Products and Resources Catalog

This session is part of the 2-part panel series, Supporting the Mental Health of Refugee and Asylee Communities, with which we aim to raise awareness about relevant mental health needs of asylum seekers and refugee populations by highlighting their voices and stories; share best practices and strategies with providers and organizations using contextual and system-level perspectives; and differentiate between a cultural knowledge-base and culturally responsive approaches. In this first session in the series, a community panel led by individuals with lived experience share about their refugee/asylee journey. The learning objectives for this session are below: Raise awareness of the mental health needs of refugee and asylee communities Identify the impact of loss, trauma and grief on mental health as people experience the migration process. Develop culturally responsive, trauma-informed services and supports. Access the recording for this session by clicking on the "VIEW RESOURCE" button above. Slides for this session are available here. For access to more information about this series, including speaker bios, visit the series landing page here.

This session is part of the 2-part panel series, Supporting the Mental Health of Refugee and Asylee Communities, with which we aim to raise awareness about relevant mental health needs of asylum seekers and refugee populations by highlighting their voices and stories; share best practices and strategies with providers and organizations using contextual and system-level perspectives; and differentiate between a cultural knowledge-base and culturally responsive approaches. In this second session in the series, we hear from a systems & organizations panel led by subject matter experts (SMEs) working in/with the systems that attend to refugee and asylee communities. The learning objectives for this session are below: Understand the similarities and differences between refugee and asylee populations Identify the impact of systems and legal processes on mental health as people experience the migration process. Increase capacity for and access to culturally responsive, trauma-informed services and supports. Access the recording for this session by clicking on the "VIEW RESOURCE" button above. Slides for this session are available here. For access to more information about this series, including speaker bios, visit the series landing page here.

This training was held on June 28th, 2022, from 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. MT/1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. CT. Access resources by clicking DOWNLOAD above CLICK HERE to view the recording Event Description This presentation will discuss the neuroscience of trauma and how trauma impacts development in childhood. Attendees will learn how trauma manifests in problems with behavior, emotions and addictions. This presentation will highlight indigenous wisdom in understanding and healing trauma.   Learning Objectives Learn how trauma impacts development.   Understand neuroplasticity and its role in changing behavior  Identify trauma related reactions  Learn how to respond to individuals with trauma in a manner that facilitates healing  Recognize Indigenous practices as valuable interventions for traumatized individuals  Trainer Tami De Coteau                     Dr. DeCoteau obtained a doctorate degree in Clinical Psychology in 2003 from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln with specialization in the cognitive-behavioral treatment of anxiety disorders for adults, adolescents and children.    Dr. De Coteau is a Trust-Based Relational Intervention (TBRI) practitioner. TBRI is a therapeutic model that trains caregivers to provide effective support for at-risk children. She is also trained in various other trauma treatment modalities including EMDR, EFT, somatic processing, attachment intervention, NMT (neurosequential model of therapeutics), and TF-CBT. Dr. De Coteau has extensive experience working with patients who suffer from complex trauma, neurodevelopmental disorders, grief, anxiety, depression, and suicidal thinking.    Dr. DeCoteau has worked in a variety of outpatient settings and with a diverse patient population, including Veterans and Native Americans. She received the Indian Health Service 2009 Health Professional of the Year Award for outstanding service and the American Psychological Foundation 2010 Early Career Award for providing culturally competent practice techniques for Native Americans and for developing training programs in rural, underserved areas. Dr. DeCoteau was appointed by a member of the U.S. congress to serve the Commission on Native Children to help address the challenges faced by Native children.    Aside from clinical work, Dr. DeCoteau has given numerous lectures on how trauma impacts attachment and brain development, in-school strategies for working with traumatized children, and historical trauma. She is an enrolled member of the American Psychological Association, an enrolled member of the Mandan, Hidatsa, Arikara Nation and a descendant of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa.

