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  The Great Lakes A/MH/PTTC is offering this training for individuals working in HHS Region 5: IL, IN, MI, MN, OH, WI. This training is being provided in response to a need identified by Region 5 stakeholders.   Register to join us on the first Tuesday of each month from 10:00 AM – 10:30 AM Central (11:00 AM – 11:30 AM Eastern). Each session will feature a new expert presenter.    DESCRIPTION  Alcohol is STILL a drug.  The opioid crisis, increase in stimulant misuse, and marijuana legalization dominate the news— yet alcohol remains the number one substance causing health, social, legal and financial problems throughout the US.  While this series will focus on the hopefulness of recovery from alcohol use disorder, we’ll also take a deep dive into what we know about the full impact of alcohol overuse and the ways it affects every person in the US. Kris Kelly, a peer recovery expert, will launch the series by highlighting September as National Recovery Month and specific resources related to recovery from alcohol use disorder.   PRESENTER Kris Kelly, BS Kris Kelly is a project manager for the Great Lakes Addiction, Mental Health, and Prevention Technology Transfer Centers, a woman in long-term recovery, and subject matter expert on peer-based recovery support services. Kris is also leads the Recovery Community Organization Capacity Building core area for the Peer Recovery Center of Excellence. She has worked with state and local government, recovery community organizations, treatment courts, withdrawal management/detoxification, and clinical treatment developing best practices for integrating recovery supports into systems and services. As a former executive director and director of programs of a Minnesota-based recovery community organization, Kelly is a leader in the peer support movement in Minnesota. Kelly has presented at state and national conferences on topics ranging from supervision in peer-based recovery support services and integrating peer support services into behavioral health organizations to recovery-oriented systems of care.

The Person-Centered Recovery Planning (PCRP) Learning Collaborative ran from December 2019 until April of 2021, with five behavioral health organizations representing the states of Maine, New Hampshire, andRhode Island, selected through a formal application process. Each agency convened a change team to attend a series of knowledge-dissemination webinars, a two-day in-person training, individual agency and small group technical assistance sessions, and whole group learning and discussion sessions over the course of the learning collaborative. Read this report to learn the impact of learning collaborative activities on the agencies' implementation of person-centered planning practices.  

The Great Lakes Current is the monthly e-newsletter of the Great Lakes ATTC, MHTTC, and PTTC.  The September 2021 edition features National Recovery Month 2021, the Counselor's Corner blog, a snapshot of Region 5 Recovery Month events, and a calendar of events. 

/*--> September 8, 2021 This event explored a novel approach to positive psychology, rooted in an acceptance based framework. Presenters described the benefits of developing an intentional practice of attending to positive emotions and experiences that are frequently discounted due to our negativity biases. Specific techniques were demonstrated and practiced.  

About this Resource:       Self-care is an important part of life for many peer specialists. What that looks like will vary from peer specialist to peer specialist (just as it differs from person to person). Learning from a peer specialist what self-care looks like for them is important in establishing and managing expectations for the peer specialist, their supervisor, and their organization. Serving as an accompaniment to the Peer Workforce Well-Being on-demand recording, this infographic reviews challenges to and strategies for supporting and enhancing peer workforce well-being. 

August 9, 2021 The therapeutic benefits of music have been acknowledged historically across cultures. Neuroscientific studies on understanding neural correlates of music have added scientific evidence and a deeper understanding of the myriad ways in which music impacts our behavior- neurocognitively, psychosocial, and spiritually. In this lecture, I will dwell deeper into the scientific aspect of how engaging in music both actively and passively impacts our overall health and how music can play an important role in enhancing our positive mental health. Dr. Shantala Hegde, PhD, is an Associate Professor and Consultant at the Neuropsychology Unit, Department of Clinical Psychology and Consultant to the Department of Neurorehabilitation, National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS), Bengaluru. She is the Intermediate Fellow of the prestigious Wellcome Trust UK-DBT India Alliance and is a mentee to Dr. Gottfried Schlaug, former Associate Professor of Neurology and Director, Music, Neuroimaging, and Neurorehabilitation Laboratory Chief, Division of Stroke Recovery and Neuro Rehabilitation Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School.   To watch the recording, click here. 

