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This is a recording of the November 30th, 2022 kickoff for the series Aging Out or Growing Together? Flipping the Youth Services Paradigm to Better Support Young Adulthood. The kickoff discussion, “Framing the Need for Responsive Young Adult Services,” was delivered by panelists Dr. Tiffani Marie, Sikander Iqbal, Lucero Herrera, and Kazani Finao. Our Region 9 Training Specialist Oriana Ides facilitated a discussion to address how organizational values, program design, implementation strategies, and long-term visions for young adults can expand to support their evolving needs. This session and those that follow are designed for agencies and individuals that serve transition-aged youth and young adults and explore themes specific to the needs of this age group.

This is a recording of the kickoff session for Creating Safe Spaces for Peer Support Providers and Incorporating Anti-racist Practices in Peer Support Delivery that took place on December 7, 2022. Session 1 featured a special guest, Javan Jones, of Jones Community Solutions and was facilitated by Evelyn Clark, CPC. They facilitated a group discussion on a variety of topics, including how to create safe spaces, the foundation of racism in our medical system, why mental advocacy should uplift BIPOC voices of lived experience, and more.  This series is recommended for peer support agencies and peer specialists who identify as Black, Indigenous, and people of color who work in mental health and cross-systems and allies to help support the BIPOC peer workforce.

View Session Recording The Northeast & Caribbean Mental Health Technology Transfer Center invites school leadership, faculty, and staff to participate in a training on the mental health literacy package, Classroom WISE, and the new companion training course, Cultural Inclusiveness and Equity WISE.     Classroom WISE Overview  Classroom WISE is a FREE 3-part training package that assists K-12 educators and school personnel in supporting the mental health of students in the classroom. Developed by the Mental Health Technology Transfer Center (MHTTC) Network in partnership with the National Center for School Mental Health (NCSMH), this package offers strategies and skills to engage and support student mental health needs in the classroom.    Cultural Inclusiveness and Equity WISE Overview  CIE WISE is a 2-hour, self-paced online course designed to promote cultural self-awareness and understanding of the impacts of social injustices on students. Learners will also be equipped with culturally inclusive and equitable strategies to promote student well-being and support students experiencing adversity, distress, and mental health concerns in the classroom.    Intended Audience  K-12 school leaders  K-12 teachers  School personnel    Webinar Learning Objectives  Increase understanding of Classroom WISE and CIE WISE development, structure, and content.   Learn strategies to promote student well-being and support students experiencing adversity, distress, and mental health challenges in the classroom.   Identify talking points and implementation ideas to support Classroom & CIE WISE utilization in schools or districts.  

The December issue of Northwest News provides information on support during the holidays, World AIDS Day, International Day of Persons with Disabilities and National Impaired Driving Prevention Month. We also include information on our upcoming webinar: 988 in Washington State: Sharing the Journey, our most recent podcast on Intersectionality of the Transitioning Veteran, free resources, and other training opportunities.

Exposure to traumatic and stressful events can impact the physical and mental health as well as overall well-being of families and providers of primary care. This 1-hour webinar will define and explore the impacts of trauma and ways health care organizations can provide trauma-informed care. Watch the webinar   Objectives: Summarize foundational overview of traumatic life experiences and outcomes Discuss what it means to be trauma-informed in primary care Review trauma-informed principles and domains integral to healthcare organizations Identify strategies to successfully implement trauma-informed care Authors: Grandgenett, H. M., Morton, A., and Clarke, B. Contributors: Zivny, S., Albin, A., West, H., Burt, J., and Roberts, H. Learn more about Implementing Trauma-Informed Practices in Pediatric Integrated Primary Care

