Welcome to our May 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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Registration for the 2023 Harm Reduction Conference is Open
Registration is now open for the first-ever harm reduction conference in Wisconsin! The conference is June 28-29, 2023, in Green Bay. Lodging information will be coming soon; stay up-to-date by checking our website.
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Final Days to Register for the 2023 Opioids, Stimulants, and Trauma Summit
Be part of Wisconsin's only event focused on the intersection of trauma and substance use. Register today for the 2023 Opioids, Stimulants, and Trauma Summit. Join this event in person in Wisconsin Dells (Kalahari Resort) or virtually May 16-18. Two in-person only pre-conference activities are scheduled for May 15.
The registration deadline is May 11.
Continuing education credits are available for people who attend the live event either in person or virtually.
All sessions will be recorded. Registered participants will have access to watch the recordings for up to six months after the event at no additional cost.
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RURAL DRUG ADDICTION RESEARCH CENTER
The annual Symposium on Substance Use Research (SOSUR) focuses on leveraging research, knowledge, and insight on substance use from across the country. This year it will be held on November 7-9, via Zoom. The virtual format will include expert keynotes, panels, and research presentations on a wide variety of substance use topics. There is no cost to attend and it is open to the public.
Visit here for more information.
2023 SOSUR will be co-hosted by: the Rural Drug Addiction Research COBRE, the COBRE on Opioids and Overdose, the West Virginia Clinical and Translational Science Institute, the West Virginia INBRE at Marshall University, and the COBRE Center for Addiction and Disease Risk Exacerbation (CADRE) at Brown University.
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SAMHSA’s new publication, Moving Beyond Change Efforts: Evidence and Action to Support and Affirm LGBTQI+ Youth,
offers evidence-based research on the most effective (and ineffective) ways to provide treatment to youth of diverse
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Request for Applications: Hub and Spoke Integrated Recovery Support Services
from Wisconsin DHS
Applications due by June 16, 2023 at 2 p.m.
The Wisconsin Department of Health Services is seeking applications for one or more new sites to pilot the Hub and Spoke Integrated Recovery Support Services program. Applications are due no later than June 16, 2023, at 2 p.m.
Selected applicants will receive reimbursement by providing Medicaid-covered Substance Use Disorder Health Home services as a Medicaid enrolled Hub site. This is not a grant funding opportunity.
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Mental Health Awareness Programming
from SAMHSA
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National Prevention Week
from SAMHSA
May 7-13
National Prevention Week is a national public education platform showcasing the work of communities and organizations across the country dedicated to raising awareness about the importance of substance misuse prevention and positive mental health.
SAMHSA has provided a toolkit for those who want to share news about the importance of prevention. You can share your #MyPreventionStory on social media, download this planning toolkit, and promote National Prevention Week.
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Lactation Education Training Support
from HOPE Consortium
As part of ongoing efforts to develop structures and resources in the HOPE Consortium – North Region that support pregnant and parenting people experiencing substance use disorder, the Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) Project has additional funds for up to five people to seek Lactation Educator Training. Attached you’ll find information on options, current course delivery mode and links for additional information. We have supported five individuals so far, and are excited to build additional capacity in the region. Priority will be given to those actively serving our intended NAS project audience which includes pregnant and post-partum persons with concerns of substance use disorder.
We have the ability to fund up to four different trainings for someone from your agency. Trainings we can support include:
- Certified Lactation Educator
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Community Lactation Educator (optional add-on)
- Certified Lactation Counselor
- Community Breastfeeding Educator
- Certified Breastfeeding Counselor – Attendee must hold an active nursing license
In order to provide this support, I ask that you reply to the following questions no later than Friday, May 19:
- Do you have a need/interest for you or someone in your agency to participate in a lactation educator training?
- Do you or someone from your agency who has a certification certified, but would like additional credentials?
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ECHO is an opportunity for women’s substance use treatment providers to come together with clinicians who provide care to women with substance use disorders to learn and share information and strategies to improve the lives of women, their children, and their families.
The ECHO is conducted monthly for 1 hour and includes a brief educational presentation on a topic of interest, a case presentation by a collaborator, and a discussion on strategies that can help the provider offer the best possible care for the client/patient.
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The next ECHO is. . .
June 9, 2023
9am-10am CST
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Upcoming Dates for 2023
held virtually on the second Friday of almost every month. . .
