Class Schedule

Course Overview

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is a third-wave psychological intervention that blends acceptance and mindfulness strategies with commitment and behavior change techniques to increase psychological flexibility. The aim of ACT is to maximize human potential for a rich, full and meaningful life and to help individuals progress toward vitality and well-being through mindful values-based living, regardless of internal cognitive and emotional states.

In this 2-day Intensive, in addition to learning the fundamentals of ACT, participants will also gain a deeper understanding of the clinical principles that make ACT so effective.  Students will learn enhanced ways to make ACT sessions experiential and to help clients develop organic and personal understanding of the Hexaflex.  Clinicians will learn common stuck points in ACT and solutions. This seminar encourages a journey of moving from apprentice to master, mastering a deeper understanding and application of ACT.

Learning Objectives

Participants will be able to:

1. Define and describe the (6) Core Pathologies of cognitive fusion, experiential avoidance, dominance of conceptualized past and fear future, absent or confused values, inactivity/impulsivity, and attachment to conceptualized self.
2. Define and describe the (6) Core Therapeutic Processes to assist clients to enhance psychological flexibility: Cognitive Defusion, Acceptance and Willingness, Present Moment, Values Clarification, Commitment to Valued Action.
3. Identify and learn the aspects of functional contextualism relational frame theory as they relate to the development and process of ACT.
4. Identify and practices strategies for utilized applied behavioral analysis in session and its relevancy in selecting ACT interventions for treatment.
5. Identify and learn the core concept of “psychological flexibility” and the conditions that foster it in session.
6. Identify and learn how psychological inflexibility can contribute to unworkable behavior, including self-harm and substance use.
7. Identify and learn how ACT core concepts can be adapted for work with youth and families.
8. Identify and learn common stuck points within ACT therapy and practice tools for moving through them.
9. Apply ACT concepts and strategies to case conceptualization and treatment planning.
10. Identify and learn tools for safe, therapeutic self-disclosures and the development of ACT-consistent metaphors.

• Friday, April 11, 2025 from 8:30 AM to 4:00 PMZoom
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  Mon 4/14/25 from 8:30a to 4:00p
  
• Thursday, October 9, 2025 from 8:30 AM to 4:00 PMRed Rock BHS, 5801 Broadway Extension Hwy Oklahoma City, OK 73118
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  Fri 10/10/25 from 8:30a to 4:00p
  

The ethical challenges of RSS’s and FSP’s are unique—how do you share your lived experience with boundaries? After your lived experience, what next?

This is an Ethics training specifically focused on Peer Recovery Support Specialists and Family Support Providers and the challenges you encounter.

We draw from the National Certified Peer Recovery Support Specialists Code of Ethics. https://www.naadac.org/ncprss-code-of-ethics

… And the Oklahoma Peer Recovery Support Code of Ethics. https://oklahoma.gov/content/dam/ok/en/odmhsas/documents/a0004/rss-code-of-ethics.pdf

Learning Objectives:

• Describe and apply (7) ethical lens to use when approaching ethical dilemmas for peer recovery support specialists and family support specialists—including adult cases, child & family, and substance use disorder cases.
• Differentiate the distinctions between Ethics, Laws, and Morals and how these apply to ethical dilemmas.
• Apply Unconscious Bias to ethical decision-making processes.
• Analyze and propose solutions to ethical dilemmas unique to PRSS’s and FSP’s.
• Describe and apply codes of ethics from the National Certified Peer Recovery Support Specialists, the Oklahoma Peer Recovery Support Specialists code of ethics, and the International Association of Peer Supports best practice guidelines.

