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  The Great Lakes MHTTC School-based Supplement offers this training for mental health and school-based mental health professionals in HHS Region 5: IL, IN, MI, MN, OH, and WI. Today’s youth are facing new and ongoing trauma-producing challenges, including the disruption of normal school life caused by COVID-19, financial and social emotional problems at home, and the stressful, systemic realities of racial injustice. The result: students are experiencing more depression and anxiety than ever before. This webinar series will provide learners with tools to assess mental health in young people, recognize common mental health disorders, and identify differences between typical adolescent behavior and the onset of mental illness. We will focus on identifying how students express common mental health challenges through remote learning. In addition, we will discuss the opportunities remote learning provides for identifying students’ mental health and responding with effective coping strategies. Learning Objectives: Participants will learn: Key virtual warning signs of mental health challenge How to address mental health concerns with youth and caregiver. Target Audience: School personnel, mental health providers for youth, parents Speaker:  Angela Begres is a licensed clinical social worker who trained and earned her MSW at the University of Chicago. She is an expert trainer and presenter with experience integrating mental health education programs into the curriculum for students and staff within the Chicago and West Cook County public schools. In Partnership with the National Alliance for Mental Health (NAMI) Metro Suburban, Angela also developed a program to help decrease student stress and implement mindfulness in the classrooms. She has also worked with Chicago Family Services (DCFS) providing parenting education, with efforts to get parents reunited with their children.  

  The Great Lakes MHTTC School-based Supplement offers this training for mental health and school-based mental health professionals in HHS Region 5: IL, IN, MI, MN, OH, and WI. Adolescence is a crucial period for developing and maintain social and emotional habits important for mental well-being. An estimated 10-20% of adolescents globally experience mental health conditions, yet these remain underdiagnosed and untreated This webinar series will provide learners with tools to assess mental health in young people, recognize common mental health disorders, and identify differences between typical adolescent behavior and the onset of mental illness. We will focus on identifying how students express common mental health challenges through remote learning. In addition, we will discuss the opportunities remote learning provides for identifying students’ mental health and responding with effective coping strategies. The presentation will also examine on the impact of COVID-19 social distancing on youth anxiety. Lastly, the webinar will include shared resources for developing meaningful conversations with youth about mental health and seeking professional help. Learning Objectives: Participants will learn: Key factors in assessing a young person with mental illness What the early stages of mental illness look like Guidance and tips for effective treatment   Target Audience:  School personnel, mental health providers for youth, parents Speaker:  Angela Begres is a licensed clinical social worker who trained and earned her MSW at the University of Chicago. She is an expert trainer and presenter with experience integrating mental health education programs into the curriculum for students and staff within the Chicago and West Cook County public schools. In Partnership with the National Alliance for Mental Health (NAMI) Metro Suburban, Angela also developed a program to help decrease student stress and implement mindfulness in the classrooms. She has also worked with Chicago Family Services (DCFS) providing parenting education, with efforts to get parents reunited with their children.

E-newsletter of the Great Lakes ATTC, MHTTC, and PTTC.  January 2021 issue features:  Hall of Fame: Online Museum of African American Addictions, Treatment, and Recovery Counselor's Corner State Spotlight: Minnesota Complete calendar of upcoming events New products from SAMHSA

Monthly electronic newsletter for the Great Lakes ATTC, MHTTC, and PTTC.  The December 2020 issue of the Great Lakes Current includes a spotlight on Wisconsin, a new article in The Counselor's Corner, and links to the new COVID-19 Provider Well-being Supplement and the Spotlight on Stigma podcast series. 

