Training Scholarships

The Litchfield County Opiate Task Force offers scholarships for training in Substance Use Disorders and relevant topics to promote professional development in the field and support local providers in the County interested in expanding their training and capacity to treat people with a substance use disorder.

Below we have provided listings of training for community members and professionals – if there is a training not listed here that you are interested in, please still submit an application.

Please click below for our application, and then send the completed application to ctorhscholarships@gmail.com.

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Training Opportunity Listings

Community Trainings

Training Opportunities for Professionals

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RCORP Professional Development, Education, & Training Directory

Time-Sensitive Opportunities:

Course Title	Course Type	Audience	Timeframe	Cost	CEUs
Wheeler Clinic - Recognizing & Responding to Suicide Risk for Primary Care Providers	Web-based, Instructor led	Physicians, APRN’s, PA’s Other Healthcare Professionals	Register by: 9/19/22; Course Date: 9/20/22	None	See course website

Conferences and other Educational Opportunities:

Course Title	Course Type	Audience	Timeframe	Cost	CEUs

Health Professional & Clinical Courses:

Course Title	Course Type	Audience	Timeframe	Cost	CEUs
Scope of Pain	Webinar	Substance Abuse Professionals, Pharmacy Professionals, Physicians, APRN’s, PA’s	Course topics updated yearly	None	Yes
Combating the opioid crisis using audience-centric communications strategies non-clinical	Webinar	Educators / Trainers, Substance Abuse Professionals, General Public, Health Staff	1 hour	See course website	CHES (1) CPHCE (1)
Opioids for Pain Treatment in Persons with Opioid Use Disorder	Web-based, Self-study	Mental Health Professionals, Substance Abuse Professionals, Pharmacy Professionals, General Public Health staff	See course website	See course website	See course website
Naloxone for Opioid Overdose 101	Web-based, Self-study	Substance Abuse Professionals, Pharmacy Professionals, Emergency Responders/Receivers, Law Enforcement, Fire Service, Public Health Professionals	15-20 minutes	See course website	See course website
Buprenorphine in Medicine (BUPE2021/BUPE2022)	Virtual	Substance Abuse Professionals, Pharmacy Professionals, Physicians, APRN’s, PA’s	Self-paced	$289	See course website
Applying CDC’s Guideline for Prescribing Opioids: Module 14: Addressing the Opioid Overdose Epidemic in the Emergency Department	Web-based, Self-study	Physicians, Registered Nurses, Other healthcare professionals	Self-paced	None	CME, CNE, CEU
Applying CDC’s Guidelines for Prescribing Opioids: Module 13: Using the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program to Promote Patient Safety in Opioid Prescribing and Dispensing	Web-based, Self-study	Physicians, Physician Assistants, Advanced Practice Nurses, Registered Nurses,	Self-paced	None	CME, CNE, CEU, CPE
Applying CDC's Guideline for Prescribing Opioids: Module 12: A Nurse’s Call to Action for Safer Opioid Prescribing	Web-based, Self-study	Nurses, medical assistants, and other members of an integrated healthcare team	Self-paced	None	CNE, CEU
Applying CDC’s Guideline for Prescribing Opioids: Module 11: Fostering Collaborative Patient-Provider Relationships in Pain Management and Opioid Prescribing	Web-based, Self-study	Physicians, Registered nurses, and Other Health Professionals.	Self-paced	None	CME, CNE, CEU
Applying CDC’s Guideline for Prescribing Opioids: Module 10: Motivational Interviewing	Web-based, Self-study	Physicians, Registered Nurses, and Other Health Professionals.	Self-paced	None	CME, CNE, CEU
Applying CDC's Guideline for Prescribing Opioids: Module 8: Implementing CDC’s Opioid Prescribing Guideline into Clinical Practice	Web-based, Self-study	physicians, registered nurses, and other health professionals.	Self-paced	None	CME, CNE, CEU

Other Health Workers & Recovery Support Staff:

Course Title	Course Type	Audience	Timeframe	Cost	CEUs
Engagement, Education, Resources, and Empowerment: The Essential Role of Community Health Workers in Addressing the Opioid Epidemic Webinar 1	Webinar	Community Health Workers	1 hour per webinar	None	See course website
RECOVERY COACH ACADEMY (CCAR)	Webinars	Perspective Recovery Coaches or Recovery Field Workers	Unknown	$600	30 CEUS
Recovery Support Specialist Training and Certification (Advocacy Unlimited)		Recovery Field Workers	80 hours	$200	60 CEUs

Community Trainings in Litchfield County

Mental Health First Aid Trainings:

Course Title	Course Type & Information	Contact	Cost
Mental Health First Aid by Mental Health Connecticut	Online – Instructor Led 12-30 individuals per class	mentalhealthfirstaid@mhconn.org	None
Mental Health First Aid by EdAdvance	Mixed class options	mhat-wct@edadvance.org	None
Mental Health First Aid	Mixed class options	venglishcooper.mhfa@gmail.com	$126.95

Suicide Prevention Trainings:

Course Title	Course Type & Information	Contact	Cost
QPR by EdAdvance	Funding for the trainings is generously provided by a SAMHSA Mental Health Awareness Training grant for Western Connecticut (MHAT-WCT).		None

Opioid & Substance Use and Overdose Prevention Trainings:

Course Title	Course Type & Information	Contact	Cost
Naloxone for Opioid Overdose 101	Web/Online Based or Self-Study		None

Additional Community Trainings & Resources:

Course Title	Course Type & Information	Contact	Cost
Sharon Hospital & Nuvance Health Various health, Wellness, and Community Education Classes	Mixed class options	Jim Hutchinson jhutchis@health-quest.org 860-364-4493 Wendy Hennessy Wendy.Hennessy@NuvanceHealth.org (845) 475-9742	See course website
Sharon Hospital Community Outreach Sharon Hospital offers a lunch-and-learn wellness series with presentations from the medical staff. The hospital also participates in medication give-back programs in partnership with local government agencies. In addition, Sharon Hospital participates in community sponsorship opportunities		Marina Ballantine marina.ballantine@nuvancehealth.org