StarkMHAR Trainings

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Working in partnership with clients, families, healthcare, and behavioral health providers, local county systems such as education, criminal justice, law enforcement, health and human services, elected officials, businesses, faith-based organizations, and community members, StarkMHAR strives to offer a full curriculum of educational events to inspire innovation and to ensure accountability and effectiveness in our local system of client care.

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While most StarkMHAR trainings are free of charge, registration is necessary to be admitted on the training date(s).
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For training questions, please contact the Training Coordinator or 330-455-6644

Telehealth for Behavioral Health Providers

March 5  | 9:00 am – 10:00 am @ Virtual | CEU Eligible 

This one-hour training provides behavioral health providers with a foundational understanding of telehealth service delivery, focusing on legal and ethical compliance, including HIPAA regulations, licensure considerations, and documentation standards. Additionally, the course explores best practices for client engagement in virtual settings, emphasizing therapeutic rapport, cultural responsiveness, management of crises, and digital professionalism.

QPR – Question. Persuade. Refer.

March 12  | 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm @ The Massillon City Health Department | Not CEU Eligible

QPR (Question. Persuade. Refer.) is an evidence-based training that teaches three simple steps anyone can learn to help prevent suicide. Just like CPR, QPR is an emergency response to someone in crisis and can save lives. QPR is the most widely taught Gatekeeper training in the world.

Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) 40 Hour Training

 March 16 – March 20 | 8:00 am – 5:00 pm @ State Highway Patrol – Canton Post 

Stark County Mental Health & Addiction Recovery supports the Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) training of law enforcement professionals in our community. Crucial to reducing violence and ensuring successful intervention of mental health and substance use situations, officers are trained in proven and effective communication techniques. The CIT model was first developed and implemented in 1988 by the Memphis, Tennessee Police Department. The Team was developed to address the special challenges to law enforcement posed by persons with mental illness and to better serve the community.

QPR – Question. Persuade. Refer.

April 9  | 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm @ Stark Library – Plain Community Branch | Not CEU Eligible

QPR (Question. Persuade. Refer.) is an evidence-based training that teaches three simple steps anyone can learn to help prevent suicide. Just like CPR, QPR is an emergency response to someone in crisis and can save lives. QPR is the most widely taught Gatekeeper training in the world.

HIPAA Compliance & the Behavioral Health System: An Update on the Federal Confidentiality Laws (HIPAA, 42 CFR, FERPA)

April 9  | 9:00 am – 12:15 pm @ Virtual | CEU Eligible

Federal confidentiality laws, while long established, continually require revisiting for modern application and understanding. This training will provide an overview and updates on HIPAA, 42 CFR, student behavioral health records under FERPA, and an explanation of how compliance with each of these confidentiality laws affects our ongoing provider coordination of care.

Verbal Intervention

April 14 | 8:00 am – 5:00 pm @ StarkMHAR | Not CEU Eligible

Verbal Intervention (VI) Training provides skills to build an effective culture of safety within an organization. It is designed to help professionals in any setting provide the best possible Care, Welfare, Safety, and Security for individuals presenting a range of crisis behaviors. Verbal Intervention will prepare attendees to identify, respond to, and prevent low-risk crisis behavior with nonrestrictive intervention techniques. It teaches non-restrictive verbal interventions, such as limit setting, that effectively de-escalate challenging behavior. It instills the confidence and skills to verbally de-escalate disruptive behaviors. It will build on knowledge and skills to recognize, prevent, and manage crisis behaviors using person-centered and trauma-informed responses. Attendees will begin to establish a common philosophy and framework for an organization’s culture of Care, Welfare, Safety, and Security.

Certified Youth Peer Support Training

April 17 – April 26 (Friday -Sunday) @ Virtual 

This training is for individuals ages 18-30 with lived behavioral health experience and ready to turn their story into a tool for change.  Attendees will gain hands-on skills in peer support and crisis intervention, learn how to empower and support youth in behavioral health systems, receive OHMAS-approved certification to become a CYPS in Ohio, and join a community of passionate, like-minded youth advocates.

Cultural Competency Training – Part 1: General Module

May 6 | 8:00 am – 5:00 pm @ StarkMHAR | CEU Eligible

The Cultural Competency Training (CCT) provides foundational knowledge related to cultural competence, cultural humility, and person‑centered care. The training supports understanding and implementation of the National Standards for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) in Health and Health Care and builds practical skills for working effectively with individuals, families, and communities from varied cultural and linguistic backgrounds within behavioral health settings.

