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May 25, 2022 The U.S. is facing a national mental health crisis among youth due to the lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Rural communities face unique challenges and barriers developing treatment and recovery options, which can lead to increased rates of mental illness. This webinar features experts who will address challenges faced in reducing barriers to mental health services in rural communities and share innovative ideas for bringing mental health services to youth. They will also address how social connections are crucial to eliminate the red tape and establish mental health services in these areas.   Panelists:  Alicia Casey-McCall, Research Associate, Community Health Systems Development at Georgia Health Policy Center Sean Perry, Founder, We R H.O.P.E. Shea Haury, Executive Director, ComWell

This resource highlights how Kingwood Elementary School implemented Classroom WISE, as part of the Classroom WISE School TA Opportunity. To learn more about Classroom WISE, visit www.classroomwise.org.

This resource highlights how Maplewood High School implemented Classroom WISE, as part of the Classroom WISE School TA Opportunity. To learn more about Classroom WISE, visit www.classroomwise.org.

Download the presentation slides here   How do we approach achieving longevity of our school mental health initiatives? We face changing resources, complex challenges, and many moving parts. Adaptive leadership offers a strategic framework for how to think about the issues, generate solutions, and implement lasting change. In this second of two sessions, we will review core tenants and share advanced practices for leading efforts for lasting school mental health impact. Intended Audience This session is designed for local and state champions of school mental health initiatives.  It is ideal for those with a role in leading, influencing, and/or planning for the longevity of school mental health services through implementation of systems, policies, and programs. This is an opportunity to learn how to apply leadership strategies to sustainability efforts, including in collaboration with teams/partners. Learning Objectives Participants who join this session will be able to: Identify six core adaptive leadership tenants supporting longevity of school mental health initiatives. Recognize strategic solutions for sustaining initiative outcomes, including sharing the work within the school/district and community-wide. Build practices for disciplined attention to leading sustainability strategies in the context of competing priorities. Use inclusive decision making for equitable sustainability, including a holding environment when there are differences of opinion on how to move forward.   Presenter  Monica Caldwell, LCSW Monica leads and supports the innovative mental health programs at RISE Wisconsin in Madison. She is the former SEA Project Director of Wisconsin’s Project AWARE grant. With 35 years of experience in schools, mental health and child welfare, she remains passionate about high quality services and supports for youth and families living with mental health challenges. Monica believes that collaboration and collective care can change the trajectory of our children’s system of care.

We will spend time together reflecting on Native people reconnecting to culture through health and wellness. Through our keynote presenter, Rebecca Crawford Foster, 2 interactive sessions with traditional health and wellness experts using informed and guided sessions and an Indigenous chef, we will explore the idea of MH and wellness as educators/administrators. Together we will learn traditional ways to impact our youth for self-care and wellbeing. Participants will learn methods to include in a classroom and school setting to help foster positive behavior.

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.

Medicaid can cover many school mental health services. In this infographic, we provide examples of screening services, treatment services, and supportive services for which schools can often seek Medicaid reimbursement.

May 24, 2022 Explores singing & song as a simple, free, and effective pathway to foster mental health for mothers with depression and their infants.   To watch the recording, go to: https://youtu.be/ItbpJrylQgg   Presenter:  Elizabeth Brown V. Brisola, PhD is a psychologist, musician, and researcher in the areas of health promotion and mental illness prevention, enthusiastic in fostering creativity and singing in human day-to-day life. She will be sharing her research and publications on mothers’ lived experiences and their meanings. Having completed most of her education in Brazil, she advocates for the Latinx population and participates in Yale’s Latino Colectivo and IRCC-Brazil projects.

May 24, 2022 The United South and Eastern Tribes, Inc. and the New England MHTTC would like to invite you and your staff to attend the Reclaiming Native Psychological Brilliance, a Tribal Behavioral Health ECHO webinar series. Native Psychological Brilliance refers to the intelligence, strengths, balance, innate resources, and resilience of Native people. This no-cost telehealth series will be held throughout 2022 on the fourth Tuesday of every month at 11:00 am Pacific/12:00 pm Mountain/1:00 pm Central/2:00 pm Eastern. Each session will be one hour in length that will provide an opportunity for participants to:  Gain skills on strength-based approaches in partnership with Native People to enhance Native behavioral health,  Discuss ways that Native brilliance is demonstrated and supports behavioral health, and  Learn about Native brilliance examples to share with behavioral health and other health care staff, as well as with local Tribal Nation citizens.    In addition, the concept of Native psychological brilliance will be highlighted through Native music videos and Native spoken word performances as part of each session of the Reclaiming Native Psychological Brilliance series.    Who should attend? Tribal health directors, clinic staff, counselors, social workers, physicians, nurses, Tribal Epidemiology Center staff, and anyone supporting Tribal communities through the health or behavioral health sector are welcome to join. 