  This 4-part learning series goes over cultural formulation within different categories and offers strategies to implement.  Session 1: The Value of Person-Centered Cultural Assessment in Clinical Practice (November 10, 2022)  This presentation will describe the role of culture in the experience of and presentation of mental health problems by individuals seeking care and in assessments and treatments offered by providers. The value of a person-centered cultural assessment will be presented, focusing on cultural concepts of distress, social determinants of mental health, and treatment planning and engagement. The Cultural Formulation Interview will be introduced, a standardized method for person-centered assessment that appeared in DSM-5.    Roberto Lewis-Fernadez, MD  Roberto Lewis-Fernández MD is a Professor of Clinical Psychiatry at Columbia University; at New York State Psychiatric Institute, he is Director of the NYS Center of Excellence for Cultural Competence, Director of the Hispanic Treatment Program, and Research Area Leader for Anxiety, Mood, Eating, and Related Disorders. His research develops culturally congruent interventions and instruments to enhance patient engagement, reduce misdiagnosis, and help overcome disparities in the care of underserved cultural groups. He led the development of the DSM-5 Cultural Formulation Interview, a standardized cultural assessment protocol, and was the Principal Investigator (PI) of its international field trial. He has been PI or co-Investigator of 27 National Institutes of Health-funded studies and other research, and published over 225 articles, chapters, and books on culture-related topics in mental health. He is immediate past president of the World Association of Cultural Psychiatry, president-elect of the American Psychopathological Association, chair of the Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry Cultural Committee, and chair of the DSM Review Committee for Internalizing Disorders.  He was chair of the DSM-5-TR Culture-Related Issues Review Committee as well as co-chair of the DSM-5-TR Work Group on Ethnoracial Equity and Inclusion and the ICD-11 Working Group on Culture-Related Issues.   To access resources from this session, click DOWNLOAD above CLICK HERE to view the recording Session 2: Personalized Cultural Assessment through the Cultural Formulation Interview (CFI) (November 17, 2022)  This presentation introduces clinicians from all professional backgrounds to the concept of person-centered care and how the Cultural Formulation Interview can help them completed a personalized cultural assessment. It defines person-centered care. It goes through the underlying theories of the CFI to show how a person-centered assessment avoids stereotyping patients or assuming that group traits are valid for the person in front of us. It closes by showing how information elicited through the CFI can be used to personalize diagnostic assessment and treatment planning.    Neil Krishan Aggarwal  Dr. Neil Krishan Aggarwal is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry at Columbia University and Research Psychiatrist at the New York State Psychiatric Institute. He has been a consultant to the DSM-5 Cross-Cultural Issues Subgroup for over a decade and managed the international field trial for the CFI that took place in 6 countries and enrolled 75 clinicians with 321 patients. His work on the CFI has been funded through the American Psychiatric Association, National Institute of Mental Health, and Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.   To access resources from this session, click DOWNLOAD above CLICK HERE to view the recording Session 3: Cultural and Linguistic Considerations in Person-Centered Care in Rural and Indigenous Latino Communities (December 8th, 2022)    Sergio Aguilar-Gaxiola, MD, PhD To access resources from this session, click DOWNLOAD above CLICK HERE to view the recording Session 4: Cultural Formulation Interviews in American Indian Communities (December 15, 2022) This presentation will provide attendees information to help contextualize assessment and diagnosis in American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) communities in a way that honors and respects the culture of AI/AN populations.   Maria Brave Heart Dr. Brave Heart, Hunkpapa and Oglala Lakota, is Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Director of Native American and Disparities Research in the University of New Mexico's Division of Community Behavioral Health. Previously, Brave Heart was on the faculty at Columbia University School of Social Work and was a research team member with the Hispanic Treatment Program of New York State Psychiatric Institute/Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. She was also on faculty at the University of Denver Graduate School of Social Work. Dr. Brave Heart has dedicated her research and work to address historical trauma and multicultural, diversity, equity and racial issues; specifically, how systemic racism impacts mental health in American Indian (AI) communities.     Deidre Yellowhair Dr. Yellowhair, Diné/Navajo (she/her/hers) is currently a Clinical Psychology Post-Doctoral Fellow at the University of New Mexico (UNM) with a clinical rotation in the Pueblo of San Felipe. Dr. Yellowhair also serves as the Project Director for the TRIBES Grant through the Department of Community Behavioral Health at UNM. Dr. Yellowhair graduated from Western Michigan University with a Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology and completed her pre-doctoral training at UNM. She also received her Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology from Western Michigan University and bachelor degrees in Psychology and English from Fort Lewis College. Originally from Arizona, she has dedicated her research and studies to addressing historical trauma and multicultural, diversity, equity and racial issues. Her current focus is further training and being mentored in how systemic racism impacts mental health in American Indian (AI) communities and learning how to intervene with grants, advocacy and policy.    To access resources from this session, click DOWNLOAD above CLICK HERE to view the recording

