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Description: The Rest of Us is a narrative feature film about student resilience in the face of a mental health crisis on a college campus. Set against the backdrop of 9/11, the film captures the tectonic shifts that have occurred in the past 20 years and how they have impacted youth mental health. This three-part webinar series uses the film as the basis for sparking important conversations about addressing inequity in mental health, encouraging connectivity, and raising awareness about suicide prevention, with a particular focus on the needs of students of color. Part 3 will discuss using technology as a vital tool for providing mental health support. Download the series flyer here.   Moderator: Hediya Sizar, MBA Producer of The Rest of Us; Senior Manager of Special Projects, New York University’s (NYU’s) Global Programs & University Life   Presenters: Karen Fortuna, LICSW, PhD Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Dartmouth College Linda G. Mills, JD, LCSW, PhD Director of The Rest of Us; Lisa Ellen Goldberg Professor, Executive Director of NYU’s Center on Violence and Recovery   Learning Objectives: Understand the evolution, development and implementation of peer mental health digital support Understand the value of user-centered digital supports and the intersection with professional supports Identify future opportunities relevant to advancing the role of digital support Discuss the latest scientific evidence regarding suicide prevention technologies, including low and high-tech resources Identify the role of community to supporting one another   Who Should Attend? Middle school - college age students, parents, educators, administrators, faculty, behavioral health providers   Certificates of attendance will be available to viewers of 50% (45 minutes) or more of the live webinar (via email within 30 business days post-event). CEUs are not offered for this session. The webinar slide presentation and recording will be posted to the website.   The Rest of Us Part 1: Resilience and Self Care June 1, 2021 / 2:00pm - 3:00pm EDT   Recording The Rest of Us Part 2: Combating Loneliness June 14, 2021 / 2:00pm - 3:00pm EDT   Recording The Rest of Us Part 3: Communication and Technology, Then and Now June 30, 2021 / 3:00pm - 4:30pm EDT  Recording

Intended Audience This session is designed for educators, Project AWARE SEA and LEA teams, state and district leadership, student mental health staff on campus, and community mental health allies. Learning Objectives Participants who join this session will be able to: Move beyond understanding of data on disproportionalities/disparities and take action to reduce them. Leverage existing resources to repair harm and promote equitable and inclusive student experience in educational settings. Optimize resources for school mental health and trauma-informed schools to inspire and fuel systems that drive equity and inclusion. Session overview Now what? We know what our data indicate about disproportionality and disparity, so what do we do? How do we make changes to ensure our students experience equity and inclusion rather than trauma, bullying, and other harm of differential treatment? This topical learning forum is dedicated to building capacity for Project AWARE grant teams, district leadership, student mental health staff, and community mental health allies. doc Martha will lead us through causes of intentional and unintentional harm to our students. Together, we will discuss how to leverage school mental health initiatives as a means of addressing equity and inclusion on campus and in the classroom. Doc Martha will provide concrete recommendations for how each of us can use the tools and resources already in reach to shift individual practices and overall culture on campus towards repairing harms and/or prioritizing just engagement of all students and staff in education. Speaker Dr. Martha Merchant is a licensed clinical psychologist who has worked for the past 17 years with children, youth, and families who have experienced trauma. She is a half Korean, half white, cisgender woman and activist working to empower others and to change the systems of oppression we find all around us. doc Martha regularly works with people often viewed as being on the downside of power, including children, people of color, poly families, as well as LGBTQ folk. She is also committed to working with interns/postdocs and educators, who are systematically undervalued. She began her work with Dr. Joyce Dorado, Ph.D., co-founder of HEARTS (Healthy Environments and Response to Trauma in Schools), at the University of California, San Francisco in 2011. She continues with that work internationally, providing training and consultation to educators. doc Martha earned her M.A. in Marriage and Family Therapy and her Psy.D. in Clinical Psychology at the Minnesota School of Professional Psychology.  

Preventing and Responding to Grief, Loss, and Secondary Traumatic Stress among Providers; HHS Region 8 Building Resilience among Providers during a Global Health Pandemic (4-Part Series)   Providing physical or behavioral healthcare to others during the global health pandemic can lead to increased levels of stress, fear, anxiety, burnout, frustration, and other strong emotions. It is imperative that physical and behavioral healthcare providers recognize personal signs of mental fatigue, are given supports in their organization to ensure continued productivity and quality care, and are provided with tools to learn how to cope and build resilience. Providers residing in rural areas often face additional challenges unique to their setting. This training series has been developed to encourage self-care and to assist in building resilience among physical and behavioral healthcare providers amidst the global health pandemic.   Access the free toolkit: Building Resilience Among Physical and Behavioral Healthcare Providers During a Global Health Pandemic   Register Registration is free and required. Register for any/all sessions of this series by using the purple "REGISTER" button at the top of the page. The series is available for individuals residing in Heath and Human Services (HHS) Region 8 (CO, MT, ND, SD, UT, and WY).   Session One Understanding the Impact of a Public Health Crisis on Medical and Behavioral Healthcare Providers; HHS Region 8 June 16, 2021 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM MST | 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CST   This session will outline common terms, introduce compassion fatigue, and discuss the impact of moral injury and traumatic stress. Speakers will also present a toolkit that has been developed to assist providers and their organizations in building resiliency.   Trainers: Andrew J. McLean, MD, MPH & Shawnda Schroeder PhD, MA   Session Two Home Life, Clinical Care, and Work Relationships: Causes of Stress and Resiliency Building for Providers; HHS Region 8 June 23, 2021 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM MST | 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CST   Presenters will discuss home life stressors, challenges of managing work relationships during a time of crisis, and the current issues facing providers as they work to provide quality care during a public health emergency. This session will also offer specific solutions and key resources for fostering resilience and balancing demands of home life, clinical care, and professional relationships during a pandemic.   Trainers: Robin Landwehr, DBH, LPCC, NCC & Per Ostmo, BA   Session Three Preventing and Responding to Grief, Loss, and Secondary Traumatic Stress among Providers; HHS Region 8 June 30, 2021 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM MST | 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CST   Providers are experiencing loss of normalcy, loss of routine, and other ambiguous loss. Many may also be dealing with grief over the loss of a loved one, or the loss of numerous patients. Compounding this sense of loss and grief, providers commonly carry their patients’ stories with them. It is important that providers connect with their patients. If providers feel nothing, then they cannot connect as strongly and may not be able to optimize patient care. However, this connection, especially during a pandemic, can lead to secondary traumatic stress (STS). This session will address signs and symptoms of grief and loss among providers that have been present during the pandemic, and will describe secondary traumatic stress. Presenters will also offer ways to prevent and respond to these experiences at both an organizational and individual level.   Trainers: Robin Landwehr, DBH, LPCC, NCC & Shawnda Schroeder PhD, MA   Session Four Promoting Resiliency at an Organizational Level; HHS Region 8 July 7, 2021 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM MST | 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CST   Research indicates that, although efforts to promote resilience at an individual level are important, addressing characteristics of the external environment are at least as important. Absence of organizational and leadership support for provider distress during COVID-19 may adversely impact organizational resilience, patient safety, and staff retention. Providers cannot sustain their own well-being without the support of their leadership. Targets for improvement at the organizational level include ensuring:   Organizational efficiency through identifying inefficient workplace processes. A transformational work culture. Correction of any negative leadership behaviors.   Trainers: Andrew J. McLean, MD, MPH & Per Ostmo, BA

