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The Promotora model will be presented from its development and how it addresses the health disparities of the Hispanic population. Descriptions of the task that are carried out will be discussed along with the organizational culture of the model. Funding strategies will be presented that will benefit the development of this project.    Goal: Explain how to develop the promotora model and its organizational implementation. How this model benefits the Latinx population.   Objectives: 1. Organizational culture for the model 2. Funding opportunities 3. Behavioral health address with this model   Who should attend? This is a basic level workshop designed for mental health providers including psychologists, clinical social workers, mental health counselors, and graduate level students in the mental health field   About the presenter: Mrs. Thelma Garcia, Director of HIV Prevention Services for the East Los Angeles Women’s Center- Thelma Garcia Director of HIV Prevention Services for the East Los Angeles Women’s Center. Mrs. Garcia has worked for over twenty years addressing sexual, reproductive health, HIV/AIDS prevention needs, and violence against women issues in the Latino community. While working for the East Los Angeles Women’s Center, Mrs. Garcia established the Promotoras en Acción Program to improve access for Latino women at risk of HIV/AIDS. Mrs. Garcia has become a steadfast community activist promoting HIV/AIDS programs and policies that address women issues. She serves on various community advisory boards, planning task forces and committees where she builds strong professional relationships with local and statewide organizations.

The Great Lakes MHTTC offers this training for behavioral health professionals in HHS Region 5: IL, IN, MI, MN, OH, and WI. The training is offered in response to a need identified by Region 5 stakeholders.   A focus on employee well-being can help to prevent turnover, absenteeism and stress levels. Additionally, offering support for employees’ well-being can also reduce burnout, compassion fatigue, and stress responses. This training will provide a foundational understanding on the importance of why you should focus on your well-being and discuss actions you can take now to improve well-being in your agency.   LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Identify the 11 key principles of a well-being-focused culture. Discuss the role that emotional intelligence plays in building a well-being-focused culture. Identify trauma competencies that contribute to a wellbeing-focused culture.   Certificates of attendance will be available to participants who attend the training in full. Speaker:  Debi Grebenik trains internationally and is known for her expertise in healing child trauma. She also trains on vicarious trauma within child welfare and judicial systems as well as for first responders and medical professionals. She is known for her engaging and enthusiastic presentations on healing for children, youth, families, teams, and systems. Her education includes a Masters’ Degree in Social Work; a Master’s Degree in Religious Education; a Ph.D. in Educational Leadership and Innovation from the University of Colorado. Debi is the Chief Learning Officer of Alia, a nonprofit organization focused on innovations for people and systems impacted by childhood trauma. Previous to Alia, Debi served as the Executive Director of Maple Star Colorado, a child welfare agency providing foster care, domestic violence advocacy, human trafficking services, clinical services, autism supports, placement prevention, and other innovative programming.

