BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Vermont Addiction Professionals Association - ECPv6.15.18//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Vermont Addiction Professionals Association X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://vapavt.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Vermont Addiction Professionals Association REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20210314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20211107T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20220313T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20221106T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20230312T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20231105T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20240310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20241103T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20250309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20260308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20261101T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250318T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250318T163000 DTSTAMP:20260407T072219 CREATED:20241026T131506Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241127T133538Z UID:2293-1742288400-1742315400@vapavt.org SUMMARY:Taking Action DESCRIPTION:Deescalation\, Bystander Intervention\, and Professional Obligation \n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration deadline 3/11/2025 \n\n\n\n\nREGISTER\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTrainer: \n\n\n\nKarinne Comenzo\, MA\, LICSW\, LADC is the former Assistant Director of Clinical Services for the River Valley Therapeutic Residence. Prior to this role\, Karinne worked for the Vermont Department of Corrections as Chief Clinical Specialist for five years. Karinne currently runs a private practice and supports UVMMC Primary Care providers who prescribe medications for Opiate Use Disorder. The majority of her human services career was providing mental health and substance abuse treatment services to marginalized populations in New York City. This included individuals experiencing homelessness\, incarceration\, sex trafficking\, and domestic violences\, among others. Karinne holds an MA in Forensic Psychology from John Jay College of Criminal Justice and an MSW from New York University. When Karinne is not focused on helping others in her work\, you can find her engaged in hot exercise classes\, dance class with her two young kiddos\, or throwing a ball for her Australian Cattle Dog.  \n\n\n\nDescription: \n\n\n\nThis training is meant to provide behavioral health professionals with guidance on how to take action in best service of their clients and community. This will include general bystander intervention\, more targeted de-escalation skills\, and professional responsibilities within the workplace. This training will also allow behavioral health professionals to consider when and how to take action\, to include professional obligations\, along with potential ramifications or consequences. \n\n\n\nAgenda: \n\n\n\nMorning: 9:00 am – 12:00 pm \n\n\n\n\nWelcome and Introductions\n\n\n\nUnderstanding training terms\n\n\n\nOverview of brain response to trauma\n\n\n\nSafety\, Self-Efficacy\, Self-Awareness\n\n\n\n\nBreak 10:30 – 10:45 am. \n\n\n\n\nNon-coercive approach to conflict management\n\n\n\nUnderstanding Conflict\n\n\n\nAssault Cycle\n\n\n\n\nLunch: 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm \n\n\n\nAfternoon:  1:00 pm to 4:30 pm \n\n\n\n\nAssault Cycle (continued)\n\n\n\nAnger Management\n\n\n\nUnderstanding Bystander Intervention\n\n\n\n\nBreak 2:30 – 2:45pm. \n\n\n\n\nProgrammatic Considerations\n\n\n\nProfessional Obligations\n\n\n\n\nAdjourn: 4:30 pm \n\n\n\nLearning Objectives: \n\n\n\n\nDefine strategies to de-escalation potentially violent situations\n\n\n\nIdentify preliminary signs of conflict before they escalate\n\n\n\n​Identify behaviors that may agitate individuals\n\n\n\nDefine Bystander Intervention\n\n\n\nUnderstand professional role and obligations in high stress situations URL:https://vapavt.org/training/taking-action/ LOCATION:Windjammer/Best Western\, 1076 Williston Rd\, South Burlington\, Vermont\, 05453 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250213T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250213T163000 DTSTAMP:20260407T072219 CREATED:20241023T104905Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241115T114014Z UID:2290-1739437200-1739464200@vapavt.org SUMMARY:Trauma Informed Care DESCRIPTION:Registration deadline 2/6/2025 \n\n\n\n\nREGISTER\n\n\n\n\nVirtual/Zoom \n\n\n\nTrainer: \n\n\n\nRebecca Miller\, MPH\, MS brings over 5 years of Environmental Health & Safety emergency response\, nearly 3 years in community-based participatory research\, and over a decade in trauma-informed care giving lived-experience to the trauma-informed care practitioner space. Rebecca Miller joined the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center in April 2022. She accepted the position as project director of the Cleveland African American Prostate Cancer Project (CAAPP) in an effort to help create and drive novel patient-centered strategies for community intervention. Accordingly\, Rebecca serves as a facilitator and bridge between community members\, researchers\, clinicians\, and institutional partners in order to help provide the educational and care-centered resources required to increase prostate cancer screening and awareness in the Black community. Rebecca has also instructed two courses at Case Western Reserve University\, Topics in Urban Health in the United States and Health Education Advocacy Link (H.E.A.L): A Comprehensive Training for Health Professional Students Centered on Targeting Social Disparity and Improving Health Literacy. \n\n\n\nDescription: \n\n\n\nIn this engaging 6 hour training\, attendees will explore the intentional application and integration of trauma-informed care approaches into measurably successful and sustainable programs for practitioners and organizations. We will make meaning of the complex terminology and theory around trauma and define the problem in ways that are relevant to you and your work. Attendees will receive concrete tools\, best practices\, and resources to support their efforts to curate their own trauma-informed care models\, policies\, and practices that truly change environments and cultures to be more sensitive and responsive to the needs of our patients\, clients\, families\, and others using this trauma-informed lens. \n\n\n\nAgenda: \n\n\n\n\n9AM – Introduction\n\n\n\n9:30AM – Background\n\n\n\n10:00AM – Trauma-Informed Approaches (TIA)\n\n\n\n10:30AM – BREAK\n\n\n\n10:45AM – Assessment of TIA\n\n\n\n11:20AM – Assessment of TIA Case Studies\n\n\n\n12:00PM – LUNCH\n\n\n\n1:00PM – Implementation of TIA\n\n\n\n2:00PM – Measuring Success & Ensuring Sustainability of TIA\n\n\n\n2:45PM – BREAK\n\n\n\n3:00PM – Case Studies & Best Practices Toolkit\n\n\n\n4:30 PM – End\n\n\n\n\nLearning Objectives: \n\n\n\nAs a result of this training\, participants will be able to: \n\n\n\nApply intentional trauma-informed strategies and principles to enhance workplace and programing procedures and practices centered on improving sensitivity and responsiveness to trauma responses in the many ways they manifest. \n\n\n\nIntegrate seminal literature on trauma and trauma-informed education pedagogy into systems and processes that will help measure the successful implementation of the trauma-informed approach at the individual practitioner and organizational level. \n\n\n\nRefine existing trauma-informed practices to reflect\, include\, and partner with those most impacted by the burden of trauma to create change that is effective\, sustainable\, and valuable. URL:https://vapavt.org/training/trauma-informed-care-2/ LOCATION:Vermont END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250109T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250109T163000 DTSTAMP:20260407T072219 CREATED:20241213T145116Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241213T145118Z UID:2386-1736413200-1736440200@vapavt.org SUMMARY:Cultural Competency DESCRIPTION:Registration deadline: 1/2/25 \n\n\n\nVirtual \n\n\n\n\nREGISTER\n\n\n\n\nDESCRIPTION: \n\n\n\nThis training will address the core concepts of Cultural Competency\, also referred to as Cultural Humility or Cultural Sensitivity. This training is created to challenge your assumptions and take each participant out of their comfort zone. This training is meant to challenge each individual’s belief systems and perceptions of their work and clients. This training may be uncomfortable and triggering at times\, and participants are asked to be respectful of one another while navigating difficult conversations. The main purpose of this training is to enhance overall service delivery to each client. \n\n\n\nTRAINER: \n\n\n\nKarinne Comenzo\, MA\, LICSW\, LADC is currently the Assistant Director of Clinical Services for the River Valley Therapeutic Residence. Prior to this role\, Karinne worked for the Vermont Department of Corrections as Chief Clinical Specialist for five years. The majority of her human services career was providing mental health and substance abuse treatment services to marginalized populations in New York City. This included individuals experiencing homelessness\, incarceration\, sex trafficking\, and domestic violences\, among others. Karinne holds an MA in Forensic Psychology from John Jay College of Criminal Justice and an MSW from New York University. She is licensed in Vermont as an LICSW and LADC\, and licensed in New York as an LMSW. When Karinne is not focused on helping others in her work\, you can find her engaged in hot exercise classes\, dance class with her two young kiddos\, or throwing a ball for her Australian Cattle Dog.  \n\n\n\nAGENDA: \n\n\n\nMorning: 9:00 am – 12:00 pm \n\n\n\n\nWelcome and Introductions\n\n\n\nWhat is culture?\n\n\n\nWhat is cultural competency?\n\n\n\nUnderlying principles\n\n\n\n\nBreak 10:30 – 10:45 am \n\n\n\n\nReview of applicable Code of Ethics\n\n\n\nChallenging perceptions\n\n\n\n\nLunch: 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm \n\n\n\nAfternoon:  1:00 pm to 4:30 pm \n\n\n\n\nChallenging perceptions (cont.) and assumptions\n\n\n\nSelf awareness as practitioners\n\n\n\nApplying Cultural Competency concepts to service delivery\n\n\n\n\nBreak 2:30 – 2:45pm \n\n\n\n\nProgrammatic considerations\n\n\n\nCultural Competency and colleagues\n\n\n\n\nAdjourn: 4:30 pm \n\n\n\nLEARNING OBJECTIVES: \n\n\n\nDefine the Intention Impact Model \n\n\n\nDefine culture \n\n\n\nIdentify three ways our own culture impacts our work \n\n\n\n​Identify three ways Cultural Competency can improve service delivery and client experience \n\n\n\nIdentify three general skills and strategies for culturally sensitive service delivery URL:https://vapavt.org/training/cultural-competency-2/ LOCATION:Vermont END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241203T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241203T163000 DTSTAMP:20260407T072219 CREATED:20220215T162132Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240506T105850Z UID:1215-1733216400-1733243400@vapavt.org SUMMARY:Relational Ethics Development DESCRIPTION:virtually \n\n\n\n\nregister\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nRegistration deadline: 11/26/24 \n\n\n\nTrainer: \n\n\n\nMita M Johnson\, EdD\, NCC\, LPC\, LMFT\, LAC\, ACS\, LMFT-S\, MAC\, SAP\, BCTHP\, has been practicing in the world of mental health\, marriage and family\, and addictions counseling for over 30 years. She earned her Doctorate in counselor education and supervision and is a core faculty member in the School of Counseling program at Walden University. In addition\, she has a thriving private practice where she provides clinical supervision\, counseling services to our military\, and co-occurring and addiction-specific training and education around the country (ethics\, pharmacology\, culturally responsive care\, clinical supervision\, et al.).  She has been an active member of NAADAC for the last 15 years\, has served as the Ethics Chair\, and began her term as NAADAC’s Immediate Past-President in October 2022. \n\n\n\nDescription: \n\n\n\nProfessional Wounded Healer:  The Ethical Need to Promote Psychological Wellness within Oneself \n\n\n\nThe COVID-19 pandemic was a time during which many clinicians worked selflessly to be available to their clients who were struggling during the time of isolation.  What we have since learned is that the practice of self-care – by those of us in the helping professions – is one of the most important ethical activities that we can engage in.  The emotional cost of the work we do is immense; the need for ethical practices that support self-care and self-compassion is equally immense.  This workshop will delve into what ethics and self-care looks like for behavioral healthcare (mental health & substance use disorder) professionals.  This highly interactive and experiential session will look at ethics and moral injury\, vicarious trauma\, self-compassion\, self-forgiveness\, and healing as they relate to professionals working in the trenches. \n\n\n\nAgenda: \n\n\n\n9:00 am: Introductions \n\n\n\n9:15 am: Ethics\, morals\, values in practice.  The counseling relationship.  The supervisory relationship. The consultant relationship. Exploring communication skills – verbal and written. Extroverts and introverts. \n\n\n\n10:00 am: Updates in the NAADAC Code of Ethics revised 2024.  Standards of practice. Scope of practice. Ethics in group counseling. Ethics in telehealth. \n\n\n\n10:30 – 10:45 am: Break \n\n\n\n10:45 – 12:00 pm: Confidentiality versus privacy.  The ethics of using social media with clients.  Self-disclosures.  Professional versus personal self-care.   \n\n\n\n12:00 – 1:00 pm: Lunch \n\n\n\n1:00 – 1:30 pm: The emotional costs of the work we engage in.  Isolation versus connectedness.  Emotional intelligence and ethics. \n\n\n\n1:30 – 2:00 pm: Self-compassion. Self-forgiveness.  Emotional healing. Emotional capital. Recovery capital. \n\n\n\n2:00 – 3:00 pm: Ethical concerns associated with vicarious trauma\, moral injury\, professional burnout\, emotional exhaustion. \n\n\n\n3:00 – 4:30 pm: Explore ways to actively and practically include biopsychosocial-spiritual-emotional strategies that build macro and micro professional self-care.   Risk management for ethical practice. \n\n\n\nLearning objectives: \n\n\n\nThe objectives of this workshop:  Participants in this workshop will be able to: \n\n\n\n\nDefine the ethical concerns associated with vicarious trauma\, moral injury\, professional burnout\, emotional exhaustion\n\n\n\nDefine professional versus personal self-care and its influence on confidentiality\n\n\n\nDescribe the emotional costs of the work we engage in – both overt and covert – and how those costs influence our ethical judgment\n\n\n\nExplain what we mean by ethics related to self-compassion\, self-forgiveness\, emotional healing\, and emotional capital\n\n\n\nExplore ways to actively and practically include various biopsychosocial-spiritual-emotional strategies that build macro and micro  professional self-care\n\n\n\nDiscuss how professional and personal self-care is foundational to ethical professional practice\n\n\n\n\n6 Credits: NAADAC CU’s are approved \n\n\n\nSocial Worker CE’s\, Allied MH CE’s and Psychologists CE’s pending URL:https://vapavt.org/training/ethics-for-the-addiction-professional-3/ LOCATION:Vermont ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://vapavt.