The Early First Episode Program at the University of New Mexico's Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences provides multidisciplinary and recovery-oriented Coordinated Specialty Care to young adults experiencing a first episode of psychosis (FEP). Members of the Early team will review best practices for initial engagement, assessment, and family involvement when working with Latinx youth experiencing psychosis for the first time. This presentation will also include a discussion of potential similarities and differences in working with Latinx youth in different regions of the United States. The presentation will be targeted at clinicians from across disciplines who may encounter this population in their daily work (Psychiatrists, Psychiatric Nurse Practitioners, Psychiatric PAs, PCPs, social workers, psychologists, school counselors, etc.).

The Early First Episode Program at the University of New Mexico's Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences provides multidisciplinary and recovery-oriented Coordinated Specialty Care to young adults experiencing a first episode of psychosis (FEP). Members of the Early team will review best practices for initial engagement, assessment, and family involvement, when working with Latinx youth experiencing psychosis for the first time. This presentation will also include discussion of potential similarities and differences in working with Latinx youth in different regions of the United States.   Who should attend? This is an intermediate-level training. This presentation will be targeted for clinicians from across disciplines who may encounter this population in their daily work (Psychiatrists, Psychiatric Nurse Practitioners, Psychiatric PAs, PCPs, social workers, psychologists, school counselors, etc.)   About the presenter: Mauricio Tohen, MD, DrPH, MBA Mauricio Tohen, MD, DrPH, MBA is tenured Professor and the Chairman of the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences at the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center in Albuquerque NM, USA. Dr Tohen was born and raised in Mexico City. He earned his medical degree from the National University of Mexico and his Doctorate in Public Health (Epidemiology) from Harvard University (1988). His postdoctoral training included a residency in Psychiatry at the University of Toronto (1979-1982) where he also obtained a DPsych (Diploma) in Psychiatric Research, and a fellowship at McLean Hospital, Harvard Medical School in Psychopharmacology (1982-1985). Dr Tohen also obtained an MBA degree from the Indiana University Kelly School of Business. Dr Tohen was the Clinical Director of the Bipolar and Psychotic Disorders Program at McLean Hospital (1988-1997). In 1997 he joined Lilly Research Laboratories where he reached the senior most scientific rank of Distinguished Lilly Scholar. From 2009-2013 he was the Head of the Division of Mood & Anxiety Disorders and the Krus Endowed Tenured Professor in Psychiatry at the University of Texas Health Science Centre at San Antonio. Dr Tohen has been recognized professionally, has received several grants and his work has been published in professional journals.     Dawn Halperin, LPCC CPRP Director/Senior Program Therapist, Early First Episode Program UNM HSC Dawn Halperin is a strengths-based psychotherapist in Albuquerque, NM. Dawn has worked as a clinician and director for several agencies serving different populations for the past 20 years and has been in private practice for over 15. Dawn is currently with the University of New Mexico’s Early First Episode Program serving as its director and lead clinician.      

The capacity to hire, train, nurture, and retain competent behavioral health workforce has been and continues to be a severe challenge nationally and globally. Caring for the needs of patients from diverse cultural backgrounds sets the bar even higher. COVD-19 and its disruption of personal and work lives has made that work more challenging. This webinar seeks to provide a forum of discussing how to keep joy, fun, and excitement in the hearts and minds of the behavioral health workforce and especially to those who serve diverse clients. The webinar will also discuss how leaders can empower their workforce to find joy and satisfaction amidst the uncertainties of the COVID-19 era. Learning Objectives Enhance provider capacity to fully appreciate their own mission and vision while staying on task in difficult times Amplify understanding and management of moral injury experienced in task delivery due to complications of COVID Encourage ways of embracing fun, joy, and performance satisfaction, amidst real uncertainly and possible lack of mission clarity Nurture client-provider shared compassion and sympathy as essential factors in preventing burnout and increasing wellbeing Fnd and value the roles of cultural factors in providing behavioral health services   Speaker Sebastian Ssempijja, PhD President and Chief Executive Officer Sebastian Family Psychology Practice, LLC             

This session will present a model of Standards of Family Inclusion that identifies specific strategies to incorporate family inclusion into mental health services. Practical suggestions to welcome families will be offered at the organizational and provider level.   Presenters: Valerie Ferri, MSW, MPH, LSW is the Director of Workforce Development at the Family Training and Advocacy Center for Mental Illness (FTAC) and has worked in outpatient, inpatient, and administrative roles within the Philadelphia public behavioral health system for 20 years. She oversees various programs at FTAC that champion the importance of family within behavioral healthcare and works collaboratively with local universities, behavioral health organizations and family members to educate the workforce and support providers in their efforts to become more family inclusive.  Michelle Zechner, PhD, MSW, LSW, CPRP, an Assistant Professor at Rutgers, Department of Psychiatric Rehabilitation and Counseling Professions, has focused her career on the promotion of health and wellness for people with mental health conditions, their families and the staff who support them for over 25 years. She has worked in a variety of settings including: academia, outpatient mental health programs, psychiatric hospitals, nursing homes, family advocacy and training services.  She conducts research, teaches and mentors students, and consults with state psychiatric hospitals on supporting people with mental illness and their families. Her research interests include health promotion for people with mental health conditions and their families, aging well with disabilities, preparing mental health and health professionals to work with people with mental health conditions and their families, multi-dimensional wellness,  and motivation for physical activity. She has co-authored peer-reviewed and technical publications on health and wellness promotion. She is a sought after trainer and has given presentations locally and nationally on topics ranging from wellness and recovery, family support, and supporting self-care for families and mental health staff.  

Expect the Unexpected: Preparing for Crises in Schools is a webinar series geared toward education professionals, administrators, and stakeholders who are working together to create a school climate that aims to prevent crisis events. However, we know that not all crises can be prevented. How does your school respond to crisis events and encourage student and educator resilience? In this webinar, attendees will learn about best practices in reintegration, including supporting students transitioning from a mental health-related crisis back into the school setting. Attendees will gain knowledge on the role of educators in this transition, as well as strategies for implementing this in their school buildings.