Click "download" above to access: Slide Deck, Q/A, & Transcript   The Great Lakes MHTTC and PTTC present this webinar for prevention practitioners and mental health professionals in HHS Region 5: IL, IN, MI, MN, OH, and WI For many of us, the accumulated stress, grief, fatigue, and despair of the Covid-19 crisis pose a significant challenge to our coping resources. While this perfect storm of stressors may be unprecedented, there is much we know about how to cope with and manage stress, even at these levels.  In this talk, Dr. Kanter will describe new research on predictors of coping with the crisis and effective interventions for reducing depression and loneliness during the crisis. Dr. Kanter integrates these new findings with established science and offers strategies for managing the psychological consequences of the crisis in our everyday lives. Learning Objectives Review results of national research on effective coping tips during the pandemic (helpful in non-pandemic times as well) Understand and practice evidence-based mindfulness strategies for effective coping Understand and practice evidence-based strategies for improving well being and closeness with others   Presenter: Dr. Jonathan Kanter, University of Washington's Center for the Science of Social Connection   Dr. Jonathan Kanter is Director of the University of Washington’s Center for the Science of Social Connection. Over the course of his career, Dr. Kanter has investigated psychosocial interventions for depression, including how to disseminate culturally appropriate, easy-to-train, evidence-based approaches, with emphasis on evidence-based treatments such as behavioral activation for groups who lack resources and access to care. Dr. Kanter has published over 100 scientific papers and 9 books on these topics and his work has been funded by NIH, SAMHSA, state governmental organizations, foundations, and private donors. He is regularly invited to give talks and workshops nationally and internationally. When the COVID-19 crisis hit Seattle, the Center pivoted its resources to understand and mitigate the relational and mental health consequences of the crisis, to assist with public health efforts, and to inform the public dialogue with scientifically informed advice. Dr. Kanter has been asked to comment on the relational and mental health consequences of the crisis by, and the Center’s response to the crisis has been featured on, NPR, the BBC, the New York Times, the Huffington Post, National Geographic, and other local and national news outlets.

 Click "download" above to access: Slide Deck & Transcript   The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a seismic shift in how practitioners provide services. With the sudden shift to virtual services, school-based mental health professionals have been required to learn new ways of doing their essential work, but with little guidance about how to make those sessions work. Prevention Research Institute began providing virtual training services in the addictions treatment field in 2012 and since then has extended this work to prevention and helping people deliver of virtual services. This session will focus on the pragmatic questions of how to do these services with practical suggestions about what helps and what interferes with client engagement, how to prevent problems, and how to manage when challenges arise. The instructors will use a dynamic blend of didactic, discussion and activities to explore these issues and keep learners engaged.   Learning Objectives At the conclusion of the session, participants will: Articulate three steps to take before the virtual session to enhance the likelihood of success Describe three methods to enhance participant engagement Identify three important equipment considerations for virtual sessions Delineate two approaches for managing challenges in a virtual setting   Intended Audience:  School and youth mental health providers who are using telehealth to conduct group sessions   Presenter David B. Rosengren, Ph.D, President and CEO, Prevention Research Institute; MINT Member; IPPA Member              

Click "download" above to access: Slide Deck, Transcript & Q/A     The Great Lakes MHTTC and Northwest MHTTC offer this training for Assertive Community Team Leads. This one-hour webinar is intended for Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) team leads and will examine what we currently know about the pivotal role of the team leader to the implementation of the ACT model.  We will share concepts around what some effective ACT team leaders do to contribute to high-fidelity ACT in the day-to-day running of the program.   Learning Objectives  Participants will: Be introduced to the role of the ACT Team Lead according to fidelity standards Be able to identify at least two key elements that contribute to high-fidelity ACT (through the work of the team lead) Identify one action step they can take to improve fidelity to the ACT model   Target Audience Primarily Assertive Community Treatment Team Leaders and other supervisors of multi-disciplinary mental health treatment teams serving a high-needs population group.   Presenters Mimi Choy-Brown , PhD, MSW is an Assistant Professor at the University of Minnesota School of Social Work. Informed by over a decade of practice and leadership in community mental health services, her research focuses on improving access to high quality mental health services for individuals who experience significant psychiatric disabilities and supervision-focused strategies to improve the implementation of recovery-oriented, evidence-based practices in routine care. She received her PhD from NYU and her MSW from Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College.           Lynette M. Studer, PhD, MSW, LCSW is a Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Sandra Rosenbaum School of Social Work. She teaches MSW students in a mental health field unit as well as classes on Mental Health Policies & Services and Advanced Practice Skills in Mental Health. Prior to joining the UW-Madison faculty, she held a position as both an Agency Policy Specialist and State Administrator with the State of Minnesota Department of Human Services, Chemical and Mental Health Administration overseeing and improving policy and the provision of technical assistance for the state’s 32 Assertive Community Treatment teams who serve individuals with serious mental illness. Dr. Studer holds clinical social work licenses in both Wisconsin and Minnesota and has been a practicing clinical social worker for over 20 years.    

