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 

Update: Access your Learning Management System (LMS) Account prior to September 8, 2023

Self-paced online learning is accessed through your LMS account. Accounts were established and communicated to CBHC staff in January of this year and to BHHL staff in June. You must login to your LMS account prior to September 8,2023 or it will be deactivated. If you can't find your original account email, click the link below. If your account becomes deactivated, you can work with your supervisor to have it reactivated in the future.


Set up/Reset a LMS Account and Password

Featured Training

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) - Skills Portion


This online training is 4 hours and will include an Overview of the History, Development, and Rationale for DBT Skills Training including: Biosocial Theory of Borderline Personality Disorder, Trauma Responsive Elements of DBT, and Cross-Cultural Practice Considerations. Also, Review of Four Core Skills Modules Content including Mindfulness, Distress Tolerance, Emotion Regulation, and Interpersonal Effectiveness.


After participating in this training participants will be able to:

  1. Describe the rationale for teaching DBT skills, including who is a good candidate to benefit from the treatment
  2. Identify the four core skills modules taught in a DBT skills setting: Mindfulness, Distress Tolerance, Emotion Regulation & Distress Tolerance
  3. Structure a teaching intervention for skills, both individually and in groups
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Learn More About Dialectical Behavior Therapy


19 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. 


Take Online Training

1 Live Instructor-Led Training Recently Added

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Evidenced-Based Practices (EBP) Fidelity Procedures and Tools


This 90-minute webinar on September 19, 2023, from 12:00-1:30 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 Live Training

2 Self-Paced Online Trainings Coming Soon

  • Effective Approaches to Caring for Patients with Substance Use Disorders
  • Military Culture and Behavioral Health Care for Veterans

Resources

The Resources page on the Behavioral Health (BH) Clearinghouse contains historical BH Clearinghouse newsletters, Training Access and CE credit information, as well as useful Job Aids & Resources. Check it out!

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. 

Questions or login issues?


ForHealth_LearningSupport@umassmed.edu

Behavioral Health Workforce Training Clearinghouse