Professional Learning Center

Professional Learning Center

The Coalition's Professional Learning Center provides training and technical assistance to the behavioral health sector, on issues that have direct financial and regulatory consequences, to community agencies. Behavioral healthcare workers, from peer advocates to executive directors, have been trained on a variety of different topics.

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The Coalition is pleased to be an OASAS Certified Education and Training Provider.

New e-Learning Partnership

The Coalition is pleased to partner with Essential Learning to offer our members discounted web-based continuing education and training opportunities in the areas of behavioral health, developmental disabilities, substance abuse and child welfare.  Learn more about what this partnership has to offer!

2009/10 Offered Trainings:

OMIG Compliance Program Requirements

Sex, Communication, and Safety:  A Tool for Mental Health Providers

Motivational Interviewing

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Contingency Management

Dialetical Behavioral Therapy

Narrative Story Telling

Psychotropic Medications

Harm Reduction

2008/09 Offered Trainings:

Medicare / Medicaid Billing Series

Medicaid Billing 101
Mediciad Spend-down
Medicare Billing 101
Nuts and Bolts of Cross-over Billing
Billing for Substance Abuse Services

Billing and Coding - Meeting OMIG Requirement

Billing Case Management Services
Billing in ACT Programs
Mental Health Billing Operations - Denied Claims

Billing and Coding - Meeting the New SOMH Clinic Model

CPT Coding for Administrators and Billing Staff
CPT Documentation
E&M Coding and Documentation
Meeting State's Utilization Reporting
Summary of OMH Proposed Clinic Model Coding and Documentation

Client Record Documentation:  What We Do - What We Write

Clinical Services
Rehabilitation Services

Cognitive-Behavioral Counseling

Basic Principles
Functional Analysis
Skills Training I: Cravings and Thoughts
Skills Training II: Special Topics
CBT and Psychopharmacology

Motivational Interviewing

Introduction
Dual Diagnosis Model of MI
Developing MI Micro-Skills
Identifying and Facilitating Change Talk
Responding to Resistance

Harm Reduction

Understanding and Engagaing Clients with Co-occurring Disorders
Harm Reduction Therapy Process: Therapeutic Task, Techniques, Strategies

Addictions and Mental Health:  Concepts, Medications, Decisions, Reflections

For Substance Abuse Clinicians
For Mental Health Clinicians

Addictions and Sexuality

For Substance Abuse Clinicians
For Mental Health Clinicians

Overview of Dual Diagnosis

Principles of Integrated Treatment and Treatment Planning

Cultural Competency - For Clinicians

Working with Multi-Cultural Populations

Child Abuse Reporting

Live Consultation:  Assessing the Effectiveness of your Compliance Plan

Mental Health Parity

DRA False Claims - State Federal Medicaid Enforcement

New Privacy Law Developments Affecting Behavioral Healthcare Providers

Impact of Privacy and Security provision in ARRA, Interplay between HIPAA and NY laws, Potential HIT Funding, RHIOs and Impact of FTC's "Red Flag" Rule

HIPAAUpdate

Refresher in HIPAA Privacy and Security Regulations, include New Provisions in HITECH Act.

Corporate Compliance

Risk Management / Board Training

Understanding the New IRS 990s

Forth Annual Advanced Management Training Institute

Managing Difficult Employees/Mediating and Resolving Conflicts
Developing and Managing Operating Budgets
Utilizing Performance Indicators/Maximizing Revenue
Understanding and Interpreting Basic Financial Statements
Planning and Managing Large Projects
Preparing for Surveys and Financial Audits
Behavior in the Workplace