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View Session Recording The COVID-19 pandemic forced many mental health organizations to rapidly modify services that are typically provided in-person to remote delivery via telehealth. Now as social distancing restrictions are lifted, you have to decide how your services will look going forward. This series of 6 sessions will help you think about how telebehavioral health services could continue to be utilized, how to think about investing for telebehavioral health, and what you need to do now for long-term success.   Session Objectives: Identify the future service opportunities using digital services Understand the benefits and challenges of digital services List areas to consider in costs, potential barriers, and adoption issues Discern and overcome selection, management, and adoption issues when planning for and developing digital health services

Recording for Session 6: Rollout Lessons: Recommendations for Training, Known Issues with Provider Training, and Lessons Learned

Recording for Session 5: What Behavioral Health and Digital Mental Health Infrastructure to Build Now and What Can Be Built Later

Recording for Session 4: Future Planning and Investment for Telebehavioral Health and Digital Mental Health Services

Recording for Session 3: Return on Investment for Telebehavioral Health and Digital Mental Health Services

Recording for Session 2: The Evidence-Base for Telebehavioral Health and Digital Mental Health Services

Session recording for Session 1: The Future of Telebehavioral Health and Digital Mental Health Services

View Session Recording The COVID-19 pandemic forced many mental health organizations to rapidly modify services that are typically provided in-person to remote delivery via telehealth. Now as social distancing restrictions are lifted, you have to decide how your services will look going forward. This series of 6 sessions will help you think about how telebehavioral health services could continue to be utilized, how to think about investing for telebehavioral health, and what you need to do now for long-term success.   Session Objectives: Why? Known issues with provider training Lessons learned Applying lessons learned

View Session Recording The COVID-19 pandemic forced many mental health organizations to rapidly modify services that are typically provided in-person to remote delivery via telehealth. Now as social distancing restrictions are lifted, you have to decide how your services will look going forward. This series of 6 sessions will help you think about how telebehavioral health services could continue to be utilized, how to think about investing for telebehavioral health, and what you need to do now for long-term success. Session Objectives: Reimbursable telehealth services Identify opportunities of profitability in the telemental health & DS Identify challenges of profitability in the telemental health & DS Creating a positive telemental health ROI

    Explore all the Adult Resilience Curriculum for Health Professionals modules: ARC for Health Professionals   You might like: ARC for Educators Professional Well-Being                

    Explore all the Adult Resilience Curriculum for Health Professionals modules: ARC for Health Professionals   You might like: ARC for Educators Professional Well-Being      

Electronic newsletter of the Great Lakes ATTC, MHTTC, and PTTC.  August 2021 issue features Counselor's Corner blog, new products, and complete calendar of events for each program. 

      Explore all the Adult Resilience Curriculum for Health Professionals modules: ARC for Health Professionals   You might like: ARC for Educators Professional Well-Being            

    Explore all the Adult Resilience Curriculum for Health Professionals modules: ARC for Health Professionals   You might like: ARC for Educators Professional Well-Being      

      Explore all the Adult Resilience Curriculum for Health Professionals modules: ARC for Health Professionals   You might like: ARC for Educators Professional Well-Being        

