PCB: Fall 2010 Training

This workshop will promote an understanding of the type of ethical issues that affect treatment providers. It will also focus on specific areas of concern including conflict of interest, confidentiality and sexual misconduct. An ethical decision making model will be shared.
PCB Approved for 6 hours.

Tuesday, November 16, 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Holiday Inn Express, Harrisburg - Directions
Presenter: Marilyn Stein, CAAP

MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING & MOTIVATIONAL ENHANCEMENT THERAPIES: ADVANCED

This course is designed to expand upon mental health service providers’ skills in delivering treatment to adolescents, adults, parents and families. This training centers on learning in depth information about the various needs and issues of substance abusing clients. The goal of the training is to learn how to help clients change their behaviors by directly exploring and resolving their ambivalence. This training will assist clients, parents and other care providers by increasing their insights into working with substance abusing clients. Topics covered include an in-depth look at motivational interviewing and a variety of ways to adapt motivational interviewing with motivational enhancement, ways to implement motivational interviewing and motivational enhancement and putting motivational interviewing and motivational enhancement to use in practical situations. Participants will leave the training with an in depth understanding of how to help clients, parents and professionals better intervene and help substance abusing clients.
PCB Approved for 6 hours.

Thursday, December 2, 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Holiday Inn Express, Harrisburg - Directions
Presenter: Martha Thompson, CAC Diplomate

PHILADELPHIA

THE ADDICTED BRAIN & ACQUIRED BRAIN INJURY: A DOUBLE OBSTACLE TO RECOVERY

This training will teach participants the mechanisms of addiction within the brain, how it can become impaired as the substance abuser continues to use, and how treatment professionals can use their knowledge of the brain and brain injury to make treatment more effective. In the first half of the presentation, addictionologist Dr. Chris Davis will provide a thorough and easy-to-understand introduction to the brain and discuss the neurobiology of addiction. He will focus on the reward pathway, changes in the frontal lobe, receptors, neurotransmitters, and neural pathways that are most involved in the addiction process. In the second half, rehabilitation counselor Catherine Getchell will review the many ways in which the brain can become injured during the course of an addiction and discuss the unique treatment needs and effective treatment strategies for working with this complex population. The training will combine review of material by the presenters with active discussion among participants and presenters. Participants will finish the day by working on case studies so they can implement the knowledge and skills gained during the training.
PCB Approved for 6 hours.

Friday, November 19, 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Eagleville Hospital, Eagleville - Directions
Presenters: Christopher Davis, CAC Diplomate, Catherine Getchell, CAAP

PITTSBURGH

MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING FOR TREATMENT OF SUBSTANCE DISORDERS

Motivational interviewing is a research supported evidence-based approach to addressing many of the difficulties that arise in the treatment of substance disorder clients. The participants in the training will learn a valuable skill set for the treatment of individuals who desire help to move in the direction of change. They will learn to identify the five stages of change: precontemplation, contemplation, preparation for action, implementing the plan, and maintaining the change. Participants will learn various interventions that are appropriate for each change and will practice interventions in staged counseling interviews.
PCB Approved for 6 hours.

Friday, November 12, 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh - Directions
Presenter: Richard Jones, CAC/CCS/CCDP

EFFECTIVE AFTERCARE PLANNING FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSING JUVENILE JUSTICE CLIENTS

Effective aftercare planning is essential to the well-being of any client completing inpatient drug and alcohol treatment. Aftercare can also be more challenging than anticipated as barriers to follow through are ever present. These barriers include limited access due to insurance eligibility, waiting lists at the outpatient level of care, transportation concerns, and lack of willingness on the part of the client to engage in aftercare services. These barriers are certainly present for the juvenile justice client. This training will focus on working effectively across systems to ensure the best possible aftercare for the substance abusing juvenile justice client as he/she transitions from inpatient treatment. Involvement with probation will be framed as an advantage which provides opportunities for increased support in the community. Specific strategies will be discussed that assist in developing productive working relationships with juvenile probation officers. Common situations and potential barriers will be used as case studies and participants will become involved in discussion focused on problem-solving in the best interest of the client. Exploration of ways to address client motivation and increase willingness to follow through on aftercare recommendations will also be discussed.
PCB Approved for 6 hours.

Friday, November 19, 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh - Directions
Presenter: Richard Jones, CAC/CCS/CCDP