Boston Medical Center (BMC) Grayken Center for Addiction Training and Technical Assistance (TTA)

A Resource for Healthcare and Social Services Professionals

Combining Contingency Management and Opioid Treatment Programs

April 13, 2022
11:30 am–1:00 pm ET

This 1.5 hour session, titled "Combining Contingency Management and Opioid Treatment Programs" will cover contingency management as an evidence-based treatment strategy to care for people with SUD.

Register now

Virtual meeting

Via Zoom

Description

Grayken TTA and Spectrum Health Systems, Inc. are partnering to provide a series on addiction treatment in the Opioid Treatment Program (OTP) setting. This series will have five sessions covering a variety of topics that are offered twice.

This 1.5 hour session, titled "Combining Contingency Management and Opioid Treatment Programs" will cover contingency management as an evidence-based treatment strategy to care for people with SUD. 

This training will be held via Zoom. We would prefer that you log in using a computer with a web cam so that we can all connect to each other via video. Please note that signing on with video is required to receive CEs. If you do not have access to a web cam, please let us know. 

Intended audience

OTP and OBAT staff providing treatment for substance use disorders in Massachusetts

Speakers

Sandra Beatty, LMHC Sara Becker, Ph.D.

Sara Becker, Ph.D., is a licensed clinical psychologist and Associate Professor at the Brown University School of Public Health. Dr. Becker's work aims to increase the uptake of effective addiction treatment and recovery services in front-line community settings. She is currently the Director of the New England Addiction Technology Center, which trains over 2,100 front-line addiction treatment providers each year. She is currently leading an initiative called Project MIMIC, which is partnering with 30 opioid treatment programs to help them implement contingency management, and she serves as a strategic advisor to the state of California on their statewide rollout of contingency management. 

Carla J. Rash, Ph.D.

Carla Rash, Ph.D., is an associate professor of medicine in the Calhoun Cardiology Center, Behavioral Cardiovascular Prevention Division, and Department of Medicine at UConn Health. Her research interests focus on understanding and minimizing relapse in addictions, including the use of contingency management interventions. Her work is funded by NIH, RWJF, and SAMHSA. 

Objectives

Sponsored by

Bureau of Substance Addiction Services

Accreditation information

Boston Medical Center grants 1.50 hours to all nurses who attend and complete the evaluation. Boston Medical Center is approved as a provider of continuing professional development by the American Nurses Association, Massachusetts, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

Boston University School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

The lecture has been approved by The Network of Professional Education at Boston University School of Social Work, accredited by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Board of Social Work Registration, to provide 1.50 credit hours.

BMC Grayken Center of Addiction TTA has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7188. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. BMC Grayken Center of Addiction TTA is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs. For this program, 1.50 contact hours will be offered to participants who attend the training and complete the evaluation.

Register now

Grayken Center for Addiction TTA is a program of Boston Medical Center (BMC), a 514-bed academic medical center located in Boston's historic South End and the largest safety-net hospital in New England.

Funding for Grayken Center for Addiction TTA is provided by:

Massachusetts Department of Public Health Bureau of Substance Abuse Services (BSAS)
GE Foundation
Opioid Response Network

The content on this site and the content presented by Grayken Center for Addiction TTA is intended solely to inform and educate healthcare and social service professionals, and shall not be used for medical advice and is not a substitute for the advice or treatment of a qualified medical professional. The hospital, the program, and the contributors are not acting as health care providers or professional consultants on behalf of any specific patient and disclaim establishing a provider-patient relationship with any specific patient.


© 2024 Boston Medical Center. All rights reserved. Site by Root802.