The Syracuse Behavioral Healthcare Training Institute offers quality continuing education to individuals interested in furthering their career in substance use counseling and other human service disciplines. The Training Institute is a certified training provider through OASAS, for CASAC initial certification, re-certification courses and the New York State Education Department for LMSW/LCSW and LMHCs re-certification courses (approval statements are at the bottom of this page), and The New York Certification Board for Initial Certified Recovery Peer Advocate certification.
Syracuse Behavioral Healthcare Employees
If you are an employee of Syracuse Behavioral Healthcare, please go to the employee training page to access employee specific training information including My Learning Pointe ®. To access this page please click on the button below
Employee Training Page
Public Training
The Syracuse Behavioral Healthcare Training Institute offers a range of training to meet the training needs of our community. For practicing professionals we offer recertification classes across a range of topics including Motivational interviewing, trauma and grief, and Ethics approved for credit by NYS OASAS and NYSED for LMSW/LCSW and LMHC. Additionally, we offer CPR classes suitable for initial and re-certification of both the general public and medical professionals. More information on these classes can be found in our training calendar below
For those looking to build a career in behavioral healthcare we offer initial certification training for the NYS OASAS CASAC credential and for NYCB Certified Recovery Peer Advocates. Information on upcoming peer certification training can be reviewed in the training calendar. Other information on this credential can be found here. An overview of our CASAC training program can be seen by following the link below. If after reviewing this information you have further questions please email Training@sbh.org
CASAC Initial Certification Course Information
Finally, the Syracuse Behavioral Healthcare Training Institute also offers free community trainings in NARCAN use and Health Education topics. Information on these programs can be found at the links below. These programs do not require pre-registration and are free of charge.
All trainings posted on this site are open to the public and are offered, unless otherwise stated, at our Learbury Training Institute located at 329 North Salina Street, Syracuse, NY 13203.
Registering for classes
Effective April 1st 2017 Syracuse Behavioral Healthcare is no longer accepting paper registrations for training.
To register for classes please click on the link below. You will be taken to a third party website (Regpack) to complete your registration. If you are looking to take a course other than CPR, CASAC certification, CASAC Review Course or Certified Peer Advocate Initial Certification Training, please select LMSW/LCSW, LMHC, and CASAC Re-certification Courses from the “Choose course type” menu this will bring up the list of trainings.
If your agency will be covering the cost of the training there is an option at the bottom of the course selection page where you can indicate this. Please note that your registration is not completed until payment has been received.
Additionally, if you are registering for individual pieces or CASAC sections and not full sections, please contact the SBH training institute directly for registration information (Training@sbh.org)
Additional Questions and contact:
Should you have any additional questions feel free to contact us either via email at: Training@sbh.org (preferred) or via telephone at: (315) 474 5506 Ext.236
Approval Statements:
Syracuse Brickhouse, Inc. dba Syracuse Behavioral Healthcare is recognized by New York State Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services to provide initial certification and continuing education training to Certified Addiction and Substance Abuse Counselors #0444.
Syracuse Behavioral Healthcare is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #00007
Syracuse Brickhouse, Inc. dba Syracuse Behavioral Healthcare is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. #MHC-0057.
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Jason Page Training Institute Director |
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