January
January 2009
1
Thursday
OPC Closed

New Year
January 2009
8
Thursday
7:00 pm OPC Board Meeting        Location:  100 Europa Dr., Suite 490 Chapel Hill, NC 27517
January 2009
9
Friday
9:00 am-12:00 pm CFT Facilitator Skills        Location:  TBA

CFT Facilitator Track


January 2009
14
Wednesday
1:00 pm Crisis Prevention & Planning        Location:  OPC Area Program
Crisis Prevention & Planning

Presenter: Senga Carroll


January 2009
15
Thursday
4:30 pm-6:00 pm CFAC        Location:  OPC Area Program 100 Europa Drive Suite 490 Chapel Hill 27517
Presenter: Michael Norton


January 2009
16
Friday
8:00 am Recovery & Spirituality Substancce Abuse Training        Location:  OPC Area Program
Recovery & Spirituality Substancce Abuse Training

Presenters: Senga Carroll & Tom Velivil


January 2009
19
Monday
OPC Closed

Martin Luther King Day
January 2009
21
Wednesday
2:00 pm Unaccredited Providers Mtg.        Location:  OPC Area Program
January 2009
22
Thursday
10:00 pm-12:00 pm Reclaiming Future Kickoff for Orange & Chatham        Location:  Carrboro Arts Center
Reclaiming Future Kickoff for Orange & Chatham


January 2009
23
Friday
9:00 am-12:00 pm Ethics for Child Community Support Workers        Location:  Southern Orange Human Services
Community Support APs and PPs


January 2009
28
Wednesday
11:30 am-1:00 pm Infant / Toddler Mental Health Intro        Location:  Southern Human Services Center
Infant / Toddler Mental Health Introduction
- Brown Bag Lunch


February
February 2009
2
Monday
 Community Support Training        Location:  OPC Area Program
February 2009
5
Thursday
5:30 pm-8:00 pm Silent (No More) Auction        Location:  Friday Center
February 2009
10
Tuesday
1:30 pm IAC        Location:  OPC Area Program
IAC

Presenter: Cheryl Moran


February 2009
11
Wednesday
1:00 pm Providing Clinical Supervision        Location:  OPC Area Program
Providing Clinical Supervision Training

Presenter: Senga Carroll


February 2009
13
Friday
9:00 am-12:00 pm Engaging All Kinds Of Families        Location:  TBA
Engaging All Kinds Of Families-Adoptive, Mandated, DSS or Grandparent as guardian.
(CFT Facilitator Track / Community Support APs and PPs)


9:00 am-12:00 pm Sexually Aggressive Youth        Location:  Homestead Community Center
Sexually Aggressive Youth - The Basics of Assessment & Treatment Planning

Presenter: Clyde Evely


February 2009
19
Thursday
4:30 pm-6:00 pm CFAC        Location:  OPC Area Program 100 Europa Drive Suite 490 Chapel Hill 27517
Presenter: Michael Norton


February 2009
20
Friday
8:00 am Substance Abuse Training
Substance Abuse Training - ASAM Criteria

Presenters: Senga Carroll & Tom Velivil


February 2009
24
Tuesday
9:00 am LME DD Coordinators Monthly Mtg        Location:  OPC Area Program
LME DD Coordinators Monthly "Meet Me" Meeting


February 2009
25
Wednesday
1:00 pm NCTOPPS        Location:  OPC Area Program
NCTOPPS Training

Presenter: Michael Norton


7:00 pm OPC Board Meeting        Location:  100 Europa Dr., Suite 490 Chapel Hill, NC 27517
February 2009
27
Friday
9:15 am-4:15 pm Motivated Interviewer Training        Location:  Person County Library
Motivavted Interviewer Training
Presenter: Paul Naggy


1:00 pm-4:00 pm Plans of Correction Trng        Location:  OPC Area Program
Plans of Correction Training.

Presenter: Senga Carroll


March
March 2009
13
Friday
9:00 am-12:00 pm Teaching Social Skills        Location:  TBA
Community Support APs and PPs


March 2009
25
Wednesday
1:00 pm-4:00 pm Suicide Prevention Training        Location:  OPC Area Office 100 Europa Drive Suite 490 Chapel Hill, NC      Link:  Registration Form
Suicide Prevention
Clinical Training
Offered by:
OPC/LME
For Providers Serving Orange, Person, and Chatham Counties


Wednesday, March 25, 2009
1:00p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Location: OPC AdministrativeOffices
100 Europa Drive, Suite 490, Chapel Hill, NC 27517


This three-hour workshop pairs didactic information regarding suicide and suicide prevention with a review of skills for use in intervening with suicidal clients. Participants will have the


7:00 pm OPC Board Meeting        Location:  100 Europa Dr., Suite 490 Chapel Hill, NC 27517
April
April 2009
8
Wednesday
 Documentation 101
April 2009
10
Friday
OPC Area Offices are closed.

