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Welcome to our January newsletter!
Wisconsin CONNECT is a collaborative. We seek to provide technical assistance and training opportunities for substance use prevention and treatment grantees, providers, clinicians, social workers, and support staff.
We draw on local and national academic and community resources to reduce and prevent substance use and improve overall health and wellness in Wisconsin.
To that end, we want to help you connect the dots with this newsletter. It is a tool to support our efforts to promote new research, share tools and trainings that aim to help you engage in different communities, enhance practice and improve the health of your clients and program participants.
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The Role of Housing in Improving Health Outcomes and HIV Care Continuity for People Who Use Drugs: Narratives and Recommendations from Lived Experience
This new resource presents first-hand narratives, research and recommendations to understand and explore housing provision as a comprehensive health and overdose prevention strategy. Developed by ORN partner, the National Alliance of State & Territorial AIDS Directors (NASTAD), it can be used as a series of topic-specific guidance documents or as an overview of person-centered approaches to housing, drug user health, and HIV care.
Access here.
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Impact of State Targeted Response and State Opioid Response Grants Described in New Briefs
from Opioid Response Network
To understand how grant recipients have used federal funds to address the opioid crisis, the National Association of State Alcohol and Drug Agency Directors (NASADAD), in partnership with ORN, developed state and territorial-specific briefs that describe highlights of each state alcohol and drug agency’s use of funding from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration across the continuum of care. Thematic briefs were also developed to analyze common strategies and services states have implemented for opioid and stimulant misuse and use disorders. Explore the interactive map by clicking on individual states or territories.
Access here.
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Reported Use of Most Drugs Among Adolescents Remains Low in 2024
from NIDA
The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) has released the 2024 Monitoring the Future Survey results, revealing that adolescent substance use remains at historically low levels for the fourth consecutive year. This sustained decline, which began during the COVID-19 pandemic, encompasses a broad range of substances, including alcohol, nicotine, cannabis, and other illicit drugs. Experts attribute this trend to factors such as reduced peer pressure during lockdowns, increased health consciousness among teens, and a cultural shift towards wellness. The survey's findings highlight the importance of understanding and supporting the behaviors that contribute to these positive outcomes.
Read report here.
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Learn How to Apply For and Manage Current and Future Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Grants
from HRSA
Date(s): February 3-7, 2025
Time: 2:00 - 4:30 p.m. EST
HRSA’s Minority Colleges, Universities, and Community Colleges (MCU-CC) Technical Assistance (TA) initiative is hosting a Federal Grants Bootcamp to help community-based organizations (CBOs) understand, apply for, and manage federal funding.
This five-day Bootcamp is free and focuses on the unique needs of community-based organizations. We encourage current and prospective HRSA grantees from CBOs to register and attend. This event is also open to other MCU-CCs as well.
Register here.
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Prenatal Substance Exposure Workshop for Foster, Adoptive, and Kinship Parents
from Creating a Family
Creating a Family offers this evidence-based, trauma-informed workshop to help parents recognize the signs and symptoms of prenatal exposure and train them on techniques that work best with these kids.
The workshop is presented in three sessions. Participants will need to be able to attend Session 1 and Session 2 and then you will select your Session 3 from one of the age-specific options.
- Connect with other parents through facilitated discussion.
- Learn supportive strategies.
- Each session is 90 minutes and presented on Zoom.
- Participants receive access to a resource library and a certificate of completion (4.5 CE hours for all 3 sessions)
They are able to offer 4 free workshops in 2025 through the support of Jockey Being Family® Foundation. Registration for these sessions opens one month prior, and seats fill quickly. If you are unable to register for the free workshop, or these dates are not convenient, consider one of the additional workshops that are available throughout the year at $65.
Are you an agency that would like your parents to be trained? Find more information here, or email the team at info@creatingafamily.org.
Learn more here.
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Building Community Resiliency Through Storytelling and Media Narratives
from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Wednesday, January 15
1:00-2:30pm CST
Join the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for a discussion on how communities can enhance resilience through storytelling and media narratives. Media narratives shape the public's opinions on the root causes, impacts, and solutions to community violence. This webinar will discuss how these narratives impact communities affected by violence and how local storytelling efforts can help build community resiliency.
Register here.
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Treating People Who Use Meth or Other Stimulants: Leveraging Contingency Management in Criminal Justice Settings
from SAMHSA's GAINS Center
January 29, 2025,
2:00–3:30 p.m. EST
Contingency management is an evidence-based behavioral intervention proven effective in treating individuals with stimulant use disorders. This method leverages positive reinforcement to encourage specific target behaviors that reflect progress in treatment, such as attending sessions or maintaining abstinence. The webinar will address the scientific foundation of contingency management, common challenges associated with its implementation in criminal justice settings, and strategies for overcoming these barriers. Sustainable solutions for integrating contingency management into drug court and reentry programs, with an emphasis on its long-term benefits for individuals in recovery and the community, will also be discussed.
Learning Objectives
At the conclusion of this webinar, participants should be able to:
- Explain the basic elements of a contingency management intervention.
