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/*-->*/ /*-->*/ /*-->*/ /*--> Dr. Yvette Jackson, Dr. Rachel Santa, Ann Smith, JD, and Dr. Christine Mason will share their insights as we explore solutions and vision for equity and inclusion in schools in 2021. Come to this 90-minute session expecting to learn about innovative programs and recommendations to achieve greater equity and inclusion. You will also learn about advocacy and promising practices for children who are more vulnerable and more at-risk. You will leave with practical ideas and resources to help alleviate stress and create a brighter future, even in the midst of all we are handling today.

Time: 6-7 p.m. ET / 3-4 p.m. PT / 12-1 p.m. HT (view your time zone)   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. 

The South Southwest MHTTC has partnered with the Texas Education Agency and Texas Health and Human Services to develop a school mental health learning collaborative for mental health teams working in Texas' Regional Educational Service Centers. The webinar will focus on suicide prevention, intervention and postvention in schools.

The unprecedented disruption in healthcare during the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in a dramatic transformation to telehealth, including neuropsychological practice. With a rapid increase in the utilization of remote neuropsychological assessment, this modality of assessment has become primary. This talk will review the foundations of remote neuropsychological assessment, and highlight the various models for conducting assessments during COVID-19. It will review factors that have led to health inequities in among racial, ethnic, geographic, socioeconomic, and other groups during the pandemic, how this can be impacting treatment delivery to patients with serious mental illness. It will focus on addressing the various ways health inequities exist in delivery of neuropsychological services, and make recommendations for increasing access and improving quality of neuropsychological services to vulnerable and underrepresented groups such as patients with serious mental illness.

Weathering the Storm: Adaptive Leadership for Resilient Mental Health Organizations in the Pacific Southwest Innovative Leadership Strategies for Mental Health Professionals Leading mental health organizations, programs, and initiatives can prove challenging in the best of times. Meeting the needs of clients in the diverse Pacific Southwest while effectively navigating the field’s evolving best practices, policies, and funding requires innovative, resilient, and adaptable leadership at all levels. COVID-19’s impact on both our personal and professional lives exacerbates the need for these skills.   The Adaptive Leadership Framework facilitates evolution and growth in response to change and challenge. Join us as we explore the principles of Adaptive Leadership and how you can apply the framework to lead more effectively.    Learning Objectives: During this three-part series, participants will: Learn the principles of Adaptive Leadership and how to implement them in mental health work. Identify strategies for engaging others to initiate, make, and sustain change. Apply Adaptive Leadership principles to “weather the storm,” lead effectively, and prioritize well-being during challenging times.   Part 1: Before the Storm November 18 ~ 2-4 p.m. PT Adaptive Leadership is a leadership model that assists mental health providers and organizations in adapting and functioning effectively in times of change.  The Adaptive Leadership model facilitates evolution and growth in response to a changing and challenging mental health environment.  Adaptive leaders engage others to identify and, through collective will, change values, beliefs, and practices.  This session covers the principles of Adaptive Leadership and provides attendees with strategies for progressing their work through challenges while addressing their own mental well-being. Register for Part 2: During the Storm and Part 3: After the Storm of this series.   Continuing Education Hours Available: An optional 2 Continuing Education Hours are available for each event in this series (6 CE Hours total). There is no fee to attend this event; a processing fee of $25 for each event will be payable to Center for Applied Research Solutions (CARS) if you would like CEHs. CEHs are available for ASW, BRN, LCSW, LEP, LMFT, LPCC, and/or PPS as required by the CA Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (CAMFT) and CA Board of Registered Nursing (BRN). CARS is an approved provider for CA BRN #16303 and CAMFT #131736.   About the Presenters  Tonicia Freeman-Foster, EdD, CDP is a Certified Diversity Professional with nearly 20 years of experience in restoring hope, resiliency, and wellness through her work with underserved persons and marginalized communities, as well as managing and directing local, state, and federal funding. Dr. Freeman-Foster is passionate about and possesses extensive knowledge of the challenges related to child welfare, HIV/AIDS, substance use, mental health, as well as the unique experiences of LGBTQ2, re-entry, youth, young adults, women, and BIPOC populations. Dr. Freeman-Foster serves as a Change Specialist at Change Matrix. In this role, she provides technical assistance, training, and skills building in topics related to cultural competency, diversity, equity, and inclusion for national projects and grantees. Dr. Freeman-Foster possesses a Bachelor’s degree in Health Science Education (Community Health), a Master’s degree in Human Services (Organizational Management and Leadership), and a Doctorate degree in Education (Organizational Leadership).     Suganya Sockalingam, PhD is a Founding Partner at Change Matrix, LLC, which supports agencies in addressing diversity, cultural competence, and cross-cultural communication as well as leadership, collaboration, and conflict management. Dr. Sockalingam focuses on supporting individuals, organizations, and systems to motivate, manage, and measure systems change. Currently, she serves as a training and technical assistance provider for several national technical assistance centers, and for other federal, national, state, territorial, and community agencies. She earned her doctorate at Washington State University and has worked in many capacities in public and behavioral health, both nationally and internationally, for over 25 years.       

