Professional Events

Continuing Education

By participating, you not only enhance your skills but also join a community committed to providing the best care possible. Elevate your treatment techniques, meet licensure requirements, and stay at the cutting edge of advancements in the care industry.

Upcoming Events

 

“I’m not gay, I’m in rehab.”

The Impact of CPTSD, Substance Use, and Residential Treatment on Adolescent Expression of Sexuality

objectives:

Participants will be able to:

  • Recognize patterns of behavior consistent with CPTSD & SUD in adolescents in residential settings
  • Define the relationship between sexuality and substance use, and how CPTSD influences both
  • Design effective programming for the needs of youth in residential settings, with flexibility and language inclusive of changing identities

Register Here: https://tinyurl.com/im-in-rehab

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Past Events

The Intersection of Attachment Trauma and Addiction: Implications for Treatment

Learning objectives:

  • Describe how childhood trauma and broken attachment bonds affect addiction.
  • Distinguish how to treat clients who have an addiction, level of care options, and evidence-based treatment.
  • Assess and refer a client for substance treatment.

Register Here: http://www.tinyurl.com/attachment-trauma

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Right Level, Right Time: Navigating ASAM Levels of Care for Alcohol Use Disorder

Learning objectives:

  • Define alcohol use disorder (AUD) and briefly describe ways a professional may be able to screen and diagnose these patients.
  • List and describe the six ASAM dimensions and explain how they influence level-of-care placement for individuals with alcohol use disorder.
  • Differentiate between outpatient, intensive outpatient, high intensity outpatient, residential, and withdrawal management levels of care for AUD based on clinical risk factors.
  • Identify at least three indicators that warrant referral to medically monitored or medically managed withdrawal services.
  • Apply ASAM criteria to case examples to determine the most appropriate level of care.
  • Formulate appropriate referral questions to improve placement accuracy and decrease time to safe placement.

Register Here: https://tinyurl.com/ASAM-AUD

Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) and Medications for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD)

Learning objectives:

  • Define Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) and Medications for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD)
  • Demonstrate knowledge of basic medication options for the treatment of opioid use disorder (OUD), including their risks, benefits, and side effects
  • Compare outcomes for OUD patients treated with and without medication

Register Here: https://tinyurl.com/MATandMOUD

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The Dialectics of DBT: Beyond the Skills

Learning objectives:

  • Discover some of the correlations between behaviorism, brain development, and depression/anxiety in today’s younger generations.
  • Consider the multifaceted approach of ‘dialectics’— that multiple opposing factors can all be true at once.
  • Apply dialectics to work with clients to identify the challenges in their lives that stand in the way of their values.
  • Understand and implement grounding and acceptance skills to promote lasting behavioral change in our clients.

Raising the Bar on Treatment Outcomes

Integrating Measurement-Based Care, Tracking Progress, and Utilizing Patient Data for Successful Outcomes

Learning objectives:

  • To understand MBC and its benefits therein for therapeutic integration.
  • To consider the multifaceted approaches in tracking client progress to improve outcomes.
  • To identify processes and procedures toward implementing practices of MBC and ethical outcomes.
  • To consider the importance of MBC in assessment of risk and higher level of care referrals.
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Raising the Bar on Treatment Outcomes

Learning objectives:

  • Explain measurement-based care and its benefits for therapeutic integration.
  • Compare multifaceted approaches in tracking client progress to improve outcomes.
  • Identify and describe processes and procedures for implementing measurement-based care practices and ethical outcomes reporting into their own practice or facility.
  • Summarize the importance of MBC in assessment of risk and higher level of care referrals.

Raising the Bar on Treatment Outcomes

Learning Objectives:

  • Explain measurement-based care and its benefits for therapeutic integration.
  • Compare multifaceted approaches in tracking client progress to improve outcomes.
  • Identify and describe processes and procedures for implementing measurement-based care practices and ethical outcomes reporting into their own practice or facility.
  • Summarize the importance of MBC in assessment of risk and higher level of care referrals.
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Supporting Middle and High School Students with School Avoiding Behaviors

Learning Objectives

  • List 3 possible underlying causes of school avoiding behavior.
  • Identify 8 strategies participants can utilize in both school and clinical treatment settings with young clients in middle and high school.
  • Develop a treatment plan for supporting a student who has school avoiding behavior.