June
July
August
September
October
November
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WAPC Fetal Monitoring Case Review Series
from Wisconsin Association for Perinatal Care
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Monitoring a pregnant person and their fetus during the antepartum and intrapartum periods is an essential component of perinatal care. The purpose of this course is to use case studies to build on knowledge of and skills about interpreting electronic fetal heart rate strips.
This course offers:
- Continuing skill-building through an interactive approach that goes beyond the basics of who, how, and when to monitor
- Content for those who have demonstrated competency in basic fetal monitoring skills
- Unique curriculum at EVERY session, using NEW case studies and strip reviews from actual de-identified cases from across Wisconsin
- Discussion using current ACOG/NICHD recommendations
- Interaction with colleagues around the state with the convenience of learning from work or home
The interactive live sessions will be held via Zoom; recordings will be available. Continuing education for attending both live or recorded sessions will be available for both CNE and CME. These case studies are intended for physicians, nurses, certified nurse midwives, and other perinatal providers who routinely do electronic fetal monitoring.
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FASD Self-Paced Training Series
Many medical, allied health care providers, educators, and others work with individuals affected by prenatal alcohol exposure—diagnosed or undiagnosed—but may lack training to identify, refer, and/or provide effective services. Few agencies offer FASD training to address these important issues.
This FASD self-paced learning series helps decrease the knowledge gap by providing on-demand educational opportunities to learn more about the prevention, identification, and treatment of FASD.
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Contingency Management Overview Training
Thursday, May 25, 2023
12:00pm-2:00 pm
Get a taste of CM
Understand CM principles & theory enough to describe it to staff; community.
Know what makes CM “evidence-based”
Familiarity with research supporting CM; exposure to evidence-based elements of CM.
Identify CM implementation needs
Know what questions to ask, consider how CM might look at your site, develop next steps.
Feel excited!
Have confidence in the intervention; increase hope that your site can help the people with CM!
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DHS Awards $8 million for Opioid and Stimulant Treatment Services
News Release from Wisconsin DHS
Tribal nation and county agencies to use funding from the State Opioid Response Grant Program to support local needs
Over 4,000 people throughout Wisconsin will have access to treatment for the problem use of opioids or stimulants now through September because of $8 million in grants awarded today by the Department of Health Services (DHS) to three tribal nations and 22 county agencies. Opioids include prescription pain relievers, heroin, and fentanyl. Stimulants include cocaine and methamphetamine.
“Improving access to treatment is a critical part of our plan to reduce the hurt and heartbreak caused by the epidemic of problem drug use we’re living with statewide,” DHS Secretary-designee Kirsten Johnson. “These grants will enable our local partners to remove the financial barriers to effective treatment, allowing more people to experience the promise of recovery. Recovery is possible for everyone.”
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Article
Emergent, the maker of the opioid overdose antidote Narcan, said in a statement Thursday that it is aiming for an out-of-pocket price of less than $50 for its nasal spray product.
Public interest groups such as government agencies, nonprofits, and first responders pay less than $50, on average, for a kit of two 4-milligram doses, the company says. The wholesale price is $125 per kit.
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Here are some resource that can help you locate naloxone/narcan boxes:
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There will be a movie screening of The Wisdom of Trauma at this year's Opioids, Stimulants, and Trauma Summit. After a dinner on their own, attendees are invited to come back for a viewing of this documentary with discussion to follow.
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Save the Date for Conferences
May 16-18, 2023, pre-conference events on May 15
Hybrid. In-person in the Wisconsin Dells.
June 28-29, 2023
Hybrid. In-person in Green Bay.
August 29-31, 2023
In-person in Kansas City, Missouri
September 13-14, 2023
Hybrid. In-person in the Wisconsin Dells.
October 19-20, 2023
Hybrid. In-person at Kalahari Resort and Convention Center Wisconsin Dells, WI
October 24-25, 2023
In-person at the Oshkosh Convention Center.
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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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Click here below to see all the upcoming trainings and events across topics. |
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Have a training interest? Looking for technical assistance? Simply fill out this online form with what you are seeking, and we will follow up to further explore your needs. |
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Wisconsin CONNECT Social Media |
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Go follow the new Wisconsin CONNECT social media pages for regular updates on training opportunities as well as to connect and network with other professionals. |
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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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