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The work of addressing wellbeing and resilience in the mental health profession is a complex task.  And like all complex activities, it requires leadership to determine if a shift in values, beliefs, and behaviors is needed.  It also requires determining who and what is at risk, and what roles and responsibilities are being challenged.  In this presentation video, viewers will be offered an overview of adaptive leadership and the components of the adaptive leadership model. Mental health professionals can consider their own leadership styles and the ways in which adaptive leadership is needed in their work, as well as how to determine the adaptive work that shows up in one’s daily experiences. All mental health and behavioral health professionals are encouraged to view this presentation, which also explores the concept of “getting on the balcony”, how to create a holding environment, and other activities in the adaptive leadership model.

In this online seminar recording from a 3-part series produced by the Pacific Southwest MHTTC in July of 2021, Kaethe Weingarten, PhD of Migrant Clinicians Network and the Witness to Witness Program, presents materials about grief in general and grief in the circumstances of the pandemic. As the losses mount with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, many are feeling a range of emotions. Confusion, fear, anger, and sadness are strong, as is grief. Grief usually takes shared public forms, but during the pandemic, there are constraints. Dr. Weingarten discusses the particular challenges of grief following estrangement or ambiguous loss. She asks the audience look at ways to support others – clients, friends, colleagues, family members – without becoming overburdened oneself, in order to avoid empathic pitfalls while offering support. Throughout the online seminar, Dr. Weingarten looks to opportunities for balancing despair with hope and creating hope in community, knowing that this is something best done with each other.

In part 1 of this series, the Pacific Southwest MHTTC presents the Migrant Clinicians Network and the Witness to Witness Program to address how to manage the multiple stressors impacting service providers and those they serve.   The premise of this online seminar is that the helpers need help to manage the distress that comes with the role of witness and helper. Sometimes the distress comes from the stories providers are told by the people they work with or interactions they directly observe. Sometimes the distress comes from the people who administer the policies and procedures that affect the people they serve. And often the distress derives from both sources. Providers may also have their own challenging histories. Current situations may trigger memories of difficult personal experiences, making it harder to cope with contemporary stress. View this video presentation for Dr. Kaethe Weingarten’s discussion on these topics. The second half of this online seminar looks at sources of resilience and what Dr. Weingarten calls reasonable hope.

March 16, 2022   to watch the recording, go to: https://youtu.be/l2QUKbyD4rk   The program describes a novel approach to engaging patients with psychosis and their families. We seek the development of true collaboration. Critical in this approach is establishing a community of individuals with a common interest that provides support for each other. The support allows the treatment team to secure the patient's trust, develop a therapeutic relationship and do the hard work of creating an optimal clozapine regimen. This session will go on to:   describe how we develop clozapine regimens that minimize predictable side effects and optimize benefits;  share our results in improving patient outcomes. Presenters: Robert Laitmain, MD & Matcheri Keshavan, MD  

Each session will go from 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. MT.  Event Description Depression is a condition experienced by a significant number of individuals, from children, adolescents, and adults. With the ongoing pandemic, the prevalence of depression has increased significantly. This three-part series reviewed evidence-based screening, diagnosis, and treatment of depression within primary care settings.    Session 1 - February 15, 2022 Screening for and Diagnosis of Depression in Primary Care   View the slide deck by clicking DOWNLOAD above CLICK HERE to view the recording   Learning Objectives   Identify the use of common screening tools for depression/suicide risk in primary care  Utilize or recall common treatments for depression  Identify common medical differentials/co-morbidities of depression    Session 2 - March 1, 2022 Evidence-Based Treatment of Depression   View the slide deck by clicking DOWNLOAD above CLICK HERE to view the recording   Learning Objectives   Identify evidence-based interventions for depression and suicide response  Utilize both pharmacologic and therapeutic interventions in treating to target  Identify practices in depression prevention planning    Session 3 - March 15, 2022 Pathways of Care: Building a Depression Follow-Up Program   View the slide deck by clicking DOWNLOAD above CLICK HERE to view the recording   Learning Objectives    Identify high-risk behavioral health patients  Recognize and define the roles of providers in a collaborative care model  Utilize a registry in order to track patient response to care    Trainers Dr. Andrew McLean                     Dr. McLean is Chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science at UND School of Medicine and Health Sciences. He obtained his medical degree from the University of North Dakota School of Medicine, completed a psychiatry residency at the University of Wisconsin and an M.P.H. degree from the University of Minnesota. He has been recognized as a UND School of Medicine Distinguished Alumnus, has received the American Psychiatric Association Bruno Lima award for outstanding contributions to Disaster Psychiatry, and has been conferred with numerous teaching excellence awards. Dr. McLean previously was the Medical Director of the ND Department of Human Services. He has served on numerous clinical, administrative and regulatory boards including medical licensing and professional health programs. He has lectured internationally on pertinent behavioral and public health issues. Dr. McLean has a particular interest in collaborative models of care. He also is interested in individual and community resilience.    Robin Landwehr, LPCC                     Robin is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) who holds a Master of Science degree in mental health counseling from Capella University, and a Doctor of Behavioral Health (DBH) degree from Arizona State University. She previously served as the behavioral health director at a Federally Qualified Health Center where she helped establish a Medication Assisted Treatment Program for individuals with opioid use disorder. During her career, she has been fortunate enough to be involved in numerous writing projects, provided many trainings, practiced as part of a collaborative care team, and provided clinical supervision. Her experience as a clinical counselor includes assisting individuals struggling with trauma, depression, anxiety, health behaviors, substance abuse, and other issues. She is a certified instructor in the Question, Persuade, Refer (QPR) and Counseling on Access to Lethal Means (CALM) suicide prevention programs.    Ken 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.   

