TRAINING EVENTS ARE SPONSORED by the Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services and the Ohio Department of Medicaid. These professional development events are free for Ohio’s System of Care workforce. If you are not a provider supporting Ohio’s System of Care, but are interested in a training, please click here to contact us.
Please review the following virtual training policies to ensure a productive and respectful learning environment.
1.Registration: Each person must be registered individually and use their unique link to join the Zoom training. A reconfirmation email was sent to registered persons which contained your link to this training. Your unique link is used for attendance purposes and verification for CEs.
2.Connection: Bandwidth issues: inform your agency and make plans to access a working connection. Chromebook or similar devices complicate your connection, and you will not be able to obtain chat information etc. Phoning in with audio (no video) cannot verify attendance, and you will be removed from the training.
3.Artificial Intelligence: To ensure a safe training experience, there is no AI permitted. Any AI present will be removed. Zoom auto transcripts are available.
4.Engagement: Please review your pre-training email with handouts (if available) before the training. Login on time and be prepared. Actively participate in group discussions and breakout rooms. Behaviors should be the same as in-person training, and limit multi-tasking activities (phone calls, side conversations or meetings, emails, driving in your car, being online in unrelated topics, etc.). Cameras must be on, and participants must be in view. If you do not have a working camera or wi-fi, please problem solve this before the day of training.
5.Earn CE/Attendance Certificate: You must attend at least 90% of the training (attending breaks does not qualify towards CE eligibility). After the training, you will receive a Qualtrics link to complete an evaluation survey. NOTE: If you’re licensed, the license number you provided will be uploaded to CE Broker, so you can access confirmation. Attendance certificates will continue to be emailed. Please allow 4 weeks for distribution, and check your Spam/Junk folder before reaching out.
Thank you again for joining us for this training. Please email cipcoetraining@case.edu if you have any questions.
To access training you must create your own individual iTacit account at cipcoe.itacit.com.
The Center for Innovative Practices (CIP) and the Child and Adolescent Behavioral Health Center of Excellence (COE), as a training and technical assistance centter, utilizes the “iTacit” Learning Management System.
The learning management system provides one centralized electronic hub where our learners can access:
– Our full catalog of training events and training modules
– New asynchronous training offerings
– Live virtual training event registration links
– An individual, personalized user profile of trainings completed by user
– User profile with certificates of attendance and/or CE certificates earned.
To improve user experience improve user experience, we have eliminated “step 2: of the registration process “completining the zoom registration link”.
Please review the updated steps outlined in the attached PDF of instructions. Enrollment in courses is now a 1-step process. Learner will receive their own “join link” the day before the training through push notification in their email sent vvia itacit messaging.
Download itacit instructions here.
Mobile Response Stabilization Services (MRSS) Trainings for Ohio Care Providers
The MRSS trainings, a part of the partnership with the Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (OhioMHAS) and partnership with Ohio Governor’s Children’s Initiative along with the Ohio Department of Medicaid, the Center for Innovative Practices (CIP) continues its series of MRSS online trainings for Ohio care providers. MRSS help children/youth and their families who are experiencing an emotional or behavioral stressor by interrupting immediate crisis and ensuring youth and their families are safe.
(All Virtual.)
Ohio Mobile Response and Stabilization Services (MRSS) Regional MRSS Provider (RMP) Overview
Presented byAmanda Gillespie, LISW-S and Sarah Becker, LCSW
The Mobile Response and Stabilization Services (MRSS) Practice Standards is authorized by the Ohio Department of Behavioral Health and serves as the basis for improvement and expansion of MRSS services. This course will provide an overview of the updated MRSS Practice Standards that were revised in January 2026 and contain updated language with the intent to guide implementation while allowing flexibility to accommodate regional needs and practice innovation. This course will include group discussions while focusing on key components of the MRSS Practice Standards that will be essential in providing national best practice of the MRSS model.
MRSS Practice Standards Overview
April 21, 2026
1:00-3:00 p.m.
Presented by Amanda Gillespie, LISW-S and Sarah Becker, LCSW
To register for training, you must create an individual itacit account at cipcoe.itacit.com and once inside your account, register for individual trainings.
3 CE
MRSS Core Training Series
MRSS Core Training Series: Mobile Response and Stabilization Services (MRSS) Core Model (Day 1), MRSS Crisis De-escalation & Stabilization Services (Day 2), MRSS Safety Planning (Day 3)
Presented by Sarah Becker, LCSW and Amanda Gillespie, LISW-S
Mobile Response and Stabilization Services (MRSS) is an essential part of Ohio’s crisis continuum of care and is a structured, community-based, in-person intervention and stabilization service for youth and families provided by certified MRSS teams. MRSS provides an effective and accessible alternative to more restrictive services for youth and families, and a hallmark of the service is that youth, families, and other referrers define the crisis. This is a three-day core training series that can be attended in any order.
Mobile Response and Stabilization Services (MRSS) Core Model (Day 1) focuses on the components of the model along with reviewing the values and principles of MRSS in addition to the three phases of the service.