En el mes de marzo se celebra a la mujer trabajadora. El día Internacional de la mujer es celebrado el 8 de marzo y su propósito es conmemorar las aportaciones y logros de las mujeres trabajadoras en la historia, política, economía, en la investigación, cultura y en el campo de la salud física y mental. La falta de equidad a la que se enfrentan las hispanas y latinas incluyen alta exposición a la violencia, retos relacionados a la accesibilidad a los servicios de salud mental culturalmente sensitivos y obstáculos para ejercer posiciones de liderazgo. La inequidad tiene repercusiones sobre la nueva generación de mujeres que ofrecen servicios o educan sobre la salud mental. Empoderar es una herramienta estratégica que se enfoca en potenciar a las mujeres a través del reconocimiento de su aportación y valor. A su vez, fomenta el desarrollo y crecimiento de la organización o agencia que representa. En esta presentación, latinas que ocupan roles de liderazgo en diferentes ramas de la salud mental compartirán sus historias de resiliencia, proveerán recursos para empoderar a otras mujeres y analizarán los retos que enfrentará la nueva generación de profesionales en la salud mental.    Meta: Reconocer el legado de las latinas en el campo de la salud mental y fomentar el empoderamiento de la nueva generación de hispanas y latinas, proveedoras y coordinadoras de servicios de salud mental.   Objetivos: 1. Definir el impacto de la falta de equidad y explorar cómo el empoderamiento de las hispanas y latinas que proveen o coordinan servicios de salud mental pueden facilitar su desarrollo profesional. 2. Analizar las experiencias de resiliencia de latinas y como factores culturales han influenciado sobre los roles de liderazgo que ejerce en la actualidad. 3. Identificar nuevos retos, recursos y estrategias para empoderar a la nueva generación de proveedoras de servicios en el campo de la salud mental.   ¿Quién debe asistir? Este panel esta diseñado para el público en general pero especialmente para hispanas y latinas, incluyendo promotoras comunitarias de la salud, trabajadoras sociales, psicólogas, consejeras, estudiantes graduados, otros proveedores de servicios salud mental y mujeres en general.   Información sobre las panelistas: Thelma García- Directora de los Servicios Preventivos de VIH East Los Angeles Women’s Center Los Angeles, California Luz López, PhD, MSW, MPH- Profesora de trabajo social School of Social Work Center for Innovation in Social Work & Health Boston University Boston, Massachuetts  Lilleana Cavanaugh, MBA, CPM- Directora Ejecutiva- Ohio Latino Affairs Commission Columbus, Ohio  Patricia Landers, MEd., PsyD- Catedrática Asociada Escuela Graduada en Educación Programa en Psicología Escolar Coordinadora CAEP - Programas Graduados Pontificia Universidad Católica de P.R.   Por favor, lea lo siguiente antes de registrarse: El National Hispanic and Latino Mental Health Technology Transfer Center utiliza Zoom como nuestro sistema para eventos en línea. Se puede acceder al audio del evento a través de Internet. Para recibir audio, los asistentes deben unirse al evento utilizando computadoras equipadas con altavoces o marcar por teléfono. Después del registro, se generará un correo electrónico de confirmación con instrucciones para unirse al evento. Para evitar problemas con el inicio de sesión, utilice el correo electrónico de confirmación para unirse al evento.

Description: The onset of early psychosis experiences (e.g., experiencing subthreshold or full symptoms of delusions, hallucinations, disorganization, etc.) generally occurs between the ages of 15-25, making adolescence and young adulthood critical periods for intervention. As early psychosis services develop around the world, it is imperative that these services are accessible to all and responsive to the needs of diverse youth and families, especially those from marginalized groups who have been historically underserved by mental health services. This webinar will highlight important cultural considerations (broadly defined) to integrate into early psychosis work, discuss how these factors have been addressed to date, offer practical suggestions, and propose next steps for the field.  Download Flyer   Presenter: Joseph DeLuca, Ph.D., is an NIMH-T32 Postdoctoral Fellow at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City, specializing in psychosis-risk and the early stages of psychosis. He earned his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology at the City University of New York Graduate Center and completed his predoctoral internship at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. Dr. DeLuca’s research and clinical interests include screening and treatment for psychosis-spectrum symptoms, particularly with youth and families, as well as stigma, the role of culture and context in psychosis, and the intersection of mental illness and the criminal justice system.   Learning Objectives: Define intersectionality as it relates to early psychosis care Describe how culture can impact the course of early psychosis experiences and treatment engagement Understand the importance of working with culturally diverse youth and families in early psychosis care Describe early psychosis cultural considerations related to: outreach/education, screening/assessment, and treatment Identify at least one method to explore cultural issues related to early psychosis with youth and families   Who Should Attend? Clinicians and practitioners working in mental health services, specifically those serving youth and young adults, including but not limited to: community mental health settings; private practice settings; inpatient and intensive day treatment settings; school and university settings; juvenile detention and adult correctional settings. Human services students and trainees may also benefit from this presentation.   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. Webinar slide presentations and recordings will be posted to the website.

Virtual, closed-event for Houston ISD teachers and staff who will receive Youth Mental Health First Aid (YMHFA) training by certified trainers. YMHFA is a skills-based course that teaches caring professionals and caregivers, who regularly interact with young people, how to identify, support, and respond to a young person in crisis and non-crisis mental health situations.

