March 26

Reclaiming Native Psychological Brilliance: Wise Practices - March Event

United South and Eastern Tribes, Inc. and New England MHTTC would like to invite you and your staff to attend "Reclaiming Native Psychological Brilliance: Wise Practices," a Tribal Behavioral Health ECHO webinar series. Native psychological brilliance refers to the intelligence, strengths, balance, innate resources, and resilience of Native people.  

The topic for March's session is "The Red Sox Foundation’s Home Base Treatment Program for Native Veterans."

This no-cost telehealth series is held on the fourth Tuesday of every month at 11 am Pacific/12 pm Mountain/1 pm Central/2 pm Eastern. The concept of Native psychological brilliance will be celebrated through Native music video and Native spoken word performances as part of each session.

Join us on Tuesday, March 26, 2024 at 2 pm ET.

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March 27

Person-Centered Recovery Planning Consultation Corner: Webinar 1

The Person-Centered Recovery Planning (PCRP) Consultation Corner is a 6-month learning series featuring a monthly webinar on the “FAQs” of PCRP; offering practical tools and resources to support quality PCRP at the level of both individual service delivery and organizational systems change; and providing follow-up “office hours” through smaller-group technical assistance for webinar participants who wish to take a “deeper dive” on a given topic. 

Participants will be able to:

• Define PCRP and its essential elements
• Increase familiarity with existing and emerging state and federal requirements regarding PCRP
• Articulate a minimum of three differences between traditional methods of treatment planning and best-practice PCRP
• Learn more about how the MHTTC PCRP Consultation Corner series can provide tools and resources to support the implementation of PCRP at your organization

Join us on for the first session on March 27 to learn more about the PCRP Consultation Corner series and how it can help you meet current and emerging program standards around collaborative recovery planning. This series is co-sponsored by the New England and South Southwest MHTTCs. More information about the series and registration info for all webinars. 

Presenters: Janis Tondora and Amy Pierce 

Join us on Wednesday, March 27, 2024 at 2 pm ET.

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March 29
Your Guide to SMI Adviser – Advancing Interdisciplinary Care for Early Psychosis

SMI Adviser is a 6-year initiative funded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration and administered by the American Psychiatric Association. SMI Adviser’s vision is to transform care for people who have serious mental illness so that they can live their best lives. To date, the website has been accessed over 1.9 million times and has been a resource for over 70,000 interdisciplinary learners. In this presentation, we will provide clinicians a guide to the resources at SMI Adviser, with a focus on resources for working with individuals with early psychosis. We will also highlight resources that are found in our Centers of Excellence section, focusing on tools in the Clozapine and Long-Acting Injectable areas. We will also guide clinicians through our consultation service and share insights from the types of questions our users most commonly ask.

At the end of this presentation, participants will be able to:

• Demonstrate knowledge of the available resources on SMI Adviser’s educational catalog and knowledge base.
• List and describe three tools in SMI Adviser’s Clozapine or Long-Acting Injectable Center of Excellence.
• Outline the process of accessing SMI Adviser’s consultation service, demonstrating the ability to effectively seek guidance to help make evidence-based treatment decisions.

Presenters: Robert O. Cotes, MD, and Sherin Khan, LCSW

Join us on Friday, March 29, 2024 at 11:30 am ET.

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