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12-05-18 Compassion Fatigue, Secondary Trauma, and Burnout for Managers and Supervisors (Las Vegas)

Date: December 5, 2018 Time: 8:30 am – 11:30 am (PST) Location: Desert Willow Treatment Center (Conference Room), 6171 W. Charleston Blvd. Bldg #17, Las Vegas, NV 89146 Presenter: Trudy Gilbert Elliot, PhD, LMFT, LADC Continuing Education Hours (CEHs): 3 Description: Staff will self-evaluate emotional responses resulting from their service to youth and families. Participants will identify the […]

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The Nevada System of Care Presents: Addressing the Needs of LGBTQ+ Youth 2018

Description: This workshop is for administrators and support staff to aid in the process of becoming more comfortable and competent working with youth in care who are LGBTQ+ Identified. Participants in this training can expect to: Gain an understanding of AB99 Learn culturally sensitive language and behaviors to better understand and support LGBTQ+ identified youth

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Domestic Violence (CC)

Interpersonal violence has affected many women and children. When love and life have been jaded by a violent history, relational and personal healing is critical to those traversing the road of recovery. Focusing on the connections between addiction and gender violence, this workshop will address how to move an addicted survivor from a path of

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Communication Skills for Medical Assistants: Strategies for FASD Prevention

Course Overview Medical assistants play key roles in promoting behavioral health Medical assistants play an important role in promoting behavioral health among patients. As part of a larger medical team, MAs are vital ingredients in a health system designed to identify patients at risk, exchange information, and draw out and consolidate commitment to change. While

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Confidentiality and HIPAA (CC) – 6 CEHs

Who can you tell and when? Who must you tell and when? This workshop will cover federal and Nevada rules of confidentiality with an emphasis on practical solutions to real problems. Topics will include: what is a proper consent for release of information, how to respond to a subpoena, exceptions to the rules, and child and elder abuse reporting requirements. Presenter:

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Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) SBIRT is designed to provide universal screening, secondary prevention (detecting risky or hazardous substance use before the onset of abuse or dependence), and early intervention and treatment within primary care and other health care settings for people who have problematic or hazardous alcohol problems. The four online

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Crossing Professional Boundaries

Behavioral health professionals often cross professional boundaries because they fail to recognize the boundaries as they arise, or fail to realize the impact of crossing those boundaries. At the conclusion of this workshop clinicians will be able to: identify professional boundaries in the clinician/client relationship, understand the consequences of crossing boundaries that lead to ethical violations, evaluate relationships on multiple levels to avoid crossing boundaries, understand the pitfalls of bartering arrangements,

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Multi Cultural Faces

Multi-Cultural Awareness (2 CEHs)

Course Description Developing cultural competence requires examining biases and prejudices and developing cross-cultural skills. Cultural competence requires that social workers, counselors, other practitioners and organizations have a defined set of values and principles, and demonstrate behaviors, attitudes, policies, and structures that enable them to work effectively cross-culturally. The course will discuss DSM-5’s cultural principles, including

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Promoting Awareness of Motivational Incentives: PAMI

Part I: Promoting Awareness of Motivational Incentives (PAMI) Research has shown that motivational incentive programs that use low-cost reinforcement (prizes, vouchers, clinic privileges, etc.), delivered in conjunction with on-site urine screening promotes higher rates of treatment retention and abstinence from drug abuse. This training is based on the positive research outcomes and lessons learned from

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Peer Support Specialist

Peer Support Specialist 101 - Online Course Course Price: $99 Peer support is a system of giving and receiving help founded on key principles of respect, shared responsibility and mutual agreement of what is helpful. Individuals who have common life experiences with the people they are serving deliver peer support services. By sharing their experiences,

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