Washington Council for Behavioral Health

Healthy Futures: ReDefining Prevention Conference
2019-04-17 08:00 - 2019-04-18 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Great Wolf Lodge, 20500 Old Hwy 99 SW, Grand Mound, WA, 98531
Healthy Futures: Redefining Prevention is a two-day conference focused on preventing substance use in youth and their families. TOGETHER! has a focus on systems change, equity, and community mobilization that extends to our conference. This year we are excited to bring experts in ACEs, Youth Talk Circles, School-Based Crisis Services, Harm Reduction, Racial Equity, Sexual Abuse, and more. Join us for this amazing event which will include two inspiring and engaging keynotes, an emergent strategies session, and 20 expert-led learning opportunities. For more information go to http://thurstontogether.org/healthyfutures.
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Yakima - NAMI Provider Education Training
2019-04-13 - 2019-04-14
This program is designed as a staff development program for front-line professionals who work directly with people with mental health conditions. The course is designed to expand the participants’ compassion for people affected by mental health conditions—those with the condition and their family/caregivers—and to promote a collaborative model of care.

To be eligible to become a presenter you must meet one of three requirements (and you can fall into more than one category!)

Be a mental health professional
Be living with a mental illness
Have a family member who is living with a mental illness

This is a team-based presentation, we encourage complete teams to come to the training together. The ideal team size is 3 trained individuals, but in some circumstances can be a team of 2, as long as those 2 people meet all three required roles (listed above). NAMI Affiliates who already have trained teams are encouraged to send more folks in order to continue building their teams!

The application deadline is Friday, March 29th, so get your applications in soon! Applications can be found on the NAMI WA website, or can be found by clicking here.

Grant County – WaHCA Peer Continuing Education Series – De-Escalation/Calm in the Storm
2019-04-10 09:00 - 16:30 | Best Western Lake Front Hotel, 300 West Marina Dr., Sage Room, Moses Lake, WA, 98837
The De-Escalation/Calm in the Storm curriculum is founded upon the fundamental concepts of respect, support, prevention, and the mutual relationship. Peers will be provided with an array of effective non-violent skills that are designed to promote person-centered and recovery-based approaches. Peers will leave the workshop with skills and strategies for supporting someone whose behavior may escalate, while preserving the helping alliance.
For more information or to register, please CLICK HERE.

Spokane County – WaHCA Peer Continuing Education Series – WRAP Seminar 1 for Peer Support Counselors (2-days)
2019-04-03 09:00 - 2019-04-04 16:30 | Ramada by Wyndham, 8909 W Airport Dr, Spokane, WA, 99224
WRAP® Seminar 1 Training for Peer Counselors (2-days)
WRAP® workshops are designed to be highly interactive. Facilitators encourage participation at whatever level feels comfortable. WRAP® is a living document that is unique to everyone. WRAP® facilitators skillfully share this simple and profound educational model so that participants can incorporate WRAP® into their lives. Through engagement in a WRAP® Seminar 1 workshop, participants will have a good understanding of the Key Concepts of Wellness and Recovery, and explore ways to integrate the philosophy into daily life. Participants of WRAP® Seminar 1 workshops will engage in a facilitated self-exploration process. They will unearth strengths and create personal powerful action plans to deal with life’s challenges. Through attending this experiential workshop, as well as time spent developing a personal WRAP®, participants can fulfill the prerequisites needed to attend a WRAP Facilitator training.
For more information or to register, please CLICK HERE.

Skagit county – WaHCA Peer Continuing Education Series – WRAP Level 2 (5-Day)
2019-03-18 09:00 - 2019-03-22 16:30 | Valley Inn Convention Center, 2300 Market Street, Mt Vernon, WA, 98273
Spend five days learning to become a WRAP Facilitator.** This course is designed to help you become a powerful change agent as a WRAP Facilitator. You will gain a deeper understanding of the recovery process and learn to:

work with people who have mental health challenges to discover the strengths they have and can use to enhance their recovery;
effectively share the underlying concepts necessary to recovery – hope, personal responsibility, education, self-advocacy, and support;
work with individuals and groups to develop a WRAP;
teach about wellness tools and strategies;
empower and motivate people to work toward recovery – feeling the way they want to feel, making their lives the way they want them to be, and moving toward meeting their life goals; and
use interaction and presentation styles and strategies that enhance recovery.

