This training will introduce participants to Care Coordination, defining it, and how to apply it. Participants will examine communication within internal and external groups, what items should be included when making a referral, the importance of follow ups, as well...
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Cultural Competency: Building Health Equity in the Workplace
This workshop is designed for the professional who hopes to gain a better understanding of culture and cultural competency issues and the ways to improve upon identifying and communicating with members of diverse populations. The participant will discover their own...
Difficult to Engage Clients: Overcoming Resistance with Motivational Interviewing
Training provides an overview of client engagement styles as well as resistance to change. The 'Stages of Changes' are explored and defined with behavioral examples. Use of the Evidence Based Practice of Motivational Interviewing is outlined as an approach to change...
Internet Gaming, Gambling, and Addiction
This class will explore the differences and similarities between gambling and gaming. Participants will be educated about gaming language, behavior and physiological and neurobiological reactions to both gambling and gaming. Discussions and visits to websites where...
ONLINE COURSE: Ethics in Prevention: A Guide for Substance Abuse Prevention Practitioners
As a substance misuse prevention professional, we regularly face situations that require us to make ethical decisions. Often it is clear how to act ethically; sometimes it is not. This moderated online course explores the six principles of the Prevention Code of...
Four Legs To Stand On Act 2
The Public Health Theater Performance Four Legs to Stand on Act 2 will be held on NEIT’s EG Campus in the Phil Parsons Media Theater on the first floor.
Film Screening and Discussion: “If Only”
This free screening of "If Only...," is sponsored by the Blackstone Valley Prevention Coalition, in partnership with the Wahlberg Foundation. The film will be followed by an interactive discussion about drug use and addiction featuring a panel of local experts. For...