ICOCE specializes in providing training, consultation, and technical assistance across several areas. A few areas of specialty are listed below, however, please note that this list is not comprehensive.
Dual Diagnosis Capability in Addiction Treatment (DDCAT) – In the Dual Diagnosis Capability Review ICOCE visits your agency to assess your programs capability to deliver co-occurring mental health and substance use treatment services using the DDCAT Toolkit. During the visit ICOCE tours the program’s physical site, reviews twelve to fifteen client charts (a mixture of open and closed) for the program, conducts interviews, and reviews program policies.
Documentation and Treatment Planning Co-Occurring Disorders – This training focuses on strategies and skills for clinicians working with people with co-occurring conditions. The training will focus on person-centered and individualized documentation and treatment planning. Attendees learn about the importance of creating an inclusive assessment that is strengths-based and identifies participants’ stage of change and how to further document a case in a way that is individualized, objective, and measurable. Attendees will be able to demonstrate the ability to develop Treatment Plan goals that are individualized, measurable, realistic, objective, and address assessment concerns.
Group Therapy – In this interactive and skill-building workshop, participants will be introduced to tools that will enable them to more effectively facilitate group work that includes people who have co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders. A partial list of topics includes: Strategies for building group cohesion; Stages of group development and the role of the leader; Facilitating 7 different types of addictions and co-occurring disorders groups; Strategies for managing conflict in co-occurring disorders groups; Issues of diversity in group treatment; The purposeful use of activities in groups; Building group cohesion in the midst of rapid turnover; Strategies for working with difficult group members in addictions and co-occurring disorders groups; Managing the termination phase of group treatment. This day long advanced skill-building session was developed for clinicians.
Motivational Interviewing – Motivational interviewing is a client-centered method utilized to enhance motivation for change and resolve ambivalence. This training will explore how motivational interviewing strategies can be used to guide relationship building and clinical practice. Training participants will learn how motivational interviewing can be used to engage consumers in services and assess readiness, willingness, and ability for change. Special emphasis will be placed on linking motivational strategies to the stages of change and harm reduction principles.
HIV/AIDS – Consumers that have a diagnosis of a mental illness and a diagnosis of a substance use disorder are at increased risk for HIV infection. Research has demonstrated a link between individuals with mental illness engaging in high-risk behaviors including substance abuse and risky sexual activities. ICOCE provides training, consultation, and technical assistance to providers to facilitate a deeper understanding of the relationship between mental health, substance use disorders, and HIV/AIDS. A primary goal of ICOCE’s work in this area is to promote collaboration between multiple providers and ultimately systems integration to address the unique needs of consumers with co-occurring diagnoses of HIV infection, mental illness, and substance abuse.
Trauma – Traumatic experiences can increase an individual’s vulnerability to mental illness or substance disorders. Traumatic experiences may include, but are not limited to, child abuse, sexual assault, homelessness, military combat, domestic violence, and a range of other distressful events. Research has demonstrated strong links between trauma, mental illness, substance abuse, homelessness, and incarceration. It can be difficult to engage and retain consumers with a trauma history in treatment. ICOCE provides training, consultation, and technical assistance to providers in an effort to highlight the complicated clinical picture of this special population and promote best practices for service design, engagement, and treatment.
Just Say Know – This training provides in-depth knowledge about the drugs most commonly used by participants. Understanding the benefits, risks, and potential strategies for using in safer ways can help service providers navigate nonjudgmental conversations with participants about their use. Given that drug use is a part of our participants’ lives, these trainings are designed to help you get comfortable with understanding and talking about these substances. This training provides resources about opioids, cocaine, cannabis, prescription drugs, alcohol, and methamphetamine, that are appropriate for providers working in housing first programs, health centers, community mental health, or substance use treatment. The training includes information about what we know about the impact of drugs on specific populations including women, people of color, youth, and people with co-occurring mental health conditions.
Prescription Drug Abuse – Prescription drug abuse is considered the nation’s fastest growing drug problem & the CDC has called it an epidemic. Trainings offer highlights about the most commonly used prescription drugs; an orientation to language for the drugs, mechanisms of modification and routes of administration; patterns of drug use; population and individual level prevention strategies and their outcomes; and strategies for reducing individual harm.
Cultural Competence – Consumers and providers are multicultural beings. Culture is a broad concept that exceeds the limits of ethnicity and language and expands to gender, sexual orientation, religion, and other core aspects of identity. Cultural competence plays a critical role in providing effective services to consumers with co-occurring disorders. ICOCE develops and conducts trainings in the area of cultural competence that include didactic and experiential components. In addition to training, consultation and technical assistance are provided to assist providers in understanding the impact of culture on health outcomes, help-seeking behaviors, and treatment. Integral to the recovery of consumers is also a promotion of the culture of wellness. ICOCE emphasizes a strengths-based and wellness approach for providers and consumers in the context of culturally competent care.
Other Training Areas
- Co-Occurring Conditions (Basic and Advanced Training)
- Relapse Prevention
- Recovery and Integrated Treatment Planning
- Community Support Strategies
- Overdose Prevention Strategies
- Medication Assisted Treatment
- Housing Best Practice for people with Co-Occurring Disorders
- Peer Recovery Support
- Recovery Homes
- AND MORE BY REQUEST!
