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Question, Persuade, Refer (QPR) – Suicide Prevention
Event Date: May 28, 2025
2 - 3:30 p.m. ET
FULL
ACCME & NAB CREDITS ARE AVAILABLE.
QPR training offers strategies to support your work in providing suicide prevention and mental wellness to your residents. This 1.5-hour evidence-based instructor-led training is held virtually and will provide a comprehensive review of a three-step approach anyone can learn to help save a life from suicide. This session will provide a one-year certification to attendees.
Key components covered in the training:
- How to Question, Persuade and Refer someone who may be suicidal
- How to get help for yourself or learn more about preventing suicide
- The common causes of suicidal behavior
- The warning signs of suicide
- How to get help for someone in crisis
Registration is limited.
Speaker: Marti Vogt, BT – https://www.linkedin.com/in/marti-vogt-317b0a12/
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Mental Health First Aid (MHFA)
Event Date: May 30, 2025
11 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. ET
FULL
ACCME AND NAB CREDITS ARE AVAILABLE.
Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) training provides skills to contact and provide initial help and support to someone who may be developing a mental health or substance use challenge or experiencing a crisis.
This session provides a MHFA certification for three years.
The training covers:
- Common signs and symptoms of mental health challenges and substance use challenges.
- How to interact with a person in crisis.
- How to connect a person with help.
- Expanded content on trauma, substance use and self-care
The training is divided into three (3) parts:
Part 1 starts AFTER initial registration has been APPROVED by the instructor. Approved registrants will be emailed instructions on how to create an on-line profile using MHFA Connect and completing a pre-survey/quiz followed by a 2-hour self-paced online course. Registrants MUST complete Part 1 no less than 48 hours (two business days) prior to the scheduled Part 2 session.
Part 2 is a 5.5-hour live instructor led virtual training. Participants are required to be on camera the entire time.
Part 3 participants will return to MHFA Connect to complete the post test and evaluation, required to receive a certificate of participation.
7.75 NAB credits and 5.5 ACCME credits will be offered after completing this live training.
Registration is limited.
Speaker: Marti Vogt – https://www.linkedin.com/in/marti-vogt-317b0a12/
Event
SUD 101: The If’s & What’s of Substance Use Disorder Basics
Event Date: June 10, 2025
2 - 3 p.m. ET
ACCME & NAB CREDITS ARE AVAILABLE.
A knowledge of substance use disorders and common behavioral symptoms are essential to understanding how to support residents with substance use disorders within the nursing home environment. This webinar will define substance use terminology, examine signs and symptoms and gain an awareness of substance use screening tools that can be used in nursing facilities. The importance of using stigma-free language for providing person centered care will also be discussed.
Learning Objectives:
- Distinguish between substance use, misuse, and substance use disorder.
- Recognize the signs and symptoms of possible substance use.
- Describe how recovery-oriented language can engage and support people with SUDs.
Speaker: Diana Padilla, MCPC, CARC, CASAC-TASAP
Event
Question, Persuade, Refer (QPR) – Suicide Prevention
Event Date: June 12, 2025
2 - 3:30 p.m. ET
ACCME & NAB CREDITS ARE AVAILABLE.
QPR training offers strategies to support your work in providing suicide prevention and mental wellness to your residents. This 1.5-hour evidence-based instructor-led training is held virtually and will provide a comprehensive review of a three-step approach anyone can learn to help save a life from suicide. This session will provide a one-year certification to attendees.
Key components covered in the training:
- How to Question, Persuade and Refer someone who may be suicidal
- How to get help for yourself or learn more about preventing suicide
- The common causes of suicidal behavior
- The warning signs of suicide
- How to get help for someone in crisis
Registration is limited.
Speaker: Marti Vogt – https://www.linkedin.com/in/marti-vogt-317b0a12/
Event
Understanding Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD): A Brief Overview
Event Date: June 17, 2025
2 - 2:30 p.m. ET
ACCME & NAB CREDITS ARE AVAILABLE.
