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The Pacific Southwest MHTTC Monthly Bulletin provides resources, events, and news that are relevant to the diverse mental health workforce in HHS Region 9. Each Monthly Bulletin includes a spotlight section on youth and young adult mental health, our national area of focus.

Recording of the webinar titled Approaches for Person-led Crisis Response Planning, originally held on April 15, 2020.   Slide Presentation

Original Webinar Date: 04/17/2020 On April 1, 2020, the Pacific Southwest MHTTC released a Virtual Learning Guide that includes tips, examples, and reflective questions for those leading online professional development and other group learning events.  In response to requests from the field, two study sessions were offered to explore the guide’s content together. Each session covers different sections of the guide. In this recorded session, Virtual Learning Guide Study Session 1: Technology Practice, presenters share their expertise on Technology Guidance, including technical set up and delivery and virtual facilitating strategies. Viewers can learn about ensuring accessibility as well as how to match learning outcomes to technology platforms.

Original Webinar Date: 04/17/2020 The Pacific Southwest MHTTC released a Virtual Learning Guide that includes tips, examples, and reflective questions for those leading online professional development and other group learning events. In response to requests from the field, two study sessions were offered to explore the guide’s content together. Each session covers different sections of the guide. In this Virtual Learning Guide Study Session 2 recording, entitled, Facilitation Practice, facilitators share content guidance for content creators. Specific topics include how to lead trauma-informed virtual learning events; facilitation guidelines to support an optimal facilitator/presenter experience; and learning guidance, how to prime participants for an effective learning experience.

Original Webinar Date: 04/27/2020 This presentation provides a brief overview of best practices and strategies for telesupervision: clinical supervision provided via video or phone. Participants learn how to shift the frame of supervision and lay a clear foundation for expectations. Presenters address best practices for communicating through tele-modalities to ensure that supervisors can recreate nuanced communication practices akin to in-person approaches. This session explores ethical and legal considerations across a range of topics, from informed consent to managing crises that arise in supervisees’ clinical encounters. The context of the current global pandemic is woven in throughout the training.   Participants will be able to: Describe best practices in telemental health services Articulate legal and ethical considerations applying to telehealth services Discuss assessment and intervention strategies from telehealth modalities

This handout, part of the Telehealth Toolbox for School Personnel, offers school mental health providers a quick-guide on engaging your team while working via telehealth.   Author(s): Franta, E., Morse, M., Chadwell, M., Hoff, N., Clarke, B.L., Robinson, L./Mid-America MHTTC  

This brief report begins with an overview of mental health workforce challenges in the region. It then offers strategies for workforce recruitment and retention, as well as shares Region IV resources for mental health professionals.

Educar a los proveedores de servicios y organizaciones sobre la necesidad de atención para evitar la fatiga de la compasión. Objetivos: •Discutir la definición de Fatiga por Compasión (FC) y términos relacionados •Concienciación sobre los riesgos de desarrollar FC •Exponer la señales y/o síntomas de la fatiga por compasión •Discutir estrategias para protegernos y/o lidiar con la fatiga por compasión a nivel personal y organizacional.

The next frontier of peer support services started quickly. The rapid deployment of digital media tools to provide peer support services has created a new set of ongoing technical hurdles, but when people do get past those, what do they find? This webinar will focus not on the technical how to of online peer support, but how to provide meaningful support and keep people connected within that digital space. We will explore how to move traditional in-person activities to online activities, including how to adapt, and when adaptation is not practical or possible. Participants will also learn how to use traditional and social media to engage and expand peer participation in online wellness and support activities. By the end of the webinar, participants will be able to: Schedule diverse and meaningful support and wellness activities for peers Identify online wellness and support activities that can replace traditional activities Transition traditional peer engagement to online engagement Maintain existing relationships with peers Build new relationships with peers

The Pacific Southwest MHTTC Monthly Bulletin provides resources, events, and news that are relevant to the diverse mental health workforce in HHS Region 9. Each Monthly Bulletin includes a spotlight section on youth and young adult mental health, our national area of focus.

  Download the flyer to learn about the Telehealth Learning and Consultation (TLC) Tuesdays Webinar Series.

We are all experiencing a great deal of personal and professional change in the current environment. One of our many transitions is the shift to remote work and digital platforms. As our field quickly moves teaching and learning activities online, we offer this resource for designing and delivering effective and engaging digital learning. This resource is structured as a workbook for facilitators. It includes tips, examples, and reflective questions for those who are leading online professional development and other group learning events. This guide provides technical and interactive strategies and approaches to virtual learning to support the mental and school mental health workforce. It includes six sections:   Technology Guidance: Technical set up and delivery Virtual Facilitating Strategies and Choices: Ensuring accessibility and matching learning outcomes to technology platforms Content Guidance for Content Creators: Leading trauma-informed virtual learning events Facilitation Guidance: Support for optimal facilitator/presenter experience Learning Guidance: Priming the participant for an effective learning experience; considerations for trauma-informed and culturally competent virtual learning Resources and References for Future Learning: A guide to more information   We hope the guide can support your agency, organization, or team’s navigation of virtual learning environments. Please adapt, adopt, and disseminate as is useful.    