Skills for Psychological Recovery (SPR) is an evidence-informed intervention designed to help individuals gain skills to reduce ongoing distress, promote resilience, and effectively cope in the weeks and months following a disaster or crisis. 11/18/20 Webinar Resources: Slides Why SPR? SPR can be used in a variety of settings. SPR intervention is limited to 1-6 sessions. SPR is flexible, evidence-informed, and culturally sensitive. SPR intervention is intended for individuals needing more than a single, brief intervention by a non-specialist but not necessarily needing full treatment for depression, anxiety, or PTSD. SPR skills focus on improving social support, helpful thinking, problem-solving, managing distressing responses to disaster reminders, and increasing positive activities. This is for direct service providers such as case managers, outreach workers, shelter/housing staff, peer specialists and other behavioral health staff. We are unable to offer formal CEUs or certificates of completion for this webinar. Resources to learn more about SPR: SPR one-pager skill summary SPR two-pager cheat sheet SPR skill selection tool The original SPR materials are available online here: https://www.nctsn.org/resources/skills-for-psychological-recovery More SPR resources are available here: https://www.ptsd.va.gov/professional/treat/type/skills_psych_recovery_manual.asp   Skills for Psychological Recovery Field Guide: https://www.nctsn.org/resources/skills-for-psychological-recovery   Skills for Psychological Recovery Free Online Training: https://www.nctsn.org/resources/skills-psychological-recovery-spr-online   UW Department of Psychiatry COVID Resources: https://psychiatry.uw.edu/clinical-care-consultation/covid-19-resources-for-mental-well-being/   COVID Coach App: https://www.ptsd.va.gov/appvid/mobile/COVID_coach_app.asp   WA Listens (online resources & non-clinical support line): www.walistens.org   1-833-681-0211   About the Trainers/Facilitators:   Michele Bedard-Gilligan, PhD is an Associate Professor in the UW Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and the co-director of the Trauma Recovery Innovations program. Her program of research focuses on understanding response to traumatic events, with a focus on alcohol and substance misuse, and on building and testing interventions designed to promote recovery following trauma exposure. She is also a licensed clinical psychologist and maintains an active clinical practice.   Emily R. Dworkin, PhD, is a licensed clinical psychologist and an Acting Assistant Professor at the University of Washington School of Medicine. Her research focuses on trauma recovery, with a focus on identifying strategies to promote resilience and understanding the role of social relationships in post-trauma outcomes.       Kristen Lindgren, PhD is a Professor in the UW Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and the Director of the Trauma Recovery Innovations program. Her research interests include addictions, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), sexuality, and relationships. Her work focuses on investigating implicit (i.e., non-conscious or automatic) cognitive processes that contribute to the development and maintenance of maladaptive behavior and psychopathology.  She also serves as a consultant for dissemination projects aimed at training community-based mental health workers in Cognitive Processing Therapy and other evidence-based treatment for PTSD locally, nationally, and internationally.         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.

