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Description: This webinar will provide an explanation of cultural competency along with the strengths and challenges of implementation. Participants will develop an understanding of both professional and consumer experiences of cultural competency within the workplace.   Learning Objectives Describe cultural competence including the challenges encountered in the workplace. Discuss strategies to incorporate cultural competence and diversity in healthcare to deliver effective quality care for all patients. Identify strengths of cultural competence in your workplace and how the team provides successful patient centered care.   Download the Toolkit: Cultural Competence Toolkit Learn more about Healing Roots: Considerations for Mental Health Accessibility and Delivery of Services Across Tribal Communities  

  Watch the webinar.    Description: This webinar will provide an explanation of cultural competency along with the strengths and challenges of implementation. Participants will develop an understanding of both professional and consumer experiences of cultural competency within the workplace.   Learning Objectives Describe cultural competence including the challenges encountered in the workplace.  Discuss strategies to incorporate cultural competence and diversity in healthcare to deliver effective quality care for all patients. Identify strengths of cultural competence in your workplace and how the team provides successful patient centered care.    Download the Toolkit: Cultural Competence Toolkit   Learn more about Healing Roots: Considerations for Mental Health Accessibility and Delivery of Services Across Tribal Communities

Watch the webinar.   Description:  Join us to learn how to leverage data collection to analyze and drive work forward. Hear about the trends in the behavioral health workforce including what has been seen during BHECN’s more than ten years of functioning and analyzing new data endeavors to better understand timely challenges facing the field.   Learning Objectives: Explain the tools used to track and survey Nebraska’s behavioral health workforce. Compare behavioral health workforce data pre and post retention efforts based on BHECN's outreach program data collection and analysis. Explain real-time data collection efforts to understand the challenges that behavioral health professionals are experiencing.   Speaker:   Shinobu Watanabe-Galloway, PhD Shinobu Watanabe-Galloway, PhD, joined BHECN as Research Director in August 2016. Dr. Watanabe-Galloway’s focus is on strengthening BHECN's workforce evaluation and reporting efforts to produce evidence-based practices. She has been instrumental in publishing a semi-annual Nebraska Behavioral Health Workforce Analysis for BHECN since 2011. This project uses data obtained from UNMC, the College of Public Health (COPH), and the Health Professions Tracking Service (HPTS) annual survey database. BHECN and COPH also developed the Nebraska Behavioral Health Workforce Dashboard, a tool designed to help policymakers, employers, and behavioral health care stakeholders understand the state of the behavioral health workforce and make decisions that impact its future. Dr. Watanabe-Galloway joined UNMC in 2004 and is also the Associate Director at Buffett Cancer Center and a professor in the College of Public Health. She was a recipient of UNMC’s 2015 Distinguished Scientist Award.    Learn more about this series: Growing More Than Corn: Nebraska Behavioral Health Workforce Development

View the slide deck.   Description:  Join us to learn how to leverage data collection to analyze and drive work forward. Hear about the trends in the behavioral health workforce including what has been seen during BHECN’s more than ten years of functioning and analyzing new data endeavors to better understand timely challenges facing the field.   Learning Objectives: Explain the tools used to track and survey Nebraska’s behavioral health workforce. Compare behavioral health workforce data pre and post retention efforts based on BHECN's outreach program data collection and analysis. Explain real-time data collection efforts to understand the challenges that behavioral health professionals are experiencing.   Speaker:   Shinobu Watanabe-Galloway, PhD Shinobu Watanabe-Galloway, PhD, joined BHECN as Research Director in August 2016. Dr. Watanabe-Galloway’s focus is on strengthening BHECN's workforce evaluation and reporting efforts to produce evidence-based practices. She has been instrumental in publishing a semi-annual Nebraska Behavioral Health Workforce Analysis for BHECN since 2011. This project uses data obtained from UNMC, the College of Public Health (COPH), and the Health Professions Tracking Service (HPTS) annual survey database. BHECN and COPH also developed the Nebraska Behavioral Health Workforce Dashboard, a tool designed to help policymakers, employers, and behavioral health care stakeholders understand the state of the behavioral health workforce and make decisions that impact its future. Dr. Watanabe-Galloway joined UNMC in 2004 and is also the Associate Director at Buffett Cancer Center and a professor in the College of Public Health. She was a recipient of UNMC’s 2015 Distinguished Scientist Award.    Learn more about this series: Growing More Than Corn: Nebraska Behavioral Health Workforce Development

