Join us for the first offering in this informative pharmacology course series. This course will explore the pharmacology of alcohol. The presenter will cover how alcohol addiction impacts major brain regions and the acute and chronic symptoms associated with alcohol use. Specific features of alcohol dependence and withdrawal will be discussed. Additionally, we will discuss alcohol use during pregnancy and the categories of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD). 

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

1. Define alcohol addiction and list the components that influence stigma.
2. Describe the acute and chronic effects of alcohol use.

Course developed by the Northwest Prevention Technology Transfer Center (PTTC) with support from SAMHSA Cooperative Agreement Number is: # H79SP080995-01

1.5 Hour Certificate of Completion Available

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This course, designed to serve a broad audience including health care and behavioral health administrators and supervisors, direct care providers of behavioral health service and students in pre-service classes, provides content valuable for myriad professionals to consider in their day-to-day work when serving people with substance use disorders. The topics selected provide content identified in the literature as critical and will allow participants to gain a deeper understanding of the nature and context of stigma.

Developed by the Mountain Plains Addiction Technology Transfer Center.

4.0 Hours Continuing Education Credit Available

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This course, designed to serve a broad audience including health care and behavioral health administrators and supervisors, direct care providers of behavioral health service and students in pre-service classes, provides content valuable for myriad professionals to consider in their day-to-day work when serving people with substance use disorders. The topics selected provide content identified in the literature as critical and will allow participants to gain a deeper understanding of the nature and context of stigma.

Developed by the Mountain Plains Addiction Technology Transfer Center.

Certificate of Completion Available

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This 1.5 hour course is designed to educate employers and employees about mental health and substance use issues that may arise in the workplace and how to manage them. It is not designed for the mental health professional, and this series does not train the viewer to diagnose, only to recognize and respond. Behavioral health and substance use are common occurrences. Everyone in the workplace can make an impact by learning more about these conditions, working to reduce stigma, and learning how to talk to a coworker who might be struggling and help them to access supportive resources.

This presentation was prepared for the Mid-America Addiction Technology Center (Mid-America ATTC), Mid-America Mental Health Technology Transfer Center (Mid-America MHTTC), and the Mid-America Prevention Technology Transfer Center (Mid-America PTTC) under a cooperative agreement from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).

Certificate of Completion Available

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Note: Enrollment for this course has been removed. The course will close on 10/1/25. Contact the ORN for questions about courses or topics related to this course. 

In 2019, an estimated 1 in 59 adults in the U.S. was under community supervision. Researchers estimate that 60 to 80% of individuals on probation have a substance use disorder. Many people on community supervision who have an opioid use disorder never get the high-quality care needed to recover. There are many reasons for this - logistical barriers, lack of access to evidence-based treatments, stigma... But as a professional working with people on probation/ parole, you can change that.

This 2-hour online course is designed specifically for community supervision officers and community treatment providers working with justice-involved individuals. Whether you're supervising someone with an OUD under community supervision or providing their treatment, every interaction is an opportunity to achieve better outcomes.

Certificate of Completion

According to the Dougy Center: The National Center for Grieving Children and Families, individuals cope with losses in different ways; therefore, there is no right or wrong way to grieve. In adolescents and young adults, feelings of loss and grief can develop from many things beyond a loved one's physical death, such as loss of developmental experiences or milestones. This 1.5 hour webinar will explore the various definitions and components of grief and loss and how it can manifest in adolescents and young adults. Using the SBIRT model, participants will learn to identify warning signs and screen for complicated grief in adolescents and young adults, conduct a brief intervention, and link them to appropriate resources for further treatment, including substance use and depression. The presenter will also outline protective and mitigating factors to help adolescents and young adults cope with grief and loss.

Learning Objectives:

• Define the various components of grief and loss and how it affects adolescents and young adults from a physical, emotional, cognitive, behavioral, and spiritual perspective;
• Explore ambiguous, stigmatized, traumatic losses, and anticipatory, disenfranchised, and complicated grief;
• Recognize the importance of screening for loss with their adolescent and young adult clients; and
• Identify ways to screen, conduct brief interventions, and refer high-risk individuals to appropriate services.

The Addiction Technology Transfer Center Network (ATTC) is partnering with NORC, at the  University of Chicago and the Association for Multidisciplinary Education and Research in Substance use and Addiction (AMERSA) to bring a series of virtual events examining special topics for working with adolescents and transitional age youth that relate to substance use and mental health conditions.

Certificate of Completion Available

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Offering pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) effectively starts with understanding individual HIV risk and engaging patients in meaningful, person-centered conversations. This webinar will focus on risk assessment strategies, reducing stigma, and using shared decision-making to offer PrEP as part of a comprehensive sexual health approach. 

The Clinical Training Center for Sexual and Reproductive Health is funded by DHHS grant number FPTPA006031. This activity is intended for informational purposes and does not constitute legal or medical advise or endorsement of a specific product.

1 hour Continuing Education Available

CNE, CME

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This three-hour, four-module course, "Understanding Opioid Use Disorder and Justice Settings," explores the critical intersection of substance use and the justice system. The training will equip participants with scientific explanations of how substance use affects the brain and the goals of medications for opioid use disorder. The training also addresses the crucial issue of stigma and strategies to effectively manage it across diverse environments.

This presentation was prepared for the South Southwest Addiction Technology Transfer Center (ATTC) Network under a cooperative agreement from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). This work is supported by grant number 1H79TI087725-01 from the Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.

3.0 Social Work CEU or 3.0 LPC Credit CEU Certificate Available (The CEU certificate is free.)

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Harm reduction is increasingly emphasized as an important approach when working across the continuum of care. While many in the prevention field remain focused on primary prevention, opportunities exist for preventionists to support and augment local harm reduction efforts. This online course focuses on steps prevention practitioners can take to support harm reduction efforts, including promoting community readiness, addressing stigma, and linking harm reduction to more traditional “upstream” prevention efforts. 

The course consists of an interactive content module and a completion quiz. It is estimated that the course may take up to 2 hours to complete.

This course was developed by the Great Lakes Prevention Technology Transfer Center, which is funded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and covers the HHS Region 5 (IN, IL, MI, MN, OH, WI).

Certificate of Completion Available

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