Housing Supports Training/Learning Series

This training is targeted for Residential Class 2, Recovery Housing and Permanent Supported Housing Operators, Managers and Staff.

This Personal Safety and Effective Communication training will help operators, managers and staff be better prepared to deal with personal safety issues, increase staff confidence as the result of having more choices in dealing with safety issues at work and increase moral all leading to a reduced number of incidents and increase in staff performance.

The objectives for this training include:

• Increase staff skills in recognizing potentially threatening or dangerous situations.
• Increase staff skills in maintaining productive and safe interactions with residents and others they may have contact with.
• Provide staff with more choices in dealing with challenging situations.

The objectives will be met with the following areas of learning:

1. The Personal Safety Template: Awareness, Assessment, Anticipation, Action.
2. Approaches to Dealing with Anger: What angry people want and need.
3. Effective Communication: It's not what you say- it's what they think you mean when you say it.
4. Behavioral Risk Assessment: The earlier we see it, the more options we have.
5. Verbal De-escalation Strategies: Getting to safe and productive.
6. Transforming the Language: What we say to others; what we say to ourselves.
7. Principles of Defusing: Ten to-do's and to-dont's.
8. Congruent Communication: Transforming others by changing ourselves.

Registration is required for this face-to-face/in-person training in order to attend.  Please choose only one date to register for this training. If you sign up and find out later that you cannot attend, please cancel your registration as we are limiting the training to 30 attendees per training. If you do not cancel ahead of time and do not show up for the training, your name will be canceled out if you try and sign up for a new date. At that point your name will be added to a waitlist. You will be notified 2 days before if there is room available.

• 11/19/2019 | Tuesday      | 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM | Cincinnati   | Hamilton County Mental Health and Recovery Services Board. 2350 Auburn Ave Cincinnati, OH 45219
• 10/02/2019 | Wednesday | 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM | Columbus  | Opportunities for Ohioans with Disabilities (OOD), 150 Campus View Drive, Columbus, OH  43235

OhioMHAS Housing University 2019

About the Conference

The Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (OhioMHAS) and it’s partners invites Residential Facility Class 2, Recovery Housing and Permanent Supportive Housing providers to participate in the third Housing University. The two-day Housing University will offer networking and educational opportunities to assist in improved operations. OhioMHAS is dedicated to supporting its housing providers by providing the tools and resources necessary to ensure each resident has a safe, secure and supported housing environment.  

Who Should Attend

The audience for the Housing University includes Residential Facility Class 2, Recovery Housing, and Permanent Supportive Housing owners, managers and operators, as well as anyone else who has a desire to learn the nuts and bolts of operating these housing environments.

Conference Location

Marriott Columbus University Area
3100 Olentangy River Road
Columbus, Ohio 43202
Book your group rate for OhioMHAS 2019 Conference:
https://www.marriott.com/event-reservations/reservation-link.mi?id=1559314959780&key=GRP&app=resvlink

Click here to register

Please contact Susan.Tafrate@mha.ohio.gov if you have any questions.

Residential Facility Class 2 (Adult Care Facility) Operators and staff will receive 6 hours of mental health training that can apply toward the training requirement from Licensure and Certification.

The family dynamic created in group living is greatly impacted when family members have a serious mental illness. Operators and staff of residential facilities (ACF's) are the family of those living in their homes, many who are struggling with serious mental illness. Understanding the impact of these illnesses in terms of the physical, emotional and symptomatic behaviors can reduce tension in the family dynamic. This training will provide those attending with a recognition of the impact of the illness, the inability to control some behaviors and techniques to most effectively dealing with the dynamics of mental illness in their home. This training will provide information to help recognize behaviors as symptoms and to respond appropriately, will improve communications with clients by utilizing techniques offered in the training, and will create a more stable home environment as a result of increased understanding and symptom management. This is a great training for those providers and staff new to mental health or who are looking to review what they have already learned.

Please choose ONE date to register to obtain your 6 hours of mental health training for Residential Facility Class 2 (ACF) licensure and certification.

