October 22, 2024 | 12:00-1:00pm Description: Over the past seven years, Franklin County, Maine, has evolved from having minimal services and programs to address the opioid epidemic to developing a comprehensive network of support and initiatives. Central to this...
October 24, 2024 | 12:00-1:00pm Description: Learning Objectives: 1) Explore addiction treatment from a historical perspective. 2) Understand the different levels of care available for addiction treatment. 3) Describe the evidence that supports the effectiveness of...
October 18, 2024 | 12:00-1:00pm Description: Learning Objectives: Understand the relationship between physical space and principles of trauma informed care. Cite two interventions that support people who are trauma survivors and have a substance use disorder. Identify...
October 23, 2024 | 12:00-1:00pm Description: Learning Objectives: Identify the effects of methadone on the oral cavity Understand the symptoms of dental problems and their corresponding dental treatments Describe the latest recommendations for pain management of...
October 8, 2024 | 12:00-1:00pm Description: This session will focus on addressing the opioid overdose crisis and improving substance use care. It equips healthcare providers with evidence-based strategies for overdose prevention, including naloxone distribution, and...
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September 24, 2024 (rescheduled) | 12:00-1:00pm Description: This training is to provide education and integration techniques for best practice regarding Xylazine response. Xylazine remains a vast unknown to many providers, particularly as it continues to show up more...
September 19, 2024 | 12:00-1:00pm Description: Learning Objectives: Presenter: Richard A. Rawson, Ph.D. Richard A. Rawson, Ph.D., is Professor Emeritus at the UCLA Department of Psychiatry and a Research Professor at the Vermont Center for Behavior and Health...
November 15, 2024 | 9:00am-4:00pm | Virtual via Zoom Description: This CBT for Psychosis (CBTp) Training is for Maine-based mental health clinicians who wish to increase their confidence in incorporating CBTp into their practice. We will include virtual tools to...
September 26, 2024 | 12:00-1:00pm Description: Learning Objectives: . Describe contingency management and the clinical framework of the intervention. Describe current risk factors related to stimulant use, including medical and mental health consequences and...
October 4, 2024 | 12:00-1:00pm Description: Join the ME SUD Learning Community for the presentation by Amelia Hersey, PA-C on initiation of maintenance medications for Alcohol and Opioid Use Disorders. By the end of the webinar participants will understand when...
September 13, 2024 | 12:00-1:00pm Description: Amelia Hersey, PA-C, is the lead physician assistant with the Community Care and Geriatrics team at Penobscot Community Healthcare, working in skilled nursing and long-term care for the past 8 years. Also, she has been...
September 24, 2024 | 12:00-1:30pm Description: The Psychosis-Informed Care training is for anyone in the mental health field who would like to learn how to assess early psychosis in their practice and incorporate psychosis-informed care into other treatment models....
Every 2nd Wednesday through May 2025 12:00-1:00pm ET September 11, 2024 - Jon Fanburg, MD | Substance Use Overview October 9, 2024 - Cindy Robbins, MD | Reproductive Health November 13, 2024 - Ashley Moore, MA, LCPC-C | Relationship Violence December 11, 2024 - Brock...
COURSE FULL - Please contact Casey at [email protected] to be added to the waitlist. September 30 - October, 2, 2024 --9/30 & 10/1: 8:30am-5:00pm --10/2: 8:30am-12:30pm Maine Resiliency Center | Lewiston, ME ***This training is intended for Maine clinicians...
COURSE FULL – Please contact Casey at [email protected] to be added to the waitlist. November 7-8, 2024 (new date) | 8:30am-4:30pm Maine Resiliency Center | Lewiston, ME ***This training is intended for Maine clinicians working with individual clients and is not...
August 14, 2024 | 12:00-1:00pm Description: The recent May 2024 ASAM White Paper recommended "(p)rograms should consider applying an evidence-based framework for process improvement such as the RE-AIM framework or the NIATx model." In this webinar, Eric Haram, LADC...