Are You the Therapist a Grieving Client Wants to Meet? Jill Johnson-Young, LCSW LEARNING TRACK: Evidence-Based & Culturally Defined Practices Session Description: The research about grief responses by those served by hospice at the end of a loved one’s life is pretty clear survivors, particularly the primary survivor, aren’t open to support from that resource for grief if their attempts to voice emotional needs were met with medical solutions during the dying process. Those who felt they were not well prepared for a death are even less open to hospice-based grief services. Survivors who are questioning their faith following the death of a loved one are not best served by a faith-based group or provider- it’s just not a good fit in that moment. As a therapist who are you likely to refer to as a source of grief support? The vast majority of programs belong to one of those two groups. That leaves us, the clinicians, to do this right. To know which survivors do best, who is most at risk, and in COVID, how previous survivors of mass losses found resilience and recovery. We have the research. Why do we keep going back to five stages? How do you meet your grief client in the room, speak their language, not say the wrong thing, and create an environment with words and space to promote healing? Speaker Bio: Jill Johnson-Young is a dynamic and engaging local, national, and international speaker who loves teaching both professional and community groups about dementia, death and dying, and grief and loss. She co-owns Central Counseling Services in Riverside, California, where she is also a clinical therapist and practices as a certified Grief Recovery Facilitator. Jill has authored three children’s grief books and an adult grief workbook with more in process, and created www.yourpaththroughgrief.com, a year-long, comprehensive grief support program. She also has a website with resources for therapists, www.jilljohnsonyoung.com, which includes resources for therapists.   PowerPoint_Nov12_Are you the therapist a grieving client wants to see part2 Transcript_Nov12_Are you the therapist a grieving client wants to see part2

Interventions for Times of Uncertainty Janice Nadeau, PhD, LP, LMFT, RN, FT LEARNING TRACK: Evidence-Based & Culturally Defined Practices Session Description: In this session we will examine models and approaches to grief support that are most needed as our survival is being threatened on multiple fronts. In our efforts to help we will need to address the effects of the pandemic as it is amplified by political and racial strife and economic insecurity. Loss is everywhere in evidence. We will explore ways of promoting good grief using models such as the Dual Process Model (Stroebe and Schut), Meaning-Making (Nadeau, Neimeyer), the use of rituals and metaphors and Trauma interventions such as EMDR, Brain Spotting and Mindfulness Meditation. This session will include case examples and down to earth, front line suggestions on how to cope as we face our own uncertain futures and shifting professional sand. Speaker Bio: Dr. Janice Winchester Nadeau is a Licensed Psychologist, Marriage and Family Therapist (MFT) and Master’s Prepared Nurse. She has been active in the grief and loss field for over three decades. Her Doctoral research at the University of Minnesota led to the publication of Families Making Sense of Death by Sage in 1998. Dr. Nadeau has served as faculty for the Association for Death Education and Counseling teaching Advanced Grief Therapy for six years. Dr. Nadeau has presented her work internationally and has been in private practice at Minnesota Human Development Consultants in Minneapolis since 1994.     PowerPoint Slides_ Interventions in Times of Uncertainty_GSVLI  Transcript_Interventions in Times of Uncertainty_GSVLI

Monthly electronic newsletter of the Great Lakes ATTC, MHTTC, and PTTC. November 2020 issues features Native American Heritage Month, Veterans Day, and new resources including Stigma Basics, Counselor's Corner, and Telehealth Services for Mental Health infographic.  

COVID-19 Mental Health (MH) Telehealth Response and Sustainability Assessment is a research study on the use of virtual behavioral health services during the pandemic. Its purpose is to gain a better understanding of: How agencies are using telehealth The pros and cons of telehealth services Projected use of telehealth services post-pandemic    Thank you to those who participated in our survey. Your input will be invaluable in our study of telehealth services in the era of COVID-19 and beyond.

Monthly electronic newsletter of the Great Lakes ATTC, MHTTC, and PTTC.  October 2020 issue features project updates from the co-directors of each of our projects, a state spotlight on Illinois,  and the results of our National Recovery Month 2020 recovery word cloud project. 