• 11/7/2019   | Thursday | 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM | Dayton | Montgomery County ADAMHS Board 409 East Monument Ave, Suite 102 Dayton, OH 45402
• 10/17/2019 | Thursday | 8:45 AM - 3:45 PM | Akron | Summit County Public Health, 1867 West Market Street Akron, OH 44313

Residential Facility Class 2 (Adult Care Facility) Operators and staff will receive 6 hours of mental health training that can apply towards the training requirement from Licensure and Certification.

Residential Facility Class 2 (Adult Care Facilities) staff members and other housing providers who treat individuals suffering from mental illness in out of home facilities require skills that bring calm while managing mental health crises and aggressive behaviors while maintaining a safe treatment environment. This requires knowledge of best practices in crisis management with knowledge of legal and state mandated resources . 

This training focuses on creating a safe environment and providing for an understanding of risk behaviors, behavioral escalation, and trauma and violence prevention. A “core strategy” approach which centers on proactive de-escalation, data driven, and client centered interventions, debriefing and crisis/safety planning.

GOALS:

• Understand the core strategies of creating a “violence free/coercion free” environment
• Understand the emotional and mental illness factors that can lend themselves to a crisis
• Understand proactive interventions to a crisis
• Understand de-escalation and debriefing and the creation of crisis plans
• Understand the impact of suicide behavior and the factors that contribute to it
• Increase awareness of Ohio MH law and knowledge of resources

OBJECTIVES:

• Discuss what mental health crisis entails
• Discuss/review trauma and mental illness symptoms which may lead to a crisis
• Discuss antecedent interventions, behavioral interventions, problem solving skills and recovery interventions
• Discuss aspects of suicide prevention and safety planning
• Discuss empowerment and engagement principles

Please choose ONE date to register to obtain your 6 hours of mental health training for Residential Facility Class 2 (ACF) licensure and certification.

• 12/2/2019   | Monday|  9:00 AM - 4:00 PM |  Columbus | Ohio Department of Transportation 1980 West Broad Street Auditorium Columbus, OH 43223
• 11/4/2019   | Monday|  8:45 AM - 3:45 PM |  Akron | Summit County Public health 1867 West Market Street Akron, OH 44313
• 10/21/2019 | Monday| 10:00 AM - 4:30 PM | Zanesville | Muskingum County Library Syem: John McIntire Library 220 North 5th Street Meeting Room B, Zanesville, OH 43201
• 09/06/2017 | Friday | 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM | Portsmouth | Shawnee Family Health Center, 901 Washington Street, Portsmouth, OH 45662
• 08/27/2019 | Tuesday | 9:30 AM - 4:30 PM | North Olmstead | North Olmsted Branch of Cuyahoga County, Public Library 27403 Lorain Road, North Olmsted, OH 44070

The primary purpose of this training is to introduce you to the "Starting Your Residential Facility Class 2 Toolkit" and to aid you in getting started in the licensure process to become a good Residential Facility Class 2 (ACF). This training should provide you the necessary skills to help you on the path of becoming a licensed home.

Owning and operating a Residential Facility Class 2 takes time, lots of preparation, and a commitment to serving the unique needs of your residents. This training will help prepare you for what lies ahead.

Getting licensed to operate a Residential Facility Class 2 means that you want to be a business owner. You will learn what is involved in starting, owning and operating this type of business.

This training will go over the basic information and best practices about operating a Residential Facilities Class 2: Business Plan Development; Getting Your Home Licensed; Business Startup; How to Organize Your Business; Staffing Your Business; Paying Your Staff; Business Finances; Marketing; Forms; and, Getting Residents.

Please note this is not a required class but you will receive a Certificate of Attendance.

• 11/14/2019 | Thursday | 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM |North Olmsted | North Olmsted Branch of Cuyahoga County Library, 27403 Lorain Road North Olmsted, OF 44070
• 11/14/2019 | Thursday | 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM | North Olmsted | North Olmsted of Cuyahoga County Library, 27403 Lorain Road North Olmsted, OH 44070

OhioMHAS is sponsoring FREE trainings for Recovery Housing Professionals late this summer/early fall.