RESCHEDULED to August 23, 2024 | 12:00-1:00pm Virtual via Zoom Description: Clinicians who work with people with substance use disorders often cite systemic frustrations and compassion fatigue as primary obstacles for staying authentically engaged in their work....
NEW DATE AND TIME August 20, 2024 | 9:00-10:00am Virtual via Zoom Description: This training will focus on working with immigrants, specifically refugees, asylum-seekers and asylees. The training will discuss why and how these individuals come to the United States and...
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December 5-6, 2024 | 9:00am-12:00pm Virtual via Zoom NOTE: -This training is for those who work in Maine. -Those in peer support roles and substance use roles will be prioritized for this training. Description: This training focuses on diving deeper into financial...
November 21-22, 2024 | 9:00am-12:00pm Virtual via Zoom NOTE: -This training is for those who work in Maine. -Those in peer support roles and substance use roles will be prioritized for this training. Description: This training will focus on developing peer support...
November 7-8, 2024 | 9:00am-12:00pm Virtual via Zoom NOTE: -This training is for those who work in Maine. -Those in peer support roles and substance use roles will be prioritized for this training. Description: This training will focus on the foundational pieces of...
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September 5-6, 2024 | 9:00am-12:00pm Virtual via Zoom Those in peer support roles and substance use roles will be prioritized for this training. Description: Peer Support Supervision is critical to effective peer support programming. This training will focus on...
August 26, 2024 | 8:30am-12:30pm Virtual via Zoom Description: Behavioral health practitioners are using digital and other technology in unprecedented ways to serve and communicate with clients. This training will explore cutting-edge ethical issues arising out of...
MHRT/c Domain 7: Cultural Competency Dates: July 29, 31, August 1, 5 & 7, 2024 | 8:30-11:45am & 1:45-5:00pm Each day will have two 15-minute breaks in addition to the 2-hour lunch break Description: This non-academic MHRT-C course will examine the knowledge,...
July 18, 2024 | 12:00-1:00pm Description: Substance use and intimate partner violence (IPV) are co-occurring public health crises in Maine, and the relationship between them is complex. This module is intended to help people who work in clinical or other caregiving...
August 21-22, 2024 | 9:00am-4:00pm Virtual via Zoom This training is intended for Maine clinicians working with individual clients. Clinicians who have worked with victims or persons affected by the mass violence event in Lewiston will be prioritized. Description:...
July 31, 2024 | 12:00-1:00pm Description: Learning Objectives: Describe the pathophysiology and complications of alcohol withdrawal Identify tools for predicting and assessing alcohol withdrawal Discuss guidelines, pharmacotherapy and literature for inpatients with...
July 24, 2024 | 12:00-1:00pm Description: Have you ever wondered how newborns exposed to opioids (prescribed and not) in-utero were cared for after birth? In this talk, we will cover what to expect and help you become more comfortable counseling your patients who may...
August 29-30, 2024 | 9:00am-12:00pm Virtual via Zoom Description: The Grant Budgets training will focus on understanding and developing Budgets for State-funded grant programs through their RFP (request for proposal) process. The training will walk participants...
July 29-30, 2024 | 9:00am-12:00pm Virtual via Zoom Description: The Grant Budgets training will focus on understanding and developing Budgets for State-funded grant programs through their RFP (request for proposal) process. The training will walk participants through...
August 26-27, 2024 | 9:00am-12:00pm Virtual via Zoom Description: The Grant Writing training will explore writing techniques and skills related to state-funded grant programs. This will include writing narratives that can convey your organization’s experience and...
July 22-23, 2024 | 9:00am-12:00pm Virtual via Zoom Description: The Grant Writing training will explore writing techniques and skills related to state-funded grant programs. This will include writing narratives that can convey your organization’s experience and...
June 20, 2024 | 12:00-1:00pm Description: In this presentation we will consider the need for expanded models of medications for opioid use disorder and how a pharmacy-based buprenorphine care approach could work. The talk will overview findings of a recent study of...