Please join us for our K12 webinar: From Longhouse to Schoolhouse: AI/AN School Communities Coming Together in Partnership to Learn, Collaborate, and Share Experiences and Knowledge 2:00-3:30 CST on June 25th

The UT at Austin Steve Hicks School of Social and National Hispanic and Latino Mental Health Technology Transfer Center is hosting a 3-part webinar series Addressing our bias when working with the LGBTQ+ Community. This webinars series is a basic level educational event for school mental health providers, teachers, school personnel, and school administrators.   LGBTQ communities face health disparities linked to stigma, discrimination, and denial of their civil and human rights. LGBTQ individuals have higher rates of psychiatric disorders, substance use, violence, and suicide and may encounter lack of acceptance by their family members and the society which. affects their mental health and personal safety. This webinar series will be served to explore how bias impact our worldview and the work with the LGBTQ population, to identify health disparities among LGTBQ population, and to explore interventions to create a safe space and minimize the impact of implicit bias.   Learning Objectives: Understanding implicit bias concepts and implications. Reflect on our social identities and worldview. Recognize how bias impacts daily life when interacting with social identities. Apply strategies to minimize the impact of biases.   Who should attend? This is a basic level workshop designed for mental health providers, school mental health providers, and school administrators.   About the presenters: Jesús Ortega, LMSW –Director, Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion - Dell Medical School at UT Austin- is originally from Venezuela. Jesús has worked for economic, social, and environmental justice almost all his professional life. Mr. Ortega moved his organizing and advocacy efforts working with marginalized immigrants communities of color from NY to Texas over 15 years ago. Mr. Ortega, hold the position of Executive Director at Out Youth, an LGBTQ youth organization in Austin. Jesús later started working with the Austin Stress Clinic’s Batters Intervention Program, as a facilitator of psycho-educational interventions for violence prevention. Mr. Ortega as the Assistant Director at the ASC concentrated on studying the efficacy of BIPPs interventions and developed innovated curriculum that focused on deconstructing masculinity and its impact on violence against women. This work took Mr. Ortega to Recife Brazil, where he spent half a year working with and evaluating a violence prevention program for youth at the PAPAI Institute. Jesús, previous to his new position at DMS, hold the position of Deputy Director at The Alamo Area Resource Center, a not-for-profit organization working with people living with HIV/AIDS and medical services to the LGBT community in San Antonio. He also worked as adjunct faculty of UTSA College of Public Policy in the Department of social work where he teaches cultural competency and global social work. He holds a Master’s Degree in Social Work from UTSA, and a Master’s Degree in Urban Planning from the City University of New York. He is also a graduate of Columbia University School of Business on Non-profit Management.   Yovanska Duarté-Vélez, PhD- received her PhD from the University of Puerto Rico and is currently an assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at Brown University and Bradley Hospital. Dr. Duarté-Vélez is also a licensed clinical psychologist with extensive experience with children and families from diverse backgrounds. Her research interests are to develop and tailor treatments for diverse populations (e.g. ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender) according to their needs and cultural values. Another goal is to incorporate health disparity studies into her research. Her work has focused on the assessment and treatment of Latinx youth with suicidal behaviors in the context of their family and society. She started her career as a clinical researcher in the University of Puerto Rico, where she developed a CBT protocol that addresses culture and adolescence developmental stage as central components in treatment, the Socio-Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Suicidal Behaviors (SCBT-SB) supported by the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP). She transported this protocol from Puerto Rico to Rhode Island to expand its applicability to Latinx youth living in the USA through an NIMH training grant. Dr. Duarté-Vélez completed a pilot randomized clinical trial (RCT) of the SCBT-SB versus Treatment as Usual (TAU) in a “real world” setting with positive results. Currently, she is conducting a randomized clinical trial to test the efficacy and effectiveness of the SCBT-SB funded by the National Institute on Minority and Health Disparities. She has provided training to clinicians, teachers, gatekeepers, and caregivers in diverse topics related to prevention, assessment, and treatment of mental health. As an immigrant Latina woman in the United States, she has stayed close to her community and participates as a Board Member of “Progreso Latino”, the largest community organization in Rhode Island serving the Latinx community.  

This webinar aims to provide a foundation for successful implementation of IPS practice principles in your community mental health center in order to better engage and support career development of older youth and young adults diagnosed with serious mental health conditions. The presenters will share both direct practice and program management strategies based on their successful IPS integration efforts in community mental health settings with vulnerable young people, including those with a recent onset of psychosis. Participants will leave the training with increased competency in directly improving young person vocational engagement and career development through implanting key aspects of IPS Supported Employment and Supported Education.

The Great Lakes MHTTC Provider Well-Being Supplement offers these trainings to behavioral health providers in HHS Region 5: IL, IN, MI, MN, OH, and WI. This series is offered in response to a need identified by Region 5 stakeholders. Microlearnings are 15-minute “TED-Talk” style workshops—join by phone or Zoom!  Microlearnings are intended to reach a large audience with a low time commitment. Topics focus on aspects of individual and organizational health and wellbeing. All are welcome! Dates: (note all times are 11:00–11:15am CT/12:00–12:15pm ET) Jun 25: Always Choose Joy: Making Joy a Habit There is no need to register.  Use the phone number or link below to join all or any you can. Call in # +1 646-876-9923 Zoom: Meeting ID: 335-268-657 Passcode: 754991