Recording of the webinar titled Tools for Engagement in Person-Centered Care 2: Using Shared Decision Making to Reach Difficult-to-Engage Individuals, originally held on March 19, 2020.   Presentation Slides

The Pacific Southwest MHTTC Monthly Bulletin provides resources, events, and news that are relevant to the diverse mental health workforce in HHS Region 9. Each Monthly Bulletin includes a spotlight section on youth and young adult mental health, our national area of focus.

Recording of the webinar titled Shared Decision Making as a Tool for Effective Engagement, originally held on February 26, 2020.   Slide Presentation

Executive Summary: Mental Health Training and Technical Assistance Needs among Probation and Parole Officers This is an executive summary of the larger report: Mental Health Training and Technical Assistance Needs: Findings, Implications, and Summary of a Survey of Probation and Parole Officers in Region 8.   The Mountain Plains Mental Health and Technology Transfer Center (MHTTC) team, in partnership with the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, and state probation and parole offices, conducted an electronic survey in November and December 2019. The survey was distributed electronically to probation and parole officers in all six states located in the United States Department of Health & Human Services Region 8 in order to identify specific mental health training needs. Results will assist the Mountain Plains MHTTC staff to better serve correctional officers and stakeholders throughout the region. Additionally, the survey results will inform the development of new products, training materials, and technical assistance requests. This work includes expanding collaborations with entities serving probation and parole staff to address the training needs described. Authors Shawnda Schroeder Thomasine Heitkamp Desirae Martinefski

The Pacific Southwest MHTTC School Mental Health Monthly shares resources, events, and insights to support school leadership, educators, and staff throughout HHS Region 9.

The Pacific Southwest MHTTC Monthly Bulletin provides resources, events, and news that are relevant to the diverse mental health workforce in HHS Region 9. Each Monthly Bulletin includes a spotlight section on youth and young adult mental health, our national area of focus.

A brief description of the Southeast MHTTC's Year One activities.

  Crisis results from impediments to life goals that people believe they cannot overcome through customary choices and behaviors were presented. Specifically, for individuals with behavioral health disorders because crisis situations may place them at greater risk. This two-part interactive webinar series highlighted a variety of crisis situations, including but not limited to aggressive outbursts, disruptive behaviors, suicidal ideation, and homicidal ideation. Strategies for assessment and intervention, and the roles of different providers (e.g., doctors, psychologists, nurses, educators, social workers, counselors, and other behavioral health professionals) were examined and then these de-escalation skills were put into practice. Finally, there was a discussion on the importance of de-briefing post de-escalation events along with specifics regarding the implementation of putting these de-escalation techniques into practice. Session one Crisis Care: Assessment, De-escalation, and Prevention December 17, 2019 Slide deck Recording Session two Crisis Care: Practicing Interventions January 28, 2020 Slide deck

In this newsletter, you'll find new resources and upcoming conferences to help launch learning and skill development.  On January 1, an array of new policies took effect that will impact mental health services and supports, health care providers, or vulnerable populations in our region. We've highlighted a few of these new laws in this edition of the Newsletter.

In this newsletter, you'll find resources on being well and promoting wellness during the holidays, along with other relevant news, resources, and upcoming events for the mental health workforce and school mental health workforce.

Join suicide prevention leaders from Oklahoma, Texas, and Louisiana as they describe how their states are building state infrastructure to prevent suicides. Learn about the challenges they have faced when promoting awareness, implementing policy changes, disseminating training and best practices, as well as successful strategies for overcoming roadblocks. This webinar will highlight the Suicide Prevention Resource Center’s new State Suicide Prevention Infrastructure recommendations. Join in to learn how developing a strong state infrastructure to address suicide allows for sustained, evidenced-based programming.

Helping Teachers Support Student Mental Health: Recommendations for Strengthening K-12 Teacher Preparation Curricula This whitepaper describes the work and recommendations of a work group developed to discuss mental health and wellness training needs in teacher preparation. The Higher Education Teacher Preparation work group discussed the need to increase mental health awareness and skills in training programs for emerging teachers. This paper provides recommendations that higher education institutions and decision makers should consider in an effort to help teachers feel more prepared to address mental health in the classroom. Authors Liza Tupa Stefanie Winfield