Healthcare workers with all levels of education and training provide essential care and support to our New England population. Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, this workforce has worked harder and longer to ensure that we were able to access healthcare services, often putting their physical and mental health and well-being on the line. Now, after more than a year of working during this ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease and managing their own personal challenges, healthcare providers are experiencing high levels of stress, vicarious trauma, emotional exhaustion, compassion fatigue, and burnout. This added burden puts them at risk for stress-related medical problems, mental conditions, and substance misuse, as well as increased risk for leaving their profession altogether. The pandemic has disproportionately affected Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) employees and their families, who are also experiencing racial inequality in the workplace and society. On July 28, the second webinar in our series will feature presenters that recognized the struggles faced by their BIPOC employees and colleagues during COVID-19 and took steps to address their needs proactively. Our presenters will discuss emerging and best practices specific to creating equitable supports that promote the well-being of BIPOC employees.   Event moderated by: Daryl McGraw, MS, Senior Manager of Racial Justice and Equity, C4 Innovations   Presenter(s): 1) Machiste L. Rankin was born in Syracuse, N.Y., and raised in Providence, R.I.  The youngest of seven, Machiste's father is a career U.S. Navy veteran, and his mother was a homemaker who sadly lost her battle with cancer in 1993.  Machiste attended school in the City of Providence Public School System.  A former State of R.I. Correctional Officer (13 years of service), and graduate of Bristol Community College (degree in Criminal Justice and certificate of Law Enforcement) and member of Phi Theta Kappa, he now acts as the Chairman of the Advocacy Committee for RICares (Rhode Island Communities for Addiction and Recovery Efforts), Community Engagement Coordinator, and Outreach Specialist.  He is also a former Acting Chairman, Vice-Chairman, and current member of The Providence External Review Authority. He is the father of two incredible children who inspire his every deed.  Lastly, he is a man in long-term recovery from Alcohol Use Disorder.    2) Regina P. Wilson, PhD completed her Master’s Degree and Doctorate in Clinical Psychology at the University of Connecticut.  She has been licensed by the State of Connecticut since 2000.  Dr. Wilson has been in private practice for the past 17 years but she has over 25 years of clinical work experience. In her professional career, Dr. Wilson has worked in variety of settings including child guidance, and inpatient and outpatient psychiatric facilities.  She has also provided clinical and administrative supervisor for clinical graduate students at the University of Connecticut, Department of Psychology Mental Health Clinic.   Her therapeutic approach is a more integrative, dynamic and holistic approach that involves a partnership with her clients to utilize their strengths and assets in meeting their therapeutic goals using evidence-based treatment modalities.  She tends to utilize a variety of techniques including but not limited to Trauma-informed treatment approaches, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Solution Focused, Psychoeducation, Behavior Modification, and Dialectic Behavioral Therapy.  While Dr. Wilson has worked with a multitude of clinical issues and diverse populations, she has specialty in the areas of trauma, sexual abuse, and domestic violence.   Besides psychotherapy, she also conducts psychological evaluations.  In addition, she is trained in EMDR. Dr. Wilson is also a board member and Vice President of the CT BIPOC Mental Health & Wellness Initiative where she has conducted numerous psychoeducational and healing forums for the BIPOC community.   In addition, she is a Level 2, Reiki healer who seeks to bridge energy healing with psychotherapy.  Dr. Wilson has sought to expand her knowledge of alternative healing practices through trainings on Shamanism, involvement in Indigenous practices such as sweat lodges, and sound healing.     

Download the presentation slides here Classroom WISE is a free, 6-hour mental health literacy online course for teachers and school staff with brief, high-impact training videos and accompanying website (www.classroomwise.org). This course was developed with input from educators, students, and school mental health leaders, co-developed by the National Center for School Mental Health and the SAMHSA-funded Mental Health Technology Center Network. During this learning session Dr. Nancy Level provided an overview of Classroom WISE Module 3: Fostering Social Emotional Competencies and Well-Being. Dr. Lever also lead discussion around how these modules align with existing initiatives and supports and explored effective approaches to roll out the Classroom Wise in local schools. There are three additional sessions this summer to support Classroom WISE implementation in the Southeast, register for upcoming sessions here!   Session 2 Learning Objectives: 1. Increase understanding of Classroom WISE Module 3 structure and content. 2. Increase understanding of best practices to effectively support Classroom WISE adoption and implementation in local school systems. 3. Promote cross-state networking and shared learning about best practices in school mental health system implementation of school staff training materials.

>>> Click the blue "View Resource" button above to access <<< The Northwest and Pacific Southwest MHTTC provided a series that explores the ISF framework by examining and redesigning systems (structures and leadership) that are equitable by using data to support practices (services and supports) needed to promote wellness for all. What is the Interconnected Systems Framework? The Interconnected Systems Framework (ISF) promotes using a single system of delivery for educational and mental health support in schools. ISF offers a solution to the challenge of meeting the needs of the whole child. ISF is a structure and process that maximizes effectiveness and efficiency by blending the strengths of school and community mental health with strengths of the multi-tiered framework of PBIS (Barrett, Eber, Weist, 2013). Acknowledgments The ISF series that started in 2019 and continues in 2021 would not have been possible without the thought leadership and vision stewarded by the Pacific Southwest and Northwest MHTTCs, the Center on PBIS and the National ISF Leadership Team. Questions? Contact your MHTTC Center! Northwest MHTTC Email: [email protected] Phone: 206-744-9327 Pacific Southwest MHTTC Email: [email protected] Phone: 844-856-1749 Want more information and school mental health resources? Visit the Northwest MHTTC's School Mental Health page and sign up for our monthly newsletter for regular updates about events, trainings, and resources available to the Northwest region.