• Friday, December 6, 2024 from 8:45 AM to 12:00 PMZoom

Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST) is a two-day face-to-face workshop featuring powerful audiovisuals, discussions, and simulations. At this workshop, you'll learn how to prevent suicide by recognizing signs, providing a skilled intervention, and developing a safety plan to keep someone alive. Day One will provide a baseline for discussion using the film “Cause of Death,” after which participants will be able to discuss their feelings, experiences, and attitudes related to suicide and helping persons at risk. In the afternoon, participants will be introduced to the Pathway for Assisting Life, a 6 step model for intervening in a suicide crisis. On Day Two, participants will gain comfort and familiarity with the Pathway for Assisting Life by engaging in group and one-on-one roleplays. At the end of Day Two, participants will learn ways to engage in helpful and supportive community relationships to aid in the creation of a suicide safer community.

Learning Objectives 

The participant will be able to: 

• Understand the ways that personal and societal attitudes affect views on suicide and interventions 
• Provide guidance and suicide first aid to a person at risk in ways that meet their individual safety needs 
• Identify the key elements of an effective suicide safety plan and the actions required to implement it 
• Appreciate the value of improving and integrating suicide prevention resources in the community at large 
• Recognize other important aspects of suicide prevention including life-promotion and self-care 

• Thursday, April 24, 2025 from 8:30 AM to 4:00 PMRed Rock BHS, 5801 Broadway Extension Hwy Oklahoma City, OK 73118
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  Fri 4/25/25 from 8:30a to 4:00p
  
• Thursday, October 23, 2025 from 8:30 AM to 4:00 PMRed Rock BHS, 4400 N. Lincoln Blvd., Oklahoma City, OK 73105
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  Fri 10/24/25 from 8:30a to 4:00p
  

This 3-hour workshop is intended for administrative staff to learn and practice techniques of radical compassion, both for themselves and for “difficult” clients. Participants will learn how common “difficult” client behaviors really come from a place of hardship and will learn the skills to build radical compassion. Participants will learn how to “START” with “HEART” as well as 5 secrets for effective communication through a combination of presentation, group exercises, and practice sessions. This course will be geared towards administrative staff, but is appropriate for anyone who wants to improve their communication skills or practice compassion in a more intentional way.

Participants will be able to:

1. Name and describe the 5 secrets of effective communication.
2. Explain and list the acronyms HEART and START.
3. Practice and utilize communication skills during roleplays.
4. List the steps for building radical compassion.
5. Describe how health literacy can impact interactions and how to navigate issues of health literacy more effectively with clients.

• Friday, December 13, 2024 from 8:45 AM to 12:00 PMZoom

Course Overview

Well-meaning caregivers contribute to the oppositionality of their children/adolescents. Well-meaning children/adolescents contribute to the oppositionality of their caregivers. Families are caught in a kind of Cold War of mutual escalation of tactics, caught in feedback loops. Helping Professionals need more than folk wisdom to assist parents with serious behavior issues brought to therapy. This two-day Behavioral Parent Training Intensive will cover both the basics and advanced applications of Behavioral Parent Training.

On Day One, participants will learn how to provide families with evidence-based, proven techniques to end this war of wills and restore collaboration and growth in the family. On Day Two, participants will expand on their learning by exploring enhancements for children who experience challenges such as attachment deficits, ADHD, sensory processing issues, and other divergent profiles. 

Systems of Care Coordinators and Family Recovery Support Specialists (formerly FSPs) will find in this intensive concrete tools for supporting parents.  

Learning Objectives

The participant will be able to:

