Trainings
NCAAR provides NO COST training to advocacy leaders and other community organizations on multiple topics including; Language, Advocacy, Prevention and Early Intervention, and Recovery. (Descriptions are listed below)
Language Training
Our Stories Have Power:
The “OG” of language training, OSHP teaches people in recovery, their families, and their allies, how to tell their personal story from a positive, recovery-based perspective.
Powering Up:
Intended as a follow-up for those that have taken, and mastered, the language in Our Stories Have Power.
Sticks and Stones: Using Empowering Language for Change:
Designed for anyone interacting with people within the behavioral health system; including clinicians, peers, law enforcement, general public, etc.
Addressing Stigma:
Explores stigma, discrimination, and how implicit bias can negatively affect the desired outcome in people with diagnoses.
Advocacy Training
Advocacy 101:
What is Advocacy? Why is it so important? This training introduces the concepts of Big A and little a advocacy, how advocacy can result in change at both the micro and macro levels, and discovering the type of advocacy that is best and appropriate for each person.
NJ Legislation: How a Bill Becomes a Law:
Sometimes this training is tagged onto “Advocacy101” but can be a stand alone for existing Advocates. It explains the lengthy process of how an idea can become a law in New Jersey.
History of the Recovery Advocacy Movement:
We stand on the shoulders of giants: this training introduces the audience to some of the people that laid the groundwork for where we are today.
Prevention and Early Intervention
Introduction to SBIRT:
An overview of SBIRT (screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment), its importance, and where it can be implemented.
SBIRT:
This training is intended for those that want to implement SBIRT in their workplace (recommended for schools, medical facilities, and anywhere that provides routine, standard screenings).
Recovery Training
Prioritizing Recovery:
This training points out how we currently treat SUD/MH (as an acute illness) and the direction care should be moving (into a Recovery Oriented System of Care). Think of it as “ROSC 101.”
Recovery Oriented Systems of Care:
A detailed overview of the collaborations/systems needed to create a ROSC and why this model should be the standard of care.
Understanding Medications in Recovery:
This training is an overview of the commonly prescribed medications in behavioral health, both for substance use disorders and mental health conditions. It stresses the importance that medications can have in recovery, and how only the patient and their doctor can safely decide what is appropriate for them.
Understanding Harm Reduction:
This is an introduction to what harm reduction is, and isn’t. Because Harm Reduction is highly stigmatized, usually through lack of understanding, this easy to understand training is a great way to educate people about how harm reduction practices are used in everyday life, and why the philosophy is so important in addressing SUD/MH.
A Continuum of Recovery and Wellness:
This training is an overview of recovery, its principles and dimensions, and the importance of helping people build recovery capital.
Navigating the System:
Another NJ focused training intended for people that are new to the field. It goes over some basic frequently used acronyms, the difference between Medicaid/Medicare/funding streams, levels of care, and tips for finding reputable treatment and supports.
Integrating Peers into the Workforce:
This training is for anyone that has, or is seeking, to integrate peers into their team. It highlights peer philosophy, what peers are and what they are not. Peers are an amazing addition to any team when roles are clearly defined and expectations and ethics are aligned.
Reframing Substance Use and Support: Incorporating Harm Reduction in Family Advocacy:
This training is for anyone working in peer support or treatment on how to engage families and change the narrative when discussing harm reduction approaches to reduce risk.
Need Space? Rent our conference room for your next training or event. This room holds up to 70 people. Email Policy@ncaarbh.org for more information.
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