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Recording of Understanding American Indian Postpartum Care and Cultural Considerations. Please join us for our monthly MHTTC webinar series. This event took place on March 9th, 2021. 

This event was held on March 15th, 2022 in collaboration with the University of Washington.

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Slides from the session An American Indian in the Classroom: Overcoming Trauma in Education for Native Youth. American Indians have a unique relationship with the education system in the U.S. As a result of the boarding school era and the miseducation of the general population, American Indian youth are not dropping out of school- they are being pushed out. This presentation will explore how historical educational oppression is linked to contemporary oppression in the classroom and schools and offer some guidance on how to overcome these barriers to support Native youth and families. This event took place on March 10th, 2022. 

  Adolescent substance use is a major public health problem that concerns parents, schools, clinicians, and policymakers. Hispanic/Latinx youth and other youth of color with substance use problems are at particular risk for disparate health outcomes and disrupted education.     At the end of this webinar the participant will be able to:    1. Identify school-based prevention programs that are evidence-based, are culturally responsive and trauma-informed  2. Consider the impact of school drug policies and practices on student outcomes, particularly for racial-ethnic minoritized students   3. List clinical signs and symptoms of substance impairment   4. Describe and implement best practices for referral and engaging adolescents who are using substances in treatment interventions  5. Describe and implement evidence-based clinical approaches for addressing adolescent substance use

Disparities in academic achievement for Latinx youth and the trajectories may be influenced by adversity and trauma experiences that impact mental health. This presentation will include an overview of theories, practice, and research with children, adolescents, and families, and will focus on intersectional factors for minoritized Latinx youth and families that exacerbate trauma-related symptoms that are too often untreated and misinterpreted as misbehaviors and/or temporary and chronic maladjustment. Using the Garcia Coll et al. (1996) Integrative Model, these factors will be discussed as situated in an ecological framework, comprised of promoting and inhibiting environments, with consideration of internal and external/environmental influences that can have direct and indirect effects on academic outcomes.  Learning Objectives: • Discuss the educational disparities for Latinx youth and the social determinants of these disparities. • Discuss the impact of adversity and trauma on cognitive and psychological processes that interfere with learning and achievement. • Discuss intersecting identity and positionality of Latinx youth that may be affected by a systemic bias that disadvantages opportunities for educational supports and increases the risk of disproportionality.

American Indians have a unique relationship with the education system in the U.S. As a result of the boarding school era and the miseducation of the general population, American Indian youth are not dropping out of school- they are being pushed out. This presentation will explore how historical educational oppression is linked to contemporary oppression in the classroom and schools and offer some guidance on how to overcome these barriers to support Native youth and families.

Recording of A Native Youth Round Table – Adverse Childhood Experiences and Paths to Resiliency. The Leadership Academy, the Trauma Grant, and the Tribal College and University Initiative hosted a Native Youth Round Table to kick off the SAMHSA National Child Traumatic Stress Initiative Category II TSA Center. Our panelists explored a youth perspective on historical trauma, the adverse childhood experiences it has caused, and the resiliency it has inspired.  Our panelists are: Shoshanna Johnson (Absentee Shawnee, Sac and Fox), Hozshona Morningstar Post (Kiowa), Keely Driscoll (Meskwaki), Grace Waseskuk (Meskwaki), and Stevi Johnson (Absentee Shawnee, Sac and Fox).  For more information, please contact: [email protected] or [email protected] 

Feb 9, 2022 12:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada) Featuring our special guest speaker: Avis Garcia, PhD, LAT, LPC, NCC, Northern Arapaho

Feb 9, 2022 12:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada) Featuring our special guest speaker: Avis Garcia, PhD, LAT, LPC, NCC, Northern Arapaho

The National American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Technology Transfer Center would like to share with you Volume 3, Issue 2 of our newsletter, Mental Health in our Native American Communities for Winter 2022: Resilience: What it is and how to foster it in yourself and others. Please take some time to explore this issue.

This factsheet describes the main emotions experienced by Hispanic and Latino children and adolescents and their manifestations during the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition, it provides strategies for managing those emotions in children, adolescents, and caregivers.

Este producto describe las emociones y sus manifestaciones de los niños y adolescentes hispanos durante la pandemia de COVID-19. Además, el mismo ofrece estrategias para manejar las emociones en niños, adolescentes y cuidadores.

Este producto describe las emociones y sus manifestaciones de los niños y adolescentes hispanos durante la pandemia de COVID-19. Además, el mismo ofrece estrategias para manejar las emociones en niños, adolescentes y cuidadores.

