Greenbriar Treatment Center Training & Publications Presents:

Continuing Education Requirements
All of our courses have been approved by the PSNA, #097-1-H-08.

Course Schedule:

When Even The Voices Are Hungover is an overview of the entire series. This training stresses treating mental illness and substance abuse in the same place, at the same time, with the same team. Other key issues include using consumer/professional strengths and adapting traditional mental health and substance abuse services to dually diagnosed consumer.

9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Five hours
California University of Pennsylvania: March 3, 2010
Greenbriar -Wexford: May 7, 2010

MISA (Mentally Ill, Substance Abusing) Assessment focuses on assessing both illnesses and how they affect the patient physically, mentally, and socially. Participants will also learn the difference between diagnosis and assessment, i.e. the importance of not losing sight of the person while pursuing their DSM IV classification. Focusing on strengths, especially belief in a higher power and/or finding a higher purpose, will also be discussed. Finally, participants will look at how both illnesses can make assessment difficult.

9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Five hours
California University of Pennsylvania: March 10, 2010
Greenbriar -Wexford: May 14, 2010

Professional Enabling, Disabling, and Empowering warns against inflexible definitions of helping vs. enabling. The group will discuss holding people responsible for that which they can control, tracing relapses back to their source, using case-management, and allowing consumers to feel the consequences of their actions. Participants will be asked to look at their own cultural values and developmental issues when deciding how to deal with relapses. The importance of case-management will be stressed, but with a caveat about setting appropriate limits.

9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Five hours
California University of Pennsylvania: March 17, 2010
Greenbriar -Wexford: May 21, 2010

Standing on the Same Step: Meeting dually diagnosed clients where they are, and helping them move ahead. is an introduction to Prochaska & DiClemente’s stage theory. This training looks at signs of relapse and proactive ways to address these signs. Squeezing the joy from recovery, planning to stay clean, completing contingency cards, writing gratitude lists, challenging cognitive distortions, and applying Twelve Step slogans are also considered.

9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Five hours
California University of Pennsylvania: March 24, 2010
Greenbriar -Wexford: June 11, 2010

Suicide, Violence, Mental Illness, and Addiction discusses the connection between violence, suicide, mental illness, and/or addiction. This training will help professionals spot and prevent violence and suicide among consumers coping with both mental illness and substance abuse. Cycles of violence and suicide attempts and how to intervene at each stage will be explored. We will consider the impact of substance abuse and psychiatric symptoms on people.

9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Five hours
California University of Pennsylvania: March 31, 2010
Greenbriar -Wexford: June 18, 2010

Five MISA (Mentally Ill, Substance Abusing) Groups explores the strengths and weaknesses of using groups with mentally ill, substance abusing clients. Groups covered will include: Medication Education, Substance Abuse & the Human Body, Cognitive Recovery, Relapse Prevention, and Twelve Step Education. All participants will receive eleven weekly lesson plans for each of these five groups.

9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Five hours
California University of Pennsylvania: April 7, 2010
Greenbriar -Wexford: WEDNESDAY, June 23, 2010

Medications and Twelve Step Recovery discusses “clean time” for people taking medications, Twelve-step programs and psychotropic medications, and reducing reliance on medications. Other topics covered include working with medical professionals, and re-framing taking medications as a contract, with certain obligations for the consumer. A layman’s guide to the various classes and uses of psychotropic medications is provided.

9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Five hours
California University of Pennsylvania: April 14, 2010
Greenbriar -Wexford: July 9, 2010

If your license expires October 31, 2010,
you can use the courses below to satisfy the PSNA’s CE requirements.

Working Supportively with MISA (Mentally Ill, Substance Abusing) Families & Significant Others will focus on helping families overcome blame, set boundaries, advocate for loved ones, balance family and client needs, interventions, and family education. We will also look at harnessing the strengths of families, garnering information from families, and helping them connect with community resources. Participants will be asked to examine their family of origin, and recognize ways their upbringing colors the way they see the other families.

9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Five hours
California University of Pennsylvania: April 21, 2010
Greenbriar -Wexford: July 16, 2010

Ethics in the Helping Professions will ask participants to consider the “why” as much as the “what” of ethical codes. We will discuss basic ethical principles and the pressure to violate them. We will also look at an ethical code in detail. Participants will discuss how counselors drift into unethical behavior, and how difficult avoiding dual relationships can be in small towns.

9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Six hours
California University of Pennsylvania: April 28, 2010
Greenbriar -Wexford: July 23, 2010

The Care and Feeding of Your Treatment Team stresses using as large a team as possible, as efficiently as possible, to get the most from limited resources. Not losing focus on desired and measurable outcomes for individuals, groups, and the community is discussed. We will take a long look at common practices and attitudes that lead to burnout. Participants will be asked to define realistic goals given their consumers’ functioning level and culture, and the impact of managed care, staffing, and community resources.

9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Five hours
California University of Pennsylvania: May 5, 2010
Greenbriar -Wexford: July 30, 2010

Writing Group and Individual Assignments, Treatment Plans, and Workbooks. will teach participants to write notes, treatment plans, assignments, and workbooks for MISA consumers. Participants will be shown how to incorporate assessment information and goals into written materials. The importance of following legal and ethical guidelines in writing and storing information will be discussed.

9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Five hours
California University of Pennsylvania: May 12, 2010
Greenbriar -Wexford: August 6, 2010

If you have questions for the Pennsylvania State Nurses Association:
• The reference number for our courses is: 097-1-H-08
• Their contact information is panurses@panurses.org // www.panurses.org // (717) 657-1222

About Your Trainer: Ken Montrose M.A., C.A.C. is the Training & Publications Director for Greenbriar Treatment Center. For twenty years he has provided counseling to people coping with mental illness and substance abuse. He is the author or co-author of numerous books and workbooks on addiction and mental illness.
Refund Policy: We will happily refund $35 for any training missed for any reason.
Accreditation:
• Nurses, by the PSNA, #097-1--H-08
• Addiction Counselors, by the Pennsylvania Certification Board, and by NAADAC #477.
• Counselors the National Board of Certified Counselors (NBCC) #6352
• Employee Assistance Professionals, by the EACC
• Social Workers, by the University of Pittsburgh School of Social Work

Greenbriar-Wexford : 6200 Brooktree Road, Suite 210, Wexford, PA 15090
QUESTIONS? Ken Montrose (724) 934-8435 or kmontrose@greenbriar.net