This comprehensive guide is designed to support BIPOC employees, allies, and leadership in fostering a more inclusive and supportive workplace environment. By recognizing and addressing the unique challenges faced by People of Color, promoting allyship, and empowering leadership, we can create a workplace where everyone feels valued, supported, and able to thrive.
This guide provides practical strategies, exercises, and resources to enhance well-being and promote equity within your organization.
Chia Hsuan Sabrina Chang and host Lola Nedic discuss culturally responsive care and strategies for clinicians. This podcast episode is sponsored by the New England Mental Health Technology Transfer Center Network (MHTTC).
This 3-part series provides a detailed understanding of trauma and the various types of trauma individuals experience. Sessions will explore the impact of secondary/vicarous trauma on corrections staff by examining the various ways exposure to traumatic events impacts the individual, the work they do, and the individuals they engage with on a daily basis. This series also explores what is needed to establish a trauma-informed organization, the impact of stigma and bias, and finishes with the interplay of two groups of trauma survivors - corrections staff, inmates, and/or parole/probation supervisees - and strategies to mitigate or reduce trauma activation potential among staff and those they supervise for more successful overall outcomes.
Session 1 will discuss the disparate, significant impact of incarceration and reentry on women returning to the community and challenges, barriers, and strategies for improving outcomes for women reentering society.
Session 2 will be on December 13, 2023, from 1:00-2:30 PM ET and Session 3 will be on December 15, 2023, from 1:00-2:30 PM ET.
Presenters: Steven Samra, MPA, C4 Innovations, and Daisy Hernandez, MSW, LCSW, MBA, C4 Innovations.
Join us for the first session in the series on Monday, December 11, 2023 at 1 PM ET.
This event will discuss the New England MHTTC's work assisting organizations with racial equity and efforts to make web-based content reflective of the mission and values of the organization. With intersectionality in mind, Ashley Stewart, Director of the Center for Health Equity at C4 Innovations, will inform attendees about the methods used to ensure inclusivity, cultural awareness, and attunement via a web auditing process.
The second part of the webinar series on December 12, 2023 will cover assessment of the general tone and essence of a website related to engagement around equity, inclusion, and diversity. In addition to the use of intentional terminology, there is the need to assess how the terms are used, the stories they tell, the messages they imply, the depth or superficiality of the use of narrative or terms, and the broader impact on community engagement.
Join us for the second session in the series on Tuesday, December 12, 2023 at 2 PM ET.
Grounded in national and regional EPINET data on discharge in early psychosis services, this presentation will focus on social and cultural vectors underlying the 'hard' problem of disengagement and present alternative approaches for addressing distrust and strengthening clinical relationships by centering lived experiences of psychosis, socioeconomic disadvantage, racism, and cultural difference.
Presenter: Nev Jones PhD is a patient-alumna of specialized early psychosis services and currently assistant professor in the School of Social Work and Department of Psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh.
Join us on Wednesday, December 13, 2023 at 12 PM ET.
This talk will discuss when, how, and why to prescribe clozapine. Dr. Laitman will give specific approaches to minimize predictable side effects and maximize benefits. He will present his own data supporting this approach.
Presenter: Dr. Robert Laitman is an internist who specializes in the use of clozapine in an optimal fashion for individuals with schizophrenia or other psychotic spectrum disorders.
Join us on Friday, December 15, 2023 at 11:30 AM ET.
This session will inform participants about a variety of innovative strategies providers can share with families to assist them in supporting people who hear voices or experience other unusual beliefs or extreme states that are often labeled as psychosis. Internationally recognized educator, consultant, and presenter Cindy Hadge draws from her own experiences overcoming childhood trauma as well as her experiences supporting family members to fuel her passion and inform her work resulting in invaluable information and tools shared with participants. There will also be time for questions and discussion to close out this 1.5 hour workshop.
Presenter: Cindy Hadge has become an internationally recognized educator providing training and consultations to mental health providers worldwide who are looking for innovative ways to approach voice-hearing and extreme states.
Join us on Tuesday, January 9, 2024 at 1 PM ET.
Changing the Conversation is the official C4 Innovations podcast, where hosts and guests discuss critical and timely topics focused on equity, substance use, mental health, homelessness, and trauma. The New England MHTTC has sponsored episodes of the podcast that explore a variety of specific topics, including reaching and engaging Native youth, the importance and benefits of fostering an authentic and inclusive environment in the workplace, and honoring lived experience. Podcast host Ashley Stewart will share behind-the-scenes discoveries and lessons learned from fascinating conversations. Ashley will be joined by Ronitia Hodges, C4 Innovations Program Manager.
Join us on Wednesday, January 17, 2024 at 1 PM ET.