Objectives: - examine the negative mental health consequences for healthcare workers of COVID and in general/intro to the idea that resilience can be increased/prior evidence that brief resilience-enhancing interventions can improve outcomes in healthcare workers. -explore specific interventions to build resilience incorporating such skills as mindfulness and self-compassion. Finally, we will examine different modalities in which these interventions are offered such as via zoom, in-person, and pre-recorded video sessions.   To watch the recording, click here. Slides coming soon!   Other resources shared: https://www.resilienceandprevention.com/healthcare-providers  https://www.resilienceandprevention.com/exercises

ABOUT THIS RESOURCE This recorded webinar aims to increase understanding of common oral health problems faced by individuals with mental health and substance abuse challenges. Many may face stigma or shame related to their oral health. Peer support specialists play an integral role in supporting those they serve related to their oral health and recovery. Excerpts from the Mental Health and Addiction Certification Board of Oregon’s Peer Oral Health Training are utilized in this webinar. Hosted by the Northwest MHTTC in partnership with the Mental Health and Addiction Association of Oregon. ADDITIONAL RESOURCES Presentation slides Give Back a Smile Cosmetic Dentistry Grants  The Mouth-Body Connection Book 32 Reasons You Need to Know More About the Mouth-Body Connection infographic from The Smile Generation American Dental Association 2000 Surgeon General’s Report on Oral Health "Study to Explore How to Improve Oral Health for Those With Mental Illness," Dentistry Today, 12 August 2020. University of Utah Health. (2019, May 20). The healing power of a smile: A link between oral care and substance abuse recovery. ScienceDaily. Retrieved July 13, 2021 from www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/05/190520081926.htm American Dental Association and Health Policy Institute, "Oral Health and Well-Being in the United States." This fact sheet summarizes select data on self-reported oral health status, attitudes and dental care utilization among United States adults as of 2015.   FACILITATOR   Janie Gullickson, MPA: HA Janie Gullickson is a person in long-term recovery and for her that means she has not used alcohol or other drugs in over 11 years. Janie is in recovery from both addiction and mental health challenges as well as homelessness, incarceration, and criminal justice involvement. She navigated all types of systems and institutions that can accompany such life experiences, from frequent hospitalizations to prison. Janie was released from Coffee Creek Correctional Facility in September of 2006. Janie first began her work as a Peer Support Specialist/Recovery Mentor for Yamhill County HHS in McMinnville, Oregon in 2011. Janie joined the peer-run organization Mental Health & Addiction Association of Oregon (MHAAO) as a project assistant in 2014. In May of 2017 Janie became MHAAO’s Executive Director. She also earned her Master of Public Administration: Health Administration (MPA: HA) degree from Portland State University in June of 2017. Janie is passionate about social justice issues with a focus on mental health and addiction recovery, peer programs and services and advocacy in these realms.   PANELISTS Reina Bower Reina Bower is the Mental Health and Addiction Association of Oregon Evolve Peer Services Director.     Kevin Fitts Kevin Fitts is the Executive Director of the Oregon Mental Health Consumers Association.