June 27, 2022 A  Federação para Crianças Portadoras de Necessidades Especiais em parceria com o New England MHTTC convidam a comunidade Brasileira e Portuguesa residente no estado de Massachusetts-U.S para participar de uma série de conversa sobre Trauma, Abuso e Violência Sexual e Violência Emocional e Psicológica. Esta série visa informar, orientar e proporcionar oportunidade para juntos aprendermos sobre os efeitos das vivências traumáticas, o impacto na vida das pessoas e o processo de recovery.   Objetivos:  Identificar experiências traumáticas e as consequências na saúde mental, no bem-estar e no processo de recovery. Compreender como o estigma e outras barreiras culturais podem impactar na busca por tratamento ou apoio para lidar com situações traumáticas. Entenda como a família, os amigos e a comunidade podem ajudar no processo de recovery.  

Recording of the event Exploring Racial Stress and Intergenerational Trauma, originally held on June 23, 2022.   Slide presentation

Recording of the event How to Talk to Youth about Race & Racial Trauma, originally held on May 25, 2022.   Slide Presentation

Este producto describe a TARGET, una intervención terapéutica y de educación que se puede adaptar para niñxs, jóvenes y familias latinas que han experimentado eventos traumáticos y/o están experimentando desafíos de salud conductual. Además, provee recomendaciones sobre la utilización de TARGET para proveedores de salud mental que trabajan con la comunidad Latinx.

This factsheet describes TARGET, a therapeutic intervention for regulating the effect of trauma that can be adapted for Latinx children, youths, and families that have experienced traumatic events and/or are experiencing behavioral health challenges. In addition, it provides recommendations for mental health providers that want to provide TARGET to Latinx communities.

Este producto describe a TARGET, una intervención terapéutica y de educación que se puede adaptar para niñxs, jóvenes y familias latinas que han experimentado eventos traumáticos y/o están experimentando desafíos de salud conductual. Además, provee recomendaciones sobre la utilización de TARGET para proveedores de salud mental que trabajan con la comunidad Latinx.

This factsheet describes TARGET, a therapeutic intervention for regulating the effect of trauma that can be adapted for Latinx children, youths, and families that have experienced traumatic events and/or are experiencing behavioral health challenges. In addition, it provides recommendations for mental health providers that want to provide TARGET to Latinx communities.

Host: Alfredo Cerrato, Great Lakes A/MH/PTTC Senior Cultural & Workforce Development Officer Special Guest: Derrick Martin, LPCC-S, EMDR, CCTP                         Traumaologist, Traumaology LLC    We invite you to check in with Alfredo Cerrato and Derrick Martin as they discuss post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and complex post-traumatic stress disorder (CPTSD) in first responders, including the support services and therapies available for those coping with overwhelming life experiences. Derrick discusses his experience working as a paramedic and firefighter, and how managing his own CPTSD diagnosis with eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy motivated him to become a mental health professional and traumaologist.  (Listening time: 30 min., 4 sec.)   Derrick Martin, LPCC-S, EMDR, CCTP Derrick is an independently licensed psychotherapist with supervisory designation in the State of Ohio. Prior to his career as a traumaologist, he start out his life in public safety. Starting out as an EMT-Basic and furthering his education becoming an EMT-Paramedic, he also obtained his Professional Firefighter I & II certification. He has served over 12 years of combined service service the citizens of the State of Ohio. In 2008, he was seriously injured on duty and forced to leave public safety from that injury. That time in his life was very difficult and at times very dark. Seeking out help, he discovered psychotherapy and EMDR therapy. Having been diagnosed with CPTSD, he went through EMDR therapy and accredit that to saving his life. As a patient, he experienced both the good and the bad of various clinicians and knew that he wanted to give back and raise the bar for the standardization of care for first responders and other victims of trauma. 

