Events
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Motivational Interviewing Level 1
ZoomThis workshop introduces participants to the research base, foundational spirit and basic strategies of Motivational Interviewing (MI). Motivational Interviewing is one of the most heavily researched interventions in the fields of addiction, behavioral health, and medicine.
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Motivational Interviewing Level 2
This workshop is designed for persons who have completed an introductory training and have begun to utilize the Motivational Interviewing model in their practice. This training will help participants to further develop MI skills and strategies beyond the basics in a supportive and challenging environment.
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Cocaine and Other Stimulants: What Clinicians Need to Know
ZoomThis training will provide an overview of these various substances comprising this category of drugs, their intoxication and withdrawal symptoms, and co-occurring mental health and physical health concerns. Participants will also gain an understanding of the neurobiological mechanisms underlying stimulant use, the clinical presentation of stimulant use disorders, and effective evidence-based treatment approaches to address stimulant use disorders.
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Mental Health First Aid Training (WJCS Staff Only)
WJCS HQ 845 North Broadway, White Plains, NYMental Health First Aid takes the fear and hesitation out of starting conversations about mental health and substance use problems by improving understanding and providing an action plan that teaches people to safely and responsibly identify and address a potential mental illness or substance use disorder. This training for WJCS staff will teach learners how to be a support to colleagues who may be struggling.
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Protective Factors and Promoting Resilience in Early Childhood
ZoomThis training will seek to inform participants about the major findings of the ACES study, the theoretical foundations for the Protective Factors Framework, and each of the five protective factors. This course will further address practical strategies to integrate the Protective Factors Framework approach into existing practices, as well as the use of a screening tool known as the Protective Factors Index, or PFI.
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Maintaining Appropriate Professional Boundaries: Exploring Ethical Obligations of Mental Health Professionals (FOR WJCS STAFF ONLY)
ZoomThis course brings real-world context to ethical concerns often experienced by professionals in practice in maintaining appropriate professional boundaries, including telehealth and social media domains. This course will provide a framework to contemplate ethical dilemmas and make informed decisions that
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Complicated Relationships: Case Studies in Boundaries (FOR WJCS STAFF ONLY)
ZoomThis course brings real-world context to ethical concerns often experienced by professionals in practice in maintaining appropriate professional boundaries, including telehealth and social media domains. This course will provide a framework to contemplate ethical dilemmas and make informed decisions that
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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBTi)
ZoomIn this course, participants will be introduced to the rationale for CBTi, learn the tools involved in implementing it, and become familiar with how to manage common comorbidities and challenges in implementation.
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The Intersection of Trauma & Developmental Disabilities
ZoomIn order to enable clinicians to better serve this unique client population, this course will: provide information on how trauma may present differently in the developmental disability population compared to neurotypicals, encourage participants to think critically about how traumatic experiences might be experienced through the lens of a person with developmental disabilities, and identify ways in which current evidence-based interventions for trauma could be adapted for this population of clients.
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Dr. Samuel Kahn 2025 Memorial Lecture
ZoomThe Annual WJCS 2025 Samuel Kahn Memorial Lecture will highlight Raising Resilience, Dr. Klein’s new book about her work in helping children thrive in the face of everyday uncertainty, as well as devastating events. Dr. Klein will discuss how research on trauma and its impact on emotional and intellectual development, including her own findings, can help parents offset and even avoid damage that could derail their children’s future. The stressors and traumas could include peer conflicts, divorce, moving, academic struggles, and larger national events. Parents can learn to instill in their children the emotional intelligence, cognitive flexibility, and social know-how they need to manage life’s challenges, build the resources to bounce back, and create a lasting capacity for happiness.
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Medications for Addiction Treatment (MAT): Clinical Strategies for Engagement, Selection, and Initiation
ZoomMedications for Addiction Treatment (MAT): Clinical Strategies for Engagement, Selection, and Initiation
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Supporting Neurodivergent Students in a Community College Setting (General & Administrative Issues)
ZoomThis course has been designed to address concerns brought up by the staff working with students on the spectrum at Westchester Community College. The course will provide an orientation to the way ASD (Autistic Spectrum Disorder) is defined (via the DSM 5) and how it can manifest in the community college setting. The course will focus on best practice strategies for managing the challenges that come up for many students on the spectrum in their first college experience. These issues include that which is interpersonal such as the risk of social isolation as well as the intrapersonal such as accessing the emotional regulation skills necessary to meet new social and academic challenges.