Training

Trauma-Informed Approach

Overview of the Trauma-Informed Approach

This overview provides information regarding the Trauma-Informed Approach and concept of trauma.  The five guiding principles of a Trauma-Informed Approach are: safety, choice, collaboration, trustiness and empowerment.  

Ensuring the physical and emotional safety of an individual is addressed is the first important step to providing Trauma-Informed Care.   

Alberta Health Services Trauma-Informed Approach E-Learning Series

This E-Learning series by developed by Alberta Health Services.  It provides an overview of the Trauma-Informed Care.

The National Child Traumatic Stress Network

The National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN) was created by Congress in 2000 as part of the Children’s Health Act to raise the standard of care and increase access to services for children and families who experience or witness traumatic events. The NCTSN has several training and resources available on their website. 

Child Welfare

National Center on Substance Abuse and Child Welfare Training Toolkit

Helping Child Welfare Workers Support Families with Substance Use, Mental, and Co-Occurring Disorders Training Package was developed to educate child welfare professionals about substance abuse and mental health disorders among families involved in the child welfare system. 

Adolescent Treatment

Adolescent Treatment Learning Series

This video learning series was created in partnership with the Utah State Youth Treatment Implementation Grant of the Utah Department of Human Services – Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health and the Department of Educational Psychology at the University of Utah. 

The video series consists of three learning video sections (created in 2018, 2019, and 2020) and cover a range of topics related to the understanding, prevention, and treatment of adolescent substance use. 

The video series was designed to provide information on foundational concepts and best practice to providers and educators with the ultimate goal of improving the lives of youth they serve. 

Emergency Planning

SAMHSA  Disaster Technical Assistance Center

This on-line training was developed by SAMHSA.  It is designed to help participants improve their awareness and understanding of the behavioral health effects of disasters and disaster and emergency response. 

Screening and Assessment  

Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment

The University of Tennessee, College of Social Work will be offering a free SBIRT Training Program, an evidence-based intervention funded by SAMHSA for the National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and Practices. 

Suicide Prevention 

CALM: Counseling on Access to Lethal Means 

Reducing access to lethal means, such as firearms and medication, can determine whether a person at risk for suicide lives or dies. This free online course focuses on how to reduce access to the methods people use to kill themselves. After completing this course, you will be able to:

• Explain that reducing access to lethal means is an evidence-based strategy for suicide prevention.
• Explain how reducing access to lethal means can prevent suicide.
• Identify clients for whom lethal means counseling is appropriate.
• Describe strategies for raising the topic of lethal means, and feel more comfortable and competent applying these strategies with clients.
• Advise clients on specific off-site and in-home secure storage options for firearms and strategies to limit access to dangerous medications.
• Work with your clients and their families to develop a specific plan to reduce access to lethal means and follow up on the plan over time.

While this course is primarily designed for mental health professionals, others who work with people at risk for suicide, such as health care providers and social service professionals, may also benefit.