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Our Project ECHO didactics are easily digested at 15-20 minutes in length, and cover a range of topics focusing on evidence-based practices useful for rural behavioral health providers. Search and watch our didactics online, anytime.

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Project ECHO: Aging, Community, Equity

COHORT 1: PROVIDING CARE FOR OLDER ADULTS DURING COVID

Risks of Social Isolation and Loneliness for Older Adults during COVID-19
Virtual Volunteers: Using Technology to Address Social Isolation during COVID-19
Depression, Loneliness, and Well-Being
Long COVID: An Overview
Cognitive Decline, Dementia, Depression, COVID, or All of the Above?

COHORT 2: INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACHES TO SUPPORT THOSE LIVING WITH MEMORY IMPAIRMENT

What are the 4Ms and Why Do They Matter?
Mild Cognitive Impairment vs. Dementia
The First M: Mentation
The Second M: What Matters
The Third M: Medication
The Fourth M: Mobility
Implementing the 4Ms: Formal Community Supports
Implementing the 4Ms: Formal Clinical Supports

COHORT 3: HONORING AN INDIVIDUAL’S END-OF-LIFE PREFERENCES

Attitudes About Death & Dying
Delirium, Dementia, and End of Life Planning
Person-Centered Tools for Honoring an Individual's End-of-Life Preferences
Documenting and Communicating Decisions Around End-of-Life Preferences
Considerations for Honoring End-of-Life Preferences Across Rural Communities
Considerations for Honoring End-of-Life Preferences Across Marginalized Populations
Telehealth as a Tool for Honoring End-of-Life Preferences

COHORT 4: Person-Centered Approaches in Long-Term Care

Person-Centered Practices in Long-Term Care
Policy, Rules, and Regulations
Trauma-Informed Care in Long-Term Care
Impacts of Organizational Culture
Dignity of Risk
Deprescribing
Impacts of Physical Environment

Substance Use Disorder ECHO

COHORT 1: STIGMA, BIAS, AND THE PRINCIPLES OF HARM REDUCTION

Deaths of Despair and Harm Reduction
Syringe Harm Reduction
Stigma, Bias, & Trauma in Harm Reduction

COHORT 2: Fostering Connections to Drive Assessment, Treatment, & Outcomes

Coping with Xylazine in Street Opioids
Resourcefulness and Rural Substance Use Disorder Practice: Countering Stigma and Bias to Preserve Relationships
Substance Use and SUD in Adolescents
Chronic Pain and Substance Use Disorder
Motivational Interviewing for Substance Use Disorder: Influencing Behavior Change
Co-Occurring SUD & Infectious Disease
SUD Harm Reduction Strategies: Patient-Centered Treatment Planning
Telehealth for SUD: Techniques for Assessment & Relationship Building

COHORT 3: CORE AND EMERGING TOPICS IN AMBULATORY CARE

Rural Substance Use Disorder Practice: Ambulatory Alcohol Withdrawal
Caring for Under Resourced Rural Individuals
Polysubstance Use: Xylazine
Practical Language Interventions in Primary Care
Co-Occurring Bipolar Disorder and SUD
Emerging Trends in SUD: High Dose Initiation of Buprenorphine

COHORT 4: PRINCIPLES OF HARM REDUCTION

Principles of Harm Reduction
Stigma, Bias, and Trauma
Application of Harm Reduction Strategies - Donald McNally
Application of Harm Reduction Strategies - John Burns
Integrative Perspective on Harm Reduction - Randy Stevens
Integrative Perspective on Harm Reduction - Jackie Bray

COHORT 5: Integrated Approaches to Co-Occurring Substance Use Disorder and Mental Health

The Brain - Addiction and Mental Heealth
Foundations of Co-Occurring Disorders
Grief and Loss Due to Deaths Related to SUD & Suicide
Caring for Each Other in the Workplace

Asynchronous eLearning

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Coping with Xylazine in Street Opioids

5 Minutes or Fewer!

This short informational video for providers outlines the risk and dangers of xylazine consumption, tips for counseling patients on what to expect during withdrawal, and the value of taking a harm reduction approach when treating patients who use substances with potential xylazine contamination.

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Deprescribing: A Multipart Series

2.5 Hours

Join Dr. Sydney Springer from the University of New England as she teaches learners on various topics in deprescribing including having the patient conversation, deprescribing for dementia, and more. CEUs available.

Free on Telehealth Classroom

Understanding Ageism

6 Hours

In this course, you will learn about why we are so ageist, how ageism impacts our health and costs the US healthcare system billions of dollars, how we should respond to ageist behavior, and most importantly, what we can do to change our own ageist thinking and behaving and contribute to a more equitable, just society for all.