Washington Council for Behavioral Health

MOAB Instructor Training
2018-06-19 - 2018-06-21
Everett, WA
This program is designed for those who are looking to teach communication techniques and de-escalation skills and includes physical training skills (such as restraining, self-defense tactics, minor take-downs). Upon completion, 3-Day Instructors are able to train all of the basic MOAB certification programs. Recertification is every 3 years and costs $595.
For more information or to register, please CLICK HERE.

Call For Presentation Proposals
2018-06-15
King County Behavioral Health and Recovery Division (BHRD) is seeking presentation, workshop and panel discussion proposals to teach practical skills that promote mental health and/or substance use recovery and increase knowledge of recovery and resiliency principles and practices.
Conference attendees include people in recovery, their family members, students, and service providers participating in publicly funded behavioral health services in King County.
Presentations, workshops, and panel discussions will be scheduled for 1 hour 15 minutes and must include an interactive activity. It is highly recommended that presentation, workshops, and panel discussions be facilitated or co-facilitated by people in recovery and/or family members.
For more information or to submit a proposal, please CLICK HERE.

Pierce County Behavioral Health Integration Forums
2018-06-12 11:00 - 16:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
For individuals, peer supporters, and families, this is a unique opportunity to learn about changes coming to the behavioral system in your area and how you can have a voice. Please register at the link on the flyer. (If the link does not work, copy and paste it into your browser). There are a number of these events statewide, so please look for an event convenient to you.
For more information, please click here.

Regional Youth and Family Certified Peer Counselor Training
2018-06-11 09:00 - 2018-06-15 18:00
Location: Spokane, WA
Youth and Families involved in multiple systems want to hear your personal story of hope!
If you and or your family have been on a journey of recovery for a year or more this training may be for you!
For more information or to apply, please CLICK HERE.

Youth Mental Health First Aid
2018-06-11 08:00 - 16:30, 2018-05-21 08:00 - 16:30 | Sand Point Learning Center, 5801 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle, WA, 98105, United States
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 a mental health problem or experiencing a crisis before they can get professional treatment or the crisis resolves.
For more information or to register, please CLICK HERE.

Introduction to Affirmative Mental Health Care for Transgender Clients
2018-06-08 08:00 - 16:30
The discrimination transgender and gender non- conforming people experience creates an extraordinary stress on psychological and physical health. Uninformed healthcare providers are hard pressed to meet the needs of transgender individuals without appropriate training. Unfortunately, most graduate programs do not address the needs of the gender non-conforming patient and are unable to teach the skills necessary for competent service delivery. Through our trainings, participants will learn how to create a more inclusive environment for transgender and gender nonconforming people and will gain the necessary skills to provide affirming services and care to all people, regardless of where they are on the gender spectrum.
For more information or to register, please CLICK HERE.

2018 Southwest Region Behavioral Health Town Hall
2018-06-06 13:00 - 16:00 | Vancouver Community Library, 901 C St, Vancouver, WA, 98660, United States
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.

Culture & Diversity *NEW*
2018-06-06
N. Central/Moses Lake
For a full schedule of Holding the Hope 2018 Certified Peer Counselor Training Opportunities, click here!

Stigma-Busting 5K Walk
2018-06-02 08:00 - 17:00
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.

Adult Mental Health First Aid
2018-05-31 08:00 - 17:00
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 warning signs of mental health problems, builds understanding of their impact, and overviews common treatments.
Mental Health First Aid is a public education and prevention tool that will improve the public’s knowledge of mental health problems and connects people with care for their mental health problems.
For more information or to register, please CLICK HERE.

Trauma-Informed Peer Support
2018-05-30 09:00 - 16:30
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 peers own lived experience of trauma and recovery.
For more information or to register, please CLICK HERE.
For a full schedule of Holding the Hope 2018 Certified Peer Counselor Training Opportunities, click here!

Implicit and Unconscious Bias: Bridging the Distance Between Professed Values and Daily Behaviors
2018-05-23 09:00 - 12:00
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.

Peers in Crisis & Suicide Prevention
2018-05-23

H3 Suicide Prevention Walk
2018-05-19 11:00 - 15:00
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

Licensure Exam Prep Workshop
2018-05-18 09:00 - 16:30 | Compass Health Everett, 4526 Federal Ave, Everett, WA, 98203, United States
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.

De-escalation skills for CPCs *NEW*
2018-05-16 09:00 - 16:30
Place: Spokane County
The De-Escalation 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, CLICK HERE.
For a full schedule of Holding the Hope 2018 Certified Peer Counselor Training Opportunities, click here!

Mt. Vernon 2018 Behavioral Health Integration Forums
2018-05-15 11:00 - 16:00 | Compass Health Everett, 4526 Federal Ave, Everett, WA, 98203, United States

Youth Mental Health First Aid
2018-05-14 08:00 - 17:00
Location: Everett, WA 98203
Join the movement. Sometimes first aid isn’t a bandage, or CPR, or calling 911. Sometimes first aid is YOU. A young person you know could be experiencing a mental health or substance use problem. Learn an action plan to help.
For more information or to register, please CLICK HERE.

WRAP Seminar 1 (2 Day)
2018-05-09 09:00 - 2018-05-10 16:30
Place: Lewis County
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 the 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 on this event or to register, CLICK HERE.
For a full schedule of Holding the Hope 2018 Certified Peer Counselor Training Opportunities, click here!