Navigating the Battlefield at Home: Specialized Strategies for Supporting Military Families

Learning Objectives

  • Gain critical knowledge and skills needed to support military families effectively.
  • Get a deeper understanding of the challenges faced by spouses, children, and extended family members of active-duty service members and veterans.
  • Become equipped with practical tools to enhance your clinical approach, build trust with military families, and provide culturally competent mental health support.
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Working With LGBTQ+ Clients 101

Learning Objectives

  • Describe one or more risk and protective factors for LGBTQ+ adolescents, adults, and their families for mental health conditions and substance use disorders.
  • Utilize one or more strategies to integrate LGBTQ+-affirming care in their clinical practice.
  • Utilize one or more strategies to support LGBTQ+ adolescents, adults, and/or their families in their cultural context.

“Treatment Resistant Neuropsychiatric Illness”

Please join Dr. Steve Best of the Neuroscience Center and Sandstone Care for an engaging presentation about the nuances of treatment-resistant neuropsychiatric illness. Dr. Best will discuss the extent, causes, evaluation, and treatment approaches for this complex condition. Complimentary lunch provided by Sandstone Care.

RSVP to Phil Marcantelli by April 28th: PhilipMarcantelli@SandstoneCare.com

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Legal & Ethical Considerations with Children Adolescents, & Emerging Adults

Learning Objectives

  • Apply the six common ethical principles identified by Beauchamp and Childress to dilemmas encountered by therapists working with children, adolescents and emerging adults
  • Explain how the developmental readiness of children, adolescents, emerging adults and their parents influence each of the three elements of validly consenting or assenting to treatment
  • Explain how the way a therapist handles LGBTQ+ and other sensitive issues might affect the therapeutic relationship, even with youth to whom those issues do not seem to apply
  • And more!

Assessment & Treatment of Suicidal Behaviors: Best Practices with Adolescent & Young Adults

Suicide rates in adolescents and young adults have risen significantly in the past 15 years. This workshop will identify considerations when working with adolescents and young adults who express a wish to die. Participants will gain competency in assessing, intervening, and safety planning with adolescents/young adults, and increasing collaboration with families.

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Understanding Higher Levels of Care

This workshop will increase attendees’ understanding of higher levels of care and how to make referrals for patients.

Participants will understand the differences between 3 levels of care, gain competence in determining when to refer for higher levels of care, and how to create a high quality referral for long-term treatment optimization.

Unpacking Unknown Bias

Learning Objectives

  • Define various types of bias.
  • Recognize when their own bias shows up and articulate how this may impact the therapeutic relationship.
  • Discuss strategies for navigating any bias once they become aware.
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Emerging Substances of Abuse

Learning Objectives

  • Identify emerging substances of abuse (i.e. tianeptine, xylazine, delta-8 THC)
  • Discuss complications related to emerging substances
  • Discuss treatment options for emerging substances

LGBTQ+ Issues in Counseling

Learning Objectives

  • Verbalize the differences between sexuality and gender and common terms associated and used in each area.
  • Recognize barriers to care for LGBTQ+ community members and how to overcome some of these issues.
  • Identify at least two ways to create safer spaces for both patients and staff for those within the community.
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Is it Maladaptive?

Learning Objectives
  • Define and identify maladaptive coping.
  • List at least 2 alternative ways to manage self-harm and suicidal ideations with clients.
  • Assess how the clinician’s reaction impacts client responses.

Understanding The Current State of Fentanyl Use and Treatment

Learning Objectives

  • Discuss how Fentanyl differs from other opioids, and what makes it so dangerous.
  • Identify the present epidemiological trends concerning Fentanyl use.
  • List potential treatment and recovery options associated with Fentanyl abuse.
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