StarkMHAR Trainings

About StarkMHAR Trainings

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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Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) 40 Hour Training

 September 23 – September 27 | 8:00 am – 5:00 pm @ Perry Local Police Department | CEUs Not Applicable

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.

Adult Peer Recovery Supporter Training

 September 23 – October 4 (Monday – Friday) | 9:00 am – 1:30 pm @ VIRTUAL | CEUs Not Applicable

The Adult Peer Recovery Support training is for individuals who are personally in recovery from a mental health and/or substance use issue and are interested in becoming a Certified Adult Peer Supporter.  Peer Services are a process of giving and receiving support and education from individuals with shared life experiences.  Peer Services are provided by individuals in recovery from mental illness and/or addiction who use their lived experience as a tool to assist others by sharing their personal journeys and knowledge.  Individuals engaged in peer services play a vital role in laying the foundation for sustained recovery.  They encourage, inspire and empower others to set recovery goals and achieve them.

Verbal Intervention

October 10 | 8:00 am – 5:00 pm @ StarkMHAR | CEUs Not Applicable

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.

Youth Peer Support Training 

Begins October 11 | Virtual | See date and time details by clicking the above link

The OhioMHAS Youth Peer Support Training is a 40-hour training curriculum that is the only approved training for Certified Youth Peer Supporters in the state of Ohio. This training provides participants with an understanding of youth peer support and equips them with tools and supports that can be used when working with peers in a provider setting. This training will be held virtually.

QPR – Question.Persuade.Refer.

October 11 | 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm @ Alliance Community Commons | CEUs Not Applicable

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 & II

October 15 & 16 | 9:00 am – 4:30 pm @ StarkMHAR | CEU Applicable

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 – Beat the Burnout for Law Enforcement

This training is exclusively for First Responders working in Stark County – Law Enforcement, Fire Department, EMTs, Dispatchers. You do not have to be CIT trained to attend.

 October 22 | 8:00 am – 12:00 pm @ Stark State College | Approved for 4 hours of Continued Professional Training

Participants will gain invaluable insights and strategies for burnout prevention and recovery as law enforcement professionals. Learn to identify the early signs of burnout, implement proactive techniques to prevent its onset, and develop a plan of action for maintaining mental fitness and fortitude.

Ethics for Behavioral Health Professionals

 October 30 | 9:00 am – 12:15 pm @ StarkMHAR | CEU Applicable

Training participants will participate in a 3.0-hour workshop on ethics for behavioral health professionals. The specific focus of this training is the emphasis of professional standards of practice where boundaries, multiple relationships, scope of practice, and provider impairment will all be discussed. The presenter will utilize PowerPoint, small and large group discussions, and case studies to facilitate learning.

Equity & Inclusion: Cultural Competence & Humility in Health & Human Services – Part 1

November 5 | 8:00 am – 5:00 pm @ StarkMHAR | CEU Applicable

The Cultural Competency Training (CCT) will cover topics that are fundamental to cultural competency and cultural humility, which will assist with the understanding of the National Standards for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) and develop skills in understanding diverse communities that can be applied to behavioral health service delivery.  The CCT curriculum includes but is not limited to:  Compelling Reasons for Cultural Competence, The Dynamics of Diversity, The Impact of Personal Culture on Communication, The Cultural Bumps, and Communicating Effectively through an Interpreter.

2024 Conference on Opiates & Addiction

Engagement Across the Continuum of Care

November 13 | 8:00 am – 4:30 pm @ First Christian Church | CEU Applicable

StarkMHAR will host a day-long conference on the current state of substance use issues within our community. The focus of this year’s conference is Engagement Across the Continuum of Care and will provide attendees with tools to improve relationships between individuals with substance use issues and those working with them. These tools can be utilized across diverse fields, so anyone working with individuals with substance use issues is encouraged to attend. The goals of this event are to disseminate information and educate professionals about opiates, stimulants, and other drugs, and to bring new knowledge to Stark County for prevention, harm reduction, treatment, and recovery.

It takes all of us working together to tackle Stark County’s addiction epidemic.

QPR – Question.Persuade.Refer.

November 13 | 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm @ Massillon City Health Department | CEUs Not Applicable

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.

Family Peer Support 

 November 18 – November 22 | 9:00 am – 4:00 pm @ StarkMHAR | CEUs Not Applicable

This training is for parents with lived experience raising a child with behavioral/mental health challenges who are interested in learning how to support other families in navigating youth-serving systems. This training is offered at NO COST for a limited time. The FREDLA Parent Peer Support Provider training is an approved training curriculum for certification to become an Ohio Certified Family Peer Supporter. Family peer support (FPS) is a unique workforce required to use their lived experience in a professional manner to support other families with children and youth with mental health challenges. This is a 5-day training and is nationally recognized in the competency areas identified by the National Family Peer Specialist certification exam. Because this curriculum is a practice model, there are many opportunities to practice the skills you will learn throughout the training. This training fulfills the training requirements of the certification.

Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) 40 Hour Training 

 November 18 – November 22 | 8:00 am – 5:00 pm @ Canton Police Department Training Center | CEUs Not Applicable

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.

December 2 | 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm @ StarkMHAR | CEUs Not Applicable

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.

Group Facilitation Skills

This training is for peer supports and volunteers who lead a group in a behavioral health setting.

December 5 | 8:30 am – 4:30 pm @ StarkMHAR | Applicable for Peer CEUs

Facilitation requires emotional energy and excellent skills in navigating sensitive subjects among diverse people; we want to empower you to bring both of those to the table. This training will explain the role of a facilitator, identify critical facilitator competencies & plan for your own development in these areas, utilize effective communication skills and much more!