To access slide deck, click DOWNLOAD above CLICK HERE to view the recording This event was held on May 25th, 2022 from 11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. MT/12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m. CT.  Event Description May is Maternal Mental Health Awareness month.  As many as 1 in 5 new mothers experience some type of perinatal mood and anxiety disorder (PMADs). These illnesses frequently go unnoticed and untreated, often with long-term consequences to both mother and child.  No one is immune to experiencing PMADS. Women of every culture, age, income level and race can develop perinatal mood and anxiety disorders. Symptoms can appear any time during pregnancy and the first 12 months after childbirth. There are effective and well-researched treatment options available to help women recover, but stigma often prevents women from seeking help.     Join us this month as we offer two 1-hour training sessions that address sensitive topics that are often missed in the perinatal mental health conversation: Grief and Loss, and Birth Trauma.    Learning Objectives: ·      Define birth trauma and related experiences during the perinatal period  ·      Recognize symptoms and  screening tools for birth trauma and PTSD  ·      Examine effective ways to support individuals who have experienced trauma during birth  Trainer Marianela Rodriguez-Reynaldo  Marianela Rodriguez-Reynaldo is a mother, postpartum doula, Certified Lactation Educator and Clinical Psychologist specialized in Perinatal Mental Health. She completed her Master’s degree at Xavier University in Ohio and went on to complete her PhD in Clinical Psychology at the Carlos Albizu University in San Juan, Puerto Rico. She has been a PSI Coordinator in Puerto Rico since 2009, has a private practice and led a monthly support group for parents who have experienced perinatal loss for 11 years. She is an activist for reproductive justice and human rights in maternal infant care. Provides training on perinatal mental health and trauma for health and birth professionals, is part of the expert panel for the Observatory of Obstetric Violence in Puerto Rico and serves as a Psychology Consultant for the Puerto Rico Health Department, Mother, Child and Adolescent Division (Title V). In 2020 she co-founded the first Center for Perinatal Mental Health in Puerto Rico that focuses on research, awareness, and service for this population. 

Integrated Co-Occurring Disorders Treatment     The Great Lakes MHTTC 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.     DESCRIPTION:  Topics covered in this presentation include: Three types of co-occurring disorders treatment; the 10 components of integrated co-occurring disorders treatment; how to evaluate your program’s effectiveness in addressing co-occurring disorders and how to help clients with co-occurring disorders avoid slipping through the cracks, which involves going back and forth between mental health facilities, substance use disorders facilities; prisons and medical hospitals without recovering.     LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Articulate the tenants of 3 types of co-occurring disorders treatment. Utilize the 10 components of integrated co-occurring disorders treatment in your work. Evaluate your programs current effectiveness in addressing co-occurring disorders and be in position to improve effectiveness.     PRESENTER:   Mark Sanders, LCSW, CADC is the State Project Manager for the Great Lakes ATTC, MHTTC and PTTC. Mark has worked for 40 years as a social worker, educator, and part of the SUD workforce. He is founder of the Online Museum of African American Addictions, Treatment and Recovery and co-founder of Serenity Academy of Chicago, the only recovery-oriented high school in Illinois. Mark is also an international speaker, trainer, and consultant in the behavioral health field whose work has reached thousands throughout the United States, Europe, Canada, the Caribbean, and the British Islands.    Recently, Mark Sanders was named as the 2021 recipient of the NAADAC Enlightenment Award in recognition of his outstanding work and contributions to NAADAC, the field of SUD services, and SUD professionals. He is also the recipient of the Illinois Association for Behavioral Health’s 2021 Lawrence Goodman Friend of the Field award in honor of the many years of dedicated service Mark has provided to communities throughout his home state of Illinois.

Recording of Trauma Informed Approaches: Returning Adult Citizens Part 2, originally held on May 17, 2022.   Slide Presentation