Retaining Behavioral Health Professionals 12 - 1 p.m. Tuesday, Apr. 26    Description:  Join us to discuss effective retention methods utilized to support behavioral health professionals within the workforce. We will explore a multifaceted outreach program for professionals derived by BHECN to illustrate the dimensional efforts from exemplary behavioral health professionals in the state. Opportunities to engage behavioral health trainees not only with practicing professionals and continuing education for professional development, but also engaging trainees with partners across the state to offer timely and local opportunities.   Learning Objectives: Discuss current workforce retention efforts to support behavioral health professionals. Describe the importance of creating partnerships and opportunities with satellite and rural locations for more timely outreach. Explain how networking opportunities amongst behavioral health trainnees and community members strengthen workforce retention   Speaker:   Tara Wilson, PhD, NCC, LMHP   Dr. Tara Wilson is an Associate Professor at Chadron State College in the Professional Studies department. Before working at Chadron State College in 2016, Tara was on faculty at Wayne State College. Her past clinical experience includes working in integrated behavioral care at Western Nebraska Behavioral Health Clinics, providing mental health counseling in schools while interning with Oceti Sakowin Education Consortium (OSEC), and working as a school counselor at Red Cloud Indian School. Dr. Wilson's training includes a B.A. in Communication Studies from the University of Nebraska at Lincoln, an M.A.E. in Community Counseling from Chadron State College, and a PhD in Counselor Education and Supervision from the University of Wyoming. Her research interests focus on rural mental health. Learn more about this series: Growing More Than Corn: Nebraska Behavioral Health Workforce Development

Retaining Behavioral Health Professionals 12 - 1 p.m. Tuesday, Apr. 26    Description:  Join us to discuss effective retention methods utilized to support behavioral health professionals within the workforce. We will explore a multifaceted outreach program for professionals derived by BHECN to illustrate the dimensional efforts from exemplary behavioral health professionals in the state. Opportunities to engage behavioral health trainees not only with practicing professionals and continuing education for professional development, but also engaging trainees with partners across the state to offer timely and local opportunities.   Learning Objectives: Discuss current workforce retention efforts to support behavioral health professionals. Describe the importance of creating partnerships and opportunities with satellite and rural locations for more timely outreach. Explain how networking opportunities amongst behavioral health trainnees and community members strengthen workforce retention   Speaker:   Tara Wilson, PhD, NCC, LMHP   Dr. Tara Wilson is an Associate Professor at Chadron State College in the Professional Studies department. Before working at Chadron State College in 2016, Tara was on faculty at Wayne State College. Her past clinical experience includes working in integrated behavioral care at Western Nebraska Behavioral Health Clinics, providing mental health counseling in schools while interning with Oceti Sakowin Education Consortium (OSEC), and working as a school counselor at Red Cloud Indian School. Dr. Wilson's training includes a B.A. in Communication Studies from the University of Nebraska at Lincoln, an M.A.E. in Community Counseling from Chadron State College, and a PhD in Counselor Education and Supervision from the University of Wyoming. Her research interests focus on rural mental health. Learn more about this series: Growing More Than Corn: Nebraska Behavioral Health Workforce Development