Download the presentation slides here About the Session The Community Resiliency Model (CRM)® is a skills-based wellness and prevention program that provides a biological, non-stigmatizing perspective on normal human reactions to stress and trauma.  The primary focus of this stabilization program is to learn to reset the natural balance of the nervous system. CRM skills help people understand their nervous system and learn to track sensations connected to their own wellbeing. CRM, developed at the Trauma Resource Institute by Elaine Miller-Karas is both restorative and preventive (Miller-Karas, 2015).  CRM is a low-intensity intervention which teaches easy-to-learn skills to manage the agitation, anxiety, numbness, sadness, and despair of emotional dysregulation, which can be brought on by stressful personal or professional situations. CRM is trauma-informed and resiliency-focused. CRM skills are useful for self-care. They can be taught as a peer-to-peer program in a variety of contexts. School workers, healthcare providers, educators, and other frontline helpers can apply CRM skills in any setting: schools, medical/counseling centers, pre-school settings, home visits, faith communities, and crisis situations in the field.  The skills can help prevent burnout.   CRM is a valuable resource for individuals coping with chronic stressors such as physical pain, addiction, and grief and loss.  A range of persons that suffer the effects of cumulative trauma (e.g., violence, poverty, racism, homophobia) benefit from these tools.   Objectives Describe how stress and trauma affect mental and physical health. Explore how current challenges fit into CRM’s framework for understanding stress and trauma. Describe how CRM can protect and heal via sensory-motor awareness. Explain how you can share CRM skills with others as a “CRM Guide”   Trainers Dr. Linda Grabbe, PhD, FNP-BC, PMHNP-BC, FAAN Dr. Grabbe is a board-certified Family and Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner and Adjunct Professor at Emory University School of Nursing. Her clinical expertise is in primary care and mental health care for homeless or incarcerated women and youth, providing Community Resilience Model (CRM) training in group settings.  Her interests include public mental health, trauma-informed care, the neurobiology of trauma and resilience, social justice, and social determinants of mental health.  Dr. Grabbe is a healthcare provider with Community Advanced Practice Nurses, a small non-profit organization that operates a network of clinics in Atlanta homeless shelters for women, children, and youth.  Dr. Grabbe’s published work includes The Trauma Resiliency Model: A “Bottom-Up” Intervention for Trauma Psychotherapy and research on the impact of a brief Community Resiliency Model training on the wellbeing of women in substance abuse treatment, as well as two randomized controlled trials of the Community Resiliency Model on wellbeing, resiliency, burnout, and secondary traumatic stress in front-line health workers. She is on the University of New Mexico ECHO team for the Behavioral Health Professional Workforce Resiliency Program: Creating Cultures of Wellness & Resiliency.   Bria Davis, BA Bria Davis has a degree in criminal justice and has taught CRM for 3 years in weekly sessions with homeless youth in Atlanta.  She has also taught CRM to groups of school counselors and social service providers across the State of Georgia, as well as justice-involved youths and their families in Atlanta.  She has assisted California’s Trauma Resource Institute leadership in week-long CRM Teacher Trainings.

This is a recording of Part 1 in the Getting Grief-Ready at Work: A Starter Kit Workshop Series, that took place on November 28, 2022.   In this workshop series, the Pacific Southwest MHTTC's Field Director, Leora Wolf-Prusan, Ed.D, Dr. David J Schonfeld of the National Center for School Crisis & Bereavement, and Mary Pauline Diaz-Frasene of the Dinner Party teamed up to lead a text-study exploration of Fostering Grief Ready Workplaces: A Starter Kit for Mental Health and School Mental Health Leadership.   This Starter Kit offers a review of essential guidelines and evidence-based practices to cultivate a grief-sensitive culture. The workshop series is an accompaniment for the Starter Kit and is intended to serve anyone interested in being grief sensitive, including school and mental health leaders, providers, and professionals.   Part 1 in the Starter Kit Workshop Series offers opportunities to hear questions, discussion, and discourse on the following: •    Grief Readiness: The Basics & How Grief Impacts our Workforce •    Self-reflection: How Grief Ready am I? Is my Team? Is my System? •    Approaching Grief Readiness with a Power Analysis: Cultural Sensitivity and Anti-Racism at Work

This is a recording of Part 2 in the Getting Grief-Ready at Work: A Starter Kit Workshop Series, that took place on December 5, 2022. In this workshop series, the Pacific Southwest MHTTC's School Mental Health Field Director, Leora Wolf-Prusan, EdD, Dr. David J Schonfeld of the National Center for School Crisis & Bereavement, and Mary Pauline Diaz-Frasene of the Dinner Party teamed up to lead a text-study exploration of Fostering Grief Ready Workplaces: A Starter Kit for Mental Health and School Mental Health Leadership.   This Starter Kit offers a review of essential guidelines and evidence-based practices to cultivate a grief-sensitive culture. The workshop series is a dynamic accompaniment for the Starter Kit and is intended to serve anyone interested in being grief sensitive, including leaders, providers, and professionals.   Part 2 in the Starter Kit Workshop Series offers opportunities to hear questions, discussion, and discourse on the following: •    Implementation Science and Grief Readiness at Work: The Stages to Navigating and Confronting Loss at Work •    Being a Manager, Supervisor, or Leader in the Context of Loss •    Crafting a Grief Readiness Plan (including: Exploring your Bereavement Leave Policies

