Course Description:

 Participants will be presented with an overview of the opioid epidemic to include current trends and related data. This course discusses overdose recognition and response.

• Discuss/Review Opioids and Opioid Epidemic
• Review and understand signs of an overdose
• Discuss and understand an overdose response

Who should attend?

Community Members
Families impacted by Opioid Crisis
Behavioral Health Professionals
Law Enforcement
Medical Professional
Students
Peer Coaches

Note: You will receive Zoom link information following registration via email. 

Each session will cover the same training content. You will only need to choose one session to attend. 

For questions, contact us at training@lsfnet.org

In this interactive training, we will explore the components of Emotional Intelligence and engage in small and large group exercises to explore practical applications of the theories discussed. Participants can expect to cover the following areas related to emotional intelligence in the workplace:

•Understand the Stages of Competence when developing a new skillset

•Examine the five components of Emotional Intelligence

•Discuss the intersection of personal values and EI

•Connect the impact of emotional intelligence on workplace conduct

•Distinguish personal and social aspects of emotional intelligence

Who should attend?
Behavioral Health Paraprofessionals, Healthcare Professionals, Advocates, Counselors and others who work in social services or helping professions. 

Join us for a training on Compassion Fatigue, Burnout and Empathic Strain. Learn the nuances of these terms, the role that organizations and individuals share in the occurence of such and practical strategies for wellness as a helping professional. 

Learning Objectives:

•Define Compassion Fatigue, Burnout & Secondary Traumatic Stress or Vicarious Trauma
•Discuss warning signs
•Cultivate awareness of shared individual and organizational responsibility to preventing Compassion Fatigue and Secondary Traumatic Stress
•Review Francoise Mathieu’s 4 step guide to Wellness
•Remembering the Rewards of the Work

Who should attend?
Behavioral Health Professionals
Advocates
Community Health Workers
Educators
Ministry Workers
Volunteers
Any Helping Profession
Students of Psychology, Social Work or Human Service


Please note: You will receive your Zoom link to attend this training within 48hrs of the training date*

For questions please contact us at training@lsfnet.org.

Suicide Prevention Training 

QPR stands for Question, Persuade, and Refer — the 3 simple steps anyone can learn to help save a life from suicide. Just as people trained in CPR and the Heimlich Maneuver help save thousands of lives each year, people trained in QPR learn how to recognize the warning signs of a suicide crisis and how to question, persuade, and refer someone to help. Each year thousands of Americans, like you, are saying "Yes" to saving the life of a friend, colleague, sibling, or neighbor.

Learning Objectives: 

•Discuss brief history of suicide prevention, prevalence and risk factors  •Describe Gatekeeper role 
•Attitudes Toward Suicide​ 
•Warning Signs of Suicide​
•Ways Ask the Suicide Question​ 
•How to Persuade Someone to Stay Alive​
•Techniques for Referring Individuals to Get Help

Who should attend?

Case Managers
Behavioral Health Professionals
Medical Professionals
Community Health Workers
Paraprofessionals 
Hospitality and Service Industry Workers
Advocates
Educators 
Students

You will receive a Zoom link at least 48-hours prior to the training.

For questions please contact us at training@lsfnet.org.

Please note: We will be offering the same training every 3rd Wednesday of the month throughout 2024. Each training listed below will be a stand alone training so you will only need to attend once. We look forward to you joining us!

The "Tall Cop", National and International Speaker on current drug trends. Northwest Alcohol Conference Founder.

This educational event will provide parents, community members, educators, law enforcement, and more with the ability, knowledge, and confidence to help prevent and quickly identify alcohol and/or drug use and abuse indicators of possible at-risk individuals through: 

• products
• stash compartments
• clothing brands
• lingo
• music
• lyrics, etc.

Contact: Bethann.Hornyak@lsfnet.org

The Gateway to Fr33dom Human Trafficking Task Force hosts the Human Trafficking Symposium 2025. 

The event will be hosted on zoom and can accomodate 300 attendees. 

Presentations include: 

Unveiling Modern Trends in Human Trafficking: From Social Media Grooming to Exploiting Vulnerabilities with Marina Anderson, DCF and Detective Sergeant - North Florida ICAC Task Force Gainesville Police Department

Safe Foster Homes - Increasing Treatment Capacity for Survivors and Youth At-Risk for Human Traffikcing with Emily Garten, LCSW, Clinical Director Devereux and Lindsey Phillips, National Director of Customer Experience and Engagement, Deveruex 

Bridging the Gap to Enhance Anti-Trafficking Efforts with Shelly M. Wagers, Ph.D., BRIGHT Project Director and Kailey Pate Carter, M.A., BRIGHT Project Manager

Event is free to attend. 

CEU's availalbe for a service fee. 

In these virtual trainings we will discuss how means matters as a comprehensive approach to suicide prevention. There will be a specific focus on access to firearms and medication. In this training, we will focus on:

• Recognizing when to act
• Learning what can be done for an at-risk friend or family member
• Discuss connection to supportive resources and treatment
• Understand that reducing access to lethal means can safe a life

See below for training dates. For any questions regarding this training please contact us at training@lsfnet.org.  

*Note: You will receive the Zoom link to join this training within 48 hours of the training date. *

 Each training listed below will be a stand alone training so you will only need to attend once. We look forward to you joining us!