• Examine the core concepts of behaviorism and link with the behavior modification strategies of Parent Management Training. 
• Develop Family Systems Theories and their application to generating effective interventions for behavioral problems in children and teenagers, including substance use issues. 
• Examine the root correlates of defiance and oppositionality and substance use in children and teenagers. 
• Identify the role of Coercive Parenting Tactics in increasing oppositionality and substance use.
• Differentiate popular parenting strategies from clinical parenting strategies. 
• Differentiate between Motivational Deficits and Skill-Deficits in child behavioral problems. 
• Define the application of (14) Parent Management Training techniques to enhance family relationships and restore empathic connection.
• Identify guidelines for effective consequences. 
• Differentiate effective versus ineffective application of recommended parenting strategies.
• Describe a (12) session Parent Management Training format for presentation to families.
• Differentiate the application of standard parenting strategies for child/adolescent behavioral problems that are complicated by Neurodivergence, such as ADHD/ADD, Bipolar Disorder, Attachment issues, and other cognitive/emotional challenges.
• Identify the Limbic System’s role in behavioral problems and identify (3) strategies of intervention to teach parents how to "surf the Limbic wave". 
• Develop an assessment model of exploring for “pathways and triggers” in behavioral problems.
• Develop a model of Eustress Parenting to teach to parents. 
• Develop 8-steps to better behavior for child/adolescent challenged with cognitive and emotional skill-deficits.
• Identify the most common parenting errors in intervening with stubborn child/adolescent behavioral problems and identify their solutions.
• Identify specific interventions for (7) common misbehaviors of Hyperactivity, Oppositionality, Self-Righteousness, Emotional Lability, Risky Behaviors, Depressed Moods, and Rages.
• Develop the Collaborative Problem Solving approach to teach parents how to develop cognitive/emotional skills in children and prevent rages.

• Friday, January 24, 2025 from 8:30 AM to 4:00 PMZoom
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  Mon 1/27/25 from 8:30a to 4:00p
  
• Friday, July 18, 2025 from 8:30 AM to 4:00 PMZoom
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  Mon 7/21/25 from 8:30a to 4:00p
  

• Wednesday, December 11, 2024 from 1:00 PM to 4:30 PMZoom

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) invites therapists to embody the stances of Radical Acceptor and Change Agent—both person-centered and CBT, both validating and challenging, and weaving those therapeutic moves into a dance. While covering group DBT, this DBT training focuses in more depth on the Individual Therapy components of DBT and what makes a therapist “dialectical” in session.

The participant will be able to:

1. Identify and learn key aspects of the BioSocial Theory of Borderline Personality Disorder, general affect dysregulation, interpersonal conflict, and substance use and addiction.
2. Identify and learn the core concept of “Dialectics” and how dialectical style is applied to the therapist in DBT.
3. Differentiate key theoretical differences between Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Person-Centered Therapy, and DBT.
4. Identify and learn the treatment and case management goals, behavioral targets, and treatment structure of DBT.
5. Identify and learn the commons skills taught to clients within group settings, within the 5 Modules of Core Mindfulness, Distress Tolerance, Emotional Regulation, Interpersonal Effectiveness, and Middle Path.
6. Identify and learn Case Management strategies that balance the dialectic of empowering the client with advocacy.
7. Identify special treatment strategies in DBT, including Crisis Intervention, Suicidal Behavior, Therapy-Interfering Behaviors, Phone Coaching, and Substance Use Disorders.
8. Apply DBT strategies to families and adolescents.

• Friday, March 14, 2025 from 8:30 AM to 4:00 PMZoom
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  Mon 3/17/25 from 8:30a to 4:00p
  
• Friday, September 19, 2025 from 8:30 AM to 4:00 PMZoom
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  Mon 9/22/25 from 8:30a to 4:00p
  

Course Overview:

Ethical dilemmas arrive because two things we value become at odds with each other. In the helping profession it is vital to acknowledge these conflicts and reflect on the best course of action for the person(s) we are serving. This should not be done on your own, this course provides the framework of addressing those conflicts and how to facilitated a consultation to explore the foggy world of ethical practice.

Learning Objectives:

The participant will be able to:

• Define an ethical dilemma
• Practice making ethical decisions with a series of guided discussion and vignettes
• Facilitate consultations aimed at exploring and selecting a next step in the face of an ethical dilemma
• Explain the rationale for a decision they have made
• Explore and name their own personal and professional values
• Practice a mindful approach to ethical considerations
• Connect with other clinicians in order to make consultation more accessible

• Friday, December 6, 2024 from 8:45 AM to 12:00 PMZoom

Motivational Interviewing (MI) is an evidence-based approach to communication that helps clients construct their own argument(s) in support of change. This 3-hour virtual workshop focuses on helping clinicians develop a working knowledge of basic motivational interviewing skills.   The skillful use of MI with clients leads to activation and strengthening of readiness, willingness, and ability to engage with a strategic change plan of their own making. Participants will enhance their skills through a mix of didactic presentation, demonstration and skill practice exercises. This is an interactive training where skill-based activities improve the learning and application of Motivational Interviewing skills.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