/*-->*/ /*--> Join us for a conversation about your successes and struggles dealing with compassion fatigue and burnout. Learn tips and strategies to keep your stress from taking over and how to give these tools to our family members, and experience a brief mindfulness practice you can share with anyone in your life. This is an opportunity for you to come with questions about discussing mental health and well-being with your partner, children, parents, and other family members, as well as a place to share positive and negative experiences around this topic. Presenter: Dana Asby, MA, MEd This series will continue each month, with the following topics: Fostering Connection Community Wellness Addressing School-Related Trauma Sleep Hygiene

About the Event:  Mental health care providers currently face a variety of challenges in their work-place setting and are at a high risk for experiencing burnout – negatively impacting professional and personal outcomes. Interventions to reduce burnout in mental health care professionals are needed. One promising intervention, entitled Burnout Reduction: Enhanced Awareness, Tools, Handouts, and Education (BREATHE), supports individual providers by focusing on building individual resilience and skills. Module 2 of this 3-part series focuses on identifying approaches to reclaim our time and better manage time-pressures.    Learning Objectives 1. Examine our work in ways that can enhance well-being.   2. Identify approaches to reclaim our time and better manage time-pressures.     About the Presenter:  Michelle P. Salyers, Ph.D., is a Professor of Psychology at Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI). She directs the ACT Center of Indiana, a collaboration of academic and community partners, including researchers, administrators, clinicians, consumers, and family members who share an interest in recovery-oriented, evidence-based practices. The overarching goal of her work is to help adults with severe mental illness live meaningful lives in the community. Her research addresses both consumers of mental health services and the providers of those services. She is increasingly targeting the interaction of consumers and providers, looking for the best way to support relationships that promote recovery and well-being. Her current work involves developing effective ways to reduce staff burnout and to increase shared decision-making in mental health care. 

The Great Lakes MHTTC  offers this training for mental health  professionals in HHS Region 5: IL, IN, MI, MN, OH, and WI. March 29, 2021 12:45–3:00PM CST 1:45–4:00pm Eastern De-escalating a crisis is a very complex skillset and starts with helpers calming themselves and maintaining their composure as they move toward the situation. Fear elicits a threat response in both the upset person and the one trying to help. Without specific strategies, it is common for the helper to worsen the crisis as they react to the "noise" of the situation. This class examines how the brain reacts to crises and what verbal and nonverbal communication helps guide the other person quickly back to their "thinking brain" so that both parties can collaborate on what to do next. We guide participants through the "Six A's" of de-escalation: Assessing, Approaching, Asking, presenting Alternatives, Allying, and Appreciating the person. LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Assessing the situation, your response, and program expectations Approaching the situation, including nonverbal communication Asking for compliance without confrontation Presenting alternatives, not threats Verbal strategies to forming an alliance Appreciating the person   Speaker Russ Turner, MA, MS, is the Director of the People Incorporated Training Institute. During his 14-year tenure he has developed and taught a curriculum of training classes and workshops in a wide variety of subjects related to behavioral health from crisis de-escalation to motivational interviewing. His audience includes mental health professionals, social workers, case managers, addiction professionals, law enforcement, healthcare professionals, and organizational leaders. He trains trainers, works with management, and has consulted and coached on numerous mental health related training projects. He has worked as a teacher or trainer for over 25 years in a variety of countries and settings including Japan, the Czech Republic and the UK. His teaching philosophy is that adults learn best when they are challenged, the material is applicable to work situations, and sessions are interactive and engaging. This training is co-sponsored by Great Lakes MHTTC and  People Incorporated Training Institute

Registration for the Regional Peer Worker Support Circle is closed.   What: The Regional Peer Worker Support Circle (RPWSC) is a virtual gathering of peer workers from several U.S. states and territories that will meet every other week. The RPWSC is a safe and welcoming forum for mutual support, story sharing, discussion, and networking that unites peers from different professional and personal backgrounds. Meetings will focus on a variety of topics and issues central to peers, such as compassion fatigue, role clarity, systemic racism, self-care, and doing peer work amidst the pandemic. When: The Regional Peer Worker Support Circle will meet every other Friday from 4:00 to 5:00 pm ET. The first session will begin on Friday, February 12, 2021, and continue every other Friday through the end of August 2021. Where: The RPWSC will meet virtually via Zoom. Who Can Participate: People serving in peer worker roles are welcome to participate. Priority will be given to peer workers in the Northeast and Caribbean Region (i.e., New Jersey, New York, Puerto Rico, and the US Virgin Islands), but is not limited to individuals within the region. Schedule: 2/12; 2/26; 3/12; 3/26; 4/9; 4/23; 5/7; 5/21; 6/4; 6/18; 7/2; 7/16; 7/30; 8/6; 8/20   Facilitators: Stephanie Colon is a Bilingual Peer Specialist at the Institute for Family Health at the Center for Counseling at Walton, OnTrackNY, in the Bronx. She has been in this position since November 2017. Stephanie works with young people between the ages of 16 and 30 who have first-time altered state experiences. It is one of the most rewarding jobs that she has had in her lifetime. Stephanie is excited about being a co-facilitator of the Regional Peer Worker Support Circle. She says, “It gives me an opportunity to provide a safe/brave environment where peers feel like they are not alone and that their contribution to peer work is valuable.” Michael DeVivo is a Peer Specialist based in Syracuse, New York. He uses his lived experience with psychiatric labels to support young adults with first-episode psychosis. As a non-clinical member of a clinical team, he enjoys the challenge of improving the mental healthcare system “from the inside.” Mike is also passionate about developing the peer profession. To this end, he serves on a peer networking committee in his home region that links peer workers to foster a culture of support and solidarity, which he also hopes to promote as a co-facilitator of the Regional Peer Worker Support Circle. Outside of the peer world Mike teaches philosophy and writes music.