Special Program A Conversation with Survivors and Long-Haulers 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. MT / 10:30 a.m. PT - 12:00 p.m. PT / 7:30 - 9:00 a.m. HT / 6:30 - 8:00 a.m. American Samoa (Saturday) 5:30 - 7:00 a.m. Marshall Islands / 4:30 - 6:00 a.m. Pohnpei, Kosrae / 3:30 - 5:00 a.m. Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Chuuk, Yap / 2:30 - 4:00 a.m. Palau See your time zone here in partnership with MHTTC Regions 10 and 8 How might the experience of surviving COVID-19 and experiencing long-haul COVID-19 impact mental health, and what can and should we as school mental health providers and leaders understand about that experience?    Join us for a special conversation on June 25 with four survivors of COVID-19, all of whom identify as long-haulers, people who “have not fully recovered from COVID-19 weeks or even months after first experiencing symptoms,” according to Harvard Health. Like Derek, Karla, Mieka, and Jessica, “some long haulers experience continuous symptoms for weeks or months, while others feel better for weeks, then relapse with old or new symptoms. The constellation of symptoms long haulers experience, sometimes called post-COVID-19 syndrome” (Harvard Health: If you've been exposed to the coronavirus). Dr. Mauseth will provide an overview about Long COVID behavioral health.   This conversation is crucial, especially as schools begin or resume to gather learning in person. As our speakers will share, trauma may be now surfacing because people aren’t needing to focus on surviving; this trauma is surfacing as schools are reopening and as survivors are now beginning to process their experience and new realities.    Together, Derek, Karla, Mieka, and Jessica will discuss and share: The potential Impact on students who have had COVID or have trauma associated with COVID How students might be impacted because their caregiver had COVID and is a long-hauler How students might be impacted because their teacher or administrator had COVID and is a long-hauler The anger, hypervigilance, isolation, and feelings of being unseen, unbelieved, dismissed, misunderstood experienced when navigating COVID and now in the long-hauler experience The need for structural policy response and solutions for COVID survivors  Long-haulers’ reflections and responses to your questions to enhance your practice   Please note: We are not centering the conversation on death related to COVID-19; rather, we come together to discuss and share the losses and grief related to surviving COVID and being a long-hauler.   While this conversation will focus on young people and the contexts of schools, we welcome all to join us. Certificates of completion and Washington state clock hours are available for this event. Further information will be provided during the event on June 25.   Resources from panel discussion Slide deck of panel discussion (PDF) Support resources (PDF) Graphic recording (below) by Rio Holaday     Faculty Derek Canty is the CEO and founder of Winning Edge, Inc., a training and facilitation company based in Las Vegas.  Winning Edge provides training, consulting and coaching solutions to help individuals and organizations achieve maximum personal and organizational effectiveness.  Derek is also the co-founder of College Summit now PeerForward, Inc., a national social non-profit organization that is based in Washington, DC, with seven regional offices. He has also developed in-school youth development tools for PeerForward that are used in classrooms around the country. Derek spearheaded the initial Diversity & Inclusion initiative and department, where he served as Chief Diversity Officer for two years.    Derek has worked with over 15,000 youth in 30 major cities across the United States and internationally in three countries and was honored by his selection as one of the lead program facilitators for President Clinton's First Annual Young Adult Symposium at Georgetown University.  Today, Derek serves as a coach, facilitator, and trainer for select non-profit organizations and corporations, assisting them in team building, leadership development, and defining/strengthening their organizational culture.     Derek and his entire family of five contracted COVID in July 2020. He was hospitalized for 10 days, and continues to manage the after effects on his overall health.    Karla Monterroso is currently a coach, strategist, and advisor for several organizations and people doing work impacted by the changing dynamics of the demographic shift--supporting both: 1) Their ability to distribute power strategically and contend with bridging the new divide between the social experience and institutional experience of power; 2) Working on the eradication of anti-Blackness in non-Black Latinx people through coaching, culture, and strategy.     Karla has spent two decades focused on growing the people and program functions of rapidly scaling social enterprises driving youth advocacy and leadership. Most recently as the CEO of Code2040 she stewarded the shift from Code2040 as a pipeline organization to an organization committed to dismantling the structural barriers to entry, retention, and promotion of Black and Latinx people in tech. She built the tools and ran the systems that supported the scale of healthcare non-profit Health Leads. Karla did similar work in college access for low-income communities with national organizations College Summit, and College Track. She is currently a board member for Alluma, a tech non-profit enabling the creation of pivotal technology necessary to build a path out of poverty. Karla is an alumnus of the University of Southern California.    Karla got sick with Covid19 on March 13th of 2020, the first day of California’s shelter in place orders. She experienced two months of acute Covid and has now been navigating Long Haul Covid for over a year. She’s been outspoken and in national press outlets about healthcare inequities in Latinx and Black communities. She is still managing chronic tachycardia, fatigue, and assorted other symptoms due to Long Covid.     Mieka Tennant (she/her) is a communications strategist and producer. Her work is focused on accountability, inclusivity and intentional initiatives that build a stronger foundation for her clients to stand on. For over a decade she has been developing and implementing holistic communications strategies for individuals and companies. She has produced campaigns, events, and projects with various organizations--from conceptualizing a public arts initiative for incarcerated sexual assault survivors, to curating an event series for a charter school that brings together community leaders and creatives. Her love of storytelling and amplifying the voices of others led her to develop and facilitate a weekly writing group with New Village Girls Academy, where she has volunteered for the past seven years.   Mieka contracted COVID-19 the week of May 19, 2020, and for the following seven months endured the extreme effects of the virus on her body and life.     Jessica Gonzalez, MSW, is the School Mental Health Coordinator for the Mental Health Technology Transfer Center (MHTTC) Network Coordinating Office (NCO) at Stanford University School of Medicine. Jessica is coordinating the work of 12 centers that provide training and technical assistance to the mental health and school mental health workforce to increase the use of evidence-based mental health prevention, treatment, and recovery support services for students across the United States. Jessica has worked in the community as a social worker providing mental health services in school and outpatient clinic settings to children and adolescents of diverse socioeconomic, cultural and ethnic backgrounds. In addition, she has experience in project management support and coordination for research and evaluation in the areas of early childhood learning and development, special education, post-secondary education attainment, and delivery of school mental health services. Jessica has also worked for numerous high school and college programs in the Bay Area seeking to improve educational outcomes for first-generation, low-income students of color.   Jessica contracted COVID-19 the first week of March 2020 and was hospitalized due to severe symptoms and complications. To this day, Jessica continues managing the effects on her mental health and well-being resulting from the virus.   Dr. Kira Mauseth is a practicing clinical psychologist who sees patients at Snohomish Psychology Associates, teaches as a Senior Instructor at Seattle University and serves as a co-lead for the Behavioral Health Strike Team for the WA State Department of Health. Her work and research interests focus on resilience, trauma and disaster behavioral health. She has worked extensively in Haiti with earthquake survivors, in Jordan with Syrian refugees and with first responders and health care workers throughout Puget Sound the United States. Dr. Mauseth also conducts trainings with organizations and educational groups about disaster preparedness and resilience building within local communities.       This discussion will be moderated by: The Pacific Southwest, Northwest, & Mountain Plains MHTTCs   Priming Content (Articles & Research about Long-Haul COVID-19):  Brain-Fog Treatments: COVID-19 Research Is Getting Better  COVID-19 long-haulers struggle with persistent mental health issues: brain fog, anxiety, depression and sleep disorders  For Long-Haulers, Covid-19 Takes a Toll on Mind as Well as Body  Long-Haulers Are Redefining COVID-19  How COVID could reshape mental health policy  1 in 3 COVID-19 patients are diagnosed with a neuropsychiatric condition in the next six months, large study finds  6-month neurological and psychiatric outcomes in 236 379 survivors of COVID-19: a retrospective cohort study using electronic health records  Children’s Hospitals Grapple With Young Covid ‘Long Haulers’     

