Tobacco-Free Living: The Important Role of Peer Support Specialists (Breathe Easy NC Professional Development Series)

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Description

Every day in communities across North Carolina, Breathe Easy NC is working to connect people who struggle with mental health and substance use to the best practice tobacco treatment they deserve. The Breathe Easy NC Professional Development Series will prepare professionals from diverse disciplines and settings to help those with behavioral health conditions to become tobacco-free. See the below topics/dates and links for registration.

Tobacco-Free Living: The Important Role of Peer Support Specialists
Release Date: 3/11/2024
Valid Through: 3/10/2026

Speaker
Delton Russell – NC Voice

Breathe Easy NC Professional Development Series Trainings
Register for additional online modules in the series. Click the links below for more information or to register.

Medications for Tobacco Use Disorder Treatment
Online Module
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It's a Brain Thang: Exploring why Trauma and Substance has a Long-Term Committed Relationship
Online Module
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Tobacco-Free Living: The Important Role of Peer Support Specialists
Online Module
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Tobacco Cessation in Day Programs for Individuals with Behavioral Health Conditions
Online Module
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Treating Adolescents and Young Adults: The Clinical Approach
Online Module
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Credit Information
No Partial credit awarded

0.1 CEU
CEUs are expressed in tenths and 0.1 CEU is based off 60 minutes of instruction.

1.25 Contact Hours
1.5 contact hour is based off 60 minutes of instruction.

1.25 NC Psychologist Credit (Category A)
1.5 Psychologist Hour is based off 60 minutes of instruction.

1.25 NC Addictions Specialist Professional Practice Board (NCASPPB)
This program is approved for 1.25 hours of SS (ND) through the NCSAPPB. Approval Code # 24-008-S.

In Partnership with:
Mecklenburg County Public Health and NC DHHS




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Objectives

• Understand the benefit/importance of peer-support.
• Understand the way addiction impacts the brain.
• Apply the knowledge of Arrested Development to treatment planning.
• Remember the ways neuroplasticity can change the view of addiction/tobacco use.

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