People define their spirituality, faith, and religion as being a process involving growth, addressing existential questions about meaning and sense in life, life satisfaction, well-being, a sense of purpose, hope, and optimism. During the COVID-19 pandemic, individuals and communities have started to explore more personal and collective connections with spiritual, faith, and religious resources as coping mechanisms. They seem to be a potential antidote that minimizes the consequences of anxiety, depression, and any other mental or physical stress caused during the coronavirus crisis.   In this context, the proposed panel and conversation series on spirituality, faith, and religion: creating a time and space for connection, wellness, and hope can be a tool for healthcare professionals, patients, family, and communities to reconnect with themselves, provide the most comprehensive care possible, benefit from spiritual practice, build social support, and share stories of hope and resilience.   Our community conversation series will offer comfort and safe space through structured and innovative conversation focusing on spiritual beliefs and coping. Activities facilitate verbal expression and appropriate social interaction and build a sense of belonging. We discuss activities and themes from these webinars within a recovery-oriented “emotion-focused coping” framework. A faith community member will lead this series.   To watch the recording, click here.    Moderator: Thomas Burr, Community and Affiliate Relations Manager, NAMI Connecticut   Panelists for July 8th, 2021   Enroue [On-roo] Halfkenny [Haf-ken-ee] Enroue Halfkenny has been a Babalawo [Bah-bah-lah-woe] within the West African traditional religion of the Yoruba [Yoh-ru-bah] People for more than 20 years. He is a clinical social worker, an artist, and an activist. He is a multiracial, Black, cisgender, heterosexual man, father of two, who has been married for more than 21 years. Mr. Halfkenny has also been living sober for over 28 years. The weaving together of spiritual health, mental health, and social justice issues and practices guide his life and direct his work with others. Noman J. Nuton Jr., Senior Minister Congregation: New Haven Church of Christ A native of Cambridge, Maryland, Minister Nuton is a graduate of Amridge University (formerly Southern Christian University) where he earned his bachelor of science degree in bible/ministry, graduating summa cum laude. For several years, he served at the Cambridge Church of Christ as the assistant minister and youth minister. At the Capital Church of Christ, he assisted with the youth ministry, teaching high school teens and preaching the gospel. Minister Nuton served as the senior minister of the Church of Christ in Easton Maryland for 6 years; for the past 4 years, he has served in his current position as senior minister at the New Haven Church of Christ. Committed to serving his church and his community, Minister Nuton is a board member of Christian Community Action, which is a faith-based nonprofit organization committed to housing, feeding, and educating families who are less fortunate. Minister Nuton achieved recognition working as a paralegal for a prominent law firm in Baltimore City, Maryland. In addition to his ministerial service, he worked in the insurance industry for 15 years in various positions, including working as a national sales executive for an insurance brokerage in Cambridge for 8 years. He also worked in conjunction with the Dorchester County Public Schools, speaking at various schools and community events. Minister Nuton, a resident of Hamden, Connecticut, is married to Myra; together they have three children, Mya, Mariah, and Norman III. Reverend Bonita Grubbs Rev. Grubbs has been the executive director of Christian Community Action since December 1988. Before that, 1985–1988, she was employed as assistant regional administrator in Region V (Northwest Connecticut) for the Connecticut Department of Mental Health. Actively engaged in public service, she has served as a governing board member for these organizations: Connecticut Housing Coalition The Hospital of Saint Raphael Greater New Haven Community Loan Fund International Festival of Arts and Ideas Connecticut Voices for Children Project Access New Haven Community Economic Development Fund Addition leadership positions include the following: Member, Connecticut Judicial Review Council Interim pastor, Christian Tabernacle Baptist Church, Hamden, Connecticut President, Connecticut Coalition to End Homelessness Co-chair, Steering Committee of New Haven’s Fighting Back Project Member, Board of Trustees of Mercy Center in Madison, Connecticut Member, Board of Trustees of Connecticut Center for School Change and Dwight Hall at Yale University Lecturer in supervised ministries and homiletics, Yale Divinity School President, ABCCONN, and chair of ABCCONN’s Personnel Committee   Rev. Grubbs holds an undergraduate degree in sociology and Afro-American studies from Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts. She received two degrees from Yale University, a master of arts in religion and a master of public health. She received an honorary degree from Albertus Magnus College in 2001. In 2012, Richard Levin, former Yale University president, and Rev. Grubbs received the New Haven Register’s Person of the Year Award. In 2013, she received the Humanitarian Award from the Connecticut Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday Commission. Presently, Rev. Grubbs is a member of the governing board of the Regional Workforce Alliance. Confirmed as deputy chaplain of the Connecticut State Senate General Assembly in 2015, she continues to serve in this capacity.  

