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Date: January 18, 2024 Time: 1:00 PM—2:30 PM EST Note: This is an encore presentation of the webinar originally presented on December 4, 2023 and will cover the same material. This webinar will not be recorded. Loneliness, mental health challenges and substance use...

Trauma Informed Care is an organizational structure and treatment framework that involves understanding, recognizing, and responding to the effects of all types of trauma. Trauma Informed Care also emphasizes physical, psychological and emotional safety for both...

This training will review the dynamics of family homelessness, including impacts on children and the family as a whole. Learn the rights of homeless families and children, services available to them and review housing planning strategies. A certificate of completion...

Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor Southern tobacco farmer who worked the same land as her slave ancestors, yet her cells—taken without her knowledge—became one of the most important tools in medicine: The first “immortal”...

In this training, attendees will gain an understanding of how Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) have been empirically proven to have lasting impact. Attendees will leave understanding the areas of childhood experiences that are impacting their adult clients...

This session focuses on the background information needed for Health and Human Services professionals to become working allies to the Transgender and Gender Diverse community. Topics include respectful language, implicit bias and identity, health disparities, and...

The Strengths-Based Model is a recovery-oriented, evidence-based case management model developed by Charles Rapp and colleagues at the University of Kansas School of Social Welfare. It was developed in the early 1980’s in response to traditional mental health...

In this training, attendees will gain an understanding of how Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) have been empirically proven to have lasting impact. Attendees will leave understanding the areas of childhood experiences that are impacting their adult clients...

We often hear the expression, “Meet people where they are”, but what does that actually mean? How can we skillfully do this without losing sight of the forward growth and change that will lead them to their best life? The Transtheoretical Model, commonly known as the...

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