Basic Psychopharmacology for People with Co-Occurring Diagnoses

This webinar takes a look at best practice as it applies to prescribing (or not prescribing) psychotropic medications for a person in recovery with both a mental illness and substance abuse (MISA) diagnosis. Each medication class will be discussed in terms of benefits and side effects and, whenever possible, recommendations of one medication type over another for the dually-diagnosed consumer. Introductory material relating to the neuroanatomy and physiology of the central nervous system will also be presented and linked to why some medications should be prescribed and why others should be avoided for this problem.

Fee: $60.00
Continuing Ed. Hours (CEH): 3.00 Clinical

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Instructor: Craig Strickland, PhD Date: Wednesday, November 2, 2022 Time: 9:30 am - 12:30 pm ET Location: Zoom (Interactive Webinar) Online Live Webinar, Online , NJ More Details

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in Treatment of Substance Abuse Disorders

The Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy in Treatment of Substance Use Disorders training is a clinical webinar that reviews Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy theory and interventions. The thought-feeling-action model of cognitive therapy will be discussed in the context of substance use. The training builds on foundational knowledge and incorporates clinical considerations and specific interventions in treatment of Substance Use Disorders. The training focuses on core cognitive and behavioral interventions while adding elective therapeutic components to customize treatment for clients. The training targets clinicians who provide individual substance use treatment. Training experience will be highly interactive with ample opportunity for learning and refining skills through role-play, demonstration, and a mock case-conceptualization exercise. *This is a full-day webinar. Attendees must attend the full day to receive a certificate of completion.

Fee: $120.00
Continuing Ed. Hours (CEH): 6.00 Clinical

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Instructor: Bernard Showers, DSW, LCSW Date: Wednesday, July 27, 2022 Time: 9:30 am - 3:30 pm ET Location: Zoom (Interactive Webinar) Class Unavailable More Details

Ethical Issues in Schools

This webinar will examine current ethical issues facing school social workers, guidance counselors, and teachers. Topics will be inclusive the various ethical dilemmas that can face mental health professionals as they navigate the roles in both mental health and education. The workshop will also explore how helping professionals in schools can assist families access help for their children while maintaining ethical boundaries. Specific case examples will be discussed, including the rights of non-custodial parents and students who are 18 years old but still under parental care, FERPA versus HIPPA, and the ever-challenging “gray areas” that arise in ethics and public education. [Elective for Child & Adolescent Mental Health Certificate]

Fee: $60.00
Continuing Ed. Hours (CEH): 3.00 Ethical

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Instructor: Brett Novick, MS, EdD, LMFT, CSSW, MA Date: Thursday, October 20, 2022 Time: 9:30 am - 12:30 pm ET Location: Zoom (Interactive Webinar) Online Live Webinar, Online , NJ More Details

Harm Reduction - From Principles to Practice

The goal of this interactive workshop will discuss all aspects of harm reduction. Participants will be able to identify at least 3 principles of harm reduction work. Participants will be able to define harm reduction. Participants will also be able to differentiate between a successful harm reduction approach and less successful approaches and identify at least two reasons behind unsuccessful approaches. Participants will be introduced into the diagnostic criteria of the DSM and dimensional criteria of the ASAM 3, in the lens of determining the need of admission to treatment and continued care need from a harm reduction treatment perspective. Participants will be able to identify three different medicated assisted treatments (MAT), and discussion of medicinal marijuana being added as an MAT option. (This webinar will complete your prescription opioid social work license requirement.)

Fee: $60.00
Continuing Ed. Hours (CEH): 3.00 Opioids

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Instructor: Date: Wednesday, July 6, 2022 Time: 9:30 am - 12:30 pm ET Location: Zoom (Interactive Webinar) Class Unavailable More Details

Lions and Tigers and Bears, Oh My! Balancing Individuality & Togetherness in Key Relationships

Bowen family systems theory postulates that among the biologically-rooted drives within an organism, there are competing forces for individuality and togetherness. It is these forces that govern emotional transactions in all relationships. These counterbalancing life forces shift the locus of control for behavior from the individual to the emotional system. What transpires in the emotional system impacts the interplay of feeling and thinking in the individual which has a direct effect on his or her relationships. Increased chronic anxiety can result in an individuals' feelings overwhelming their intellectual system which leads to a drive for togetherness overwhelming their individuality in that emotional system. This workshop demonstrates how understanding the effects of chronic anxiety on individuality-togetherness balances can enhance one's functioning in various emotional systems.

Fee: $110.00
Continuing Ed. Hours (CEH): 5.50 Clinical

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Instructor: Charles M. White, LCSW, LCAD Ellen Rogan, DNP, MSN, APN Date: Monday, November 14, 2022 Time: 9:00 am - 3:30 pm ET Location: Zoom (Interactive Webinar) Online Live Webinar, Online , NJ More Details

Not Just Benzodiazepines: Alternative Treatments of Anxiety and Depression

The primary goal of this webinar is to explore non-pharmaceutical treatment of depression and anxiety. The number of people looking for non-pharmaceutical interventions is increasing in both the psychiatric and addiction fields. One need look no further than the desire to decrease benzodiazepine (BZD) use. Treatments to be discussed include herbal and amino acid substances as well as vagal nerve stimulation. [This webinar will complete your prescription opioid social work license requirement.]

