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Original Broadcast Date: 1/25/21 SAMHSA’s (2020) National Guidelines for Behavioral Health Crisis Care- A Best Practice Toolkit highlights the critical roles Peer Specialists hold in providing services that promote wellness and recovery, including during crises. Peer Specialists bring distinct value in the engagement of people during and after suicide crisis in numerous ways, such as inspiring a sense of hope for recovery, personal understanding of barriers and solutions to mental health system navigation, and contributing to anti-stigma efforts with lived experience of mental health recovery. With a diverse panel of Peer Specialists (youth and adult) working across the crisis continuum of care from the Pacific Northwest and Southwest and New England regions of the United States, audiences will learn about the roles of Peer Specialists in promoting wellness and recovery within mobile crisis units, peer respite programs, creating self-help tools like Apps and documentary film, supporting our colleagues within the Peer workforce, and working on warm and hotlines for both youth, adults, and older populations. This panel is part of a 3-webinar series about Peer Specialists’ Roles in Behavioral Health Crisis including Suicide.

This module reviews the importance of early intervention and treatment services and supports for students with mild distress or functional impairment, or at risk for a given problem or concern. Then, the module reviews the same as those discussed in Module 5 about quality indicators and best practices to ensure these services and supports are of high quality, adequate implementation, and fit local considerations. PLEASE NOTE: As of April 2021, the MHTTC Network and National Center for School Mental Health (NCSMH) changed the title of the National School Mental Health Curriculum: Guidance and Best Practices for States, Districts, and Schools to the new title National School Mental Health Best Practices: Implementation Guidance Modules for States, Districts, and Schools.

We began Year 2 (August 2019 to August 2020) by deepening our relationships around the region, forging new connections, and continuing our training and technical assistance efforts. When the COVID-19 pandemic began, we rapidly shifted our work to focus on supporting people’s mental health and well-being during a time of fear, loss, uncertainty, and social isolation.

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. 

On December 16, Mark Costa and Kendall Atterbury discussed the process of recovery and employment. Learning Objectives: 1. Demonstrate an understanding and difference between Recovery concepts and a Recovery Model; 2. Demonstrate an understanding of the difference between a clinical-therapeutic orientation to employment services and a normative-citizen orientation; 3. Demonstrate the difference between personal-level barriers and systemic-structural barriers to employment.   To view/download the slides, click here. 

This hour presentation provided an overview of Supported Employment in CT, strategies that have assisted with positive employment outcomes, the value of interagency collaboration, and the importance of support and encouragement from all providers.   Demonstrate an understanding of Supported Employment in CT Understand the importance of interagency collaboration (DMHAS and the Bureau of Rehabilitation Services) Demonstrate an understanding of the support need for Person’s in Recovery to be successful in employment Demonstrate an understanding of Employment as a Health Outcome, a part of recovery   Presenters: Ellen Econs, LICSW & Kathy Marchione Facilitator: Mark Costa, MD, MPH

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View Presentation Slides   The 8 Dimensions of Wellness (SAMHSA) offers a useful framework in the recovery goal planning process. During this webinar, the 8 Dimensions of Wellness will be reviewed and strategies for integrating the 8 Dimensions with individuals participating in your services will be presented. Webinar participants will have an opportunity to practice writing SMART goals that incorporate the 8 Dimensions of Wellness.         Webinar Objectives: Review the 8 dimensions of wellness Identify strategies to incorporate the 8 dimensions of wellness into services Apply SMART goal planning to wellness goals   Trainer: Joni Dolce, MS, CRC, CPRP, is an assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatric Rehabilitation and Counseling Professions in the Department of Psychiatric Rehabilitation and Counseling Professions at Rutgers, School of Health Professions. Joni has several years of experience working in behavioral healthcare settings, namely supported employment. Joni teaches courses in the AS and BS in Psychiatric Rehabilitation programs as well as providing training and technical assistance to behavioral healthcare providers. Her research interests include staff training and employment services. She presents nationally on the topic of employment services and is listed as a Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) recommended speaker on the topic of creating workplaces that support mental health.

This session featured a conversation about advocating for changes in the societal conditions and oppressive structures that impact mental health, which is a cornerstone of the citizenship framework. The panel featured community activists and people in recovery sharing their own experiences with advocating for change through collective efforts, and what impact that work outside the system has had on their lives and recovery journeys.

This session featured a conversation about peer support and its role in supporting people in living a full life in their community outside of the mental health system. The facilitator lead a conversation with other leaders in the peer support movement, peer support practitioners, and other people in recovery focused on the unique role of peer support in community-based citizenship work, including examples from the experiences of panelists.