This event was held on March 15, 2022 from 1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. MT.     Access slide deck by clicking DOWNLOAD above CLICK HERE to view the recording Event Description Professional caregivers often find themselves in work that is both meaningful, and extremely difficult. Without conscious effort, caregivers can become exhausted by their work with compounding effects in their personal life. This training offered practical strategies and practices for enhancing personal and professional wellness. Professionals in caregiver roles often forget that self-care is a fundamental part of their unique and caring contribution. This training not only gave professionals permission to focus on what matters most, but offered guidance on creating their own sustainable self-care plan!  Objectives 1. Participants will adopt strategies that support their thriving both personally and professionally.  2. Participants will be given ideas for in-the-moment stress management.  3. Participants will conduct brief experiences that build fulfillment, generate positive emotion, and create improve their connection with their work and personal life.  4. Participants will create their own sustainable self-care plan and have access to a digital workbook of strategies.  Trainer McKinley Withers (he/him), Ed.D., M.Ed. Health and Wellness Administrator, Jordan School District                     I have had the privilege of working as teacher, counselor, and administrator. I received a Bachelor’s Degree in Social Science Teaching from Brigham Young University, a Master’s Degree in Psychology with an emphasis in School Counseling from Utah State University, and a Doctoral Degree in Educational Leadership and Policy from the University of Utah. I currently work as Jordan District’s Health and Wellness Consultant. If you don’t find me in public schools then you’ll find me with my amazing wife and beautiful children, running (preferably on trails), or trying some other outdoor hobby. I hope to meet you out in our schools or out in the wild! 

Disparities in academic achievement for Latinx youth and the trajectories may be influenced by adversity and trauma experiences that impact mental health. This presentation will include an overview of theories, practice, and research with children, adolescents, and families, and will focus on intersectional factors for minoritized Latinx youth and families that exacerbate trauma-related symptoms that are too often untreated and misinterpreted as misbehaviors and/or temporary and chronic maladjustment. Using the Garcia Coll et al. (1996) Integrative Model, these factors will be discussed as situated in an ecological framework, comprised of promoting and inhibiting environments, with consideration of internal and external/environmental influences that can have direct and indirect effects on academic outcomes.  Learning Objectives: • Discuss the educational disparities for Latinx youth and the social determinants of these disparities. • Discuss the impact of adversity and trauma on cognitive and psychological processes that interfere with learning and achievement. • Discuss intersecting identity and positionality of Latinx youth that may be affected by a systemic bias that disadvantages opportunities for educational supports and increases the risk of disproportionality.

American Indians have a unique relationship with the education system in the U.S. As a result of the boarding school era and the miseducation of the general population, American Indian youth are not dropping out of school- they are being pushed out. This presentation will explore how historical educational oppression is linked to contemporary oppression in the classroom and schools and offer some guidance on how to overcome these barriers to support Native youth and families.

Artistic expression can be healing. Expressive Arts Therapy is the intentional use of multiple arts modalities--such as visual art, creative writing, music, movement, and theater--to promote psychological growth and well-being. This Trauma-Informed Expressive Arts Therapy Toolkit can be used to foster healing and growth through the creative process. This toolkit includes simple, trauma-informed activities from Expressive Arts Therapy that can be used for self-care or in provider's work with individuals or groups. The toolkit is intended for those working in the field of mental and behavioral health as psychotherapists, psychologists, social workers, drug and alcohol recovery counselors, and more. Most of the activities can be done individually or in groups.

