Training Overview

About Us

The Coalition for Behavioral Health’s training team collaborates with communities of human service providers to reinforce community-based foundations upon which New Yorkers can reach their full potential of resilience and well-being— across settings and multi-cultural backgrounds, and throughout the adult lifespan.

Current Training Programs

• The Center for Rehabilitation & Recovery (CRR)

  • Intensive support and technical assistance to New York City Personalized Recovery Oriented Service (PROS) providers and training offerings for New York State mental health providers on Psychiatric Rehabilitation

  • Supported by funding from the New York State Office of Mental Health (NYS OMH)

• Court-Involved Youth Mental Health Initiative (CIY)

  • City-wide trainings for agencies designated to receive funding under the Court-Involved Youth Mental Health Initiative

  • Supported by New York City Council’s Discretionary Funding, through the NYC DOHMH

  • The Coalition for Behavioral Health's Court-Involved Youth (CIY) Mental Health Initiative promotes learning through training opportunities for designated agencies eligible to receive funding under this initiative. Court-involved youth programs and other New York City community providers who participate in Coalition trainings attain valuable knowledge and learn skills that benefit the recipients of their services. An informed, knowledgeable, and skilled workforce will lead to improved engagement of, and outcomes for, justice-involved youth.

• The Professional Learning Center (PLC)

  • City-wide trainings for behavioral health providers who serve vulnerable populations

  • Supported by New York City Council’s Discretionary Funding, through The New York City Department of Health & Mental Hygiene (NYC DOHMH)

  • The primary aim of The Coalition for Behavioral Health’s (CBH) Professional Learning Center (PLC) is to educate behavioral health providers on cutting edge clinical practices to improve health outcomes for the people they serve (e.g., vulnerable populations, individuals with mental health and substance use disorders, etc.). Our comprehensive training package incorporates various methodologies from experts in relevant fields.

Under CIY and PLC, our array of training topics are largely offered in partnership with external training consultants and include (but are not limited to):

• Anti-Racism and Anti-Oppressive Practice

• Community Inclusion & Reconnection

• Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT) Approaches to Clinical Practice

• De-Escalation Skills to Support Youth Resiliency

• Dialectical-Behavioral Therapy (DBT) Approaches to Clinical Practice

• Examining Mass Incarceration

• Facilitating Successful Re-Entry from Jails & Prisons

• Family Engagement in the Juvenile Justice System

• Grief Counseling

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