Preliminary Training Request Form FY 2020-2021

The mission of the HHCLA Department of Training and Education is to provide skill-building programs that train community partners to galvanize commitment to eliminate homelessness through education and advocacy.

Our training and education department provides skill-building training for homeless service providers. The training sessions increase staff’s ability to effectively assist people experiencing homelessness and people formerly experiencing homelessness, gain a basic understanding and develop skills in the areas of behavioral health, substance abuse, case management, counseling skills, conflict resolution, cultural competency, harm reduction and health education including; disease prevention, hepatitis, health and safety. Our advocacy work focuses on affecting policies that increase access to health care and housing first services.

All our training topics are composed of:

•Learning objectives so that participants and their organizations know what performance can be expected after training;
•Instructor guides so that the training can be replicated with other groups of participants and that it will cover the same materials at the same high level of quality;
• Interactive learning activities built into the program design in ways that allow participants to demonstrate that they have met the learning objectives and that meet the needs of people with learning styles based on doing; and
• Handouts, video, and slide presentations that illustrate the instruction for more visual learners and provide reference materials after the training.

Payment:

Once training is coordinated, an invoice will be generated. Payment is due by the due date on the invoice. Payment can be a check or
**Credit Card/Paypal.

**Please note beginning July 1st, 2019, paying by credit card/PayPal will include an additional charge.

The training is confirmed once payment has been received.

Continuing Education Units (CEUs) are available upon request.

In order to receive a CEU/Certificate of Completion, participants MUST: • Sign in at the beginning of the training
• Be there for the entire duration of the training
• List their discipline and license number (If applicable)
• Sign out at the end of the training

Course completion certificates will be issued within two weeks of training taking place.

HHCLA is certified by the following:

California Board of Registered Nursing (BRN) — 9537

California Association for Alcohol/Drug Educators (CAADE) — CP40 731 A 0123

California Association of Marriage and Family Therapy (CAMFT) — 129916

California Consortium of Addiction Programs and Professionals (CCAPP) — 2S-08-115-1021

California Association of DUI Treatment Programs (CADTP) — 208

Current HHCLA Training Topics

All prices are subject to change without prior notice.

Behavioral Health - 2 Hours; $35/person (Minimum of 20 people)
Learning Objectives – At the end of this training, participants will be able to:

Define behavioral health
Define the common behavioral health conditions among the homeless population and offer tips for what you can do to help.
Define and understand dual diagnosis
Take note of cultural factors that can impact our assessment
Offer tips for engagement
Have access to resources and referrals

Boundaries and Ethics - 3 Hours; $45/person (Minimum of 20 people)
Learning Objectives – At the end of this training, participants will be able to:

Apply the Case Management Code of Ethics to situations they may encounter
Understand the difference between legal and ethical duties
Apply appropriate intervention when confronted with legal and/or ethical dilemmas

Burnout Prevention - 2 Hours; $35/person (Minimum of 20 people)
Learning Objectives – At the end of this training, participants will be able to:

Define burnout
Identify the symptoms of burnout
Assess stress and healthy coping strategies
Recognize prevention methods of reducing staff burnout
Define and understand vicarious trauma and compassion fatigue

Cultural Diversity - 3 Hours; $45/person (Minimum of 20 people)
Learning Objectives – At the end of this training, participants will be able to:

Identify the need for continual self-assessment and self-reflection as it relates to work with culturally, racially & ethnically diverse clients
Identify the impact of culture on the behavior of clients as well as identify how their personal experience & culture impacts their perception of service providers
Recognize that the area of commonality between individual uniqueness and culture is the basis of accurate assessments and culturally appropriate interventions.
Learn what the updated CLAS Standards are, how to comply, and why they were developed in relation to health disparities and health inequalities and social justice & discrimination against persons of Limited English Proficiency (LEP).

