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This flyer provides an overview of Mid-America MHTTC services in the field of integrated behavioral health and primary care.

Youth and young adults (YYA) of transition age (16-25 years of age) are an important population of focus for mental health services and supports. The resources provided in this document are intended to assist a wide array of stakeholders involved in creating better outcomes for YYA with mental health challenges and serious mental illness. These resources uphold the research-based concept that systems and services should be youth driven, developmentally and culturally appropriate, and trauma informed.

This document informs on what complicated grief is and how the Hispanic and Latino children and youth express it. It provides key aspects of Hispanic and Latino culture and three evidence-based interventions that have been proven to work to address the grieving process with Hispanic and Latino children, youths, and their families. Also, it covers how school personnel can manage this process.  

This brief document informs about the prevalence of bullying among Hispanic and Latino students in the school setting.  Although we have observed a decrease in bullying statistics, Hispanics and Latino students can be the target of these violent behaviors due to race or ethnicity. The document covers effective prevention efforts to address bullying in the school setting. English and Spanish versions are available. Spanish version

Este documento informa sobre la prevalencia del acoso escolar en los estudiantes hispanos y latinos. Aunque se ha observado un descenso en las estadísticas de bullying en esta población, los estudiantes hispanos y latinos pueden ser víctimas de conductas violentas por su raza o etnia. El documento incluye esfuerzos efectivos de prevención del acoso en el ambiente escolar. English Version

This infographic summarizes how discrimination and acculturation stress affects Hispanic and Latino children and youth mental health and the reasons for seeking mental health services. It also covers three promising evidence-based interventions that address the mental health needs of Hispanic and Latino children and youth. English and Spanish versions are available.

En esta infografía se resume como la discriminación y el estrés de aculturación afecta a los niños y jóvenes hispanos y latinos, también las razones para buscar servicios de salud mental. El documento incluye tres intervenciones prometedoras basadas en evidencia que aborda las necesidades de salud mental en esta población.

This document informs about the importance of students' mental health in school, the provision of school mental health services, and the role of social workers in the school setting. It also covers key elements for understanding and engaging Hispanic and Latino students and families into mental health care. 

The infographic highlights factors contributing to stress among Hispanic and Latino communities due to racial and ethnicity discrimination.

On October 28, MAPNET and NE-MHTTC hosted a webinar led by Manny Hernandez and Michelle West, who currently work in early psychosis programs in Massachusetts. The presenters discussed the importance of cultural responsiveness and and the inclusion of peer support in psychosis.   Practice Profile: Julia - Practicing Cultural Responsiveness Video   Presenters: Emmanuel (Manny) Hernandez Manny is a young adult peer coordinator at the Department of Mental Health. In that capacity, he works to help young adult’s live healthy lives by promoting systems change. He also, works towards the ongoing development of the young adult peer workforce.     Michelle West Michelle is a clinical psychologist with the CEDAR Clinic and with MAPNET. Her roles include providing direct care to young people and families experiences possible signs of risk for psychosis, and doing multiple types of teaching focused on early psychosis.

Robert Rosenheck, MD, provides an overview of Supported Housing and how it expands the range of mental health service delivery to address a non-medical need of critical importance to the well-being of adults with severe mental illness. Please click here to access the webinar.

Find our October newsletter here. You will find links to three online trainings we've developed, now available as self-paced continuing education courses through the HealtheKnowledge platform. We call out the two other regional TTCs; the Northwest Addiction Technology Transfer Center (ATTC) and Northwest Prevention Technology Transfer Center (PTTC), and highlight upcoming webinars produced by various TTCs.  You will find links to an important survey on Serious Mental Illness and Suicide Educational Needs, as well as School Mental Health Resources, a Mental Health First Aid Course, and a Call for Presentations to the 2020 Washington Behavioral Healthcare Conference next June in Kennewick, Washington. And more! Sign Up for the Northwest MHTTC Newsletter

October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM). In observance, we've assembled several resources in this newsletter related to workforce inclusion and mental health disability.