• Develop a basic working knowledge of motivational interviewing where participants learn about the spirit of MI, the usefulness of change talk, and the four processes of MI: engaging, focusing, evoking, and planning. 
• Learn and practice the core skills of Motivational Interviewing: OARS techniques-- Open ended questions/affirmations/reflections/summaries
• Learn focusing and evoking strategies to elicit and respond to client’s self-motivational statements (change talk) ​

• Friday, November 22, 2024 from 8:45 AM to 12:00 PMZoom
• Friday, January 3, 2025 from 8:45 AM to 12:00 PMZoom
• Friday, May 2, 2025 from 8:45 AM to 12:00 PMZoom
• Friday, September 5, 2025 from 8:45 AM to 12:00 PMZoom

This 12-hour workshop is intended for participants who are interested in learning how to implement TEAM-CBT. Day One will focus on learning and understanding the acronym of TEAM and will include instruction and practice in each step of the model. Participants will learn how to effectively implement: Testing, using the Brief Mood Survey and Evaluation of Therapy Session; Empathy, including practice of the five secrets of effective communication to build stronger connections with clients; Assessment of resistance, which will help clinicians identify and address both outcome and process resistance; and an introduction to some of the many Methods utilized in TEAM-CBT. On Day Two, Clinicians will gain the chance to practice these valuable skills by role-playing using various cognitive treatment methods.

• Friday, May 9, 2025 from 8:30 AM to 4:00 PMZoom
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  Mon 5/12/25 from 8:30a to 4:00p
  

This 10-hour workshop is intended for participants to learn and practice the techniques of Motivational Interviewing to encourage and motivate clients to come up with their own reasons for change.  One of the largest barriers for clients struggling with substance use or mental health issues, is the lack of motivation to change the maladaptive behavior. The individual may have awareness to their failing health and the impact their addiction may have on their relationships, financially, and legally, yet they still struggle to find the motivation to thrive in a healthy environment.  

Motivational Interviewing (MI) is an approach to communication that tends to help clients construct their own argument(s) in support change. This training on Motivational Interviewing (MI) focusing on improving conversations about change. Fidelity to this way of focusing a conversation serves to enhance the client’s desires for the identified change, and to assist them in articulating their own reasons and needs related to the targeted change. The skillful use of MI with clients leads to activation and strengthening of readiness, willingness and ability to engage with a strategic change plan – of their own making. Participants will enhance their skills through a mix of didactic presentation, demonstration and skill practice exercises. This is an interactive training where skill-based activities improve the learning and application of Motivational Interviewing skills.  

LEARNING OBJECTIVES  

• Define Motivational Interviewing concepts, including the four tasks and the spirit of MI​ 

• Learn and practice OARS, the core skills, through participation in small and large group activities​ 

• Explore strategies to elicit and respond to client’s self-motivational statements (change talk)  ​ 

• Describe interviewer behaviors that increase and decrease discord (resistance) in the therapeutic relationship​ 

• Begin to explore strategies to soften sustain talk and disarm discord​ 

• Friday, February 21, 2025 from 9:00 AM to 3:30 PMZoom
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  Mon 2/24/25 from 9:00a to 3:30p
  
• Tuesday, August 12, 2025 from 9:00 AM to 3:30 PMRed Rock BHS, 5801 Broadway Extension Hwy Oklahoma City, OK 73118
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  Wed 8/13/25 from 9:00a to 3:30p
  

In March of 2022, the DSM-5-TR was released with a new disorder, changes, and clarifications for 70 disorders.  Important in this revision is how culture, racism, and discrimination are viewed from the diagnostic lens. Revisions from the DSM-5 to the DSM-5-TR will be reviewed in this seminar, with a focus on understanding how the changes will impact diagnosing, billing practices, strategies to address cultural changes.  New diagnostic categories, including Suicidal Behavior Disorder, Nonsuicidal Self-Injury, and Prolonged Grief Disorder will be reviewed in detail.       