Focusing on recovery goals during the current pandemic may be difficult for many individuals participating in mental health services. Specifically, individuals' lives may have been disrupted due to personal illness, economic factors, and increased family responsibilities. Progress toward recovery goals, such as employment, education, living, and wellness, may have been put on hold while basic needs are addressed. This webinar will provide practitioners with the tools and strategies to assist individuals with refocusing on recovery goals. SMART goal planning will be discussed and applied to recovery goals.   Session Objectives: Define recovery Describe the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on wellness and recovery goals Identify the services and practices that support recovery principles Apply SMART recovery goal planning   Trainer: Joni Dolce, MS, CRC, CPRP, is an assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatric Rehabilitation and Counseling Professions in the Department of Psychiatric Rehabilitation and Counseling Professions at Rutgers, School of Health Professions. Joni has several years of experience working in behavioral healthcare settings, namely supported employment. Joni teaches courses in the AS and BS in Psychiatric Rehabilitation programs as well as providing training and technical assistance to behavioral healthcare providers. Her research interests include staff training and employment services. She presents nationally on the topic of employment services and is listed as a Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) recommended speaker on the topic of creating workplaces that support mental health.   View Presentation Slides

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This session featured a conversation with peer support professionals and community activists about the essential role that community building and active citizenship can play in recovery. Three panelists are members of the Focus Act Connect Every-day (FACE) group, which was discussed as a model for building networks and making community-level change outside of the mental health system.  

About the Event:  In this webinar, the findings from our recent listening session, “Hearing the Truth about Racism in Recovery” were presented.  Participants will learn about how race is impacting recovery supports in the community and the behavioral health system; will learn about how race creates barriers to recovery and wellness; and will learn immediate actions peer support providers can take to identify and remedy these barriers.   Key Learning Objectives:  1. Describe how race impacts recovery supports in the community and the behavioral health system.  2. Discuss how race creates barriers to recovery and wellness.  3. Identify immediate actions peer support providers can take to recognize and remedy barriers.    About the Presenters:  The Georgia Mental Health Consumer Network believes in the ability of everyone living with mental health concerns to enjoy lives of purpose, meaning, productivity, and wellness. Since it was founded in 1991, this grassroots nonprofit organization has been led and run by mental health peers—people in mental health recovery. At its core, the basis of peer support—one person using their lived experience to support another—is not new; in fact, it is the basis of human growth and development. Mental health peers with special training are now able to use their lived recovery experience in clinical settings to provide something beyond a diagnosis or medication.   Roslind D. Hayes, BS, CPS-AD, CARES, WHWC is the Statewide Coordinator of the GMHCN's Peer Support, Wellness, and Respite Centers. She is a trainer/facilitator for the Certified Peer Specialist Project, Peer Zone, and Intentional Peer Support.  Chris Johnson, MFA, CPS, CPS-AD is GMHCN's Director of Communications. He is responsible for sharing information about recovery and wellness opportunities to behavioral health peers and providers across Georgia. 

This session featured a conversation with the organizers, directors, and actors in theater productions that focused on recovery. The facilitator lead a conversation with 4 panelists who talked about the production and their experience with the productions and its ties to the citizenship framework and social justice.   Resources: New Haven Play Project 2019 Youtube Video

The New England MHTTC has as its overarching aim to use evidence-based means to disseminate evidence-based practices, and promote resilience and recovery to our region. To read more about our guiding principles, click here.

Presentation Slides September is known as Suicide and Mental Health Recovery Month and to highlight these important mental health topics, the Northeast and Caribbean Mental Health Technology Transfer Center invite you to their webinar, Key Elements of Recovery-Oriented Services. Recovery from mental illness has been studied and written about by theorists around the world. It has been described as both a process and an outcome. This webinar will introduce key concepts of recovery, including its relationship to wellness and other important goals individuals with mental health conditions strive to attain. We will review the types of services and practices that providers and agencies can employ to promote environments that support recovery. Finally, we will identify remote strategies that providers can apply to facilitate recovery goals in a socially distanced environment amid the current pandemic.   Webinar objectives: Describe the key elements of recovery from serious mental illness Identify the services and practices that support recovery Apply recovery principles during social distancing   Trainer: Joni Dolce, MS, CRC, CPRP, is an assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatric Rehabilitation and Counseling Professions in the Department of Psychiatric Rehabilitation and Counseling Professions at Rutgers, School of Health Professions. Joni has several years of experience working in behavioral healthcare settings, namely supported employment. Joni teaches courses in the AS and BS in Psychiatric Rehabilitation programs as well as providing training and technical assistance to behavioral healthcare providers. Her research interests include staff training and employment services. She presents nationally on the topic of employment services and is listed as a Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) recommended speaker on the topic of creating workplaces that support mental health.