People define their spirituality, faith, and religion as being a process involving growth, addressing existential questions about meaning and sense in life, life satisfaction, well-being, a sense of purpose, hope, and optimism. During the COVID-19 pandemic, individuals and communities have started to explore more personal and collective connections with spiritual, faith, and religious resources as coping mechanisms. They seem to be a potential antidote that minimizes the consequences of anxiety, depression, and any other mental or physical stress caused during the coronavirus crisis.   In this context, the proposed panel and conversation series on spirituality, faith, and religion: creating a time and space for connection, wellness, and hope can be a tool for healthcare professionals, patients, family, and communities to reconnect with themselves, provide the most comprehensive care possible, benefit from spiritual practice, build social support, and share stories of hope and resilience.   Our community conversation series will offer comfort and safe space through structured and innovative conversation focusing on spiritual beliefs and coping. Activities facilitate verbal expression and appropriate social interaction and build a sense of belonging. We discuss activities and themes from these webinars within a recovery-oriented “emotion-focused coping” framework. A faith community member will lead this series.   Moderator: Thomas Burr, Community and Affiliate Relations Manager, NAMI Connecticut   Panelists for June 3rd, 2021   Reverend Torianto S. Johnson Sr. Congregation: Flames of Fire Christian Fellowship   Rev. Johnson is the founder and pastor of Flames of Fire Christian Fellowship in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He preaches a theology that calls attention to the intractability of anti-blackness, social and economic inequality, racial capitalism and the carceral state, and how colonialism affects the articulation and experience of the gospel. He is committed to preaching a prophetic message rooted in love, hope, and justice. Rev. Johnson is a native of Benton Harbor, Michigan, and a graduate of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. He earned a master of arts in religion with a concentration in theology from Yale Divinity School. While at the Yale Divinity School, Rev. Johnson served as minister for Marquand Chapel and was the Reverend Dr. Samuel N. Slie Fellow for the University Church. Pastor Marylin Rodriguez Congregation: Church Oasis of Blessing Christian Center   Pastor Marilyn Rodriguez was born in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, and raised in a Christian home. In 1996, Pastor Rodriquez received her bachelor’s degree in visual arts and moved to New Britain, Connecticut, where she met her future husband, Jose Rodriguez. She has always been active in her church, and in 1999 she graduated from the Hispanic Bible Institute. In 2014, Pastor Rodriguez graduated from the Latin-American Bible Institute and went on to teach there for 2 years. For the last 8 years, she and her husband have worked at the Church Oasis of Blessing Christian Center. Pastor Rodriguez and her husband Jose have eight children. Pastor Kelcy G. L. Steele Congregation: Varick Memorial African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Zion Church   A native of Rock Hill, South Carolina, Rev. Steele is the 43rd pastor of Varick Memorial AME Zion Church. He is author of the book The Sound of Revival: 7 Powerful Prophetic Proclamations, which explores prophetic preaching in the Wesleyan tradition. He earned his master of divinity degree at United Theological Seminary in Dayton, Ohio, in 2018. Governor Ned Lamont appointed Pastor Steele to the Connecticut Board of Pardons and Paroles in 2020. Pastor Steele is CEO of the Varick Center for Empowerment and an Imani Breakthrough Project Leader. He serves on the Board of Directors of Booker T. Washington Academy and is Cultural Ambassador of the Yale Center for Clinical Investigation. Pastor William L. Mathis Congregation: Springs of Life-Giving Water Church (The Springs) A native of Albany, Georgia, after graduating from Morehouse College with a bachelor’s degree in political science and accounting, Pastor Mathis joined the staff of the Select Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control for the U. S. House of Representatives.   Afterwards, he pursued his interest in law at Boston College, earning his JD degree in 1989 and serving as the National Chair of the Black Law Students Association in the wake of increasing minority presence in the profession. He served first as a judicial law clerk and then as Baltimore City Assistant State’s Attorney. While in these positions, he worked to ameliorate the plight of juvenile delinquents and to develop preventive programs and supporting environments. During this time, he was called to the ministry and began ministering through public policies. Before he entered Harvard University, he served as chaplain, counselor, and teacher at The Baraka School, a school for inner-city male youth based in Kenya, East Africa. Pastor Mathis received his MDiv from Harvard in 2002.   The Springs is an American Baptist Church in New Haven, Connecticut. Pastor Mathis seeks to help individuals view and develop each life experience as empowering and directional for their purposed lives as they become all that God intends. In line with his assignment, Pastor Mathis is CEO of WLM Ministries, a nonprofit organization devoted to providing consulting services to create community and faith-based initiatives focused on criminal justice, neighborhood safety, community building, youth empowerment, social justice, and African diaspora collaboration.    These are additional positions and affiliations for Pastor Mathis: Immediate past president, American Baptist Churches of Connecticut (ABCCONN), 2019–2020 Member, Baptist World Alliance’s Justice and Freedom Commission Consultant, Brazilian faith-based communities and non-governmental organizations working to empower Afro-Brazilian communities Member, Kingdom Association of Covenant Pastors Founding and steering committee member, New Haven 828, an organization devoted to bringing pastors and para-church leaders together for prayer and the formation of collaborative initiatives to address social ills Advisory board member, New Haven’s Juvenile Review Board Member, New Haven’s Reentry Initiative Roundtable Member, New Haven Community Violence Response Group     Panelists for June 24th, 2021   Reverend Hiram L. Brett Rev. Brett, the spiritual care coordinator and chaplain at Connecticut Mental Health Center (CMHC) in New Haven, serves as a chaplain in the Bridgeport Hospital emergency room. Before joining CMHC, Rev. Brett served as pastor of Whitneyville United Church of Christ in Hamden, Connecticut. A graduate of Yale Divinity School (MDiv) and Stanford University (MBA), Rev. Brett completed his residency in clinical pastoral education at Yale New Haven Hospital. He has completed International Federal Levels 1 and 2 coach training and is working toward professional coach certification. Rabbi Randall (Randy) Konigsburg Senior Rabbi, Beth Sholom B’nai Israel, Manchester, Connecticut For almost 40 years, Rabbi Konigsburg has been a spiritual leader and pastor in congregations in Florida, Minnesota, Alabama, and Connecticut. He graduated from the Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS) in New York City with ordination and a master’s degree in rabbinic literature. He has worked as a hospital and police chaplain, as a rabbi for hospice, and as a rabbi for teens on the March of The Living, an educational history tour of holocaust sites in Poland. He has trained in pastoral crisis intervention, education, cancer care, and substance abuse. He received an honorary doctorate from JTS for his work in the Jewish community. Rabbi Konigsburg tries to find time for nature photography. Benjamin (Ben) Doolittle, MD, MA Div Rev. Dr. Benjamin Doolittle is a local church pastor and a physician. He is an associate professor of internal medicine and of pediatrics at Yale Medical School and an associate professor of religion and health at Yale Divinity School. He directs the Yale Program for Medicine, Spirituality, and Religion as well as the Combined Internal Medicine-Pediatrics Residency Program. Pastor Anthony (Tony) C. Martin Congregation: Trinity Baptist Church Pastor Martin is worship director at Trinity Baptist Church in Arlington, Massachusetts, and regional worship leader at the American Baptist Churches of Massachusetts. He holds a master of science and a bachelor of arts degrees in music and political science from the University of Massachusetts Boston (UMass Boston). He is the director of the UMass Boston chapter of My Brother’s Keeper. Launched by President Barack Obama in 2014, the My Brother’s Keeper initiative works to address persistent opportunity gaps faced by boys and young men of color and to ensure that all young people can reach their full potential.   Panelists for July 8th, 2021   Enroue [On-roo] Halfkenny [Haf-ken-ee] Enroue Halfkenny has been a Babalawo [Bah-bah-lah-woe] within the West African traditional religion of the Yoruba [Yoh-ru-bah] People for more than 20 years. He is a clinical social worker, an artist, and an activist. He is a multiracial, Black, cisgender, heterosexual man, father of two, who has been married for more than 21 years. Mr. Halfkenny has also been living sober for over 28 years. The weaving together of spiritual health, mental health, and social justice issues and practices guide his life and direct his work with others. Noman J. Nuton Jr., Senior Minister Congregation: New Haven Church of Christ A native of Cambridge, Maryland, Minister Nuton is a graduate of Amridge University (formerly Southern Christian University) where he earned his bachelor of science degree in bible/ministry, graduating summa cum laude. For several years, he served at the Cambridge Church of Christ as the assistant minister and youth minister. At the Capital Church of Christ, he assisted with the youth ministry, teaching high school teens and preaching the gospel. Minister Nuton served as the senior minister of the Church of Christ in Easton Maryland for 6 years; for the past 4 years, he has served in his current position as senior minister at the New Haven Church of Christ. Committed to serving his church and his community, Minister Nuton is a board member of Christian Community Action, which is a faith-based nonprofit organization committed to housing, feeding, and educating families who are less fortunate. Minister Nuton achieved recognition working as a paralegal for a prominent law firm in Baltimore City, Maryland. In addition to his ministerial service, he worked in the insurance industry for 15 years in various positions, including working as a national sales executive for an insurance brokerage in Cambridge for 8 years. He also worked in conjunction with the Dorchester County Public Schools, speaking at various schools and community events. Minister Nuton, a resident of Hamden, Connecticut, is married to Myra; together they have three children, Mya, Mariah, and Norman III. Reverend Bonita Grubbs Rev. Grubbs has been the executive director of Christian Community Action since December 1988. Before that, 1985–1988, she was employed as assistant regional administrator in Region V (Northwest Connecticut) for the Connecticut Department of Mental Health. Actively engaged in public service, she has served as a governing board member for these organizations: Connecticut Housing Coalition The Hospital of Saint Raphael Greater New Haven Community Loan Fund International Festival of Arts and Ideas Connecticut Voices for Children Project Access New Haven Community Economic Development Fund Addition leadership positions include the following: Member, Connecticut Judicial Review Council Interim pastor, Christian Tabernacle Baptist Church, Hamden, Connecticut President, Connecticut Coalition to End Homelessness Co-chair, Steering Committee of New Haven’s Fighting Back Project Member, Board of Trustees of Mercy Center in Madison, Connecticut Member, Board of Trustees of Connecticut Center for School Change and Dwight Hall at Yale University Lecturer in supervised ministries and homiletics, Yale Divinity School President, ABCCONN, and chair of ABCCONN’s Personnel Committee   Rev. Grubbs holds an undergraduate degree in sociology and Afro-American studies from Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts. She received two degrees from Yale University, a master of arts in religion and a master of public health. She received an honorary degree from Albertus Magnus College in 2001. In 2012, Richard Levin, former Yale University president, and Rev. Grubbs received the New Haven Register’s Person of the Year Award. In 2013, she received the Humanitarian Award from the Connecticut Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday Commission. Presently, Rev. Grubbs is a member of the governing board of the Regional Workforce Alliance. Confirmed as deputy chaplain of the Connecticut State Senate General Assembly in 2015, she continues to serve in this capacity. Pastor Marcelo Centeno Jr. Congregation: CPR Church, Bristol, Connecticut Born on a cold December day in 1982, Pastor Centeno dedicated his life to the service of the Lord. After 4 years of biblical and theological studies, he began his evangelical and missionary ministry as well as teaching in various Bible theology schools. Pastor Centeno has preached and taught the gospel throughout the United States as well as in South and Central America. Pastors of CPR Church since 2018, Centeno and his wife Ruth Noemi offer counseling services, including marriage counseling, and helping people with low self-esteem, depression, anxiety, and other concerns. The pastors actively work with the community, including the Salvation Army and Brian’s Angels, which is a homeless outreach organization. They provide food and clothing to the less fortunate, and annually provide hundreds of book bags and schools supplies to low-income families. Each month, they send two 96-gallon barrels filled with clothing, canned goods, and supplies to a church ministry in the Dominican Republic. Pastor Centeno’s focus is impacting lives through the love of Jesus.   Love photo created by jcomp - www.freepik.com  

