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SUMMARY:Ethics and Boundaries in Trauma Informed Care & Cultural Competence in Clinical Practice | In-Person | Presented by Mark Sanders\, LCSW\, CADC
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER HERE!\nFREE: 6 IDFPR CEU’s for LSW/LCSW\, LPC/LCPC\, Psychologists\, and IAODAPCA (Pending) \n* In order to receive the CEU’s\, you’ll have to attend the FULL TRAINING. \n* 1 hour Lunch on your own \nEthics and Boundaries in Trauma Informed Care\n \nSummary: The great majority of clients seeking behavioral health services have histories of trauma. Topics covered in this skill-building presentation include: An historical perspective on the challenges in addressing trauma; advocacy and trauma informed care; Addressing 5 types of traumatic stress disorders; The iatrogenic effect and trauma informed care; How to avoid doing harm; Establishing healthy boundaries in trauma informed care and\, How to become a trauma informed organization. \nObjectives: by the end of this presentation participants will be able to: \n\nEffectively advocate for clients with trauma histories.\nEstablish healthy boundaries with clients with trauma histories.\nAvoid doing harm.\nArticulate how to ethically address 5 types of traumatic stress disorders.\nIdentify strategies for becoming a trauma informed organization.\n\n  \nCultural Competence In The Clinical Relationship\n \nSummary: Topics covered in this skill-building workshop include: the differences between cultural competence and cultural humility; Cultural responsive counseling; intersectionality and effective cross cultural counseling; integrating cultural responsiveness and evidence based practices; guidelines for culturally and linguistically appropriate services: organizational cultural responsiveness. \nObjectives: By the end of this presentation participants will be able to: \n\nArticulate the differences between cultural competence and cultural humility.\nStrive for cultural humility in clinical relationships.\nExplore intersectionality in the clinical relationship.\nBe a more effective cross cultural counselor\nIntegrate culture and evidence based practices.\nUse CLAS Standards to guide work across cultures.\n\nPRESENTER \n \n\nMark Sanders\, LCSW\, CADC\, is Founder and CEO of On The Mark Consulting an international speaker and consulting organization in behavioral health whose impact and results have reached audiences and organizations throughout the United States\, Europe\, Canada\, Africa\, Lithuania\, West Indies and Guam. Mark is the recipient of four lifetime achievement awards including the prestigious NAADAC Enlightenment Award. He was one of three finalists for the National Association for Addiction Professionals 50th Anniversary Legends Award. Mark is also the recipient of the Illinois Certification Board’s Professional of the Year Award\, The Illinois Certification Board\, Jessica Hayes Lifetime Achievement Award\, Faces and Voice of Recovery Innovations in Recovery Award and The Barbara Bacon Award for outstanding contributions to the social work profession as a Loyola University of Chicago alumni.  \nMark is the author of five books on behavioral health recovery. Recent writings include: Slipping Through the Cracks: Intervention Strategies For Clients With Multiple Addictions Disorders and Relationship Detox: A Counselors Guide To Helping Clients Develop Healthy Relationships In Recovery. He was lead writer on a trauma informed gun violence prevention curriculum which is being implemented in several large cities in the United States. His groundbreaking monograph Recovery Management co-authored with historians William White and Earnest Kurtz helped shift addictions treatment and recovery from the acute care model solely towards a Recovery Oriented System of Care. Mark has had two stories published in the New York Times bestselling book series\, Chicken Soup for The Soul. \nMark has also had a 30 year career as a university educator having taught at The University of Chicago\, Loyola University of Chicago and Illinois State University School’s of Social Work. He is co-founder of Serenity Academy Chicago\, a program which sponsors recovery-oriented peer groups in local high schools. \n\n 
URL:https://mc708.org/event/ethics-and-cultural-competence/
LOCATION:McHenry County Mental Health Board\, 620 Dakota Street\, Crystal Lake\, IL\, 60012\, United States
CATEGORIES:Training
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SUMMARY:MHB Special Board Meeting
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URL:https://mc708.org/event/mhb-special-board-meeting-11/
LOCATION:McHenry County Mental Health Board\, 620 Dakota Street\, Crystal Lake\, IL\, 60012\, United States
CATEGORIES:MHB Internal Business
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SUMMARY:MHB Regular Board Meeting
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URL:https://mc708.org/event/mhb-regular-board-meeting-10/2026-10-27/