QPR – Question. Persuade. Refer.

May 14  | 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm @ The Stark County Educational Service Center | Not CEU Eligible

QPR (Question. Persuade. Refer.) is an evidence-based training that teaches three simple steps anyone can learn to help prevent suicide. Just like CPR, QPR is an emergency response to someone in crisis and can save lives. QPR is the most widely taught Gatekeeper training in the world.

Verbal Intervention

May 19 | 8:00 am – 5:00 pm @ StarkMHAR | Not CEU Eligible

Verbal Intervention (VI) Training provides skills to build an effective culture of safety within an organization. It is designed to help professionals in any setting provide the best possible Care, Welfare, Safety, and Security for individuals presenting a range of crisis behaviors. Verbal Intervention will prepare attendees to identify, respond to, and prevent low-risk crisis behavior with nonrestrictive intervention techniques. It teaches non-restrictive verbal interventions, such as limit setting, that effectively de-escalate challenging behavior. It instills the confidence and skills to verbally de-escalate disruptive behaviors. It will build on knowledge and skills to recognize, prevent, and manage crisis behaviors using person-centered and trauma-informed responses. Attendees will begin to establish a common philosophy and framework for an organization’s culture of Care, Welfare, Safety, and Security.

Certified Youth Peer Support Training

May 22 – May 31 (Friday -Sunday) @ Virtual 

This training is for individuals ages 18-30 with lived behavioral health experience and ready to turn their story into a tool for change.  Attendees will gain hands-on skills in peer support and crisis intervention, learn how to empower and support youth in behavioral health systems, receive OHMAS-approved certification to become a CYPS in Ohio, and join a community of passionate, like-minded youth advocates.

CIT Dispatcher Training

May 27 | 8:00 am – 5:00 pm @ StarkMHAR

This training is exclusively for emergency service dispatchers currently working with any Stark County law enforcement agency.

Emergency dispatchers are a critical link in the CIT program and may include call-takers, dispatchers and 911 operators. The success of CIT depends on their familiarity with the CIT program, knowledge of how to recognize a CIT call involving a behavioral crisis event, ability to solicit information that will help the community member and the responding CIT Officer, and appropriate dispatch of CIT Officers. The CIT model was first developed and implemented in 1988 by the Memphis, Tennessee Police Department. The Team was developed to address the special challenges to law enforcement posed by persons with mental illness and to better serve the community.

Cultural Competency Training – Part 2: Advanced Module

June 9 | 9:00 am – 5:00 pm @ StarkMHAR | CEU Eligible

The Cultural Competency Training (CCT) Advanced module will increase the awareness, knowledge and skills required to function effectively with cultural differences that may be present in the area of medical services, service organizations and agencies, medical interpretation and community partnership. The CCT Advanced curriculum includes, but is not limited to: building a culturally competent system of care and community partnership.

QPR – Question. Persuade. Refer.

June 10  | 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm @ StarkMHAR | Not CEU Eligible

QPR (Question. Persuade. Refer.) is an evidence-based training that teaches three simple steps anyone can learn to help prevent suicide. Just like CPR, QPR is an emergency response to someone in crisis and can save lives. QPR is the most widely taught Gatekeeper training in the world.

Motivational Interviewing I and II

June 16 & 17 | 9:00 am – 4:30 pm @ StarkMHAR | CEU Eligible

Motivational Interviewing is a collaborative, person-centered form of guiding to elicit and strengthen motivation for change. It is a way of working with persons to assist them in accessing their intrinsic motivation to change behaviors that contradict their essential values and interfere with the achievement of their life goals. Motivational Interviewing is both a philosophy and a set of strategic techniques. It is an evidence-based treatment with a broad range of applications. The Center for Evidence-Based Practices makes an attempt to incorporate exercises and examples specific to the unique practice settings of participants, with an emphasis on individuals with severe and persistent mental illness and/or substance use disorders.

Advanced CIT: Safety on the Spectrum

June 30 | 9:00 am – 12:00 pm @StarkMHAR 

The Safety on the Spectrum Law Enforcement training is a nationwide effort by the Autism Society of America and participating affiliates, including the Autism Society of Greater Akron (ASGA). This training is essential due to the growing prevalence of Autism, the increased risk of Autistic individuals becoming victims of crime, and the rising frequency of interactions between people with Autism and law enforcement.