July 18-19, 2024 | 8:30am-11:30am Virtual via Zoom This training is intended for Maine clinicians working with individual clients. Clinicians who have worked with victims or persons affected by the mass violence event in Lewiston will be prioritized. Description:...
July 11, 2024, 8:30am-4:00pm & July 12, 2024, 8:30am-12:00pm Maine Resiliency Center | Lewiston, ME This training is intended for Maine clinicians working with individual clients. Clinicians who have worked with victims or persons affected by the mass violence...
June 21, 2024 | 12:00-1:00pm Description: The presence of fentanyl and fentanyl analogs in the US drug supply presents new challenges to buprenorphine initiation, including delayed time to induction, a higher risk of precipitated withdrawal with buprenorphine, and...
May 29, 2024 | 12:00-1:00pm Description: Understanding the current methadone treatment landscape within the US can help health professionals advocate for and assist patients with opioid use disorder. Methadone maintenance treatment improves the health of people with...
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June 5, 2024 | 1:30-2:30pm | Presenter: Sara Hayes, FNP Description: In this course, the presenter will provide practical education and knowledge about working with Transgender and Gender Expansive adults, focusing on the role of medical providers working with this...
June 18, 2024 | 9:30-10:30am | Presenter: David Zelaya, Ph.D. Click here for Part 1 on June 4! Description: While the NIH has identified sexual and gender minorities as well as racial and ethnic minorities as groups that face health disparities, what often is...
June 4, 2024 | 9:30-10:30am | Presenter: David Zelaya, Ph.D. Click here for Part 2 on June 11! Description: Knowing the history of Mexicans, Guatemalans, Salvadorans, and Hondurans in the United States is imperative in efforts to appropriately meet the mental health...
June 4, 2024 | 12:00-1:00pm Description: Like many medications, Sublingual Buprenorphine has desirable therapeutic effects for patients, but undesirable side effects on patients’ mouths. This has been especially evident in recent months as a number of lawsuits have...
June 5, 2024 | 12:00-1:00pm Description: In the US, almost one of every two people with Bipolar Disorder suffer with comorbid Alcohol Use Disorder. This complicates the diagnosis, the prognosis and the course of an already difficult to treat illness. We will review...
May 14, 2024 | 12:00-1:00pm Description: Cara Zimmerman MD is the Medical Director of Primary Care Based Substance Use Disorder Treatment at a large community health center in Rhode Island. She practices both addiction medicine and internal medicine and treats many...
MHRT/c Domain 6: Mind-Body Connection Dates: June 17, 19, 21, 24, & 27, 2024 | 8:30-11:45am & 1:45-5:00pm Each day will have two 15-minute breaks in addition to the 2-hour lunch break Description: This non-academic MHRT/C course will prepare the Mental Health...
**PLEASE BE SURE TO FOLLOW THE LINK IN YOUR CONFIRMATION EMAIL TO REGISTER FOR THE ZOOM MEETING FOR THIS COURSE** May 22, 2024 | 8:30 am to 12:30 pm | Presenter: Fred Reamer, PhD This webinar training will examine compelling ethical challenges in behavioral health. ...
May 9, 2024 | 12:00-1:00pm Description: This talk will give an overview of changes to federal telehealth regulations permitting buprenorphine telehealth and describe implementation and outcomes of the Rhode Island Buprenorphine Hotline, an audio-only buprenorphine...
May 23, 2024 | 12:00-1:00pm Description: This review will briefly describe the underlying pathophysiology of opioid use disorder and medication used to treat withdrawal and cravings. The focus of the pharmacotherapy options will be the partial opioid agonist...
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May 20 & 21, 2024 | 12:30-3:30pm Description: This presentation describes how to design systems and services based on the expectation that individuals and families will have co-occurring MH, SUD, health conditions, trauma, and other complex needs, so that all...
May 7, 2024 | 12:00-1:00pm Description: Early life stress (ELS) is a well-established risk factor for many psychiatric disorders, including alcohol use disorder (AUD). The relationship between ELS and AUD is complex and there are likely multiple pathways from ELS to...
