Webinar/Virtual Training
Join us for an informative two-hour webinar designed to inspire students and young professionals interested in careers that make a difference in mental health and wellness. This session will spotlight behavioral health providers from the Great Lakes Region 5 (IL, IN, MI, MN, OH, WI) through pre-recorded interviews, providing a firsthand look at what it’s like to work in counseling, social work, peer support, and other behavioral health roles.
Each video will address key questions, such as the objectives of these roles, the day-to-day responsibilities, and the education and training pathways required to enter the field. Participants will also learn about the unique perks, job prospects, salary ranges, and financial support options available, including loan forgiveness and paid internships.
Additionally, we will highlight recruitment and retention strategies employed by regional organizations in Great Lakes Region 5. CDR Sharyl Trail, PsyD, from the Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), will join us to discuss national recruitment efforts and resources available to those interested in pursuing a career in behavioral health.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
Learn what behavioral health professionals do, how they spend their workday, and how they create positive change in the lives of others.
Learn about the necessary education, training, and time commitment required for various behavioral health careers.
Get details on job demand, salary ranges, and available financial support, such as loan forgiveness and paid internships.
Gain knowledge of effective recruitment and retention strategies employed by behavioral health organizations in Region 5.
Learn about HRSA’s national efforts to recruit and retain mental health providers and the resources available to support your career journey.
CERTIFICATES:
Registrants who fully attend this event or training will receive a certificate of attendance via email within two weeks after the event or training.
PANELISTS:
Sharyl Trail, PsyD
CDR Sharyl Trail serves as the HRSA Regional Administrator for HHS Region 5- Chicago. She previously served as the Deputy Regional Administrator and Acting Regional Administrator in HHS Region 6- Dallas. CDR Trail is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist and Officer in the US Public Health Service Commissioned Corps (USPHS). Prior to joining HRSA, CDR Trail served for 12 years at Indian Health Service (IHS) as a clinician, BH Director, and Healthcare Administrator. CDR Trail is a National Health Service Corps (NHSC) Alumni with experience working at FQHC look-a-likes in rural and frontier areas. She is a national leader and speaker on the topic of Workforce Wellness, Resiliency, and Burnout. CDR Trail’s scholarly publications, book chapters, and presentations focus on leadership development, burn out and secondary trauma, trauma informed and integrated care, suicide and crisis assessment, and clinical supervision. She is committed in her clinical work and roles as Administrator and Public Health Officer to work toward health equity for all citizens.
INDIANA
ASPIN
Kathy Cook, CEO/President
Karissa Morris, MSW, LSW, CCHW-CT
ILLINOIS
ILABH
Meredith O'Brien, Vice President of Public Policy and Training
MICHIGAN
CMHA
Robert Sheehan, Executive Director
OHIO
OACBHA
Elijah Jones, MSW, MEd, LISW-S, LICDC, CHES, CDP
WISCONSIN
WAFCA
Allyson Forseth, Behavioral Health Initiatives Coordinator
The Great Lakes MHTTC is offering this training for individuals working in HHS Region 5: IL, IN, MI, MN, OH, WI. This training is being provided in response to a need identified by Region 5 stakeholders.
Webinar/Virtual Training
This is Session 1 of the "Empowering Pathways" series.
Event Description
This training provides participants with tools and techniques to implement strength-based goal setting within behavioral health practices. By focusing on clients' inherent strengths, rather than deficits, this approach empowers individuals to set and achieve meaningful, personalized goals that foster resilience and recovery. Participants will learn how to collaborate effectively with clients to identify strengths, set achievable goals, and track progress. This training is ideal for behavioral health professionals seeking to enhance client outcomes through a positive, empowering framework.
Learning Outcomes:
Participants will learn ways to identify and leverage client strengths to develop personalized, achievable goals in behavioral health settings.
Participants will identify at least 2 techniques for facilitating collaborative goal-setting conversations that empower clients and foster engagement.
Participants will gain strategies for tracking and adjusting goals to ensure continuous client progress and motivation.
Trainer
Lamarr Lewis is a dedicated advocate, author, and agent of change. With a focus on community-based mental and public health, he works with diverse groups including individuals living with psychiatric disabilities, people in recovery from substance abuse, and at-hope youth (He does not use the term at-risk).
He is an alumnus of Wittenberg University graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology with minors in Africana Studies and Religion. He later received his master’s degree in clinical mental health counseling from Argosy University.
His career spans over twenty years with experience as a therapist, consultant, public speaker, facilitator, trainer, and human service professional. He has been a featured expert for such organizations as; Boeing, Region IV Public Health Training Center, Fulton County Probate Court, Mississippi Department of Health, the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, and many more.
His lifelong mission is to leave the world better than how he found it.
Webinar/Virtual Training
This webinar will delve into the evolving landscape of virtual reality (VR) in mental health and behavioral healthcare. It will cover the therapeutic potential of VR, balanced against the risks of unregulated virtual environments. Attendees will gain insights into how virtual worlds can revolutionize telehealth applications, offering innovative therapy options and expanding access to care. By viewing these environments as social systems, both their positive impacts and potential pitfalls will be explored. The webinar will also discuss the critical legal and ethical questions surrounding VR in mental health, highlighting the urgent need for policy development to guide its safe and effective use.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
-Understand the therapeutic potential and risks of virtual environments and analyze virtual environments as social systems.
-Discuss ethical and legal considerations for integrating virtual environments into mental health care.
-Emphasize the need for policy development, professional engagement, and learning to guide the safe and effective use of virtual reality.
CERTIFICATES:
Registrants who fully attend this event or training will receive a certificate of attendance via email within two weeks after the event or training.
PRESENTER:
Donna Z. Davis, PhD, Director, Immersive Media Communication Master’s Program & Oregon Reality (OR) Lab, University of Oregon School of Journalism and Communication
Donna Z. Davis joined the University of Oregon faculty in fall 2010 when she taught in Eugene for one year before moving to Portland. She now directs the Immersive Media Communication master’s program and the Oregon Reality (OR) lab at the SOJC-Portland. She brings more than 25 years’ experience in public relations, fundraising, and nonprofit communication to the classroom, including 10 years as producer and host of Family Album Radio, an award-winning, daily, two-minute radio program distributed through NPR.
Davis earned her PhD in mass communication from the University of Florida, where she studied relationship formation in 3D immersive virtual environments. Her ethnographic research continues to focus on the potential uses of immersive media, virtual worlds, gamification, and other emerging social media, with a special interest in marginalized and vulnerable populations. Her research on embodied experience and identity among people with disabilities in virtual reality was funded through a grant from the National Science Foundation. She was also an inaugural faculty fellow for the SOJC Agora Journalism Center for Innovation and Civic Engagement, extending her work with people with Parkinson’s disease who find and build support in the virtual world.
The Great Lakes MHTTC is offering this training for individuals working in HHS Region 5: IL, IN, MI, MN, OH, WI. This training is being provided in response to a need identified by Region 5 stakeholders.