  How to Effectively Address Compassion Fatigue by Building Resiliency; HHS Region 8 Access slide deck with the green download button above Click here to watch the recording   Session Description Compassion Fatigue has become a familiar but not necessarily well-understood term during the pandemic. Taking the time to understand the elements that comprise compassion fatigue and their direct impact on a person’s physical, emotional, and psychological well-being can assist a person in developing effective strategies to address stress in their lives before it becomes overwhelming. Participants learned about compassion fatigue and ways to minimize its impact by building resiliency through research-based practices.   After attending this session, participants can expect to:   Recognize the symptoms of compassion fatigue and how it impacts an individual physically, emotionally, and psychologically. Understand the difference between compassion fatigue and burnout and how to take steps to address the different conditions.  Learn simple, research-based resiliency-building practices to begin using immediately.   Trainer Christina Ruggiero, CCC, RP Christina Ruggiero (she/her) is a Registered Psychotherapist in Ontario, Canada, currently working full-time as a mental health counsellor for students attending Queens, University. She obtained her Honours Bachelor of Science in Psychology at the University of Toronto, before pursuing her Master’s degree in Counselling Psychology at Adler University in Vancouver, BC. She finds great meaning in educating individuals about mental health, and reducing the stigma associated with mental illness. During her graduate degree, she created an anti-stigma training module for students and staff to use at Simon Fraser University, believing that change involves education and experiential components, including self-awareness and reflection. She continues this method training students and staff at Queens in mental health awareness, compassion fatigue, and distress support.

  Building Resilience Among Providers During a Global Health Pandemic (4-Part Series) Access slide decks and toolkit with the green download link above Session descriptions and recordings below   Providing physical or behavioral healthcare to others during the global health pandemic can lead to increased levels of stress, fear, anxiety, burnout, frustration, and other strong emotions. It is imperative that physical and behavioral healthcare providers recognize personal signs of mental fatigue, are given supports in their organization to ensure continued productivity and quality care, and are provided with tools to learn how to cope and build resilience. This training series has been developed to encourage self-care and to assist in building resilience among physical and behavioral healthcare providers amidst the global health pandemic.   Session One: Understanding the Impact of a Public Health Crisis on Medical and Behavioral Healthcare Providers   This session will outline common terms, introduce compassion fatigue, and discuss the impact of moral injury and traumatic stress. Speakers will also present a toolkit that has been developed to assist providers and their organizations in building resiliency.   Watch the recording here   Session Two: Home Life, Clinical Care, and Work Relationships: Causes of Stress and Resiliency Building for Providers   Presenters will discuss home life stressors, challenges of managing work relationships during a time of crisis, and the current issues facing providers as they work to provide quality care during a public health emergency. This session will also offer specific solutions and key resources for fostering resilience and balancing demands of home life, clinical care, and professional relationships during a pandemic.   Watch the recording here   Session Three: Preventing and Responding to Grief, Loss, and Secondary Traumatic Stress among Providers   Providers are experiencing loss of normalcy, loss of routine, and other ambiguous loss. Many may also be dealing with grief over the loss of a loved one, or the loss of numerous patients. Compounding this sense of loss and grief, providers commonly carry their patients’ stories with them. It is important that providers connect with their patients. If providers feel nothing, then they cannot connect as strongly and may not be able to optimize patient care. However, this connection, especially during a pandemic, can lead to secondary traumatic stress (STS). This session will address signs and symptoms of grief and loss among providers that have been present during the pandemic, and will describe secondary traumatic stress. Presenters will also offer ways to prevent and respond to these experiences at both an organizational and individual level.   Watch the recording here   Session Four: Promoting Resiliency at an Organizational Level   Research indicates that, although efforts to promote resilience at an individual level are important, addressing characteristics of the external environment are at least as important. Absence of organizational and leadership support for provider distress during COVID-19 may adversely impact organizational resilience, patient safety, and staff retention. Providers cannot sustain their own well-being without the support of their leadership. Targets for improvement at the organizational level include ensuring:   Organizational efficiency through identifying inefficient workplace processes. A transformational work culture. Correction of any negative leadership behaviors.   Watch the recording here