How to Effectively Address Compassion Fatigue by Building Resiliency; HHS Region 8 June 24, 2021 2:00 - 3:00 PM/MST | 3:00 - 4:00 PM/CST Registration is free and required. This session is available to individuals residing in HHS Region 8 (CO, MT, ND, SD, UT, and WY). Certificates of Attendance will be available.   Compassion Fatigue has become a familiar but not necessarily well-understood term during the pandemic. Taking the time to understand the elements that comprise compassion fatigue and their direct impact on a person’s physical, emotional, and psychological well-being can assist a person in developing effective strategies to address stress in their lives before it becomes overwhelming. Participants will have the opportunity to learn about compassion fatigue and ways to minimize its impact by building resiliency through research-based practices.   After attending this session, participants can expect to:   Recognize the symptoms of compassion fatigue and how it impacts an individual physically, emotionally, and psychologically. Understand the difference between compassion fatigue and burnout and how to take steps to address the different conditions.  Learn simple, research-based resiliency-building practices to begin using immediately.   Trainer Christina Ruggiero, CCC, RP Christina Ruggiero (she/her) is a Registered Psychotherapist in Ontario, Canada, currently working full-time as a mental health counsellor for students attending McMaster University. She obtained her Honours Bachelor of Science in Psychology at the University of Toronto, before pursuing her Master’s degree in Counselling Psychology at Adler University in Vancouver, BC. She finds great meaning in educating individuals about mental health, and reducing the stigma associated with mental illness. During her graduate degree, she created an anti-stigma training module for students and staff to use at Simon Fraser University, believing that change involves education and experiential components, including self-awareness and reflection. She continues this method training students and staff at Queens in mental health awareness, compassion fatigue, and distress support.

