Training and TA Activities for Year 4 

(August 2021 – August 2022)

Universal TA: Webinars relevant to any professional in the field, Newsletters, Website resources, Tip Sheets, Social Media messaging

Targeted TA: Online courses, Activities for specialized groups of providers, Learning Communities, Curriculum Packages

Intensive TA: On-going consultation in specific agencies, communities, states & systems

The Northwest MHTTC serves as a resource for the behavioral health workforce. Broadly stated, that means offering training and technical assistance in pursuit of the identification, prevention (at secondary and tertiary levels), management, and treatment of serious mental health conditions. In addition, the Northwest MHTTC leverages recent advances in dissemination and implementation science to use best-practice strategies to help systems of care adopt and sustain evidence-based interventions for serious mental illness (SMI). Our efforts are focused on HHS Region 10, which encompasses Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington.

A non-exhaustive list of active and in-progress training activities for Year 4 includes: 
 

Tier 1 (Universal)

• Host virtual training events on a variety of topics such as:
  • suicide prevention, crisis management, opioid overdose prevention and recovery
  • Whole-Person Care in behavioral health
  • grief, loss, bereavement and finding resilience
  • gender health and transgender issues
  • family support, recovery-oriented practices
• Curate our free online resource library
• Free web-based, self-paced trainings on Evidence-Based Practices
• In-person trainings on a range of school mental health (SMH) topics
• Team training on Interconnected Systems Framework for School Mental Health  
• Webinar recordings and podcasts as well as Q&A documents, tip sheets, and curriculum packages
• Free e-courses on the HeatheKnowledge.org platform
• Monthly newsletters for Northwest MHTTC core grant and SMH supplement

Tier 2 (Targeted)

• Regular virtual consultation meetings for assertive community treatment (ACT) teams and ACT stakeholders
• 2-day live virtual training on Indigenized Motivational Interviewing for people working with Native communities
• 4-week live learning communities on crisis management, trauma-informed approaches, intersectionality and equity, and more
• 8-week live learning lab series on Evidenced-Based Practices for serious mental health issues
• Monthly Integrated Care Psychiatric Consultant Learning Collaborative (PCLC) for Region 10
• Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) e-course on the HealtheKnowledge platform
• HIV & Mental Health Listening Sessions

Tier 3 (Intensive)

• Conduct live training for select cohort on the STRIDE Group Facilitator curriculum in conjunction with e-primer course and post-training coaching for community behavioral health center in partnership with Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research
• PeerZone Facilitator Training in partnership with Mental Health Addiction Association of Oregon