The MHTTC K-12 program is offering free training sessions throughout the Covid-19 Pandemic to support education programs in Tribal Communities. Not only has the pandemic stressed our healthcare and educational systems, but it has exacerbated the effects of historical trauma. Our MHTTC K - 12 program hopes to offer support, resiliency tools, and connections that are relevant and supportive as Native American communities remain resilient. 2:00-3:30 pm Central Standard Time MHTTC K - 12 programs will continue to support our Native school communities throughout this pandemic. We will continue to offer training for the entire school community (students, parents, teachers, counselors, and principals). This training will be bi-monthly, covering topics important to you as we finish out this storm together. Each session will include a special guest speaker, key topic information, resources, and discussion with our participants.

These three pathways to experiencing joy in our daily lives will be discussed and experiential practices will be presented so that participants actually experience gratitude, savoring, and self-appreciation. We will discuss next steps that participants can take if they would like to expand upon their knowledge and experience of self-compassion.

The appearance of unaccompanied minors and children with parents from El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras seeking asylum in the United States is not a new phenomenon. It has existed for decades as their countries spiraled into unlivable violence, poverty, and governmental and police inaction. To develop interventions and establish services for these children alone and those in family units, we must understand the traumatic forces that propel their migration and the trauma that is suffered along the way, including in US custody. This webinar presents the plight of Central American children and parents who spent time in immigration detention centers after fleeing their countries and transiting through Mexico. The effects of the family separation policy of 2018 and the “Migrant Protection Protocols,” better known as the “Remain in Mexico” policy are discussed in the context of the effects on children’s attachment reactions and family reunification. Interventions and services for these children and families after their release are discussed. Warning: The webinar includes pictures and videos of violence and children’s reactions to separation that may be disturbing to some viewers. Warning: The webinar includes pictures and videos of violence and children’s reactions to separation that may be disturbing to some viewers.    Learning objectives:    Understand the many layers of trauma (pre-migration, in-transit, post-migration) that asylum-seeking unaccompanied minors and parents and children experience. Recognize the effects of immigration detention and family separation on the attachment reactions of children. Consider the various interventions and services that children and parents need and can benefit from.   Who should attend? This is an intermediate level workshop designed for mental health providers, school mental health providers, and school administrators.     About the presenter: Luis H. Zayas, PhD, is the Dean, Professor, and the Robert Lee Sutherland Chair in Mental Health and Social Policy in the Steve Hicks School of Social Work; and Professor of Psychiatry at the Dell Medical School of The University of Texas at Austin. In addition to numerous papers in scientific journals, Dr. Zayas is the author of Latinas Attempting Suicide: When Cultures, Families, and Daughters Collide (Oxford, 2011) and Forgotten Citizens: Deportation, Children, and the Making of American Exiles and Orphans (Oxford, 2015).