Great Lakes MHTTC Year 2 in Review provides an overview of the regional center's activities, accomplishments and challenges.   

We are facing a time of unprecedented loss and grief. Many are experiencing prolonged physical separation from their loved ones. Others are coping with the death or serious illness of a loved one. COVID-19 has imposed additional stressors and complications upon these devastating circumstances, further traumatizing everyone involved.  Dr. Nadeau brings a renewed perspective to the treatment of grief and a better understanding of the evidence-based practices that best support individuals experiencing trauma and grief associated with COVID-19.   Presented By: Janice Nadeau, PhD, LP, LMFT, RN, FT (Minnesota Human Development Consultants) Recorded on September 10, 2020 for the MHTTC Grief Sensitivity Virtual Learning Institute (GSVLI)   Presentation Resources Transcript_Sept 10 (GSVLI)_Understanding Loss_Nadeau.pdf

Jill Johnson-Young, LCSW, provides clinical guidance and evidenced-based practices for supporting grieving clients. The grieving process is a complex and personal experience that can become even more challenging to navigate when combined with the concerns of COVID-19. In this presentation, Jill Johnson-Young offers her insight on the individual experience of grief, methods of supporting grieving persons of all ages, and guidance on recognizing and responding to COVID-related grief and trauma in clients.    Presented By: Jill A. Johnson-Young, LCSW (Central Counseling Services of Riverside & Murrieta, CA) Recorded on September 11, 2020 for the MHTTC Grief Sensitivity Virtual Learning Institute (GSVLI)   Presentation Resources Transcript_Sept 11 (GSVLI)_Are You The Therapist_Johnson-Young.pdf

  The Great Lakes MHTTC School-based Supplement hosted this webinar focused on helping educators and families recognize signs of anxiety in youth. As we continue to wade through these changing and challenging times, our students are also facing the uncertainty of what the upcoming school year brings. Now, more than ever it is important that we are attuned to our students' mental health needs. Topics covered include: How ongoing stress can cause health problems Brain development and the impact of stress in teens Common anxiety disorders in youth, including signs and symptoms Self-help strategies for depression and anxiety How to encourage professional help   Speaker: Angela Begres, LMSW Co-Founder Partners for Healthy Lives Angela is a licensed clinical social worker who obtained her MSW at the University of Chicago. She is an experienced trainer and presenter contracted both independently and through various nonprofits in the Chicago area, Michigan, and others, with experience integrating mental health education programs into the curriculum for students and staff within the Chicago and West Cook County public schools. In partnership with the National Alliance for Mental Health (NAMI) Metro Suburban, Angela also developed a program to help decrease student stress and implement mindfulness in the classrooms. She has also worked with Chicago Family Services (DCFS) providing parenting education, with efforts to help parents reunite with their children.   Click "download" above to access additional resources: PPT_RecognizingAnxietyinYouth_Begres_8.31.20 Transcript_RecognizingAnxietyinYouth_Begres_8.31.20 Q/A_RecognizingAnxietyinYouth_Begres_8.31.20 Recognizing Anxiety In Youth - Fact Sheet.pdf Recognizing Anxiety in Youth - Frequently Asked Questions.pdf Recognizing Anxiety in Youth - Mindfulness.pdf Recognizing Anxiety in Youth - Resources.pdf Recognizing Anxiety in Youth - Self Care Action Plan.pdf Recognizing Anxiety in Youth - Supporting Youth with Symptoms of Anxiety.pdf

Monthly e-newsletter of the Great Lakes ATTC, MHTTC, and PTTC.  September 2020 focus: National Recovery Month. 

May 2020: Mental Health Awareness Month  Monthly e-newsletter of the Great Lakes ATTC, MHTTC, and PTTC.   

Great Lakes Current June 2020: Building Health Equity Monthly e-newsletter of the Great Lakes ATTC, MHTTC, and PTTC. 

Great Lakes Current July 2020 Monthly e-newsletter of the Great Lakes ATTC, MHTTC, and PTTC. 

Great Lakes Current August 2020 Monthly e-newsletter of the Great Lakes ATTC, MHTTC, and PTTC. 