Verbal Intervention

December 11 | 8:00 am – 5:00 pm @ StarkMHAR | CEUs Not Applicable

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.

CIT Dispatcher Training

December 16 | 8:00 am – 5:00 pm @ StarkMHAR | CEUs Not Applicable

 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, dispatchers are trained in proven and effective communication techniques. 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.

QPR – Question.Persuade.Refer.

January 14 | 9:00 am – 10:30 am @ Stark County Educational Service Center  | CEUs Not Applicable

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 & II

January 14 & 15 | 9:00 am – 4:30 pm @ StarkMHAR | CEU Applicable

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.

What to Ask: Assessment of Eating Disorders from Intake to Referral

January 24 | 9:00 am – 11:15 am @ Virtual via Zoom | CEU Applicable

Diagnosing an eating disorder is not always easy. Due to the complex nature of eating disorders, assessment and diagnosis require special attention and training. This training will focus on the nuances of eating disorder assessment from the perspective of mental/behavioral health providers.

Adult Peer Recovery Supporter Training

 January 27 – February 7 (Monday – Friday) | 9:00 am – 1:30 pm @ VIRTUAL | CEUs Not Applicable

The Adult Peer Recovery Support training is for individuals who are personally in recovery from a mental health and/or substance use issue and are interested in becoming a Certified Adult Peer Supporter.  Peer Services are a process of giving and receiving support and education from individuals with shared life experiences.  Peer Services are provided by individuals in recovery from mental illness and/or addiction who use their lived experience as a tool to assist others by sharing their personal journeys and knowledge.  Individuals engaged in peer services play a vital role in laying the foundation for sustained recovery.  They encourage, inspire and empower others to set recovery goals and achieve them.

Equity & Inclusion: Cultural Competence & Humility in Health & Human Services – Part 1

February 11 | 8:00 am – 5:00 pm @ StarkMHAR | CEU Applicable

The Cultural Competency Training (CCT) will cover topics that are fundamental to cultural competency and cultural humility, which will assist with the understanding of the National Standards for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) and develop skills in understanding diverse communities that can be applied to behavioral health service delivery.  The CCT curriculum includes but is not limited to:  Compelling Reasons for Cultural Competence, The Dynamics of Diversity, The Impact of Personal Culture on Communication, The Cultural Bumps, and Communicating Effectively through an Interpreter.

Family Centered Engagement in Substance Use Disorder Treatment

February 25 | 9:00 am – 4:00 pm @ StarkMHAR | CEU Applicable

Family centered engagement is a foundational principle in the success of families that experience substance use disorder and other mental and behavioral health issues.  This training will highlight what family centered engagement is and place an emphasis on its importance in the behavioral health field.  Additionally, the training will explore barriers and benefits in family centered engagement.  Evidence shows that trauma informed family engagement strategies are an effective tool in increasing the engagement of families struggling with substance use disorder and through examining the six principles of trauma informed care, attendees of the training will be able to gain strategies to engage families affected by substance use disorders and develop a trauma informed engagement plan to utilize in their family engagement practices.

Ethics & Boundaries in Mental Health Treatment

March 4 | 9:00 am – 12:15 pm @ Virtual | CEU Applicable

Curriculum includes an overview of the ethical and legal issues in managing boundaries in clinical work. It includes a lecture on common boundary challenges and the complexities involved.  Participants will discuss ethical scenarios to enhance growth and development of ethical decision making around professional boundaries with the goal of helping clinicians maintain ethical/legal standards.

Acceptance & Commitment Therapy – Introduction and Practice Skills

March 12 | 9:00 am – 4:30 pm @ StarkMHAR | CEU Applicable

This course is designed to provide each participant with an understanding of the science and theory behind the practice of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). Participants will review material, engage in discussions and participate in activities centered on developing a working knowledge of this practice. Participants will learn how ACT can benefit the clients they serve as well as gain an understanding of how to explain the approach and use basic concepts in the treatment of mood disorders, substance use, PTSD and Borderline Personality Disorder.

QPR – Question.Persuade.Refer.

March 13 | 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm @ Massillon City Health Department | CEUs Not Applicable

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.

The Costs & Gifts of Caring: Moving from Compassion Fatigue to Compassion Resilience

April 10 | 9:00 am – 4:00 pm @ First Christian Church | CEU Applicable

This training will explore how to promote healing and hope in those we serve, our staff, each other, and ourselves. Develop skills for coaching to help us walk with and empower those we support instead of rescuing them. Explore the origins of the differences between, and ways to, address vicarious trauma, secondary trauma, and burnout in our staff and ourselves. As well as its impact on the agency and what can be done about it. We will look at what research tells us, what our work experiences have shown us and develop a plan to assist us, our staff and those we serve in negotiating this work that is as challenging as it is needed.

QPR – Question.Persuade.Refer.

April 12 | 9:00 am – 10:30 am @ The Hope & Healing Center | CEUs Not Applicable

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.

QPR – Question.Persuade.Refer.

May 14 | 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm @ Stark County Educational Service Center | CEUs Not Applicable

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 & II

May 13 & 14 | 9:00 am – 4:30 pm @ StarkMHAR | CEU Applicable

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 Equity & Inclusion: Cultural Competence & Humility in Health & Human Services

You must have attended the Basic Equity & Inclusion Part 1 training to attend the advanced session.

June 10 | 9:00 am – 5:00 pm @ StarkMHAR | CEU Applicable

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.