The Northwest MHTTC is excited to collaborate with Dr. Phillip Hawley from the Yakima Valley Farm Workers Clinic to deliver a live webinar as part of our Integrated Care webinar series. This training will outline the foundations of the primary care behavioral health (PCBH) model of integration and discuss a variety of clinical applications to why meeting patients where they are at and working within the primary care system provides holistic and quality to patient care. The presenter will also provide statistics and case examples highlighting how this approach covers gaps in our healthcare system and works towards true population health strategies. This event conveys information applicable to rural settings. Learning objectives: Understand what PCBH is and how this is defined See examples of how this model address social determinants of health to reduce healthcare disparity Learn clinical applications about how holistic primary care that encompasses behavioral health allows for improved outcomes in behavioral health and physical health metrics.   Presenter: Dr. Phillip Hawley is the Primary Care Behavioral Health Director for the Yakima Valley Farm Workers Clinic (YVFWC). Phillip is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist and has worked in primary care for the past 6 years. Phillip manages the Primary Care Behavioral Health program, consisting of 17 BHCs across Washington and Oregon who provide behavioral health service within the PCBH model of integration. Phillip’s role as director includes: Site visits and ongoing support of BHC within the organization, reporting for internal and external stakeholders, supervision for the BHC post-doctoral residents, hiring/ onboarding and training of newly hired BHCs, coordination with regional healthcare and behavioral health organizations through sub-committees and workgroups, direct patient care through same day consultation, and providing in-service trainings to assess mental health concerns to staff and the community. Phillip is focused on assisting in complete health care for patients. Phillip and his wife reside in Naches, WA. 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.

CEU's will be provided for this event.** Clinical supervisors are not socially or culturally neutral since they too must become aware of the role that their cultural assumptions and preferences play in the therapy and the supervisory encounter. This webinar addresses the urgent need of both providers and supervisors to address cultural diversity and social equity by offering a multidimensional comparative ecological framework (MECA) useful when working with a wide variety of sociocultural groups. The framework presents non-stereotyped multicultural road maps, clinical illustrations and new tools to work in supervision situations. These new tools facilitate moving from expert, hierarchical, directive and prescriptive model of supervision towards a view of supervision as co-vision. This new model involves curiosity, respect, and transparency about cultural values and social location for both the supervisor and the supervisee in ways that integrate cultural humility and awareness of power differentials at all levels of the clinical practice encounter. Learning Objectives for Clinicians and Supervisors A. Learn the concepts and tools of a Multidimensional Ecological Comparative Approach (MECA) for assessment, treatment and co-vision practices that integrate issues of Migration; Ecological Stressors, Family Organization and Family Life Cycle. B. Use MECA to facilitate self-examination on the part of the provider and the supervisor about personal and professional biases that may affect one’s work with families or with supervisees. C. Discuss the benefits and risks of replacing cultural competence with cultural humility as the basis of how to work towards collaboration al all levels by centering the voice of low income clients in their own treatment.   Who should attend? This is an intermediate level webinar designed for mental health providers including psychologists, clinical social workers, mental health counselors, and graduate level students in the mental health field who are interested in learning about the vulnerabilities and uniqueness of this period.   About the speaker: Celia Jaes Falicov, PhD- Celia Jaes Falicov, Ph.D, is an internationally known family therapy author, teacher and clinician. She is Clinical Professor of Family Medicine and Public Health and is Director of Mental Health Services at the Student Run Free Clinics of the University of California San Diego. Past President of the American Family Therapy Academy. She has pioneered writings on cultural, immigration and sociopolitical perspectives in family therapy theory, clinical practice, supervision and training and has received many professional awards for this work. Her recent books are Latino Families in Therapy, 2nd edition (2014) and the co-authored Multiculturalism and Diversity in Clinical Supervision (APA 2014). Dr Falicov’s two most recent articles (2020) focus on Centering the Voice of Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Clients and on Expanding Possibilities with Under resourced Immigrants during Covid-19.   **CEUs: California Psychological Association is an approved APA CE provider.  Antioch University Santa Barbara is an approved CPA CE provider.   CE for licensed  -psychologists -marriage and family therapists -clinical social workers -check your State”s CE requirements