Substance use, depression, and anxiety are increasing among primary care patients due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Yet many primary care providers lack the time, interest, and/training to address these behavioral health issues. In this session, we’ll discuss expanding the health care team with low-cost team members who can systematically deliver Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) to screen for substance use, and a collaborative care model for depression and anxiety.   Speaker:  Richard L. Brown , MD, MPH, is a highly experienced family physician and healthcare leader who is a nationally recognized leader in implementing the "Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment" (SBIRT) program focused on preventing problematic use, abuse and dependence of alcohol and illicit drugs. Dr. Brown has served as a practice-transformation team member for an SBIRT-related project administered by the National Council on Behavioral Health and funded by the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.  Most recently, Dr. Brown served as a market medical director for ConcertoHealth. Previous to that he as professor of Family Medicine and director of the Wisconsin Initiative to Promote Healthy Lifestyles, at the School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison; and CEO and Chief Medical Officer for Wellsys, LLC. Among his many accolades, Dr. Brown is a recipient of several awards including the Hope in Healing Award from the Addiction Resource Council of Waukesha, Wis. He holds a bachelor's degree in biology from Brown University in Providence, R.I., where he also received his M.D. degree. He also earned an M.P.H. degree from the University of Washington, in Seattle, Wash.  PPT_SBIRT_Dr.Brown_6.30.20 Transcript_SBIRT_Dr.Brown_6.30.20 Q/A_SBIRT_Dr.Brown_6.30.20

Mental health professionals are bracing for what may be an epidemic of clinical depression related to COVID-19. In this webinar, Dr. Jonathan Kanter will: 1. Review the science on risk factors for depression that cause this grave warning, 2. Share the latest information on how individuals are responding to the current crisis, and 3. Propose best practices for depression prevention and treatment moving forward. Although actual rates of future depression are hard to predict, organizations will need innovative and scalable solutions, given that our mental health services delivery systems are underpowered to meet demands before this crisis. The presentation will highlight online strategies that include disseminating evidence-based mental health tips, identifying and targeting risk groups, and conducting stepped-care treatment groups, stepping to individual treatment as needed.   Presenter  Dr. Jonathan Kanter is Director of the University of Washington’s Center for the Science of Social Connection. Over the course of his career, Dr. Kanter has investigated psychosocial interventions for depression, including how to disseminate culturally appropriate, easy-to-train, evidence-based approaches, with emphasis on evidence-based treatments such as Behavioral Activation for groups who lack resources and access to care. More recently, the Center has produced research on how to improve relationships and social connectedness and on relational processes that predict relational well-being and quality of life. Dr. Kanter has published over 100 scientific papers and 9 books on these topics and his work has been funded by NIH, SAMHSA, state governmental organizations, foundations, and private donors. He is regularly invited to give talks and workshops nationally and internationally. When the COVID-19 crisis hit Seattle, the Center pivoted its resources to understand and mitigate the relational and mental health consequences of the crisis, to assist with public health efforts, and to inform the public dialogue with scientifically informed advice. Dr. Kanter has been asked to comment on the relational and mental health consequences of the crisis by, and the Center’s response to the crisis has been featured on, NPR, the BBC, the New York Times, the Huffington Post, National Geographic, and other local and national news outlets. PPT_ClinicalDepressionandCOVID19_Kanter_6.11.20 Transcript_ClinicalDepressionandCOVID19_Kanter_6.11.20

This presentation will focus on prioritizing self-care while working from home.    Learning Objectives Introduce the impact of job burnout, as well as how to recognize signs and symptoms  Define “Social Emotional Learning” and provide examples on how this can be included in the classroom or virtually Discuss tools to help prevent burn-out, and set boundaries to separate work time from personal Develop a self-care plan   Presenter Angela Begres is a licensed clinical social worker who did her training at the University of Chicago, where she obtained her MSW. She is an experienced trainer and presenter contracted both independently and through various nonprofits in the Chicago area, Michigan, and other areas, with experience integrating mental health education programs into the curriculum for students and staff within the Chicago and West Cook County public schools. In Partnership with the National Alliance for Mental Health (NAMI) Metro Suburban, Angela  developed a program to help decrease student stress and implement mindfulness in the classrooms. She has also worked with Chicago Family Services (DCFS) providing parenting education, with efforts to get parents reunited with their children.     PPT_HappyTeachers_AngelaBegres_6.3.20 Transcript_HappyTeachers_AngelaBegres_6.3.20