Massachusetts Technical Assistance Center for Problem Gambling Treatment

Don't miss out! Sign up today for our free online training The Intersection of Money & Mind: Supporting Mental Health through Financial Education. 12/4/2024, 5pm - 7pm. Register here: https://lnkd.in/euykavN5

How can financial literacy help people experiencing gambling-related harm? Explore this with us in our free online training, “The Intersection of Money & Mind: Supporting Mental Health Through Financial Education,” on December 4 from 5-7pm. Register today! https://lnkd.in/gg_Xiaj4

Embark on a journey of self-evaluation and self-critique with us. “Cultivating Cultural Humility in Practice: A Critical Self-Reflection Journey” is an introduction for people who want to learn some tools on being more culturally humble and responsive by examining their own biases, beliefs, and cultural identities. This free virtual training is offered on November 19, 2024, from 11:00AM – 1:00PM.

Join us for this exciting training from our colleagues at The Better Institute on Friday, Nov. 15! Jody Bechtold, LCSW, ICGC-II, BACC, IGDC, CGT and Ron Bumbaco, LCSW, CMC will guide us through an exploration of the relationship between sports betting, athletes, and problem gambling, risk factors associated with athletes and people with athletic backgrounds, and practical strategies for clinicians working with gambling clients. Don’t wait to register!

Learn the basics of promoting your problem gambling treatment services in your community. Join us for our free virtual training, Introduction to Promoting Problem Gambling Treatment Services, this Friday, Nov. 8 from 10-11AM EST.

Work with us at M-TAC! We are seeking a full-time Associate Director to join a growing team focused on building problem gambling treatment capacity in Massachusetts. We're looking for a dynamic, engaging, and outgoing individual to lead the Project Build Up (PBU) program – an initiative that provides grants to build workforce capacity among problem gambling outpatient treatment providers and others in the treatment field. The Associate Director will also oversee quality improvement (QI) activities for PBU and the Massachusetts Technical Assistance Center for Problem Gambling Treatment (M-TAC), a companion program that provides training and technical assistance for treatment and recovery programs across the Commonwealth. If you're passionate about supporting and enhancing problem gambling treatment services in MA, learn more and apply here: https://lnkd.in/eT5M2AWm M-TAC is operated by Health Resources in Action (HRiA), a non-profit organization working to improve and reimagine public health.

Interested in providing gambling treatment? The MA Problem Gambling Specialist Certificate, offered through the Massachusetts Technical Assistance Center for Problem Gambling Treatment, is the official gambling treatment certificate of the Massachusetts Department of Public Health and allows you to be referred as a problem gambling treatment provider by the MA Problem Gambling Helpline. Learn more here: https://lnkd.in/dwMqSbHX

Sign up for our free virtual “flipped classroom model” training, Gambling Disorder Treatment in Practice, happening October 25 from 10am – 12:30pm. In the first part of the session, you’ll do some independent work to prepare for the live training that makes up the second part of the session. You’ll learn to identify therapeutic interventions that can be used when working with a client with gambling-related problems, use role-play and discussion activities to increase your knowledge of how to implement Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Motivational Interviewing into real life practice, and learn to define the term “cognitive distortion” and identify specific examples of distortions related to gambling. We recommend that you complete Introduction to Gambling Disorder Treatment Best Practices training (10/18/2024) before joining this training. This training counts toward the MA PGS Certificate Core Competency Coursework. 2.5 CE(s). See the event details for more information. 

Free virtual training coming up on Friday, October 18! Join us for Introduction to Gambling Disorder Treatment Best Practices, an interactive training that includes a short introduction to Gambling Disorder, discussion, and a Q&A with a practicing clinician. This training counts toward the MA PGS Certificate Core Competency Coursework.

Work with us at M-TAC! There are two exciting full-time positions open within M-TAC. M-TAC is operated by Health Resources in Action (HRiA), a non-profit organization working to improve and reimagine public health. If you're passionate about supporting and enhancing problem gambling treatment services in MA, check out these positions and apply below! 🔵 Senior Manager, Training & Education: We are seeking a dynamic, engaging, and outgoing individual with experience collaborating with leaders and staff in behavioral health and/or substance use treatment/recovery-focused organizations, managing accreditation programs, administering Learning Management Systems, developing and implementing curriculum, providing training and technical assistance, and supporting the administration of training programs. Learn more and apply here: https://lnkd.in/ekiz22Dx 🔵 We are seeking a full-time Associate Director to join a growing team in our CBA Cluster focused on building problem gambling treatment capacity in Massachusetts. Specifically, we seek a dynamic, engaging, and outgoing individual to lead the Project Build Up (PBU) program – an initiative that provides grants to build workforce capacity among problem gambling outpatient treatment providers and others in the treatment field. The Associate Director will also oversee quality improvement (QI) activities for PBU and the Massachusetts Technical Assistance Center for Problem Gambling Treatment (M-TAC), a companion program also implemented by HRiA, that provides training and technical assistance for treatment and recovery programs across the Commonwealth. Learn more and apply here: https://lnkd.in/eT5M2AWm