Supervising Peer Support Staff Webinar
2018-05-09 09:00 - 10:00
Using peer specialists, coaches, and mentors to provide support and other services is a rapidly growing trend in behavioral health and integrated care services. In the past decade, there has been significant growth in this workforce segment as well as increasing options for training and certification. Yet, many behavioral health organizations continue to be uncertain about the best ways to provide support and supervision to peer staff. This webinar will offer an overview of the current literature, national trends and data; explore common misconceptions about peer staff; and offer some effective approaches to ensuring that the needs of both the organization and peer staff are effectively addressed. Practical applications, challenges, and lessons learned will be discussed.
For more information or to register, CLICK HERE. Note: times on PDF are in Eastern Time.

Peers in Crisis & Suicide Prevention
2018-05-02 09:00 - 16:30
Place: Grant County
Peers in Crisis & Suicide Prevention is a 2 part workshop that builds on itself. Participants will leave the morning session with an ability to recognize if the peer they are working with is in crisis, what to do about it and how to support the peer and still stay grounded themselves. The afternoon session will be based on the morning session and will provide additional tools for identifying a person at risk of suicide and responding appropriately. Both sessions will include opportunities for practice. Participants must attend both sessions.
For more information or to register, please CLICK HERE.

Barrier Busters: Re-Entry Resources & Justice-Involved Options
2018-04-27 10:00 - 12:00 | Redmond Worksource, 7735 178th Place NE, Redmond, WA, 98052, United States
The upcoming BARRIER BUSTER WorkShop is designed to help folks get connected with programs that assist with Re-Entry Resources, Justice-Involved Options & Conviction History background topics.
The goal of “Re-Entry Resources & Conviction History Options” is to present options, programs & opportunities towards life goals & livable-wage careers, and thus exit homelessness. These events are widely publicized throughout the Puget Sound region and through many agencies & public resources & event calendars.
For more information, please CLICK HERE.
Guest Speaker Roster

WRAP Refresher (3 Day)
2018-04-24 09:00 - 2018-04-26 16:30
N. Central/Moses Lake
The WRAP® Refresher is an interactive course co-facilitated by the Copeland Center Advanced Level
Facilitators to sharpen and expand facilitation skills to further engage groups in the Wellness Recovery
Action Planning. For more information, CLICK HERE.
WRAP Refresher courses are intended for those who have completed the 5-day facilitator training (seminar 2).
For a full schedule of Holding the Hope 2018 Certified Peer Counselor Training Opportunities, click here!

Saying It Out Loud Conference: Beyond the Binary
2018-04-23 08:00 - 17:00 | Greater Tacoma Convention Center, 1500 Commerce, Tacoma, WA, 98402, United States
The 17th annual Saying It Out Loud Conference will be held April 23, 2018 at the Greater Tacoma Convention Center, and will feature Talcott Broadhead, MSW as keynote speaker. Registration is available here. Click here or call (877) 922-6635 for more information.
For scholarship information and application, click HERE.

Documentation for Peer Support Counselors
2018-04-18 09:00 - 13:00
N. King County
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, please CLICK HERE.
For a full schedule of Holding the Hope 2018 Certified Peer Counselor Training Opportunities, click here!

Today's Psychiatric Medications
2018-04-18 08:30 - 12:00
Everett, WA
If you’ve ever wondered why someone is being prescribed a specific medication, this workshop is for you.
Concise, useful, but not too technical, the medication information presented in this workshop will extend your knowledge of psychopharmacology for both adults and children. Melissa Truner and Joanne Sprunger are Compass Health staff members with a wealth of information to share about today’s psychiatric medications, their benefits, side effects and uses.
For more information or to register, CLICK HERE.

Spokane 2018 Behavioral Health Integration Forums
2018-04-17 11:00 - 16:00 | Washington State University Extention, 222 N Havana, Spokane, WA, 99202, United States

Harm Reduction Intervention Training
2018-04-13 09:00 - 17:00
Everett, WA
The umbrella term “harm reduction” comprises a set of evidence-based, patient-centered approaches that may be tailored to suit the treatment preferences of the 90% of Americans who have substance use disorders but are not ready, willing or able to stop using. Under that umbrella, harm-reduction treatment (HaRT) comprises both individual and group treatment modalities and entails a compassionate, advocacy-oriented provider stance that affords people the respect and autonomy needed to forge their own paths toward minimizing substance-related harm and improving quality of life. It does not require abstinence or use reduction, and instead prioritizes clients’ own harm-reduction goals and safer-use strategies. It focuses on “accepting people where they’re at” and avoids pathologizing or placing moral value on substance use.
For more information or to register, please CLICK HERE.

Youth Mental Health First Aid
2018-04-12 08:00 - 17:00
Everett, WA
Youth Mental Health First Aid is a public education program which introduces participants to the unique risk factors and warning signs of mental health problems in adolescents, builds understanding of the importance of early intervention, and most importantly – teaches individuals how to help a youth in crisis or experiencing a mental health or substance use challenge. Mental Health First Aid uses role-playing and simulations to demonstrate how to assess a mental health crisis; select interventions and provide initial help; and connect young people to professional, peer, social, and self-help care.
For more information or to register, CLICK HERE.