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Mita-J-637672083846230000-e1637088134381.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241112T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241112T163000 DTSTAMP:20260407T072219 CREATED:20240506T105706Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240506T105707Z UID:2071-1731402000-1731429000@vapavt.org SUMMARY:Cultural Competency DESCRIPTION:registration deadline 11/5/2023 \n\n\n\n\nregister\n\n\n\n\nDESCRIPTION: \n\n\n\nThis training will address the core concepts of Cultural Competency\, also referred to as Cultural Humility or Cultural Sensitivity. This training is created to challenge your assumptions and take each participant out of their comfort zone. This training is meant to challenge each individual’s belief systems and perceptions of their work and clients. This training may be uncomfortable and triggering at times\, and participants are asked to be respectful of one another while navigating difficult conversations. The main purpose of this training is to enhance overall service delivery to each client. \n\n\n\nTRAINER: \n\n\n\nKarinne Comenzo\, MA\, LICSW\, LADC is currently the Assistant Director of Clinical Services for the River Valley Therapeutic Residence. Prior to this role\, Karinne worked for the Vermont Department of Corrections as Chief Clinical Specialist for five years. The majority of her human services career was providing mental health and substance abuse treatment services to marginalized populations in New York City. This included individuals experiencing homelessness\, incarceration\, sex trafficking\, and domestic violences\, among others. Karinne holds an MA in Forensic Psychology from John Jay College of Criminal Justice and an MSW from New York University. She is licensed in Vermont as an LICSW and LADC\, and licensed in New York as an LMSW. When Karinne is not focused on helping others in her work\, you can find her engaged in hot exercise classes\, dance class with her two young kiddos\, or throwing a ball for her Australian Cattle Dog.  \n\n\n\nAGENDA: \n\n\n\nMorning: 9:00 am – 12:00 pm \n\n\n\n\nWelcome and Introductions\n\n\n\nWhat is culture?\n\n\n\nWhat is cultural competency?\n\n\n\nUnderlying principles\n\n\n\n\nBreak 10:30 – 10:45 am \n\n\n\n\nReview of applicable Code of Ethics\n\n\n\nChallenging perceptions\n\n\n\n\nLunch: 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm \n\n\n\nAfternoon:  1:00 pm to 4:30 pm \n\n\n\n\nChallenging perceptions (cont.) and assumptions\n\n\n\nSelf awareness as practitioners\n\n\n\nApplying Cultural Competency concepts to service delivery\n\n\n\n\nBreak 2:30 – 2:45pm \n\n\n\n\nProgrammatic considerations\n\n\n\nCultural Competency and colleagues\n\n\n\n\nAdjourn: 4:30 pm \n\n\n\nLEARNING OBJECTIVES: \n\n\n\n\nDefine culture\n\n\n\nIdentify three ways our own culture impacts our work\n\n\n\n​Identify three ways Cultural Competency can improve service delivery and client experience\n\n\n\nIdentify three general skills and strategies for culturally sensitive service delivery\n\n\n\nDefine the Intention Impact Model URL:https://vapavt.org/training/cultural-competency/ LOCATION:Windjammer\, 1076 Williston Rd\, South Burlington\, 05453 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241101T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241101T163000 DTSTAMP:20260407T072219 CREATED:20240506T105541Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240506T105542Z UID:2126-1730451600-1730478600@vapavt.org SUMMARY:Recovery-Oriented Transformational Leadership  DESCRIPTION:Registration deadline 10/25/24 \n\n\n\n\nREGISTER\n\n\n\n\nLOCATION: VIRTUAL \n\n\n\nTRAINER: \n\n\n\nSamson Teklemariam\, LPC\, CPTM\, is the Vice President of Clinical Services for Behavioral Health Group (BHG). Samson also serves as the Southeast Regional Vice President for NAADAC\, the Association for Addiction Professionals. He is an accomplished leader with a history of driving organizational results with learning and development solutions. He was formerly the Director of Training and Professional Development for NAADAC and National Director of Learning and Development for Phoenix House Foundation. Samson is a certified lea trainer for the Cognitive Behavioral Interventions for Substance Abuse (CBISA) curriculum\, Calm Every Storm: Crisis Prevention & Intervention curriculum\, and experienced in treating trauma-related disorders using trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy (TFCBT) and Seeking Safety. \n\n\n\nDESCRIPTION: \n\n\n\nAccording to the Department of Employment and Development\, indicators show that over 15% of mental health and substance use counselors are predicted to leave their profession in the next year. “Quiet quitting\,” a workforce disruptor\, has recently impacted the addiction profession. Now more than ever\, effective leadership can be the difference-maker of a successful or failing program. Existing and emerging leaders need a recovery-oriented leadership model that is ideal for the workforce and patients we serve. This presentation will identify some of the challenges in creating a stable and healthy work culture for recovery organizations and provide a leadership framework that blends evidence-based leadership strategies that fit the addiction profession’s primary leadership needs. \n\n\n\nAGENDA: \n\n\n\nMorning: 9:00 am – Noon \n\n\n\n\nWelcome & Introductions\n\n\n\nExamining Workforce Disruptors: An Era of Instability\n\n\n\nUnderstanding the Addiction Profession’s Primary Leadership Needs\n\n\n\nExercise: What type of leader are you (leadership style self-assessment activity)?\n\n\n\n\nBreak 10:30 – 10:45 am. \n\n\n\n\nIntroducing Recovery-Oriented Leadership in Healthcare from literature reviews\n\n\n\nDiscussing Person-Centered Leadership and the Parallel Process\n\n\n\nRecovery-Oriented Transformational Leadership as a blended leadership framework\n\n\n\nExercise: Review most common leadership style questions and answers from leadership style self-assessment (introduction to leadership case studies group review)\n\n\n\n\nLunch: 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm \n\n\n\nAfternoon:  1:00 pm to 4:30 pm \n\n\n\n\nCollaborative Leadership\n\n\n\nThe Studer Group and Rounding\n\n\n\nExercise: Brief pair up for rounding activity \n\n\n\nThe Neuroscience of Trust\n\n\n\n\nBreak 2:30 – 2:45pm. \n\n\n\n\nDisciplines of Execution\n\n\n\nUnderstanding OKRs vs. KPIs\n\n\n\nThe 12 Steps (Commitments of a Leader)\n\n\n\nWrap-Up: Q&A\n\n\n\n\nAdjourn: 4:30 pm \n\n\n\nLEARNING OBJECTIVES: \n\n\n\n\nParticipants will be able to distinguish a leadership framework that fits in recovery organizations.\n\n\n\nParticipants will be able to summarize four evidence-based leadership models tailored specifically for integrated care settings.\n\n\n\nParticipants will learn how to implement an outcome and key results (OKR) system. URL:https://vapavt.org/training/recovery-oriented-transformational-leadership/ LOCATION:Vermont END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241003T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241003T163000 DTSTAMP:20260407T072219 CREATED:20240506T105409Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240920T191719Z UID:2131-1727946000-1727973000@vapavt.org SUMMARY:Building the Bridge: Effective screening\, brief intervention\, and referral to services and support for young people faced with substance use or mental health challenges DESCRIPTION:Registration Deadline 9/26/24 \n\n\n\n\nREGISTER\n\n\n\n\nLOCATION: Windjammer/Best Western 1076 Williston Rd\, South Burlington\, VT 05403 \n\n\n\nTRAINER: \n\n\n\nMitchell Barron\, LICSW LADC \n\n\n\nTrained as a clinical social worker and addiction treatment provider\, Mitch Barron is a Principal with Centerpoint Consultation\, Training\, Technical Assistance (CTTA)\, with a focus on systems and practice improvement and advisory roles within child protection services and the judiciary. Mitch is also a Director with Principles to Practice\, L3C\, which includes supervision\, leadership coaching\, and clinical practice. Mitch is Co-Lead with the Vermont Treatment Enhancement Program (VTEP)\, having previously been a Principal with the federally-funded Youth Treatment Enhancement Program. For 26 years\, Mitch served as the Director of Centerpoint ATS\, Vermont’s largest provider of integrated treatment for adolescents and families. In this role\, he was responsible for insuring the highest-quality services and support to meet the mental health\, substance abuse\, and special education needs of Vermont teens\, young adults\, and their families. Mitch has served as National Treatment Faculty with Reclaiming Futures\, a public health and juvenile justice reform organization based at Portland State University\, Oregon. Mitch has provided tenured leadership with the Vermont Alcohol and Drug Abuse Council and the Vermont Association of Addiction Treatment Providers and has fulfilled Board leadership roles with regional youth development\, health promotion\, and substance abuse prevention coalitions. Through his career\, Mitch has been a practicing clinician\, clinical supervisor\, program director\, educator\, and administrator. He teaches\, trains\, and consults regionally and nationally on a variety of topics related to adolescent and family mental health\, addiction\, resiliency\, and well-being. \n\n\n\nDESCRIPTION: \n\n\n\nScreening\, Brief-Intervention\, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) programming continues to blend and braid some of the most promising practices of integrated healthcare\, public health modeling\, and full-range of PITRE (Prevention\, Intervention\, Treatment\, Recovery\, Enforcement) frames in efforts to address the hazards and reduce the harms of substanceuse. As with all youth and family-focused services\, developmentally matchedconsiderations are essential to ensure that models and frames typically designed for the ‘general public’ are adapted and applied for the novel needs of young people and their caregivers.Both introductory and intensive (review and application) and building upon four decades of foundational developments within SBIRT programming\, this training identifies principles and practices that allow the most effective ‘client-centering’ service\, across the contexts with which young people are most often engaged. This training is designed to be dynamic\, participatory\, curious\, creative\, and FUN (as should be our work with the young people we serve!). All are welcome for Building the Bridge: Effective screening\, brief intervention\, and referral to services and support for young people faced with substance use or mental health challenges. \n\n\n\nAGENDA: \n\n\n\nThere will be (2) 15 minute breaks\, scheduled for 10:45 and 3:00\, and a 1 hour lunch break scheduled for noon. \n\n\n\n9:00  \n\n\n\nGather\, Welcome\, Introductions\,  \n\n\n\nOrientation and Grounding: Why this? Why now? \n\n\n\nBuilding the Bridge and Readiness for Change: Developmentally-Matched Care \n\n\n\nThe work and the job(s)… \n\n\n\n9:30 \n\n\n\nEssential Elements of SBIRT Modeling: Principles and Practices \n\n\n\nStandard Care vs. Adolescent Care: Where do we start? \n\n\n\n10:00 \n\n\n\nScreening: What is it good for? \n\n\n\nUniversal (Public Health Screening) or/and Client-Centered Care (Situational Screening) \n\n\n\nMethods and Modes of Screening: Validity\, Reliability\, Relevance (CRAFFT 2.1\, MAYSI-2\, \n\n\n\nand the briefest of screeners) \n\n\n\nService to Science: Models and Apps (Project Checkpoint\, Check Yourself\, and \n\n\n\nparticipant engagement) \n\n\n\nInclusivity\, Adaptation\, Accommodation\, Sociocultural Context\, and Intersectional Identities  \n\n\n\n11:00 \n\n\n\nBrief Intervention: What is it good for? \n\n\n\nPrinciples and Practices – the ‘Spirit’ of Motivational Interviewing\, matched to the \n\n\n\nadolescent mind\, body\, and ‘spirit’ \n\n\n\nBuilding the bridge: Core Principles of Effective Adolescent Engagement \n\n\n\nSamples\, Examples\, Rehearsal\, and Role Play \n\n\n\n1:00 \n\n\n\nRegroup\, Reground\, Review \n\n\n\n1:15 \n\n\n\nBrief Intervention across contexts \n\n\n\nHazards and Harms \n\n\n\n2:00 \n\n\n\nReferral to Services and Supports: What is it good for? \n\n\n\nBuilding the bridge: Core Principles of Effective Adolescent Treatment \n\n\n\nThe ‘real’ warm hand-off: what are we hoping to achieve? \n\n\n\nSetting the Stage for Success \n\n\n\nWhat does a young person seek\, prefer\, and require? \n\n\n\nWhat do parents/caregivers seek\, prefer\, and require? \n\n\n\nWhat do providers and programs seek\, prefer\, and require? \n\n\n\n3:15 \n\n\n\nOpportunities and Obligations \n\n\n\nWhat happens when\, what happens if… anticipating the obstacles in all forms \n\n\n\nAncillary/Adjacent Skills and Strategies \n\n\n\nWhat matters most? And what did we miss? \n\n\n\nIdeas into Action \n\n\n\n4:30 \n\n\n\nAppreciations and Conclusions \n\n\n\nLEARNING OBJECTIVES: \n\n\n\n\nReview key components of standard and dynamic SBIRT programming\, with a focus towardadolescent and family adaptation and application.\n\n\n\nReview and rehearse developmentally\, socially\, and culturally-matched models of screening\,brief intervention\, and enhanced referral and engagement.\n\n\n\nExplore Core Principles of Effective Adolescent Treatment© as relevant for SBIRT modeling.