BBH Presentations
2024
West Virginia Polysubstance Summit, January 2024
Current Trends Across the Continuum of substance Use Disorder Care.
Presenter data links:
Multi-level Drivers of Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Access: Implications for Health Equity
Presenter: Dr. Pia Mauro
Managing Multiple Relationships in Therapeutic Roles in Rural Communities
Presenter: William Stauffer
Cultural Humility and Substance Use Disorder Treatment: An Appalachian Perspective
Presenter: Dr. Connie Jones
2022
West Virginia Polysubstance Summit, December 2022
In It Together: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Addressing Polysubstance Use. Continuing Education credit will be available for physicians, nurses, pharmacists, addiction/prevention professionals, counselors, social workers, and psychologists.
Preparing Our Workforce: West Virginia Rural Health Conference, October 2022
WV-SOR Workshop Series 2
2021
West Virginia Stimulant Summit, December 2021
The Bureau for Behavioral Health collaborated with the Office of Drug Control Policy and BBH pilot grantee WV Behavioral Health Workforce and Health Equity Training Center at Marshall University in presenting the West Virginia Stimulant Summit on December 16, 2021. A total of 546 people from 16 states registered for the Summit.
The Summit showcased national and WV expertise and included perspectives from therapists, administrators, and prescribers, as well as a speaker with lived experience; additionally there was an announcement about an upcoming Learning Collaborative and TRUST 2.0 with Dr. Rick Rawson and colleague Al Hasson anticipated for Spring 2022, to be funded in part by the Central East Addiction Technology Transfer Center. The event was geared toward and offered CEUs to physicians, nurse practitioners, clinicians, therapists, case managers, peer recovery support specialists, and others who work with individuals affected by stimulant use disorders. The virtual event focused on guidance for how to address barriers to offering evidence-based practice for stimulant use disorder and improving treatment access by increasing clinical expertise.
2020
BBH/ODCP Series on Evidence Based Practice in Substance Use Disorder, July 2020
Continuing Education
The Bureau for Behavioral Health is a certified provider of continuing education units (CEUs) for the following disciplines: Addiction and Prevention, Licensed Professional Counselors, and Social Work. If you are planning a training in conjunction with trainers from the BBH or their affiliated grantees, you may request CEUs for your event. Please review the
BBH Continuing Education Protocol and complete the
BBH CEU Request Form. (In order to submit this form, you must save it to your computer as a PDF, then submit the completed form as an attachment via email to Vicky.E.Hatfield@wv.gov.)
If you have any questions about either training requests or continuing education, please contact:
Vicky Hatfield
Bureau for Behavioral Health
(304) 352-5586
Vicky.E.Hatfield@wv.gov
Addiction Training Institute
For new and experienced professionals who are seeking a thorough review of both the established fundamentals of addiction and current approaches to working with individuals in active behavioral and substance addictions. The training is valuable for those working or planning to work in the areas of mental health, addictions counseling, courts and corrections, school counseling, nursing and psychology. Addiction Training Institute features current developments within the physical, emotional, social, and spiritual areas of addictive behavior.
Contact: Swapna W. King, Community Relations Coordinator, Chestnut Ridge Center, WVU Medicine 304.598.6422 (office), kingsw@wvumedicine.org
Appalachian Addiction and Prescription Drug Abuse Conference (AAPDAC)
Three day-long annual conference held annually in October. This event makes available WV State CME/CEs for multiple disciplines. This program meets the 3-hour CME Best Practices Prescribing of Controlled Substances requirement for physicians and physician assistants under West Virginia law. Most recent details:
https://wvmphp.org/Contact: Brad Hall, WV Medical Professionals Health Program, bhallmd@wvmphp.org.
Providers Clinical Support System (PCSS)
PCSS provides training and a clinical mentoring program specific to opioid use disorder, including but not limited to the X-waiver, clinical roundtable discussion, FAQs, and video modules.