ITC Intensive

A virtual training for professionals who would like to learn to support families in the midst of dealing with the challenges of substance misuse.

As we are all well aware, we as mental health providers have been given little to no academic or clinical training in substance use issues, and perhaps even less in working with families caught in the middle of this struggle. CMC:FFC has spent the last 10 years working with families and developing a model, the Invitation to Change Approach, that pulls together a variety of evidence-based approaches (CRAFT, MI, and ACT).

The Invitation to Change offers families a set of down to earth, compassionate tools for navigating through these very difficult moments in their lives, as individuals and families. We have spent enormous time working with families to make this approach as sensible, accessible, and straightforward as possible, and have found families to be deeply appreciative and moved by these ideas and practices.

We are now delighted to invite a wider circle of professionals to learn to work simply and effectively with families and feel confident in providing them with evidence-based behavioral, motivational, and compassion-focused strategies. 

“I have talked to multiple participants that said it blew their socks off.  ‘Life changing,’ ‘Wish I would have had this years ago,’ ‘Everyone needs this information,’ ‘Why aren’t more treatment providers offering this for their families.’ As a family recovery coach, I am so excited to bring this to more and more parents who truly want to do things differently.”

– Pam L., Certified Family Recovery Coach at Thrive! Family Support

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Please click here to request sliding scale pricing for this event. 

This introductory training offers participants a helping blueprint for working with families. Over the course of the workshop training participants will learn the foundational principles and skills entailed in the Invitation to Change approach and introduced to exercises to help families understand and utilize them to support their struggling loved one.

The Invitation to Change Approach is grounded in compassion, connection, and the understanding that families can have a powerful helping impact on those struggling to change. The ITC Approach draws on evidence-based practices also found in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Motivational Interviewing (MI), and the Community Reinforcement and Family Training approach (CRAFT), as well as decades of clinical experience working with families and loved ones.

• Gain a better understanding of the four components of The Invitation to Change Approach: Helping with Understanding, Helping with Awareness, Helping with Action, and Practice.
• Understand on a theoretical and practical basis ideas concerning reinforcement, communication, awareness and self-compassion as part of a helping model.
• Have a better understanding of the evidence-based protocols supporting the Invitation to Change Approach.
• Learn the strategies and skills that family members can implement when assisting a loved one with a substance use problem.
  Gain a better understanding of the application of these skills and strategies either at home or in clinical and peer-to-peer support settings.

Those who attend the full 17-hour intensive will receive a Certificate of Completion to signify their understanding of ITC principles and practices—an important first step in integrating the ITC into your helping work.

In order to receive a Certificate of Completion, you must attend the full workshop.

This program is Approved by the National Association of Social Workers (Approval #886779708-2078) for 14 continuing education contact hours.

NASW CE Approvals by State: View Here

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CMC:Foundation for Change is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s (NYSED) State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for Licensed Social Workers #SW-0581.

This program is approved for 14 continuing education contact hours.

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CMC:Foundation for Change is approved by NAADAC to provide 14 Credit Hours. Provider approval number 272939.

NAADAC CE Approvals by State: View Here

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CMC: Foundation for Change has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7627. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. CMC: Foundation for Change is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.