\n\n\n\nConsider the differentiated cultural\, racial\, and intersectional needs and opportunities withdiverse youth populations\, particularly for those marginalized in our communities and systemsof care. URL:https://vapavt.org/training/building-the-bridge-effective-screening-brief-intervention-and-referral-to-services-and-support-for-young-people-faced-with-substance-use-or-mental-health-challenges/ LOCATION:Vermont END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240927T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240927T163000 DTSTAMP:20260407T072219 CREATED:20240506T105126Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240506T105127Z UID:2089-1727427600-1727454600@vapavt.org SUMMARY:Group Facilitation DESCRIPTION:Registration deadline: 9/20/2024 \n\n\n\n\nRegister\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTRAINER: \n\n\n\nHeather Gagnon\, MSW\, LICSW\, LADC\, has a master’s degree in Social Work from the University of Vermont. Heather has experience in developing and leading several trainings. Heather has traveled nationally to lead trainings focused on counselor ethics and Risk Reduction Programing for programs working with criminal offenders. Along with her training experience Mrs. Gagnon has conducted clinical and administrative supervision throughout her time in corrections\, where she audited groups to focus on fidelity to the chosen model. Mrs. Gagnon is a trainer for several evidence based programs that focus on reducing the risk of recidivism for offenders. Mrs. Gagnon has experience working with both the male and female incarcerated population as well as experience working with offenders on probation. Mrs. Gagnon was involved in the revamping of programming for sexual offenders in the State of Vermont where she oversaw the delivery of evidence based risk reduction programming. Recently\, Mrs. Gagnon began working at a school as a school counselor for middle school boys. Along with her school work she continues to provide clinical supervision for a program that provides risk reduction services to sexual offenders and a program that provides services to offenders on probation and parole. Mrs. Gagnon also continues to train both corrections programs and the Vermont addiction professionals. \n\n\n\nDESCRIPTION: \n\n\n\nThis training will aim to enhance your proficiency in leading and managing group sessions. Throughout the day\, participants will delve into crucial aspects of group dynamics\, from understanding stages of group development to implementing best practices in setting up group environments. Through interactive discussions and practical exercises\, attendees will gain insight into various facilitation techniques and strategies for engaging participants effectively. Moreover\, the training offers a unique opportunity to hone skills in managing challenging groups and clients\, with a focus on establishing and maintaining boundaries for a safe and respectful atmosphere. By the end of the session\, participants will leave with tools and insights to support them in their group facilitation abilities\, ready to apply learned concepts in their professional practice. \n\n\n\nAGENDA: \n\n\n\nMorning: 9:00am – Noon   \n\n\n\n\nWelcome & Introduction  \n\n\n\nDays Agenda\n\n\n\nExploring different types of groups\n\n\n\nUnderstanding stages of group development\n\n\n\nBest practices for setting up a group effectively\n\n\n\n\n1045- 11:00 minute Break \n\n\n\n\nGroup Facilitation Techniques\n\n\n\nStrategies for Managing and Working with Difficult Clients\n\n\n\nEstablishing and Maintaining Boundaries Within a Group Setting\n\n\n\n\n12-1 lunch \n\n\n\n\nApplying Stages of Change Model with Individuals in Group Settings\n\n\n\nRole plays for Addressing Challenges Within Groups Setting\n\n\n\n\n2:45- 3:00 Break \n\n\n\n\nBrief Overview of Behavior Modification Approaches in Group Settings\n\n\n\nAdditional role play/group activities\n\n\n\nWrap Up and Key Takeaways\n\n\n\n\nLEARNING OBJECTIVES: \n\n\n\n\nUnderstand the stages of group development\n\n\n\nLearn best practice to set up your group and space \n\n\n\nUnderstand the different ways to facilitate a group and best practices\n\n\n\nPractice working with and managing challenging groups and clients URL:https://vapavt.org/training/group-facilitation/ LOCATION:Windjammer/Best Western\, 1076 Williston Rd\, South Burlington\, Vermont\, 05453 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240607T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240607T160000 DTSTAMP:20260407T072219 CREATED:20240406T165545Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240406T165546Z UID:2098-1717750800-1717776000@vapavt.org SUMMARY:Motivational Interviewing DESCRIPTION:Registration deadline 5/31/24 \n\n\n\n\nregister\n\n\n\n\n“This is a virtual training that will be recorded for VAPA and Vermont Collaborative for Practice Improvement. By signing up for the training\, you are agreeing to be part of the recorded training. It is expected that you will have your camera on to create an interactive and safe space for participation. This training is designed for people of all learning styles to have opportunities to practice and use the skills.” \n\n\n\nCE’s 5.5 \n\n\n\nTRAINER: \n\n\n\nMegan Kiernan is dually licensed counselor working in her own practice\, Lionheart Counseling\, LLC\, in Essex Junction\, VT. Ms. Kiernan has experience with evidence-based practices\, providing supervision in busy work environments\, and motivational enhancement techniques having worked for Phoenix House as a clinician and as Director of the Women’s Substance Abuse Program in the Chittenden Regional Correctional Facility (CRCF). She also worked as the Risk Reduction Coordinator at CRCF where she organized and supervised the running of mandated programming for high-risk offenders in Department of Corrections custody. \n\n\n\nAdditionally\, Ms. Kiernan has worked as a psychotherapist\, supervisor\, and trainer at Networks\, Inc. in Burlington\, VT. She has created and led trainings for the New England Addiction Technology Transfer Center\, Vermont Addictions Professional Association\, and AdCare Educational Institute of New England’s Summer School and Best Practices conferences\, as well as other local organizations. Ms. Kiernan has a Master of Science in Mental Health Counseling from the University of Vermont. She is a current board member for the Vermont Addictions Professional Association. \n\n\n\nDESCRIPTION: \n\n\n\nThis training presents and encourages practice of motivational interviewing as created by William Miller and Stephen Rollnick. Motivational interviewing is a counseling style that can be used to help those who struggle with substance use disorder find the motivation to change their habits. It is also an effective style to use with other forms of addictive behavior. This skills-based training is appropriate for counselors who are beginners or intermediates in this style\, or for anyone looking to brush up on their MI skills.  \n\n\n\nAGENDA: \n\n\n\nMorning: 9:00 am – 10:15 am \n\n\n\n\nWelcome and Introductions \n\n\n\nWhy use Motivational Interviewing (MI) \n\n\n\nUnderstanding ambivalence \n\n\n\nThe spirit of MI \n\n\n\nWhat’s New in MI \n\n\n\n\nBreak 10:15 – 10:30 am \n\n\n\n\nCore Counseling Skills of MI \n\n\n\nEXERCISE: Practice OARS skills \n\n\n\nThe processes of MI: Engaging \n\n\n\n\nLunch: 12:00 – 1:00 pm \n\n\n\nAfternoon: 1:00 – 2:30 pm \n\n\n\n\nThe processes of MI continued: Focusing and Evoking \n\n\n\nEXERCISE: Practice Evoking Change Talk \n\n\n\nReview Ways to Respond to Sustain Talk \n\n\n\nEXERCISE: Practice responding to sustain talk with reflective responses \n\n\n\n\nBreak 2:30 – 2:45 pm \n\n\n\n\nWatch and discuss Effective MI clip \n\n\n\nEXERCISE: Practice developing discrepancy \n\n\n\nEXERCISE: Learn and practice using confidence ruler \n\n\n\nThe processes of MI continued: Planning \n\n\n\nReview and Questions \n\n\n\n\nAdjourn: 4:00 pm \n\n\n\nLEARNING OBJECTIVES: \n\n\n\n•Understand ambivalence and why to use motivational interviewing \n\n\n\n•Practice core counseling skills: open-ended questions\, affirmations\, reflections\, and summaries \n\n\n\n•Understand processes for engaging\, focusing\, evoking\, and planning \n\n\n\n•Recognize and evoke change talk \n\n\n\n•Use reflective listening skills to respond to sustain talk \n\n\n\n•Use effective MI tools including importance ruler and confidence ruler URL:https://vapavt.org/training/motivational-interviewing-3/ LOCATION:Vermont END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240530T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240530T163000 DTSTAMP:20260407T072219 CREATED:20231130T131626Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240103T120828Z UID:1921-1717059600-1717086600@vapavt.org SUMMARY:Readiness for Change and Motivational Enhancement with Young People and their Families DESCRIPTION:Registration deadline 5/23/24 \n\n\n\n\nregister\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTrainer: \n\n\n\nMitchell Barron\, LICSW LADCTrained as a clinical social worker and addiction treatment provider\, Mitch Barron is a Principal with Centerpoint Consultation\, Training\, Technical Assistance (CTTA)\, with a focus on systems and practice improvement and advisory roles within child protection services and the judiciary. Mitch is also a Director with Principles to Practice\, L3C\, which includes supervision\, leadership coaching\, and clinical practice. Mitch is Co-Lead with the Vermont Treatment Enhancement Program (VTEP)\, having previously been a Principal with the federally-funded Youth Treatment Enhancement Program. For 26 years\, Mitch served as the Director of Centerpoint ATS\, Vermont’s largest provider of integrated treatment for adolescents and families. In this role\, he was responsible for insuring the highest-quality services and support to meet the mental health\, substance abuse\, and special education needs of Vermont teens\, young adults\, and their families. Mitch has served as National Treatment Faculty with Reclaiming Futures\, a public health and juvenile justice reform organization based at Portland State University\, Oregon. Mitch has provided tenured leadership with the Vermont Alcohol and Drug Abuse Council and the Vermont Association of Addiction Treatment Providers and has fulfilled Board leadership roles with regional youth development\, health promotion\, and substance abuse prevention coalitions. Through his career\, Mitch has been a practicing clinician\, clinical supervisor\, program director\, educator\, and administrator. He teaches\, trains\, and consults regionally and nationally on a variety of topics related to adolescent and family mental health\, addiction\, resiliency\, and well-being. \n\n\n\nDescription: \n\n\n\nSeminal work in stages-of-change modeling has set the foundation and helped treatment and support services to move from one-size-fits all blame/shame programming to stage-wise care matched to these ‘stages of readiness.’ Next generation innovations and further development in our fields have begun to move beyond the ‘linear\, cyclical\, and categorical’ understandings of change\, exploring and embracing the complexities of dynamic\, compensatory\, and complementary factors that promote – and that hinder– growth and change. \n\n\n\nThis training reviews the foundational stages-of-change/levels-of-care frameworks\, and then introduces integrative and compensatory-complementary models of change (ICMC) that support timely andresponsive adjustments in services and support. Noting similarities and identifying contrasts between categorical and integrative models\, this training highlights innovations that promote client centered/client-in-context care while also being effectively applied within categorical\, compliance\, andother traditional structured treatment models (In both scenarios\, significant outcomes-improvement has been noted). \n\n\n\nThis training offers practical\, in-situ motivational enhancement strategies that are demonstrated effective within individual\, group\, and family service modalities. Participants will have ample opportunity for application and rehearsal of models and skills\, with case vignettes\, case presentations/review\, and consultation. \n\n\n\n(Note: This training builds from Discovery: Motivational Assessment and Engagement with Adolescents\, though this prior training is not a pre-requisite. Readiness for Change and Motivational Enhancementwith Adolescents and their Families welcomes those who have not participated in the Discovery: training\, and will allow time for review of these initial concepts as indicated). \n\n\n\nAgenda: \n\n\n\n9:00 – Gather\, Welcome\, Introductions\, Orientation and Grounding Activity: Why this? Why nowReadiness and the processes of changeHonoring the dignity of each client’s experienceThe teen in context and family focus – who is our client?Clinician self-reflection and self-awareness9:45 – Histories and traditions in stages-of-change and stagewise treatment matching;Non-linear conceptualizations: ground level perspectivesIntegration and complexities in change modeling – ICMC11:00 – Motivation\, Skill\, and Capacity – Complementary and Compensatory ConsiderationsAccommodations and real-time responsiveness for client-centering careNimble response: flexibility or rigidity in treatment?12:00 – Lunch1:00 – Regroup\, Reground\, and ReviewThe provider in context: Competence\, Confidence\, and Humility1:45 – Motivational Interviewing: A brief reviewMotivational enhancement and responsive interventions in dynamic situations practical Implications\, case stories\, rehearsal3:00 – Bringing it all together: integration and application with dynamic practice Case presentation and consultation Practice and course correction Novel situations\, special considerations4:00 – Remaining questions\, feedback\, future forward4:30 – Adjourn \n\n\n\n\nSchedule is subject to revision based on participant needs\, interests\, experience\, and preference.\n\n\n\n(2) Brain breaks and stretch breaks will be incorporated within the schedule. Participants should alsofeel free to manage bio breaks and other needs.\n\n\n\n\nLearning Objectives: \n\n\n\nThrough this training\, participants will:1) Review the foundational stages-of-change/stages-of-treatment\, levels-of care frameworks.2) Explore and consider dynamic and integrative models of change\, including ICMC.3) Case conceptualize with a young person and family system through foundational SoC models and next gen ICMC models\, including case exploration/presentation/review.4) Identify effective motivationally-enhanced services and supports for adolescents and families within ICMC frameworks.5) Review their own practice – with reflection\, presentation\, consult – through multiple models of readiness for change\, highlighting their own effective practice and strategies for enhancement (growth\, change). URL:https://vapavt.org/training/readiness-for-change-and-motivational-enhancement-with-young-people-and-their-families/ LOCATION:Windjammer South Burlington VT ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://vapavt.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/image1.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240501T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240501T163000 DTSTAMP:20260407T072219 CREATED:20240215T115250Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240415T175805Z UID:2039-1714550400-1714581000@vapavt.org SUMMARY:2024 VAPA Annual Meeting & ASAM Driven Person- Centered Care Training  DESCRIPTION:registration deadline 4/24/24 \n\n\n\n\nREGISTER\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCHECK – IN 8:00 am – 8:30 am \n\n\n\nVAPA Annual Meeting (all welcome) 8:30-9:00 am \n\n\n\nAM session 9:00 am -12:15 pm Understanding and Accessing ALL SUD Treatment Levels of Care | \n\n\n\nChadd Viger\, MS\, LADC \n\n\n\nCEO\, Recovery House Inc. \n\n\n\nPresident\, Vermont Substance Use Treatment Collaborative \n\n\n\nProfessor\, Vermont State University – Castleton \n\n\n\nAGENDA: \n\n\n\n09:00am – Introductions \n\n\n\n09:05am – ASAM Levels of Care \n\n\n\n09:35am – Vermont Examples of Levels of Care \n\n\n\n09:50am – Deciding Level of Care Appropriateness \n\n\n\n10:20am – Principles of Effective Treatment \n\n\n\n10:35am – Break \n\n\n\n10:50am – Changes with ASAM 4th Edition \n\n\n\n11:05am – Treatment Planning with an ASAM lens: 6 Dimensions \n\n\n\n11:35am – Accessing Treatment \n\n\n\n11:50am – Points to Consider \n\n\n\n12:00pm – Q&A \n\n\n\n12:15pm Lunch \n\n\n\nLearning Objectives: \n\n\n\nReview ASAM criteria for all levels of care\, including recent updates via the fourth edition. \n\n\n\nReview the Vermont System of SUD Care. \n\n\n\nReview the NIDA Principles of Effective SUD Treatment. \n\n\n\nReview the relationship between the ASAM 6 dimensions and treatment planning. \n\n\n\nReview appropriateness of referrals and how to access each level of care. \n\n\n\nLunch 12:15- 1:15 (NOT included on participants own) \n\n\n\nPM session 1:15 pm – 4:30 pm \n\n\n\nApproach to Clinical Care through ASAM levels of care \n\n\n\nBio: \n\n\n\nHeather Stein\, MD is a native of West Virginia and grew up in Morgantown where her father is a retired family medicine doctor. Dr. Stein moved to Vermont for her family medicine residency at University of Vermont Medical Center and was introduced to addiction medicine at Community Health Centers where she has worked clinically for twelve years\, currently as Associate Medical Director of Substance Use Disorders.  