Training at Prevention First

This training is part 3 of 4 of the Co-occurring Disorders Program Curriculum Training.

This is a training series; please plan on attending all 4 days of training.

The goal of the counselor implementation training is to help clinicians apply the evidence-based programs in the Co-occurring Disorders Program in order to deliver the best possible services to persons with co-occurring substance use and mental health disorders. During portions of the training, we strongly encourage attendance from administrative and clinical leadership, intake/registration, and quality and compliance departments.

The Illinois Department of Human Services funds this training and is only open to license-funded treatment professionals in the state of Illinois.

If you have any questions, please contact Maddie Seigfried by email at madison.mccormick@prevention.org or by phone at 217.993.2889

This training is part 4 of 4 of the Co-occurring Disorders Program Curriculum Training.

This is a training series; please plan on attending all 4 days of training.

The goal of the counselor implementation training is to help clinicians apply the evidence-based programs in the Co-occurring Disorders Program in order to deliver the best possible services to persons with co-occurring substance use and mental health disorders. During portions of the training, we strongly encourage attendance from administrative and clinical leadership, intake/registration, and quality and compliance departments.

The Illinois Department of Human Services funds this training and is only open to license-funded treatment professionals in the state of Illinois. 

If you have any questions, please contact Maddie Seigfried by email at madison.mccormick@prevention.org or by phone at 217.993.2889

This training is part 3 of 4 of the Co-occurring Disorders Program Curriculum Training.

This is a training series; please plan on attending all 4 days of training.

The goal of the counselor implementation training is to help clinicians apply the evidence-based programs in the Co-occurring Disorders Program in order to deliver the best possible services to persons with co-occurring substance use and mental health disorders. During portions of the training, we strongly encourage attendance from administrative and clinical leadership, intake/registration, and quality and compliance departments.

The Illinois Department of Human Services funds this training and is only open to license-funded treatment professionals in the state of Illinois.

If you have any questions, please contact Maddie Seigfried by email at madison.mccormick@prevention.org or by phone at 217.993.2889

This training is part 4 of 4 of the Co-occurring Disorders Program Curriculum Training.

This is a training series; please plan on attending all 4 days of training.

The goal of the counselor implementation training is to help clinicians apply the evidence-based programs in the Co-occurring Disorders Program in order to deliver the best possible services to persons with co-occurring substance use and mental health disorders. During portions of the training, we strongly encourage attendance from administrative and clinical leadership, intake/registration, and quality and compliance departments.

The Illinois Department of Human Services funds this training and is only open to license-funded treatment professionals in the state of Illinois. 

If you have any questions, please contact Maddie Seigfried by email at madison.mccormick@prevention.org or by phone at 217.993.2889

This training is part 3 of 4 of the Co-occurring Disorders Program Curriculum Training.

This is a training series; please plan on attending all 4 days of training.

The goal of the counselor implementation training is to help clinicians apply the evidence-based programs in the Co-occurring Disorders Program in order to deliver the best possible services to persons with co-occurring substance use and mental health disorders. During portions of the training, we strongly encourage attendance from administrative and clinical leadership, intake/registration, and quality and compliance departments.

The Illinois Department of Human Services funds this training and is only open to license-funded treatment professionals in the state of Illinois.

If you have any questions, please contact Maddie Seigfried by email at madison.mccormick@prevention.org or by phone at 217.993.2889

This training is part 4 of 4 of the Co-occurring Disorders Program Curriculum Training.

This is a training series; please plan on attending all 4 days of training.

The goal of the counselor implementation training is to help clinicians apply the evidence-based programs in the Co-occurring Disorders Program in order to deliver the best possible services to persons with co-occurring substance use and mental health disorders. During portions of the training, we strongly encourage attendance from administrative and clinical leadership, intake/registration, and quality and compliance departments.

The Illinois Department of Human Services funds this training and is only open to license-funded treatment professionals in the state of Illinois. 

If you have any questions, please contact Maddie Seigfried by email at madison.mccormick@prevention.org or by phone at 217.993.2889

Overview of the model, how to implement it, demonstration of a session, role-play practice of a session by attendees, with video clips and experiential exercises. This training also includes attention to trauma-informed care.

The Illinois Department of Human Services funds this training and is only open to license-funded treatment professionals in the state of Illinois.

If you have any questions, please contact Maddie Seigfried by email at madison.mccormick@prevention.org or by phone at 217.993.2889.

