Upcoming OCHN Training Opportunities

Training Opportunities

All trainings are virtual, using Microsoft Teams, until further notice.

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October / November 2021 Trainings

Be Your Own Advocate

October 25

9:00am - 11:00am

At this training ,you will learn what it means to be your own advocate, how to be an advocate, how to speak for yourself, be heard, and get what you need.

Trainings are open to individuals receiving services, family, friends, advocates, providers, direct support professionals, and community members.

SDM Series: How Peer Services Support Supported Decision Making

October 26

1:00pm - 2:30pm & 6:00pm - 7:30pm

1 Social Work CEU pending

Join us for a training series, in partnership with the Developmental Disabilities Council, on Supported Decision Making. This training series is for persons served, families and professional staff.

Tri-County Peers Connect

November 3, 2021

9:30am - 11:30am

MCBAP Credits pending

Is There a Healthy Response to Stress?

Presented by: Shama Faheem, M.D. Chief Medical Officer at DWIHN

Peer self-care and coping, particularly at this time, is a big need. Dr. Faheem will discuss self-care strategies, ways to combat compassion fatigue and survival remorse.

Hope and WRAP for the Holidays

Presented by Sherri Rushman, LBSW, CPSS

Holidays can be hard for people with disabilities mental illness and substance use, especially if they live alone. This session will give you ways to help support persons you serve by being prepared for the Holidays and giving them Hope! This training will review the concepts of WRAP and include a sample WRAP Plan for the Holidays.

Catching Hope: Hope Givers, Hope Receivers, & Hope Stealers

November 15, 2021

1:00pm - 3:00pm

2 Social Work CEUs available

In this class, Sherri tells her Recovery Story from being a desperate hope grabber to becoming a Hope Receiver and then, a Hope Giver. She learned to say NO to Hope Stealers and ignore their Hope Stealing messages.