She is board certified in both family medicine and addiction medicine and lives locally with her husband and children.   \n\n\n\nDescription:  \n\n\n\nApproach to Clinical Care through ASAM levels of care: Review of presentation and treatment of intoxication and withdrawal\, health risks of substance use\, and co-occuring psychiatric conditions. \n\n\n\nLearning Objectives: \n\n\n\n\nReview basic physiology and presentation of intoxication and withdrawal of most common substances of abuse. \n\n\n\nReview health complications and risks associated with substance use. \n\n\n\nReview common presentations and medications used to treat most common substances of abuse in setting of co-occuring mental health diagnoses. \n\n\n\n\nSchedule: \n\n\n\n1:15 pm Introductions \n\n\n\n1:20 pm Presentation Intoxication and Withdrawal for Commonly Used Substances \n\n\n\n2:15pm Health Risks and Complications of Substance use \n\n\n\nBreak 3:15pm-3:30pm \n\n\n\n3:30pm Managing Opioid Use Disorder and Alcohol Use Disorder \n\n\n\n4:15pm Q&A URL:https://vapavt.org/training/2024-vapa-annual-meeting-training/ LOCATION:Hampton Inn\, Colchester VT\, 42 Lower Mountain View Drive\, Colchester\, Vermont\, 05446 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240418T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240418T163000 DTSTAMP:20260407T072219 CREATED:20231211T131416Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240102T122559Z UID:1945-1713430800-1713457800@vapavt.org SUMMARY:New Counselors- tools to use with Substance Misusing Clients and how we look at addiction DESCRIPTION:Registration deadline 4/11/24 \n\n\n\n\nregister\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTrainer: \n\n\n\nDebby Haskins\, MS\, LADC (Masters of Science-UVM)\, Licensed Alcohol & Drug Abuse Counselor is a former Student Assistance Counselor who previously worked in two Central VT High Schools for ten years\, then was the Executive Director of the Association of Student Assistance Professionals of Vermont (ASAP of VT) for 15 years overseeing 92 programs throughout Vermont. She was a U Matter Suicide Prevention Specialist/trainer/consultant for Center for Health and Learning in Suicide Prevention; taught three courses online at Union Institute on Alcohol\, Tobacco and Other Drug courses\, Injury\, Violence Prevention\, and Cannabis & Mental Health; and travels throughout Vermont presenting Substance Misuse education to staff\, parents and community members. She is currently a School Based Prevention Workforce Facilitator for Prevention Works VT! \n\n\n\nDebby was the former chair of the Vermont Certification Board and has a private practice in Central Vermont.  She has been in the substance abuse field for 30 years\, from prevention to treatment. She has presented throughout Vermont on Vaping\, Electronic Devices and Marijuana and the connections to healthy mental wellness. Her passion is working with adolescents and their families in breaking the cycle of addiction\, and presenting information in an experiential\, and thought-provoking way. \n\n\n\nDescription: \n\n\n\nWelcome to the Substance Misuse Workshop for Beginners\, a supportive and informative space where we embark on a journey towards understanding and addressing the challenges associated with substance misuse. In this workshop\, I aim to create a non-judgmental environment where participants can openly explore the complexities of substance use\, understand our belief systems about addiction\, its impact on individuals and communities\, and the pathways to recovery. Through interactive discussions\, educational resources\, and personal reflections\, attendees will gain valuable insights into the factors contributing to substance misuse and the importance of early intervention. My goal is to empower participants with knowledge and practical tools that can be used with any client while fostering your own personal exploration. \n\n\n\nAgenda: \n\n\n\nMorning: 9:00 am – Noon \n\n\n\n             Welcome & Introductions \n\n\n\n             Engagement & Boundaries \n\n\n\n             Substance Misuse Overview \n\n\n\n             Exercise: Risk Factors- \n\n\n\nBreak 10:30 – 10:45 am. \n\n\n\n             Protective Factors \n\n\n\n             Promoting healthy coping mechanisms \n\n\n\nLunch: 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm \n\n\n\nAfternoon:  1:00 pm to 4:30 pm \n\n\n\n             Supervision & how to use it \n\n\n\n             Dealing with Grief\, loss and Suicide \n\n\n\n             Exercise: \n\n\n\nBreak 2:30 – 2:45 pm. \n\n\n\n             Intervention techniques – case studies and discussion \n\n\n\n             Spirituality & why it’s so important in treatment \n\n\n\n             Evaluations & Closure- \n\n\n\nAdjourn: 4:30 pm \n\n\n\nLearning Objectives: \n\n\n\nTo understand our bias with addiction\, develop new tools to work with the substance misusing clients\, practicing techniques that will foster engagement and help counselors look at hidden strengths that build trust.  This interactive workshop will provide hourly skills\, visuals\, time to reflect\, learning how to set boundaries and more.  Be prepared to have fun and learn in a very relaxed style. \n\n\n\nEach hour we will focus on spiritual readings\, personal reflection\, movement\, activities\, discussion and group interactions. URL:https://vapavt.org/training/new-counselors-tools-to-use-with-substance-misusing-clients-and-how-we-look-at-addiction/ LOCATION:Windjammer South Burlington VT ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://vapavt.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/16807483_1851330531814652_8520354210607239222_n.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240411T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240411T163000 DTSTAMP:20260407T072219 CREATED:20231002T175606Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240103T120913Z UID:1854-1712826000-1712853000@vapavt.org SUMMARY:Discovery: Principles and Practices of Motivational Assessment and Engagement with Adolescents DESCRIPTION:Registration deadline 4/4/2024 \n\n\n\nLocation: Windjammer | South Burlington VT \n\n\n\n\nREGISTER\n\n\n\n\nTrainer: \n\n\n\nMitchell Barron\, LICSW LADCTrained as a clinical social worker and addiction treatment provider\, Mitch Barron is a Principal with Centerpoint Consultation\, Training\, Technical Assistance (CTTA)\, with a focus on systems and practice improvement and advisory roles within child protection services and the judiciary. Mitch is also a Director with Principles to Practice\, L3C\, which includes supervision\, leadership coaching\, and clinical practice. Mitch is Co-Lead with the Vermont Treatment Enhancement Program (VTEP)\, having previously been a Principal with the federally-funded Youth Treatment Enhancement Program. For 26 years\, Mitch served as the Director of Centerpoint ATS\, Vermont’s largest provider of integrated treatment for adolescents and families. In this role\, he was responsible for insuring the highest-quality services and support to meet the mental health\, substance abuse\, and special education needs of Vermont teens\, young adults\, and their families. Mitch has served as National Treatment Faculty with Reclaiming Futures\, a public health and juvenile justice reform organization based at Portland State University\, Oregon. Mitch has provided tenured leadership with the Vermont Alcohol and Drug Abuse Council and the Vermont Association of Addiction Treatment Providers and has fulfilled Board leadership roles with regional youth development\, health promotion\, and substance abuse prevention coalitions. Through his career\, Mitch has been a practicing clinician\, clinical supervisor\, program director\, educator\, and administrator. He teaches\, trains\, and consults regionally and nationally on a variety of topics related to adolescent and family mental health\, addiction\, resiliency\, and well-being. \n\n\n\nDescription: \n\n\n\n‘Working with teens’ is often described as one of the hardest roles for the substance use and addictions professional: “resistant… defensive… challenging… unmotivated…” are labels often used with young people facing the causes and consequences of drug and alcohol use. “Oh… you work with teens? I could never do that” or “I used to do that\, but I just can’t anymore” or “it takes a certain kind of person to work with teens ” are often shared and heard in our field. And indeed… there are certain skills\, strategies\, and styles that are essential in providing effective support for teens and young people. Interestingly\, these same skills\, strategies\, and styles can be helpful with assessment\, treatment\, and support services for all populations. And fortunately\, this model of care and service delivery can be adopted\, adapted\, and applied by many helping professionals\, not limited to those with a focus on adolescent care. This training will build upon models of integrative and motivational engagement and assessment\, with a focus on the provider’s (and system’s) understandings\, intentional practice\, and self-awareness – reconsidering goals\, hopes\, expectations\, and outcomes in working with teens. This includes conceptual underpinnings – and most importantly – practical application and rehearsal to bring concepts and strategies into real world practice. This training is designed to be dynamic\, participatory\, curious\, creative\, and FUN (as should be our work with the young people we serve!). All are welcome for Discovery: Motivational Assessment and Engagement with Adolescents. \n\n\n\nAgenda: \n\n\n\n9:00 – Gather\, welcome\, Introductions\, Orientation and Grounding Activity: Why this? Why now Services\, supports\, and the functions of assessmentOur roles – complementary expertise and curiosity as an alternative to inquisition and investigation Self-reflection and self-awareness in the assessment process;10:30 – “Screening\, Assessment\, Evaluation\, and Diagnosis: What is it good for…Methods and modes of shared discovery within the engagement process; Assessment methodologies in working with adolescents: developmentally and culturally matched models Introduction to Core Principles practical Implications and case stories12:00 – Lunch1:00 – Regroup\, Reground\, and ReviewListen Up! (video segment)Continuation with Core Principles practical Implications\, case stories\, rehearsal1:45 – Bringing it all together: integration and application in the engaging interview Practice and course correction Novel situations\, special considerations Risks and threats and a sense of safety3:00 – Small group work: Discovery Practice Case conceptualization\, Case Presentations4:15 – Remaining questions\, feedback\, future forward4:30 – Adjourn \n\n\n\n\nSchedule is subject to revision based on participant needs\, interests\, experience\, and preference.\n\n\n\n(2) Brain breaks and stretch breaks will be incorporated within the schedule. Participants should alsofeel free to manage bio breaks and other needs\n\n\n\n\nLearning Objectives: \n\n\n\nThrough this training\, participants will: \n\n\n\n\nReview the functions and roles of treatment\, the treatment provider\, and formal systems in theprovision of services and supports to teens and their young adults.\n\n\n\nReview and rehearse developmentally\, socially\, and culturally-matched models of assessmentfor the earlier and later teen years.\n\n\n\nExplore and apply Core Principles of Effective Adolescent Treatment© with key strategies forimplementation and practical application.\n\n\n\nConsider the differentiated cultural\, racial\, and intersectional needs and opportunities withdiverse youth populations\, particularly for those marginalized in our communities and systemsof care.\n\n\n\nConsider the risks-threats balance when helping to create a sense of safety in working withyoung people. URL:https://vapavt.org/training/discovery-principles-and-practices-of-motivational-assessment-and-engagement-with-adolescents/ LOCATION:Windjammer South Burlington VT ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://vapavt.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/image1.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240328T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240328T163000 DTSTAMP:20260407T072219 CREATED:20231130T131338Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240104T153001Z UID:1937-1711616400-1711643400@vapavt.org SUMMARY:Trauma Informed Care DESCRIPTION:Registration deadline 3/21/2024 \n\n\n\n\nregister\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTRAINER: \n\n\n\nKarinne Comenzo\, MA\, LICSW\, LADC is currently the Assistant Director of Clinical Services for the River Valley Therapeutic Residence. Prior to this role\, Karinne worked for the Vermont Department of Corrections as Chief Clinical Specialist for five years. The majority of her human services career was providing mental health and substance abuse treatment services to marginalized populations in New York City. This included individuals experiencing homelessness\, incarceration\, sex trafficking\, and domestic violences\, among others. Karinne holds an MA in Forensic Psychology from John Jay College of Criminal Justice and an MSW from New York University. She is licensed in Vermont as an LICSW and LADC\, and licensed in New York as an LMSW. When Karinne is not focused on helping others in her work\, you can find her engaged in hot exercise classes\, dance class with her two young kiddos\, or throwing a ball for her Australian Cattle Dog.  \n\n\n\nDESCRIPTION: \n\n\n\nThis training will address the core concepts of being a trauma-informed provider. This training is open to all levels of behavioral health professionals. General trauma-informed care concepts and principles will be addressed\, with some specific focus on individuals with past or present substance misuse and abuse. Attendees should expect some sensitive content to be discussed. Attendees will leave the training with a more comprehensive knowledge of trauma informed care\, the intersectionality of certain clinical presentations (including substance abuse\, trauma history\, and criminal justice involvement)\, and some methods to immediately apply in their work. This training will also briefly address vicarious trauma with some basic tools to address it. \n\n\n\nAGENDA: \n\n\n\nMorning: 9:00 am – 12:00 pm \n\n\n\n\nWelcome and Introductions\n\n\n\nUnderstanding trauma research\n\n\n\nTrauma and the brain\n\n\n\nExercise: What makes an experience traumatic?