To view slide deck, click DOWNLOAD above Recording coming soon! This event was held on May 17th, 2022 from 11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. MT/12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m. CT.  Event Description May is Maternal Mental Health Awareness month.  As many as 1 in 5 new mothers experience some type of perinatal mood and anxiety disorder (PMADs). These illnesses frequently go unnoticed and untreated, often with long-term consequences to both mother and child.  No one is immune to experiencing PMADS. Women of every culture, age, income level and race can develop perinatal mood and anxiety disorders. Symptoms can appear any time during pregnancy and the first 12 months after childbirth. There are effective and well-researched treatment options available to help women recover, but stigma often prevents women from seeking help.     Join us this month as we offer two 1-hour training sessions that address sensitive topics that are often missed in the perinatal mental health conversation: Grief and Loss, and Birth Trauma.    Learning Objectives: ·      Identify key concepts related to perinatal loss  ·      Consider the impact of grief and loss during the perinatal period  ·      Examine effective ways to support individuals who have experienced perinatal loss  Trainer Marianela Rodriguez-Reynaldo  Marianela Rodriguez-Reynaldo is a mother, postpartum doula, Certified Lactation Educator and Clinical Psychologist specialized in Perinatal Mental Health. She completed her Master’s degree at Xavier University in Ohio and went on to complete her PhD in Clinical Psychology at the Carlos Albizu University in San Juan, Puerto Rico. She has been a PSI Coordinator in Puerto Rico since 2009, has a private practice and led a monthly support group for parents who have experienced perinatal loss for 11 years. She is an activist for reproductive justice and human rights in maternal infant care. Provides training on perinatal mental health and trauma for health and birth professionals, is part of the expert panel for the Observatory of Obstetric Violence in Puerto Rico and serves as a Psychology Consultant for the Puerto Rico Health Department, Mother, Child and Adolescent Division (Title V). In 2020 she co-founded the first Center for Perinatal Mental Health in Puerto Rico that focuses on research, awareness, and service for this population. 

Over 140,000 children have experienced the death of a parent, grandparent, or caregiver from COVID-19, adding more stress to children and their families.    The purpose of this toolkit is to supply school-based mental health providers with resources to support students, parents, caregivers, and school personnel who continue to experience anxiety, grief, and/or mental fatigue as a result of the trauma and disruptions caused by COVID-19, as well as from the evolving societal changes that persist in the wake of the pandemic.  Additional resources compiled by the Mental Health Technology Transfer Center Network can be found on the Responding to COVID-19 School Mental Health website. Resources include best practices, trauma-informed care, telehealth tools, professional self-care, and much more.    

May 11, 2022 Join Kelsey Alexander, Training and Prevention Coordinator for the Connecticut Alliance to End Sexual Violence to learn about recognizing and responding in a trauma-informed way to disclosures of sexual violence, and what resources exist in Connecticut.   to watch the recording, go to: https://youtu.be/NSiO7u26Hp4

The Great Lakes MHTTC 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.     Trauma Affect Regulation: Guide for Education and Therapy (TARGET): Universal, Selective, and Indicated Prevention and Intervention in the Schools     DESCRIPTION: Join us for this one-hour introductory webinar presentation: Trauma Affect Regulation: A Guide for Education and Therapy (TARGET).TARGET is a strengths-based and trauma-focused intervention designed for youth survivors of physical, sexual, psychological, and emotional trauma. TARGET is utilized to prevent and treat traumatic stress disorders. Dr. Julian Ford, developer of TARGET, will discuss the seven skills (FREEDOM) that students can use to regulate extreme emotional states, manage intrusive trauma memories, promote self-efficacy, and achieve lasting recovery from trauma. TARGET has also been adapted to different ages, groups, and cultures.      LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Describe the Trauma Affect Regulation: Guide for Education and Therapy (TARGET) method of psychoeducation and stress management skills. Describe how TARGET can be used in school settings for universal or selective prevention. Describe how TARGET can be used in school settings for indicated prevention in the aftermath of violent or other traumatic incidents.     SPEAKER: Julian D. Ford, Ph.D., A.B.P.P. is a board-certified clinical psychologist and Professor of Psychiatry and Law at the University of Connecticut where he directs two Treatment and Services Adaptation Centers in the National Child Traumatic Stress Network: the Center for Trauma Recovery and Juvenile Justice and the Center for the Treatment of Developmental Trauma Disorders. Dr. Ford is past President of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, and a Fellow of the American Psychological Association. He has published more than 250 articles and book chapters and is the author or editor of 10 books, including Treating Complex Traumatic Stress Disorders in Children and Adolescents: Scientific Foundations and Therapeutic Models.  Dr. Ford developed and has conducted randomized clinical trial and effectiveness studies with the Trauma Affect Regulation: Guide for Education and Therapy (TARGET©) model for youths and adults.

Recording of the event titled Trauma-Informed Approaches: Returning Adult Citizens Part 1, originally held on May 3, 2022.   Slide Presentation

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   

  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.   