Las mujeres y las niñas son más vulnerables a experimentar ciertos tipos de violencia y victimización. Las mujeres latinas son uno de los grupos más vulnerables a la violencia y victimización, incluyendo violencia sexual, según indican los resultados del estudio ¨Sexual Assault Among Latinas Study¨(SALAS, por sus siglas en inglés). En parte, éste es el resultado de las inequidades que resultan de los constructos del género y los roles por géneros que los acompañan. Esta presentación identificará algunas de las variables relacionadas al abuso y agresión sexual en mujeres latinas. Además se discutirá las dinámicas de poder y control asociadas a la violencia sexual e impacto en la salud mental. Las presentadoras incluirán abordajes terapéuticos recomendados para trabajar con latinas sobrevivientes de abuso y agresión sexual.   Objetivos: 1. Identificar variables relacionadas al abuso y la agresión sexual. 2. Discutir dinámicas de poder y control asociadas a la violencia sexual y su posible relación con roles de género e impacto en la salud mental. 3. Discutir abordajes terapéuticos recomendados para latinas sobrevivientes de abuso y agresión sexual.   ¿Quién debe asistir? Este seminario web está diseñado para trabajadores sociales cínicos, psicólogos y otros terapeutas que trabajen con latinas en escenarios de salud mental.   Información sobre las presentadoras: Darice Orobitg, PhD- La Dra. Darice Orobitg es psicóloga clínica. Completó su grado de bachillerato en psicología en Washington University en St. Louis. Luego completó su maestría y doctorado en psicología clínica en la Universidad Carlos Albizu en San Juan, PR. Trabajó como psicóloga y coordinadora de servicios clínicos en el Centro de Ayuda a Víctimas de Violación. También trabajó como coordinadora de adiestramiento y asistencia técnica para el National Hispanic and Latino ATTC. Participó como consultora en el Proyecto Mujer el cual ofrecía tratamiento integrado y específico por género para mujeres con trastornos por consumo de sustancias e historial de trauma. Actualmente, trabaja como consultira en el área de contenido para el National Hispanic and Latino MHTTC. La Dra. Orobitg ha colaborado en varios proyectos de investigación y mantiene práctica privada desde el 2005. Maritza Vázquez Velázquez, MA, CGG- Psicóloga graduada de la Universidad de Puerto Rico, con experiencia trabajando con grupos de base comunitaria en esfuerzos educativos. Mucho de su trabajo lo ha realizado con mujeres usuarias de substancias, confinadas y sobrevivientes de violencia sexual y de pareja. Ha impartido cursos sobre diversos temas, principalmente métodos de investigación en psicología, en varias universidades del país.   

Healthcare Providers are meeting the challenge of providing compassionate and effective services throughout this challenging time. Healthcare providers also need to be compassionate with themselves, attention to self-care helps maintain wellness.  In this webinar, we will introduce the Self-Care Program Manual intended to help professionals in a range of disciplines and settings facilitate brief self-care sessions with their peers and colleagues. The Manual includes information for facilitating each session. After the webinar, we will host a series of sessions as well as a detailed outline of what the facilitator will say and do during each session.  Each session provides an opportunity to develop skills to improve well-being. When people take care of themselves first, they are better able to offer high-quality support and services, manage emotions, and re-connect to purpose and meaning in their work and life. Presenter: Peggy Swarbrick, Ph.D., FAOTA, is the Associate Director of the Center of Alcohol and Substance Use Studies and a Research Professor in the Applied Department of Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology at Rutgers. She developed a strength-based 8-dimensional wellness model to promote recovery from mental health and substance use and has created self-care wellness programs for people in recovery, caregivers, families, youth, and professionals. As a co-investigator, consultant, and collaborator on Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) grants as well as the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR), National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration (SAMHSA) grants, she has contributed to research and been a lead for developing training and intervention manuals for many of these projects. Dr. Swarbrick was a co-investigator on Perspectives on the International Classification of Diseases (11th revision); Using lived experience to improve mental health diagnoses in the United States: INCLUDE – US Study. She worked for many years at the Collaborative Support Programs of New Jersey Wellness Institute.

About the Session: In this third 90-minute session of the Culturally Responsive Evidence-Based and Community-Defined Practices for Mental Health Series, we will: Discuss how Project Venture (PV) is being implemented with various cultural groups across the Network/in different regions. Highlight additional culturally responsive “PV practices” being utilized across the Network/in different regions. Share lessons learned during the implementation of PV (i.e. Balancing PV and the cultural needs of the people served). Certificate of Completion: This session will be recorded and available on the series landing page here within a week of each live event. CEUs are not available for these sessions; however, certificates of completion for each learning session are available to viewers of 50% (45 minutes) or more of the live session. Questions? Contact Jessica Gonzalez, MHTTC School Mental Health Coordinator, at [email protected]. Session Facilitators and Panelists: Holly Echo-Hawk is a former tribal and mainstream behavioral health director with 30 years of experience in the administration and development of licensed and accredited mental health and substance abuse treatment services. Ms. Echo-Hawk is a behavioral health subject matter expert with the national Opioid Response Network, the New England Mental Health Technology Transfer Network, and C4 Innovations. Holly Echo-Hawk is an enrolled member of the Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma.         Sean A. Bear earned his B.A. from Buena Vista University in 2002, majoring in psychology/human services. He also studied mental health counseling at Drake University for 2 years. He is a member of the Meskwaki Tribe, in Tama, Iowa. He is an Army Veteran of 9 years, honorary discharged after serving with the 82nd Airborne. His passion is to assist people in overcoming their substance use issues as well as other issues, and to return to the spiritual ways of their ancestors. It is his hope that one day, people of all nations will co-exist and live in peace and harmony, not just with each other, but within themselves, as well as to come to the realization of what our ancestor of long ago already knew, “that we are all brothers and sisters under one Creator.”     Heather Yazzie Campbell (Apache/Navajo) is an outdoor leadership program director for the National Indian Youth Leadership Project (NIYLP). She leads experiential and adventure-based education programs at several Indigenous schools across New Mexico. As a Project Venture trainer, she leads workshops for a plethora of Indigenous communities throughout the United States and Canada and teaches them how to construct and implement their own community-based programs.            Ray Daw is a Native American behavioral health consultant and has worked in in the behavioral health field for about 35 years. His career has been largely within and around the Navajo Nation, Native non-profits and most recently in rural Alaska, in both inpatient and outpatient settings.  His work in behavioral health has been heavily towards developing Native trauma-appropriate approaches that are healing and effective in tribal behavioral health prevention, Intervention, and treatment services. His work includes extensive experience as a consultant with SAMHSA in program evaluation, culturally-based prevention and intervention services, grant reviewing, and American Indian/Alaskan Native modalities. He is also a trainer in motivational interviewing and historical trauma.       McClellan Hall is of Cherokee descent.  Member of the SAMHSA Expert Panel on Prevention (10 yrs) and  a member of SAMHSA’s Action Alliance on Suicide Prevention (5 yrs) .  Mr. Hall was the Co-lead of the American Indian/Alaska Native Task Force for SAMHSA’s national suicide prevention effort for 5 years.  Mac is the recipient of the Kurt Hahn Award, the Spirit of Crazy Horse Award, the Alec Dickson Servant Leadership Award and the Indian Health Service Director’s Behavioral Health Achievement Award.  He is the developer of Project Venture, the only Native American-developed program to attain the level of Model Program with SAMHSA and NREPP.  Mac is the founder and CEO of the National Indian Youth Leadership Project.  