\n\n\n\n\nBreak 10:30 – 10:45 am. \n\n\n\n\nReview of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)\n\n\n\nView portions of Healing Neen\n\n\n\n\nLunch: 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm \n\n\n\nAfternoon:  1:00 pm to 4:30 pm \n\n\n\n\nConnecting the experience of trauma to substance abuse and misuse\n\n\n\nBasics of trauma informed care\n\n\n\nBeing a trauma informed service provider\n\n\n\n\nBreak 2:30 – 2:45pm. \n\n\n\n\nPractical tips\n\n\n\nVicarious trauma   \n\n\n\n\nAdjourn: 4:30 pm \n\n\n\nLEARNING OBJECTIVES: \n\n\n\n\nIdentify three Adverse Childhood Experiences\n\n\n\nExplore the ways traumatic experiences impact adults\n\n\n\n​Define trauma informed care\n\n\n\nDescribe symptoms of vicarious trauma and ways to cope\n\n\n\nIdentify three trauma informed practices that can be immediately implemented URL:https://vapavt.org/training/trauma-informed-care/ LOCATION:Windjammer South Burlington VT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240119T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240119T163000 DTSTAMP:20260407T072219 CREATED:20230911T200706Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230921T191006Z UID:1823-1705654800-1705681800@vapavt.org SUMMARY:Ethics for the Addiction Professional DESCRIPTION:Registration deadline 1/12/24 \n\n\n\n\nREGISTER\n\n\n\n\nLocation: Windjammer | South Burlington VT \n\n\n\nDescription: \n\n\n\nThis six-hour training will review the nine principles of the NAADAC Code of Ethics in detail. The \n\n\n\nfoundation for these standards in the underlying principles of autonomy\, non-maleficence\, beneficence\, \n\n\n\nand distributive justice will be examined. The format will include didactic presentation\, group discussion \n\n\n\nand activities. Examples will be drawn from real-life cases to illustrate situations that pose risk and \n\n\n\nethical dilemmas for those working in the field of substance use disorder prevention\, intervention and \n\n\n\ntreatment. Emphasis will be placed on understanding professional boundaries\, boundary extensions and \n\n\n\nboundary violations. Participants will also explore models for resolving ethical dilemmas. \n\n\n\nBio: \n\n\n\nDana Poverman\, LCMHC\, LADC: Ms. Poverman has worked in the fields of mental health and substance use disorders for over 30 years. She has provided treatment to clients; created and directed clinical programs\, including treatment courts\, student assistance services and co-occurring treatment; and provided clinical supervision and training throughout her career. Her experience with MAT began in 2002 with the opening of the Chittenden Clinic\, a program of Howard Center\, Vermont’s first OTP.  Prior to Vermont’s implementation of the hub and spoke system\, she managed the ADAP-funded state-wide grant for the COBMAT project (Coordination of Office-Based Medication-Assisted Treatment) beginning in 2005. She worked with providers in Chittenden and Franklin Counties to expand OBOT services. Dana was the director of the Chittenden Clinic until July 2021. She currently provides training and LADC supervision for clinicians at Howard Center and Central Vermont Addiction Medicine. She serves as an Advisor to the Office of Professional Regulation for Alcohol and Drug Counselors. Her clinical interest lies in the intersectionality of trauma\, social injustice\, and substance use disorders and other addictive behaviors. \n\n\n\nAgenda: \n\n\n\nMorning: 9:00 am – 10:30 am EST* \n\n\n\nIntroduction to training \n\n\n\n\nWhat are Ethics and Guiding Principle\n\n\n\nExploring NAADAC Code of Ethics: 2021\n\n\n\n\nBreak 10:30 – 10:40 am EST* \n\n\n\n\nInformed Consent\n\n\n\nBeginning the relationship\n\n\n\n\n\nConfidentiality\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTelehealth\n\n\n\nT or F exercise\n\n\n\nConfidentiality – what should you do exercise\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBoundary Extensions vs Boundary Violations\n\n\n\nCompetence\n\n\n\nProfessional Responsibility\n\n\n\nCounter-transference\n\n\n\n\nLunch: 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm EST \n\n\n\nAfternoon: \n\n\n\n1:00 pm to 4:30 pm EST* \n\n\n\n\nCommon pitfalls in clinical work\n\n\n\nRisk Management principles\n\n\n\nCase examples and discussion\n\n\n\n\nBreak 2:30 – 2:45pm EST* \n\n\n\n\nExploring ethical decision-making models\n\n\n\nDescribing the role of professional development in ethical practice\n\n\n\nSharing risk management strategies for clinicians and supervisors\n\n\n\n\nAdjourn: 4:30 pm EST \n\n\n\n**This is a very interactive presentation – participants can ask questions of \n\n\n\npresenter throughout the workshop. \n\n\n\nLearning objectives: \n\n\n\n1.Explain how ethics codes contribute to standards of practice \n\n\n\n2.Explore the differences between boundary crossings and violations \n\n\n\n​3.Define the differences between privacy and confidentiality \n\n\n\n4.Describe how to practice ethically in a culturally diverse world \n\n\n\n5.Identify three risk management strategies that promote ethical practice URL:https://vapavt.org/training/ethics-for-the-ethics-professional/ LOCATION:Vermont END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231117T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231117T163000 DTSTAMP:20260407T072219 CREATED:20230914T160918Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230921T191120Z UID:1835-1700226000-1700238600@vapavt.org SUMMARY:Antiracist Addiction Treatment Required Decriminalization and Harm Reduction DESCRIPTION:Registration deadline 11/10/23 \n\n\n\nLocation: Online \n\n\n\n\nregister\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDescription: \n\n\n\nThis presentation will detail proposed legislation for drug decriminalization that recognizes the humanity and agency of all people\, expands access to non-compulsory services\, reduces penalties\, and redirects resources from a punitive criminal justice approach to a community informed\, culturally competent\, and restorative public health approach. Drug decriminalization will reduce the number of people involved in the criminal justice system\, create a climate where people can seek treatment rather than fear stigma or arrest\, improve treatment outcomes where treatment is called for\, and remove barriers to implementation of evidenced-based practices such as harm reduction. The presenter will also share the interactive results of focus groups on societal perceptions of decriminalization. \n\n\n\nBIO: \n\n\n\nSandy Gibson\, PhD\, LCSW\, LCADC\, is a profession at The College of New Jersey (TCNJ). She worked as an Addiction Counselor for six years while completing her Doctoral degree then became a Study Director at a research institute at Temple University conducting research for seven years. While there\, she developed and evaluated addiction prevention and treatment programming. In 2010\, Gibson became faculty at TCNJ in the Department of Counselor Education where she teaches Addiction Counseling. Her research focuses on natural recovery and addiction treatment\, and she has received grants to create new curriculum for DUI education\, cannabis psychoeducation for youth convicted of drug possession\, and harm reduction strategies for peer recovery specialists. Dr. Gibson is now actively working to promote harm reduction and a shift from a criminal justice to a more public health-based approach to drug use. Her public health-based approach includes the full decriminalization of all drugs. \n\n\n\nAgenda: \n\n\n\n\n1:00-2:30 Decriminalization of Drugs\n\n\n\n2:30-2:40 Break\n\n\n\n2:40-4:00 Harm Reduction for Providers\n\n\n\n4:00-4:30 Q&A\n\n\n\n\nLearning Objectives: \n\n\n\n\nParticipants will be able to summarize the racist history and current day implications of the War on Drugs\, as well as racial discrepancies in drug use\, law enforcement\, and its effects on impacted communities.\n\n\n\nParticipants will be able to reconnect with the codes of ethics and its incompatibility with compulsory treatment and mandatory abstinence.\n\n\n\nParticipants will be able to describe the implications of the decriminalization of drugs on our profession. URL:https://vapavt.org/training/antiracist-addiction-treatment-required-decriminalization-and-harm-reduction/ LOCATION:Vermont END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231106T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231106T163000 DTSTAMP:20260407T072219 CREATED:20221215T175103Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230921T191202Z UID:1513-1699261200-1699288200@vapavt.org SUMMARY:Clinical supervision DESCRIPTION:registration deadline 10/27/23 \n\n\n\nLocation: Online \n\n\n\n\nREGISTER\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nTrainer: Mita Johnson \n\n\n\nBio: Mita M Johnson\, EdD\, NCC\, LPC\, LMFT\, LAC\, ACS\, LMFT-S\, MAC\, SAP\, BCTHP\, has been practicing in the world of mental health\, marriage and family\, and addictions counseling for over 30 years. She earned her Doctorate in counselor education and supervision and is a core faculty member in the School of Counseling program at Walden University. In addition\, she has a thriving private practice where she provides clinical supervision\, counseling services to our military\, and co-occurring and addiction-specific training and education around the country (ethics\, pharmacology\, culturally responsive care\, clinical supervision\, et al.).  She has been an active member of NAADAC for the last 15 years\, has served as the Ethics Chair\, and began her term as NAADAC’s Immediate Past-President in October 2022. \n\n\n\nDescription: \n\n\n\nClinical Supervision:  Interventions Focused on Contextual and Relational Growth \n\n\n\nClinical supervision can flow along a continuum from being a positive\, growth-oriented experience to being a negative\, intolerant experience.   Ideally\, supervision is a developmental journey\, as well as a relational collaboration influenced by contextual\, cultural\, and systemic factors.  In this highly interactive workshop\, using clinical scenarios\, the participants will explore the relational\, systemic variables of supervision.  In addition\, participants will examine interventions that are developmentally appropriate for supervisees and supervisors.  This workshop will be pragmatic and relevant to our work as professional service providers.   \n\n\n\nAgenda: \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nLearning Objectives: \n\n\n\nAs a result of participating in this training\, attendees will be able to: \n\n\n\n\nArticulate the the definition of relational\, contextual clinical supervision\n\n\n\nDescribe the relational model of supervision\, and how it can be integrated into the supervisory setting\n\n\n\nDefine the developmental levels of supervisees according to the relational model of supervision\n\n\n\nDescribe best practices for clinical supervision and evaluation\n\n\n\nIntegrate relationally-sensitive interventions into the supervisory relationship\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n6 Credits: NAADAC CU’s are approved \n\n\n\nSocial Worker CE’s\, Allied MH CE’s and Psychologists CE’s pending URL:https://vapavt.org/training/clinical-supervision-2/ LOCATION:Vermont ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://vapavt.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Mita-J-637672083846230000-e1637088134381.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231101T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231101T163000 DTSTAMP:20260407T072219 CREATED:20230716T165809Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230921T191316Z UID:1769-1698829200-1698856200@vapavt.org SUMMARY:Addiction: Neurobiology and Psychopharmacology DESCRIPTION:Registration deadline 10/25/2023 \n\n\n\nLocation: Windjammer | South Burlington VT \n\n\n\n\nregister\n\n\n\n\nTrainer: \n\n\n\nHeather Stein\, MD  is a native of West Virginia and grew up in Morgantown where her father still practices family medicine. Dr. Stein moved to Vermont for her family medicine residency at University of Vermont Medical Center where she was introduced to the CHCB community. Dr. Stein’s professional interests include addiction\, women’s health\, adolescent/young adult medicine and care of the underserved\,  and comprehensive care for the whole family. She is a candidate for the addiction medicine boards this fall and teaches medical students about substance abuse disorder.  She has a wonderful husband whom she met in medical school and who is also a family doctor in the area. She enjoys cooking\, gardening and spending time with her family.  \n\n\n\nDESCRIPTION: \n\n\n\nThis six hour course will give an overview of the history\, epidemiology\, risk factors\, and basic physiology of the most common substances of that cause functional impairment and use disorders. We will cover opiates\, alcohol\, sedative hypnotics\, stimulants including cocaine\, methamphetamine and nicotine. Through a case based model with interspersed clinical questions and examples\, we will review the most common presentations of and medications and techniques used to treat these conditions. \n\n\n\nADGENDA: \n\n\n\nMorning: 9:00am -12:00pm \n\n\n\nWelcome & Introductions \n\n\n\nIntroduction to neuropsychology of addiction \n\n\n\n\nOpioids \n\n\n\nAlcohol \n\n\n\nSedative hypnotics Stimulants \n\n\n\n\nBreak: 10:30 – 10:45 am. \n\n\n\nLunch: 12:15pm – 1:15 pm \n\n\n\nAfternoon: 1:15 pm – 4:30 pm \n\n\n\nPharmacology Addiction Treatment Medications and clinical cases \n\n\n\n\nOpioids \n\n\n\nAlcohol and Sedative hypnotics \n\n\n\nStimulants \n\n\n\n\nBreak: 2:30pm-2:45pm \n\n\n\nAdjourn: 4:30 pm \n\n\n\nLEARNING OBJECTIVES: \n\n\n\nReview history\, epidemiology\, risk factors\, and basic physiology of most common substances of abuse \n\n\n\nReview common presentations and medications used to treat most common substances of abuse URL:https://vapavt.org/training/addiction-neurobiology-and-psychopharmacology/ LOCATION:Vermont END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231027T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231027T163000 DTSTAMP:20260407T072219 CREATED:20230724T192856Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230921T191406Z UID:1784-1698397200-1698424200@vapavt.org SUMMARY:Employee Burnout and Self-Care DESCRIPTION:registration deadline 10/20/2023 \n\n\n\nLocation: Online \n\n\n\n\nREGISTER\n\n\n\n\nDescription: \n\n\n\nAccording to the Department of Employment & Development\, indicators show that over 15% of mental health and addiction professionals are predicted to leave their profession in the next year. Concepts of burnout\, compassion fatigue\, and vicarious trauma are not novel to the addiction profession\, but many professionals still report an inability to prevent or rebound from burnout. Building resilience for all helping professionals must include professional empathic skill building\, an individualized self-care maintenance plan\, and vicarious trauma prevention strategies. In this training\, participants will engage in discussions centered on the ethical commitment of caring for oneself as an addiction professional. \n\n\n\nTrainer: \n\n\n\nSamson Teklemariam\, LPC\, CPTM is an industry thought leader with a track record for leading large-scale transformations that generated new thinking\, shifted business models\, and disrupted the marketplace. As a catalyst for innovation\, Samson constructs clinical leadership models designed to navigate change in the healthcare sector and deliver results that improve quality patient care. He was formerly the Director of Training and Professional Development for NAADAC. He is a certified lead trainer for the Cognitive Behavioral Interventions for Substance Abuse (CBISA) and experienced in treating trauma-related disorders using trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy (TFCBT) and Seeking Safety. \n\n\n\nAgenda: \n\n\n\n\n9am – 10:30am: Introduce the most common signs and symptoms of employee burnout in healthcare\n\n\n\n10:45am – 11am: BREAK\n\n\n\n11:00am – 11:45am: Discuss the 8 domains of self-care and crosswalk employee burnout in healthcare to employee burnout in addiction treatment and recovery\n\n\n\n11:45am – 12pm: Complete self-care maintenance plan activity\n\n\n\n12pm – 1pm LUNCH\n\n\n\n1pm – 2:30pm Begin building an individualized vicarious trauma prevention toolkit\, beginning with self-assessments\n\n\n\n2:30pm – 2:45pm BREAK\n\n\n\n2:45pm – 3:30pm Intervention strategies for healthcare resilience\n\n\n\n3:30pm – 4:30pm Recovery principles and industry-specific best practices for self-care of the addiction professional\n\n\n\n\nLearning Objectives: \n\n\n\n\nParticipants will examine practical applications for the 8 domains of self-care in systems of addiction treatment and recovery.