  Interactional and Dynamic Relationships - Workshop Wednesday Session Access slide deck with the green download button above Click here to watch the recording   Session Description This training examined the interactional nature of relationships and how mirror neurons, the group of brain cells that activate when we see someone doing something, contribute to our interpretation and reactions to intentional and unintentional messages from our shared environment. Some common examples of how mirror neurons work in our daily lives include:   Mirror neurons are responsible for yawning when we see someone else yawn. These neurons also act when we see someone sad or crying, and in turn, feel sad.  The same thing happens with smiling or laughing. The way laughter can be contagious.   Debra Brownlee, Ph.D., explored how our human design predisposes us to impact and be impacted by others and how we understand and misunderstand the actions of others. As we move closer to post-pandemic life, achieving a better understanding of the messages we send and receive from our environment can help us to support one another more fully.   After attending this session, participants can expect to:   Understand what mirror neurons are and how they influence our shared environments, particularly our relationships.  Recognize how the signals we may be sending can result in unintentional misunderstandings in our work and personal relationships. Learn strategies designed to support ourselves and others as we transition into post-pandemic life.     Trainer Debra Brownlee, PhD

Young people who have experienced psychosis and their families may have unanswered questions about the COVID-19 vaccine. With walk-in vaccine appointments now available across Massachusetts, this panel of early psychosis peer specialists and local vaccine experts are here to share their experiences.   This presentation and open conversation focused on the COVID-19 vaccine, equity, and mental health. You can read more at www.mapnet.online/covid19-vaccine.   Panelists Mary LaSalvia, MD; Division of Infectious Disease, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Victoria Shokunbi, RN, MSN; Nurse Educator, Massachusetts Department of Mental Health Robert Walker, CPS; Office of Recovery and Empowerment, Massachusetts Department of Mental Health Joshua Cairns, CPS; Recovery Counselor, Prevention & Recovery in Early Psychosis (PREP) Program Tammie Badura, CPS; Certified Peer Specialist, Prevention & Recovery in Early Psychosis (PREP) Program

Original broadcast date: June 8, 2021 This webinar recording describes steps and strategies to establishing a virtual private practice. Viewers will learn about the use of social media and websites, gain insight into billing procedures, and managing crisis protocols when establishing a virtual private practice. This presentation is particularly tailored to the distinct need for and challenges of establishing a virtual private practice during the COVID-19 pandemic. Learn from a licensed clinical social worker with over 10 years of clinical experience who developed a thriving online practice with over 4.5K followers on Instagram and at least 20 consistent clients. This presentation provides Ms. Osborne’s lessons learned, recommendations, and best practices developed over the past 1.5 years in the private practice world.

No one knows better than registered nurse Denesha McGhee-Hill that we have to lean on our connections with others to help us weather difficult experiences. McGhee-Hill started working on a medical surgical floor in February 2020 and, like many nurses at the time, quickly transitioned into treating COVID-19 patients. In addition to learning to bear the typical stressors of patient care, she was on the front lines as the world came to find out just how devastating the COVID-19 virus would be. In this episode of Burnout Busters, join us for a conversation with McGhee-Hill about how relationships — be it with a partner, family member, colleague, or mentor — provide support during difficult times in our personal and professional lives and help us maintain perspective on life. -- Denesha McGhee-Hill is a registered nurse on a medical surgical floor at Nebraska Medicine. Since early 2020, she has treated countless COVID-19 patients by day (and sometimes night) and then come home to resume her other life roles as mother, spouse, and role model. Prior to her work as a front-line nurse amid a pandemic, Denesha spent four years as a clinical licensed practical nurse (LPN), splitting her time between two Nebraska Medicine clinical sites. Her main base site at this time was the Girls Inc. Health Center. During her time here, she was the pioneer and point person for the Allied Health Professionals (AHP) program, which provided free STI testing to individuals ages 14-24. She performed these tests and educated clients on making safe and conscious decisions pertaining to consensual sexual activities. Denesha is a fierce advocate for her patients, other nurses, and herself, making her the perfect person to sit down with us and discuss techniques for managing individual well-being under strenuous circumstances. In particular, we'll hear how she leaned on personal connections and her community through these times. -- Remember, you can use the hashtag #mhttcbyebyeburnout to share your well-being journey with us and others! Learn more at https://bit.ly/BurnoutBustersThePodcast