Recording of Being Brave: Grounding Ourselves in Our Ancestors' Resilience. This event took place on January 20th, 2022. What does it mean to be "brave?" How do we incorporate those characteristics in a culturally responsive way? This workshop will guide you through some grounding techniques that tap into the strength and resilience of American Indian / Alaska Native communities. You'll work through exercises that you can adapt for any age to activate mindfulness into your programming. Be prepared to write and reflect, so bring a pen/pencil and something to write on. 

Slides from the session, Being Brave: Grounding Ourselves in Our Ancestors' Resilience. What does it mean to be "brave?" How do we incorporate those characteristics in a culturally responsive way? This workshop will guide you through some grounding techniques that tap into the strength and resilience of American Indian / Alaska Native communities. You'll work through exercises that you can adapt for any age to activate mindfulness into your programming. Be prepared to write and reflect, so bring a pen/pencil and something to write on. 

Recording of School Mental Health: Mindful Movement Series. This event took place on December 21, 2021. Mindful Movement is a 30 minute meditation space for individuals to ground themselves, release any built up tension, prepare for the week ahead, etc.. It will be led by Victoria Marie, Wáčhiŋhiŋ Máza Wíŋyaŋ (Iron Plume Woman) (https://indigenouslotus.com/about) and is for all school personnel to attend and benefit from. Questions? Please email [email protected]

Recording of School Mental Health: Mindful Movement Series. This event took place on December 21, 2021. Mindful Movement is a 30 minute meditation space for individuals to ground themselves, release any built up tension, prepare for the week ahead, etc.. It will be led by Victoria Marie, Wáčhiŋhiŋ Máza Wíŋyaŋ (Iron Plume Woman) (https://indigenouslotus.com/about) and is for all school personnel to attend and benefit from. Questions? Please email [email protected]

Recording of School Mental Health: Mindful Movement Series. This event took place on December 14, 2021. Mindful Movement is a 30 minute meditation space for individuals to ground themselves, release any built up tension, prepare for the week ahead, etc.. It will be led by Victoria Marie, Wáčhiŋhiŋ Máza Wíŋyaŋ (Iron Plume Woman) (https://indigenouslotus.com/about) and is for all school personnel to attend and benefit from. Questions? Please email @[email protected]

Recording of School Mental Health: Mindful Movement Series. This event took place on December 7, 2021. Mindful Movement is a 30 minute meditation space for individuals to ground themselves, release any built up tension, prepare for the week ahead, etc.. It will be led by Victoria Marie, Wáčhiŋhiŋ Máza Wíŋyaŋ (Iron Plume Woman) (https://indigenouslotus.com/about) and is for all school personnel to attend and benefit from. Questions? Please email [email protected]

In celebration of Native American Heritage Month, our program managers Monica Dreyer Rossi and Teresa Brewington, (Coharie, Lumbee), are presenting a Native Youth Round Table Discussion. Native Youth Leaders discuss Bridging Native's Past, Present and Future while sharing their insight and experiences. Our panelists are: Rory Wheeler, Seneca Nation; Keely Driscoll, Meskwaki; Isabella Fridia, Wichita Tribe; Panika Teeple, Ojibwe, Lakota, Yup’ik For more information, please contact: [email protected] or [email protected]

This project started before the world changed due to the outbreak of COVID-19. The mission of our National American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Technology Transfer Center (National AI/AN MHTTC) is to meet the needs for training and technical assistance expressed by Native mental health providers. In order for us to meet those needs, we regularly conduct formal needs assessments and key stakeholder interviews. The development of our formal needs assessments always start with provider input and collaboration to make sure we ask questions behavioral health providers serving Native clients deem important to address. Our overriding model for working with the urban and tribal Native communities is community-based participatory research and programming (CBPRP). Using this framework, we can focus both on the strengths and resources as well as the challenges expressed by the Native workforce serving clients with mental and behavioral health disorders and their communities.

Recording of School Mental Health: Mindful Movement Series. This event took place on November 30th, 2021. Mindful Movement is a 30 minute meditation space for individuals to ground themselves, release any built up tension, prepare for the week ahead, etc.. It will be led by Victoria Marie, Wáčhiŋhiŋ Máza Wíŋyaŋ (Iron Plume Woman) (https://indigenouslotus.com/about) and is for all school personnel to attend and benefit from. Questions? Please email [email protected]

Recording of School Mental Health: Mindful Movement Series. This event took place on November 23rd, 2021. Mindful Movement is a 30 minute meditation space for individuals to ground themselves, release any built up tension, prepare for the week ahead, etc.. It will be led by Victoria Marie, Wáčhiŋhiŋ Máza Wíŋyaŋ (Iron Plume Woman) (https://indigenouslotus.com/about) and is for all school personnel to attend and benefit from. Questions? Please email [email protected]