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Register for upcoming Training Double Headers!

Trauma Informed Care coupled with Self Care (LAST CALL!)

Join us for this 1 day opportunity for 2 trainings. Owen Dougherty will be facilitating Trauma Informed Care from 9:00am-12:00pm and Self Care: Compassion Without Collapse from 1:00pm-4:00pm. Both trainings are freshly developed with CRS, CFRS and SUD support workers in mind. Participants are eligible for 3 credit hours for each course, and you can attend 1 or both!

When: October 1, 2026

Where: Indiana County Recovery Capital (ICRC)

15 S. 8th St. Indiana, PA 15701 (3rd floor)

Cost: FREE

Click here for the flyer and registration

Trauma Informed Care:

Strengthen your recovery support skills with this interactive training. Trauma impacts how people think, feel, and respond. With the right approach, we can create safer, more supportive environments that promote healing and recovery.

Topics Covered:

• What trauma is and how it shows up in real life
• How trauma impacts behavior, relationships and recovery
• Simple, effective ways to respond using a trauma informed approach
• How culture shapes trauma, healing, and engagement

Self Care: Compassion without Collapse:

Workshop focus includes:

• Recognizing compassion stress and fatigue
• Identifying risks that are specific to CRS roles
• Exploring burnout vs. compassion fatigue
• Developing a 30 day self-care plan

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Ethics & Boundaries coupled with Building Trust & Keeping Confidentiality

Join us for our second double header where Owen Dougherty will be facilitating Ethics and Boundaries from 9:00am-12:00pm and Building Trust and Keeping Confidentiality from 1:00pm-4:00pm. Both trainings are freshly developed with CRS, CFRS and SUD support workers in mind. Participants are eligible for 3 credit hours for each course, and you can attend 1 or both!

When: October 13, 2026

Where: Indiana County Recovery Capital (ICRC)

15 S. 8th St. Indiana, PA 15701 (3rd floor)

Cost: FREE

Click here for flyer and registration

Ethics and Boundaries:

Explore real-world ethical challenges and refresh core principals and build your professional network.

Workshop focus includes:

• Review foundational ethical principles
• Explore the rules of conduct for CRS, CFRS, CRSS from PCB
• Apply decision making process to specific cases
• Better understand the role of your Supervisor

Building Trust and Keeping Confidentiality:

Confidentiality matters! Gain the knowledge you need to safeguard privacy and ensure compliance.

Topics Covered:

• When confidentiality rules apply
• Consent requirements & permitted disclosures
• Recent updates aligning CFR 42 part 2 with HIPAA

Around the State

Things happening throughout Pennsylvania

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Understanding Kratom: Use, Abuse, and Regulation

Date: October 21, 2026

Time: 12:00pm - 1:00pm

Cost: FREE

Community Care Behavioral Health is excited to announce this free, upcoming web-based training opportunity.

Presentation: As kratom and 7-hydroxymitragynine gain popularity as unregulated products marketed for pain relief and opioid withdrawal management, behavioral health and healthcare professionals are increasingly encountering related misuse, dependence, and withdrawal. This training examines the pharmacology, risks, and treatment considerations associated with these substances. Participants will examine national poison center trends, FDA reports, and real-world clinical cases to better understand the growing public health implications of these substances and the challenges involved in managing kratom use disorder. Attendees will leave with practical, evidence-informed strategies to recognize kratom use, assess withdrawal symptoms, counsel individuals about potential risks, and develop effective treatment plans for those experiencing dependence or addiction.

Presenter: Jennifer Radzinski is a board certified psychiatric clinical pharmacist practitioner at the Corporal Michael J. Crescenz VA Medical Center in Philadelphia. She completed her Doctorate of Pharmacy degree at the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, followed by a PGY 1 pharmacy practice residency at the Corporal Michael J. Crescenz VA Medical Center and a PGY 2 psychiatric pharmacy residency at the Columbia VA Health Care System. She currently practices in the outpatient mental health clinic with a focus on treatment resistant depression, where she provides advanced pharmacotherapy management, esketamine monitoring, and pharmacogenomic guided care. Since 2019, Dr. Radzinski has held roles across inpatient psychiatry, academic detailing, outpatient mental health, and residential rehabilitation, contributing expertise in medication optimization, psychotropic co management, provider education, and quality improvement. Her work centers on improving outcomes for Veterans with complex psychiatric needs.

Audience: This free virtual training is open to Community Care Behavioral Health’s provider network, primary contractors, county partners, and other interested individuals.

Community Care Behavioral Health is committed to providing universal access to our events. For accommodation requests, please contact Gina Russo at russoge@ccbh.com. Advance notice is required for some accessibility needs.

Important Notes:

• Advanced registration is required. Same-day registration may cause delays in accessing the session.
• Once registered, you will receive a calendar invite with the join link.
• To ensure safety and confidentiality, recording or use of AI tools during the session is not permitted.
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Continuing Education Credits: Approved continuing education details are available on the registration page. To qualify, participants must join via computer or mobile device and remain active for the full session. Phone participation without ability to hear audio and see video will not count toward attendance.

Register HERE for the training

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2026 PA Reentry Strategic Planning Feedback Survey

The Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency (PCCD) and the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General (OAG) are partnering on a new statewide reentry initiative, spearheaded by the Criminal Justice Advisory Committee’s Reentry Subcommittee. To inform the work of this new initiative, PCCD and OAG are initiating a statewide reentry strategic planning process, which will examine key trends, best practices, and recommendations for improving Pennsylvania’s reentry infrastructure.

PCCD and OAG are seeking input from reentry stakeholders to shape this strategic planning process. The deadline to complete the survey to provide your feedback is October 30, 2026.

The survey is open to anyone - individuals and/or family members with lived reentry experience, system professionals, behavioral health and SUD professionals, and community stakeholders.

PLEASE TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE YOUR VOICE- IT MATTERS!

Access Survey Here