Upcoming Trainings

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

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Family Team Meetings

09/28/2023

9:00-4:00

Virtual

, OH

One of the key ingredients in the Ohio START program is Family Team Meetings (FTM). This training will describe the core principles, components, and skills needed to successfully facilitate FTMs. This training is required for staff that will take active role in FTMs including: START CW supervisors, START CW caseworkers, FPM, and BH Supervisors/service coordinators.

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Screening and Intervention of Substance Use Disorders (UNCOPE)

10/06/2023

9:00-4:00

Virtual

, OH

This workshop 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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Family Toolkit: Genograms, ecomaps, and more!

10/11/2023

9:00-12:00

Virtual

, OH

Participants will obtain useful information in terms of assessment tools and techniques that promote engagement, build rapport, and gather information critical to understanding of both individual and familial experience within the family system and as part of the larger culture. Participants will learn how to effectively engage individuals and families with experiential activities using genograms, ecomaps and other tools.

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Motivational Interviewing: Applied Skills Learning Community

10/13/2023

9:00-10:30

Virtual

, OH

These 90-minute skill-refresher and support learning communities begin with a review of the core skills introduced in the all-day training. The greatest emphasis, though, is given to hearing from participants about experiences using Motivational Interviewing skills in the field. These experiences, both successes and challenges, are discussed as a group and then explored with any skill-based adaptations expected to provide immediate practical use in work supporting parents, caregivers and families. Must take full day Introduction to Motivational Interviewing to attend.

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Family Team Meetings: Facilitator Skills

10/17/2023

9:00-12:00

Virtual

, OH

One of the key ingredients in the Ohio START program is Family Team Meetings (FTMs). This workshop is designed to provide and rehearse the skills needed to successfully facilitate the FTMs. The FTM should be neutrally facilitated, engage all participants, and provide a guided format for identifying strengths, needs, and develop an action plan. This training will review the core principles, components, and skills needed to successfully facilitate FTMs. We will utilize break out rooms for groups to simulate the FTM process with opportunities to rehearse their own facilitation. This skill building session is intended for anyone that currently or will be responsible to facilitate a FTM. Participants must have already attended a full day Ohio START FTM training prior to attending this session.

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Trauma-Informed Resiliency-Oriented Supervision

10/18/2023

1:00 - 4:00

Virtual

, OH

This session will address the supervisory relationship as a parallel process of promoting resilience, providing both support to the supervisees and a roadmap for the relationship that the supervisee has with the family. We will also address supervisory strategies to monitor and prevent SES symptoms related to resilience promotion. Small group breakouts will be used to promote and model reflective discussions around resiliency components and promotion. Intended for Supervisors and administrators only.

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Introduction to START for New Staff

10/19/2023

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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Supervisor Professional Learning Community

10/19/2023

9:00-10:00 AM

Virtual

, OH

SUPERVISORS ONLY: This 1-hour Professional Learning Community (PLC) for supervisors will meet monthly. Supervisors who attend will be asked to practice the new skills and return to future sessions to learn, share and continue to hone their skills. This is open to both PCSA and BH supervisors participating in Ohio START.

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Trauma & Resilience: Identifying children, parents and families at risk

10/20/2023

9:00-4:00

Virtual

, OH

This training includes an overview of the Childrens Trauma Assessment Center Trauma Screening Checklist (CTAC). We will also look at how to assess the trauma exposure of their parents, using the Adverse Childhood Experience survey (ACE). This training is required for staff administering the CTAC and/or ACE including: START CW caseworker, FPM, CW supervisors, and BH Supervisors/service coordinators.

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Ohio START Consortium Meeting (In-Person Only)

11/02/2023

10:00 am - 3:00 pm

Northeast Ohio Regional Training Center (NEORTC)

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 THREE 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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Substance Use Disorders 101

11/03/2023

9:00 - 12:00

Virtual

, OH

This training provides an opportunity to learn information regarding substance use, definitions and classes of different substances and medications utilized for stabilization and support recovery. It will provide an overview of the impact on the brain, family roles and recovery process.

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Family Team Meetings

11/06/2023

9:00-4:00

Virtual

, OH

One of the key ingredients in the Ohio START program is Family Team Meetings (FTM). This training will describe the core principles, components, and skills needed to successfully facilitate FTMs. This training is required for staff that will take active role in FTMs including: START CW supervisors, START CW caseworkers, FPM, and BH Supervisors/service coordinators.

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Ohio START Consortium Meeting (In-Person Only)

11/09/2023

10:00 am - 3:00 pm

Lima Public Library

650 West Market Street

Lima, OH 45801

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 THREE 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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Youth Suicidality: Safety Planning and Lethal Means Counseling

11/14/2023

9:00 - 12:15

Virtual

, OH

It is imperative for clinicians to learn strategies and skills to help reduce death by suicide. This program will help provide practical skills clinicians can use in their daily practice to help both youth and families feel more equipped to deal with a suicidal crisis.

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Ohio START Consortium Meeting (In-Person Only)

11/15/2023

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 THREE 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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Introduction to START for New Staff

11/16/2023

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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Supervisor Professional Learning Community

11/16/2023

9:00-10:00 AM

Virtual

, OH

SUPERVISORS ONLY: This 1-hour Professional Learning Community (PLC) for supervisors will meet monthly. Supervisors who attend will be asked to practice the new skills and return to future sessions to learn, share and continue to hone their skills. This is open to both PCSA and BH supervisors participating in Ohio START.

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So Done! Polyvagal Strategies When It Just Won't End

11/17/2023

9:00 - 12:15

Virtual

, OH

This highly interactive workshop will begin by reviewing burnout, compassion fatigue and secondary stress. Participants will receive the Professional Quality of Life tool to complete PRIOR to attending the session and will have an opportunity to share results and discuss strategies in small groups. The training explores boundaries, guardrails and expands emotional language to support a healthy workforce. The training discusses the Polyvagal Theory to frame the exploration of practices to calm and strengthen our nervous systems.

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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
  • Carly Mesnick- Behavioral Health TA
  • Brychelle Mullins- Family Peer Mentor TA