WRAP Seminar 1: Intro to WRAP is a pre-requisite for WRAP Seminar 2: WRAP for Facilitators – Attendees MUST supply questionnaire answers and appropriate documentation to attend WRAP Seminar 2.
For more information or to register, CLICK HERE.

Snohomish county – WaHCA Peer Continuing Education Series – Co-Occurring Disorders
2019-03-08 09:00 - 16:30 | Everett Community College, 2000 Tower Street, GWH 264, Everett, WA, 98201
Co-occurring Disorders Training for Peer Support Counselors is interactive and provides useful tools for Peer Support Counselors working with people who experience co-occurring disorders – the coexistence of both a mental health and a substance use disorder. It will further define co-occurring disorders, introduce study results, the Stages of Change, relapse prevention, and cover the SAMHSA perspective. In a classroom setting, peer counselors will learn how to positively work with people who experience co-occurring disorders.
For more information or to register, CLICK HERE.

King County – WaHCA Peer Continuing Education Series – Documentation
2019-03-06 09:00 - 13:00 | Peer Seattle, 1520 Bellevue Ave STE 100, Seattle, WA, 98122
Certified Peer Counselors must document their work, but that documentation must be done in a way that is consistent with their unique role. This workshop helps peer support workers understand requirements of Medicaid and the Washington Administrative Codes, focusing on the type of documentations most often required by CPCs. Expect a simple but thorough method, with lots of practice.
For more information or to register, CLICK HERE.

Supporting the Youth Peer Support Role Within Your Organization
2019-02-26 11:00 - 12:00
About the Webinar:
Pacific Northwest (Region10) Mental Health Technology Transfer Center in partnership with Pathways RTC bring you “Supporting the Youth Peer Support Role Within Your Organization.”. Youth peer support is an emerging and innovative role within mental health that is seen as valuable for young adults who are system involved. While many agencies want to employ or do employ youth peer support specialists, there are many questions and challenges regarding how to best support this role. In this webinar we will clarify the responsibilities and boundaries of the youth peer support role and offer tips on how to support this role and these employees within your agency.
About the Presenters:
Caitlin Baird is a Project Manager and Trainer with Pathways Research and Training Center at Portland State University. Caitlin has experience working directly with transition aged youth and young adults as a peer support specialist and as a supervisor for peer support specialists in wraparound and other mental health settings, as well as her own lived experience within mental health systems. She has trained providers across the nation in wraparound, systems of care, and youth driven care.

Mary Beth Welch is a Peer Support Training Specialist with Pathways Research and Training Center. Mary Beth uses her lived experience as a youth in the mental health system, foster care, and special education systems and a peer support specialist who worked with youth to guide her work. Mary Beth is also an avid cat lover!

If you have questions please email nwmhttc@uw.edu.
To register, please CLICK HERE.

STAY* – A brief intervention for families of adolescents with disruptive behaviors
2019-02-25 | Comprehensive Healthcare – Auditorium, 402 S. 4th Ave, Yakima, WA, 98902, United States
STAY is a brief intervention for families with adolescents (11+) experiencing moderate disruptive behaviors and/or other co-morbid mental health issues (depression, anxiety). The STAY model uses a hybrid of evidence-based strategies and techniques that include parent management interventions and components of cognitive behavioral therapy which are delivered through a multi-step approach over the course of 4-8 sessions. At the conclusion of the 4-8 sessions, guidance is provided as to how to transition a family into an extended treatment, if needed.
STAY was originally developed for families with adolescents who are experiencing disruptive behaviors that are causing family distress but may not require a more intensive intervention. It can also be used as a method of engaging the family in the youth’s mental health treatment for other co-morbid conditions that are contributing to family conflict and/or distress.
For more information, CLICK HERE.