Monthly Open Consultation Calls on Adult Peer Workforce Topics for Region 10 providers Facilitated by Mental Health & Addiction Association of Oregon, this was a series of open monthly consultation calls for Region 10 (Alaska, Oregon, Washington, Idaho) supporting the Adult Peer workforce held in 2020-2021. MHAAO Consultation Calls & Webinars These calls are intended for peer support specialists, supervisors of peers, and administrators of peer-delivered services and programs. You may join any or all of these calls. While we use a recurring Zoom link, you are welcome to choose the sessions that work for your schedule and interests. Topics in future calls will include: increasing familiarity with peer-delivered services developing job descriptions designing peer programs hiring for peer positions documentation supervision workforce training and professional development and more!  November 18 Topic:  Designing Peer Programs Facilitators: Adrienne Scavera is the Training and Outreach Department Director for Mental Health & Addiction Association of Oregon (MHAAO), one of Oregon's oldest and largest peer-run organizations. In her role as a department director, Adrienne works to support the peer workforce from initial entry and training to systems-level advocacy. Currently, Adrienne serves on several committees and boards, including the Oregon Health Authority’s Training Evaluation and Metrics Program Scoring Committee and the state Traditional Health Worker Commission. In her work, Adrienne prioritizes the experience of individuals as the experts on their own lives. Over the years, she has worked in research, direct service, program development, management, training, and with non-profits, educational institutions, and peer-run organizations. She enjoys writing about herself in third person, well-organized spaces, and friendly animals.

Overcoming Challenges in Rendering Clinical Diagnoses - Structured Q&A Session This event is open only to providers working in clinics that are members of the Association for Utah Community Health Network. If you are interested in attending a similar training please contact David Terry at [email protected] The Mountain Plains MHTTC, in collaboration with the Association for Utah Community Health (AUCH), is pleased to host a two-part intensive training series on providing DSM-5 Diagnoses in a Community Health Center Environment. Mental health practitioners and primary care providers working in integrated care environments are often experience increased pressure to render accurate DSM-5 diagnoses in a short amount of time. This training series will give attendees an opportunity to identify the primary elements in DSM-5 diagnoses and the challenges presented by rendering these diagnoses in a community health center environment. Session One of this series will provide attendees with a focused topic overview and ensure participants are prepared to engage in the structured Q&A discussion during Session Two.

Strengthening Resilience Among Indigenous Youth November 18, 2020 12:00pm - 1:00pm US/Central Time 11:00am - 12:00pm US/Mountain Time   This training is being provided as part of the University of North Dakota College of Nursing’s Brown Bag Lunch Learning Series. This event is only open to students, faculty and staff of the North Dakota University System. If you are interested in attending a similar training or event please contact David Terry, [email protected].     This Brown Bag session will provide an overview of a newly released toolkit, Strengthening Resilience: Promoting Positive Mental Health Among Indigenous Youth, produced by the Mountain Plains Mental Health Technology Transfer Center (Mountain Plains MHTTC) in the College of Nursing and Professional Disciplines. Lavonne Fox, PhD, OTR/L, Sarah Nielsen, PhD, OTR/L, and Thomasine Heitkamp, LCSW, will provide an overview of the toolkit and ensure electronic access to this document intended for k-12 educators, administrators, and mental health treatment providers. Effective strategies in increasing cultural awareness of tribal history, language, and culture within the full continuum of educational and behavioral health response will be described. This document with original art, is a resources in your classrooms with 102 references and additional support materials.     

Build your Motivational Interviewing (MI) skills through the free Motivational Interviewing Learning Collaborative! Third Wednesday each month, beginning February 19, 2020.  10:00-10:45am CST The Great Lakes MHTTC and PTTC will host a series of interactive calls via Zoom for people who want to enhance their MI skills. This learning opportunity provides practitioners with a no-cost, easy to access opportunity to continue to build their practice skills towards fidelity. All sessions will be geared towards multiple levels of learning. Attend all sessions or select from the menu (see list of dates and topics below). Calls last for 45 minutes You only need to register one time for the Zoom link to the calls  ​​​ Trainer: Laura Saunders State Project Manager, Wisconsin Great Lakes ATTC, MHTTC, and PTTC Laura A. Saunders, MSSW, is the Wisconsin State Project Manager for the Great Lakes Addiction, Mental Health and Prevention Technology Transfer Centers. Her position is housed at the UW–Madison, where she’s worked since 1988. Since 2001, Laura has provided SBIRT and Motivational Interviewing training to physicians, nurses, medical students, psychologists, specialty addiction treatment providers, social workers, physical therapists, health educators, and staff who work in correctional settings. She has provided feedback and coaching to hundreds of social workers, correctional staff, and other human service providers who are interested in using evidence-based practices with fidelity. Laura joined the international group of Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT) in 2006 (Sophia, Bulgaria) and is an active member of the Wisconsin MINT group. Topics by Date February 19 Your MI Spirit Is Showing March 18  Let Your Partner (Client, Consumer, Customer, Patient) Know You're Working Hard to Understand April 15 WHY Not Ask WHY And Other Things to Think About With Open Questions May 20 Taming Your Inner Cheerleader: Be Proud Of You and How Well You Can Use Affirmations June 17 Gold Star Things to Say (Genuinely!)  July 15 What To Do When the Client Says Something About Changing Their Behavior August 19 What to Do When The Client Seems Stuck About Changing Their Behavior September 16  Pay Attention to Discord October 21 Guess What Happens When You Ask for Change Talk? November 18:   TBD December 16:   TBD   

