Events

Upcoming Events

The Pacific Southwest ROTA-R will be hosting a 2-part webinar series showcasing the Healthy Living, Sustainable Recovery Fact Sheets. Please join us to learn more and ask questions about the resources!
The Pacific Southwest ROTA-R will be hosting a 2-part webinar series showcasing the Healthy Living, Sustainable Recovery Fact Sheets. Please join us to learn more and ask questions about the resources!

Past Events

This presentation will examine the widespread availability and use of derived intoxicating cannabis products, including delta-8 THC, despite state and federal regulatory efforts.
As a follow-up to the webinar from January 2024, this consultation session is designed for attendees to obtain information and guidance on cannabis topics, including terminology, types of psychoactive cannabis products, problematic marketing, public health harms associated with these products, and more.
Participants who attended the ROTA-R Food, Mood, and Substance Use Symposium were invited to attend an online follow-up consultation. At this consultation session several speakers from the symposium were available to answer questions regarding: the role of trauma, physical health, emotional regulation, and healing play a significant role in treatment and recovery services, how stigma for people who use substances and/or are in treatment/recovery services creates barriers, utilizing motivational interviewing strategies to increase engagement, and how to address stigma and bias in drug poisoning in prevention.
The Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) promotes the importance of implementing an effective crisis response system as it benefits not only individuals, but families and communities as well. This dynamic 5-week Enhanced Professional Learning (EPL) series is designed for professionals within healthcare and behavioral health care systems in rural areas.
The Food, Mood, and Substance Use Symposium brought together nutrition and behavioral health professionals who practice in rural areas to provide services through SNAP-Education, Cooperative Extension, Prevention, Harm Reduction, Treatment and/or Recovery Support organizations. Leading experts from the fields of nutrition and behavioral health disciplines facilitated presentations and discussions to foster a greater understanding of how to address opioid/stimulant use in rural communities; understand how food, nutrition, trauma and stigma impact treatment and recovery; and how each discipline can work collaboratively to inform each other’s work in Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, and the Pacific Jurisdictions.
This 7-week online learning series will increase the skill level of behavioral health professionals working in rural areas to define and recognize trauma in individuals. Rural practitioners who are able to help participants manage their symptoms using a strength-based approach minimize the re-traumatization and provide supports that are trauma informed.