People define their spirituality, faith, and religion as being a process involving growth, addressing existential questions about meaning and sense in life, life satisfaction, well-being, a sense of purpose, hope, and optimism. During the COVID-19 pandemic, individuals and communities have started to explore more personal and collective connections with spiritual, faith, and religious resources as coping mechanisms. They seem to be a potential antidote that minimizes the consequences of anxiety, depression, and any other mental or physical stress caused during the coronavirus crisis.   In this context, the proposed panel and conversation series on spirituality, faith, and religion: creating a time and space for connection, wellness, and hope can be a tool for healthcare professionals, patients, family, and communities to reconnect with themselves, provide the most comprehensive care possible, benefit from spiritual practice, build social support, and share stories of hope and resilience.   Our community conversation series will offer comfort and safe space through structured and innovative conversation focusing on spiritual beliefs and coping. Activities facilitate verbal expression and appropriate social interaction and build a sense of belonging. We discuss activities and themes from these webinars within a recovery-oriented “emotion-focused coping” framework. A faith community member will lead this series.   Moderator: Thomas Burr, Community and Affiliate Relations Manager, NAMI Connecticut   Panelists for June 24th, 2021   Reverend Hiram L. Brett Rev. Brett, the spiritual care coordinator and chaplain at Connecticut Mental Health Center (CMHC) in New Haven, serves as a chaplain in the Bridgeport Hospital emergency room. Before joining CMHC, Rev. Brett served as pastor of Whitneyville United Church of Christ in Hamden, Connecticut. A graduate of Yale Divinity School (MDiv) and Stanford University (MBA), Rev. Brett completed his residency in clinical pastoral education at Yale New Haven Hospital. He has completed International Federal Levels 1 and 2 coach training and is working toward professional coach certification. Rabbi Randall (Randy) Konigsburg Senior Rabbi, Beth Sholom B’nai Israel, Manchester, Connecticut For almost 40 years, Rabbi Konigsburg has been a spiritual leader and pastor in congregations in Florida, Minnesota, Alabama, and Connecticut. He graduated from the Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS) in New York City with ordination and a master’s degree in rabbinic literature. He has worked as a hospital and police chaplain, as a rabbi for hospice, and as a rabbi for teens on the March of The Living, an educational history tour of holocaust sites in Poland. He has trained in pastoral crisis intervention, education, cancer care, and substance abuse. He received an honorary doctorate from JTS for his work in the Jewish community. Rabbi Konigsburg tries to find time for nature photography. Benjamin (Ben) Doolittle, MD, MA Div Rev. Dr. Benjamin Doolittle is a local church pastor and a physician. He is an associate professor of internal medicine and of pediatrics at Yale Medical School and an associate professor of religion and health at Yale Divinity School. He directs the Yale Program for Medicine, Spirituality, and Religion as well as the Combined Internal Medicine-Pediatrics Residency Program. Pastor Anthony (Tony) C. Martin Congregation: Trinity Baptist Church Pastor Martin is worship director at Trinity Baptist Church in Arlington, Massachusetts, and regional worship leader at the American Baptist Churches of Massachusetts. He holds a master of science and a bachelor of arts degrees in music and political science from the University of Massachusetts Boston (UMass Boston). He is the director of the UMass Boston chapter of My Brother’s Keeper. Launched by President Barack Obama in 2014, the My Brother’s Keeper initiative works to address persistent opportunity gaps faced by boys and young men of color and to ensure that all young people can reach their full potential.

This presentation will focus on implementing shared decision-making in caring for persons diagnosed with a serious mental illness. We will focus on the history of shared decision-making in medicine, the barriers to implementing SDM in psychiatry, and a framework and tool to support collaboration in psychiatric care. To watch the recording, click here. 