About the Event:  During this webinar, Dr. Helle Thorning will provide a platform for Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) providers to discuss how ACT pivoted to adapt to COVID-19 and the ensuing racial unrest. Pivoting has both been challenging and exciting as it has provided opportunities to discover new ways to provide ACT services for vulnerable individuals who have behavioral health challenges. Moreover, current COVID-19 realities in the context of racial unrest have had tremendous impact on ACT team leaders, team members, ACT participants, social supports and the communities in which they live. As much of the ACT work has moved online, strategies for inter-professional team collaboration will be explored, highlighting the importance of communication, relationships building, and the importance for self-care for ACT providers, ACT participants and their social supports alike.    Key Learning Objectives:  1. Identify the challenges of ACT in unprecedented times.   2. Consider adaptions to ACT due to current realities of COVID-19 and racial unrest and its impact on supervisors and team members. 3. Understand the importance of the inter-professional team in providing services to vulnerable individuals with behavioral health challenges.  4. Describe how critical conversations (CC) model provides a framework to illuminate and examine power dynamics in order to produce change with parallel insight and action -- across teams, supervisee, supervisor -- towards an anti-racist practice.   5. Describe approaches to self-care for ACT providers.    About the Presenter:  Dr. Helle Thorning, MS, LCSW, PhD, is a Clinical Professor of Psychiatric Social Work at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons. She serves on the leadership team of the Center for Practice Innovations in the Division of Behavioral Health Services and Policy Research at the New York State Psychiatric Institute, Columbia University. Here she is a Research Scientist and the Director of the ACT Institute. Dr. Thorning completed her bachelor's degree in psychology at the University of Copenhagen, her master's at Columbia University School of Social Work, and her PhD at the Silver School of Social Work, New York University.  An experienced clinician in hospital and community mental health, Dr. Thorning is a licensed clinical social worker, training clinicians and working with people facing mental health challenges and their families in the US and abroad. Her main research area is in the development and application of education and psychoeducational interventions designed to improve quality of life and outcomes for individuals and families faced with trauma, mental illness, parenting in the context of behavioral health challenges or other significant life challenges as well as transitional care. She has published widely on the topic of interventions and the experience of families and siblings. Moreover, she studies implementation science to change practice through workforce development, transformative learning processes, organizational change and quality improvement and has published in the emergent area of study. 

