TURNING POINT ACADEMY PRESENTS:

TRAINING TO SUPPORT LIVING ROOM & CRISIS INTERVENTION STAFF & OPERATIONS: An 8-session webinar training presented by Mark Sanders, LCSW, CADC. Participants may attend individual webinars at a fee of $50 each, or register for all 8 webinars at the reduced rate of $350. In order to receive CEU’s for any of these webinars, attendees must join the Zoom webinar with video enabled. Attendees joining by phone will not be eligible for CEU’s. Each of the 8 sessions of this training will be recorded.

SESSION 6: Tuesday, December 1, 2020

CO-OCCURRING DISORDERS

9:00 – 11:00 a.m. CT

Fee: $50.; 2.0 CEU's

CO-OCCURRING DISORDERS:

Compared to individuals with a single diagnosis of mental illness or addictions, individuals with co-occurring disorders experience more evictions, arrests, hospitalizations, suicide attempts and actual suicides. Topics covered in this presentation include: the definition of co-occurring disorders, the interaction between mental illness and addiction, the person centered approach to co-occurring disorders recovery and the role of crisis workers, integrated co-occurring disorders treatment and the role of crisis workers, best practices in co-occurring disorders treatment.

Objectives: By the end of this presentation you will be able to:

• Articulate the interaction between mental illness and addiction for individuals with co-occurring disorders.

• Demonstrate an understanding of the role of a crisis worker in the person-centered approach to co-occurring disorders recovery.

• Effectively do crisis work in integrated co-occurring disorders programming.

TO REGISTER FOR OTHER SESSIONS IN THIS 8-SESSION SERIES, PLEASE SEE THE OTHER SESSION LINKS AT: https://www.tpoint.org/academy-fall-2020-special-8-session-series

ABOUT MARK SANDERS:

Mark Sanders, LCSW, CADC, is an international speaker, trainer, and consultant in the behavioral health field whose work has reached thousands throughout the United States, Europe, Canada, Caribbean and British Islands. Mark is the author of five books, which focus on behavioral health. Recent writings include Slipping through the Cracks: Intervention Strategies for Clients Multiple Addictions and Disorders, Recovery Management: and Relationship Detox: Helping Clients Develop Healthy Relationships in Recovery. He has had two stories published in the New York Times best-selling books series, Chicken Soup for the Soul. Mark has been a certified addictions counselor for 34 years. He has received numerous awards including a Life Time Achievement Award from the Illinois Addiction Counselor Certification Board and the Barbara Bacon Award for outstanding contributions to the Social Work profession as a Loyola University of Chicago Alumni. Mark is co-founder of Serenity Academy of Chicago, the only recovery high school in Illinois. He is past president of the board of the Illinois Chapter of NAADAC. He has had a 30 year career as a university educator having taught at the University of Chicago, Illinois State University, Illinois School of Professional Psychology, and Loyola University of Chicago, School of Social Work.

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PLEASE NOTE that all 8 sessions of this training will be recorded.

PLEASE NOTE that in order to receive CEU's for this webinar, attendees must join the Zoom webinar with video enabled. Attendees joining by phone will not be eligible for CEU's.

REFUND & CREDIT POLICY: As of September, 2020: Participants who cancel their registrations at least one week (five business days) before the start of the session can receive a credit or refund minus a processing fee equal to 20% of the payment. No credits or refunds will be given for cancellations received less than one week before the start of the workshop. Please contact our office at (847)933-0051 x 455 to make a refund or credit request.

Turning Point Behavioral Health Care Center is a licensed State of Illinois provider of Continuing Education for social workers (LSW/LCSW), clinical psychologists, marriage and family therapists, and professional counselors (LPC/LCPC). License #’s 159.000226, 168.000209, and 268.000028. The IAODAPCA Categories for this webinar are: Counselor I or II, Preventionist I or II, CARS I or II, CODP I or II or III, PCGC II, CCJP II, CAAP I, CRSS I or II, CPRS I or II, MAATP I or II, RDDP, NCRS II, CFPP II, CVSS II.

For further information about the Turning Point Academy, please visit www.tpoint.org/academy or call (847)933-0051 x 455.