Upcoming Trainings

Abbreviated training descriptions are provided below. To see full-length descriptions, please click here.

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Ohio START Consortium Meeting (In-Person Only)

11/12/2024

10:00 am - 3:00 pm

Summit County Children Services

264 South Arlington Street

Akron, OH 44306

This meeting will focus on providing Ohio START updates, pertinent topics, and Learning Community Groups. Ohio START staff from any cohort or region is encouraged to attend any ONE of the FOUR scheduled meetings. The content will be the same for all meetings. Agendas will be available prior to the meetings. Intended for Caseworkers, Supervisors, Family Peer Mentors, Behavioral Health Providers, and Administrators.

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Ohio START Consortium Meeting (In-Person Only)

11/13/2024

10:00 am - 3:00 pm

Montgomery County Children Services

3304 North Main Street

Dayton, OH 45405

This meeting will focus on providing Ohio START updates, pertinent topics, and Learning Community Groups. Ohio START staff from any cohort or region is encouraged to attend any ONE of the FOUR scheduled meetings. The content will be the same for all meetings. Agendas will be available prior to the meetings. Intended for Caseworkers, Supervisors, Family Peer Mentors, Behavioral Health Providers, and Administrators.

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Screening and Intervention of Substance Use Disorders (UNCOPE) (11/20 & 11/21)

11/20/2024

9:00-12:00

Virtual

, OH

By registering for this training you are committing to attend both sessions:
11/20/2024 from 9am-12pm &
11/21/2024 from 9am-12pm
This training will assist participants with how to use the evidence-based screening tool (UNCOPE), interpret the results, provide feedback to the parent and offer recommendations to seek further assessment for treatment services. This training is required for Ohio START caseworkers, family peer mentors, supervisors, non-START CW staff responsible for administering the UNCOPE, suggested for BH supervisors/service coordinators and optional for CW administrators and BH administrators.

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Introduction to START for New Staff

11/21/2024

2:00-4:00

Virtual

, OH

This introductory course provides staff new to the Ohio START program with the basics necessary to begin working with families. It includes a brief review of key aspects of START including eligibility, timelines, roles and responsibilities, and engaging clients and family serving agencies. Staff will also need to complete the full day Foundations 4 training when next available. This is not intended for anyone that has already attended Foundations 4.

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Ohio START Consortium Meeting (In-Person Only)

11/22/2024

10:00 am - 3:00 pm

Ross County Children Services

475 Western Ave

Chillicothe, OH 45601

This meeting will focus on providing Ohio START updates, pertinent topics, and Learning Community Groups. Ohio START staff from any cohort or region is encouraged to attend any ONE of the FOUR scheduled meetings. The content will be the same for all meetings. Agendas will be available prior to the meetings. Intended for Caseworkers, Supervisors, Family Peer Mentors, Behavioral Health Providers, and Administrators.

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Foundations 4: START Child Welfare Practices (12/2 & 12/3)

12/02/2024

9:00-12:00

virtual

, OH

By registering for this training you are committing to attend both sessions:
12/2/2024 from 9am-12pm &
12/3/2024 from 9am-12pm
This foundational training supports front-line practice of the START model with the purpose of building on knowledge and supporting the daily work. This training is required for PCSA Ohio START Supervisors, Caseworkers, Family Peer Mentors and BH Supervisors and Service Coordinators. This is intended for anyone that is new to START and/or has not yet attended this session or anyone that wants a refresher.

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Motivational Interviewing: An Introduction Training (part 1 of 2)

12/04/2024

9:00-12:15

Virtual

, OH

(Part 1 of 2) In this introductory training, participants will learn about the spirit of MI and its basic skills and strategies and will have the opportunity to apply and practice those core skills in an experiential skill-development training. This training is part 1 of 2 of the MI training required for Ohio START caseworkers, family peer mentors and supervisors. Attendance at both part 1 and part 2 is required to receive credit.

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Secondary Traumatic Stress & Self Care

12/11/2024

1:00-4:00

Virtual

, OH

Secondary Traumatic Stress, the presence of PTSD symptoms due the exposure to other people's traumatic experience, is arguably the biggest threat to the well-being of our workforce. After a quick review of Trauma Informed Care, we'll explore the impact of Covid-19 on both the families that we work with and on us! Then we'll define STS and other related terms and conditions. We'll learn how to increase our own resiliency by tapping into the positive experience of compassion satisfaction and meaningful connections. Throughout the entire session, we'll identify and rehearse strategies to build worker resiliency, increase self-care and address STS.

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Motivational Interviewing: Beyond the Basics Training (part 2 of 2)

12/19/2024

9:00-1:30

virtual

, OH

(Part 2 of 2) In this continuation from the Introduction to Motivational interviewing, participants will learn about the guiding spirit of MI and the four tasks and will have the opportunity to practice core skills and appropriately respond to challenges in an experiential skill-development training. This training is part 2 of 2 of the MI training required for Ohio START caseworkers, family peer mentors and supervisors. Attendance at both part 1 and part 2 is required to receive credit. This session will also serve as a refresher for those that have previously attended an Introduction to MI training.

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Technical Assistance

Ohio START provides technical assistance to all Ohio START PCSAs through our Ohio technical assistance consultants in collaboration with our national model experts Children and Family Futures (CFF). Technical assistance is delivered by TA consultants who will each cover a region of the state. The Family Peer Mentor TA works to recruit, train and mentor the family peer mentors working within the model. The technical assistance consultants are:

  • Tim Beasley – Southwest Region TA
  • Diana Hoover – Northwest Region TA
  • Pam Meermans – Central Region TA
  • Sheila Shafer – Southeast Region TA
  • Kathi Kurtz – Northeast Region TA/Ohio START Coach
  • Mindy Fehrman – Ohio START Coach
  • Carston Mesnick- Behavioral Health TA
  • Brychelle Mullins- Family Peer Mentor TA