Community of Practice Master Class Series: Capacity and Partnership Building to Enhance Tobacco Use Disorder Treatment Across the Behavioral Healthcare Continuum

Overview

This Community of Practice Master Class Series is a virtual, three-part program designed to support tobacco control, mental health, and substance use treatment professionals strengthen nicotine cessation services through partnership building, peer engagement, and integrated care models.

Through expert-led instruction and peer exchange, participants will explore practical strategies to improve coordination, engagement, and sustainability of nicotine treatment initiatives across behavioral health settings.

What you will gain

By the end of the series, participants will be able to:

1. Identify effective strategies to develop partnerships across mental health and substance use treatment settings to effectively treat and support people with nicotine dependence.
2. Integrate peer support into nicotine cessation initiatives to enhance engagement, trust, and retention in care.
3. Strengthen nicotine cessation service delivery through coordinated and integrated support.
4. Apply integrated approaches to strengthen nicotine treatment efforts within their own programs.

Who Should Join

This series is designed for state and local tobacco control staff, tobacco treatment specialists, mental health and substance use treatment providers, and community-based tobacco control organizations and advocates. This series offers practical tools to strengthen nicotine cessation across the behavioral health continuum.

To maximize learning and peer exchange, participants are expected to attend all three sessions.

Sessions

Sessions will be virtual and take place from 2-3:30p.m. ET every other Wednesday between May 6 and June 3.

• Session 1 – May 6 – Building Collaborative Care Models to Improve Treatment for Nicotine Use
• Session 2– May 20 – Leveraging Peer and Community Support to Enhance Engagement and Retention in Care
• Session 3 – June 3 – Utilizing Integrated Support to Strengthen Nicotine Cessation Service Delivery

Registration

Registration opens in late March.

Visit this page for updated details about registration and join the National Behavioral Health Network for Tobacco and Cancer Control (NBHN) to receive updates about this and other opportunities.

Please reach out to ZacharyP@TheNationalCouncil.org for questions or additional information.