April 27, 2022 To watch the recording, please go to: https://youtu.be/3Vzu45D4k2o    Around one in four women in the United States experience sexual assault. Around two-thirds decide to tell others about their experience, often with the expectation of support. Yet, women disclosing sexual assault often receive unhelpful and even harmful reactions from others, including family, friends, or mental health and medical professionals. This talk should provide you with a background on what the research shows about the kinds of reactions that people receive from others when disclosing sexual assault, the factors that make receiving harmful reactions more likely, and the consequences of harmful reactions on women’s coping and mental health. It should also present guidelines for both professionals and community members on supportive responses to provide and harmful responses to avoid to promote better outcomes for survivors of sexual assault. Presenter:  Mark R. Relyea, PhD, is a community psychologist and statistician at VA Connecticut Healthcare System, and Associate Research Scientist at Yale School of Medicine. His focus is on understanding how to prevent sexual assault and harassment and improve outcomes for survivors. Dr. Relyea’s current research seeks to understand the frequency, consequences, and predictors of patients’ harassment towards staff and other patients within healthcare systems and the utility of bystander intervention training to address patient harassment.

April 26, 2022 A  Federação para Crianças Portadoras de Necessidades Especiais em parceria com o New England MHTTC convidam a comunidade Brasileira e Portuguesa residente no estado de Massachusetts-U.S para participar de uma série de conversa sobre Trauma, Abuso e Violência Sexual e Violência Emocional e Psicológica. Esta série visa informar, orientar e proporcionar oportunidade para juntos aprendermos sobre os efeitos das vivências traumáticas, o impacto na vida das pessoas e o processo de recovery.   Objetivos:  Identificar experiências traumáticas e as consequências na saúde mental, no bem-estar e no processo de recovery. Compreender como o estigma e outras barreiras culturais podem impactar na busca por tratamento ou apoio para lidar com situações traumáticas. Entenda como a família, os amigos e a comunidade podem ajudar no processo de recovery.  

View Slide Deck Intersecting Realities and the Diversity within the Hispanic/Latinx Community: Implications for Research and Practice in Mental Health Explore the intersectionality and cultural diversities within the Hispanic and Latinx community and how it impacts mental health services with a focus on cultural considerations and trauma histories. Presenter: Dr. Azara Santiago Rivera serves as the Coordinator of the Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology at Felician University, Lodi, New Jersey. Also, she earned the status of Emeritus Professor and was the Director of the Clinical Mental Health Counseling Program in the Department of Psychology at Merrimack College. Before joining the Merrimack community, she held academic appointments at The Chicago School of Professional Psychology (TCSPP) as the chair of the Counseling Department in August 2011 and became dean of academic affairs in August 2013 until 2015. Dr. Santiago-Rivera served as the associate dean of the School of Education, University at Albany (NY) from 2001―2004. Among outcomes of her work were initiatives to advance early career faculty with a focus on publishing, teaching strategies and tenure and promotion processes. In addition, she also held faculty positions as a professor, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (2004―2011) and assistant and associate professor, University at Albany [NY] (1992―2004). Her publications and research interests include multicultural competencies in the counseling profession, bilingual therapy, Latinx adults and depression, and the impact of environmental contamination on the biopsychosocial well-being of Native Americans. Her current work involves assessing depression in Latinx adults and the challenges associated with the use of translated measures from English to Spanish. She is a coauthor of 3 books, over 50 peer reviewed articles and book chapters, and has given over 120 presentations/workshops at local, national and international conferences, universities, and organizations. She has held leadership positions in professional organizations such as the Vice-President of the Latino Interest Network of the Association of Multicultural Counseling and Development (AMCD), and the President of Counselors for Social Justice (CSJ) within the American Counseling Association. She is a past- President of the National Latino/a Psychological Association. She is the Founding Editor of the Journal of Latinx Psychology (APA journal) and is a Fellow of Divisions 45 and 17 of APA. In 2014, Dr. Santiago-Rivera received the APA Presidential Citation for outstanding contribution to the profession. Currently, Dr. Santiago Rivera is the President of the Latino Mental Health Association of New Jersey and the Treasurer-Elect of the American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education.