Description: This webinar will define Major Depressive Disorder, the signs and symptoms and discuss pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic treatment of this mood disorder. This webinar will also review risk assessment for suicide. Download Flyer   Presenter: Topaz Sampson, MD is a board certified, forensic-trained adult psychiatrist. She is the Secretary of the Black Psychiatrists of America, Inc. (BPA). Before her role as Secretary of the BPA, Dr. Sampson served as Member-In-Training Trustee. Dr. Sampson received her Bachelor of Science degree from Spelman College. She earned her medical degree from Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine. Dr. Sampson completed her general psychiatry residency training at Baylor College of Medicine’s Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. Thereafter, she returned to her home state of New York to complete her Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship at SUNY Upstate Medical University. She has had the distinguished honor of serving as the National President of the Student National Medical Association (SNMA) during her last year in medical school. While in residency she was inducted into the Gold Humanism Honor Society, served as Chief Resident and upon graduation was awarded the Eugen Kahn Award for Excellence. While attending the BPA Transcultural Psychiatry Conference in 2018, she was awarded the Distinguished Jeanne Spurlock, M.D. Memorial Award for “outstanding” qualities in Psychiatry during residency. Dr. Sampson is very proud to have testified as an expert witness in New York State several times for various forensic psychiatry assessments. She also co-authored a peer reviewed article entitled, Management of Suicidal Adolescents Presenting to the Emergency Department published in Adolescent Psychiatry. She presently works with Array Behavioral Care providing Telepsychiatry services, which allows her to bring her personal mission to life: serving the underserved.   Learning Objectives: •    Define Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) •    Identify the signs and symptoms of MDD •    Discuss pharmacologic treatment •    Discuss non-pharmacologic treatment •    Review the risk assessment for suicide   Who Should Attend? Mental health professionals, mental health advocates and others that work on behalf of adults with mental illness.   Certificates of attendance will be available to viewers of 50% (30 minutes) or more of the live webinar (via email within 30 business days post-event). CEUs are not offered for this session. Webinar slide presentations and recordings will be posted to the website.

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.” Each call will have its own topic, in an area such as skill building, supervision, coaching and training, organizational policies and procedures, hiring and onboarding, and more. This series is intended primarily for peer support specialists, their supervisors, and administrators charged with implementing youth/young adult peer support. Learn more about the series here. On March 25, our team will cover youth peer support specialists' roles in crisis intervention and postvention. Learning objectives will include how to create crisis and safety plans with youth, appropriate responses from youth peer support specialists while maintaining boundaries, and how youth peer support specialists can support youth after a crisis event. If there are other topics or scenarios that you would like to cover, please email Caitlin Baird at [email protected] by March 18, 2021. 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! Trainer Caitlin Baird is a Project Manager and Trainer with Pathways RTC at Portland State University. Caitlin has experience working directly with transition-aged youth and young adults as a peer support specialist and as a supervisor for peer support specialists in wraparound and other mental health settings.       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 mental health  professionals in HHS Region 5: IL, IN, MI, MN, OH, and WI. Being trauma-informed means adapting practices, policies, organizational structures, and even physical spaces to make it more comfortable for people who have lived experiences of trauma to be helped. For services to be effective, helping organizations must figure out how to provide their expertise in a way that does not inadvertently re-traumatize people receiving support. This problem is especially acute when providing services to marginalized populations. This class helps learners conceptualize the nature of this problem and offers strategies for how workers, their facilities, and the larger organization can minimize exposure to triggers for re-traumatization in their programming.   LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Discover concepts of trauma informed care through a case study Discuss how trauma impacts a person’s whole being Identify opportunities for process improvement Describe steps to shift attitudes to better align with trauma informed practices   Speaker Russ Turner, MA, MS, is the Director of the People Incorporated Training Institute. During his 14-year tenure he has developed and taught a curriculum of training classes and workshops in a wide variety of subjects related to behavioral health from crisis de-escalation to motivational interviewing. His audience includes mental health professionals, social workers, case managers, addiction professionals, law enforcement, healthcare professionals, and organizational leaders. He trains trainers, works with management, and has consulted and coached on numerous mental health related training projects. He has worked as a teacher or trainer for over 25 years in a variety of countries and settings including Japan, the Czech Republic and the UK. His teaching philosophy is that adults learn best when they are challenged, the material is applicable to work situations, and sessions are interactive and engaging.   This training is co-sponsored by Great Lakes MHTTC and  People Incorporated Training Institute

