Live TCM Refresher: Breathe Easy NC – Becoming Tobacco-Free

Description

As part of the NC Medicaid Transformation, all physical and behavioral health facilities that contract with Standard and Tailored Plans must be tobacco-free by April 1, 2023. Are you interested in supporting your behavioral health organization in going tobacco-free and expanding tobacco use treatment supports? Do you need assistance in taking the next steps around policy and implementation? In this refresher program, you will learn from experts how to successfully transition your facility and enhance your tobacco cessation treatment services. This training will prepare clinicians to integrate into their practice the most up-to-date standard-of-care for tobacco use treatment, which can double or triple their patients'/clients' chances of success. The course instructors will discuss evidence-based medication and counseling strategies, as well as considerations for treating e-cigarette use and treating any tobacco use during pregnancy and lactation.

This class is part of the 20+ hours of "refresher" content for year two of Tailored Care Management! This content will be available to you in 2 formats.

LIVE - As a series of 25 one hour webinars between January and May of 2023.
You will register for each course and receive a certificate for each completed course.

ONLINE RECORDED COURSES – As one class containing all 25 sessions, available July 2023.
Register once, for the sessions you need, and receive one certificate upon completion of the last session.

*Please note the following: you can mix and match live and recorded sessions, but the recorded sessions will not be available for registration until July of 2023..

If you have any questions about this, please email TCM Project Manager, Meredith King.

By registering for this event, you are granting permission for the NC AHECs to share your information with NC DHHS and participating BH / I/DD Tailored Plans. Participants also agree to audio and video recording of the session and posting of the recordings in an LMS for future access.

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Target Audience

Behavioral health (BH) providers, BH administrators, Licensed clinical mental health counselors, Psychologists, Social workers, Substance use counselors, BH nurses, staff of AMH+/CMAs, and other professionals interested in this subject

Objectives

At the end of this program, attendees will be able to:

• Describe tobacco use intervention and referral to treatment roles and responsibilities for medication management
• Detail the standard of care tobacco treatment, including both counseling and FDA approved tobacco treatment medications
• List common environmental risk factors including but not limited to the health effects of exposure to second and third-hand tobacco smoke and e-cigarette aerosols and liquids and their effects on family and children
• Integrate resources and needed information for Care Managers, Supervisors and Extenders (Peer Supports/Community Health Workers/Community Navigators)

Faculty

• Stephanie Gans, LCAS, MSW, NCTTP