Innovative Recruitment Strategies for Behavioral Health Careers   Description:  Join us to learn about best practices involving retention efforts within the behavioral health workforce. This webinar discusses recruitment strategies that are essential to enhance behavioral health pathways for a successful career while addressing the shortage of this specialty in rural communities.  Many resources will be explored to assist with recruitment of behavioral health students in rural communities through academic training programs, rural partnerships to collaborate on common goals, and support networks through residences, internships, and practicum placements within a community. Discussion will explore the options available for students to engage within student advisory boards, the BHECN app, and other engagement opportunities in the effort to maintain and strengthen the rural behavioral health care workforce throughout the states.   Learning Objectives: Discuss the importance of retention within the behavioral health workforce and what resources are accessible to support these health care professionals. Explain best practices for improving staff retention rates within behavioral healthcare as derived from BHECNs' ongoing efforts to maintain and strengthen rural partnerships and satellite locations.   Identify how opportunities for networking amongst community members and other behavioral healthcare professionals can enhance retention in health care and benefit the community.   Speaker:   Christine Chasek, PhD, LIMHP, LADC, LPC   Dr. Tina Christine Chasek is an Associate Professor at the University of Nebraska Omaha and Associate Workforce Director for UNMC’s Behavioral Healthcare Center of Nebraska. Dr. Chasek is a practicing mental health and addictions counselor with over 20 years of experience in treating substance use disorders. Dr. Chasek serves on the Nebraska Alcohol and Drug Licensing Board, Past President of the International Association of Alcohol and Drug Counselors, and coordinates Project ECHO in Nebraska.   Learn more about the Growing More Than Corn: Nebraska Behavioral Health Workforce Development series. 

Innovative Recruitment Strategies for Behavioral Health Careers   Description:  Join us to learn about best practices involving retention efforts within the behavioral health workforce. This webinar discusses recruitment strategies that are essential to enhance behavioral health pathways for a successful career while addressing the shortage of this specialty in rural communities.  Many resources will be explored to assist with recruitment of behavioral health students in rural communities through academic training programs, rural partnerships to collaborate on common goals, and support networks through residences, internships, and practicum placements within a community. Discussion will explore the options available for students to engage within student advisory boards, the BHECN app, and other engagement opportunities in the effort to maintain and strengthen the rural behavioral health care workforce throughout the states.   Learning Objectives: Discuss the importance of retention within the behavioral health workforce and what resources are accessible to support these health care professionals. Explain best practices for improving staff retention rates within behavioral healthcare as derived from BHECNs' ongoing efforts to maintain and strengthen rural partnerships and satellite locations.   Identify how opportunities for networking amongst community members and other behavioral healthcare professionals can enhance retention in health care and benefit the community.   Speaker:   Christine Chasek, PhD, LIMHP, LADC, LPC   Dr. Tina Christine Chasek is an Associate Professor at the University of Nebraska Omaha and Associate Workforce Director for UNMC’s Behavioral Healthcare Center of Nebraska. Dr. Chasek is a practicing mental health and addictions counselor with over 20 years of experience in treating substance use disorders. Dr. Chasek serves on the Nebraska Alcohol and Drug Licensing Board, Past President of the International Association of Alcohol and Drug Counselors, and coordinates Project ECHO in Nebraska.   Learn more about the Growing More Than Corn: Nebraska Behavioral Health Workforce Development series. 

On January 13, 2022, this experienced peer support panel of Arkansas peer leaders presented information on identifying and tapping into peer statewide infrastructure. Participants will hear their journey and lessons learned while developing a Peer Advisory Committee in the state of Arkansas. Objectives: Understand the need for Peer/Consumer Advisory Committees, Be able to identify the best practices to support person led advocacy, and  Learn the structure of the Arkansas Committee as a model.  PowerPoint slides can be viewed HERE.

The Fostering Grief Ready Workplaces - A Starter Kit for Mental Health and School Mental Health Leadership aims to provide essential ingredients to guide you and your organization through the basics of supporting a grieving workforce. This starter kit recaps the contents we covered in the Grief Readiness Lab (April- May 2021) and Series (November-December 2021). We offer an overview of what was explored in the Lab and Series, and a taste of some of the conversations shared among participants. The pilot and series were created and hosted by Workplace Resilience, a program of The Dinner Party, and the Pacific Southwest Mental Health Technology Transfer Center and advised by the National Center for School Crisis & Bereavement. Just as we shared in our 2021 Spring Lab and Series, that time and this guide won’t be everything to figure out every little detail for the workforce's grief response approach. We offer this guide not to provide a copy-and-paste solution but instead to offer a framework that each individual school counselor or mental health professional could use to begin developing their team’s unique grief readiness plan, recognizing that each participant holds a distinct role and sphere of influence in their school or organization.   What’s inside the guide? Compilation of content we engaged with during the Spring 2021 Lab and Fall 2021 Series Quotes from participants & learnings from our discussions; participants represented mental health and school mental health workplaces, represented decades of cumulative; there was much to learn from the lived experience of those in the room. Practical activities and strategies you can employ Reflection questions which guided participants toward creating their own Grief Readiness plans and programs. These are questions that you can return to again and again, and each time has the potential to spark something new.   Who is this guide for? Supervisors, managers, directors, administrators and leadership of school and mental health organizations, agencies, and agencies Human resources professionals Mental health and school mental health providers (e.g., therapists, social workers, peer support professionals) Technical assistance providers, coaches, consultants Trauma informed professionals And anyone else interested in being grief sensitive at work