DESCRIPTION:

Medically-Assisted Treatment (MAT) has been a controversial topic in the recovery housing profession. There are legitimate concerns; however, it is a reality that, by law, recovery housing owners, operators, and volunteers, must deal with it. By the end of this training, some may even come to embrace it as a useful tool for achieving the goal of helping people achieve long-term recovery. This all-day workshop is designed specifically for recovery housing owner/operators, staff members, and volunteers! Participants will learn about the myths and realities of medically-assisted treatment (MAT) and how MAT can be converted into medically-assisted recovery (MAR) within their recovery houses. Included in the day will be a workshop to examine policies and procedures that might alleviate any fears staff may have about MAT/MAR while protecting their recovery house(s) from potential legal challenges. Participants will gain a great deal of knowledge about substance-use disorders’ effects on the human brain, how medicines can help, and how incorporating “best practices” can be adopted and adapted to their particular circumstances.

OBJECTIVES:

Upon completion of this eight-hour training session, participants will be able to do the following:

• Define MAT and MAR. 
• Explain some of the underlying brain disorders and experiences that cause substance-use disorders.
• Describe in general terms the ways the brain processes drugs and alcohol. 
• Explain why some people benefit significantly from MAT.
• Recognize the common medicines used for the treatment of substance-use disorders and explain how the medicines work.
• Counter the myths associated with MAT.
• Explain the legal issues related to non-compliance with Fair Housing and ADA laws.
• Incorporate best practices for dealing with MAT/MAR in a recovery house.
• Recognize effective policies and procedures for dealing with MAT/MAR in recovery houses.

Lunch and break refreshments are provided. Participants will receive a free course handbook filled with useful information and will receive a certificate of completion at the end of the training day.

Opportunities after the training:

All participants will have the opportunity to participate in up to three technical assistance call ins with the trainer to trouble-shoot MAT policy and procedure development
Sign up for FREE personal medication lock boxes for recovery house residents’ rooms (Limit 5 per agency)

Register for one of the following dates and locations:

• August 14 at The Ohio University Inn and Conference Center, Athens
• August 15 at Kent State University Stark Conference Center, North Canton
• August 22 at Quest Conference Center, Columbus
• August 29 at RSVP Event Center, Loveland
• September 5 at Maumee Bay Lodge & Conference Center, Oregon
• September 17 at Marriott OSU University, Columbus as part of OhioMHAS Housing University
   

For more information, you may also check out the training website here.

The Ohio Adult Care Facilities Association will be hosting regional meetings for members and non-members. These regional meetings will consist of an overview and updates on the activities of OACFA and the required trainings: personal care services and assistance with self-administration of medication. Lunch will be provided. The dates, times, and locations are posted below. Please click on link below the event you would like to attend to register. The max capacity for each regional meeting is 100 people.

• Monday, September 9^th, 2019 | 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM | Cuyahoga County | Cleveland Marriott East, 26300 Harvard Rd., Warrensville Heights, OH 44122
• Thursday, September 19^th, 2019 | 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM | Stark County | McKinley Grand Hotel, 320 Market Ave. South, Canton, OH 44702
• Thursday, October 3^rd, 2019 | 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM | Franklin County | OCLC, 6600 Kilgour Place, Dublin, OH 43017
• Thursday, October 17^th, 2019 | 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM | Lucas County | Maumee Bay Lodge & Conference Center, 1750 State Park Rd. #2, Oregon, OH 43616
• Thursday, October 31^st, 2019 | 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM | Hamilton County | Hyatt Place Sharonville Convention Center, 11345 Chester Rd., Cincinnati, OH 45246

Ohio Recovery Housing hosts and coordinates trainings and technical assistance opportunities for recovery housing operators and other interested individuals. Please refer to their website for the most up-to-date opportunities: https://www.ohiorecoveryhousing.org/training.

Adult Care Facility Operators will receive 1.5 hours of mental health training that can apply toward the training requirement from Licensure and Certification.