MRSS Crisis De-escalation & Stabilization Services (Day 2) focuses on crisis de-escalation and stabilization skills and strategies that can be utilized with youth and families in both the mobile response and stabilization phases of the service while also exploring skill building interventions that engage the resiliency and protective factors of youth and families.
MRSS Safety Planning (Day 3) provides an overview of the safety planning process that includes identifying important components of an individualized safety plan and discussing skills and strategies that can be implemented during that process.
September 24, 2026
9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
Presented by Amanda Gillespie
To register for training, you must create an individual itacit account at cipcoe.itacit.com and once inside your account, register for individual trainings.
5.5 CEs for: SW, PC, MFT
Core Model Training – Day 1
October 7, 2026
9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
Presented by Sarah Becker
To register for training, you must create an individual itacit account at cipcoe.itacit.com and once inside your account, register for individual trainings.
5.5 CEU for: SW, PC, MFT
MRSS Crisis De-escalation and Stabilization Services – Day 2
October 9, 2026
9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
Presented by Sarah Becker
To register for training, you must create an individual itacit account at cipcoe.itacit.com and once inside your account, register for individual trainings.
5.5 CEU for: SW, PC, MFT
MRSS Safety Planning – Day 3
October 12, 2026
9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
Presented by Amanda Gillespie
To register for training, you must create an individual itacit account at cipcoe.itacit.com and once inside your account, register for individual trainings.
5.5 CEs for: SW, PC, MFT
Core Model Training – Day 1
November 10, 2026
9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
Presented by Sarah Becker
To register for training, you must create an individual itacit account at cipcoe.itacit.com and once inside your account, register for individual trainings.
5.5 CEU for: SW, PC, MFT
MRSS Crisis De-escalation and Stabilization Services – Day 2
November 13, 2026
9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
Presented by Sarah Becker
To register for training, you must create an individual itacit account at cipcoe.itacit.com and once inside your account, register for individual trainings.
5.5 CEU for: SW, PC, MFT
MRSS Safety Planning – Day 3
November 16, 2026
9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
Presented by Amanda Gillespie
To register for training, you must create an individual itacit account at cipcoe.itacit.com and once inside your account, register for individual trainings.
5.5 CEs for: SW, PC, MFT
Core Model Training – Day 1
December 9, 2026
9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
Presented by Sarah Becker
To register for training, you must create an individual itacit account at cipcoe.itacit.com and once inside your account, register for individual trainings.
5.5 CEU for: SW, PC, MFT
MRSS Crisis De-escalation and Stabilization Services – Day 2
December 11, 2026
9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
Presented by Sarah Becker
To register for training, you must create an individual itacit account at cipcoe.itacit.com and once inside your account, register for individual trainings.
5.5 CEU for: SW, PC, MFT
MRSS Safety Planning – Day 3
December 14, 2026
9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
Presented by Amanda Gillespie
To register for training, you must create an individual itacit account at cipcoe.itacit.com and once inside your account, register for individual trainings.
5.5 CEs for: SW, PC, MFT
MRSS Supervisor/Manager Training
Prerequisite training required. Participants must complete the Ohio MRSS RMP Overview training and the MRSS Core Training Series (Day 1, Day 2, and Day 3) prior to attending the MRSS Supervisor/Manager Training
This training will present the key elements of MRSS Supervision. Key areas that will be covered include the core supervisory roles and functions in MRSS including program management and clinical oversight of Mobile Response Stabilization Services (MRSS). Supervisors will learn how to utilize the MRSS practice standards to provide supervisory oversight of staffing, caseload management, and progression through MRSS practice phases. Tracking and staffing 24/7 outreach availability and the use of daily team meetings for progress updates will be discussed.
MRSS Supervisor/Manager Training
October 27, 2026
9:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
Presented by Sarah Becker
To register for training, you must create an individual itacit account at cipcoe.itacit.com and once inside your account, register for individual trainings.
3.75 CEU for: SW, PC
MRSS Supervisor/Manager Training
December 18, 2026
9:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
Presented by Sarah Becker
To register for training, you must create an individual itacit account at cipcoe.itacit.com and once inside your account, register for individual trainings.
3.75 CEU for: SW, PC
MRSS Learning Community Hosted on the 3rd Wednesday of each month, from 10:00-11:00 a.m. The MRSS Learning Community is a semi-structured group learning environment that offers a mix of didactic learning, applied case consultation, reflective discussion, and peer to peer learning opportunities. Learning community is focused on the MRSS standards and practice applications. Target audience: MRSS staff, supervisors/leadership.
July 15 – August 19 – September 16 – October 21 – November 18
Presented by COE Staff | REGISTER HERE
MRSS Office Hours
MRSS office hours are hosted on the 2nd Friday of each month from 8:00-9:00 a.m.
Office hours are designed for providers to “drop in” to receive implementation, operational and practice technical assistance. Have an MRSS question? Drop in and ask!
MRSSOhio.org is presented by The Center for Innovative Practices (CIP)
and the Child and Adolescent Behavioral Health Center of Excellence (CABH COE)
Part of the Begun Center for Violence Prevention at Case Western Reserve University’s
Mandel School of Applied Social Services
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