New Training "Working with Deaf Individuals"

New Training: “Working with Deaf Individuals,” July 26, 2019, 9:00 am -12:15 pm,  in the IBC Ankeny office. 
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IBC Training Series: Essentials in Counseling

IBC is offering a training series designed for new (and more seasoned) professionals.  The series will cover a wide variety of topics.  The series is offered in its entirety or as individual sessions, so you are not obligated to attend all of the sessions. 

This series can benefit a wide variety of helping professionals and is not just for counselors focused on substance use disorders.  In attendance at previous sessions were: substance, developmental disability, and MH counselors; patient support staff, peer supports, criminal justice professionals, nursing staff, physicians, social workers, and teachers.  Although the content is aimed toward professionals just starting out, any and all professionals are welcome who may want to brush up, expand, or explore their skills in a certain area. Click Read more for details.

Each session will be offered in the IBC office as well as through Zoom. Registration forms and payments will be accepted until noon the day prior to each training. Both the completed registration form and payment is required, as well as an email from IBC, before registration is complete.

Sessions offered:

1. Assessment and Evaluation: Training completed.
2. ASAM Guidelines and Treatment Planning: Training completed.
3. Professional Boundaries: Establishing the professional relationship and avoiding dual relationships: Training completed
4. Group Facilitation: Skills to lead, facilitate, and manage group conditions in different treatment environments. Training completed
5. Documentation: Information sharing, storage, and maintenance.Training completed.
6. Helping Individuals with Substance Use Disorders: Exploring the culture, progression, and evolution of substance use disorders and treatment.
   May 7, 2019 via Zoom. Training completed.
   May 31, 2019 in the IBC office. Registration Form

Assessment and Evaluation (Session 1 in Essentials in Counseling Series)

November 6, 2018, 1:00-4:15 pm in the IBC office and via Zoom
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This first installment of the six-session training series offers different approaches to assessment and evaluation.  We will address why this service is provided by a trained professional and not an online survey.  We will also determine when the service is provided (hint:  it isn’t a one-and-done session!).  Assessment and evaluation require the professional provide an environment of trust.  Participants will build confidence and identify “what works” when meeting with patients for this service. DOWNLOAD REGISTRATION FORM

Training Series - Spring 2018 trainings announced

IBC’s Training Committee has developed a 6-part training series geared toward professionals just starting out, but also for more experienced professionals who would like to brush up on some topics. Each training is offered in both the Cedar Rapids and Des Moines area, and all 6 trainings in the series will occur within 12 months. Each training is a separate 3-hour training – you may register for whichever ones you wish. Sign up below for the May training -  "Documentation: Progress Notes, Releases, Correspondence, etc."

Documentation: Progress Notes, Releases, Correspondence, etc. – May 4, 2018 in Cedar Rapids (Angie Davis, presenter) and in the IBC office (Sharaine Conner, presenter)
A necessary skill of any professional is that of documentation.  How and what do I write?  To whom am I writing it?  Are there different ways to say the same thing?  How much is determined by my employer, and what is expected by state or national guidelines?  This installment tackles the subject of correspondence and documentation.  Participants will be presented with standard correspondence and documentation as well as challenged with ethical dilemmas related to correspondence and documentation.
Registration form for Cedar Rapids training
Registration form for Ankeny training