Domestic Violence - 3 Hours; $45/person (Minimum of 20 people)
Learning Objectives - By the end of this module, participants should be able to:

Define domestic violence and intimate partner violence and understand the differences between the two
Identify various types of abuse
Understand the reasons behind people’s decision to stay in a relationship
Understand the barriers that survivors of domestic violence who are experiencing homelessness go through
Understand helpful interventions to practice with survivors

Harm Reduction - 2 Hours; $35/person (Minimum of 20 people)
Learning Objectives – At the end of this training, participants will be able to:

Identify core harm reduction beliefs
Identify important harm reduction tools (Client-Centered Counseling, Motivational Interviewing, Stages of Change, Housing First, Treatment on Demand)
Identify constructs of the client-centered, non-judgmental approach • Identify motivational and cognitive-behavioral approaches to harm reduction therapy (HRT)
Understand fundamental principles of community-based HRT

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
2 Hours; $35/person (Minimum of 20 people)
Learning Objectives – At the end of this training, participants will be able to:

Identify what information must be protected under the HIPAA privacy laws, including the Privacy Rule, the Security Rule, and the Brief Notification Rule
Identify HIPAA client rights
Identify your role in maintaining privacy of protected health information for clients, research, fundraising, marketing and media
Identify consequences for non-compliance

Housing First - 2 Hours; $35/person (Minimum of 20 people)
Learning Objectives – At the end of this training, participants will be able to:

Define Housing First • Distinguish between housing readiness and housing first
Explain the history of the housing first model
Identify target population
Identify key principles and core program components
Identify skills for successful implementation

LGBT+ Awareness 101 - 3 Hours; $45/person (Minimum of 20 people)
Learning Objectives – At the end of this training, participants will be able to:

Identify and define LGBT+ terms and the importance of inclusive language in the workplace
Understand the coming out process and the impact on LGBT+ individuals
Understand how supportive families impact LGBT+ individuals behavioral health and permanency outcome
Identify anti-lgbt bias and heterosexual privilege
Develop strategies to empower the professional and organizations to create an affirming space for LGBT+ individuals

Motivational Interviewing - 3 Hours; $45/person (Minimum of 20 people)
Learning Objectives – At the end of this training, participants will be able to:

Identify Principles of Motivational Interviewing (MI)
Identify Harm Reduction strategies and the Stages of Change
Develop Motivational Interviewing Skills (OARS)
Apply MI to your practice (Resistance, Discrepancy, Change talk)

Overdose Prevention - 3 Hours; $45/person (Minimum of 20 people)
Learning Objectives – At the end of this training, participants will be able to:

Identify commonly used opioids
Identify physiological and neurological effects of opioids
Identify an overdose emergency
Demonstrate the use of naloxone and rescue breathing to reverse an opioid overdose
Identify overdose risk factors and prevention tools

Substance Use Education and Prevention - 3 Hours; $45/person (Minimum of 20 people)
Learning Objectives – At the end of this training, participants will be able to:

Define Basic Concepts of substance use
Understand commonly Used Drugs and Their Effects
Identify tools to assess for Substance Use in your facility
Identify skills to address client Substance Use
Identify Substance Use Treatment Options
Identify Harm Reduction skills

Trauma Informed Care - 3 Hours; $45/person (Minimum of 20 people)
Learning Objectives – At the end of this training, participants will be able to:

Describe trauma and traumatic events
Describe the process of traumatic stress and its impact on people
Define trauma informed care
Describe the role of how cultural awareness and humility influences clinicians’ application of trauma informed care interventions

Working Through Challenging Behaviors - 3 Hours; $45/person (Minimum of 20 people)
Learning Objectives – At the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Define and identify common challenging behaviors
• Learn to assess client risk behaviors
• Develop crisis intervention skills
• Develop techniques for de-escalating clients
• Identify limit setting methods
• Recognize staff responses to crisis
• Understand team decision making
• Maintain professional attitudes when working through challenging behaviors

HHCLA reserves the right to change prices at any time without prior notice.

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