"Tobacco Intervention Practices" Is First-of-its-Kind Electronic Toolkit For Behavioral Health Providers

NEW YORK, Nov. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Training for Change, Inc., a consultation and training group, in collaboration with Clubhouse of Suffolk, unveil "Tobacco Intervention Practices (TIP's)," a new DVD tutorial regarding their ground-breaking tobacco cessation program for behavioral health providers. The two-part tutorial, which focuses on readiness assessment, staff development, cultural development and organized change strategies, is now available.

Due to demand, and to meet the needs of the changing world, Training for Change transformed their evidence-based training into a comprehensive toolkit for behavioral health providers. Part 1 of the toolkit provides interactive training on: facts about tobacco, tobacco and mental health, stages of readiness development and personal quit planning, tobacco medications, and brief intervention strategies. Part 2 provides behavioral health providers with evidence-based strategies for individual interventions including a robust resource toolbox and a leaders guide for an eight week group curriculum. The curriculum implements the 'Healthy Body, Healthy Mind' model, a comprehensive tobacco treatment model for individuals with mental illness.

Training for Change's training will provide participants with the tools, skills and self-efficacy to integrate brief interventions for tobacco use with individuals with mental illness. In addition, the toolkit includes strategies for developing buy-in among mental health staff and developing agency goals for talking about tobacco.

For ordering details or more information, please visit www.Training4Change.net.

Training for Change was central in the conception, production and debut of the nationally hailed video, "Smoke Alarm: The Truth About Tobacco and Mental Illness." Working with the Clubhouse of Suffolk, the video blew the cover off the baleful relationship between mental illness and smoking: "Over 70% of mental health patients smoke cigarettes. On average, they live 25 years less than the general population due to cardiac and respiratory illnesses." SMOKE ALARM recently won an award from NYAPRS NYC Mental Health Film Festival and was presented as a featured film at the NYS NAMI 2009 Annual Conference.

The healthcare professionals that created "Tobacco Intervention Practices" include:

Bernadette W. Cain, M.B.A., Training Consultant for Training for Change, Inc., and the Producer of "Smoke Alarm: The Truth About Smoking and Mental Illness."

Tara Fredericks, LMSW, Program Director for Special Projects, previously the Clinical Coordinator of the Smoking Cessation Program.

Diane Mills, MSEd, Education Consultant specializing in curriculum development and strategic learning practices.

SOURCE Training for Change, Inc.

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