May 2, 2024 | 12:00-1:00pm Description: . Learning Objectives: Presenters: Rachel Solotaroff, MD Withdrawal management for opioids in the fentanyl era is a rapidly evolving field, presenting new challenges to buprenorphine induction, including delayed time to...
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June 28, 2024 | 8:30-11:30am | 3 Contact Hours | Zoom Description: This course will examine evidence-based tools for risk and lethality assessment in domestic violence cases and explore appropriate risk management. It will include an opportunity for participants to...
May 9 & 10, 2024 | 8:30-11:30am Description: The United States of America continues to struggle with its racial diversity raising challenges for both clinicians and clients. This workshop will focus on the issue of African American mental health with the primary...
June 6, 2024 | 9:00am-4:00pm Description: This CBT for Psychosis (CBTp) Training is for Maine-based mental health clinicians who wish to increase their confidence in incorporating CBTp into their practice. We will include virtual tools to enhance therapy engagement...
May 30, 2024 | 12:00-1:00pm Description: The Psychosis-Informed Care training is for anyone in the mental health field who would like to learn how to assess early psychosis in their practice and incorporate psychosis-informed care into other treatment models. One in...
April 9, 2024 | 12:00-1:00pm Description: From a foundation in harm reduction, Dr. Chung will discuss how to improve access to care for patients with substance use disorders. Learning Objectives: How to apply harm reduction in your clinical practice. How to approach...
May 22, 2024 | 12:00-1:00pm Description: This panel discussion will explore the ME CDC’s “Safe Sleep” Campaign for infants and how SUD treatment providers can support key Safe Sleep messaging with their patients. Panelists will highlight recent patterns and trends in...
April 2, 2024 | 12:00-1:00pm Description: This presentation will examine the current state of data collection and application for patients with OUD & other SUD. The panelists will highlight how and what information is being collected both locally and nationally....
May 23, 2024 | 12:00-1:00pm Description: This review will briefly describe the underlying pathophysiology of opioid use disorder and medication used to treat withdrawal and cravings. The focus of the pharmacotherapy options will be the partial opioid agonist...
Rescheduled for June 12, 2024 | 12:00-1:30pm Description: This session will cover harm reduction principles and preventive care (including pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV and wound care education) for people who use drugs. It will also review community-based drug...
March 28, 2024 | 12:00-1:30pm Description: Individuals experiencing long-term homelessness are at a higher risk of negative health outcomes. This panel discussion will explore how to address the impact long term homelessness has on patients and what clinicians can do...
MHRT/c Domain 3: Ethics and Professional Conduct Dates: April 10, 12, 17, & 19, & 23, 2024 | 8:30-11:45am & 1:45-5:00pm Each day will have two 15-minute breaks in addition to the 2-hour lunch break Contact hours: 30 hours Cost: $250 If you live or work in...
Exploring Workforce Needs and Opportunities for Growth Tuesday, February 27th, 2024 | 1:00-2:30pm | Live virtual CCSME recently surveyed over 400 frontline staff and leaders in the behavioral health workforce to learn about educational needs. In this webinar we'll...
Therapeutic Interventions for People Involved with the Criminal Legal System March 13 | March 27 | April 10 | April 24 | May 8 *all session dates are Wednesdays 8:30am-12:30pm* Description: The goal of this five-part webinar series is to provide participants with a...
March 14, 2024 | 8:30am-12:30pm | 4 Contact Hours | Zoom Description: For many people, spirituality and religion are important aspects of their inner or outer lives. Ethics is the systematic application of principles that help us make decisions about “right” or...
March 6, 2024 | 1:00-2:30pm | 1.5 Contact Hours | Zoom Description: Learn to collaborate with DOC Victim Services and refer victims for assistance with corrections-related issues, including notification, restitution, VOD, CDVIP, and post-conviction release and safety...
February 28, 2024 | 8:30-11:30am | 3 Contact Hours | Zoom Description: This course will examine evidence-based tools for risk and lethality assessment in domestic violence cases and explore appropriate risk management. It will include an opportunity for participants...