- Understand how contingency management fosters long-term recovery and facilitates community reintegration.
- Discuss strategies for incorporating contingency management interventions within criminal justice settings.
Presenter
- Richard A. Rawson, PhD, Research Professor, Vermont Center for Behavior and Health at University of Vermont, Professor Emeritus, University of California, Los Angeles Department of Psychiatry, Burlington, Vermont
Register here.
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LGBTQ+ Affirming Treatment of Substance Use Disorders Course
from Opioids Response Network
This training is intended to educate service providers on how to deliver affirming treatment and care for LGBTQ+ people who use substances and is meant for practitioners and employees across the spectrum of substance use-related care (e.g., medical providers, behavioral health providers, administrators). The training, from ORN partner Columbia University Department of Psychiatry, consists of a facilitated animation, including data on inequities in substance use among LGBTQ+ communities, the context in which these inequities exist (e.g., minority stress framework), and six case studies of LGBTQ+ people struggling with substance use. The case studies are accompanied by a series of practical, discussion, and self-reflection questions and a guide for the facilitator of the training.
Register and learn more here.
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Reflective Supervision
from University of Wisconsin-Green Bay
January 30, 2025,
8:30am - 12:30pm CST
Virtual via Zoom
Reflective Supervision is an empowering professional development approach that managers and other supervisory roles embrace to efficiently support the growth of their direct service team. During the course of a supervision encounter the supervisor guides the staff person through the following conversation structure.
The skills needed to achieve the effect and efficiency of Reflective Supervision are found in Motivational Interviewing and include: empathetic listening and use of active listening skills. Reflective Supervision is enhanced by the expression of the Spirit of MI (Partnership, Acceptance, Compassion, and Evocation). Reflective Supervision is a broadly embraced model that supports a Trauma Informed service environment. Embracing Cultural Reverence supports culturally responsive supervisory relationships in diverse teams.
The outcome of utilizing reflective supervision include: staff who are able to achieve increasing degrees of critical thinking aligned with the values and direction of their supervisor and organization, decreases in burn-out and compassion fatigue, as well as increasingly targeted and efficient professional development meetings.
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Family Based Youth Suicide Risk Management Workshop
from University of Wisconsin-Green Bay
January 23 & 24, 2025,
8:30am - 12:15pm CST each day
Virtual via Zoom
Course Description
First, we discuss trauma informed care, adolescent and family development and the national concern about adolescent suicide risk. Then we teach a family-centered care approach to risk assessment and safety planning. Finally, we teach strategies for engaging families into the treatment process and how to conduct a first family session. Lecture, discussion, experiential exercises, and therapy videos are used throughout the workshop.
Learn more and register here.
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Eating Disorders: What You Need to Know
from University of Wisconsin-Green Bay
February 3, 2025,
1:00 - 3:00pm CST
Virtual via Zoom
The prevalence of eating disorders in on the rise. Research indicates that the incidence of eating disorders are on the rise, yet very few individuals struggling with eating disorders ever get treatment. Mental health and healthcare professionals are often in a position to identify eating disorders and refer them for care but often times have limited knowledge and training in this area. We know that early detection and intervention are correlated with better outcomes. This presentation will provide a comprehensive overview of eating disorders including eating disorders diagnoses, common cooccurring disorders, screening and referral parameters and current best practice in the treatment of eating disorders.
Learn more and register here.
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Save the Date for 2025 Conferences
Wisconsin EMS Association Conference
January 21-24
In-person at Resch Expo in Green Bay, WI.
WALC Annual Breastfeeding Conference
March 6-7
Hybrid. In-person at the Oshkosh Waterfront Hotel and Conference Center in Oshkosh, WI.
Prevent Suicide Wisconsin Conference
April 9
Virtual.
North Central Regional Trauma Advisory Council (NCRTAC) Trauma Conference
April 10
In-person at Northcentral Technical College in Wausau, WI.
Wisconsin Alliance for Drug Endangered Children
April 15-17
In-person at the Holiday In in Stevens Point, WI.
Peer Recovery Conference
April 15-17
In-person at the Kalahari Resort and Convention Center in Wisconsin Dells, WI.
NAMI Wisconsin Annual Conference
April 25-26
In-person at the Marriott West in Madison, WI.
Call for proposals open.
Opioids, Stimulants, and Trauma Summit
May 6-8
Hybrid. In-person at the Kalahari Resort and Convention Center in Wisconsin Dells, WI.
2025 Advances in Trauma Care
May 16
In-person at Rasmus/Overholt/Ross/ICE House in La Crosse, WI.
Harm Reduction Conference
July 16-17
Hybrid. In-person at the Chula Vista in Wisconsin Dells, WI.
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Check out our video archive to find a session you might have missed.
You can also go back to the training session webpage to find other resources, slides and handouts.
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We do this in partnership with the Bureau of Prevention, Treatment and Recovery within the Wisconsin Department of Health Service's Division of Care and Treatment Services, UW-Milwaukee, and our network of training providers. |
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