Products and Resources Catalog

The National American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Technology Transfer Center would like to share with you Volume 2, Issue 1 of our newsletter, Mental Health in our Native American Communities for Summer 2020: Caring for Our Relations: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Indian Country. Please take a few moments to explore this issue.

This is a recording of the Native Youth Telehealth Initiative Webinar, which took place on May 14, 2020. The recording begins at slide 12 of the presentation.   Dr. George Baston, MHRD, Ed.D CTE, and Natasha Peterson, BS, covered how to implement telehealth using the “Let’s Talk Interactive” platform and opportunities to collaborate with the National American Indian and Alaska Native MHTTC. Dr. Baston has worked in the health and human services field for 35 years starting out with Boys & Girls Clubs of America and eventually co-founding Solutions of Substance. Dr. Baston subsequently spent 20 years utilizing technology to deliver education, training, and interventions, including telehealth, to a variety of workforces and clients such as: community-based organizations, charter vocational schools (primary in rural communities); jails and other criminal justice settings; state addiction services provider associations; Addiction Technology Transfer Centers (ATTCs); certification boards; and telehealth implementations in schools and community based organizations. Dr. Baston has over 18 years experience as a Principal Investigator (PI) for Rural Utilities Distant Learning and Telehealth Grantees; Drug Free Communities Grantees (DFC), Housing Opportunities for Persons with HIV/AIDS (HOPWA), Prevention and Partnership Grants (PPG) and a wide variety of SAMSHA program evaluations . Other experience includes Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) implementation to utilize data for program improvement, primarily through facilitation of Plan Do Study Act (PDSA) cycles.   Collaboration Opportunity! An opportunity to participate in our Native Youth Telehealth Initiative, and receive intensive technical assistance, is announced in this webinar. Application information is given at the end of Dr. Baston's presentation. Six sites will be chosen from the applicants. Click HERE to learn more: read about the project, download the full slides, etc.

This is a recording of the webinar: Introduction to Peer Support in the Era of COVID-19, featuring Talor Gray, MPH, which took place on May 13, 2020.   In this webinar, you will learn strategies for peer support and how to make this work while social distancing. Talor Gray earned her BS from Drake University in 2014, majoring in Psychology with a research focus in Behavioral Neuroscience. With a passion for translating health behavior research into practice, she later received her MPH from the University of Iowa in Community and Behavioral Health. Talor has been involved in the mental health field for the past 10 years, working and volunteering at various non-profit, education, and public health agencies. Her experience ranges from providing individual peer support and systems navigation to public health program development and evaluation. Talor is a certified NAMI Provider and In Our Own Voice speaker, and has provided trainings in population mental health, disability sensitivity, and building self-advocacy skillsets. She currently works at Olmsted County Public Health in Rochester, MN as a Community Health Specialist focused on mental health and substance use topics.

Practicing one's culture promotes well-being. In this series, we explore how Latinx and Native people use cultural elements such as community pride, family, spirituality, and resiliency to live safe, happy, and healthy lives.  

This is a list of resources that has been compiled (and continues to be updated) during the National American Indian and Alaska Native MHTTC's ongoing series: Strategies of Support for Mental Health Providers - Empowering one another during times of crisis. This guide is tailored for providers who are Native and/or are working with American Indian and Alaska Native individuals. Topics include: general resources, telemental health, resources for children/youth, upcoming relevant events, and ACF Native American COVID-19 resources. To download this resource guide, please use the "DOWNLOAD" button located above.

The National American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Technology Transfer Center would like to share with you Volume 1, Issue 3 of our newsletter, Mental Health in our Native American Communities for Spring 2020. This issue is entitled, "Suicide, Trauma, and Finding a Way to Heal." Please take a few moments to explore this issue.

Click here to watch the recording of Healing the Returning Warrior: Historical Overview of Natives in Warfare, Military. 

Click here to view the handouts for Healing the Returning Warrior: Historical Overview of Natives in Warfare, Military

Click here to watch the recording of Healing the Returning Warrior: Introduction. 

Click here to view the handouts of Healing the Returning Warrior: Introduction. 

The National American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Technology Transfer Center would like to share with you Volume 1, Issue 2 of our newsletter, Mental Health in our Native American Communities for Fall 2019. This issue is entitled, "First Episode and High-Risk Psychosis". Please take a few moments to explore this issue.

This environmental scan is a repository of evidence-based mental health programs and practices found to be effective with American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) school-aged children and youth who experience adverse childhood experiences, including violence and trauma, that contribute to mental health problems. It was created in an effort to provide a repository that could be used by communities who serve Native school-age children, as well as to avoid the duplication of efforts.

The National American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Technology Transfer Center's first newsletter is entitled, "Our Youth and their Trauma". You will find examples of trauma programs for Native youth, common elements across youth trauma programs and practices, and additional resources to address Native youth trauma.