DMH Communication Alert – BHWC: Free Behavioral Health Training Opportunities
by ACMHAIcoordinator | Apr 1, 2025 |
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| Free Training Opportunities
CEUs Available |
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| The BHWC offers training opportunities at no cost to Illinois Behavioral Health providers. All trainings offer CEUs. Browse All Trainings |
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| Supervision Training Series & Learning Collaborative |
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| This training is for supervisors managing at least one staff member or intern in a behavioral health setting. It will help build strong supervisory skills and effective practices rooted in strengths-based and trauma-informed approaches. After completing the training, participants will have the opportunity to join a learning collaborative and receive compensation for staff time.
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| PracticeWise MATCH
Training & Learning Collab |
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| PracticeWise MATCH is designed for mental health providers serving children and early teens with Medicaid insurance. This training orients providers to using MATCH in practice and is open to those supervising at least one intern or staff member, as well as program directors without a caseload.
After completing the training, participants will have the opportunity to join a learning collaborative.
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| Motivational Interviewing Using Stages of Change |
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| Motivational Interviewing (MI) with People in Mental Health Recovery Using a Stages of Change Decision Aid covers the stages of change paradigm and basics of MI, including use of open questions, affirmations, reflections, and summaries.
Behavioral health providers will learn to recognize clients’ stages and use an MI decision tool to select appropriate strategies.
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| Telehealth for Behavioral Health Providers ECHO® |
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| This ECHO® is designed for health care providers, administrators, and executives to increase access to telehealth services for Behavioral Health Providers, and enhance knowledge on telehealth services.
Throughout the program, topics such as Introduction to Telehealth, Health Equality and Accessibility, and Best Practices will be presented.
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| Integrated Behavioral Health
for PCPs ECHO® Series |
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| This ECHO® is designed for Primary Care Providers (PCPs) to improve the management of patients with health conditions.
The program will feature topics such as nuances of psychiatric history, education of psychiatric diagnoses, medications and treatments, and mental illnesses.
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| Self-Determination Strategies for
Promoting Service User Engagement |
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| This interactive asynchronous training teaches providers how to engage service users in therapeutic relationships using self-determination strategies. Grounded in the empirically-supported psychological theory of self-determination, students are introduced to approaches that build therapeutic alliances and avoid premature disengagement from services. They also learn how to use a tool called Express Yourself! to enhance motivation to change and avoid client termination from services prior to improvement.
The BHWC will be hosting a monthly virtual learning collaborative – facilitated by Dr. Virginia Selleck – to share resources, ideas, and best practice for engaging and retaining clients. After completing the training, participants will receive additional information on how to join this collaborative.
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