The Northeast ATTC is working on a collaborative effort with the New York SSA office (OASAS) and the Institute for Professional Development in the Addictions (IPDA) around the area of work force development.
The Northeast ATTC has gathered resources about current workforce development issues. Click here to access.
For more information about the Northeast ATTC Work Force Initiative, please contact the Northeast ATTC at info@ireta.org or 412-258-8565.
The Department of Public Welfare, Office of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services (OMHSAS) and the Northeast Addiction Technology Transfer Center (Northeast ATTC), Institute for Research, Education and Training in Addictions (IRETA), are pleased to bring you this new resource in co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders!
The Northeast ATTC, in partnership with Drexel University, College of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry Behavioral Healthcare Education, and Senior Advisor Paula Riggs, M.D., University of Colorado, is developing a 12-hour, two-day curriculum for training participants in initial concepts and skills for working with adolescents having co-occurring mental and substance use disorders. This training curriculum includes:
The training curriculum will contain current information regarding integrated approaches for mental illness and substance abuse disorders, including:
- workbooks for participants;
- detailed trainers’ manual, including bibliography and resource materials
- CD-ROM with slides and supplemental materials
- assessment content and process;
- substance use in a developmental context;
- overview of the most common co-occurring mental disorders;
- the role of, and cautions regarding, psychotropic medications;
- family engagement and inclusion strategies;
- strengths-based focus;
- motivational interviewing skills;
- cognitive-behavioral treatment approaches; and
- self-rating exercises for values, knowledge and skills, including other topics for continuing education (including trauma-informed practice, neurological functioning and psychopharmacology).
For more information about the training manual, please contact the Northeast ATTC at 412-258-8565.
At the request of the Northeast ATTC Executive Committee the Northeast ATTC has put together a directory of expert trainers for our region. The VTT consists of 19 eminent trainers in the tri-state region and focused on areas such as clinical supervision, trauma and substance abuse, opiate abuse, etc. The VTT was selected using a rubric and evaluated independently by reviewers from all three states. VTT members participate in ATTC sponsored “Train the Trainer” workshops and conduct trainings throughout the tri-state region. Click here for the VTT Directory of Trainers.
For more information about the Northeast ATTC Virtual Training Team, please contact Kristine Pond at pondk@ireta.org or 412-258-8569
POLaRIS stands for Performance, Organization, Learning and Real-Time Improvement System. IRETA developed this performance improvement core model over a number of years, recognizing that existing models were not adequate to grow into system-wide and sustainable change mechanism. To find out more about POLaRIS click here.