Fee: $60.00
Continuing Ed. Hours (CEH): 3.00 Opioids

Class Unavailable	Instructor: Craig Strickland, PhD Date: Thursday, July 21, 2022 Time: 9:30 am - 12:30 pm ET Location: Zoom (Interactive Webinar) Class Unavailable More Details
Click Here to Enroll	Instructor: Craig Strickland, PhD Date: Wednesday, November 30, 2022 Time: 9:30 am - 12:30 pm ET Location: Zoom (Interactive Webinar) Online Live Webinar, Online , NJ More Details

Opioids: How Do They Work and How Do We Help?

Opioid use has increased dramatically in the United States and across the globe. It is an issue for entire communities, not just for those professionals working in addiction medicine. This webinar will look at how opioids affect the human nervous system as well as the human body. Specific pharmacologic interventions, especially methadone and buprenorphine, will be discussed in opioid addiction. Finally, the use of Narcan for opioid overdose will be discussed. (This webinar will complete your prescription opioid social work license requirement.)

Fee: $60.00
Continuing Ed. Hours (CEH): 3.00 Opioids

Class Unavailable	Instructor: Craig Strickland, PhD Date: Tuesday, August 16, 2022 Time: 9:30 am - 12:30 pm ET Location: Zoom (Interactive Webinar) Class Unavailable More Details
Click Here to Enroll	Instructor: Craig Strickland, PhD Date: Thursday, October 27, 2022 Time: 9:30 am - 12:30 pm ET Location: Zoom (Interactive Webinar) Online Live Webinar, Online , NJ More Details

Prescription Opioid Misuse and Dependence: What Social Workers Need to Know

This webinar takes a deep dive into prescription opioid misuse and dependence, including its role in the addiction and overdose crisis facing our state and nation. Attendees will be informed of the available resources for individuals, families, and communities, ranging from prevention, to treatment, to recovery support. We will also explore policy and public health interventions. [This webinar will complete your prescription opioid social work license requirement.]

Fee: $60.00
Continuing Ed. Hours (CEH): 3.00 Opioids

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Instructor: Morgan Thompson, MSW Date: Thursday, August 4, 2022 Time: 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm ET Location: Zoom (Interactive Webinar) Class Unavailable More Details

Termination of Pregnancy for Medical Reasons: A Unique Grief

Terminating a pregnancy due to fetal anomaly (TOPFA) during or after the second trimester of pregnancy may present as both an immediate and existential crisis for expectant parents. This presentation explores the unique bereavement of people who TOPFA as compared with other perinatal losses and provides an introduction to the population itself and the unique factors leading them to seek therapy. While TOPFA has been explored in qualitative research, there are few practice-based articles addressing both the nuts and bolts of therapeutic intervention as well as how to approach people’s attempts to grieve and mourn this loss. Successful, sensitive, and informed therapeutic interventions rooted in theoretical perspectives including continuing bonds and ambiguous loss may result in making meaning from their grief.

This presentation will apply theory to practice by introducing a model in which to conduct therapy entitled ACCEPT, and illustrate the intervention through the experience of a composite patient. In the future, a Part 2 webinar will be provided to explore the DOUBLE RAINBOW approach to clients who are subsequently pregnant after TOPFA.

Fee: $60.00
Continuing Ed. Hours (CEH): 3.00 Clinical

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Instructor: Erica Goldblatt Hyatt, DSW, MCSW, MBE Date: Tuesday, November 15, 2022 Time: 9:30 am - 12:30 pm ET Location: Zoom (Interactive Webinar) Online Live Webinar, Online , NJ More Details

The Opioid Crisis in NJ: Current Trends and Evidence-Based Treatment Options

The goal of this interactive workshop will discuss the latest developments and trends regarding natural opiates, semi-synthetic opioids, and synthetic opioids. Participants will be able to identify national and local NJ trends with regards to prescribing practices and new legislation, opioid overdoses and trends with opioid use. Participants will be able to distinguish the difference between which drugs are considered naturally occurring opiates, which are considered semi-synthetic opioids and which are considered synthetic opioids. Participants will be introduced into the assessment of and treatment of Opioid Use Disorders via the DSM 5 criteria, the latest nationally recognized medicated assisted treatment and the non-medication assisted treatment approaches when working with clients. Participants will be able to identify three different medicated assisted treatments (MAT), and discussion of medicinal marijuana being added as an MAT option. Webinar participants will be introduced to a harm reduction treatment paradigm and will be able to identify at least 3 different harm reduction principles when working with clients. Finally, workshop participants will engage in an interactive case that will develop throughout the webinar and have different objectives (e.g., assessing a proper level of care, and then incorporating a harm reduction treatment orientation with the client in regards to their MAT decision process). [This webinar will complete your prescription opioid social work license requirement]

Fee: $60.00
Continuing Ed. Hours (CEH): 3.00 Opioids

Class Unavailable	Instructor: Date: Monday, July 18, 2022 Time: 9:30 am - 12:30 pm ET Location: Zoom (Interactive Webinar) Class Unavailable More Details
Click Here to Enroll	Instructor: Glenn Duncan, LPC, LCADC, CCS, ACS Date: Monday, November 7, 2022 Time: 9:30 am - 12:30 pm ET Location: Zoom (Interactive Webinar) Online Live Webinar, Online , NJ More Details