Since its release in June 2021, over 10,000 participants have completed the Classroom WISE online course. This map provides a geographic breakdown of where participants are completing the course. Note: This map is updated quarterly, with the last update occurring on March 31, 2024.    

The National American Indian and Alaska Native MHTTC K-12 School Mental Health Program is delighted to share its newsletter, CULTIVATE: Rooted in Culture, Destined to Grow. 

Check out our new newsletter from the NAIAN MHTTC K-12 School Mental Health Program: CULTIVATE: Rooted in Culture, Destined to Grow!

  ABOUT THIS RESOURCE This document describes best practices for supervisors of peer specialists and was developed in conjunction with the "The Role of the Peer within a Clinical Team" webinar held on May 3, 2022. View the recorded webinar and other related resources here.     Terms of use and Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) disclosure statement

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

Recording of the event Black Youth Suicide Prevention, originally held on May 19, 2022.     Slide Presentation

Day 1 Presentations Keynote Presentation: The Key Pieces We Have to Keep in Mind: We Are Much More Than Two (Somos Mucho Más Que Dos) Speaker: Javiera Monardez Popelka, MD, MPH   Migration, Detention, and Sparation: Trauma of Central American Children and Families Speaker: Luis H. Mayas, PhD   What Every Service Provider Should Know About How to Effectively Address the Problem of Bullying in Schools with Hispanic and Latino Children and Youth Speaker: Patricia L. Landers Santiago, MEd, PsyD Clinical & School Psychologist   Latinx LGBT+ Youth Panel Discussion Moderator: J Rocky Romero, PhD, LMSW Panelists: Mayra Dávila and Ivan Gil   Cultural Considerations for Addressing Mental Health Issues and Racial Discrimination in Latino and Hispanic Children and Youth Speaker: Diane Arms, MA       Day 2 Presentations Culturally Modified Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Latinx Children and Families Speaker: Michelle Evans, DSW, LCSW, CADC   Latina Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence: Cultural Considerations for Treatment and Seeking Safety Speaker: Luz M. López, PhD, MSW, MPH   Cultural Adaptations of Evidence-Based Treatments for Latinx Populations Speaker: Oscar Rojas Perez, PhD     Taking Collective Action - Culturally Responsive Approaches to Serve the Latino/e/x Community Speaker: Marisol Chiclana-Ayala, MPA     Note: We will continue adding presentation slides and materials as we receive them.  

In the U.S., approximately 2% of youth have Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Mental health challenges are much more common among autistic youth. This infographic explores the relationship between autism and mental health risk in school-age youth.    In our products, we choose to use identity first language (i.e., autistic students) in response to the preference of many autistic individuals and in an effort to avoid ableist ideologies. We recognize that this is not the language preference of every individual. For more information on the rationale for our language choice, please see the Bottema-Beutel et al., 2021.  

Download the presentation slides here The second 90-minute session builds on information presented in the Part 1 of this series. This session provides an overview of SAMHSA’s SPARS data reporting system, including guidance on how to access SPARS and how and when to enter NOMs data, how to use SPARS monitoring tools and reporting functions, and how to export and analyze data to support local project implementation. The session is designed for AWARE SEA and LEA team members who have a role in collecting or reporting NOMS data. LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Understand how to access and enter NOMs data into SPARS Examine SPARS reporting functions and tools to facilitate NOMs monitoring and reassessment Discuss how NOMs data can be used to inform project planning, decision-making, and quality improvement efforts Anticipate barriers or challenges to NOMs data reporting and use and explore potential solutions. Presenter Victoria Stuart-Cassel, MPPA, is the President of EMT Associates, Inc. She brings more than 25 years of experience providing evaluation, policy research and technical assistance and training services for the behavioral health, education, and criminal justice fields. She has led numerous federal, state, and local research and policy studies, including the evaluations of three state AWARE grants with the Tennessee Department of Education. She brings extensive knowledge and experience with federal performance reporting for SAMHSA funded projects and initiatives. Ms.Cassel has authored or co-authored technical reports, research and policy briefs, and journal articles; has produced training curricula, resource guides and other technical assistance and training tools, and has presented at professional conferences and on technical assistance webinars targeting national audiences.

