Creating Community Connections

This is an introductory level training aimed at educating participants about the continuum of Trauma-Informed Care and the pervasiveness of trauma in our communities. Participants will learn about types of trauma, its pervasiveness, and long-term outcomes from the effects of trauma, particularly as it relates to individuals receiving behavioral health services.

Social networking sites, text messages, Google, email and the Internet: these digital media have become ubiquitous in the everyday life of addiction professionals and the people they serve.  Incorporating digital media into Professional Ethics were not covered when the majority of addiction professionals were in graduate school, and they open up multiple issues with respect to self-disclosure and professional boundaries.  This didactic and experiential training will allow participants to gain an increased understanding of the dynamics of these various digital media and how to safely navigate them in a professional and personal setting. 

This session will provide an overview of the history and current implementation of CIT in KY. This will include a discussion of the CIT Boards developed across KY. Anyone working with individuals with mental health or substance use disorders should know about CIT and this is your chance.

This session will explore the method of Motivational Interviewing and discuss how to incorporate these skills into your daily work.  MI can be an extraordinary tool for practitioners as we enhance our ability to listen and communicate with those we serve while allowing them the opportunity to make their own decisions. This presentation is based on the definition used by Miller and Rollnick (2013): “Motivational interviewing is a style of communication that involves strategic use of questions and statements to help clients find their own reasons for change.” It is an “evidence based, person-centered method for addressing the common problem of ambivalence about change.”  This session will offer the following: Brief history of Motivational Interviewing; Basic and fundamental principles of MI; MI skill building; and Interactive experiences to illustrate the facilitation of MI.

This workshop provides good information for all behavioral health staff working in the community (homes, schools, on the road). Learn about ways to keep yourself mentally healthy and physically safe. Presenter will share information and will encourage participants to share their own lessons learned with each other.

This workshop will provide an overview of the concept of Person Centered Recovery Planning as a process and will promote a greater understanding of using person first language and actions.  The contrast between the traditional “medical model” and a person centered model of care will be explored.

This session is a repeat of the session offered on Tuesday morning.  This workshop will focus on the common mental health illnesses seen in adults and children including Depression, Bipolar, Schizophrenia, Anxiety Disorders, PTSD and Attention Deficient Disorder. Their symptoms and treatment will be discussed along with an emphasis on the classes of psychotropic medications used in their treatment and possible side effects or drug interactions.  

Persons in recovery and allies routinely talk more about the “what it was like” than recovery. Using inaccurate words perpetuates the stigma of addiction. This session will help attendees learn how to share the reality of recovery so that people not in recovery can hear and understand it.

This workshop will provide insight into what human trafficking really is, how you can help identify child victims, and get them help.

Families are our first teachers for how to interact with the world.  Not all families, however, are equally equipped to socialize their children in healthy ways.  This session explores the continuum between dysfunctional and functional families, roles within those families, and how we carry those family roles from childhood into adult relationships. Codependency and its impact both on the person with an active substance use disorder as well as those who love them is specifically examined. Participants will also gain practical interventions to use in aiding families in their recovery. 

This training will instruct mental health peers on ways to gather data from large and small community groups and build support for mental health recovery. Participants will gain an understanding of how individuals, communities, and organizations can work collaboratively to produce successful mental health recovery outcomes.  After completing the training, participants should be able to:  Discuss the importance of the peer voice  in developing and delivering services in the behavioral health community;  Describe the benefits of collaborating with allied organizations;   Discuss the role of the behavioral health peer community in providing diverse perspectives;  Identify strategies for including the peer voice in adapting data collection tools; and  Create a plan to develop a system of information gathering for peer populations.

This workshop is designed to demonstrate how justice involved individuals with substance use disorders can overcome barriers to successful reintegration into our communities. Topics will highlight Kentucky initiatives to reduce recidivism and save lives by providing evidence based therapeutic treatment, aftercare and recovery support services; as well as empower individuals to secure and retain employment upon release.