The Northwest MHTTC in partnership with Pathways Research and Training Center (RTC) is pleased to announce a series of monthly consultation calls focused on “Advanced Topics in Strengthening Youth/Young Adult Peer Support.” This series is intended primarily for peer support specialists, their supervisors, and administrators charged with implementing youth/young adult peer support. Join us each month from 10-11 AM Pacific for new consultation topics. Pathways RTC Consult Calls On Thursday, June 24th at 10AM (PST) Region 10 will discuss how youth peer support specialists work with youth's families and caregivers. Topics will include how to engage family members and caregivers, as well as common challenges or misconceptions that youth peer support specialists may face when working with caregivers and families. Here's what you can expect from each consultation call: Focus on one topic such as skill building, supervision, coaching and training, organizational policies and procedures, hiring and on-boarding, and more Sharing a practical resource related to the meeting's topic, such as  a strategy, tool, set of research findings, or template Time for focused discussion in which attendees can ask questions and share knowledge and ideas relevant to the day’s topic, followed by an open discussion of any topic related to youth/young adult peer support To allow for interaction and discussion, registration will be limited. Register early to ensure your space! Attendees from each meeting will be given priority to register for the next one. Want more information? Visit the Northwest MHTTC's Resource Library and Websites by Topic  and sign up for our monthly newsletter for regular updates about events, trainings, and resources available to the Northwest region.

The Great Lakes MHTTC offers this training for behavioral health providers in HHS Region 5: IL, IN, MI, MN, OH, and WI, in partnership with the MN Peacbuilding Leadership Institute.  This training is offered in response to a need identified by Region 5 stakeholders. When terrible things happen and our peace is stolen from us, most people want to build peace into their lives. Join faith-based leaders to learn, explore, and apply strategies to build peace with self-care practices for resilience. Enrollment: Register early! This training is for a maximum of 60 participants.    LEARNING OBJECTIVES Learn the definitions and purpose of resilience and self-care and take a personal self-care assessment with other faith-based leaders.       Learn resilience and self-care research and how it applies to everyday life. Learn practical strategies for self-care to build personal and community resilience as faith-based leaders. Consider how to apply strategies self-care for resilience in everyday life.   PRESENTERS Crixell Shell, MS, Assistant Executive Director, Minnesota Peacebuilding Leadership Institute and Local Coming to the Table (CTTT) Racial Healing Talking Circle Group Leader, is a cisgender, African American woman with a professional legal and technology background. She was in the first Minnesota Strategies for Trauma Awareness and Resilience (STAR) training cohort in 2010 and, since then she has been an integral part of the development of the STAR Training and CTTT in Minnesota. Crixell facilitates multiple CTTT gatherings each month and serves on the national CTTT leadership team.           Donna Minter, PhD, Founder and Executive Director of Peacebuilding, is a European American cisgender woman. She is a licensed psychologist who has practiced pediatric neuropsychology for over 25 years in outpatient and inpatient clinics and educational settings. For over 19 years she has conducted court-ordered mental health evaluations and provided expert court testimony. She is a Certified STAR Trainer and she administers, implements, and conducts trainings and talking circles in Minnesota, throughout the USA, and internationally.           CE INFORMATION Optional: Intro to Resilience Training is available for 2 clock hours of continuing education for Minnesota mental health professionals, nurses, and teachers for an additional $25/person fee. These CEs may be applicable to other state professional licensing boards. To obtain a CE certificate, trainees can submit the fee to MN Peacebuilding via a private payment link in the registration process. PDF certificates will be emailed directly within 10 business days after receipt of payment. 

Join us to connect with others who share concern and passion for developmentally appropriate and appealing systems and supports for youth and young adults. Maybe you're a peer support provider or a new professional with lived experience. Whatever your role, if you are a young adult professional seeking to make peer-to-peer connections and develop your professional capacity, this learning community serves as a forum to learn and build skills with other mental health workforce professionals. In addition to the valuable expertise each participant brings, we host guest subject matter experts. We've hosted presenters from the Center for Law and Social Policy, Youth MOVE National, and the Hugh Lane Wellness Foundation to discuss topics ranging from structural racism to supporting LGBTQ youth to low-barrier services. We hope you will join us in shared learning, engaging conversations, and young professional networking. Audience: The target audience for this learning community is young professionals in the Pacific Southwest working with youth and young adults of transition age. As a community, we encourage members to serve as peer facilitators and be engaged to maximize the exchange of ideas and strategies for better serving youth and young adults.

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  This presentation will focus on implementing shared decision-making in caring for persons diagnosed with a serious mental illness. We will focus on the history of shared decision-making in medicine, the barriers to implementing SDM in psychiatry, and a framework and tool to support collaboration in psychiatric care.   Presenter(s): Anthony Pavlo, Ph.D. is a clinical psychologist and an Associate Research Scientist at the Yale University Program for Recovery and Community Health. His research focuses on recovery-oriented and person-centered practices in mental health care, especially the role of collaborative relationships in care.