training

RADIAS Health is committed to training Mental Health Professionals in evidence based practices surrounding mental illness and substance use disorders as well as other topics which teach our employees to effectively work with clients in the community. Topics for training include Integrated Dual Disorder Treatment, Motivational Interviewing, Cognitive Therapy, Interactive Effects of Mental Illness and Substance Use Disorders, and many other topics.

 

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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 trainings.

Week of Sep 18th

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September 18, 2023
September 19, 2023(2 events)

8:30 am: Motivational Interviewing - Day 1


September 19, 2023

 

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Trainers: Fran Lesicko, MA, LP

Length: Length: 13 hours (4 half days)

This training allows participants to learn and practice the evidence based practice of motivational interviewing.

1. Participants will be able to describe the following motivational strategies and techniques: Reflection, Affirmation, Summary, and Open-ended Questions.
2. Participants will learn how to identify, elicit and respond to Change Talk
3. Participants will learn effective ways to provide information.

 

 

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Virtual Location

9:00 am: Mental Illness 101


September 19, 2023

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Trainer: Ben Blanchette

Length: 3.0 training hours

 

This course will give participants an overview of diagnoses most commonly seen in working with individuals who get services from RADIAS Health.  Participants will be able to describe the diagnosis system and will be able to identify symptoms of mental illness. If you are new to the field, or want a refresher on things you may have forgotten in college or grad school, this course if for you!

  • Participants will learn about mental health diagnoses and symptoms as presented in DSM 5
  • Participants will reflect on the stigma of mental illness and its interplay for people we serve
  • Participants will discuss mental illness in the framework of cultural, social, political and racial perspectives
  • Participants will work on maintaining empathy for the people we serve in order to reduce stress and compassion fatigue

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Virtual Location
September 20, 2023(2 events)

8:30 am: Motivational Interviewing - Day 2


September 20, 2023

 

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Trainers: Fran Lesicko, MA, LP

Length: Length: 13 hours (4 half days)

This training allows participants to learn and practice the evidence based practice of motivational interviewing.

1. Participants will be able to describe the following motivational strategies and techniques: Reflection, Affirmation, Summary, and Open-ended Questions.
2. Participants will learn how to identify, elicit and respond to Change Talk
3. Participants will learn effective ways to provide information.

 

 

 

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Virtual Location

9:00 am: Suicide Risk Assessment and Intervention


September 20, 2023

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Presenter:  Patty Lauer-Roberts

Length: 4 Training Hours

This half-day training will focus on learning suicide assessment and intervention skills. We will review the Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale [CSSRS] that are located in our forms in Credible for all RADIAS Health Programs. We will learn how to administer the assessment while seeing clients in all settings. This training will eliminate assumptions that these forms are difficult to administer and use with clients. This training will also help with expanding your knowledge about the risks for suicide, assessing a client's suicidal behavior and ideation, and how to intervene. We will learn and practice safety planning.

Training objectives:

  • Develop wider knowledge of factors involved with suicide
  • Broaden one's experience with the Credible forms
  • Increase knowledge with assessing suicidal behavior
  • Expand skill set with crisis planning and assessment

 

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Virtual Location
September 21, 2023
September 22, 2023
September 23, 2023
September 24, 2023