Recovery coaching as a peer-to-peer recovery support services has grown exponentially over the past few years. Ethical considerations have been discussed in many circles, yet formal training has been lacking for recovery coaches. This training addresses this critical need. Based on the widely used Ethical Guidelines for the Delivery of Peer-based Recovery Support Services by William White and PRO-ACT (2007), we designed this training to help coaches, and anyone else working in the peer role, to understand how critical it is to be ethically responsible. Using presentations, small group work, and role play to address many areas including defining the coaching service role and functions, coaching standards, issues of vulnerability, ethical decision-making, performance enhancement, and legal issues.

PARTICIPANTS WHO COMPLETE THIS TRAINING WILL:

• Understand what ethics are and why ethics are so important when performing Recovery Coach Services
• Learn how to stay in your lane as a recovery coach
• Understand the decision-making process
• Develop guidelines for making ethical decisions
• Apply the new learning to your everyday work as a Recovery Coach

If you have any questions, please contact Maddie Seigfried by email at madison.mccormick@prevention.org or by phone at 217.993.2889.

This workshop covers basic LGBT concepts and terminology, transgender-specific information including medical and social transitioning, how to be more LGBT open and welcoming, how being more open and welcoming can reduce service disparities and chronic disease, and your role in making a difference.

Learning Objectives

• Participants will be able to differentiate between the four main concepts of biological sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression.
• Participants will understand what it means to be transgender and the basics of social and medical transitioning.
• Participants will learn how being open and welcoming increases trust and reduces medical disparities. 
• Participants will learn ten (10) ways to be more LGBT-open and welcoming.

The fourth edition of the ASAM Criteria builds on the past 30 years of the Criteria and provides an updated, streamlined, and pragmatic approach to assessment and treatment planning. This 4.5 hour session will provide a consolidated overview, in addition to some of the "why" in relation to the major changes in terminology, levels of care, dimensions and assessment processes. 

All participants receive an in-depth electronic training journal to guide the training experience and as a resource for continuing skill application, as part of the training.

The Illinois Department of Human Services funds this training and is only open to license-funded treatment professionals in the state of Illinois.

If you have any questions, please contact Maddie Seigfried by email at madison.mccormick@prevention.org or by phone at 217.993.2889

Participants will identify the unique challenges faced by adolescents with substance use disorders and how to best approach their course of treatment. Develop an awareness of specific skills and strategies to work effectively with adolescents and their families. 

The link to join the training will be emailed to you prior to the training. 

If you have any questions, please contact Maddie Seigfried by email at madison.mccormick@prevention.org or by phone at 217.993.2889

Trauma and substance use disorders runs in families across generations and are often fueled by dark family secrets. Topics covered in this presentation includes: The role of youth development, prevention, and clinical professionals in breaking intergenerational patterns of trauma, substance use disorders and dark family secrets; breaking intergenerational patterns by focusing on the unique needs of children of parents with substance use disorders and children on the FASD spectrum; the role of parents and persons in recovery in breaking intergenerational patterns; mobilizing the entire community to help break intergenerational patterns of trauma and substance use disorders. You will learn about successful programs in breaking intergenerational patterns in Iceland, Native American, Metropolitan, and rural communities.

By the end of this presentation you will be able to:

• Begin to use strategies to help break generational patterns of trauma, substance use disorders and dark family secrets in your role as a treatment provider.
• Begin to use strategies to help break intergenerational patterns of trauma and substance use disorders in your role as a prevention specialist.
• Articulate the importance of prevention and treatment providers working together to break intergenerational patterns.
• Utilize strategies to help parents break intergenerational patterns of trauma, substance use disorders and dark family secrets.
• Address the unique needs of children of parents with substance use disorders.
• Learn strategies to break intergenerational patterns from Iceland, Native American, Metropolitan, and rural communities

ECHO Session Two: Cultural Humility and Harm Reduction – May 20, 2024

ECHO (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes) Model has evolved into a learning framework that applies across disciplines for sustainable and profound change; Project ECHO calls it the “all teach, all learn.” Participants engage in a virtual community with their peers, sharing support, guidance, and feedback. As a result, our collective understanding of disseminating and implementing best practices across diverse disciplines continuously improves and expands. (ECHO)  Sessions will focus on evidence-based and emerging strategies and practices, including stigma, obtaining community buy-in, shifting preconceived notions of those who use and strategies to address the issue of substance use disorder, and overdose prevention. 

The session consists of a 1-hour total, which includes a 20-minute didactic presentation, then a 5-minute Q&A by a guest presenter, followed by case(s) presentations and peer-to-peer mentoring discussing strategies to address case issues.