View the recording here: CEU Version  CME Version  Non-Credit Certificate of Attendance This session, hosted in collaboration with the Center of Excellence on LGBTQ+ Behavioral Health Equity, provides guidance on what types of school policies and strategies can be implemented to help promote and build an affirming environment for LGBTQ+ young people. Attendees will also learn strategies for responding when a student discloses their sexual orientation and/or gender identity and expression (SOGIE).    For and introduction to sexual orientation, gender identify, and expression check out this animation, Learning about SOGIE (6 min), and download the accompanying Center of Excellence on LGBTQ+ Behavioral Health Equity glossary for a list of terms commonly use in LGBTQ+ communities.  For more information on LGBTQ+ youth mental health, view our toolkit here. 

Recording of Hope and Resilience of American Indian/Alaska Native Youth. May is Mental Health Awareness month. Join us to focus on the mental health and well-being of Native Youth. Today's youth face stressors that can be overwhelming. What are some coping strategies and how do we support youth who are struggling? It's in their DNA to find strength through culture and tradition. Our presenter is psychologist , Dr. John Gonzalez (Ojibwe), who is clinically trained and provides services across Indian country. 

Slides from the session Hope and Resilience of American Indian/Alaska Native Youth. May is Mental Health Awareness month. Join us to focus on the mental health and well-being of Native Youth. Today's youth face stressors that can be overwhelming. What are some coping strategies and how do we support youth who are struggling? It's in their DNA to find strength through culture and tradition. Our presenter is psychologist , Dr. John Gonzalez (Ojibwe), who is clinically trained and provides services across Indian country. 

 Workshop Wednesday To access slide deck for this presentation, click DOWNLOAD above CLICK HERE to view the recording Event Description In recent years there has been increased attention to the pervasiveness of trauma in the lives of individuals seeking behavioral health services. In response to the awareness of trauma and its impact, trauma-informed care approaches have been implemented to deliver services in a manner that does not re-traumatize. A key dimension of providing effective trauma-informed care is providing supervision that incorporates this approach and recognizes the potential impact of trauma on those who provide services.      This webinar will focus on how the principles of trauma-informed care can be used to guide the supervisory process and relationship and how supervisors can be sensitive to those supervisees who may have experienced trauma.     Learning Objectives: Identify the principles associated with trauma-informed care  Understand the practice of trauma-informed supervision as a component of trauma-informed care  Recognize the signs that may suggest that supervisee have experienced trauma and/or are experiencing secondary trauma   Identify supervisory strategies to address the issue of trauma in supervisees who have their own trauma experiences  Trainer Kenneth Flanagan                       Dr. Kenneth Flanagan is an Associate Professor in the Department of Social Work at the University of North Dakota. He currently serves as a curriculum developer for the Mountain Plains Mental Health and Addiction Technology Transfer Centers. Dr. Flanagan holds a license as a clinical social worker and provides counseling and behavioral management services with a clinical focus on depression, anxiety, trauma, relationship issues, and chronic pain. He received his MSW and Ph.D. from The Ohio State University. Dr. Flanagan has held a range of clinical and administrative positions in healthcare and community-based organizations. 

ABOUT THIS RESOURCE This month, we celebrate Mental Health Month, Asian and Pacific American Heritage Month and several other May observances. We also highlight upcoming events, recently released webinar recordings and a new maternal mental health hotline in this newsletter.

View the recording here: CEU Version  CME Version  Non-Credit Version  This session, hosted in collaboration with the Center of Excellence on LGBTQ+ Behavioral Health Equity, will provide information on safety planning with LGBTQ+ youth. Safety planning is a protective measure that can be implemented with youth in situations that may lead to distress and crisis — from disclosing their identities to engaging in gender-segregated activities. This session will cover: (1) assessment of available supports for LGBTQ+ youth; (2) anticipation of challenges LBGTQ+ youth may face in distressing situations; and (3) tools that can help youth cope through difficult times. For more information on LGBTQ+ youth mental health, view our toolkit here.