\n\n\n\nParticipants will be able to build an individualized vicarious trauma prevention toolbox that will include prevention skills\, intervention strategies\, and recovery steps.\n\n\n\nParticipants will acquire industry-specific best practices for self-care of the addiction professional. URL:https://vapavt.org/training/employee-burnout-and-self-care/ LOCATION:Vermont ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://vapavt.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Samson_Teklemariam_Headshot.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230421T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230421T163000 DTSTAMP:20260407T072219 CREATED:20230201T120550Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230201T120948Z UID:1638-1682064000-1682094600@vapavt.org SUMMARY:VAPA ANNUAL MEETING & TRAINING DESCRIPTION:Substance Use and Meaning Making: “Tuning In\, Tuning Out\, or Turning it Up? \n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration deadline 4/14/23 \n\n\n\n\nREGISTER\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTrainer: \n\n\n\nKurt L. White\, LICSW\, LADC\, is the Vice President of Outpatient services at the Brattleboro Retreat\, a private non-profit psychiatric hospital founded in 1834. He is a clinical social worker by training\, and he continues to practice with individuals\, families\, and groups in addition to his other duties. Mr. White has been a field supervisor at Smith SSW since 2006\, and has been involved with classroom teaching in the summer program since 2010. He is a Fellow of the American Group Psychotherapy Association\, and is recognized as a Master Addiction Counselor by NAADAC – the organization for addiction professionals. He is a past president of the Vermont Association of Addiction Treatment Providers. His interests include group psychotherapy\, psychodynamic theory and practice\, anti-oppression practice in clinical and agency settings\, addiction and co-occurring issues\, and the emerging field of psychedelic psychotherapy. \n\n\n\nDescription:It has been said that people are far more complex than psychology gives credit for\, and nowhere is this more on display than when substances are involved. The person with a problem with alcohol\, so the old quip goes\, is the one who uses more than their doctor (or counselor)\, and whether such substances as stimulants\, benzodiazepines\, cannabis\, and psychedelics are the causes of or solutions to one’s problems may depend on one’s lived experiences\, in the moment. At the same time\, many of the cultural stories and norms related to the use of these substances are changing dramatically every few years.This program will explore both use patterns and treatment in the context of our present world. To do so\, we will take a tour of the many reasons people have sought to use substances\, and why they remain so popular in our present era. We will touch on the complex histories of drug use and drug policy in USA and beyond by exploring factors such as legalization\, medicalization\, new research\, the enduring legacy of opioid epidemic (including both the rise of harm reduction and the sidelining of abstinence approaches\, and the effects of the epidemic on a generation)\, and the rise (again) of psychedelic drugs as treatments for mental and addictive illnesses. Throughout\, the presenter aims to explore these issues while retaining a humanistic perspective\, looking to examine the often unquestioned ideal of individual autonomy\, and the ways that substance use\, as well as changes in culture and society\, can expand and limit that autonomy (real and perceived). \n\n\n\nAgenda: \n\n\n\n8:00-8:50 am VAPA Annual Meeting (all welcome) \n\n\n\n9:00 – 10:30 “Why use drugs when you can take medicine?:” The 21st Century\, what’s new and not with alcohol and drugs\, and why everything feels (and is) so bad right now; suicide rates; alcohol consumption; cannabis legalization and use; the arc of the opioid epidemic; harm reduction; peer support and recovery coaches\, profesionalization and regulation; what we don’t even know yet about the pandemic’s legacy10:30 – 10:45 break10:45 – 12:15 The wish to be in altered states: history\, meaning making\, the science narrative\, and what can get lost in clinical assessment process; humanism and autonomy\, the wish to have choices and the limits of our imaginations12:15 – 1:15 lunch1:15 – 2:45 “How do we measure progress NOW\, in individuals and in society?” Exploring what the evidence tell us\, balancing evidence and what is the quality of the evidence\, where should we worry and when should we rejoice2:45 – 3:00 break3:00 – 4:30 What does it mean to be a counselor/psychotherapist now? Exploring a new landscape\, in the context of the old; if the poets can’t save us\, perhaps they can help us to stay on task; the best and truest aims of our work\, and how to find them; questions and answers \n\n\n\nLearning Objectives: \n\n\n\n\nList two reasons that people may choose to use substances\, other than seeking pleasure/avoiding pain\n\n\n\nIdentify three trends in substance use and mental health in the past 25 years\n\n\n\nExamine at least three changes in the cultural context of substance use in 21st century USA that influence use patterns\n\n\n\nExplore ways of intervening that respect patient autonomy\, as well as power of the substances people use to impede said autonomy\n\n\n\nEvaluate one’s practice\, and consider ways that one can stay vital and curious in the work\, even in difficult times URL:https://vapavt.org/training/vapa-annual-meeting-training/ LOCATION:Capitol Plaza\, 100 State St\, Montpelier\, Vermont\, 05602\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://vapavt.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/kurt-w-e1675253537976.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230407T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230407T123000 DTSTAMP:20260407T072219 CREATED:20230105T165810Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230314T180935Z UID:1567-1680858000-1680870600@vapavt.org SUMMARY:Complex Trauma\, Addiction  and Trauma-Responsive Care DESCRIPTION:Registration Deadline 3/31/2023 \n\n\n\n\nregister\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nTrainer: \n\n\n\nMike Bricker MS\, CADC-II\, NCAC-2\, LPC    is a consultant on “dual recovery” from substance use and mental disorders through the STEMSS Institute\, and specializes in blending research-based treatment with other Wisdom Traditions. He has educated and trained Counselors in Alaska\, Oregon and the Navajo Nation.  Mike is also a Behavioral Health  Clinician for  Strong Integrated Behavioral Health in Eugene OR.   Mike specializes in providing trauma-informed care to participants in treatment for methamphetamine and other drugs of abuse\, and Medication-Assisted Treatment for opioid use disorders.  Mike is a seasoned trainer who presents regularly at national conferences\, is a member of the NAADAC Speakers’ Bureau\, and an Approved Education Provider (#176230) \n\n\n\nDescription: \n\n\n\nUnlocking the Spirit from the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Trauma-Responsive Care for Co-Occurring Disorders. \n\n\n\nWhen Time Doesn’t Heal All Wounds – Adverse Childhood Experiences and Addiction                \n\n\n\nHeroin is my Mother and Booze is my Father – Addiction as an Attachment Disorder     \n\n\n\nFlying Starfish\, Broken Pots and Puppies in the River  –   Trauma-ResponsiveCare    \n\n\n\nLet Your Spirit Take Flight – Mindfulness in  Recovery  \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nAgenda/Learning Objectives: \n\n\n\nWhen Time Doesn’t Heal All Wounds – Adverse Childhood Experiences   \n\n\n\nUpon conclusion\, workshop participants will be able to: \n\n\n\n\nbe able to identify 3 ways that ACEs interfere with neurological and psychosocial\n\n\n\n\ndevelopment \n\n\n\n\nbriefly explain how these developmental deficits interfere with the treatment process\n\n\n\nverbalize the importance of focusing trauma treatment on resilience;  and become familiar with the newly revised ACEs and Resulting Resilience survey\n\n\n\nbe able to use in their practice with handout provided.\n\n\n\n\nTraining outline:  \n\n\n\n09:00 – 09:05 Webinar intro & instructions (webinar host)  \n\n\n\n09:05-09:20 Overview of original Adverse Childhood Experiences research            \n\n\n\n09:20 – 90:35 Impact of ACEs and risk factors         \n\n\n\n09:35-09:50        Impact on psychosocial development     \n\n\n\n09:50-10:05 McLean’s TriUne Brain model – Impact on SUDs and recovery  \n\n\n\n10:05-1:25 Revised (non-research) ACEs and Resilience Survey      \n\n\n\n10:25-10:30 Questions & wrap-up (webinar host) \n\n\n\n10:30 – 10:45 Break \n\n\n\nHeroin is my Mother and Booze is my Father – Addiction as an Attachment Disorder \n\n\n\nUpon conclusion\, workshop participants will be able to: \n\n\n\n\nbriefly explain normal brain/personality development and attachment\n\n\n\nidentify 3 ways in which substance use and addictive disorders interfere with healthy attachment\n\n\n\nbe able to assess and address attachment deficits in the treatment process with handouts provided\n\n\n\n\nTraining outline:               \n\n\n\n10:45 – 10:50 Webinar intro & learning objectives  \n\n\n\n10:50 -11:20 Overview of neurological and personality development       \n\n\n\n11:20 – 11:35      Basic attachment theory               \n\n\n\n11:35-11:50 Addiction and attachment \n\n\n\n11:50-12:05 Implications for treatment      \n\n\n\n12:05-12:15         Further resources & wrap-up (webinar host) \n\n\n\n12:15 – 1:15 LUNCH \n\n\n\n​ \n\n\n\nAFTERNOON SESSION \n\n\n\nFlying Starfish\, Broken Pots\, and Puppies in the River: Trauma-Responsive Care   \n\n\n\nUpon conclusion\, workshop participants will be able to: \n\n\n\n\nidentify and verbalize at least 2 ways in which standard Evidence-Based Practices\n\n\n\nfall short of effectively addressing trauma\n\n\n\nbriefly describe the difference between “trauma-informed” and “trauma-responsive treatment\n\n\n\nflipping the script- discussion of HOPE and Kinsugi with participants\n\n\n\nbe able to shift the focus of treatment from trauma to resilience using principles and handouts provided\n\n\n\n\nTraining outline:               \n\n\n\n1:15 – 1:20 Webinar intro & learning objectives  \n\n\n\n1:20 – 1:40 Two timeless teaching stories\, and a metaphor            \n\n\n\n1:40 – 1:55 Shortcoming of EBPs alone   \n\n\n\n1:55 – 2:15 “Flipping the script” from trauma to resilience             \n\n\n\n2:15 – 2:25 Trauma – RESPONSIVE treatment  \n\n\n\n2:25 – 2:40 HOPE and Kintsugi      \n\n\n\n2:40 – 2:45 wrap-up (webinar host) \n\n\n\n2:45 – 3:00 Break \n\n\n\nLet Your Spirit Soar from the Realm of Hungry Ghosts – Mindfulness  \n\n\n\nUpon conclusion\, workshop participants will be able to: \n\n\n\n\nbriefly describe the history of meditation and mindfulness interventions\n\n\n\nidentify and verbalize the three core elements common to all meditative practice\n\n\n\nbe able to participate in at least 3 experiential mindfulness techniques in workshop\n\n\n\nutilize in their practice with recordings and handouts provided \n\n\n\n\nTraining outline:               \n\n\n\n3:00 – 3:05 Webinar intro & learning objectives  \n\n\n\n3:05 – 3:20 Overview of mindfulness history & research base        \n\n\n\n3:20 – 3:35 Elements common to all forms of mindfulness practice             \n\n\n\n3:35 – 3:50 Experiential exploration: breathwork techniques        \n\n\n\n3:50-4:05 Experiential exploration:  somatic experiencing                \n\n\n\n4:05 – 4:20 Other modalities:  EFT Tapping\, EMDR “Tapping In”\, aromatherapy etc.              \n\n\n\n4:20 – 4:30 Discussion\, further resources & wrap-up \n\n\n\n6 Credits: NAADAC CU’s are approved \n\n\n\nSocial Worker CE’s\, Allied MH CE’s and Psychologists CE’s pending URL:https://vapavt.org/training/complex-trauma-addiction-and-trauma-responsive-care/ LOCATION:Vermont ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://vapavt.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Mike-B-photo-e1637013808991.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230213T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230213T123000 DTSTAMP:20260407T072219 CREATED:20230103T121515Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230123T124642Z UID:1550-1676278800-1676291400@vapavt.org SUMMARY:Substance Use Disorders: Matching to the Right Level of Care DESCRIPTION:Registration deadline: 2/6/2023 \n\n\n\n\nREGisTER\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nTrainer: David Gastfriend M.D.\, DFASAM                                                \n\n\n\nDr. Gastfriend is an addiction psychiatrist. At Harvard Medical School\, he directed addiction research at Massachusetts General Hospital and was an investigator in the NIDA Cocaine Collaborative Study\, NIAAA’s COMBINE Study and NIDA’s Clinical Trials Network. As Vice President at Alkermes\, Inc.\, he directed scientific publications on Vivitrol in clinical\, criminal justice and health economics research.His research led most states to endorse the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) Criteria. His 150 scientific publications include the books The ASAM Criteria and Addiction Treatment Matching. His ASAM CONTINUUM – The ASAM Criteria Decision Engine® and ASAM’s CO-Triage® tools are being adopted nationwide. \n\n\n\nIn 2016\, he co-founded DynamiCare Health\, a nationally-scalable technology for Contingency Management and predictive analytics\, winning awards from Harvard Business School\, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts\, the Governor of Ohio\, and the New York Times. He has consulted to governments in Belgium\, China\, Iceland\, Israel\, Norway\, Russia and the U.S. \n\n\n\nDescription: \n\n\n\nThe goals of evidence-based standards in assessment and placement criteria in treating substance use disorders include: 1) comprehensive\, patient-centric evaluation of patients’ needs\, strengths and resources; 2) ensuring reliability through standards across providers and systems; and 3) achieving predictive validity\, i.e.