Recording of the event Race-Based Stress & Psychosis, originally held on December 13, 2022.   Presentation slides

  What if, when struggling, your instinct was to motivate and encourage yourself rather than blame and criticize? To access resources from this session, click DOWNLOAD above CLICK HERE to view the recording Event Description We can all be our harshest critics sometimes, so, in this workshop, Christina Ruggerio, RP, our Mindful Monday trainer, will introduce participants to one of their lesser-known motivators: self-compassion.    Participants will learn how developing a strong sense of self-compassion will benefit them and deepen their resilience during challenging moments. In addition to a brief lecture/discussion, participants will have the opportunity to engage in experiential exercises that will help them start engaging with and building their own skill of self-compassion immediately.    Join us for this valuable Workshop Wednesday training and give yourself the gift of a regular practice of self-compassion this holiday season.  By the end of this workshop participants will:    Understand what self-compassion is as well as the benefits of practicing it regularly.    Recognize when their inner critic is present, and consciously shift into a response of self-compassion.    Take away exercises to practice outside of the workshop and build on the skill of self-compassion.      This workshop is draws from information and research done by the founder of self-compassion practice, Kristin Neff. Trainer Christina Ruggerio, RP

  This infographic is based on information from the live webinar Updates to the DSM-5-TR that was hosted by our partners at the Ohio Association of County Behavioral Health Authorities (OACBHA) and presented by Jennifer Haywood, MSW, LISW, LICDC. 

In this discussion, a refugee community leader and pediatric health service researcher shared challenges and opportunities to support mental health needs of refugee and immigrant families. They highlighted promising opportunities for partnership and support for immigrant and refugee children and families through direct connection and communication with community partners and families. Watch the event recording from November 16, 2022.

Once considered the product of genius or divine inspiration, creativity--the ability to spot problems and devise smart solutions--is now recognized as a prized and teachable skill. Study of creativity is unfortunately not part of the formal curricular instruction in most academic healthcare settings. Creativity positively impacts clinical care, teaching effectiveness, and breakthroughs in research. However, time constraints, limited opportunities for fresh observations, and emotional exhaustion seem to have restricted our ability to cultivate creativity in our chore filled and task-oriented lives. Creativity thus becomes a valuable tool to mitigate the destructive impact of burnout in healthcare workers. Watch a recording of this event with Vineeth John, MD, MBA from November 18, 2022.

This talk with Jasmine Mote, Ph.D., a licensed clinical psychologist and Research Assistant Professor at Boston University, reviewed current knowledge on social isolation and loneliness for individuals with psychosis spectrum disorders and discussed evidence-based strategies for addressing loneliness in treatment. Watch a recording of this December 2, 2022 event. Access additional resources from the presenter. This event was co-sponsored by MAPNET.

Spirituality and religion can play a significant role in the promotion of health for patients from faith communities, yet these aspects of our patients' identity are often not integrated into their care. For example, many Muslim Americans believe their mental health issues may be linked to spiritual or metaphysical causes and seek clinicians to incorporate spirituality and religion into their treatment plans. However, current literature suggests that clinicians often feel inadequate at integrating religious and spiritual nuances into patient care. This workshop with Dr. Rania Awaad M.D., Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the Stanford University School of Medicine, aimed to provide clinicians the knowledge and framework to better address the needs of their Muslim patients. To facilitate this goal, this workshop included research-informed, key concepts in improving clinical report with Muslim patients. The goal was for participants to leave this training with improved competency, comfort, and skill in meaningfully providing whole-person care for their Muslim patients with serious mental illness. This event took place on December 7, 2022.