The Phyllis & Harvey Sandler School of Social Work at Florida Atlantic University® and the National Hispanic & Latino Mental Health Technology Transfer Center will be hosting a free webinar for school mental health providers serving Hispanic and Latino families, children, and youths. The Phyllis & Harvey Sandler School of Social Work at Florida Atlantic University® is an approved provider of the Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy, and Mental Health Counseling, the Florida Board of Psychology, the Florida Office of School Psychology, and the Florida Board of Nursing (BAP #50- 6251), as well as the Florida Certification Board (#5350-A) and the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE). Many states accept CEUs from CSWE-accredited institutions in other states.   This one and half-hour online session discusses the use of Culturally Modified- Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CM-TFT). CM-TFT is an Evidence-Based Therapy proven to be effective for Hispanic and Latino children and adolescents that experienced traumatic events. The adaptations (CM-TFT) include culture-specific topics like spirituality, gender roles, family, personalism, respect, among other cultural elements. The therapy's main goals are to identify trauma experiences, provide psychoeducation, increase affect regulation, identify cultural considerations, process adverse experiences in a safe environment, in-vivo exposure, and enhance safety. During this presentation, participants will be able to recognize TF-CBT components using a case study of a 6-year-old girl from El Salvador exposed to domestic violence. Participants will learn how to include cultural adaptations while providing therapy for Latino clients and their families. Resources and recommendations regarding TF-CBT for Latino children and youth will be provided. Learning objectives: 1. Identify TF-CBT components and goals.  2. Explain how to incorporate cultural adaptations while providing Culturally Modified TF-CBT to Latino children, youth, and their families. 3. Discuss the case of a 6-year-old Salvadorian girl exposed to domestic violence using the Culturally Modified Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CM-TF-CBT). 4. List resources and provide recommendations that providers could implement in the delivery of CM-TF-CBT.   Who should attend? This is an intermediate level workshop designed for mental health providers, school mental health providers, and school administrators.   About the speaker: Isa I. Vélez Echevarría, PsyD- Dr. Isa Vélez is a clinical psychologist. She obtained a certification as Interpersonal Psychotherapy Clinician, was trained in Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Family Therapy, and Neurofeedback. She completed a post-doctoral fellowship at Community Services Institute in Boston, MA., where she provided home-based and school-based psychotherapy for communities of color. She is currently working as a clinical psychologist at A&R Behavioral Associates and as a Training and Content Specialist for the National Hispanic and Latino MHTTC, at the Universidad Central del Caribe, in Bayamon, PR.

The Great Lakes MHTTC offers this training for mental health and other behavioral health providers in HHS Regio 5 (IL, In, MI, MN, OH, and WI) in partnership with the Community Mental Health Association of Michigan. This training is offered in response to a need identified by stakeholders in our region.   A discussion with staff from the Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities Administration (BHDDA) within the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services.  Krista Hausermann and Amy Kanouse who are leading the state’s work in developing a comprehensive statewide crisis system, based on Crisis Now model . Presenters will provide a brief overview of Michigan Psychiatric Care Improvement Crisis Services projects. Participants will engage in a facilitated discussion on designing a crisis service system for all Michiganders, with a focus on target population, metrics, crisis service continuum, mobile crisis, and crisis stabilization units.   Learning Objectives Participants will be able to describe the aims of Michigan’s Psychiatric Care Improvement Crisis Services initiative. Participants will be able to outline the key tenets of the Crisis Now model. Participants will be able to describe, in high level terms, the connection between the comprehensive statewide crisis system, the longstanding locally-based crisis system, and the emerging 988 system.   Speakers:  Amy Kanouse, MPH, Behavioral Health Program Specialist, Project Manager Krista Hausermann, LMSW, CAADC, Strategic Initiative Specialist

Every year, the South Southwest MHTTC meets with constituents from Region 6 to network with each other and discuss the needs of the people and communities in Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas. The agenda for our meeting is based on the feedback from the most recent needs assessment survey.

/*-->*/ /*-->*/ /*-->*/ /*-->*/ /*--> The purpose of the webinar is to take a closer look at the ways in which peers are contributing to what the traditional mental health system has deemed “crisis” supports, how peer support is different, and ways to incorporate peer practices and principles into existing “crisis” structures. The presenters will describe the peer approach to crises and present examples of peer programs that support people in crisis. The webinar will also share resources for further learning.   Presenters: Oryx Cohen, MPA, National Empowerment Center Sera Davidow, Western Massachusetts Recovery Learning Center  

