mountain plains attc

Telebehavioral health and recovery support can assist with the expansion of services and improve client outcomes. It is essential to ensure that professionals providing services using videoconferencing mediums obtain comprehensive and specific training and supervision to offer the best quality of care. This series offers a unique interactive experience that provides shared consultation to professionals delivering counseling in an online environment. The series is structured to provide online consultation, skill-based learning and practice, group and self-study activities, reading assignments, and discussion on topics essential to providing services using videoconferencing.

WHEN:

Every Thursday, October 8 – December 10, 2020 from 10:00 -11:30 am MT / 11:00 am – 12:30 pm CT (There will be no session on Thursday, November 26 in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday.)

OBJECTIVES:

  • Describe and demonstrate the role of Telebehavioral Health in the continuum of clinical services
  • Identify the professional code of conduct for specific professional association
  • Discuss the legal and jurisdictional implications for individual practice
  • Explain how to identify, locate, and experience online support groups

TARGET AUDIENCE:

  • Judicial officers in Colorado
  • Those who support the idea of using technology to provide clinical services
  • Those with baseline knowledge of web-based videoconferencing for use in clinical practice
  • Those currently use or plan to incorporate videoconferencing into clinical and/or recovery services

PARTICIPANT COMMITMENT & EXPECTATIONS

  • Access to appropriate technology to utilize Zoom videoconferencing platform (internet connection, webcam, laptop/tablet, speakers and microphone)
    • View a 20-minute tutorial on how to use the Zoom videoconferencing platform
  • Attend a one-hour online Orientation on Thursday, October 8, 2020 at 10:00 am MT / 11:00 am CT Commit to 8-weeks of online training for 1.5 hours weekly from October 15 – December 10, 2020
  • Complete weekly self-study learning activities

TRAINER(S)/FACILITATOR(S):

  • Maryellen Evers, LCSW, CAADC

THERE IS NO COST TO PARTICIPATE: The first 35 registrants will receive a Mountain Plains ATTC waiver that covers the $350 cost to participate. Once the 35 spots have been filled, registration will be closed. Due to limited enrollment, if you cannot commit to the full requirements, please defer this opportunity to others.   

Please Note: Registrants enrolled in this series are required to attend the October 8 and October 15 sessions. If you cannot attend these sessions, you will forfeit your attendance.

In addition, it is expected that participants will have access to the appropriate technology by October 22 in order to fully participate and be on camera at least 90% of the time. This is not a webinar series and active participation to gain/improve skills are required.

Due to limited enrollment, if you cannot commit to the full participant requirements, please defer this online training series opportunity to others.  Registration is not transferable to another person. 

If you have not received a welcome email by October 7, please check your spam folder.

Continuing Education – The series has been approved for a total of 21 contact hours (20 hours content instruction and the one-hour orientation session) through the National Association for Addiction Professionals (NAADAC), International Certification & Reciprocity Consortium (IC&RC), and the National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC) ACEP No. 6492. No credit will be awarded for non-attendance or partial attendance. 

The knowledge and skills learned should be applied within the framework of any applicable Operating and/or Credentialing regulations in your State of practice.

QUESTIONS:

Please contact the MPATTC Workwise Staff at mpattc@casat.org or by phone at 775-784-6265 or 866-617-2816 (toll-free).