\, obtaining the best outcome for patients using the least intensive and restrictive services and settings. \n\n\n\nIn the 1980s\, the American Society of Addiction Medicine began to define a national set of criteria that provides results-based care in the treatment of addiction. Today\, The ASAM Criteria are the most widely used set of standards in the United States for placement\, continued stay and transfer/discharge of patients with addiction and co-occurring conditions. Care needs are divided into six areas\, called Dimensions; treatment types are parsed into multiple intensities and specialty needs. With a computer-guided structured interview and clinical decision-assistance algorithm\, investigators have demonstrated feasibility\, inter-rater reliability\, and predictive validity. With over 5\,000 providers throughout the U.S. having conducted over 225\,000 assessments\, matching patients to care using standardized\, evidence-based assessment and decision criteria appears to be feasible for broad public-sector implementation in routine care. \n\n\n\nAgenda: \n\n\n\n9:00 am Welcome\, Introductions\, Learning Objectives9:15 am Rationale: Why Treatment Matching? Why Now?9:30 am Guiding Principles of Service Specifications & Multidimensional Assessment9:45 am Levels of Care & Their Distinctions10:00 am BREAK – 15 min.10:15 am Evidence for the Validity of Matching with the ASAM Criteria10:35 am Using Decision Rules for Objective\, Standardized Placement: 2 Cases11:00 am Tools for Advancing Practice11:15 am BREAK – 15 min.11:30 am Some Finer Points of Semi-Structured Interviewing11:50 am Q&A12:10 pm Implementation Discussion: What’s the Next Step for Your Program?12:30 pm Adjourn \n\n\n\nLearning Objectives: \n\n\n\nAttendees will be able to: \n\n\n\n 1. Contrast usual care approaches with the rationale for standardized multidimensional assessment and placement according to evidence-based decision criteria. \n\n\n\n2. Describe the six-dimensional model of assessment using the ASAM Criteria. \n\n\n\n3. Implement the principles of utilizing the least intensive and restrictive treatment setting that provides effective care for a given patient’s needs and strengths. \n\n\n\n3 Credits: NAADAC CU’s are approved \n\n\n\nSocial Worker CE’s\, Allied MH CE’s and Psychologists CE’s pending URL:https://vapavt.org/training/substance-use-disorders-matching-to-the-right-level-of-care/ LOCATION:Vermont ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://vapavt.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Picture-dg.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230202T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230202T123000 DTSTAMP:20260407T072219 CREATED:20230116T165018Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230123T124323Z UID:1546-1675328400-1675341000@vapavt.org SUMMARY:Enhancing Motivation\, MAT Adherence & Retention with Routine Use of Contingency Management DESCRIPTION:Registration deadline 1/26/23 \n\n\n\n\nregister\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nTrainer: David Gastfriend M.D.\, DFASAM \n\n\n\nDr. Gastfriend is an addiction psychiatrist. At Harvard Medical School\, he directed addiction research at Massachusetts General Hospital and was an investigator in the NIDA Cocaine Collaborative Study\, NIAAA’s COMBINE Study and NIDA’s Clinical Trials Network. As Vice President at Alkermes\, Inc.\, he directed scientific publications on Vivitrol in clinical\, criminal justice and health economics research.His research led most states to endorse the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) Criteria. His 150 scientific publications include the books The ASAM Criteria and Addiction Treatment Matching. His ASAM CONTINUUM – The ASAM Criteria Decision Engine® and ASAM’s CO-Triage® tools are being adopted nationwide. \n\n\n\nIn 2016\, he co-founded DynamiCare Health\, a nationally-scalable technology for Contingency Management and predictive analytics\, winning awards from Harvard Business School\, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts\, the Governor of Ohio\, and the New York Times. He has consulted to governments in Belgium\, China\, Iceland\, Israel\, Norway\, Russia and the U.S. \n\n\n\nDescription: \n\n\n\nAmong the behavioral approaches to treating substance use disorder\, contingency management (CM) is the best-researched\, most effective – and yet least utilized. While physiological approaches address withdrawal\, craving\, and peripheral drivers of addictive behavior and “talk therapies” engage the cortex and consciousness\, the target of CM is the fundamental limbic drive center impact of substances of abuse on motivation. CM draws upon principles of operant conditioning\, behavioral economics\, and gamification. After a half-century of research\, clinicians still have numerous concerns: ethics (is it enabling to pay patients money?)\, resources (where will the money come from?)\, testing (frequent and visually witnessed drug testing?)\, & management (who will do the intricate accounting?). \n\n\n\nTechnology can surmount each of these obstacles. Studies indicate that technology may enhance motivation\, e.g.\, boosting effort in cognitive behavioral therapy\, and supporting MAT adherence\, and improve treatment attendance and retention. Results across controlled trials indicate a consistent doubling of rates of abstinence with tech-enabled\, remote CM\, vs. usual care alone. These effects are found in alcohol\, opioid\, stimulant\, and tobacco use disorder. \n\n\n\nData from thousands of patient events with several different technologic tools indicates that these approaches are feasible with many types of: Substance use disorders (from tobacco smoking to opioids); subpopulations (from pregnant women to criminal justice-involved returning citizens to corporate executives); providers (from counselors to case managers to recovery coaches); and settings (from medical centers to recovery homes to national insurance companies). Large datasets (e.g.\, >90\,000 financial transaction events from 1\,400 patients) can generate imminent dropout and relapse indicators with good validity (e.g.\, 70% positive predictive value) that can be used to issue real-time alerts to providers to intervene — even prior to a patient’s return to drug use. Progress in national policy and multiple new funding resources increasingly offer a path to sustainable implementation of motivational incentives in routine care. \n\n\n\nAgenda: \n\n\n\n9:00 am Welcome\, Introductions\, Learning Objectives9:15 am Rationale: Why CM? Why Now? What is It?9:40 am Evidence: The Challenge & the Promise10:00 am BREAK – 15 min.10:15 am CM Best Practices\, Limits\, Myths & Truths10:35 am Strategies for Implementation: Technology11:00 am CM + Tech: Implementation & Response11:15 am BREAK – 15 min.11:30 am CM Integrity & Funding11:50 am Q&A12:10 pm Implementation Discussion: How Could Your Program Begin CM?12:30 pm Adjourn \n\n\n\nLearning Objectives: \n\n\n\nAttendees will be able to: \n\n\n\n1. Describe the research foundation for enhancing treatment outcomes in patients with substance use disorders using contingency management. \n\n\n\n2. Explain the obstacles that have prevented wide-spread adoption of contingency management in routine care. \n\n\n\n3. Analyze the utility of various new technologies that have been proposed and implemented to overcome the obstacles to adoption of contingency management. \n\n\n\n3 Credits: NAADAC CU’s are approved \n\n\n\nSocial Worker CE’s\, Allied MH CE’s and Psychologists CE’s pending URL:https://vapavt.org/training/enhancing-motivation-mat-adherence-retention-with-routine-use-of-contingency-management/ LOCATION:Vermont ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://vapavt.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Picture-dg.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221118T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221118T123000 DTSTAMP:20260407T072219 CREATED:20220907T105449Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221019T113531Z UID:1380-1668762000-1668774600@vapavt.org SUMMARY:Co-Occurring Disorders in relation to Substance Use Disorders DESCRIPTION:register\n\n\n\n\nRegistration deadline November 4\, 2022 \n\n\n\nTrainer: David A. Porter \n\n\n\nDavid A. Porter is an LADC with 22 years clinical experience in a variety of settings including private practice\, Community mental health clinics\, a MAT (Medication Assisted treatment) Program and a program for the severely/chronically mentally ill. He also has 26 concurrent years’ experience teaching behavioral sciences (Psychology\, Criminology\, and Substance abuse) at four different colleges. He has written over 400 behavioral science\, neuroscience\, culinary articles and photo essays. \n\n\n\nDescription: \n\n\n\nThe majority of people who struggle with substance use disorder also meet diagnostic criteria for one or more other mental health challenges. As treatment methods for SUD continue to develop\, it has become clear that substance use can not be treated in isolation from other mental health issues and vice-versa. This seminar will explore the implications of treating patients with co-occurring disorders\, and review some of the unique challenges involved when working with such patients. We will explore the most common mental health challenges and review specific strategies for treating them in the presence of SUD. \n\n\n\nAgenda: \n\n\n\n9:00 – 9:30 am – Welcome and Introductions \n\n\n\n9:30 – 10:00 – Definitions and context setting \n\n\n\n10:00- 10:30 – Diagnoses: Terminology and Stigma \n\n\n\n10:30- 10:45 – Break \n\n\n\n10:45 – 11:00 – Practice Case #1 \n\n\n\n11:15 – 12:00 – Specific COD diagnosis details \n\n\n\n12:00 – 12:15 Practice Case #2 \n\n\n\n12:15 – 12:30 – Closing remarks and questions \n\n\n\nLearning Objectives: \n\n\n\nAt the end of this seminar\, the attendee will be able to: \n\n\n\n\nDefine co-occurring disorders\n\n\n\nDiscuss the impact of co-occurring disorders in general on people with Substance Use Disorders\n\n\n\nSpeak about the specifics of various categories of co-occurring disorders and their interaction with SUDMood DisordersPersonality Disorders\n\nThought Disorders URL:https://vapavt.org/training/co-occurring-disorders-in-relation-to-substance-use-disorders/ LOCATION:Vermont ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://vapavt.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/dp-Picture1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221111T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221111T123000 DTSTAMP:20260407T072219 CREATED:20220907T105405Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221019T213517Z UID:1373-1668157200-1668169800@vapavt.org SUMMARY:Pain Management and it’s impact on Addictions DESCRIPTION:REGISTER\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nRegistration deadline: 10/28/2022 \n\n\n\nTrainer: David Porter \n\n\n\nDavid A. Porter is an LADC with 22 years clinical experience in a variety of settings including private practice\, Community mental health clinics\, a MAT (Medication Assisted treatment) Program and a program for the severely/chronically mentally ill. He also has 26 concurrent years’ experience teaching behavioral sciences (Psychology\, Criminology\, and Substance abuse) at four different colleges. He has written over 400 behavioral science\, neuroscience\, culinary articles and photo essays. \n\n\n\nDescription: \n\n\n\nChronic physical pain is a condition experienced by many people who also suffer from substance use disorders (SUD.)  Treatment for such pain is often regarded by the patient as their first exposure to medications upon which they later become dependent.  Once treatment is sought for SUD\, chronic pain persists\, often worsens\, and becomes of primary concern to the patient. \n\n\n\nIn this seminar we will discuss the role of pharmaceutical opiates in the development of SUD in individuals\, as well as in the development of the current epidemic of opioid use in the United States.  We will review current pharmacological\, physical\, and psychological approaches to chronic physical pain in patients with a co-occurring substance use disorder.       \n\n\n\nAgenda: \n\n\n\n9:00-9:15 Welcome and introductions9:15-9:45 History of opioids for pain management9:45-10:15 History of opioids and other meds for pain management10:15-10:30 BreakPain-management strategies for those with Opioid Use Disorder (OUD)10:30 – 10:45 Pharmaceutical (non-opioid)10:45 – 11:00 Pharmaceutical – the role of opiates?11:00 – 12:00 Physical12:00 – 12:15 Psychological and Spiritual12:15 – 12:30 and questions \n\n\n\nLearning objectives:   \n\n\n\nAt the end of this seminar\, the attendee will be able to \n\n\n\n\nReview the history of opiates for pain management as well as their current utility for those without SUD\n\n\n\nUnderstand how marketing strategies of pharmaceutical companies contributed to the current opioid crisis\n\n\n\nDiscuss management of chronic pain for patients with SUD\, including pharmaceutical\, physical\,  psychological\, and spiritual strategies.    URL:https://vapavt.org/training/pain-management-and-its-impact-on-addictions/ LOCATION:Vermont END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221003T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221003T163000 DTSTAMP:20260407T072219 CREATED:20220215T161326Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220710T145605Z UID:1208-1664787600-1664814600@vapavt.org SUMMARY:Ethics for the Addiction Professional DESCRIPTION:REGISTER\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nRegistration deadline: 9/11/22 \n\n\n\nTrainer: \n\n\n\nDr. Mita M Johnson has been practicing in the world of mental health\, marriage and family\, and addictions counseling for the past 30 years. She earned her Doctorate in Counselor Education and Supervision and is a core faculty member in the School of Counseling program at Walden University. She has a thriving private practice where she provides telebehavioral health services\, clinical supervision\, counseling to our military\, and addiction-specific training and education. Her areas of specialization include pharmacology\, co-occurring disorders\, ethics\, culturally responsive care\, trauma-sensitive care\, and clinical supervision.  In addition to being a member of the American Counseling Association (ACA) and American Association for Marriage and Family Therapists (AAMFT)\, she has been an active member of NAADAC (the national Association for Addiction Professionals) for the last 15 years\, has served as NAADAC’s Ethics Chair\, and began her 2-year term as NAADAC’s President in October 2020. \n\n\n\nDescription: \n\n\n\nIt can be shocking to consider what some professionals and allied service providers consider ethical and appropriate thoughts to have and behaviors to engage in.  Ethics is something we have to breathe in and out every day we are in this profession; ethical breaches begin as a singular event along a slippery slope.  As providers working in the addictions and co-occurring disorders profession\, we have a duty and responsibility to adhere to legal and ethical mandates\, in order to do no harm while delivering evidence-based\, client-centered treatment and recovery support. NAADAC’s Code of Ethics (revised 01.01.21) provides the profession with standards of practice and boundaries of practice.  This 6-hour workshop will begin with a discussion of key points in the NAADAC Code of Ethics.  