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Watch the webinar.    Description:  Join us to learn how to overcome the unique challenges of rural practice and how to address these obstacles utilizing satellite locations based on BHECN's programming within rural Nebraska.   Learning Objectives: Identify 3 factors that complicate rural practice. Compare resources in urban and rural areas within your state. Describe one unique program to address rural workforce obstacles.   Speaker:   Catherine Jones-Hazledine, PhD Dr. Jones-Hazledine has been collaborating with BHECN for several years on projects in the Nebraska Panhandle, such as FARM CAMP and the Rural Provider Support Network. She formally joined the BHECN ranks in 2018. Her other roles currently include Supervising Psychologist/Owner at Western Nebraska Behavioral Health (WNBH) Clinics (with integrated care sites around the Sandhills and Panhandle of Nebraska), adjunct faculty with Chadron State College, and the Munroe-Meyer Institute, and training and supervising early career clinicians in rural mental health. Before starting WNBH in 2011, Dr. Cate served as an Assistant Professor with the Munroe-Meyer Institute at UNMC for seven years. Dr. Cate’s training includes a B.A. in Psychology from the University of Chicago, an M.A. in Social Sciences from the University of Chicago, and a PhD in Clinical Psychology from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.    

View the presentation.    Description:  Join us to learn how to overcome the unique challenges of rural practice and how to address these obstacles utilizing satellite locations based on BHECN's programming within rural Nebraska.   Learning Objectives: Identify 3 factors that complicate rural practice. Compare resources in urban and rural areas within your state. Describe one unique program to address rural workforce obstacles.   Speaker:   Catherine Jones-Hazledine, PhD Dr. Jones-Hazledine has been collaborating with BHECN for several years on projects in the Nebraska Panhandle, such as FARM CAMP and the Rural Provider Support Network. She formally joined the BHECN ranks in 2018. Her other roles currently include Supervising Psychologist/Owner at Western Nebraska Behavioral Health (WNBH) Clinics (with integrated care sites around the Sandhills and Panhandle of Nebraska), adjunct faculty with Chadron State College, and the Munroe-Meyer Institute, and training and supervising early career clinicians in rural mental health. Before starting WNBH in 2011, Dr. Cate served as an Assistant Professor with the Munroe-Meyer Institute at UNMC for seven years. Dr. Cate’s training includes a B.A. in Psychology from the University of Chicago, an M.A. in Social Sciences from the University of Chicago, and a PhD in Clinical Psychology from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.    

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

This handout complements Workforce Development: How Your Training is Challenged With Cultural Competence, part of the webinar series Healing Roots: Considerations for Mental Health Accessibility and Delivery of Services Across Tribal Communities.  

  This presentation provides an overview of the role of adherence as a social determinant of health. Attendees will:​ Define adherence and nonadherence Identify barriers to adherence and factors related to nonadherence Discuss strategies for identifying and improving adherence in primary care   Learn more about the series: Context Clues: Using Social Determinants of Health to Enhance Treatment  

  This presentation provides an overview of the role of adherence as a social determinant of health. Attendees will:​ Define adherence and nonadherence Identify barriers to adherence and factors related to nonadherence Discuss strategies for identifying and improving adherence in primary care   Learn more about the series: Context Clues: Using Social Determinants of Health to Enhance Treatment

  This presentation provides an overview of the role of adjustment as a social determinant of health.    Learn more about the series: Context Clues: Using Social Determinants of Health to Enhance Treatment

  This presentation provides an overview of the role of adjustment as a social determinant of health.    Learn more about the series: Context Clues: Using Social Determinants of Health to Enhance Treatment

Being trauma informed is an important skill to have when working with those diagnosed with serious mental illness. Trauma-informed care is an approach to engaging people with histories of trauma that recognizes the presence of trauma symptoms and acknowledges the role that trauma has played in their lives. In this training you will learn: Understand trauma and how it manifests in behavior Understand the principles of trauma-informed care and approaches Discuss post-traumatic growth and trauma-informed interventions Learn more about this series: Implementing Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) in Kansas   

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

  Being trauma informed is an important skill to have when working with those diagnosed with serious mental illness. Trauma-informed care is an approach to engaging people with histories of trauma that recognizes the presence of trauma symptoms and acknowledges the role that trauma has played in their lives. In this training you will learn: Understand trauma and how it manifests in behavior Understand the principles of trauma-informed care and approaches Discuss post-traumatic growth and trauma-informed interventions Learn more about this series: Implementing Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) in Kansas  View the video webinar.   

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. 

          Chadwell, M.R., Franta, E., Robinson, L. & Clarke, B. (2021). Re-Engaging Learners: Function-Based Strategies for Fostering Engagement. Mid-America Mental Health Technology Transfer Center.

        Chadwell, M.R., Young, K., Franta, E., S. Zivny & Clarke,B. (2021). Stress and Worry in the Classroom: Function-Based Strategies for Addressing Anxiety. Mid-America Mental Health Technology Transfer Center. 

          Young, K., Chadwell, M.R., Scanlan, L., Zivny, S. & Clarke, B. (2022). Executive Functioning in Schools. Mid-America Mental Health Technology Transfer Center. 

Overview  This training series is for all employees working on an Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) team. Participants will learn foundational skills for their specific role, how to work on a multi-disciplinary team, and how to advance the lives of persons with serious mental illness.   Target Audience  Certified Community Behavioral Health Centers (CCBHCs) that are implementing Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) in Kansas.   About the Presentation:  The Orientation to Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) provides an overview of the evidence-based practice. We will discuss the principles and practices of an effective ACT team, review the ACT Fidelity Assessment and highlight the feasibility of implementing the model. Learn more about this series by visiting the Implementing Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) in Kansas webpage.

Overview  This training series is for all employees working on an Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) team. Participants will learn foundational skills for their specific role, how to work on a multi-disciplinary team, and how to advance the lives of persons with serious mental illness. About the Presentation:  The Orientation to Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) provides an overview of the evidence-based practice. We will discuss the principles and practices of an effective ACT team, review the ACT Fidelity Assessment and highlight the feasibility of implementing the model. Target Audience  Certified Community Behavioral Health Centers (CCBHCs) that are implementing Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) in Kansas. Learn more about this series by visiting the Implementing Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) in Kansas webpage.  

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