About the Event:  Mental health care providers currently face a variety of challenges in their work-place setting and are at a high risk for experiencing burnout – negatively impacting professional and personal outcomes. Interventions to reduce burnout in mental health care professionals are needed. One promising intervention, entitled Burnout Reduction: Enhanced Awareness, Tools, Handouts, and Education (BREATHE), supports individual providers by focusing on building individual resilience and skills. Module 1 of this 3-part series focuses on understanding the concept of burnout and well-being at work while offering practices to reduce burnout and enhance well-being.   Learning Objectives 1. Understand the concept of burnout and well-being at work and identify the drivers in our own lives.  2. Review a framework for thinking about wellness at work.  3. Discuss several contemplative practices to reduce burnout and enhance well-being.    About the Presenter:  Michelle P. Salyers, Ph.D., is a Professor of Psychology at Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI). She directs the ACT Center of Indiana, a collaboration of academic and community partners, including researchers, administrators, clinicians, consumers, and family members who share an interest in recovery-oriented, evidence-based practices. The overarching goal of her work is to help adults with severe mental illness live meaningful lives in the community. Her research addresses both consumers of mental health services and the providers of those services. She is increasingly targeting the interaction of consumers and providers, looking for the best way to support relationships that promote recovery and well-being. Her current work involves developing effective ways to reduce staff burnout and to increase shared decision-making in mental health care.   

About the Learning Session: The MHTTC Network is hosting an 8-part training series using the National School Mental Health Curriculum: Guidance and Best Practices for States, Districts, and Schools. The Curriculum was developed by the MHTTC Network in partnership with the National Center for School Mental Health (NCSMH). It is intended to help states, districts and schools advance comprehensive school mental health and engage in a planning process for implementation. Module 4: Screening describes the definition, purpose and importance of mental health screening in schools. Six action steps to conduct screening are provided, as well as strategies to address common barriers.   Each session in the series includes a pre-session video, live panel session, and post-session regional breakout. Access the pre-session video for Module 4: Screening HERE. Please watch the video PRIOR to the live session. The purpose of watching the pre-session video is to familiarize yourself with the Curriculum material for Module 4. Live sessions consist of a discussion with a small panel of education and mental health leaders from across the country (including a member from the National Center for School Mental Health team) who will provide an “always and now” application of the Curriculum and innovative ideas for implementation, considering the current COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on school mental health. The post-session Regional Breakout sessions are intended for participants to have an informal discussion regarding content from the live session, contextualized for their specific region. Access to the Regional Breakout sessions will be provided to all participants during the live sessions.   To learn more about the National School Mental Health Curriculum and gain access to the COMPLETE curriculum, click HERE. Session Panelists: Todd Wester is Director of Curriculum, Multi-Tiered Systems of Support, and School-Based Mental and Behavioral Health in Livingston, MT, Public Schools, and a member of the Montana Student Wellness Advisory Committee. He grew up in Montana and studied philosophy at Stanford University and K-12 Education at Montana State University. Mr. Wester works closely with school and collective impact community action coalition partners to bring a collaborative, comprehensive approach to school-based mental health.       Joni Williams Splett is an Assistant Professor in the School Psychology program at the University of Florida (UF). Broadly, Dr. Splett’s research focuses on the prevention and intervention of emotional and behavioral concerns for youth in schools. She is currently working on projects related to universal mental health screening and its implementation in schools, expanding multi-tiered systems of support to be inclusive of mental health promotion, prevention and intervention (Interconnected Systems Framework), and continued development and testing of a cognitive-behavioral, self-regulatory intervention for girls in middle school demonstrating relationally aggressive behaviors and their families called GIRLSS (Growing Interpersonal Relationships through Learning and Systemic Supports).   Dr. Jill Bohnenkamp is an Assistant Professor and core faculty at the National Center for School for School Mental Health within the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. Dr. Bohnenkamp has extensive experience in school mental health research, policy and clinical practice at the local, state and national levels. She works with individual school personnel, district, state and national leaders to advance high quality school mental health. Dr. Bohnenkamp builds on multiple years of direct clinical experience as a school mental health clinician in urban, suburban and rural school districts to inform her research and policy work. Dr. Bohnenkamp has contributed to the development of the National School Mental Health Curriculum and the School Health Assessment and Performance Evaluation (SHAPE) System. Dr. Bohnenkamp is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist in the state of Maryland and supervises trainee research and clinical practice.