STAY* – A brief intervention for families of adolescents with disruptive behaviors
2019-02-04 | Children’s Home Society of WA, 2323 N Discovery Place, Spokane Valley, WA, 99216

STAY* – A brief intervention for families of adolescents with disruptive behaviors
2019-01-28 | North Sound Behavioral Health Organization – Snohomish Training Room, 301 Valley Mall Way, Suite 110, Mount Vernon, WA, 98273, United States

STAY* – A brief intervention for families of adolescents with disruptive behaviors
2019-01-07 | Cascade Mental Healthcare, 2428 W Reynolds Ave, Centralia, WA, 98531

You are Not Alone – a Day of Connection & CARE for Peer Support Specialists everywhere
2018-12-13 09:00 - 18:00
The conference is designed for Peers Support Specialists and Recovery Coaches who feel isolated, under-utilized or under-trained. We want everyone to have the tools they need to be successful and bring RECOVERY and HOPE to their work so we’ve designed this amazing event. Throughout the day you will have access to an inspiring keynote address and 12 1-hour webinars to build your skills as a Peer Support employee.
For more information, please CLICK HERE.

Self-Care for Professionals Working with Trauma 103
2018-11-30 09:00 - 16:30 | Concordia University Columbia River Campus, 11703 NE Glenn Widing Dr., Portland, OR, 97220
Honoring and Protecting: Skills-Building for Mindful Presence and Ethical Caregiving

Name the steps in G.R.A.C.E., a set of mindfulness skills.
Outline a personal pro-active plan for self-care, balance, and boundaries.
Name three resources for managing vicarious trauma.
Name three ways that mindful self-care contributes to ethical decision-making.
Name two intensions for participants’ future work-life based on a mindful assessment of their present work-life, their developmental stage of life, and newly acquired mindfulness skills.

For more information or to register, please CLICK HERE.

FC-TSP Free Training Program
2018-11-30 - 2018-12-02
FC-TSP is a free opportunity for parents to get mental health training and support.

McLean Hospital, a Harvard affiliate, is leading a training at Navos on Nov 30 – Dec 2 (dinner on Friday, full day on Sat and Sun)
It is geared to parents who:

Have a teenager or young adult who has engaged in suicidal or other high-risk behavior
Are in need of support and training to manage their own resulting stress and trauma

It is part of a larger research study enabling parents to contribute their experience to a larger aim

People can feel free to reach out to the contact on the flyer or to Katherine Switz (kswitz@thestabilitynetwork.org) to register.
Note: Free parking; Light breakfast and lunch will be provided
We hope you will consider attending or sharing this with someone else who might benefit from it.

Self-Care for Professionals Working with Trauma 103
2018-11-29 09:00 - 16:30 | The Mountaineers – Seattle Program Center, 7700 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle, WA, 98115

Working Peer Providers Webinar
2018-11-26 09:00 - 10:00
WHEN: Last Monday of every other month beginning March 26th, 2018 9 AM to 10 AM
WHO: Peers who are working in peer support positions
WHAT: We will discuss topics that working peers have requested, such as:

Communication Skills
Youth and Family Peer Support
WRAP – Wellness Recovery Action Plans
Coping Skills
Documentation

For more information, please CLICK HERE.

Family, Men and Trauma 103
2018-11-20 09:00 - 16:30 | The Mountaineers – Seattle Program Center, 7700 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle, WA, 98115
Changing the Rules—Treating Families of Young Males Healing From Sexual Abuse

Understand the needs of male survivors
Understand the needs of families of male survivors
Understanding and healing the relationships
Understanding the high risk of suicide, substance abuse, and juvenile delinquency in male survivors
Structure of family treatment with a male survivor as the identified patient
Family Trauma Treatments and how to adapt to male identity

Parent Child Interactive Therapy and Filial Therapy
Child parent psychotherapy
Attachment-based therapies
Cognitive Behavior Therapies – AFCBT and TFCBT and CPT
Trauma Adaptation family connection

For more information or to register, please CLICK HERE.

Family, Men and Trauma 103
2018-11-19 09:00 - 16:30 | Concordia University Columbia River Campus, 11703 NE Glenn Widing Dr., Portland, OR, 97220

Co-Occurring Disorders
2018-11-13
Pierce County
For a full schedule of Holding the Hope 2018 Certified Peer Counselor Training Opportunities, click here!