Join Dana Asby, MA, MEd, New England MHTTC's Education Coordinator, for this interactive webinar. You will not only learn about actions to take to weave evidence-based self-care practices into your daily routines; you'll practice them, too! Come prepared to be fully present in this hour of self-care, including: Breath work Meditation Trauma-informed chair yoga Mindful habit formation Other self-care practices If you are not able to resist multi-tasking during this hour, we encourage you to register for the event so that you receive the recording to use during an hour without distraction.   To watch the recording, click here. 

People define their spirituality, faith, and religion as being a process involving growth, addressing existential questions about meaning and sense in life, life satisfaction, well-being, a sense of purpose, hope, and optimism. During the COVID-19 pandemic, individuals and communities have started to explore more personal and collective connections with spiritual, faith, and religious resources as coping mechanisms. They seem to be a potential antidote that minimizes the consequences of anxiety, depression, and any other mental or physical stress caused during the coronavirus crisis.   In this context, the proposed panel and conversation series on spirituality, faith, and religion: creating a time and space for connection, wellness, and hope can be a tool for healthcare professionals, patients, family, and communities to reconnect with themselves, provide the most comprehensive care possible, benefit from spiritual practice, build social support, and share stories of hope and resilience.   Our community conversation series will offer comfort and safe space through structured and innovative conversation focusing on spiritual beliefs and coping. Activities facilitate verbal expression and appropriate social interaction and build a sense of belonging. We discuss activities and themes from these webinars within a recovery-oriented “emotion-focused coping” framework. A faith community member will lead this series.   Moderator: Thomas Burr, Community and Affiliate Relations Manager, NAMI Connecticut   Panelists for June 3rd, 2021   Pastor Marylin Rodriguez Congregation: Church Oasis of Blessing Christian Center   Pastor Marilyn Rodriguez was born in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, and raised in a Christian home. In 1996, Pastor Rodriquez received her bachelor’s degree in visual arts and moved to New Britain, Connecticut, where she met her future husband, Jose Rodriguez. She has always been active in her church, and in 1999 she graduated from the Hispanic Bible Institute. In 2014, Pastor Rodriguez graduated from the Latin-American Bible Institute and went on to teach there for 2 years. For the last 8 years, she and her husband have worked at the Church Oasis of Blessing Christian Center. Pastor Rodriguez and her husband Jose have eight children. Pastor Kelcy G. L. Steele Congregation: Varick Memorial African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Zion Church   A native of Rock Hill, South Carolina, Rev. Steele is the 43rd pastor of Varick Memorial AME Zion Church. He is author of the book The Sound of Revival: 7 Powerful Prophetic Proclamations, which explores prophetic preaching in the Wesleyan tradition. He earned his master of divinity degree at United Theological Seminary in Dayton, Ohio, in 2018. Governor Ned Lamont appointed Pastor Steele to the Connecticut Board of Pardons and Paroles in 2020. Pastor Steele is CEO of the Varick Center for Empowerment and an Imani Breakthrough Project Leader. He serves on the Board of Directors of Booker T. Washington Academy and is Cultural Ambassador of the Yale Center for Clinical Investigation. Pastor William L. Mathis Congregation: Springs of Life-Giving Water Church (The Springs) A native of Albany, Georgia, after graduating from Morehouse College with a bachelor’s degree in political science and accounting, Pastor Mathis joined the staff of the Select Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control for the U. S. House of Representatives.   Afterwards, he pursued his interest in law at Boston College, earning his JD degree in 1989 and serving as the National Chair of the Black Law Students Association in the wake of increasing minority presence in the profession. He served first as a judicial law clerk and then as Baltimore City Assistant State’s Attorney. While in these positions, he worked to ameliorate the plight of juvenile delinquents and to develop preventive programs and supporting environments. During this time, he was called to the ministry and began ministering through public policies. Before he entered Harvard University, he served as chaplain, counselor, and teacher at The Baraka School, a school for inner-city male youth based in Kenya, East Africa. Pastor Mathis received his MDiv from Harvard in 2002.   The Springs is an American Baptist Church in New Haven, Connecticut. Pastor Mathis seeks to help individuals view and develop each life experience as empowering and directional for their purposed lives as they become all that God intends. In line with his assignment, Pastor Mathis is CEO of WLM Ministries, a nonprofit organization devoted to providing consulting services to create community and faith-based initiatives focused on criminal justice, neighborhood safety, community building, youth empowerment, social justice, and African diaspora collaboration.    These are additional positions and affiliations for Pastor Mathis: Immediate past president, American Baptist Churches of Connecticut (ABCCONN), 2019–2020 Member, Baptist World Alliance’s Justice and Freedom Commission Consultant, Brazilian faith-based communities and non-governmental organizations working to empower Afro-Brazilian communities Member, Kingdom Association of Covenant Pastors Founding and steering committee member, New Haven 828, an organization devoted to bringing pastors and para-church leaders together for prayer and the formation of collaborative initiatives to address social ills Advisory board member, New Haven’s Juvenile Review Board Member, New Haven’s Reentry Initiative Roundtable Member, New Haven Community Violence Response Group      

