Join us for our 5th annual LGBTQ+ Healthcare Conference. This year the Wabanaki Two-Spirit Alliance will be providing our keynote address and the conference will center around the theme of rural health. This annual conference brings together providers and community members to learn about LGBTQ+ health disparities and build collaborative energy around their different work to address these issues across Maine.
Prevention Specialist
This two-day conference is an opportunity for professionals working with families to discuss strategies to optimize maternal and child health in Maine. Presenters each day will provide a host of information related to Social Determinants of health, Trauma Informed care, Eat Sleep Console, Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, Maternal Depression, Prenatal Substance Exposure and resources available for working with families in Maine. Registration includes a continental breakfast and lunch.
This advanced course offers experienced substance use prevention professionals an opportunity to explore the role of ethics in their work. The course provides opportunities to engage in discussions of the prevention code of ethics’ six key principles and explore a four-step decision-making model for assessing, addressing, and evaluating a range of ethical issues. The course is based on the Prevention Think Tank’s Prevention Code of Ethics’ six principles and provides knowledge and skills regarding ethical responsibilities and practices, including the use of a formalized ethical decision-making process. Registration fee includes continental breakfast and lunch. Early bird fee $40.00 if you pay by May 17th, 2019.
This 2-day experiential training will explore and address loneliness, longing and belonging from an ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy) perspective and some strategies Prevention Professionals can use to integrate this information into their work. We’ll review the basics of the mental, emotional and physical aspects of these unwanted private experiences. We’ll illustrate how people get “stuck” in these experiences – called psychological inflexibility – and end up acting in ways that keep them disconnected and isolated. We’ll illustrate how an ACT approach can help make sense and make contact with these painful thoughts, feelings and sensations. We’ll use the techniques of mindfulness and psychological flexibility to assist making these experiences useful rather than to be avoided. And with increased psychological flexibility, we help build meaningful connections. Registration fee includes continental breakfast, and lunch for both days. Early bird fee $100.00 if you pay by April 22, 2019.
Inherent in the way we talk about things is how we think of those same things. When we use words like “clean” we necessarily imply that the opposite is “dirty.” Opioid Use Disorder continues to be a highly stigmatized medical condition despite the many advancements in neurobiology and a fuller understanding of social and environmental determinants of health. In spite of these many advancements, people with an Opioid Use Disorder continue to report high rates of discrimination from medical providers, denial of services from government entities, and continued targeting by law enforcement. The ramifications of stigma in care environments are manifold and further compound the opioid crisis. During this workshop participants will explore personal biases related to opioid use and the way that these emerge in language, the ramifications of stigma against people who use drugs and how to create an affirming environment that will enhance care for people who use drugs. Registration fee includes a light lunch. Early bird fee $35.00 if you pay by April 23, 2019.
Adolescence is a time when young people’s brains are changing and developing rapidly, causing them to approach decision‐making in new and different ways. Understanding how youth think about risks and choices around substance use, relationships, sexuality, and other health behaviors is key to developing prevention approaches that are truly effective. This training is geared for a wide range of professionals working with youth around behavior change, risk reduction, and health promotion. Registration fee includes light snacks.
Ethics in Prevention training was developed under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration for the Center for Application of Prevention Technologies. This training provides opportunities to engage in discussions of the six key principles of the Prevention Code of Ethics and explore a four-step decision-making model for assessing, addressing, and evaluating a range of ethical issues. Registration fee includes light breakfast and lunch.
Adolescence is a time when young people’s brains are changing and developing rapidly, causing them to approach decision‐making in new and different ways. Understanding how youth think about risks and choices around substance use, relationships, sexuality, and other health behaviors is key to developing prevention approaches that are truly effective. This training is geared for a wide range of professionals working with youth around behavior change, risk reduction, and health promotion. Fee includes a light snack.
This program is a six hour, interactive, face-to-face training that provides public health professionals, emergency responders, and natural community helpers without former mental health education with the concepts and skills associated with psychological first aid. Additionally, this training is applicable to public health settings, the workplace, the military, mass disaster venues, and even the demands of critical incidents, e.g., dealing with the psychological aftermath of accidents, robberies, suicide, or community violence. Registration fee includes: training, lunch and certificate.
Program Overview: This program is a six hour, interactive, face-to-face training that provides public health professionals, emergency responders, and natural community helpers without former mental health education with the concepts and skills associated with psychological first aid. Additionally, this training is applicable to public health settings, the workplace, the military, mass disaster venues, and even the demands of critical incidents, e.g., dealing with the psychological aftermath of accidents, robberies, suicide, or community violence. Registration fee includes: training, lunch and certificate.