This is the Masterclass for client facing practitioners. It is the standardized process for becoming a professional able to confidently and efficiently provide services and supports to clients through the application of a set of skills characterized as evidence-based "common elements". It teaches practitioners the essential skills they must possess, and use during client contact moments. In a world of countless “evidence-based” approaches, the aim of this course is to teach practitioners the critical collaborative and assistive skills they must possess for being evidence-based and strength-centered. These "common elements" in EBP demonstrate a shift from Diagnostic Driven, Clinically Driven, and Problem Driven Approaches to “Partnering” as an advanced skill. 

“Partnering” is a term that operationalizes a deeper knowledge and skillful application of sophisticated facilitation skills by the practitioner. In effect this advances the skills of the practitioner beyond expert knowledge of disorders and their remedies to a level of facilitation that impressively enables the person being served to benefit from the contact moment, in any method, program or practice. This is the core course for individual seeking certification as evidence-based practitioners.

This is the Masterclass for learning how organizations become evidence-based. The process lays a foundation for helping organization achieve enduring client outcomes and consistently reaching and exceeding the expectations of stakeholders and funding providers.  Agencies are encouraged to participate as teams to help accelerate the adoption and transition toward becoming an EBO.

A participant in this course is eligible to become Certified as an Evidence-Based Leader (CEBL).

This course also is required of leadership at organizations seeking Certification as Evidence-Based Organizations (CEBO).

Participants learn evidence-based & strength-centered case management practices.  Participants will be able to differentiate traditional deficit-centered practices vs. evidence-based and strength-centered practices we are moving toward.  Using relevant examples, participants will learn how they can help their clients achieve desired outcomes through promoting quality and effective interventions which link individuals to appropriate resources.

Effective client transition and supervision programs result in successful citizens who are assets to communities to which they return. This program examines how in a mandated setting, case management is the pivotal activity by which all other supports and services are made viable.

A cognitive-behavioral approach is the primary foundational model for facilitating change.  This program is designed to support the work of correctional change and reform of populations under various forms of supervision.  The course will take individual looks at Behavioral and Cognitive components as well as review the merger of the two.

We have developed several training presentations on this but now use the SAMHSA Manualized Presentations.  Sometimes it is necessary to expand the detail on a part of this training which we are able to do.

DBT strategies arose from a recognition that typical skills-focused programs concentrate on a change to the exclusion of validation or acceptance, with the result that clients experience invalidation around their suffering as well as the difficulty or lack of readiness to make changes.  The particular value of DBT stems from it combining acceptance and change strategies together.

This program applies approaches for Family Group, Conferencing, and Teaming at its core. Clients with supportive families and other adult caregivers achieve more durable sustainable outcomes. It teaches participants evidence-based and strength-centered methods for identifying, engaging, and involving with families in community.

1-day or 2-day training program on evidence-based and strength-centered approaches for understanding, addressing and engaging youth, adults and families around gender concepts, terms, and inclusion.

This is a formal training to teach skills Motivational Interviewing skills.  Designed for the basic level practitioners and the advanced practitioner as well.

This is a formal training to teach skills for combining the two methods. Clinical trials demonstrate that CBT combined with MI is four times more effective.

Train trainer’s skills for training agency staff Motivational Interviewing skills

Train supervisors and management on skills for coaching staff to become effective practitioners of MI skills

Learn and ask questions from a person who is in recovery; what did they need from professionals, what helped them on their road to recovery? What barriers did they face? How can professionals help them address their barriers? Learn and ask questions from the family member who loves a person impacted by addiction.

Supportive services are offered to maximize housing stability and prevent returns to homelessness as opposed to addressing predetermined treatment goals prior to permanent housing entry.

This program is designed to teach participants skills for supporting guiding clients who may be dealing with the issues around anxiety disorder brought on by major trauma from various events such as war, imprisonment, assault, sexual abuse or natural disasters.

This is a present-focused, coping skills approach developed as an integrated treatment for PTSD/substance abuse which does not require the client to dwell on the past, although it can be combined with trauma-processing methods.

All-inclusive training adaptable to specific agency needs. This program examines pharmacology, impacts on the human brain, recovery orientation, matrix, group, family, and substance abuse counseling techniques/interventions

Trauma-informed organizations, programs, and services are based on an understanding of the vulnerabilities or triggers of trauma survivors that traditional service delivery approaches may exacerbate, so that services and programs can be more supportive and avoid re-traumatizing survivors.

We focus on the impacts of various aspects of traumatic stress, how to recognize and leverage those impacts for service excellence

Skills for Helping Individuals Regain Employment (HIRE). Basic and advanced skills training is taught.

The course offers custom options for various barriered populations, including Returning Citizens. In addition, other modules include, Culture of Poverty, Model of Accountability, Performance Measurement & Evaluation - Modular training, information, and technologies to engage staff, enhance outcomes and customer satisfaction.

This training is extremely useful for both mental health and substance use disorders treatment and especially for co-morbidity. It involves identifying targeted issues using stage-wise treatment and strength-based approaches