Training

NYC Tobacco Comprehensive Training and Technical Assistance Center (NYC TCTTAC) 2-day Training for Staff

April 30, 2026 — 1:00pm - 4:00pm

Host : NYC TCTTAC

Date: 30^th Apr

Time: 1:00pm - 4:00pm

This live training will provide staff with information about the prevalence and impact of tobacco use among people with behavioral health conditions and the role of staff in engaging and treating people who use tobacco. This live training covers the following topics: prevalence and co-morbidity, understanding tobacco addiction neurobiology, clinical level change – incorporating assessment of tobacco dependence into current psychiatric evaluations and treatment plans, cognitive behavioral therapy, pharmacological treatments, peer support to address tobacco, role of motivational interviewing in tobacco dependence treatment, psychosocial treatment, tobacco control 101 (e-cigarettes and other tobacco, taxes, and policy), and motivational interviewing skills to help address tobacco use (e.g., eliciting change talk and responding to sustain/discord talk). Throughout, the training also highlights disparities in tobacco use and treatment and adaptations to address tobacco use within different communities.

Learning Objectives

1. Describe the prevalence and consequences of tobacco use & mental health conditions and/or substance use disorders 2. Summarize the biology of tobacco use disorder 3. Demonstrate knowledge of interventions available to work with individuals who are not yet ready to quit 4. Demonstrate knowledge of interventions available to work with individuals who want to try to quit 5. Identify which medications and counseling approaches are effective to treat tobacco dependence 6. Review new and emerging products 7. Define Motivational Interviewing (MI) 8. Identify roadblocks and traps 9. Describe the spirit of Motivational Interviewing 10. Explain the 4 MI tasks 11. Recognize the importance of adapting MI for diverse cultural groups 12. Define the OARS 13. Demonstrate skills using the OARS 14. Recognize the importance of hope 15. Show how to use these skills to engage people who smoke 16. Identify focusing tasks 17. Demonstrate how to give information and advice when the task is focusing 18. Demonstrate skills in eliciting change talk 19. Identifying sustain talk 20. Demonstrate skills in softening sustain talk and discord 21. Identify the signs of readiness for change 22. Show how to use MI to develop a change plan

Instructors

Jill Williams, MD; Forrest (Rusty) Foster, MSW, CPRP; Nancy H. Covell, Ph.D.; Dwayne Mayes, MS, MHC; Melissa Hinds, RN, MSN, Chloe-Elyse Fasanmi, MA.

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