View Presentation Slides  Session Description: Helping professionals, such as counselors, teachers, and health professionals, are critically important to the workforce, yet we are also at great risk for helping others more than we help ourselves! In this 6 part series, we invite YOU to sit down, take a breath, replenish yourself and restore by considering strategies to help you flourish. Together, we’ll explore the importance of making our own well-being a priority, think about our work/life balance, remember our purpose, take actions to flourish, and use our strengths within a framework of healthy positivity. This 6-week collection (webinar and podcast series) will be led by experts in supporting personal recovery, wellness, and positive psychology with practical approaches that build up to a comprehensive flourishing plan. Join us for this series designed to support your flourishing. Your one-time registration will automatically enroll you in all 6 sessions of this series. Presenter:  Michelle Zechner, PhD, MSW, LSW, CPRP, Assistant Professor at Rutgers, Department of Psychiatric Rehabilitation and Counseling Programs, has focused her career on the promotion of health and wellness for people with mental health conditions, their families, and the staff who support them for over 25 years. She has worked in a variety of settings including: academia, outpatient mental health programs, family advocacy organization, psychiatric hospitals, nursing homes, and training services. She conducts research, teaches and mentors students, and consults with state psychiatric hospitals on the implementation of evidence-based mental health practices. She is also involved in family advocacy in New Jersey.

February 28, 2022   This presentation will focus on the ways that various forms of meditation can be used by healthcare providers for self-care. In addition, we will explore how the use of meditation can assist providers in their clinical work with clients. After a brief review of relevant research, various forms of meditation will be demonstrated and practiced.   Objectives: - Review research findings relevant to meditation, self-care, and clinical effectiveness. - Demonstrate and practice specific meditation techniques used for self-care and clinical effectiveness. - Provide meditation resources for healthcare providers.   To watch the recording, go to: https://youtu.be/btow5UwLW3g   Presenter: Mark Brenner, PhD, LICSW Mark J. Brenner, Ph.D., LICSW is Professor Emeritus at Bridgewater State University where he taught in the School of Social Work. Dr. Brenner has over 20 years of clinical experience working with children, adolescents, and adults in both inpatient and outpatient settings. He has studied and practiced Zen Buddhism since 1988 in the Kwan Um tradition. As a member of the American Red Cross Disaster Mental Health Team, Dr. Brenner volunteers at local and national disasters. His research interests include the use of contemplative practices and the integration of Eastern philosophies into Western psychotherapeutic models.