February 20, 2024 | 1:00-2:30pm | 1.5 Contact Hours | Zoom Description: Over the last decade the high incidence of non-fatal strangulation in cases of domestic violence and sexual assault, and the serious health implications has prompted an increase in education for...
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MHRT/c Domain 1: Behavioral, Psychological, and Rehabilitation Intervention Models Dates: February 7, 9, 12, 16, & 20, 2024 | 8:30-11:45am & 1:45-5:00pm Each day will have two 15-minute breaks in addition to the 2-hour lunch break Contact hours: 30 hours Cost:...
Friday, December 1st, 2023 | 9:00-11:45am Join us for a virtual listening session to discuss the future of co-occurring services in Maine. We'll explore how Maine can advance co-occurring services across the continuum and reinforce the need for integrated services....
December 5 & 7, 2023 | 9:00-11:30am Description: Part One: The Age of Overwhelm and its Implications for Professional Health Being a health care provider comes with rewards and challenges. For many of us, it is a vocation that we are proud to be a member of, and...
MHRT/c Domain 5: Policy Knowledge Dates: October 17, 20, 23, 30, & 31, 2023 | 8:30-11:45am & 1:45-5:00pm Each day will have two 15-minute breaks in addition to the 2-hour lunch break Contact hours: 30 hours Cost: $250 If you live or work in a rural Maine area,...
MHRT/c Domain 8: Vocational Support Dates: September 12, 14, & 15, 2023 | 9:00am-4:00pm September 18 & 21, 2023 | 12:00-7:00pm Each day will have two 15-minute breaks and one half-hour lunch break Contact hours: 30 hours Cost: $250 If you live or work in a...
Motivational Interviewing Immersion in Staff Supervision December 5, 7, 12, & 14, 2023 | 2:00-5:00pm **You MUST sign up for either pre- and post-course mock interviews BEFORE completing your course registration - follow instructions at the bottom of this page**...
Thursday, November 2 & Thursday, November 9, 2023 | 8:15-11:45am Description: This CBT for Psychosis (CBTp) Training Series is for Maine-based mental health clinicians who wish to increase their confidence in incorporating CBTp into their practice. We will...
Thursday, September 28, 2023 | 12:00-1:00pm Description: The Psychosis-Informed Care training is for anyone in the mental health field who would like to learn how to assess early psychosis in their practice and incorporate psychosis-informed care into other treatment...
Motivational Interviewing Immersion: Fundamentals | September 26 & 27, 2023 | 11:00am-3:00pm Motivational Interviewing Immersion: Advancing the Practice | October 10 & 11, 2023 | 1:00-3:00pm *Please note there are 4 sessions in this course* **You MUST sign up...
Wednesday, September 6 & Thursday, September 7, 2023 | 1:30-4:45pm Description Now that you have some experience as a clinical supervisor, how do you assess your own professional growth and development? How do we measure successful outcomes in the supervisory...
Partially fulfills the initial 24 hours of training requirements for Certified Clinical Supervisor (CCS)
Partially fulfills the initial 24 hours of training requirements for Certified Clinical Supervisor (CCS)
Partially fulfills the initial 24 hours of training requirements for Certified Clinical Supervisor (CCS)
Partially fulfills the initial 24 hours of training requirements for Certified Clinical Supervisor (CCS)
June 29, 2023 | 12:30-1:30 pm | Jeffrey Goldsmith, MD, DLFAPA, DFASAM Description The revised 2023 Fourth Edition of The ASAM Criteria is soon to be released. This webinar will provide a high level overview of the changes to The ASAM Criteria, how it has been adapted...