LOCATION:McHenry County Mental Health Board\, 620 Dakota Street\, Crystal Lake\, IL\, 60012\, United States
CATEGORIES:MHB Internal Business
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SUMMARY:Trauma 101: Key Principles and Practical Approaches | Virtual | Presented by Gary Rukin\, LPC
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER HERE!\nFREE: 1.5 IDFPR CEU for LSW/LCSW\, LPC/LCPC\, Psychologists\, and IAODAPCA \n  \nSUMMARY\n \nThis training covers basic trauma-informed principles. It distinguishes developmental trauma—chronic\, relational\, and attachment-based—from shock trauma\, caused by sudden overwhelming events. Participants learn how each influences emotional\, cognitive\, and physiological functioning. \nThe presentation covers the normal stress-response system and how trauma disrupts it\, leading to hyperarousal\, hypoarousal\, and dissociation. It highlights the roles of biology\, genetics\, epigenetics\, and environment\, emphasizing that trauma reactions stem from neurobiology rather than character or willpower. \nAttendees are introduced to mindful\, expressive\, and somatic interventions that support stabilization and nervous-system regulation. The training concludes with an overview of effective and evidence-based trauma therapies. \nParticipants leave with an understanding of trauma foundations and some practical tools to support clients safely and effectively. \nOBJECTIVES \n\nDifferentiate between developmental trauma and shock trauma\, including their origins and clinical presentations.\nExplain the functions of the normal stress-response system and its role in maintaining safety and regulation.\nDescribe how the stress-response system becomes altered under traumatic conditions.\nDiscuss how biology\, genetics\, epigenetics\, and environment interact to shape trauma responses.\nApply mindful\, expressive\, and somatic-based interventions to support trauma recovery in clinical settings.\nIdentify evidence-based therapeutic approaches effective in treating both shock and developmental trauma.\n\nPRESENTER \nGary Rukin\, LPC\, MA\, MS\, has worked in Community Mental Health for the past thirteen years. He serves as the Trauma-Informed Coordinator for the McHenry County Mental Health Board\, and has presented trainings on Dialectical Behavior Therapy\, Understanding Psychosis\, Understanding and Treating Emotional Trauma\, and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Thresholds\, The Suicide Prevention and Mental Health Recovery Conference\, Northwestern University Hospital\, and the Illinois Department of Human Services. \n 
URL:https://mc708.org/event/trauma_101/2026-11-12/
LOCATION:Virtual\, IL
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SUMMARY:MHB Regular Board Meeting
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URL:https://mc708.org/event/mhb-regular-board-meeting-10/2026-11-24/
LOCATION:McHenry County Mental Health Board\, 620 Dakota Street\, Crystal Lake\, IL\, 60012\, United States
CATEGORIES:MHB Internal Business
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SUMMARY:A Trauma Informed Approach | Virtual | Presented by Gary Rukin\, LPC\, MA\, MS
DESCRIPTION:This is not a series. The same session is repeated monthly.\nREGISTER HERE!\nFree: 1.5 CEUs for LSW/LCSW\, LPC/LCPC\, Psychologists\, and IAODAPCA \nSummary: \nThe presentation\, A Trauma Informed Approach\, is replacing the monthly ACE Interface Trainings provided by the McHenry County Mental Health Board and differs in several respects. While it  incorporates information from the ACE Study conducted by Kaiser Permanente and the Center for Disease Control\, it also explores other causes of childhood and adult adverse experiences. These include the role of genetics and epigenetics in transmission of trauma reactions from one generation to the next\, environments in which violence is commonplace\, behaviors which result from trauma\, and begins to delve into ways to mitigate these reactions\, and how we can do better as individuals\, organizations\, and as a society. \nPresenter: \nGary Rukin\, LPC\, MA\, MS\, has worked in Community Mental Health for the past thirteen years. He serves as the Trauma-Informed Coordinator for the McHenry County Mental Health Board\, and has presented trainings on Dialectical Behavior Therapy\, Understanding Psychosis\, Understanding and Treating Emotional Trauma\, and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Thresholds\, The Suicide Prevention and Mental Health Recovery Conference\, Northwestern University Hospital\, and the Illinois Department of Human Services.
URL:https://mc708.org/event/9701/2026-12-10/
LOCATION:Virtual\, IL
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SUMMARY:MHB Regular Board Meeting
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URL:https://mc708.org/event/mhb-regular-board-meeting-10/2026-12-15/
LOCATION:McHenry County Mental Health Board\, 620 Dakota Street\, Crystal Lake\, IL\, 60012\, United States
CATEGORIES:MHB Internal Business
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