ABOUT THIS RESOURCE Life can be complicated, and there may be times we feel overwhelmed by the many choices and decisions we are faced with. Sometimes it’s hard to know what direction to go, and that can just add to our level of stress. In this webinar, the audience is encouraged to view decision-making through a trauma-informed lens and explore one's own personal history, psycho-neuro patterns, and habitual thought processes. Through discovering roots of our thoughts and actions, and by applying nervous system healing techniques, we bring fresh awareness to our everyday life; this makes it possible to build new decision making paths towards a more stable and dependable foundation of clarity and heart.  Learning Objectives: Apply a trauma-informed lens to recognize personal decision-making patterns Cultivate self-evaluation to notice personal decision making styles Define and apply broader perspectives how decisions are made   ADDITIONAL RESOURCES Presentation slides Highlights & Key Concepts document Anchored: How to Befriend Your Nervous System Using Polyvagal Theory by Deborah Dana Nothing's for Nothing by Rebekah Demirel Activate Your Vagus Nerve: Unleash Your Body's Natural Ability to Heal by Navaz Habib The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, & Healing in a Toxic Culture by Gabor Maté Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle by Emily Nagoski and Amelia Nagoski Widen the Window: Training Your Brain and Body to Thrive During Stress and Recover from Trauma by Elizabeth Stanley The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel Van der Kolk The Wisdom of Trauma (video)   FACILITATOR Rebekah Demirel, L.Ac MPCC Rebekah Demirel L.Ac. MPCC, is the founder and director of Trauma Integration Programs, with more than a decade as an ambulance paramedic, twenty-two years as a paramedic trainer, eighteen years of mental health counseling experience, specializing in traumatic stress, and she is a licensed East Asian medicine practitioner and acupuncturist. Rebekah’s unique skill set and experience are informed by her own traumatic childhood and teen years spent on the street and in the foster care system, giving her a special familiarity and empathy for trauma and loss.         Terms of use and Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) disclosure statement

This brief synthesizes insights, reflections, and recommendations from a series of listening sessions held with Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) behavioral health providers in California from March to May 2021. Providers shared how the current environment of anti-AAPI violence impacts them personally, affects their relationships with family and friends, and diminishes their sense of belonging in the broader community. In the workplace, these impacts intensify the stress of working in a healing profession and speak to the pressing need to support and stand in solidarity with AAPI providers.

El desarrollo laboral es uno de los ocho principios de los servicios de Empleo con Apoyo (SE). El desarrollo laboral se define como un conjunto de habilidades que utilizan para desarrollar y construir relaciones con la comunidad empresarial. Es un elemento importante para proporcionar servicios de empleo eficaces. Los servicios que incorporan el desarrollo laboral tienen resultados laborales más exitosos. Un componente clave de los servicios de desarrollo laboral es presentarse a sí mismo y a sus servicios de empleo a un empleador potencial. Muchos especialistas en empleo se preparan para esta reunión creando un discurse de elevador para usar al presentarse y practicando cómo responder a las preguntas difíciles que un empleador pueda hacer.

Over the past two years, we have experienced heightened levels of stress, and healthcare providers have been at particular risk for burnout. This brief presentation will discuss ways to help ourselves find inner peace during dark times, by using cognitive, behavioral, interpersonal, and nondenominational spiritual strategies.   To watch the recording, go to: https://youtu.be/kebeT6poQYQ   Presenter(s): David H. Rosmarin, PhD, ABPP David H. Rosmarin, PhD, is an Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School, and Director of the McLean Hospital Spirituality & Mental Health Program. He is also the Founder of the Center for Anxiety [www.centerforanxiety.org], which provides outpatient services to over 1,000 unique patients each year. Dr. Rosmarin’s clinical work and research have been featured in Scientific American, the Boston Globe, the Wall Street Journal, and the New York Times.    

This interactive training series focuses on providing Vocational Rehabilitation staff with the knowledge and skills to apply strategies to support participants with mental health conditions. The ongoing community of practice provides a space for counselors to share successes, challenges, and to obtain support from one another and MHTTC staff.

View Slide Deck This interactive training series focuses on providing Vocational Rehabilitation staff with the knowledge and skills to apply strategies to support participants with mental health conditions. The ongoing community of practice provides a space for counselors to share successes, challenges, and to obtain support from one another and MHTTC staff.

Helping professionals, such as counselors, teachers, and health professionals, are critically important to the workforce, yet we are also at great risk for helping others more than we help ourselves! In this 6 part series, we invite YOU to sit down, take a breath, replenish yourself and restore by considering strategies to help you flourish. Together, we’ll explore the importance of making our own well-being a priority, think about our work/life balance, remember our purpose, take actions to flourish, and use our strengths within a framework of healthy positivity. This 6-week collection (webinar and podcast series) will be led by experts in supporting personal recovery, wellness, and positive psychology with practical approaches that build up to a comprehensive flourishing plan. Join us for this series designed to support your flourishing.