Please note: These events will be limited to 500 attendees. Access to the live event will be available to registered participants on a first come, first serve basis. To secure a spot, we invite you to log on 5 - 10 minutes prior to the event.   About the Webinar: This webinar will be a 90-minute overview of the Trauma-informed Skills for Educators (TISE) Curriculum. The TISE intervention is designed to enhance educators' knowledge about trauma and its impact on students, as well as enhance educators' ability to engage with youth who've been exposed to trauma. The training addresses various types of trauma, the neurological impact of trauma on students, signs, and symptoms of trauma, and describes how trauma can manifest in the classroom and impact student learning. Additionally, the webinar provides concrete strategies to help educators support students in a more trauma-responsive way including: foster a trauma-sensitive classroom climate, communicate with students about trauma, de-escalate disruptive incidents; and foster trauma responsiveness throughout the school community. Virtual adaptations to these skills will be addressed.  Learn more about our presenters and access all presentation materials & recordings here. About the Series: The Northwest MHTTC and the Pacific Southwest MHTTC are continuing our partnership to provide and extend deeper technical assistance on the Interconnected Systems Framework (ISF). This year, we are offering programming to deepen your ISF work and contextualize ISF to this moment of COVID-19 and beyond. Interconnected Systems Framework (ISF) is a structure and process that maximizes effectiveness and efficiency by blending the strengths of school and community mental health with strengths of the multi-tiered framework of PBIS (Barrett, Eber, Weist, 2013). This webinar is part of our ISF West Coast Party Webinars: Enhancing MTSS - Integrating Student Mental Health and Wellness Through Systems, Data, and Practices. This series consists of four modules and ends with a town hall for you to be able to ask faculty your questions and resource one another. Each module includes teaching from Susan Barrett and field leaders on ISF systems and USC faculty on ISF practices.  Mental Health is Everyone’s Job. Come learn how the Interconnected Systems Framework approach supports students, staff and families. Series Schedule:  You can register for multiple events using the registration button above. You are welcome to attend as much or little as desired, though we do recommend attending the systems sessions (in blue) before the practices sessions (in green).   Module 1: ISF in Virtual Conditions 10/20/20 - ISF Systems in Virtual Conditions w/Susan Barrett 10/22/20 - Secondary Traumatic Stress and Educator Well Being w/Steve Hydon   Module 2: ISF + Trauma Informed Approaches 10/27/20 - ISF Systems & Trauma-Informed Approaches w/Susan Barrett 11/5/20 - Virtual Adaptations of Psychological First Aid w/Marleen Wong 11/17/20 - Virtual Adaptations of Trauma Informed Skills for Educators w/Pamela Vona & Vivien Villaverde   Module 3: ISF + Tiers 2 & 3 12/1/20 - ISF Systems and Tiers 2 & 3 w/Susan Barrett 12/3/20 - Virtual adaptations of SSET/Bounce Back w/ Pamela Vona & Vivien Villaverde   Module 4: ISF & Equity 1/12/21 - Secondary Traumatic Stress & BIPOC Educator Well Being w/Steve Hydon & Guests 1/19/21 - ISF Systems & Equity w/Susan Barrett 1/21/21 - Racial Violence and Trauma and Schools w/USC faculty & Guests   ISF West Coast Town Hall 1/26/21 - ISF systems & practices in this moment with Susan Barrett & USC Faculty *Our events are open to the public and attendees from any region. Due to limited capacity, however, we kindly ask that if you are not from Region 9 (AZ, CA, HI, NV, and U.S. Pacific Islands of American Samoa, Guam, Marshall Islands, Northern Mariana Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, and Palau) or Region 10 (AK, ID, OR, WA) to please consider waiting to register or not attending live and watching the recording in order to prioritize space for our Region 10 participants. We have an amazing team that will post a link to the recording within a week of event.

About the Event:  Please join the Southeast Mental Health Technology Transfer Center and the Georgia Mental Health Consumer Network as we continue our exploration of racism's impact in the recovery community on Tuesday, November 17th at 2:30 PM (ET). Certified Peer Specialists have a unique and comprehensive perspective of our recovery communities, not only providing but also receiving support in diverse settings that frequently reflect the values, beliefs, and practices of the communities where we live and work. In this discussion, we will further explore the findings of our recent listening session and discuss what steps we need to take to improve recovery and wellness outcomes in the Southeast.    Key Learning Objectives:  1. Describe how race impacts recovery supports in the community and the behavioral health system.  2. Discuss how race creates barriers to recovery and wellness.  3. Identify actions peer support providers can take to improve recovery and wellness outcomes.    About the Facilitators:  The Georgia Mental Health Consumer Network believes in the ability of everyone living with mental health concerns to enjoy lives of purpose, meaning, productivity, and wellness. Since it was founded in 1991, this grassroots nonprofit organization has been led and run by mental health peers—people in mental health recovery. At its core, the basis of peer support—one person using their lived experience to support another—is not new; in fact, it is the basis of human growth and development. Mental health peers with special training are now able to use their lived recovery experience in clinical settings to provide something beyond a diagnosis or medication.   Roslind D. Hayes, BS, CPS-AD, CARES, WHWC is the Statewide Coordinator of the GMHCN's Peer Support, Wellness, and Respite Centers. She is a trainer/facilitator for the Certified Peer Specialist Project, Peer Zone, and Intentional Peer Support.  Chris Johnson, MFA, CPS, CPS-AD is GMHCN's Director of Communications. He is responsible for sharing information about recovery and wellness opportunities to behavioral health peers and providers across Georgia. 

