Communicating to Support Tobacco-Free Living…Words, Tone and Images All Matter (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.

Communicating with Purpose to Support Tobacco and Recovery

Speaker
Gayle McHugh and Carleen Crawford

Breathe Easy NC Professional Development Series Trainings
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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

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

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

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

In Partnership with:
Mecklenburg County Public Health and NC DHHS




Registering for and attending a South Piedmont AHEC program authorizes South Piedmont AHEC to take audio, video, and/or still images to be used for promotional and educational purposes. If you have concerns, please speak with a South Piedmont AHEC team member. By registering for this training you are granting permission for South Piedmont AHEC to share your information with MCPH.

Objectives

• Understand the historical context of tobacco’s influence in society and its relationship to behavioral health and substance use.
• How recovery is hampered by tobacco use, but improves when a tobacco-free lifestyle is adopted.
• The tobacco-free recovery road map and the role of intentional messaging & communication in quitting tobacco and living tobacco-free.

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