A Collaboration Between the Great Lakes MHTTC and the New England MHTTC Trauma-informed agencies and practitioners are essential to providing high quality behavioral health care. Data shows that a high percentage of individuals seeking behavioral health care have experienced some level of trauma in their lives. This three-part webinar series provides an overview of the principles of trauma-informed care, ways to implement it in your organization, and how it aligns with and promotes recovery-oriented practice. Access the webinar recordings:   Part 1: What is Trauma-Informed Care and Why Does it Matter?   Part 2: Recovery-Oriented Approaches Part 3: How to Implement Trauma-Informed Care

Southeast MHTTC  Newsletter Volume II, Issue 1 - October 2019

Every year we celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month and make strides to helping the broader U.S. society learn more about Hispanics as a group. This is important and we should continue to do so. But to truly begin to impact the health and mental health inequities impacting Latinx, we must go beyond the three F’s that characterize heritage months: food, fun, and festival. We need to better understand the significant differences in the very diverse Latinx community, from generational, linguistic, and acculturation differences among various Latinx subgroups, to geographic differences across the U.S. We must also truly understand that being Latinx is not sufficient to effectively work with Latinx communities, and that non-Latinx providers, who are the majority of providers, can learn to work effectively with the Latinx community. This 1-hour webinar targeted to Latinx and non-Latinx providers will help us begin to “unpack” Latinx diversity and discuss what this diversity means for service provision in health and behavioral health. At the conclusion of this webinar, participants will be able to: 1. Understand significant differences in the very diverse Latinx community, including generational, linguistic, acculturation, and geographic differences. 2. Discuss challenges in assuming that being Latinx is all we need to effectively work with Latinx clients. 3. List strategies to enlist non-Latinx providers in our efforts to address Latinx health and behavioral health inequities. 4. List strategies for increasing the competency and proficiency of all providers who work with Latinx communities.

This presentation will look at creative intervention strategies to address the continually evolving needs in a newcomer campus that works primarily with Latino students. We will discuss the spectrum of “traditional” mental health services as well as best practices that have been implemented, including the therapy bunny, garden, and restorative circles. An overview of the needs of the school and the students will be presented to provide background on the development and implementation of the intervention strategies. The challenges that have arisen, creative solutions that have been adopted and the unexpected successes will be shared to provide participants strategies that they can implement in their settings.   

Find our October 2019 newsletter here. In this issue we provide an overview of our Year 2 goals and work plan, share a new practice brief on Effective Programs to Address Trauma in Schools, and launch our Trauma and ISF webinar series.Take a look! Sign up for our School Mental Health Newsletter! Want more information and school mental health resources? Visit the Northwest MHTTC's School Mental Health page and sign up for our newsletter for regular updates about events, trainings, and resources available to the Northwest region.

Dr. Gina Bryanprovides an overview of how nurses support people with persistent and severe mental illness. This PowerPoint slide deck accompanies the recorded webinar Dr. Bryan presented for the Great Lakes MHTTC. The recorded webinar is also available in our Products and Resources Catalog and on our YouTube channel.

This webinar series will define adverse childhood experiences and child trauma, describe how they impact student health, learning, and behavior and discuss how schools can respond by becoming trauma-informed. Please click here to access the webinar.

This webinar series will define adverse childhood experiences and child trauma, describe how they impact student health, learning, and behavior and discuss how schools can respond by becoming trauma-informed. Please click here to access the webinar.

Recording of the webinar titled Chop Wood and Carry Water: Key Elements in Progressive Peer Workforce Practice, originally held on July 30, 2019.   Presentation Slides

Recording of the webinar Assessing Organizational and Systems Readiness for Access to Appropriate Care Levels, originally held on August 8, 2019.   Slide Presentation Older Adult Fact Sheet

Recording of the webinar titled "Suicide and Opioids," originally held on September 25, 2019.   Download the slides