RoundTable 4: Advocacy and the Citizenship Framework | Nov. 17 at 2PM EST This session will feature a conversation about advocating for changes in the societal conditions and oppressive structures that impact mental health, which is a cornerstone of the citizenship framework. The panel will feature community activists and people in recovery sharing their own experiences with advocating for change through collective efforts, and what impact that work outside the system has had on their lives and recovery journeys.

Please join us in our weekly open forum to listen and share suggestions/resources. Special attention will be paid to resiliency, strength, overcoming challenges of social distancing, and supporting mental health professionals in their efforts to adapt their delivery of services. Times for this session: 11:00am – 12:00pm AKDT 12:00pm – 1:00pm PDT 1:00pm – 2:00pm MDT 2:00pm – 3:00pm CDT 3:00pm – 4:00pm EDT

Mountain Plains MHTTC's 2nd Annual Leadership Academy Registration deadline is November 3, 2020. Applicants will receive notification of acceptance by November 10th. The Mountain Plains MHTTC is proud to announce its second virtual Leadership Academy for new and emerging leaders working in Region 8 states (Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming). This year’s free Academy offers a unique opportunity to learn in a smaller seminar setting led by facilitators with leadership experience in behavioral health, military, and private sector settings. Participants will assess their leadership style and learn effective leadership skills and strategies with colleagues from their region. Discussions will include approaches to successfully address current challenges facing the rural behavioral health workforce.   If you are unable to commit to participating in all sessions in this series, please defer your application to allow others to participate. This year’s Leadership Academy is limited to 20 participants. For more information, please contact: Genevieve Berry at [email protected] Schedule Session 1 (Mandatory) Understanding Your Interpersonal Style November 17, 2020 1:00pm - 3:30pm MST   Session 2 (Mandatory) Building Teams and Teamwork November 19, 2020 1:00pm - 3:30pm MST   Coffee Chat 1 December 3, 2020 Time TBD   Session 3 Facilitation Skills and Techniques December 8, 2020 1:00pm - 3:30pm MST   Coffee Chat 2 January 14, 2021 Time TBD   Coffee Chat 3 February 2, 2021 Time TBD   Trainers Gina Brimner, MSW, LCSW Gina is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker whose career spans direct service, management and leadership roles in government and non-profit health and behavioral health sectors in multiple western states. Positions Gina held previously include Senior Vice President of Youth and Family Services at Albertina Kerr Centers in Portland, OR; Unit Supervisor for the Policy Division of the Washington State Children’s Administration; Clinical Director of Juneau Mental Health, Inc.; and multiple roles in the State of Alaska Division of Behavioral Health. Currently, she leads WICHE’s Together With Veterans rural suicide prevention program, a collaborative developed in partnership with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.         Bob Dare, Dare Consulting, LLC Born and raised in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Bob served in the US Army for 28 years. He completed his career serving as Command Sergeant Major (senior enlisted advisor to a 4-star general), US Army Forces Command, the Army’s largest organization. Bob served in six of the Army’s 10 Division, deployed to 28 countries, and touched the lives of countless people. For the past eleven years, he has led workshops, created and conducted training, and provided executive coaching. Bob’s specialty is in providing leadership development and professional/personal growth services. A certified executive coach, Bob has coached executive level leaders from a wide range of industry, military, and government organizations. He has facilitated numerous professional growth and leadership development seminars.      

Trauma Responsive School Training of Trainers (TOT) Part 1 November 16, 2020 9:00am - 12:00pm US/Mountain Time This interactive training will cover the HEARTS Core Guiding Principles, build capacity to facilitate foundational trainings, and formulate a plan for the integration of trauma-informed practices.    This is a closed event. If you are interested in similar technical assistance training, please contact Stefanie Winfield at [email protected]. Learning Objectives Establish a training for educators, school leaders and district staff that builds on and strengthens foundational trauma-informed knowledge grounded in the HEARTS framework. The training focuses on moving from theory to application using practical strategies that can be implemented immediately. Examine trauma and trauma-informed practices through a lens of equity and cultural humility focusing on racial trauma, implicit bias, racial equity, and the importance of applying culturally responsive trauma-informed practices. Participants will create a multi-phased action plan for adopting and integrating trauma-informed practices into their school/district that is sustainable. Participants will gain materials and knowledge to lead foundational trauma-informed trainings in their school/ district.  Trainer Megan Brennan, PsyD  Brennan is a licensed clinical psychologist with extensive experience in the areas of children and adolescent mental health, working in school systems, trauma-informed care, mindfulness, crisis response, culturally responsive practices, supervision, program development, and program evaluation. Working to advance systems transformation, Megan has partnered with school districts, individual schools, grant funders and community partners with a focus on advancing trauma-informed, culturally responsive school communities.            Upcoming Sessions November 30, 2020   Trauma Responsive School Training of Trainers Part 2   December 14, 2020   Trauma Responsive School Training of Trainers Part 3  