Partially fulfills the initial 24 hours of training requirements for Certified Clinical Supervisor (CCS)
Partially fulfills the initial 24 hours of training requirements for Certified Clinical Supervisor (CCS)
Partially fulfills the initial 24 hours of training requirements for Certified Clinical Supervisor (CCS)
Partially fulfills the initial 24 hours of training requirements for Certified Clinical Supervisor (CCS)
June 1, 2, 5, 6 - 12:30-3:45, June 12, 13, 9:00-4:00, June 15, 16, 12:30-3:45* | 30 hours | $250 *Please note this course will be offered over a series of half and full-days. If you live or work in a rural Maine area, you may qualify for a scholarship of up to 80% of...
July 19, 21, 25, 28, & 31 | 8:30 am to 11:45 and 1:45 to 5:00pm | 30 hours | $250 If you live or work in a rural Maine area, you may qualify for a scholarship of up to 80% of the course fee. Find out if you qualify by submitting your zip code here...
Moral Injury in Behavioral Health Care: Ethics in the Big Picture | May 23 and 24, 2023; 8:30 AM to 11:45 AM | 6 Contact Hours | One 15-minute break a day Clinicians receive ethical guidance in our work from professional ethics codes, employer or payer requirements,...
8 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. | The Maine Medical Center, Portland Identification and Early Referral
CCSME and the Maine Medical Center PIER program are re-offering this CBTp practitioner training series. Included with the series is an opportunity to join an ongoing CBTp-informed monthly referral and supervision group.
2023.05.03 | Invitation to Change Workshop | 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. | 6 contact hours The Invitation to Change Approach is a practical, compassionate and skills-oriented program developed for people wanting to help loved ones struggling with substance use. It blends...
8:30 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. and 1:45 p.m. to 5 p.m. | April 24, 26, May 3, 4, 5, 2023 | 30 hours | $250
This training meets the Domain 2 competencies required for obtaining Maine’s Mental Health Rehabilitation Technician/Community (MHRT/C) certification.
A collaboration between CCSME and the University of New England Centers for Excellence in Collaborative Education | 12 PM to 1:30 PM
Teen Talk What Adolescents Need to Know About Cannabis Use | March 9, 2023; 12 PM to 1:30 PM | 1.5 Contact Hours Strengthening your clinical skills about the negative effects of cannabis use when working with adolescents in a mental health and drug treatment setting...
12 PM. to 3:15 PM. | Jason Butler
In collaboration with the National American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Technology Transfer Center, CCSME is recognizing American Indian Heritage Month with this two-part Indigenous Culture series.
12 PM. to 3:15 PM. | Jason Butler
In collaboration with the National American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Technology Transfer Center, CCSME is recognizing American Indian Heritage Month with this two-part Indigenous Culture series.
12 PM. to 3:15 PM. | Jason Butler
In collaboration with the National American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Technology Transfer Center, CCSME is recognizing American Indian Heritage Month with this two-part Indigenous Culture series.
12 PM. to 3:15 PM. | Jason Butler
In collaboration with the National American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Technology Transfer Center, CCSME is recognizing American Indian Heritage Month with this two-part Indigenous Culture series.
8:30 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. and 1:45 p.m. to 5 p.m. | November 2, 3, 7, 8, 10, 2022 | 30 hours | $250
This training meets the Domain 8 competencies required for obtaining Maine’s Mental Health Rehabilitation Technician/Community (MHRT/C) certification.
12 PM. to 3:15 PM. | Jason Butler
In collaboration with the National American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Technology Transfer Center, CCSME is recognizing American Indian Heritage Month with this two-part Indigenous Culture series.
8:30 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. | Taylor D’Addario
A collaboration between CCSME and the NNE Addiction Technology Transfer Center
8 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. | The Maine Medical Center, Portland Identification and Early Referral
CCSME and the Maine Medical Center PIER program are re-offering this CBTp practitioner training series. Included with the series is an opportunity to join an ongoing CBTp-informed monthly referral and supervision group.
8:30 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. and 1:45 p.m. to 5 p.m. | January 12, 17, 19, 25, 31, 2023 | 30 hours | $250
This training meets the Domain 4 competencies required for obtaining Maine’s Mental Health Rehabilitation Technician/Community (MHRT/C) certification.