This training is designed to give a brief overview of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), its symptoms, and how this can manifest in nursing facility residents. Discover ways for supporting and treating PTSD.
Learning Objectives:
- Understand Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).
- Learn the symptoms of PTSD.
- Discover ways to support individuals with PTSD.
Speaker: Bryan G. Stephens, MA, MBA, CPCS, LPC
Event
An Introduction to Trauma-informed Care
Event Date: June 19, 2025
2 - 3 p.m. ET
ACCME & NAB CREDITS ARE AVAILABLE.
In this informative training, nursing facility staff will explore the principles of trauma-informed care and learn techniques for creating a safe environment where both residents and staff can thrive.
Learning Objectives:
- Define trauma and trauma-informed care
- What happens to the traumatized body and why trauma behavior is misunderstood
- The basic concepts of trauma informed care
Speaker: LaVerne Hanes Collins, PhD, NCC, LPC (GA), LCMHC (NC)
Event
Schizophrenia in Long-Term Care: Basics & Dual Diagnosis
Event Date: June 24, 2025
2 - 3 p.m. ET
ACCME & NAB CREDITS ARE AVAILABLE.
Explore the diagnostic criteria of schizophrenia and steps to make a clinical diagnosis. Learn the unique challenges posed by co-occurrence of schizophrenia and substance use disorder and simple and practical strategies to address the challenges and successfully treat both conditions.
Learning Objectives:
- Describe core DSM 5 TR criteria for schizophrenia.
- Discover four key steps to make a diagnosis of schizophrenia.
- Learn signs and symptoms that help early identification of substance use disorder in individuals with schizophrenia.
- Identify at least two best practices in management of substance use disorders in persons with schizophrenia.
Speaker: Dr. Abhilash Desai, MD
Event
Question, Persuade, Refer (QPR) – Suicide Prevention
Event Date: June 26, 2025
2 - 3:30 p.m. ET
ACCME & NAB CREDITS ARE AVAILABLE.
QPR training offers strategies to support your work in providing suicide prevention and mental wellness to your residents. This 1.5-hour evidence-based instructor-led training is held virtually and will provide a comprehensive review of a three-step approach anyone can learn to help save a life from suicide. This session will provide a one-year certification to attendees.
Key components covered in the training:
- How to Question, Persuade and Refer someone who may be suicidal
- How to get help for yourself or learn more about preventing suicide
- The common causes of suicidal behavior
- The warning signs of suicide
- How to get help for someone in crisis
Registration is limited.
Speaker: Holly Pounders – https://www.linkedin.com/in/holly-pounders-73632044/
Event
Mental Health First Aid (MHFA)
Event Date: June 27, 2025
11 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. ET
ACCME AND NAB CREDITS ARE AVAILABLE.
Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) training provides skills to contact and provide initial help and support to someone who may be developing a mental health or substance use challenge or experiencing a crisis.
This session provides a MHFA certification for three years.
The training covers:
- Common signs and symptoms of mental health challenges and substance use challenges.
- How to interact with a person in crisis.
- How to connect a person with help.
- Expanded content on trauma, substance use and self-care
The training is divided into three (3) parts:
Part 1 starts AFTER initial registration has been APPROVED by the instructor. Approved registrants will be emailed instructions on how to create an on-line profile using MHFA Connect and completing a pre-survey/quiz followed by a 2-hour self-paced online course. Registrants MUST complete Part 1 no less than 48 hours (two business days) prior to the scheduled Part 2 session.
Part 2 is a 5.5-hour live instructor led virtual training. Participants are required to be on camera the entire time.
Part 3 participants will return to MHFA Connect to complete the post test and evaluation, required to receive a certificate of participation.
7.75 NAB credits and 5.5 ACCME credits will be offered after completing this live training.
Registration is limited.
Speaker: Holly Pounders – https://www.linkedin.com/in/holly-pounders-73632044/
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