About the Community of Practice:  In a crisis, school mental health leaders help a school community build a collective coping system; navigate overwhelming situations; and stay attuned to how various members are activated by different events, experience shared events differently, and have varying recovery and renewal needs. And, this work can be incredibly overwhelming, lonely, and isolating. It doesn’t have to be though: our greatest source of support comes from creating space to resource ourselves, resource each other, and to then resource the school communities we lead.   Join the Southeast MHTTC for the first session in a three-part coaching series for school leaders. Facilitated by the School Crisis Recovery & Renewal project, we are offering three sessions to engage in self & collective reflection. The series is an extended learning opportunity following Parts 1-6 of the collective trauma webinar series; you do not need to have attended all the webinars to attend the CoP, though it is highly recommended. You can view parts 1-6 here.   What can you expect from these CoP sessions? Application of theory, interactive breakouts, peer coaching, and bringing the frameworks to life (including workshopping how to translate framework language like “healing” into the contexts and communities in which you lead).   Session Overview:  Session 3 focuses on our school mental health crisis renewal leadership skills and approaches. We will provide a dialogue space to explore how to lead from a trauma-organized stance to a “healing-organized” stance. We will also discuss how to partner with faith based organizations, students, and diverse voices in the aftermath of a crisis.   Session Objectives:  Enhance knowledge, skills and capacities related to school crisis recovery & renewal leadership Identify 1-3 practices to begin or continue implementing that strengthen a trauma-informed crisis leadership approach

About this Resource:  The prevalence and impact of trauma is undeniable. Statistics show that as many as 90% of the people who enter the public behavioral health system have experienced trauma. The adverse childhood experiences study (ACE) demonstrates the correlation between early childhood adversity and negative health outcomes in adulthood, including heart disease, cancer, substance misuse and mental health challenges. Our series Trauma and the Peer Perspective will examine the myriad of ways trauma is defined, how trauma is often addressed within behavioral health systems, and how trauma informed peer support and services can be a game changer. Mental Health and the Holidays (Part 3) Description: “It’s the most wonderful time of the year” a popular holiday carol proclaims, but for many, the holidays bring stress, family discord, anxiety, and depression. This webinar featured Certified Peer Specialists exploring the challenges that come with the holiday season and discussed connections and resources they have used to support themselves and others through what might be a difficult time. Learning objectives: 1. Gain insight into how our Mental Health is challenged during the Holiday Season 2. Understand the importance of connection particularly during the Holiday Season 3. Learn about holiday resources, supports and events

This is an invited report on implementation science for SAMHSA leadership. The purpose is to provide an overview of the emerging science of implementation, and to suggest implications for SAMHSA’s leadership, administrative and funding role in the delivery of behavioral health services in the US. The report is a rapid response, and one interpretation of a broad, complex and dynamic field. The report organizes and interprets implementation science by a selection of the most robust, trailblazing frameworks that lend to ease of application and real-world relevance. In addition, these frameworks are widely adopted, prominent, and the subject of active research programs—so continued use and refinement is ongoing.

  The Great Lakes Current is the e-newsletter of the Great Lakes ATTC, MHTTC, and PTTC.   The November‒December 2022 issue honors National Impaired Driving Prevention Month (December) by sharing resources and media from SAMHSA's "Talk. They Hear You.®" campaign for underage drinking prevention. This issue also features prevention-focused HealtheKnowledge courses, two new Counselor's Corner blog posts about the relationship between SUD and music, the Great Lakes ATTC's "Embracing Change" article on the ATTC/NIATx Service Improvement Blog, and even more brand new products and resources from HHS Region 5. 

It is with great pleasure I share with you the School Mental Health Program Report. The National American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Technology Transfer Center, K – 12 School Mental Health Program, in collaboration with Native Educators and those working with indigenous youth across the country, have been working to help provide culturally informed, knowledge, and evidence-based approaches to improve mental health services in schools serving Native youth.

In this session of the 2022 ABC Summit, an overview of the Communities In Schools (CIS) model is shared, followed by descriptions of how different local Texas affiliates have partnered with schools and community organizations in their regions to address the mental health needs of students and staff.   Download the slides   Download session resources: Example Referral Form to Laredo CIS Example Referral Form United ISD to PILLAR Example Referral Form Laredo ISD to PILLAR

In this session of the 2022 ABC Summit, local districts and their regional partners share their experience in developing Tier 2 supports for students, including procedures to identify and support students at risk of suicide.   Download Session Resources: Mansfield ISD Hope Squad Hope Squad Information Packet Hope Squad Fact Sheet Links to Alice ISD Mental Health Program Suicide Safer Schools Roadmap  

In this session of the 2022 ABC Summit, representatives from Texas Health and Human Services Commission provide an overview of children's mental health services, substance use prevention and mental health promotion, and substance use treatment and recovery supports.   Download the slides   Download session resources: Frequently Asked Questions handout