ABOUT THIS EPISODE   Dr. Kira Mauseth discusses her upcoming trip with other colleagues to Poland where they will help with the Ukraine refugee crisis.  She is one of the developers of the Health Support Team, and she will help deliver train-the-trainer curriculum on disaster behavioral health response.  Hear how her experience in this field led to the development of this curriculum, and how she and colleagues take care of themselves out in the field and when they return home GUEST Dr. Kira Mauseth Dr. Kira Mauseth is a practicing clinical psychologist who splits her professional time between seeing patients at Snohomish Psychology Associates, teaching as a Senior Instructor at Seattle University and serving as a co-lead for the Behavioral Health Strike Team for the WA State Department of Health. She also serves on the state’s Disaster Medical Advisory Committee (DMAC). Her work and research interests focus on resilience and recovery from trauma as well as well as disaster behavioral health. She has worked abroad extensively in disaster response and with first responders and health care workers throughout United States. Dr. Mauseth also conducts trainings and provides presentations to organizations and educational groups about disaster preparedness and resilience building within local communities. HOST Christina N. Clayton, LICSW, SUDP, Northwest MHTTC Co-Director Christina Clayton has been working in the behavioral health field since 1993 working with people and programs addressing severe mental health issues, substance use, co-occurring issues, chronic homelessness, integrated care, outreach, physical health, trauma and diversity/equity/inclusion topics. Christina has education and licenses/credentials in clinical social work, mental health and substance use.  She is also a Clinical Assistant Professor and Field Instructor for the University of Washington School of Social Work (MSW ’97).  Learn more about MHTTC Staff & Faculty   LEARN MORE Health Support Team website PODCAST SERIES Discover other episodes in the Putting It Together series here. Terms of use and Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) disclosure statement

About this Resource: Evidence-based practices have become the goal for supporting recovery for people with severe mental illness. But, we are not all working in environments that have the capacity to achieve full fidelity to these models.  In Part 4 of our this 6-part series Marina Kukla, PhD, and Amy Strasburger, MA, review core aspects of Supported Employment, focusing on practical strategies and skills behavioral health providers can use now to make a difference in assisting clients meet employment goals. To learn more or register for other sessions in this series, please visit our Keeping It Practical: Core Skills for Evidence-Based Practices page or click here.

March 14, 2022   To watch the recording, go to: https://youtu.be/MYooHlwQlxI   ARCO is part of Faces and Voices of Recovery – a fantastic recovery advocacy organization that does work at the national level.  https://facesandvoicesofrecovery.org/arco/arco-members-on-the-map/

This handout complements Prevention, Intervention, and Postvention After a Suicide, part of the webinar series Healing Roots: Considerations for Mental Health Accessibility and Delivery of Services Across Tribal Communities.  

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Download the presentation slides here Session Overview Student mental health early intervention (Tier 2) and treatment (Tier 3) services and supports are a vital component of any comprehensive school mental health system, but how student-centered, evidence-based, and effective are they? View this session to hear about how your school or district team can implement measurement-based care (MBC) in your Tier 2 and 3 services to improve service quality, track outcomes, and sustain crucial services for students with emerging or existing mental health needs. MBC is the ongoing use of student-, parent- and teacher-reported progress measures to inform personalized, collaborative, effective interventions. This session will provide practical strategies to implement MBC in schools by sharing information on: (1) free, validated assessment measures; (2) tips on how to promote student and parent participation; (3) criteria for evaluating data system options; and (4) approaches to design effective training and ongoing support for your school mental health professionals.    This session is the second part of a two-part series.  Part 1 -- Introduction to measurement-based care for more personalized, collaborative, and effective school mental health interventions -- was held on November 4, 2021.  In Part 1, basic information was provided on measurement-based care including an overview of what it is, why it is useful for schools, and how to locate free and low-cost progress measures.  Access the slides and recording for Part 1 can be found here.    Learning Objectives: Increase understanding of measurement-based care implementation to improve and sustain high quality school mental health Tier 2 and 3 services. Increase familiarity with free or low-cost progress measure options and best practices in training and implementation support for school professionals. Promote cross-state networking and shared learning about best practices, successes, and challenges of tracking and reporting on the impact of Tier 2 and 3 services.   Speaker   Elizabeth Connors, PhD Elizabeth Connors is an Assistant Professor at Yale University, Division of Prevention and Community Research and at the Child Study Center. She is also a faculty member with the University of Maryland National Center for School Mental Health, where she is the Director of Quality Improvement and a developer of The SHAPE System. Dr. Connors received her Ph.D. in Clinical Child and Community Psychology and her work focuses on improving access to high-quality mental health promotion, prevention and intervention services and supports for underserved children, adolescents, young adults and their families in critical access points such as schools and community settings.