September is known as Suicide and Mental Health Recovery Month and to highlight these important mental health topics, the Northeast and Caribbean Mental Health Technology Transfer Center invite you to their webinar, Key Elements of Recovery-Oriented Services. Recovery from mental illness has been studied and written about by theorists around the world. It has been described as both a process and an outcome. This webinar will introduce key concepts of recovery, including its relationship to wellness and other important goals individuals with mental health conditions strive to attain. We will review the types of services and practices that providers and agencies can employ to promote environments that support recovery. Finally, we will identify remote strategies that providers can apply to facilitate recovery goals in a socially distanced environment amid the current pandemic.   View Presentation Slides   Webinar objectives: Describe the key elements of recovery from serious mental illness Identify the services and practices that support recovery Apply recovery principles during social distancing   Trainer: Joni Dolce, MS, CRC, CPRP, is an assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatric Rehabilitation and Counseling Professions in the Department of Psychiatric Rehabilitation and Counseling Professions at Rutgers, School of Health Professions. Joni has several years of experience working in behavioral healthcare settings, namely supported employment. Joni teaches courses in the AS and BS in Psychiatric Rehabilitation programs as well as providing training and technical assistance to behavioral healthcare providers. Her research interests include staff training and employment services. She presents nationally on the topic of employment services and is listed as a Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) recommended speaker on the topic of creating workplaces that support mental health.

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is pleased to announce the release of Screening and Follow-Up for Unhealthy Alcohol Use: Quality Improvement Change Package for Health Plans, a toolkit to help health plans address unhealthy alcohol use among their members and improve reporting of the HEDIS alcohol measure using electronic clinical data.  This Change Package was developed with funding from SAMHSA and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in collaboration with the National Committee for Quality Assurance. This Change Package is rich with evidence-based practices, successful strategies, and resources from a three-year Learning Collaborative involving five health plans.  This toolkit specifically includes guidance for reporting the HEDIS alcohol measure using Electronic Clinical Data Systems (ECDS), examples of effective quality improvement tools, and strategies for improving measure performance from health plan innovators in ECDS reporting.

This webinar series is a collaboration between the Northeast and Caribbean MHTTC, the Northeast and Caribbean ATTC, and the Northeast and Caribbean PTTC.   Building off the psychological framework of unconscious bias as discussed in the first session, this second presentation will review and inform on how unconscious bias is reflected in words, communications, and relations toward persons of color through case scenarios reflecting its impact in the addiction, mental health, and prevention settings. The elusiveness of cognitive bias underscores provider assumptions and perceptions and affect judgment that leads to prejudice, micro-aggressions, and even discriminatory practices in care. The discussion will also identify commonly experienced pressures of personal and ‘on the job’ stress, and other bias risk factors that affect decision making, interactions, and client/patient outcomes in behavioral health. 

The 2020 Southwest First Episode Psychosis Conference took place virtually on August 3rd through the 5th. In this presentation, Nybelle Caruso, Dr. Nikolas Buekea, and Tamara Sale, from the EASA Center, build on research about first episode psychosis to discuss how early intervention programs have been established nationally focusing on the needs of young people and their families. Participants learn about the evolution of these national initiatives and the support, assessment, and treatment they provide for teenagers and young adults. This presentation provides a current state of affairs for early psychosis programs throughout the nation. Download the session slides.

The Georgia Mental Health Consumer Network presented a two-part webinar on Elevating Language, both hosted by the Southeast MHTTC. The first webinar focused on the importance of recovery-oriented language in behavioral health, and the second webinar guided peers through the process of crafting a elevator message to be used in advocacy work. The purpose of this toolkit is to increase awareness of the language used when talking about mental health and to guide peers through the process of crafting their own elevator message. The second part of the toolkit includes steps to follow when developing an elevator message as well as a worksheet to facilitate the process.

Recovery in the Hispanic and Latinx Community Presentation Slides and Transcript

Recovery from SMI has been studied and documented by researchers, practitioners, and individuals with lived experience around the world and across time. Recovery is real. Recovery can be supported by practices and services that encourage participant engagement, community inclusion, valued social roles, and overall wellness. This webinar introduces recovery from SMI and many of the evidence-based and promising practices that support recovery. This session focuses on recovery in the Hispanic and Latinx community.  Webinar Objectives:  Review the terminology used to describe the Hispanic and Latinx demographic  Identify the cultural aspects that may affect mental health in the Latinx community Discuss the impact of culture, gender roles, religion/spirituality, and acculturation in the recovery process Identify strategies to make counseling culturally sensitive Identify interventions that are considered best practices for counseling   View presentation slides and transcript