, Treating Co-Occurring Disorders, Fundamentals of Mental Illness, and Compassion Fatigue.
Laura has worked for RADIAS Health since 2007. She worked with clients with Borderline Personality Disorder, and other diagnoses, for 9 years in the RADIAS Health RSS program. She has provided adherent individual and group Dialectical Behavioral Therapy since 2015 through RADIAS Health’s DBT program. Laura also provides outpatient therapy and leads several outpatient therapy groups, including an advanced, aftercare DBT group for clients who have graduated from an adherent DBT program. Laura is a DBT-Linehan Board of Certification, Certified Clinician™. Laura co-facilitates the Introduction to Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) and Dialectic Behavior Therapy (DBT) Skills training and leads the Applied DBT Skills training.
