Certified Facilitator Training Info Session We are partnering with Native American Fatherhood and Families Association (NAFFA) to offer their certified facilitator training for their curriculum, “Fatherhood is Sacred, Motherhood is Sacred”. Please join us on October 1st for an information session to learn more about NAFFA, their organization, and the curriculum being offered. Once having taken the certified facilitator training, one will possess the knowledge and skills to go out into their community or organization and implement programming to help fathers, mothers, and families realize their full potential.

Families dealing with COVID-19 are facing a myriad of stressors that pile on top of their already complex lives, raising the risks for family conflict and violence. This webinar explores the added safety risks families are coping with and outlines a variety of strategies that can be successfully implemented using telehealth to strengthen families’ capacities for managing this pandemic safely. In this session, participants will learn assessment and safety considerations in the time of self-isolation and quarantine and gain tools and skills to use with families to build protective skills and resources.   View slide deck View FAQ View recording Speakers: Vikki Rompala, LCSW is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with over 20 years of social work practice and management experience. She has been an Affiliate of NCTSN since 2011 and was the former chair of the NCTSN Partnering with Youth and Families committee from 2007-2011.   Laurel Kiser, PhD, MBA, University of Maryland, Baltimore School of Medicine, is a Psychologist working in the field for over 40 years. She leads the Family Informed Trauma Treatment (FITT) Center, a Category II Center in the National Child Traumatic Stress Network. Along with a dedicated team of clinicians and families, she developed Strengthening Family Coping Resources (SFCR), an intervention designed specifically for families coping with chronic and severe stress and trauma.   Note: This is the second session of the Preventing and Responding to Family Violence During COVID-19 Series, an online series brought to you by the MHTTC Network and the National Child Traumatic Stress Network. For more information on the series, please click here.

The COVID-19 pandemic, economic crisis, and widespread racially-focused protests highlight the glaring inequities that exist for racial and ethnic minority communities. These crises have had significant implications for mental health and exacerbate already poor access to behavioral health services in communities of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC). What to expect? More information on our learning community Breakout sessions to share what you and your communities are doing around racial equity and advancing cultural humility Opportunities to network with, listen to, and learn from colleagues throughout the New England region.