NAMI Washington's The Brainpower Chronicles: Mental Health Stories
2018-11-11 14:00 - 16:00 | Isaac Studio Theatre, 212 N 85th Street, Seattle, WA, 98103
The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) of Washington State is hosting The Brainpower Chronicles: Mental Health Stories, NAMI Washington’s annual storytelling event. This year we will have two perfomances: an evening perfomance on Saturday, November 10 at 7pm and the afternoon of Sunday, November 11 at 2pm.
Featuring professional storyteller Bill Bernat, and six indviduals sharing their stories of how they have been affected by mental illness and their journies toward recovery, this event will entertain, fight stigma, build community, and support the work of NAMI Washington and the 20 NAMI affiliates in Washington State.

NAMI Washington's The Brainpower Chronicles: Mental Health Stories
2018-11-10 19:00 - 21:00 | Isaac Studio Theatre, 212 N 85th Street, Seattle, WA, 98103
The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) of Washington State is hosting The Brainpower Chronicles: Mental Health Stories, NAMI Washington’s annual storytelling event. This year we will have two perfomances: an evening perfomance on Saturday, November 10 at 7pm and the afternoon of Sunday, November 11 at 2pm.
Featuring professional storyteller Bill Bernat, and six indviduals sharing their stories of how they have been affected by mental illness and their journies toward recovery, this event will entertain, fight stigma, build community, and support the work of NAMI Washington and the 20 NAMI affiliates in Washington State.
We are pleased to announce that Bill Radke, host of KUOW-FM’s The Record and Week In Review will be our emcee on November 10!

Buprenorphine Waiver Training
2018-11-10 07:30 - 12:00 | Tulalip Resort & Casino, 10200 Quil Ceda Blvd, Tulalip, WA, 98271
Completion of the 4-hour in-person course as well as a 4-hour online follow-up allows physicians to prescribe buprenorphine for office-based treatment of opioid use disorder. ARNPs and PA-Cs require an additional 16 hours of training. CME is approved by American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry (AAAP) or American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM). Other interested professionals, such as team members and chemical dependency counselors, are also welcome to attend and learn more about buprenorphine as space allows. Medical residents from any specialty are welcome. Free training is also available online: https://pcssnow.org/education-training/mat-training.
Please CLICK HERE for more information or to register.

De-escalation skills for CPCs *NEW*
2018-11-06
S. King County
For a full schedule of Holding the Hope 2018 Certified Peer Counselor Training Opportunities, click here!

Peers in Crisis & Suicide Prevention
2018-11-01
Great Rivers (Centralia)
For a full schedule of Holding the Hope 2018 Certified Peer Counselor Training Opportunities, click here!

NADD 35th Annual Conference & Exhibit Show
2018-10-31 - 2018-11-02 | Motif Seattle Hotel, 1415 5th Ave, Seattle, WA, 98101, United States
NADD is a not-for-profit membership association established for professionals, organizations, families, advocates, and policy makers, a leading authority for training, knowledge application and policy of emerging practices/best practices in dual diagnosis (IDD/MI). The new mission statement established in 2017 is: To provide leadership in the expansion of knowledge, training, policy and advocacy for mental health practices that promote a quality life for individuals with dual diagnosis (IDD/MI) in their communities.

If you need more information about NADD, please see our website at www.thenadd.org.

Culture & Diversity *NEW*
2018-10-24
N. Sound
For a full schedule of Holding the Hope 2018 Certified Peer Counselor Training Opportunities, click here!

Family, Men and Trauma 102
2018-10-18 09:00 - 16:30 | The Mountaineers – Seattle Program Center, 7700 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle, WA, 98115
The Game Changer—Impact of Childhood Sexual Abuse on the Family with Male Survivors

Understanding trauma as a systemic injury to the family and victim
Understanding male trauma in youth within systemic structure
Understanding multigenerational trauma
Understanding Complex Family Trauma
Understanding and treating Caregiver Fatigue

For more information or to register, please CLICK HERE.

Family, Men and Trauma 101
2018-10-17 09:00 - 16:30 | The Mountaineers – Seattle Program Center, 7700 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle, WA, 98115
Rules of the Game—Understanding The Family

Understanding healthy family functioning and therapeutic models
Understanding toxic family structures
Understanding the impact of diversity variables on male identity development within family systems
Develop a model of family assessment

For more information or to register, please CLICK HERE.

Co-Occurring Disorders
2018-10-17
N. Central/Moses Lake
For a full schedule of Holding the Hope 2018 Certified Peer Counselor Training Opportunities, click here!