There will also be discussions\, using case studies\, on the following topics: \n\n\n\ntelehealth lessons learned during COVID-19\n\n\n\nprivacy versus confidentiality\n\n\n\nupdates to HIPAA and 42 CFR Part 42\n\n\n\npracticing in a culturally diverse world\n\n\n\nalignment of scope of practice\n\n\n\ndifference between scope of practice and standard of practice\n\n\n\nboundary crossings versus boundary violations\n\n\n\nimpairment versus functionality\n\n\n\nrecommended practices that promote risk management\n\n\n\nThe workshop will include time for open dialogue with attendees about real life scenarios and thoughts to consider. \n\n\n\nAgenda: \n\n\n\nMorning: 9:00 am – 10:30 am EST* \n\n\n\nIntroduction to trainingDefining key terms and foundational ethical principlesDescribing professional vs. personal presenceExploring NAADAC Code of Ethics: 2021 \n\n\n\nBreak 10:30 – 10:45 am EST* \n\n\n\nExploring ethical service delivery in a culturally diverse worldUnderstanding privacy vs. confidentiality in multidisciplinary settingsDefining HIPAA & 42 CFR Part 42 and discussing recent changes and updatesAssessing impairment vs. functionality\n\n\n\nLunch: 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm EST \n\n\n\nAfternoon:  1:00 pm to 4:30 pm EST* \n\n\n\nDefining scope of practice vs. standards of practiceSharing telehealth lessons learned during the pandemicDescribing confidentiality concerns (HIPAA\, 42 CFR Part 42) for telehealthUnderstanding boundary crossings vs. boundary violations\n\n\n\nBreak 2:30 – 2:45pm EST* \n\n\n\nExploring ethical decision-making modelsDescribing the role of professional development in ethical practiceSharing risk management strategies for clinicians and supervisors\n\n\n\nAdjourn: 4:30 pm EST \n\n\n\n*Throughout entire presentation:  case studies are used to explore concepts and concerns. \n\n\n\n**This is a very interactive presentation – participants can ask questions of presenter throughout the workshop. \n\n\n\nLearning objectives: \n\n\n\nExplain how ethics codes contribute to standards of practiceExplore the differences between boundary crossings and violationsDefine the differences between privacy and confidentiality\, including updates to HIPAA and 42 CFR Part 42Describe how to practice ethically in a culturally diverse worldIdentify three risk management strategies that promote ethical practice\n\n\n\n6 Credits: NAADAC CU’s are approved \n\n\n\nSocial Worker CE’s\, Allied MH CE’s and Psychologists CE’s pending URL:https://vapavt.org/training/ethics-for-the-addiction-professional-2/ LOCATION:Vermont ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://vapavt.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Mita-J-637672083846230000-e1637088134381.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220505T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220505T163000 DTSTAMP:20260407T072219 CREATED:20211116T183536Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260403T100748Z UID:1116-1651741200-1651768200@vapavt.org SUMMARY:Ethics for the Addiction Professional DESCRIPTION:Registration deadline 4/28/22 \n\n\n\n\nregister\n\n\n\n\nTrainer: \n\n\n\nDr. Mita M Johnson has been practicing in the world of mental health\, marriage and family\, and addictions counseling for the past 30 years. She earned her Doctorate in Counselor Education and Supervision and is a core faculty member in the School of Counseling program at Walden University. She has a thriving private practice where she provides telebehavioral health services\, clinical supervision\, counseling to our military\, and addiction-specific training and education. Her areas of specialization include pharmacology\, co-occurring disorders\, ethics\, culturally responsive care\, trauma-sensitive care\, and clinical supervision.  In addition to being a member of the American Counseling Association (ACA) and American Association for Marriage and Family Therapists (AAMFT)\, she has been an active member of NAADAC (the national Association for Addiction Professionals) for the last 15 years\, has served as NAADAC’s Ethics Chair\, and began her 2-year term as NAADAC’s President in October 2020. \n\n\n\nDescription: \n\n\n\nIt can be shocking to consider what some professionals and allied service providers consider ethical and appropriate thoughts to have and behaviors to engage in.  Ethics is something we have to breathe in and out every day we are in this profession; ethical breaches begin as a singular event along a slippery slope.  As providers working in the addictions and co-occurring disorders profession\, we have a duty and responsibility to adhere to legal and ethical mandates\, in order to do no harm while delivering evidence-based\, client-centered treatment and recovery support. NAADAC’s Code of Ethics (revised 01.01.21) provides the profession with standards of practice and boundaries of practice.  This 6-hour workshop will begin with a discussion of key points in the NAADAC Code of Ethics.  There will also be discussions\, using case studies\, on the following topics: \n\n\n\ntelehealth lessons learned during COVID-19 \n\n\n\nprivacy versus confidentiality \n\n\n\nupdates to HIPAA and 42 CFR Part 42 \n\n\n\npracticing in a culturally diverse world \n\n\n\nalignment of scope of practice \n\n\n\ndifference between scope of practice and standard of practice \n\n\n\nboundary crossings versus boundary violations \n\n\n\nimpairment versus functionality \n\n\n\nrecommended practices that promote risk management \n\n\n\nThe workshop will include time for open dialogue with attendees about real life scenarios and thoughts to consider. \n\n\n\nAgenda: \n\n\n\nMorning: 9:00 am – 10:30 am EST* \n\n\n\nIntroduction to trainingDefining key terms and foundational ethical principlesDescribing professional vs. personal presenceExploring NAADAC Code of Ethics: 2021 \n\n\n\nBreak 10:30 – 10:45 am EST* \n\n\n\nExploring ethical service delivery in a culturally diverse worldUnderstanding privacy vs. confidentiality in multidisciplinary settingsDefining HIPAA & 42 CFR Part 42 and discussing recent changes and updatesAssessing impairment vs. functionality\n\n\n\nLunch: 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm EST \n\n\n\nAfternoon:  1:00 pm to 4:30 pm EST* \n\n\n\nDefining scope of practice vs. standards of practiceSharing telehealth lessons learned during the pandemicDescribing confidentiality concerns (HIPAA\, 42 CFR Part 42) for telehealthUnderstanding boundary crossings vs. boundary violations\n\n\n\nBreak 2:30 – 2:45pm EST* \n\n\n\nExploring ethical decision-making modelsDescribing the role of professional development in ethical practiceSharing risk management strategies for clinicians and supervisors\n\n\n\nAdjourn: 4:30 pm EST \n\n\n\n*Throughout entire presentation:  case studies are used to explore concepts and concerns. \n\n\n\n**This is a very interactive presentation – participants can ask questions of presenter throughout the workshop. \n\n\n\nLearning objectives: \n\n\n\nExplain how ethics codes contribute to standards of practiceExplore the differences between boundary crossings and violationsDefine the differences between privacy and confidentiality\, including updates to HIPAA and 42 CFR Part 42Describe how to practice ethically in a culturally diverse worldIdentify three risk management strategies that promote ethical practice\n\n\n\n6 Credits: NAADAC CU’s are approved \n\n\n\nSocial Worker CE’s\, Allied MH CE’s and Psychologists CE’s pending URL:https://vapavt.org/training/ethics-for-the-addiction-professional/ LOCATION:Vermont ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://vapavt.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Mita-J-637672083846230000-e1637088134381.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220429T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220429T163000 DTSTAMP:20260407T072219 CREATED:20220323T202205Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220331T182515Z UID:1247-1651219200-1651249800@vapavt.org SUMMARY:VAPA annual meeting and Trauma Informed Care: Substance Use and Co-Occurring Treatment with COVID consideration for helping professionals DESCRIPTION:ONLINE \n\n\n\n\nREGISTRATION\n\n\n\n\nTrainer: \n\n\n\nMelissa Hill is a licensed alcohol and drug counselor and has been practicing in the field of mental health and addictions counseling for the past 9 years. She has specialized in working with adolescents and young adults with co-occurring mental health and substance use issues and has a strong focus on community mental health. Within her current position at Centerpoint\, Melissa provides individual therapy\, group therapy\, family therapy\, recovery support services and clinical supervision. Melissa has been certified in Seeking Safety: An Evidence-Based Model for Trauma and/or Addiction and is working toward certification in EMDR therapy. She additionally uses a blend of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy\, Narrative Therapy\, Psychodynamic Therapy\, Motivation Enhancement Therapy\, Systemic Therapy\, Play Therapy and Expressive Art. \n\n\n\nDescription: \n\n\n\nIn today’s world\, people have experience collective trauma inflicted by the Covid-19 pandemic. Whether impacted directly or indirectly\, those working in the helping profession have been holding this collective trauma for others for the past two years. What a heavy weight to hold! A trauma-informed approach to substance use and co-occurring treatment allows helping professionals to understand the signs\, symptoms\, and risks of trauma so that they can better support the health needs of their clients. This 6-hour workshop will provide: \n\n\n\nStrategies that will be illustrated with case examples\, group discussion and activity-based participationUnderstanding of the role of trauma on the nervous systemUnderstanding of the correlation between trauma and addictionUnderstanding of the critical role of relationship in healing traumaInformation about Seeking Safety and other addiction treatment approachesInformation about Body-based and EMDR TherapyStrategies to support regulation during chronic trauma caused by the Covid-19 pandemic   Considerations around race\, ethnicity\, culture\, sexuality\, and gender identityStrategies to understand secondary trauma and prevent burnout\n\n\n\nVAPA ANNUAL MEETING 8:00 am-8:50 am (ALL WELCOME) \n\n\n\nAgenda: \n\n\n\nMorning: 9:00am – 12:00pm EST \n\n\n\nIntroduction to trainingDefining traumaRecognize the signs and symptoms of traumaUnderstanding the physiology of trauma\n\n\n\nBreak: 10:30am -10:45am EST \n\n\n\nUnderstanding co-occurring mental health and substance use issuesDetermining therapeutic goals and objectives through a collaborative and motivation enhancing process.\n\n\n\nLunch: 12:00pm – 1:00pm EST \n\n\n\nAfternoon: 1:00pm – 4:30pm EST \n\n\n\nEmpowering clientsExploring client-centered evidenced-based care\n\n\n\nBreak: 2:30pm- 2:45pm EST \n\n\n\nUnderstanding specific considerations around oppressive systems and diverse needs.Exploring secondary trauma\n\n\n\n6 Credits: NAADAC CU’s are approved \n\n\n\nSocial Worker CE’s\, Allied MH CE’s and Psychologists CE’s pending URL:https://vapavt.org/training/vapa-annual-meeting-and-trauma-informed-care-substance-use-and-co-occurring-treatment-with-covid-consideration-for-helping-professionals/ LOCATION:Vermont END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220311T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220311T123000 DTSTAMP:20260407T072219 CREATED:20211204T133344Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211204T133813Z UID:1157-1646989200-1647001800@vapavt.org SUMMARY:Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) DESCRIPTION:Registration deadline 3/3/22 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister\n\n\n\n\nDescription: \n\n\n\nThis seminar explores the history\, principles\, and current practice using medication to treat individuals with Substance Use Disorders.  We will review the most commonly used medications in detail with a goal to understand when\, how\, and to whom each medication is prescribed.  Stigma surrounding the use of MAT will also be discussed in an effort to combat common misconceptions around opioid agonist\, and partial-agonist therapy  \n\n\n\nAgenda: \n\n\n\n9-9:30 Introduction and definitions9:30-10:00 The history of MAT10:00-10:15 Break10:15-10:30 Methadone10:30-11:00 Buprenorphine11:00-11:15 Naloxone  11:15-11:30 Break11:30-11:45 Crossover to alcohol11:45-12:00 Efficacy12:00-12:15 Stigma experienced by MAT patients  12:15-12:30 Closing comments and questions\n\n\n\nLearning Objectives: \n\n\n\nDiscuss the semantics of “MAT”Understand the history of MATReview specific medications used for the treatment of Substance Use DisorderUnderstand the pharmacological mechanisms of actions of these medications\, and how they are prescribedReview efficacy of MAT within specific populationsDiscuss and dispel societal stigma surrounding MAT\n\n\n\nTrainer: \n\n\n\nChristopher Bondi MD has spent the bulk of his career working with patients in the fields of Psychiatry and Addiction Medicine.  He has worked in both inpatient and outpatient SUD treatment environments\, as well as in teaching hospitals in Vermont and the Midwest.   For the past several years\, Dr. Bondi has added a teaching focus to his work\, working to increase awareness and interest in compassionate treatment of people suffering from Substance Use Disorders.  Dr. Bondi currently serves as an instructor for the Vermont Recovery Coach Academy and Recovery Vermont.  He also serves as Continuum\, and ASAM Criteria Faculty for the American Society of Addiction Medicine.   URL:https://vapavt.org/training/medication-assisted-treatment-mat/ LOCATION:Vermont ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://vapavt.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/c-bondi-image0-1-e1638625053492.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220210T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220210T123000 DTSTAMP:20260407T072219 CREATED:20211204T132706Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211204T133851Z UID:1151-1644483600-1644496200@vapavt.org SUMMARY:The Complete ASAM Criteria DESCRIPTION:Registration deadline 2/2/22 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister\n\n\n\n\nDescription: \n\n\n\nIn this seminar we will discuss the ASAM Criteria in detail with the goal of understanding how these are used to determine the most appropriate (least restrictive while safe) level of care for individuals seeking treatment for substance use disorders.  Severity within dimensions will be discussed\, as will the methods by which the appropriate subunit of the 4 broad levels of care are recommended.  \n\n\n\nAgenda: \n\n\n\n9-9:30 Introduction and definitions9:30-9:45 History and evolution of the ASAM Criteria9:45-10:00 Common misconceptions10:00-10:15 Break10:15-11:15 The 6 Dimensions11:15-11:30 Break11:30-12:15 Levels of Care12:15-12:30 Closing comments and questions\n\n\n\nLearning Objectives: \n\n\n\nDiscuss the history and evolution of the ASAM CriteriaUnderstand misconceptions commonly surrounding the ASAM CriteriaExplain the utility of the ASAM criteria\, and how their use standardizes delivery of the last restrictive yet safe level of care for individuals suffering from Substance Use DisordersExplore the 6 Dimensions of the ASAM criteriaUnderstand the application of severity ratings within each criteriumDemonstrate how Dimensions interact when determining Level of CareDiscuss the 4 broad categories of SUD Levels of care and their subunitsExplain special populations and how their needs are accounted for within the Criteria and Levels of Care\n\n\n\nTrainer: \n\n\n\nChristopher Bondi MD has spent the bulk of his career working with patients in the fields of Psychiatry and Addiction Medicine.  He has worked in both inpatient and outpatient SUD treatment environments\, as well as in teaching hospitals in Vermont and the Midwest.   For the past several years\, Dr. Bondi has added a teaching focus to his work\, working to increase awareness and interest in compassionate treatment of people suffering from Substance Use Disorders.  Dr. Bondi currently serves as an instructor for the Vermont Recovery Coach Academy and Recovery Vermont.  He also serves as Continuum\, and ASAM Criteria Faculty for the American Society of Addiction Medicine.   URL:https://vapavt.org/training/the-complete-asam-criteria/ LOCATION:Vermont ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://vapavt.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/c-bondi-image0-1-e1638625053492.jpeg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR