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  Obsessive compulsive disorder is neurobiologically and phenomenologically unique from other anxiety disorders. It requires a more nuanced assessment, with special consideration in prescribing first-line medications and psychotherapies.   Objectives: Describe the key diagnostic criteria and differential diagnosis of OCD in the primary care setting. Understand the basic neurobiology of OCD and how it is different than other anxiety disorders. Be able to describe the first-line psychotherapy treatment for OCD to patients and families, and how this specific type of psychotherapy may be different than other modalities. Understand the psychopharmacological treatment options for OCD and how dosing strategies are different than for other pediatric psychiatric conditions.   Presented by: Ryan Edwards, MD Dr. Ryan Edwards is a Board-Certified Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist. As a native Nebraskan, he earned his medical degree from the University of Nebraska Medical Center. He then completed both his residency and post-graduate fellowship training at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. His clinical interests include outpatient-based child & adolescent psychiatry, obsessive-compulsive disorder, complex anxiety disorders of childhood, and integrative and collaborative care across healthcare disciplines. He greatly enjoys teaching the next generation of medical professionals, and as a professional cyclist in a past life, he is also interested in the mental healthcare of young athletes.     Learn more about this series: Tele-Behavioral Health Consultation (TBHC) Primary Care Webinar Series    

Motivational Interviewing is a directive, client centered counseling style to assist clients with facilitating behavior change by empowering the clients and collaborate with them to create an actionable plan. It enhances the client’s motivation to change by helping to explore and resolve ambivalence. In this training you will learn to: Assess readiness to change using the stages of change Assess client’s barriers to implementing health recommendations by using MI skills Change your language to empower your clients and build collaboration into an actionable plan Learn more about Implementing Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) in Kansas.

The pandemic has permanently changed how we think about work. As the U.S. enters year three of working through the pandemic, people are channeling their internal reflections and shaping them into a new way of working and trying to find meaning in work and the companies that they work for. Join us for a discussion about how capitalism is evolving, why companies must do more social and environmental good and how you can recruit and retain top talent in an ever changing job market.   Learning Objectives: Discuss Social Impact and how it is changing business Discuss changes in workplace culture and what businesses need to do to adapt List various remote learning trends and how they fit into workplace culture   Presented by:  Jonathan Liebert CEO and Cofounder of the National Institute for Social Impact (NI4SI) and CEO/Executive Director of the Better Business Bureau of Southern Colorado Jonathan is a Social Entrepreneur and a Colorado Springs native. He is a recognized Leader by the Colorado Springs Leadership Institute (CSLI, class of 2017), and a Rising Star Award recipient from the Colorado Springs Business Journal. Jonathan is a champion for Social Impact, small businesses, and Trust in the marketplace. Jonathan is the Chair and Chief Architect of the new, international BBB Trustmark Program, titled BBB4Good. This new program verifies Higher-Purpose businesses and will be the first new Trustmark from BBB in more than 20 years. Jonathan is also an Adjunct Professor in the School of Business at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs. In partnership with UCCS, he has created the curriculum for the first course for Social Entrepreneurship in the School of Business. Jonathan is currently expanding the National Institute for Social Impact outside Colorado. This organization is key to Accelerating the evolution of Business by providing tools and training designed to enhance and organize the emerging Fourth Sector of the economy and leveraging entrepreneurial strategies that solve social and environmental issues across the globe. Jonathan currently serves on the National Board for the BBB Institute for Marketplace Trust, Business Advisory Committee for the Colorado Secretary of State, the Colorado Nonprofit Association, and is a CiviCO Colorado Governors Fellow of 2022. Jonathan has a Masters in Counseling Psychology and Counselor Education from the University of Colorado Health and Sciences Center.   Learn more about the Leadership Institute Community of Practice.                  

Did you know that 2 in 5 Native LGBTQ+/Two Spirit students experience both homophobic and racial harassment in school? Almost two-thirds of Native LGBTQ+/Two Spirit students reported feeling unsafe at school because of their sexual orientation, and nearly 1 in 5 felt unsafe at school because of their race or ethnicity. Check out our new resource flyer to learn more, including how educators and other school staff can help create a safer learning environment for Native LGBTQ+/Two Spirit students.

  Series Description Over 7 million people in the United States live with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDD). To ensure that these individuals receive quality mental health care, providers and caretakers must receive education and training about the unique mental health needs of people living with an IDD.   Please review our resources for our 3-part series on IDD and Mental Health as we taught about the unique mental health needs of individuals living with IDD. The training series consisted of three one-hour workshops that provided attendees with an up-to-date understanding of mental health practices for the IDD community, including trauma/post-traumatic stress strategies.  Session Resources Session 1 A Public Health Perspective Access resources by clicking DOWNLOAD above CLICK HERE to view the recording   Session 2  Thru the Lens of Trauma and Post-Traumatic Stress Access resources by clicking DOWNLOAD above CLICK HERE to view the recording   Session 3  Perspectives from the Field: A Panel Discussion Access resources by clicking DOWNLOAD above CLICK HERE to view the recording  

This session was part of our ongoing Workshop Wednesday series. It took place at 12:00 p.m. MT/1:00 p.m. CT on June 22nd, 2022. To access slide deck, click DOWNLOAD above CLICK HERE to view the recording Event Description Helping professionals, like psychologists, therapists, and counselors, are regularly exposed to the emotional turmoil and stress experienced by the clients they serve. For many, their job requirements entail active listening, validation, compassionate feedback, and helping clients manage their stressors intimately. The emotional, physical, and spiritual tolls of providing this level of support to others can compound over time, leading to secondary traumatic stress (STS). Though STS has long been an occupational hazard among helping professionals, the COVID-19 pandemic and the associated adversities have exacerbated the stressors faced by clients and clinicians alike. The increased demand for behavioral health services has put an unprecedented strain on helping professionals and their capacity to support the adequately support the needs of their clients.    This workshop is designed to provide clinicians with a general understanding of what secondary trauma is and why it matters to their personal and professional lives. Clinicians will be able to identify at least three symptoms of secondary trauma and will learn to evaluate similar signs of distress in themselves as well as to identify symptoms in their colleagues. Additionally, they will walk away with a framework for determining effective coping strategies that meet their individual needs and build resilience.  Trainer Ashely Fortier, MA, Psy.D.                     Ashley Fortier is a Psychologist Candidate in Colorado and currently serves as a Technical Assistance Associate within the Behavioral Health Program at WICHE. She works with various stakeholders across states and organizations in the West to further behavioral health initiatives. Her professional mission is to increase service efficacy, accessibility, and workforce capacity in rural and frontier regions. She collaborates on numerous research projects and publications in the areas of rural behavioral health, trauma-informed care, child and adolescent suicidology, and innovations in psychology practice. Previously, much of Fortier’s clinical experiences focused on delivering mental health services to survivors of trauma and abuse, patients with severe and persistent mental illness, incarcerated adults and juveniles, and those experiencing acute mental health crises. Fortier received her B.S. in psychology and criminal justice from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst as well as her M.A. and Psy.D. in clinical forensic psychology from The Chicago School of Professional Psychology-Los Angeles.   

About this Resource:  Perspectives in Mental Health Crisis is a four-part series examining the experiences of Certified Peer Specialists (CPS) as they navigate, utilize, and provide crisis services. In our fourth and final installment "Alternatives to Preventing and Responding to Crisis", our facilitators and panelists provide insight into how to avoid or lessen the negative impact of a mental health crisis. Peers share firsthand their hardships and how they were able to hold onto the things that mattered most to them, such as employment, housing, and relationships. In closing, several highly experienced and well-regarded trainers share formal skills peers can develop to enhance their resilience and prepare for the next situation life throws at them.   Click here to learn about other sessions in this series.

Slides from the session Native Medicine: Cultivating Mental Health Resilience and Deep Rooted Vitality for AI/AN Youth.  Join us to activate (y)our full presence, power, and resilience. We will be guided by Gera Marin, a Traditional Healing Arts Practitioner, Sacred Runner (Chaski), urban farmer, and Coach guide us in a 6 class journey where he will share techniques to generate emotional stability amidst the storms. Whether you are an educator, parent, organizer, or tribal leader, this series will support you with physical and mental fitness tools to assist you in sustaining your highest potentials in service of AI/AN youth communities. Through a combination of guided movement, mindfulness practices, and neuro linguistic reconditioning; participants will release self-limiting thought patterns inflicted by the colonial capitalistic dominant society and restore their innate resilience. This series is designed to lovingly support and create a space for those of you that serve in inequitable and challenging conditions, a space for you to regenerate, while reinvigorating your personal practices/routines.  Session #2 

Description: Schools play an important role in the recovery of students following community-wide trauma and adversity, but the road from preparedness to recovery begins long before a crisis event occurs and the response lasts well after the event is over.  This first session of a 4-part series will provide foundational information about collective trauma, how it affects members of a school community, the role of schools in crisis planning and response, and best practices in school crisis responses (including healing-centered school programming).   Learning Objectives: Participants will: Understand the increasing risk and impact of collective trauma on students, staff, and teachers in schools. Identify the role of schools and school mental health providers in crisis planning and response. Identify the scope of trauma-informed best practices for comprehensive and long-term preparedness and response to accumulating collective trauma. Promote cross-state networking and shared learning about navigating toward recovery during traumatic events.   Speaker:  Berre Burch, Ph.D., is the clinical director at the Children's Bureau of New Orleans where she oversees clinical programs that serve approximately 400 children, youth, and their families each year. A school psychologist by training, Dr. Burch has spent her career providing direct clinical services and systems-level consultation and support to address issues of childhood trauma. In her current role with the Children's Bureau, Dr. Burch partners with schools and other youth-serving organizations like courts, child advocacy centers, and workforce development programs to embed and deliver evidence-based, trauma-informed care in community settings. Dr. Burch earned her doctorate at Tulane University with a specialization in Trauma-Informed School Psychology and completed her clinical internship with the National Center for School Mental Health at the University of Maryland Medical Center.

The National American Indian and Alaska Native MHTTC has published its most recent newsletter. The theme for this issue is Deconstructing the DSM-5: Cultural Considerations.  Inside, you will find articles describing the limitations of the DSM-5 as a diagnostic tool when it comes to Indigenous peoples and cultures, as well as how to incorporate Native medicine and culture into treatment and prevention strategies.

Recording of Native Medicine: Cultivating Mental Health Resilience and Deep Rooted Vitality for AI/AN Youth. Join us to activate (y)our full presence, power, and resilience. We will be guided by Gera Marin, a Traditional Healing Arts Practitioner, Sacred Runner (Chaski), urban farmer, and Coach guide us in a series of sessions to journey where he will share techniques to generate emotional stability amidst the storms. Whether you are an educator, parent, organizer, or tribal leader, this series will support you with physical and mental fitness tools to assist you in sustaining your highest potentials in service of AI/AN youth communities. Through a combination of guided movement, mindfulness practices, and neuro linguistic reconditioning; participants will release self-limiting thought patterns inflicted by the colonial capitalistic dominant society and restore their innate resilience. This series is designed to lovingly support and create a space for those of you that serve in inequitable and challenging conditions, a space for you to regenerate, while reinvigorating your personal practices/routines. 

Recording of Native Food is Medicine: Providing Support for AI/AN Youth through the Healing Power of Food. Join us as we share our cultural connection to food, apply a balanced way of eating, and incorporate Indigenous traditions into our lives with the healing power of food. We welcome Dr. Vanessa Quezada (Kickapoo/Chichimeca). She is a pharmacist and founding member of SanArte Healing and Cultura clinic. Her work is at the intersections of Native traditional healing, food sovereignty and renewable energy that build more life-giving systems. Participants will become knowledgeable in providing emotional/ resilient support for AI/AN youth. Our school communities will develop healthier eating habits for successful outcomes in and out of the classroom. We will reflect upon our cultural connections to food and discuss the importance of sugar stability in the body as related to mental health support. We will learn how to adapt a balanced way of eating and discuss the role of stress, sleep and exercise. Together, we will develop plans for improving access to our traditional foods.

This panel was a collaborative event with The College of Behavioral Health Leadership. Access the panel recoding HERE Workshop Description:  Latinx youths are at significant risk for mental health problems, including anxiety, depression, and suicide attempts. Latinx youths are also less likely to access culturally responsive mental health services and continue to be undiagnosed or untreated. This can lead to negative outcomes such as negative interactions at school and with authorities, increased disconnection from family and society, and exposure to the criminal justice system. This presentation will review related stressors and gaps that impact Latino youth and families. Special considerations for Hispanic and Latino youth mental health will be discussed. .   About the Speaker:   Angel D.S. Casillas Carmona, MHS Project Manager National Hispanic and Latino MHTTC Angel Casillas-Carmona, M.H.S. completed his graduate studies at Universidad Central del Caribe (UCC) in 2020 and obtained his Master's in Health Sciences in Substance Abuse Counseling. He currently stands as Project Manager for the National Hispanic and Latino Mental Health Technology Transfer Center (MHTTC), subsidized by SAMHSA, emphasizing the Hispanic and Latino populations in the United States and its territories. He began his professional development as a Technology Transfer Specialist at the Institute of Research Education and Services of Addiction (IRESA) of UCC. He oversees coordinating training services and education and provided technical assistance for the SAMHSA-subsidized Opioid Response Network (ORN) for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. He is a volunteer coordinator for Gua'kia pa la calle, an independent harm reduction and syringe exchange program

Slides from the session Native Food is Medicine: Providing Emotional/ Resilient Support for AI/AN Youth through the Healing Power of Food. Join us as we share our cultural connection to food, apply a balanced way of eating, and incorporate Indigenous traditions into our lives with the healing power of food. We welcome Dr. Vanessa Quezada (Kickapoo/Chichimeca). She is a pharmacist and founding member of SanArte Healing and Cultura clinic. Her work is at the intersections of Native traditional healing, food sovereignty and renewable energy that build more life-giving systems. Participants will become knowledgeable in providing emotional/ resilient support for AI/AN youth. Our school communities will develop healthier eating habits for successful outcomes in and out of the classroom. We will reflect upon our cultural connections to food and discuss the importance of sugar stability in the body as related to mental health support. We will learn how to adapt a balanced way of eating and discuss the role of stress, sleep and exercise. Together, we will develop plans for improving access to our traditional foods.  Session #1

Join us to activate (y)our full presence, power, and resilience. We will be guided by Gera Marin, a Traditional Healing Arts Practitioner, Sacred Runner (Chaski), urban farmer, and Coach guide us in a series of sessions to journey where he will share techniques to generate emotional stability amidst the storms. Whether you are an educator, parent, organizer, or tribal leader, this series will support you with physical and mental fitness tools to assist you in sustaining your highest potentials in service of AI/AN youth communities. Through a combination of guided movement, mindfulness practices, and neuro linguistic reconditioning; participants will release self-limiting thought patterns inflicted by the colonial capitalistic dominant society and restore their innate resilience. This series is designed to lovingly support and create a space for those of you that serve in inequitable and challenging conditions, a space for you to regenerate, while reinvigorating your personal practices/routines. Session #1

Slides from the session Native Medicine: Cultivating Mental Health Resilience and Deep Rooted Vitality for AI/AN Youth. Join us to activate (y)our full presence, power, and resilience. We will be guided by Gera Marin, a Traditional Healing Arts Practitioner, Sacred Runner (Chaski), urban farmer, and Coach guide us in a series of sessions to journey where he will share techniques to generate emotional stability amidst the storms. Whether you are an educator, parent, organizer, or tribal leader, this series will support you with physical and mental fitness tools to assist you in sustaining your highest potentials in service of AI/AN youth communities. Through a combination of guided movement, mindfulness practices, and neuro linguistic reconditioning; participants will release self-limiting thought patterns inflicted by the colonial capitalistic dominant society and restore their innate resilience. This series is designed to lovingly support and create a space for those of you that serve in inequitable and challenging conditions, a space for you to regenerate, while reinvigorating your personal practices/routines. 

This webinar was hosted by the South Southwest MHTTC on June 14, 2022. Mark Garnand, CPSW, LSAA facilitated this presentation along with Nathan Lawson and Melisha Montono as part of our Region 6 Peer Support Spotlight Series focused on New Mexico. With the current leadership of the Office of Peer Recovery and Engagement (OPRE), the state of New Mexico has nearly doubled the number of Certified Peer Support Workers in our state. Assisting in various capacities, Certified Peer Support Workers (CPSWs) have become a growing and present force in the Behavioral Health Network in New Mexico. This presentation on the Four Agreements written by Don Miguel Ruiz, explored the Four Agreements discussed the understanding of how they can correlate with our Ethics and self-care as Behavioral Health Professionals.   Presentation Slides Recording

About this Resource: As the future of crisis care in the United States is on the cusp of being transformed, it is important to keep under-served and marginalized populations in mind when championing the changes and improvements to those services. This brief guide serves to highlight the unique struggles and barriers that many different marginalized communities experience when trying to access crisis services, and provides a glimpse into the future of crisis care.

This is a recording of the Session 2 panel in the Rising Practices & Policies in the Workforce series, entitled, “Mitigating Distress and Maximizing Supports for Refugees from War.”  The panel discussion brought together speakers from across our region and the nation who have lived experience with the impact of war. These mental health and school mental health providers share strategies for working with individuals who have survived wars and navigated the ensuing primary, secondary, and vicarious traumas that resulted from this experience. The virtual panel sought to address this aspect of the recent war in Ukraine, and how it heightens the need for mental health and school mental health systems, services, and supportive providers to grow collective knowledge and skills in responding sensitively to clients and students who are refugees from current and previous wars. View the recording and hear presentations and a Q&A featuring four leaders in the school and mental health workforce: Natasha Bogopolskaya, Jose Patiño, Stephanie Noriega and Dr. Sharon A. Hoover."

  Research has shown rates of anxiety, depression, impaired sleep, and suicidal ideations have risen significantly in children over the past decade. This has correlated with the increased use of smart phones and social media. Although there are some benefits to social media use, approximately 27% of youth report negative sequelae. This presentation will provide information on strategies to help parents and youth understand the safety precautions and reduce negative implications of social media use.   Objectives: Understand the positive and negative psychological sequelae of social media on a child's mental health. Identify strategies to support parents and youth in limiting exposure to social media and developing coping responses to social media postings. Identify which youth are at most risk for negative sequelae of social media. Support community efforts and advocate for improved monitoring and filtering of social media while supporting healthy social development.   Presented by: Terri Mathews, PhD, APRN-NP, BCBA-D Dr. Mathews is an associate professor in the College of Nursing. Dr. Mathews received her bachelor's degree in nursing from University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, NE; her master’s degree in nursing from the University of Missouri-Kansas City, and her doctoral degree in Developmental and Child Psychology from the University of Kansas. Dr. Mathews clinical specialty is child and adolescent psychiatric mental health nursing. She is a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner and a Licensed Psychologist. Dr. Mathews joined the faculty at the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Nursing in 2008.     Learn more about this series: Tele-Behavioral Health Consultation Primary Care Webinar Series     

This one-hour conference session discusses training and technical assistance for the rural mental health/behavioral health workforce. ABOUT THIS RESOURCE Speakers: Christina Clayton, LICSW, CDP, Co-Director, Northwest Mental Health Technology Transfer Center Dr. Phillip Hawley, Yakima Valley Farm Workers Clinic Stephanie Hoffman, Family Support Partners & Training  Slides from this session The Northwest Rural Health Conference brings together rural healthcare professionals and subject matter experts from the field to collaborate, educate, and brainstorm innovative ways to bring quality care to our rural communities. Through collaboration of the Washington State Department of Health State Office of Rural Health, the WWAMI AHEC Programs, the Washington Rural Health Association and the Rural Health Clinic Association of Washington this annual conference brings together a consortium of rural healthcare professionals from around the region to provide an experience that expands professional knowledge, promotes partnership, and explores the new and emerging opportunities to advance rural health. Learn more about the 2022 conference.

This podcast was produced as part of promotions for the upcoming webinar Communities of Practice in Leadership: Workforce Innovations - Social Impact and Remote Working hosted by Jonathan Liebert.    Webinar description:  The pandemic has permanently changed how we think about work. As the U.S. enters year three of working through the pandemic, people are channeling their internal reflections and shaping them into a new way of working and trying to find meaning in work and the companies that they work for. Join us for a discussion about how capitalism is evolving, why companies must do more social and environmental good and how you can recruit and retain top talent in an ever changing job market.    About Jonathan:  Jonathan Liebert CEO and Cofounder of the National Institute for Social Impact (NI4SI) and CEO/Executive Director of the Better Business Bureau of Southern Colorado Jonathan is a Social Entrepreneur and a Colorado Springs native. He is a recognized Leader by the Colorado Springs Leadership Institute (CSLI, class of 2017), and a Rising Star Award recipient from the Colorado Springs Business Journal. Jonathan is a champion for Social Impact, small businesses, and Trust in the marketplace. Jonathan is the Chair and Chief Architect of the new, international BBB Trustmark Program, titled BBB4Good. This new program verifies Higher-Purpose businesses and will be the first new Trustmark from BBB in more than 20 years. Jonathan is also an Adjunct Professor in the School of Business at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs. In partnership with UCCS, he has created the curriculum for the first course for Social Entrepreneurship in the School of Business. Jonathan is currently expanding the National Institute for Social Impact outside Colorado. This organization is key to Accelerating the evolution of Business by providing tools and training designed to enhance and organize the emerging Fourth Sector of the economy and leveraging entrepreneurial strategies that solve social and environmental issues across the globe. Jonathan currently serves on the National Board for the BBB Institute for Marketplace Trust, Business Advisory Committee for the Colorado Secretary of State, the Colorado Nonprofit Association, and is a CiviCO Colorado Governors Fellow of 2022. Jonathan has a Masters in Counseling Psychology and Counselor Education from the University of Colorado Health and Sciences Center.   Learn more about the Leadership Institute Community of Practice.                       

June 14, 2022 Using data to drive decision-making is critical to ensuring that behavioral health services improve the lives of all people, no matter their race, background, or circumstance. During the Using Data for Equity webinar on Thursday, May 26 our partners at Third Sector shared a five-step process of using data to operationalize equity. This Diversity Talk pairs with that webinar and will include three elements: 1) responses to questions from the webinar, 2) deeper dives into each of the five steps, including how to address challenges and mitigate risks, and 3) facilitated discussion and peer learning on using data for equity. Check out the video archive from our May 26 webinar and make plans to extend your learning at this related Diversity Talk.   To view the recording, please go to: https://youtu.be/nyUQx_58glU   Slides coming soon!

About this Resource: Region IV is the largest HHS region, comprised of eight states and approximately one-quarter of the U.S. population. These states have large rural populations, high poverty rates, and face racial and cultural disparities in care. In addition the Southeast states have considerable clinical, geographic, workforce, and health system differences and often score below the median on state rankings for a variety of mental health outcomes.  These factors are important considerations when planning mental health care and support services; however, understanding the interplay of these influences can be challenging.  The Southeast MHTTC Data Visualization Project demonstrates the potential ways these factors intersect as well as areas where measures could be taken to remove barriers and improve mental health. Many counties in Region IV are doubly disadvantaged with a high degree of mental health burden co-exiting with mental health provider shortages. These counties should be a high priority in efforts to expand the mental health workforce in the Southeast.    Potential Impact of Workforce Shortages on Mental Health Care Relevant Factors: Availability of mental health professionals and mental health outcomes (i.e., rates of suicide, mental health distress). How to Use: Click on "VIEW RESOURCE" above to access our interactive map and visualize the intersection of these factors.