Good Friday
9:00 am-12:00 pm When to Seek Other Evaluations        Location:  TBA
When to Seek Other Evaluations (Speech, OT, Psychology) and Integrating Them into The PCP.
CFT Facilitator Track


April 2009
13
Monday
 OPC Board Meeting Cancelled
April 2009
15
Wednesday
1:00 pm-4:00 pm Understanding the DSM-IV-TR        Location:  OPC Administrative Offices, 100 Europa Drive, Suite 490, Chapel Hill, NC 27517      Link:  Registration
This workshop offers an overview of the DSM-IV-TR and represents an opportunity for providers of MH/DD/SAS services to sharpen their diagnostic skills. Participants will receive didactic information regarding the accurate and responsible diagnosis of mental disorders, as well as concrete practice at making a clinical diagnosis.


April 2009
22
Wednesday
 Understanding Community Support
Training: Understanding Community Support


April 2009
24
Friday
9:00 am-12:00 pm  Speech and Language Issues for Children with Social and Emotion        Location:  TBA
How Understanding Can Help Us Work with Young People
Community Support APs and PPs


May
May 2009
8
Friday
9:00 am-12:00 pm Residential Placements        Location:  TBA
Residential Placements-Weighing the Pros and Cons/Evaluating Potential Placements/Transitions to and From Placements
CFT Facilitator Track


May 2009
11
Monday
7:00 pm OPC Board Meeting        Location:  100 Europa Dr., Suite 490 Chapel Hill, NC 27517
May 2009
13
Wednesday
 The Ethics of Clinical Boundaries
Training: The Ethics of Clinical Boundaries


May 2009
22
Friday
9:00 am Teaching Parenting Skills        Location:  TBA
Community Support APs and PPs


May 2009
27
Wednesday
 NC TOPPS
June
June 2009
8
Monday
7:00 pm OPC Board Meeting        Location:  100 Europa Dr., Suite 490 Chapel Hill, NC 27517
June 2009
10
Wednesday
9:00 am-12:00 pm Client Rights and Confidentiality
June 2009
12
Friday
9:00 am-12:00 pm Addressing Parental Substance Abuse within the Child and Family
Training: Addressing Parental Substance Abuse within the Child and Family Team


9:00 am-12:00 pm Tying the Assessment to the Planning        Location:  TBA
CFT Facilitator Track


June 2009
26
Friday
9:00 am-12:00 pm Residential Placements: Weighing the Pros and Cons
Training: Residential Placements: Weighing the Pros and Cons


July
July 2009
3
Friday
OPC Area Offices are closed.

July 2009
13
Monday
7:00 pm OPC Board Meeting        Location:  100 Europa Dr., Suite 490 Chapel Hill, NC 27517
July 2009
15
Wednesday
 Crisis Management        Location:  OPC Area Program 100 Europa Drive Ste 490 Chapel Hill, NC 27517
Trainer:
Contact:
Cost:


July 2009
29
Wednesday
1:00 pm-4:00 pm Documentation 101        Location:  OPC Area Program 100 Europa Drive Ste 490 Chapel Hill, NC 27517
Trainer: Michael Norton
Contact: Gwen Gattis (919) 913-4000
Cost: Free


August
August 2009
7
Friday
10:00 am-12:00 pm Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) meeting        Location:  at Extraordinary Ventures (200 South Elliot Road, Chapel Hill, NC 27514)      Link:  CIT-invitation-August-7-2009
Persons with mental illness are arrested more frequently and spend longer time in jail than the average citizen. One of the goals of a Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) is to keep persons with serious mental illness out of the criminal justice system for misdemeanor charges.

CIT is a pre-booking jail diversion program designed to improve the outcomes of police interactions with people with mental illness, developmental disabilities and/or substance abuse disorders. CIT implementation, which began in Nort


August 2009
10
Monday
7:00 pm OPC Board Meeting Cancelled        Location:  100 Europa Dr., Suite 490 Chapel Hill, NC 27517
OPC Board Meeting Cancelled


August 2009
12
Wednesday
 QI Projects and Planning        Location:  OPC Area Program 100 Europa Drive Ste 490 Chapel Hill, NC 27517
Trainer: Paula Newman & Senga Carroll
Contact: Gwen Gattis (919) 913-4000
Cost: Free


August 2009
26
Wednesday
1:00 pm-4:00 pm NC TOPPS        Location:  OPC Area Program 100 Europa Drive Ste 490 Chapel Hill, NC 27517
Trainer: Michael Norton
Contact: Gwen Gattis (919) 913-4000
Cost: Free


September
September 2009
7
Monday
Labor Day
OPC Area Offices are closed.

September 2009
9
Wednesday
6:00 pm OPC Board: Work Session        Location:  OPC Area Offices 100 Europa Drive Suite 490 Chapel Hill
The OPC Area Board will hold a work session on Wednesday September 9, 2009 at 6:00pm to review and discuss documentation regarding possbile consolidation of the area authority.