• Cultural Competence in Mental Health and Addiction Recovery

• Ethics and Boundaries for Peer Recovery Supporters

Program Description

Ethics are a critical component to any profession, but are especially important to professions rooted in health and human services. Peer support programs pose several key ethical challenges. Although peer support specialists typically receive extensive agency-based training about their unique roles, most haven't received formal social work education or comprehensive ethics education. These specialists often provide various forms of social service that require skilled judgments related to client privacy and confidentiality, boundaries and dual relationships, informed consent, competence and expertise, documentation, and client abandonment. This module will provide a foundation for understanding ethics and boundaries for peer support as well as the Code of Ethics for Ohio Certified Peer Recovery Supporters.

Learning Objectives

• Participants will be able to define both ethics and boundaries.
• Participant will be able to describe mandated reporting and duty to warn and apply the concepts to their work.
• Participants will identify the difference between an ethics and boundary violations.

Content

• RN/LPN Contact CE: 2
• Counselor CPEs: 2
• Social Work CPEs: 2
• Psychologists MCEs: 2
• Number of RCHs: 2

Subject Area Classification Content Area: R1 – Field Related Other

Note: This course does not meet the requirement for ethics and cultural competency for social workers or professional counselors.

• Gambling 101: An Introduction to Problem and Pathological Gambling

An Overview of Problem and Pathological Gambling. Screening Assessment, Treatment and Prevention Techniques as well as history and some of the research available.

At the conclusion of this training, participants will be able to:

1. Recognize disordered gambling signs and symptoms.
2. Describe the history of gambling in society.
3. Apply treatment models and strategies to treat gambling disorders.

RN/LPN Contact CE: 2.0

Counselor CPEs: 2.0

Social Work CPEs: 2.0

Psychologists MCEs: 2.0

Counselor Education Content Area: C1 – Theories of Addiction/Addiction Knowledge

Gambling Education Content Area: G1 – Knowledge of Gambling Disorder

Prevention Education Content Area: P1 – Foundation in Chemical Use/Abuse/Dependency

Field Related Content Area: R1 – Field Related Other

• Health and Wellness in Peer Recovery Support

According to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, focusing on health and wellness is particularly important for people with, or at risk for, behavioral health conditions. Behavioral health is a critical aspect of maintaining physical health and wellness. People with mental and/or substance use disorders typically die years earlier than the general population. A 2006 nationally representative survey reported that individuals with mental disorders died an average of 8.2 years younger than the rest of the population. Individuals with substance use conditions are often at higher risk for HIV and AIDS as well as hepatitis C due to intravenous drug use. This module will discuss the important of maintaining health and wellness.

At the conclusion of this training, participants will be able to:

RN/LPN Contact CE: 1.5

• Counselor Education Content Area: C7 – Prevention Strategies
• Participants will be able to define the terms health and wellness.
• Participants will be able to identify and describe four techniques used for reducing stress.
• Participants will be able to define stress in the workplace and identify one technique for preventing workplace stress

Counselor CPEs: 1.5

Social Work CPEs: 1.5

Psychologists MCEs: 1.5

Number of RCHs: 1.5

• History of the CSX Movement for Peer Recovery Supporters

This module traces the history of the human rights movement for individuals with mental health and substance use disorders through its roots to our current state as well as monumental federal and state decisions that have impacted how individuals receive and participate in care. This module also identifies the values and principles developed and used to create a system rooted in person-centered care.

At the conclusion of this training, participants will be able to:

1. Participants will be able to identify and apply three values and principles of the CSX Movement.
2. Participants will be able to describe to policy makers why individuals with a lived experience should be involved in policy decisions.
3. Participants will be able to explain the concept of advocacy.

• RN/LPN Contact CE: 1.5
• Counselor CPEs: 1.5
• Social Work CPEs: 1.5
• Psychologists MCEs: 1.5
• Number of RCHs: 1.5

Counselor Education Content Area: C1 – Theories of Addiction/Addiction Knowledge

• Human Trafficking Training for Peer Recovery

This program will provide foundational understanding of Human Trafficking and how stakeholders across the state of Ohio have partnered to address Human Trafficking and apply solutions to reduce Human Trafficking.  Participants will learn Information on how law enforcement, community agencies and government work together to combat Human Trafficking in Ohio by defining Human Trafficking, learning to recognize signs and indicators, and resources available to help victims.

