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Motivational Interviewing - Recognizing change and sustain talk; Practice with responding to sustain talk
2026-04-03 10:00 - 12:00 UTC
HeadsUp Presents: This workshop series will present an overview of Motivational Interviewing (MI) skills and their application as they pertain to engagement with individuals experiencing early psychosis. Sessions will focus on listening and engagement skills that can improve client engagement and progress through focusing conversations, evoking change talk, and introducing planning. Attendance at all eight (8) sessions of the cohort is required, as well as the completion, submission, and processing of four (4) recorded practices of the skills. This session will focus on recognizing change and sustain talk, and specifically practice responding to sustain talk.
Objectives:
Describe how to respond to change and sustain talk.
Explain of evocation skills.
Identify and practice responding to sustain talk.
Intended Audience: All staff are encouraged to attend.

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CPS Certification Training in New Castle, Pa
2026-03-30 09:00 - 2026-04-10 16:00, 2026-03-23 09:00 - 2026-04-03 16:00
Mental Health Partnerships Presents: The CPS Certification Training is a 75-hour hybrid training fully authorized by the PA Certification Board (PCB). The class is delivered live (in-person) during the first week, and Online via Zoom the second week.
The training provides foundational knowledge, skills and values that equip individuals to work as Peer Supporters in the state of Pennsylvania. This training costs $1400, Funding available through Southwest Behavioral Health Management, Inc.
The CPS Certification Training includes the following topics:

The history of Recovery and Peer Support
Recovery Values
WRAP Seminar I
CPS Core Competencies
Outreach and Engagement
Stages of Change
Introduction to Motivational Interviewing
Ethics and Boundaries
Documentation
Mental Models / Ladder of Inference
Diversity and Worldview
Support for Transitions
Credentialing and Job Search

Successful completion of this training requires consistent attendance, full participation in activities and assignments, as well as satisfactory scores on two weekly tests. Successful completion of this course renders the learner eligible to sit for the PA Certification Board exam, which is required for full certification.

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Restoration or Recovery?
2026-03-27 11:00 - 12:00
CCBH Presents: People often begin care with the goal of “getting back to who I used to be.” But sometimes restoration to the former self does not occur. Instead, recovery becomes a more transformative journey into a new and unanticipated life course. In this webinar, Pat Deegan will describe the difference between recovery and restoration and will offer practical tools and strategies for engaging with people on the transformation journey.

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Motivational Interviewing - Recognizing change and sustain talk; Practice with evoking change talk
2026-03-27 10:00 - 12:00
HeadsUp Presents: This workshop series will present an overview of Motivational Interviewing (MI) skills and their application as they pertain to engagement with individuals experiencing early psychosis. Sessions will focus on listening and engagement skills that can improve client engagement and progress through focusing conversations, evoking change talk, and introducing planning. Attendance at all eight (8) sessions of the cohort is required, as well as the completion, submission, and processing of four (4) recorded practices of the skills. This session will focus on recognizing change and sustain talk, and specifically practice evoking change talk.
Objectives:
Label change and sustain talk.
Interpret change and sustain talk from participants’ caseloads.
Identify and practice evoking change talk.
Intended Audience: All staff are encouraged to attend

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STRESS AND WELLNESS: YOUR FAVORITE FRENEMIES
2026-03-26 13:00 - 14:00
AMFM Healthcare Presents: This Continuing Education (CE) presentation reframes stress as an essential feature of personal development and growth. By highlighting the function of stress and methods for processing it successfully attendees will be able to assist themselves and those they work with in appreciating stress. Time will be spent unpacking stress as a general concept, its role in health outcomes, and necessity to life. Stress within the world of treatment providers will be addressed, including the topic of burnout. How stress shapes the experiences of clients will also be critically examined. The presentation will close with a focus on professional wellness and how to aid clients in viewing stress differently as part of building their stress management skills.
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LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Define stress and identify the difference between healthy stress and trauma.
Recognize how stress impacts the self and potential consequences.
Discuss how clients’ stress results in their health challenges.
Identify personal necessities for wellness.
Discuss stress management tools and techniques with clients.

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Motivational Interviewing - Strengths-based engagement skills; Practice with simple and complex affirmations
2026-03-20 10:00 - 12:00
HeadsUp Presents: This workshop series will present an overview of Motivational Interviewing (MI) skills and their application as they pertain to engagement with individuals experiencing early psychosis. Sessions will focus on listening and engagement skills that can improve client engagement and progress through focusing conversations, evoking change talk, and introducing planning. Attendance at all eight (8) sessions of the cohort is required, as well as the completion, submission, and processing of four (4) recorded practices of the skills. This session will focus on strengths-based engagement skills and practice with both simple and complex affirmations.
Objectives:
Describe strategies for strengths-based engagement skills.
Identify and practice simple affirmations.
Identify and practice complex affirmations.
Intended Audience: All staff are encouraged to attend.

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Psychosocial Approaches to Negative Symptoms
2026-03-18 13:00 - 14:30
iSPS-US Presents: Session 4 of our 5-part webinar series, Psychosocial Approaches to Negative Symptoms, is happening this Wednesday, March 18, on the subjects of Social Skills Training and Recovery Oriented Cognitive Therapy. If you haven’t joined us yet, it isn’t too late!
You can still register for the full course at any time to catch up with the recordings of missed sessions. Importantly, CEs are available for watching recorded content, so you can still earn full credit while participating in the remaining live, interactive sessions as we explore these vital topics together.
Often dismissed as simple deficits or signs of continued illness, this series argues that negative symptoms are actually complex stories of survival, identity, and the search for safety. Throughout the series, our speakers explore a range of psychosocial therapeutic approaches designed to support recovery, re-emergence, and meaningful re-engagement.
Event Details
Dates: Wednesdays, bi-weekly, from February 4 – April 1, 2026
Time: 1:00–2:30pm Eastern
Registration: $40-$120 for the full 5-part series, or $10-$30 per individual session. (10% discount for ISPS-US members.)
CEs: Available for APA and New York State Boards, including for watching recorded content.
Note: All sessions are recorded; registrants receive access to the video and CE quiz within two weeks.