The Participant will be able to:

• Identify broad changes and updates between the DSM-5 and the DSM-5TR applying to culture and differential diagnostics.
• Identify changes and updates in diagnostic criteria regarding substance use disorders.
• Apply changes in diagnostic criteria between DSM-5 and DSM5-TR.
• Identify new diagnostic categories, including Suicidal Behavior Disorder, Nonsuicidal Self-Injury, and Prolonged Grief Disorder.

• Tuesday, March 25, 2025 from 8:45 AM to 12:00 PMZoom
• Friday, August 8, 2025 from 8:45 AM to 12:00 PMZoom

In accordance with 86:10-11-4. Supervisor qualifications (2) As of January 1, 2000: (A) an LPC who has successfully completed a graduate course in counselor supervision of at least forty-five (45) contact hours or equivalent course of study acceptable to the Board. This equivalent course of study shall consist of workshops in counseling supervision in combination with directed study of counseling supervision literature. Fifteen (15) of the forty-five (45) contact hours shall be in a class or workshop format which includes four (4) supervisors-in-training; the other thirty (30) contact hours shall be reserved for directed study. This course is also approved Board annual CEU requirements for clinical supervision.

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The development of a new therapist occurs in a crucible: LPC Licensure candidates must be “smelted” in the high temperatures of professional development, when candidates are most untrained, inexperienced, and often psychologically immature.  Becoming a therapist is a purification process: i.e. Learning the real art & craft of therapy, unlearning mythologies of being a therapist, and most importantly learning about Oneself.  Therefore, Supervisors must be more than just “vending machines” of counseling theories, manuals, technical advice, and risk management. Supervisors must be strong vessels to support candidates in getting to their inner gold.

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Learning Objectives:

•  Define and develop the core oversights, roles, and functions of a clinical supervisor
• Define core competencies that clinical supervisors must foster in their candidates.
  Define core documentation competencies that clinical supervisor must teach their candidates.
  Develop concepts of Pedagogy (candidate needing technical assistance) vs. Andragogy (candidate needing personal depth work).
  Identify and develop the best practices in supervision: Developmental, Competency-focused, Theoretical Orientation-Based, and Psychodynamic.
• Develop guidelines for effective candidate evaluations.
• Identify and develop essential ethical ang legal monitoring needed by Supervisors. 
• Develop strategies to develop cultural competency in candidates.
• Develop effective responses to supervision-interfering behaviors.

• Saturday, January 18, 2025 from 8:30 AM to 4:30 PMRed Rock BHS, 5801 Broadway Extension Hwy Oklahoma City, OK 73118
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  Sat 2/01/25 from 8:30a to 4:30p
  
• Saturday, April 12, 2025 from 8:30 AM to 4:30 PMRed Rock BHS, 5801 Broadway Extension Hwy Oklahoma City, OK 73118
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  Sat 4/26/25 from 8:30a to 4:30p
  
• Saturday, July 12, 2025 from 8:30 AM to 4:30 PMRed Rock BHS, 5801 Broadway Extension Hwy Oklahoma City, OK 73118
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  Sat 7/26/25 from 8:30a to 4:30p
  
• Saturday, October 11, 2025 from 8:30 AM to 4:30 PMRed Rock BHS, 5801 Broadway Extension Hwy Oklahoma City, OK 73118
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  Sat 10/25/25 from 8:30a to 4:30p
  

Crisis intervention can be one of the most anxiety producing tasks that a clinician is asked to face, with training often happening on the job through sheer exposure. This workshop will offer a technology of crisis intervention compiled from the study of multiple evidence-based models, to give clinicians confidence and competence in navigating difficult situations. In this workshop, clinicians will learn about different types of crisis intervention, as well as the tasks, techniques, and steps necessary to aid clients in any type of crisis they may be experiencing. In addition to new theories, clinicians will also be able to practices the techniques and steps necessary to turn moments of distress to moments of opportunity.