Attendees will define reasonable accommodations under the Americans with Disabilities Act. Additionally, attendees will apply supports and accommodations based on the functional implications related to the mental health condition. Attendees will also gain an understanding of the resources available to help with identifying and requesting a reasonable accommodation.  

This Family Compassionate Conversation focused on wellness in Latinx families. This session, conducted in Spanish, offered positive wellness practices for families. We offered tips on ways to share practices and tools with others in your circle. Participants also experienced a brief mindfulness practice that can be shared with others in their lives.    

As part of our series focused on “Addressing Stress-Related Mental Health Consequences of the Pandemic in Health Care Workers”, this workshop introduced healthcare workers to Mindfulness and Acceptance Practices, which have a growing evidence base for helping people to live richer, fuller, and more meaningful and productive lives. These practices help people to identify their personal values and to overcome obstacles that can get in the way of acting in ways that are consistent with those values. This workshop provided an introduction to these practices and involved taking part in brief activities and exercises within the workshop aimed at starting to apply these practices in their own lives. We also shared information about free and low-cost resources for learning more!   To watch the recording, click here.  Speaker bio: Dr. Friedman-Yakoobian has almost 20 years of experience treating teens, young adults and families and practices from an acceptance and commitment therapy and self-compassion perspective. Dr. Friedman-Yakoobian is the director of a clinic for youth at risk for psychosis and has conducted research on the development of effective treatments for youth and families. She is an Assistant Professor in Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and has supervised dozens of clinicians in training at the Massachusetts Mental Health Center Public Psychiatry Division of the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Dr. Friedman-Yakoobian earned her undergraduate degree in Human Development and Family Studies at Cornell University and her doctorate in Clinical Psychology at the University of Massachusetts Boston.

View Slide Deck Attendees will define reasonable accommodations under the Americans with Disabilities Act. Additionally, attendees will apply supports and accommodations based on the functional implications related to the mental health condition. Attendees will also gain an understanding of the resources available to help with identifying and requesting a reasonable accommodation.

Organizational well-being is often misunderstood as “self-care.” The COVID-19 pandemic has affected organizations and employees in myriad ways, prompting a renewed focus on the need for organizational structures, policies, and practices to support employee well-being. In particular, Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC) employees have been disproportionately affected by the pandemic, while also experiencing the impact of racial inequities in the workplace and larger society.   The New England Mental Health Technology Transfer Center has created this collection of resources to offer information, strategies, and practices to help behavioral health employers take steps to “fix the workplace” rather than “fixing the worker.” It is divided into four sections:   Understanding the Impact of COVID-19 on Workers and Organizations (p. 2) Organizational Strategies and Practices for Supporting Employee Well-Being in the Workplace (p. 5) Organizational Strategies and Practices for Supporting Employee Well-being: Resources Specific to Behavioral Health Organizations (p. 8) Organizational Strategies and Practices for Supporting Employee Well-being: Frameworks and Lessons Learned from Healthcare Settings (p. 12)     Are there resources you would like to see added to this list? Please let us know what information and resources your organization needs to better support employee well-being by emailing us at: [email protected].

