May 20, 2013/ Columbus, OH/ $60 for Ohio providers; $100 for non-Ohio/ CEUs & Supervision credits/ Presenter Scott Gerhard, MA, LSW, of our Center/ "Motivational Interviewing, Applied Skills for Practice" provides opportunities to practice integrating this evidence-based treatment into your work with people who have severe mental illness and/or co-occurring substance use disorders. This workshop builds upon "MI Foundations, Part 1 & 2." MI is a core component of IDDT, ACT, Health Homes, other best practices.

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May 21, 2013/ Columbus, OH/ $60 for Ohio providers; $100 for non-Ohio/ CEUs & Supervision credits/ Presenter Scott Gerhard, MA, LSW, of our Center/ "Motivational Interviewing, Applied Skills for Practice" provides opportunities to practice integrating this evidence-based treatment into your work with people who have severe mental illness and/or co-occurring substance use disorders. This workshop builds upon "MI Foundations, Part 1 & 2." MI is a core component of IDDT, ACT, Health Homes, other best practices.

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$0, Free./ Check for dates, times, locations of next meeting near you./ "Regional Meetings for Integrated SAMI Treatment" are peer-networking events for professionals from multiple disciplines and systems who serve people with co-occurring substance abuse and mental illness (SAMI). Participants discuss challenges and solutions for implementing evidence-based practices and other service strategies (e.g., IDDT, ACT, DDCAT, DDCMHT, TRAC, MI, Health Homes). Moderated by staff of our Center.

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May 23, 2013; 7 to 8:45 pm/ Ashland University, Ashland, OH/ This event is a public forum, titled "Are We Overmedicating Our Children: How Should a Community Respond to Emotional and Behavioral Issues in Children and Youth?" It is sponsored and moderated by the Center for Civic Life at Ashland University in Ashland, Ohio and co-sponsored by the Mental Health and Recovery Board (MHRB) of Ashland County. Direct your questions to the Board.

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Friday mornings./ Cleveland, OH./ $Free./ CMEs, CEUs./ The Grand Rounds series takes place from 7:45 to 9 am most Fridays and features a different topic about mental health each week. Presenters may focus upon child, adolescent, or adult psychiatry, as well as addiction psychiatry, forensic psychiatry, and more. Click the link below for the current list of events. Sponsored by the Department of Psychiatry at the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. Open to all providers of behavioral healthcare.

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Earn CEUs. | The Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences (school of social work) at Case Western Reserve University offers a regular schedule of events that prepares social workers and other health and human service professionals to meet the complex needs of individuals, families, organizations, and communities.

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June 17, 2013/ Akron, OH/ $0, Free/ For Ohio providers only/ Learn how to promote, support, and motivate health-behavior change among people with SPMI. Learn to use stages of change and readiness for change, to screen and identify tobacco-related disorders, to understand evidence-based pharmacotherapy for tobacco use. This training event is part of the Ohio Medicaid Health Homes initiative sponsored by the Ohio Department of Mental Health. This event is presented by our Center. CEUs, CMEs.

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July 31-August 2, 2013/ Columbus, OH/ Join us at the annual "Addiction Studies Institute," hosted by Talbot Hall of The Ohio State University Medical Center. Christina M. Delos Reyes, MD, from our Center will present two workshops, including "Pharmacology Update: Treating Mental Illness & Substance Use Disorders." Sign up for her workshops. Also, stop by our display table. The Institute draws over 850 professionals together each year from Ohio and other states.

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A Test Event: Do Not Register. ...

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