**This is a private training not opened to our community** Meta: Fomentar la capacitación de los proveedores de servicios de salud y salud mental de Puerto Rico ante los retos y oportunidades afrontadas durante la pandemia. Objetivos Discutir los retos principales en la provisión de servicios que estan experimentando los proveedores de servicios de salud y salud mental ante la pandemia del COVID-19. Describir estrategias para el manejo de los retos de la integración de servicios, el uso de la telemedicina y sus repercusiones tanto para los proveedores como para los pacientes. Identificar estrategias para el autocuidado integral a nivel personal y profesional de proveedores de servicios de la salud.  Proveer recursos para el; manejo efectivo del uso de la telemedicina, autocuidado del profesional de salud, manejo del estrés en el paciente y divulgaciones de experiencias de violencia y trauma. Evaluar el impacto a nivel emocional de los protocolos de aislamiento y distanciamiento social en los adultos mayores en Puerto Rico.   Examinar las nuevas oportunidades que surgen en la provisión de servicios de salud física y mental a raíz de la pandemia del COVID-19.

We invite you to join us for two, 2-day virtual learning institutes in September and November 2020 with leading grief experts across the country. The series is geared towards providing front-line workers with tools and strategies that can be used when addressing the needs of individuals experiencing grief and loss during COVID-19 and beyond. Check out our November Grief Virtual Learning Institute Brochure HERE! The brochure includes complete session descriptions, date and time slots of sessions, biographies of speakers, and more. You can also learn more about our November Grief Virtual Learning Institute speaker line-up HERE!   The Institutes include: Tracked Learning: Each Institute has four sessions that each have three learning tracks: Grief Sensitivity, Evidence-Based Practices for Clinicians, and School Mental Health. You are invited to join whichever track most fits your learning interests! Reflective Discussion: On both days of each Institute, we’ll host optional breakout discussions for participants to join, listen and learn from each other’s expertise and experience. Opening Keynote & Closing Activity: On Day 1, we open with a keynote to set the tone; on Day 2, we close with an integrated activity to support our learning outcomes. The Institutes are for Community Mental Health Practitioners, Social Workers, Psychologists, Therapists, School Mental Health Personnel, School Counselors, Educators, School Administrators, and anyone interested in enhancing their grief sensitivity. Note: This registration reserves your space for Part 2 (November 12 & 13) of the Grief Institute. Upon registering, we will follow up regarding sign-ups for specific sessions for both days. Although the Eventbrite registration will place a calendar hold for both days, you are not required to attend all sessions. Recordings for all sessions of the Learning Institutes will be made available on the MHTTC website here. Certificates of completion will be available. CEUs are not available for these Learning Institutes. Note: This is the second of two Grief Sensitivity Virtual Learning Institutes. For more information and the agenda for our Institutes, visit our Institute's landing page.

The Northwest Mental Health Technology Transfer Center and the Northwest PBIS Network are collaborating to bring you a FREE, 3-part webinar series presented by WellEducator, LLC.  Learn more about our 3-part series and access presentation materials here. About the Webinar: Educator stress and burnout has been reported as higher than any other profession (Stoeber, J., & Rennert, D, 2008). Stressors include lack of social/emotional training, ineffective interpersonal relationships, vicarious trauma, and unrealistic systems’ requirements. Stressors impact wellbeing and availability to effectively build high quality relationships with students. Educators inherently deserve support in nurturing their holistic wellbeing. During these workshops participants will practice skills to decrease stressors on mind/body systems to stay connected to the wonders and curiosities of teaching using evidence-based mindfulness practices, radical acceptance and values-driven goal setting.   Webinar Objectives: Learn the benefits of mindfulness practices for educators. Understand how unhelpful habits are formed and how mindful practices can help interrupt a habit loop. Create a Committed Action Plan. Learn and experience several mindfulness/meditation exercises.   *Clock hours will be provided. Our Presenter: Dr. Renee Van Norman - Educator and Founder of WellEducator LLC Want more information and school mental health resources? Visit the Northwest MHTTC's School Mental Health page and sign up for our monthly newsletter for regular updates about events, trainings, and resources available to the Northwest region.

