Provider Training Didactic Ask The Expect Webinar Series Fall 2024

The Provider Training Program aims to enhance the skills and knowledge of licensed clinicians through a structured and comprehensive series of training modules. This initiative focuses on delivering high-quality content and training across various formats, including webinars, clinical supervision series, and asynchronous courses.

Date            Speaker Title

10/22/2024

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10/24/2024

Brittany Greene

Ethical Foundations in Behavioral Health: Principles and Practices for Clinicians 

Registration Closed


Target audience:

Mental health professionals including psychologists, clinical social workers, licensed professional counselors, marriage and family therapists, substance abuse counselors, pastoral counselors, school counselors, as well those who would like to learn more about topics specific to the field of behavioral healthcare.

Times:
(Didactic)  12:00 pm – 2 pm EST

(Ask The Expert) 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm EST

Registration:
All webinars are free. However, pre-registration is required.

ADA Statement: Registrants requiring any of the auxiliary aids or services identified in the Americans with Disabilities Act to participate in our training programs, please contact us by email at bhs-support@unc.edu after completing registration to ensure we have enough time to secure the requested services.

Inclement Weather Policy: Any announcements regarding changes to the schedule due to inclement weather will be posted on http://bhs.unc.edu. Registered participants will also be notified by email.

Continuing Education:
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Social Work has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 6642.  Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified.  The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Social Work is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.  Completing both webinars qualifies for 3.5 contact hours.

This course is pending approval from the North Carolina Addiction Specialist Professional Practice Board for 3.5 contact hours.

Confirmation Notices and Certificates of Completion:
We will confirm your registration by email after registration is received. The email will contain instructions on how to join the webinar along with the link. Successful completion includes full attendance for the entire day. Within 7 days of the conclusion of the webinar, you will receive an email notifying you that the evaluations and certificates are ready. The email will include a link to https://bhs.unc.edu where you can log in using the username and password you chose at registration. Once you have logged in, you will see the training titles listed under "My Courses" on the left side. After clicking on the link, you will be taken to another page where you can click the link to the event evaluation. Once you have completed and submitted your evaluation, you can click on the link to access the Certificate of Completion. Your Certificate will be emailed to you as a PDF document.

Presenter Information: See the "Presenters" tab above.

9/26/2024 - Mitigating Gambling Harm w/ Technology First Solutions

Technological changes combined with liberalized gambling laws have been two major drivers behind the recent growth in gambling participation and revenues. New measures to balance the growth of legalized gambling with solutions to mitigate gambling harms have been developed, however, their impact is not keeping pace with need. This presentation will review several new technologies designed to reduce gambling harm, discuss their promises and limitations, and introduce a new comprehensive digital health platform that empowers users to create and maintain a healthy relationship with gambling, regardless of their goal: to quit, to control their spending and/or time gambling, or to maintain current levels of positive play. The new Technology that will be introduced during the session is designed to appeal to the new generation of mobile and online gamblers by utilizing gamification features within an app, conversational language, community engagement, and multi-method teaching techniques and change strategies. The development approach and preliminary evaluation data for this new suite of technology driven solutions will be presented and discussed.

Presenter: Sam DeMello

Learning Objectives:

  1. Understand how technology can be harnessed within health apps to foster healthy relationships with gambling.
  2. Understand how current tools and systems of care are not meeting today’s growing needs.

Agenda:

12:00-12:05 pm – Introductions of presenters and helpline information
12:05-12:45 pm – Lecture of material
12:45-12:55 pm – Discussion questions, case presentation, interaction (as needed)
12:55-1:00 pm – Closing comments


10/10/2024 - How Social Media Has Changed The Way We View Gambling

I share my story of gambling addiction and my current work as a content creator in the gambling addiction recovery space to highlight the current climate of gambling on social media. I also explain how anyone (regardless of their background or organization) can create impactful content to help garner more interest in this topic.

Presenter: Rob Minnick

Learning Objectives:

  1. Understand basic concepts of social media content creation.
  2. Understand basic concepts of social media trends within the niche of gambling addiction.
  3. Improve their level of understanding regarding gambling addiction thanks to a lived-experience narrative explaining the inner-thoughts of someone struggling with this issue.

Agenda:

12:00-12:05 pm – Introductions of presenters and helpline information
12:05-12:45 pm – Lecture of material
12:45-12:55 pm – Discussion questions, case presentation, interaction (as needed)
12:55-1:00 pm – Closing comments

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Sam DeMello                                                                                                                                                                                               

Sam is an experienced early-stage startup builder, with over a decade of experience scaling successful organizations as a Customer Success and Talent Acquisition Leader. He is also a person with a gambling addiction in recovery. He combines his professional experience in the Technical and Digital Therapeutics industries with his lived experience as a person in gambling recovery to build technology-first solutions to reduce gambling harm in the growing community of gamblers.

Rob Minnick, ICGC-I

Rob Minnick, also known online as Rob_Odaat is a content creator who uses his lived-experience with gambling harm to reach 15 million people every month through Instagram, Youtube, Tiktok and Facebook to better educate them on the risks involved with gambling and where to find resources if they need the help. In addition to content creation and direct marketing campaigns, Rob advises organizations on how to craft more relevant content for a younger audience as his main demographic online is comprised of 18-25 year olds.   

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Problem Gambling Webinar Series Continuing Education

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Social Work has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 6642.  Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified.  The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Social Work is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.  Each successfully completed webinar qualifies for 1 contact hour.

This course is pending approval from the North Carolina Addiction Specialist Professional Practice Board for 1 contact hour. 

 

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