"Human trafficking is a form of modern-day slavery where people profit from the control and exploitation of others. It affects every country around the world, regardless of socioeconomic status, history, or political structure. Traffickers have created an international market for the trade in human beings based on high profits and demand for commercial sex and cheap labor" – Polaris Project.

At the conclusion of this training, participants will be able to:

1. Define Human Trafficking so citizens can increase their awareness.
2. List three signs or indicators of human trafficking.
3. Apply at least one strategy in how to get involved.

• RN/LPN Contact CE: 1.0
• Counselor CPEs: 1.0
• Social Work CPEs: 1.0
• Psychologists MCEs: 1.0
• Number of RCHs: 1.0

Counselor Education Content Area: C1 – Theories of Addiction/Addiction Knowledge

Adult Care Facility Operators will receive 3 hours of mental health training that can apply toward the training requirement from Licensure and Certification.

• Increasing Our Knowledge Base for Competent Transgender Care and Treatment

This course will present information on gender identity disorder, discrimination, and the needs and issues facing the transgender population. Along with insight on how you can best provide care for patients that present as transgender, it also includes personal experiences with transition.

Along with insights on how you can best provide care for patients that present as transgender.

At the conclusion of this training, participants will be able to:

1. Participants will have a greater understanding of the challenges and risk of violence transgender people face in everyday living.
2. Participants will learn to identify and explain how transgender people, as a group are as vast and varied as any random segment of the population.
3. Participants will be able to recognize some things which might be "triggers" for trans people.
4. Participants will be able to describe how being transgender is NOT a handicap.

• RN/LPN Contact CE : 3
• Counselor CPEs: 3
• Social Work CPEs: 3
• Psychologists MCEs : 3
• Number of RCHs: 3

Prevention Education Content Areas: P8 – Professional Growth & Responsibility for Prevention Professionals

Counselor Education Content Areas: C9 – Legal & Ethical Issues

This program meets three (3) hours required continuing education that addresses social work ethics or cultural competency for social workers and legal and ethical issues for professional counselors per OAC 4757-9.

Estimated time to complete this course is: 3 hours

• Introduction to Peer Recovery Support

This module will discuss the role that peer support plays within the behavioral health structure, who can provide peer support, describe the benefits of peer support are, and identify the types of recovery support services delivered by peer support professionals as defined by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.

Content & Learning Objectives

1. Every participant will be able to describe the benefits of peer support to individuals with a mental health and/or substance use disorder.
2. Every participant will be able to identify who can deliver peer support services.
3. Every participant will be able to list the types of recovery support services delivered by peer supporters.

• RN/LPN Contact CE: 1.25
• Counselor CPEs: 1.25
• Social Work CPEs: 1.25
• Psychologists MCEs: 1.25
• Number of RCHs: 1.25

Field Related Classifications Area: R1 – Field Related Other

Counselor Education Content Area: C1 – Theories of Addiction/Addiction Knowledge

• Trauma Informed Care in Peer Recovery Support

According to SAMHSA’s concept of a trauma-informed approach, “A program, organization, or system that is trauma-informed: 1.Realizes the widespread impact of trauma and understands potential paths for recovery; 2.Recognizes the signs and symptoms of trauma in clients, families, staff, and others involved with the system; 3.Responds by fully integrating knowledge about trauma into policies, procedures, and practices; and 4.Seeks to actively resist re-traumatization." A trauma-informed approach can be implemented in any type of service setting or organization and is distinct from trauma-specific interventions or treatments that are designed specifically to address the consequences of trauma and to facilitate healing.

At the conclusion of this training, participants will be able to:

1. Participants will be able to define the terms trauma and trauma informed care.
2. Participants will be able to identify the four principles of trauma informed care.
3. Participants will be able to describe and use a trauma informed approach with the individuals they serve.

• RN/LPN Contact CE: 1.25
• Counselor CPEs: 1.25
• Social Work CPEs: 1.25
• Psychologists MCEs: 1.25
• Number of RCHs: 1.25

Counselor Education Content Area: C2 – Counseling Procedures & Strategies with Addicted Populations