Oklahoma Train the Trainer Schedule

Therapeutic Options™ Certification Session Details

Agencies are strongly encouraged to give careful consideration to the individuals they send for instructor certification. Teaching this course is demanding, requiring the instructor to lead a group for two full days through a comprehensive crisis intervention and emergency behavior support curriculum.

Instructors do not need professional licensure or credentials, nor a particular level of formal education. What is necessary is the ability to teach well.

Instructors also should be physically coordinated enough to clearly demonstrate and teach the physical interventions.

Therapeutic Options™ Instructors should be:

• Able to thoroughly understand the course content and be able to convey it clearly.
• Able to create supportive learning environments for training participants.
• Effective communicators who are respected by other staff.
• Strong advocates for people receiving services and be fluent in people-first language.
• Confident, credible trainers and solid professional role models.
• Committed to using positive and non-coercive practices.
• Experienced in providing services and supports.
• Knowledgeable about issues involving people whom they support.
• Enthusiastic champions of the curriculum.
• Fit and coordinated enough to provide credible instruction of the physical skills.

Please contact us in advance if you have any questions or would like assistance in identifying instructor candidates.

Therapeutic Options™ Recertification Session Details

Recertification will involve both a review of the conceptual support and prevention material, and the physical intervention skills. Please dress comfortably in clothes you do not mind being grabbed, and wear athletic shoes, or shoes that allow you to move about safely. Please do not wear open-toed shoes.

Please come prepared to discuss:

• How Therapeutic Options™ is influencing agency culture and the way services are provided.
• Questions you may have about course content, or questions that your staff have asked during training on which you want clarification.
• Strategies or resources you have used successfully in teaching the program.

Please plan to arrive a few minutes early so that we can start on time.  There will be a lunch break at approximately noon.  To provide a structure for engaging with the group, each participant will complete the Pre-RECERT Questionnaire, and return it to  tmann@therapeuticoptions.com no later than two days in advance of the session.

Covid-19 Protocol for all in person sessions

Please wear a mask to prevent the spread of COVID-19 or other illness, and bring an extra mask in case yours is lost, soiled, or torn. We will be observing social distancing, and will frequently wash hands. For the physical skills portion of the training, we will working with partners in close proximity.

Please do not come to training if you have a fever, cough, or other symptoms, or if you have been exposed to someone who has tested positive for COVID-19. If you are unable to attend training because of illness or exposure to illness, your registration fee will be refunded or we will register you for another training, whichever you prefer.

Registration for each session must be made through the ODMHSAS Training Department at the link provided. 

Location	Type	Date	Registration
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	Recertification	1/29/2024	Coming Soon
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	Certification	1/30/2024 - 2/2/2024	Coming Soon

All sessions will be held at the:

Oklahoma Department of Mental Health & Substance Abuse Services
2000 North Classen Boulevard
East Building, Sixth Floor
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 74653