The OPC Area Board will return to its regular schedule Monday September 14, 2009 at 7:00pm.


September 2009
11
Friday
1:00 pm-4:00 pm Client Rights & Confidentiality        Location:  OPC Area Program 100 Europa Drive Ste 490 Chapel Hill, NC 27517
Trainer: Michael Norton
Contact: Gwen Gattis (919) 913-4000
Cost: Free


September 2009
14
Monday
7:00 pm OPC Board Meeting        Location:  100 Europa Dr., Suite 490 Chapel Hill, NC 27517
September 2009
16
Wednesday
1:00 pm-4:00 pm Understanding the DSM-IV-TR        Location:  OPC Area Program 100 Europa Drive Ste 490 Chapel Hill, NC 27517
Trainer: Donna Prather, M.D. and Senda Carroll
Contact: Gwen Gattis (919) 913-4000
Cost: $25 (CEU's offered)


September 2009
17
Thursday
6:30 pm-8:30 pm Celebrate Recovery        Location:  104 New Stateside Drive Chapel Hill, NC 27516      Link:  Celebrate_Recovery.pdf
For questions call: Lyndsi O. (919) 942-2803 ext. 208 or email: administrator@freedomhouserecovery.org


September 2009
30
Wednesday
1:00 pm-4:00 pm How To Write a Person Centered Plan        Location:  OPC Area Program 100 Europa Drive Ste 490 Chapel Hill, NC 27517
Trainer: Paula Newman & Senga Carroll
Contact: Gwen Gattis (919) 913-4000
Cost: Free


October
October 2009
8
Thursday
9:00 am-3:30 pm Project Homeless Connect        Location:  Hargraves Comm. Center 216 N. Roberson St, Chapel Hill      Link:  PHC_Flier.pdf
Project Homeless Connect is a one-day, one-stop event to provide a broad range of services to people experiencing or at risk of experiencing homelessness.


October 2009
12
Monday
Columbus Day
7:00 pm OPC Board Meeting        Location:  100 Europa Dr., Suite 490 Chapel Hill, NC 27517
October 2009
14
Wednesday
1:00 pm-3:00 pm Writing Effective Plans of Correction        Location:  OPC Area Program 100 Europa Drive Ste 490 Chapel Hill, NC 27517
Trainer: Paula Newman & Senga Carroll
Contact: Gwen Gattis (919) 913-4000
Cost: Free


October 2009
28
Wednesday
1:00 pm-4:00 pm Suicide Prevention        Location:  OPC Area Program 100 Europa Drive Ste 490 Chapel Hill, NC 27517
Trainer: Michael Norton & Senga Carroll
Contact: Gwen Gattis (919) 913-4000
Cost: $25 (CEU's offered)


November
November 2009
6
Friday
 Working With African American Families        Location:  OPC Area Program 100 Europa Drive Ste 490 Chapel Hill, NC 27517
Trainer: Paula Newman
Contact: Gwen Gattis (919) 913-4000
Cost: Free


November 2009
9
Monday
7:00 pm OPC Board Meeting        Location:  100 Europa Dr., Suite 490 Chapel Hill, NC 27517
November 2009
18
Wednesday
1:00 pm-4:00 pm The Ethics of Clinical Boundaries        Location:  OPC Area Program 100 Europa Drive Ste 490 Chapel Hill, NC 27517
Trainer: Senga Carroll
Contact: Gwen Gattis (919) 913-4000
Cost: Free


November 2009
20
Friday
1:00 pm-4:00 pm Client Rights & Confidentiality        Location:  OPC Area Program 100 Europa Drive Ste 490 Chapel Hill, NC 27517
Trainer: Michael Norton
Contact: Gwen Gattis (919) 913-4000
Cost: Free


November 2009
27
Friday
OPC Area Offices are closed.

December
December 2009
4
Friday
1:00 pm-4:00 pm Working Effectively with Gay and Lesbian Adults        Location:  OPC Area Program 100 Europa Drive Ste 490 Chapel Hill, NC 27517
Trainer: Senga Carroll & Michael Norton
Contact: Gwen Gattis (919) 913-4000
Cost: Free


December 2009
9
Wednesday
1:00 pm-4:00 pm Incident Reporting        Location:  OPC Area Program 100 Europa Drive Ste 490 Chapel Hill, NC 27517
Trainer: Michael Norton
Contact: Gwen Gattis (919) 913-4000
Cost: Free


December 2009
14
Monday
7:00 pm OPC Board Meeting        Location:  100 Europa Dr., Suite 490 Chapel Hill, NC 27517
December 2009
24
Thursday
OPC Area Offices are closed.

December 2009
25
Friday
OPC Area Offices are closed.

Christmas Day