Join Exhale to Inhale Lead Trainer Julie Fernandez for a discussion with Martha Staeheli, Director of the New England Mental Health Technology Transfer Center's School Mental Health Initiative about the significance of trauma-informed yoga practice.   This past year has been pivotal for most of us with life changes and added pressures brought on by the pandemic and work-from-home situations. As educators, school mental health professionals, health care workers, parents, and caregivers our roles have not stayed singular through COVID-19 and we have all experienced a strain on our capacities to support those we serve.   Based on a curriculum that was developed for survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault, Exhale to Inhale has been bringing trauma-informed yoga and education to a wider population for the past seven years. Acknowledging that we have all had lived experiences of trauma, we know that this modality can support us all to lead nourished lives.   Exhale to Inhale's dedicated teachers and trainers have been bringing this healing practice via classes and workshops, to individuals and teams at universities, hospitals, nonprofits, and companies alike with the intention of sharing these tools widely so that they can be adapted to a variety of settings.  

View Slide Deck Attendees will identify the methods to assess the employment implications of mental health conditions and the ways to determine the need for supports and/or skill development. Additionally, we will describe the impact of the functional implication of a specific mental health condition on employment. Presenter: Joni N. Dolce, MS, CRC, CPRP is an Assistant Professor at Rutgers University where she provides training and technical assistance to improve career services for people with mental health conditions. Ms. Dolce has several years of experience working in Supported Employment services, providing both direct employment services and supervising staff. She speaks and provides workshops and trainings locally and nationally on a variety of employment-related topics.

Attendees will identify the methods to assess the employment implications of mental health conditions and the ways to determine the need for supports and/or skill development. Additionally, we will describe the impact of the functional implication of a specific mental health condition on employment. Presenter: Joni N. Dolce, MS, CRC, CPRP is an Assistant Professor at Rutgers University where she provides training and technical assistance to improve career services for people with mental health conditions. Ms. Dolce has several years of experience working in Supported Employment services, providing both direct employment services and supervising staff. She speaks and provides workshops and trainings locally and nationally on a variety of employment-related topics.

Objectives: 1-The participants will receive an overview of the current concept of what is called Schizophrenia 2-The limitations of the current name Schizophrenia as an appropriate title for this illness will be reviewed 3-Several alternative names are Schizophrenia will be listed along with results of a recent survey by our group, followed by discussion   Slides:      Presenters: Raquelle Mesholam-Gately, PhD Matcheri Keshavan, MD  

Many community college students juggle competing work and family demands, and as many as half experience mental health conditions. At the same time, community colleges often have fewer resources than four-year institutions to support student wellbeing. According to the Hope Center for College, Community, and Justice’s #Real College 2021: Basic Needs Insecurity During the Ongoing Pandemic report, growing numbers of students are living without adequate food or stable housing. Rates of anxiety, depression, and suicidality – particularly amongst BIPOC students – are also increasing. The Steve Fund’s Adapting and Innovating to Promote Mental Health and Emotional Well-being of Young People of Color: COVID-19 and Beyond report documents these and other challenges facing BIPOC students this year, including enormous stress related to COVID, racism, and social unrest.    The Hope Center for College, Community, and Justice shared findings and recommendations from their #Real College 2021: Basic Needs Insecurity During the Ongoing Pandemic report, and participants will connect with one another for facilitated discussions.   To watch the recording, click here.  To access the resource list, click on "download."

Resource list for the Supporting BIPOC Community College Students through Summer & Beyond convening held on May 6, 2021.