Participants will be able to:

• Explore the different types of crises and models of crisis intervention.
• Identify and apply strategies, as appropriate based on context and role, such as chain analysis, validation, clarification, confrontation, cognitive restructuring, problem-solving.
• Identify and explore various steps necessary for effective crisis intervention.
• Demonstrate knowledges of steps through supportive practice and guidance.
• Identify and describe how assessment of risk, safety planning, and on-going care contribute to long-term safety after a crisis intervention.
• Address special topics that arise during crises, such as:  panic attacks, safety, skills coaching, effective parenting, DEI, and psychosis.

• Friday, March 28, 2025 from 8:30 AM to 4:00 PMZoom
• Thursday, September 25, 2025 from 8:30 AM to 4:00 PMZoom

Course Overview: 

This 2-day training course is intended for first-time or returning learners who are passionate about TEAM-CBT and want to implement it effectively with clients struggling with habits and addictions. Participants will learn how to effectively implement: Testing, using the Brief Mood Survey, Evaluation of Therapy Session, and the Craving and Urges to Use scale; Empathy, including the Five Secrets of Effective Communication as well as advanced empathy tools; Assessment of Resistance, which will help clinicians identify and address resistance while improving client motivation; and an introduction to some of the many Methods utilized in TEAM-CBT, including those specific to habits and addiction. Clinicians will also learn how to conduct a successful relapse prevention session. Throughout the two days, participants will gain the chance to practice these valuable skills by role-playing using various cognitive treatment methods as well as observing a live-recorded session demo.

Objectives:

Participants will be able to:

1. Name and describe the four components of TEAM (Testing, Empathy, Assessment of Resistance, and Methods)
2. Identify two benefits of using measurement (Routine Outcome Monitoring) in therapy.
3. Name and practice the Five Secrets of Effective Communication, as well as the 6th secret of Self-Disclosure used in Habits and Addictions work.
4. Explore the steps of assessment of resistance, identifying the importance of invitation and specificity in Cognitive Therapy.
5. Identify common themes of outcome resistance, process resistance, and alliance resistance.
6. Describe and practice methods for targeting resistance including the Gentle Ultimatum, Triple Paradox, and Voicing the Resistance.
7. Learn tools for developing and assigning homework more effectively.
8. Learn and practice various cognitive and behavioral tools for increasing motivation and addressing self-doubt or hopelessness.
9. Identify a client’s readiness for therapy termination and the steps involved in relapse prevention training.

• Tuesday, November 11, 2025 from 8:30 AM to 4:00 PMRed Rock BHS, 5801 Broadway Extension Hwy Oklahoma City, OK 73118
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  Wed 11/12/25 from 8:30a to 4:00p
  

Internal Family Systems is a widely popular evidence-based treatment that has taken the world by storm. This workshop will introduce the core components of IFS, introducing participants to the “parts” that operate inside of us all. These parts play roles as both protectors and those requiring protection and can be a powerful aid to your work with clients – or a powerful barrier. By incorporating IFS techniques, clinicians can help transform their client’s relationship to their own inner systems. In addition to core components, this workshop will introduce you to the IFS course of treatment as well as provide guidelines, tips, and resources for those interested in learning more about this exciting new form of therapy.

Learning Objectives

Participants will be able to:

• Summarize the core components of IFS.
• Name and describe parts, including exiles, managers, and firefighters.
• Describe and understand the concept of parts mapping.
• Discuss the theoretical background that laid the framework for IFS.
• List the benefits of self-leadership.
• Describe the components of the unburdening process.

• Thursday, December 12, 2024 from 8:30 AM to 4:00 PMZoom
• Friday, June 13, 2025 from 8:30 AM to 4:00 PMRed Rock BHS, 5801 Broadway Extension Hwy Oklahoma City, OK 73118
• Tuesday, November 4, 2025 from 8:30 AM to 4:00 PMZoom