Behavioral Health Workforce Training Clearinghouse Updates

You are receiving this email as a Community Behavioral Health Center (CBHC) or Behavioral Health Help Line (BHHL) staff member enrolled in the Behavioral Health Workforce Training Clearinghouse Learning Management System (LMS) operated by ForHealth Consulting.

For more information on accessing your free online training via the LMS, read below.

The Behavioral Health Workforce Training Clearinghouse (BH Clearinghouse) is a resource to support the development of Community Behavioral Health Centers (CBHCs), a new network of community-based clinics offering real-time and high-quality access to behavioral health treatment in Massachusetts. The BH Clearinghouse offers high-quality, free training for CBHC providers and Behavioral Health Help Line (BHHL) staff in evidenced-based behavioral health practices.


Learn more about the BH Clearinghouse 

Self-Paced Online Training

Rescheduled: Leadership Training

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Evidenced-Based Practices (EBP) Fidelity Procedures and Tools


This 90-minute webinar on October 24, 2023 will provide an overview of the purpose and procedures to ensure fidelity to the EBPs utilized at CBHCs. Mutual sharing between CBHCs on challenges and solutions to achieving high-fidelity practice will be encouraged.


Register for training.

22 Self-Paced Online Trainings Now Available

Be sure to bookmark the Self-Paced Online Training page of the Behavioral Health (BH) Clearinghouse. Here you can view a complete listing of courses that are “Available” and “Coming Soon”. Available courses include a [Launch Course] button that will bring you directly to the ForHealth Consulting Learning Management System (LMS) login page to enroll in the training. Once in the LMS via your login (CBHC email address) and password (click reset password if needed), you can self-enroll in online training courses: 

  1. Click on the “Discover” link in the top Navigation bar. 
  2. View available courses by scrolling up and down the page. 
  3. Click on the course you’d like to take. 
  4. Click on [Enroll in Course] to self-enroll and complete the course. 


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1 Self-Paced Online Training Recently Added

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Common Medical Comorbidities

in Youth


The aim of this training is to increase clinicians’ and mental health professionals’ knowledge about key medical conditions and complications of youth, so they can make appropriate referrals for medical and psychiatric care, and effectively communicate across levels of care to expediently refer youth that need that need to be evaluated for further medical workup.


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2 Self-Paced Online Trainings Coming Soon

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Effective Approaches for Caring for Individuals with Substance Use Disorder

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Common Medical Comorbidities in Older Adults

Live Instructor-Led Training

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DC:0-5 Virtual Clinical Training Series w/Reflective Case Consultation


This training series runs 5 days from October 30 - December 11, 2023. There are 3 days of Clinical Training, followed by 2 Reflective Case Consultation sessions. It’s a requirement to attend all 5 days.


These offerings are a part of The Connecting Communities: Support for the MA Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health grant funding from MA Executive Office of Health and Human Services.


The series is facilitated by: Jayne Singer, PhD, IECMH-E and Lisa Garcia, LMHC, IMH-E.


Learn more and register for training






This training is being offered to clinicians, social workers, psychiatrists, family partners, community health workers, pediatricians, etc. – working in MA that works with children 0-5 and their families, that would like to deepen their knowledge on the different factors to consider during engagement and assessment of young children, like development, culture, relationships, etc..


Resources

The Resources tab on the Behavioral Health (BH) Clearinghouse website contains training access instructions, continuing education (CE) credit information, useful Job Aids & Resources, and historical BH Clearinghouse newsletters. Check it out!

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Behavioral Health Resources provided by State Agency partners

Massachusetts State Agency partners have identified and shared several links and resources to support behavioral health clinicians working in Community Behavioral Health Centers. 


View State Agency resources


Continuing Education Credits (CEs)

Additional CEs are being added to online courses as we receive them. Check the bottom of each LMS course page or the website's Resource page for the latest approvals. 

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