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Training Calendar

This training calendar is designed to be a statewide resource about the latest training opportunities in mental health and substance abuse recovery across Washington State. Most of these trainings are organized by outside organizations, so make sure to scroll down on the page of the training you’re interested in if you have questions or need to contact someone about the training. We invite you to learn about upcoming events and/or request that your training event be added to the calendar!

Licensure Exam Prep Workshop

Compass Health Everett 4526 Federal Ave, Everett, WA

Everett, WA NASW Washington State Chapter is pleased to offer this popular course to social workers seeking to become licensed. The Licensure Examination Preparation Course will assist social workers in their preparations to take either the clinical or advanced ASWB exam that is required for social work licensure in the State of Washington and most other states. For more information or to register, please CLICK HERE.

$225

H3 Suicide Prevention Walk

The H3 Benefit Walk will support Forefront Suicide Prevention. Our goal is raise $12,500 to sponsor one school through the Forefront in the Schools program! Your donation will provide training, support, and resources for a high school community to develop a comprehensive suicide prevention program, with a greater awareness of mental health and social and emotional learning. The event is FREE and dog friendly, and features food, inspirational speakers, musical acts, and a drawing for prizes provided by our sponsors. T-shirts will be available for sale at the event.  REGISTER HERE

Youth Mental Health First Aid

Sand Point Learning Center 5801 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle, WA

This 8-hour class is for adults who regularly interact with adolescents 12 to 18. Youth Mental Health First Aid will improve your knowledge of mental health and substance use problems, and will teach you how to connect youth with care when needed. Students will gain skills on how to help an adolescent in crisis or who is experiencing a mental health challenge. Similar to traditional first aid and CPR, mental health first aid is help provided to a person developing...

$15

Implicit and Unconscious Bias: Bridging the Distance Between Professed Values and Daily Behaviors

Location: Everett, WA We want to create organizations that are inclusive and culturally competent toward all people no matter what their identities or backgrounds. Yet, we know that there are implicit and unconscious biases that gets in the way of our acting in congruence with our beliefs and values. Learn the science of cognitive biases we all have and what we can do to mitigate them. For more information or to register, please CLICK HERE.

$45

Trauma-Informed Peer Support

Place: Lewis County The Trauma-Informed Peer Support Workshop explores the elements of safety, transparency, reciprocal and collaborative relationships, cultural considerations and personal exploration to find the meaning each of us attach to our experiences of trauma and loss. It explains how the peer relationship is key to recovery from trauma and challenges in each of us to discover our own Next Steps. The training is interactive, engaging and a critical tool for peer support specialists. It Is based on real...

Adult Mental Health First Aid

Everett, WA You probably know First Aid and maybe even CPR – but what if the problem is mental illness? Do you know how to help? Mental Health First Aid is a program that helps the public identify, understand, and respond to signs of mental illnesses and substance use disorders. Compass Health is offering this fun, highly interactive course that provides an overview of mental illness and substance use disorders in the U.S. It introduces participants to risk factors and...

$25

Stigma-Busting 5K Walk

As NAMIWalks celebrates its 16th anniversary, we invite you to take part in NAMI’s largest and most successful mental health awareness and fundraising event in the country. When you walk with NAMI, you join the movement to raise awareness of mental illness and raise funds for our mission to help individuals and families right here in our region. Register today and join us as we improve lives and our communities one step at a time.

Culture & Diversity *NEW*

N. Central/Moses Lake For a full schedule of Holding the Hope 2018 Certified Peer Counselor Training Opportunities, click here!

2018 Southwest Region Behavioral Health Town Hall

Vancouver Community Library 901 C St, Vancouver, WA

For individuals in mental health or substance use treatment, their families, peer supporters, community advocates, healthcare partners and others who would like to participate. Hear current news from the Division of Behavioral Health and Recovery from Jennifer Bliss, Manager of the Office of Consumer Partnerships. News that affects you and your family. For more information or to register, please CLICK HERE.  

Posting a training event

We encourage providers, state agencies, and consumer advocacy organizations to send us your training opportunities. To request that your training event be added to the calendar, please contact Alison Avery at aavery@thewashingtoncouncil.org and include the following information:

  • Date
  • Title
  • Location
  • Brief summary
  • Contact information
  • Copy of the flier or registration brochure