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Synergistic pathways to psychosis: understanding developmental risk and resilience factors
2026-03-13 12:00 - 13:00
The Ohio State University Early Psychosis Intervention Center (EPICENTER) Presents: A weekly virtual early psychosis speaker series. Presentations focus on topics relevant to the etiology, phenomenology, lived experience and/or treatment of early psychosis. Presentation by Kathleen O’Brien.

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Motivational Interviewing - Focusing skills for engaging consumers – Framing the conversation; Practice with focusing skills and summaries
2026-03-13 10:00 - 12:00
HeadsUp Presents: This workshop series will present an overview of Motivational Interviewing (MI) skills and their application as they pertain to engagement with individuals experiencing early psychosis. Sessions will focus on listening and engagement skills that can improve client engagement and progress through focusing conversations, evoking change talk, and introducing planning. Attendance at all eight (8) sessions of the cohort is required, as well as the completion, submission, and processing of four (4) recorded practices of the skills. This session will focus on skills for engaging clients, specifically addressing how to frame a conversation and practice with focusing skills and summaries.
Objectives:
Describe an overview of setting intentions and framing the conversation.
Identify and practice focusing skills.
Identify and practice summaries.
Intended Audience: All staff are encouraged to attend.

ENTRENAMIENTO DE ESPECIALISTA CERTIFICADO EN APOYO, ENTRE PARES
2026-03-09 09:00 - 2026-03-20 17:00
City of Philadelphia DBHIDS Presenta: El entrenamiento de Especialista Certificado en Apoyo de Pares (CPS, por sus siglas en inglés) es un entrenamiento de 75 horas, realizado en vivo (en persona) durante 10 días. El entrenamiento brinda el conocimiento fundamental, las hablidades, las capacidades, y los valores para dotar a las personas para estar empleado en el estado de Pensilvania. Un CPS está dispuesto a identificarse con una enfermedad mental grave (y puede que tenga un trastorno concurrente por consumo de sustancias). Un CPS apoya a otras en sus procesos de recuperación, construye confianza mutua, comparte sus propias experiencias, aprende sobre el proceso de recuperación, y crea una vida más significativa en la comunidad.

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Understanding the role of family physicians and primary care services in early psychosis intervention
2026-03-06 12:00 - 13:00
The Ohio State University Early Psychosis Intervention Center (EPICENTER) Presents: A weekly virtual early psychosis speaker series. Presentations focus on topics relevant to the etiology, phenomenology, lived experience and/or treatment of early psychosis. Presentation by Kelly Anderson, PhD.

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Motivational Interviewing - Listening skills for engaging consumers – Identifying thoughts, feelings and values; Practice with complex reflections
2026-03-06 10:00 - 12:00
HeadsUp Presents: This workshop series will present an overview of Motivational Interviewing (MI) skills and their application as they pertain to engagement with individuals experiencing early psychosis. Sessions will focus on listening and engagement skills that can improve client engagement and progress through focusing conversations, evoking change talk, and introducing planning. Attendance at all eight (8) sessions of the cohort is required, as well as the completion, submission, and processing of four (4) recorded practices of the skills. This session will focus on listening skills for engaging clients specifically addressing identifying thoughts, feelings and values as well, as practice with complex reflections.
Objectives:
Define and describe listening skills for engaging consumers’ thoughts, feelings and values.
Identify and practice complex reflections that reflect meaning.
Identify and practice complex reflections that reflect feelings and values.
Intended Audience: All staff are encouraged to attend.

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Neural Correlates of Conversational Turn-Taking Perception in Individuals at Clinical High-Risk for Psychosis
2026-02-27 12:00 - 13:00
The Ohio State University Early Psychosis Intervention Center (EPICENTER) Presents: Weekly virtual early psychosis speaker series. Presentation by Claire Bertrand, Clinical Psychology PhD Student. Presentation will focus on topics relevant to the etiology, phenomenology, lived experience and/or treatment of early psychosis.

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Motivational Interviewing - Introduction to MI Spirit and engagement skills; Practice with open-ended questions and simple reflections
2026-02-27 10:00 - 12:00
HeadsUp Presents: This workshop series will present an overview of Motivational Interviewing (MI) skills and their application as they pertain to engagement with individuals experiencing early psychosis. Sessions will focus on listening and engagement skills that can improve client engagement and progress through focusing conversations, evoking change talk, and introducing planning. Attendance at all eight (8) sessions of the cohort is required, as well as the completion, submission, and processing of four (4) recorded practices of the skills. This session will focus on an introduction to the MI Spirit and engagement skills, specifically addressing practice with open-ended questions and simple reflections.
Objectives:
Describe an introduction to the Motivational Interviewing (MI) Spirit.
Summarize engagement and listening skills.
Express and practice open-ended questions and simple reflections.
Intended Audience: All staff are encouraged to attend.

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Addressing Medical Co-Morbidities in Early Psychosis
2026-02-20 12:00 - 13:00
The Ohio State University Early Psychosis Intervention Center (EPICENTER) Presents: Presentation by Alison Swigart, MD. Presentation will focus on topics relevant to the etiology, phenomenology, lived experience and/or treatment of early psychosis.

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