View Slide Deck Helping professionals, such as counselors, teachers, and health professionals, are critically important to the workforce, yet we are also at great risk for helping others more than we help ourselves! In this 6 part series, we invite YOU to sit down, take a breath, replenish yourself and restore by considering strategies to help you flourish. Together, we’ll explore the importance of making our own well-being a priority, think about our work/life balance, remember our purpose, take actions to flourish, and use our strengths within a framework of healthy positivity. This 6-week collection (webinar and podcast series) will be led by experts in supporting personal recovery, wellness, and positive psychology with practical approaches that build up to a comprehensive flourishing plan. Join us for this series designed to support your flourishing.

The 2022 Leadership Institute presented by the Mid-America Addition Technology Transfer Center (ATTC), Mid-America Mental Health Technology Transfer Center (MHTTC), and Mid-America Prevention Technology Transfer Center (PTTC) is open to persons who work in behavioral health, mental health, or recovery agencies in Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska. Candidates must complete the Candidate Application Form and be nominated by leadership within their agency using the Agency Nomination Form. Both forms must be submitted no later than February 4, 2022. For more information on the Leadership Institute, please download the forms by clicking the "DOWNLOAD" button above.

Session Description: Session 4 will the Core Listening skills for strengths and supporting self-care, how to linkage to wellness/self-care resources, and strategies for becoming a workplace wellness champion.   Presenter: Margaret (Peggy) Swarbrick, Ph.D., FAOTA | Research Professor & Associate Director, Center of Alcohol & Substance Use Studies, Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology  Dr. Swarbrick has worked for over 35 years in a variety of healthcare settings designing and evaluating innovative peer-delivered models and training programs that promote wellness and resilience. She has created an 8-dimensional Wellness Model adopted by behavioral healthcare agencies and state authorities across the country. In addition, she has developed a wellness coaching model and wellness Self-care Programs for a variety of populations including health professionals.  Dr. Swarbrick has published extensively on a wide range of topics including health disparities, the wellness model, and health promotion approaches.   

View Slide Deck Session Description: Session 4 will the Core Listening skills for strengths and supporting self-care, how to linkage to wellness/self-care resources, and strategies for becoming a workplace wellness champion.   Presenter: Margaret (Peggy) Swarbrick, Ph.D., FAOTA | Research Professor & Associate Director, Center of Alcohol & Substance Use Studies, Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology  Dr. Swarbrick has worked for over 35 years in a variety of healthcare settings designing and evaluating innovative peer-delivered models and training programs that promote wellness and resilience. She has created an 8-dimensional Wellness Model adopted by behavioral healthcare agencies and state authorities across the country. In addition, she has developed a wellness coaching model and wellness Self-care Programs for a variety of populations including health professionals.  Dr. Swarbrick has published extensively on a wide range of topics including health disparities, the wellness model, and health promotion approaches.   

Session Description: Helping professionals, such as counselors, teachers, and health professionals, are critically important to the workforce, yet we are also at great risk for helping others more than we help ourselves! In this 6 part series, we invite YOU to sit down, take a breath, replenish yourself and restore by considering strategies to help you flourish. Together, we’ll explore the importance of making our own well-being a priority, think about our work/life balance, remember our purpose, take actions to flourish, and use our strengths within a framework of healthy positivity. This 6-week collection (webinar and podcast series) will be led by experts in supporting personal recovery, wellness, and positive psychology with practical approaches that build up to a comprehensive flourishing plan. Join us for this series designed to support your flourishing. Presenter:  Michelle Zechner, PhD, MSW, LSW, CPRP, Assistant Professor at Rutgers, Department of Psychiatric Rehabilitation and Counseling Programs, has focused her career on the promotion of health and wellness for people with mental health conditions, their families, and the staff who support them for over 25 years. She has worked in a variety of settings including: academia, outpatient mental health programs, family advocacy organization, psychiatric hospitals, nursing homes, and training services. She conducts research, teaches and mentors students, and consults with state psychiatric hospitals on the implementation of evidence-based mental health practices. She is also involved in family advocacy in New Jersey.