The Star Behavioral Health Providers (SBHP) is an initiative in Ohio developed through a collaboration with the Ohio National Guard, Ohio Department of Veterans Services, Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, The Ohio State University, American Red Cross, OhioCares, the Military Family Research Institute at Purdue University and the Center for Deployment Psychology.
The training is free and will offer continuing education hours for Ohio counselors, social workers, psychologists, and chemical dependency counselors. The mission of this program is to create an opportunity for licensed Ohio behavioral health providers to receive specific evidence-based training that will help them meet the needs of the state’s service members and their families. Tier One training, which includes a required one daylong session, provides an introduction to military culture, information about the deployment cycle and the effect of the deployment cycle on service members and their families. This is a great course for those who are looking to become more familiarized with the unique characteristics of military culture.
