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Medicaid Managed Care and Behavioral Benefit Administration in the Southeast.

Features of Medicaid programs in the Southeast.

The presentation slide-deck of the financing for school based mental health webinar, presented by Dr. Adam Wilk on August 7th, 2019.

Participants will become familiar with the history, strengths, and challenges related to gender diversity in the behavioral health field, gain an understanding of the research addressing disparities in behavioral health care regarding gender-diverse individuals, and focus on improving services for gender-diverse individuals. Gender diversity refers to those who vary in gender identity or expression based on the wide spectrum of gender that exists outside of the rigid gender binaries of male and female.  Describe the many facets of gender. Define key terms associated with gender-diverse individuals. Illustrate the importance of using specific gender pronouns. Highlight health disparities that impact the lives of gender-diverse individuals. Apply the Minority Stress Model to working with gender-diverse individuals.   View session recording   Dr. Anthony Zazzarino, PhD, LPC, ACS, CPRP is a full-time faculty member at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey in the Department of Psychiatric Rehabilitation and Counseling Professions. He currently provides instruction for professional education courses for New Jersey’s Supported Housing agencies implementing Community Support Services (CSS), the Master’s program in Rehabilitation Counseling, and the Doctoral program in Counselor Education and Supervision. Dr. Zazzarino is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), Approved Clinical Supervisor (ACS), and Certified Psychiatric Rehabilitation Practitioner (CPRP). He completed his PhD in Counselor Education and Supervision at Walden University where he focused on improving the lives of sexual minorities with serious mental illnesses and enhancing individual’s knowledge of multicultural competence. Dr. Zazzarino is actively presenting at local, state, and national conferences related to psychiatric rehabilitation methods, counseling services, and supervision practices. In addition to his work at Rutgers, Dr. Zazzarino is a suicide prevention trainer for the Society for the Prevention of Teen Suicide, facilitates group therapy for adolescents and adults at an intensive outpatient program, provides outpatient counseling services at his private practice, and provides clinical supervision for counselors who need supervised clinical hours in New Jersey. 

The fact sheet provides an overview of the mental health services and landscape of Alabama.

This fact sheet provides an overview of the mental health services and landscape in Florida.

On July 25th, Dana Asby shared some mindfulness habits that can be modeled and cultivated in students. The webinar focused on the benefits of intentionally adopting mindful habits as a school/classroom community with a focus on early childhood settings. To download the slides, click here.  Presenter(s): Dana Asby, M.A., M.Ed., CEI Director, Innovation and Research Support

This is the second issue of the Southeast MHTTC's informational newsletter.

The Interim Needs Assessment report, prepared by the Southeast MHTTC, provides an overview of the mental health priorities, strengths, and needs of the State Mental Health Agencies in the Southeast.  

On July 17th, we held our fifth and final Evidence-Based Practices (EBP) Series webinar on "Motivational Interviewing to Support Recovery." Ken Kraybill provided an overview of Motivational Interviewing (MI) and how to tailor it towards those in recovery. 

This fact sheet provides an overview of the mental health services system and landscape in Kentucky.

This fact sheet provides an overview of the mental health services system and landscape in North Carolina.

This fact sheet provides an overview of the mental health services system and landscape in South Carolina.

This month, we are excited to share the MHTTC National School Mental Health Curriculum. If you're interested in bringing the curriculum to your schools, we have a regional School Mental Health Learning Collaborative to support you. July is Minority Mental Health Month. We've created a new resource compendium on evaluating community-defined evidence practices that work for diverse communities.  We also highlight a new framework to advance equity for students of color.

Young adults of transition age have elevated rates of mental health challenges, yet they often do not receive services, and few interventions have been designed or found effective for this population. This puts young adults of transition age at greater risk for homelessness, justice involvement, and education and employment challenges. These challenges are even more acute for youth from vulnerable populations. This webinar focuses on strategic practices that health departments and mental health agencies can take to begin eliminating health disparities by advancing mental health equity. Presented by Kristin Thorp and Lydia Proulx, Youth MOVE National. Learning Objectives: Understand the link between health disparities and mental health equity. Gain knowledge about the unique mental health equity challenges facing young adults of transition age. Learn practical strategies for advancing mental health equity for youth and young adults.    

Youth peer support is a growing field in many mental health and child-serving systems, yet many agencies are new to supervising and supporting these roles. This line of work can often be taxing for its young employees, and self-care is just as important to supervision as job performance. This webinar presents specific strategies supervisors can use to promote self-care among their youth peer staff while ensuring accountability to their job duties.  

Youth peer support is an emerging and innovative role within mental health that is seen as valuable for young adults who are system involved. While many agencies want to employ or do employ youth peer support specialists, there are many questions and challenges regarding how to best support this role. In this webinar we will clarify the responsibilities and boundaries of the youth peer support role and offer tips on how to support this role and these employees within your agency.

Texas schools have never been more interested in supporting students’ mental health. Community mental health centers are a critical partner for schools seeking to provide comprehensive school mental health; however, creating healthy partnerships can be challenging. Join us in the third webinar in the series to hear from two school leaders about the culture of the school campus. Understand what makes school systems unique, the roles of different school administrators, and who is critical to engage in partnership. These two Texas school leaders will share what is important to them in a community partner and what outcomes they hope to see from a collaboration with a community mental health provider.

On July 10th, we held our fourth Evidence-Based Practices (EBP) Series webinar on "How to Implement Trauma-Informed Care". Katie Volk discussed the very practical ways individuals and programs can implement trauma-informed care. She also described a framework for understanding the implementation process, discussed key factors that support and inhibit organizational change, and described the process step-by-step.

On July 11th, we held a psychopharmacology consultation line with Dr. Matcheri Keshavan, where he addressed specific psychosis-related psychopharmacology questions. 

This fact sheet provides an overview of the mental health services system and landscape in Mississippi.

This fact sheet provides an overview of the mental health services system and landscape in Tennessee.

This fact sheet provides an overview of the mental health services system and landscape in Georgia.

Schools play an important role in recognizing and responding to suicide risk in students. Effective strategies must be embedded within a positive school climate that engages the entire school community. This webinar outlines best practice strategies schools can implement to identify and respond to students at risk for suicide. In addition, the webinar describes the steps that schools should take to mitigate suicide risk and promote positive mental health and well-being. Presenter:  Tandra Rutledge, MA, is the Director of Business Development at Riveredge Hospital in Forest Park, Illinois. She is a certified suicide prevention gatekeeper trainer for the QPR Institute, a trainer for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention’s educational programs, and a CIT (Crisis Intervention Training) instructor with the Chicago Police Department. As a mental health advocate and suicide prevention trainer for the past 25 years,Tandra provides training to schools, parents, faith-based organizations, physicians and other healthcare professionals Webinar Slides: The Role of Schools in Preventing Suicide Transcript: The Role of Schools in Preventing Suicide