About the Session: This webinar is the opening session of the MHTTC 2022 Grief Sensitivity Virtual Learning Institute (GSVLI) that took place on February 23, 2022 (Day 1). For more information on how to access resources from this 2-day institute, click here. About the Keynote Speaker:  Resources: REFUGE IN GRIEF Animated short: How to Help a Grieving Friend  PBS documentary: Speaking Grief  Podcast: HERE AFTER (from iHeartMedia) Learn more about Megan Devine at www.megandevine.co. View GSVLI Faculty Curriculum Vitae and Resources here. 

About the Session: Hear from faculty who are contributing to the grief counseling field through equitable research design and implementation, and share new practices that are timely for the populations of our providers-you!- are serving. This webinar is Session 1 of the MHTTC 2022 Grief Sensitivity Virtual Learning Institute (GSVLI) that took place on February 23, 2022 (Day 1). For more information on how to access resources from the 2-day institute, click here.   View GSVLI Faculty Curriculum Vitae and Resources here. 

About the Session: Faculty share how they are expanding the grief and bereavement fields, new ways of understanding grief sensitivity, new language, and invitations for the traditional field's expansion; the sessions also include what we have learned and are learning from COVID-19 and pan/syndemic grief sensitivity. This webinar is Session 2 of the MHTTC 2022 Grief Sensitivity Virtual Learning Institute (GSVLI) that took place on February 23, 2022 (Day 1). For more information on how to access resources from this 2-day institute, click here.   View GSVLI Faculty Curriculum Vitae and Resources here. 

About the Session: Keynote speaker Megan Devine provides the closing session for the MHTTC 2022 Grief Sensitivity Virtual Learning Institute (GSVLI) that took place on February 23, 2022 (Day 1). For more information on how to access resources from this 2-day institute, click here.   About the Closing Speaker: Resources: REFUGE IN GRIEF Animated short: How to Help a Grieving Friend  PBS documentary: Speaking Grief  Podcast: HERE AFTER (from iHeartMedia) Learn more about Megan Devine at www.megandevine.co. View GSVLI Faculty Curriculum Vitae and Resources here. 

About the Session: Keynote speaker Candice Valenzuela provides the closing session for the MHTTC 2022 Grief Sensitivity Virtual Learning Institute (GSVLI) that took place on February 24, 2022 (Day 2). For more information on how to access resources from this 2-day institute, click here.   About the Closing Speaker: Resources:  Diagnosing the Black Body: Race, Culture and Power in Schizophrenia Diagnosis Social Justice Education Needs Trauma Informed Care, Now More Than Ever Space for Young Black Women: An Interview with Candice Valenzuela - Rethinking Schools  Cells in the Body of the Earth: Living with Violence, Article, Feminism and Religion Follow Candice on Facebook and Twitter!  

About the Session: Monique Minahan, founder of The Grief Practice, leads participants through a somatic practice (yoga) to process the day’s learning, integrate our nervous systems, and regulate our experience. This session was an option extension at the conclusion of the MHTTC 2022 Grief Sensitivity Virtual Learning Institute (GSVLI) that took place on February 23, 2022 (Day 1). For more information on how to access resources from this 2-day institute, click here.   

About the Session: Monique Minahan, founder of The Grief Practice, leads participants through a somatic practice (yoga) to process the day’s learning, integrate our nervous systems, and regulate our experience. This session was an optional extension at the conclusion of the MHTTC 2022 Grief Sensitivity Virtual Learning Institute (GSVLI) that took place on February 24, 2022 (Day 2). For more information on how to access resources from this 2-day institute, click here.   

About the Session: Faculty might be grievers themselves with stories and wisdom to share to providers to inform their practices; faculty will also share what and how we can learn from those with lived experience, different cultural grief narratives, and needs to inform our practice. This webinar is Session 3 of the MHTTC 2022 Grief Sensitivity Virtual Learning Institute (GSVLI) that took place on February 23, 2022 (Day 1). For more information on how to access resources from this 2-day institute, click here.   View GSVLI Faculty Curriculum Vitae and Resources here. 

About the Session: This webinar is the opening session of the MHTTC 2022 Grief Sensitivity Virtual Learning Institute (GSVLI) Day 2 that took place on February 24, 2022. For more information on how to access resources from this 2-day institute, click here.  About the Keynote Speaker:  Resources:  Diagnosing the Black Body: Race, Culture and Power in Schizophrenia Diagnosis Social Justice Education Needs Trauma Informed Care, Now More Than Ever Space for Young Black Women: An Interview with Candice Valenzuela - Rethinking Schools  Cells in the Body of the Earth: Living with Violence, Article, Feminism and Religion Follow Candice on Facebook and Twitter!