“Throughout their history, tribes have faced numerous and dark challenges, and they have always managed to overcome…It’s been a story of resilience and perseverance.” — Eric Henson With schools re-opening just around the corner and many complications still unknown, tribal schools and communities are faced with making very tough decisions about moving forward. The challenge posed by this crisis adds to existing issues present in some Native communities such as teacher shortages and the lack of infrastructure for high speed internet, which further impedes their ability to offer appropriate distance learning programs. For teachers, who are held accountable for getting students ready for college or careers, COVID-19 has added to their already jam-packed workloads and responsibilities as we look to them to teach and practice preventative safety measures to avoid any exposure to COVID-19. Some of these added responsibilities will be to ensure and instruct students in effective social distancing, wearing face coverings, and practicing appropriate hygiene. For students, school is their most sought-after place to socialize. As students return to school, they will be introduced to another form of socialization at a six-foot distance. Understandably, these changes can lead to confusion, anxiety, and other challenges. The MHTTC K-12 program invites the entire school community (students, parents, teachers, counselors, and principals) to our special weekly listening sessions covering topics that are important for you as we go through this new school year together. Examples of upcoming session topics: Hear from other tribal schools as they re-open Is Your School Ready? COVID -19 Toolkit Best Practices in Teaching Hygiene Self-Care for Teachers What Parents Have to Say Telehealth in Schools Rise in Mental Outcomes and Crisis Intervention Serving Students with Disabilities Protecting the Health and Safety of Students

Join us for this wonderful presentation on Native American History. Terry Locklear, MS, Lumbee Nation, serves as the Instructional Designer at University of North Carolina at Pembroke; and Tiffany M. Locklear, EdD, Lumbee Nation, is an Assistant Professor in the Teacher Education Program at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke. 1-2:30 EST . 12-1:30 CST . 11-12:30 MST 10-11:30 PST . 9-10:30 AKST

  Registration for the event is FULL. If you register now, you will be added to the waitlist.   Description: Do your presentations inspire and influence your audiences? Do you know how to tackle tough topics and information overload? We use presentations as one of our primary strategies to share content knowledge, build skills, ignite calls to action and affect culture change. Many of us have attempted to create compelling presentations, however, most of us never receive any formal training in presentation design - despite all we expect presentations to do for us. In this three-hour virtual workshop, participants will learn practical skills to plan and deliver exceptional presentations using the tools and resources they already have. Download flyer   Presenters: Jamie Comstock and Robin Carr founded Info Inspired in 2014, after many years of designing and giving presentations with no formal training in this area, and watching their public health colleagues struggle with the same skills gap. Both are certified prevention specialists with 30 years’ combined experience in the field. They’ve spent the last several years researching and testing ways to not only capture and hold an audience’s attention, but to also inspire audiences. They’ve spent countless hours refining the presentation planning process, identifying free resources, and learning how to maximize the tools they already had. It’s also important to know that they aren’t graphic designers, artists, or especially tech savvy. Everything they do, you can do too. They’ve presented at the Community Anti Drug Coalitions of America’s Leadership Forum, the Maine Public Health Association Annual Meeting, the New England Institute of Addiction Studies, the New England School of Best Practices, and provided training and technical assistance to non-profit organizations throughout New England. They have been featured on the Organizing for Change podcast and have an on-demand webinar available through the New England Prevention Technology Transfer Center.   Learning Objectives: Apply a four-step process to create brain-friendly presentations List the most common presenter mistakes and understand how to prevent them Use tools and techniques that enhance learning Increase audience engagement and participation Use and display data effectively   This event is provided in collaboration by the Central East PTTC, the Central East MHTTC and the Central East ATTC.

We invite you to join us for two, 2-day virtual learning institutes in September and November 2020 with leading grief experts across the country. The series is geared towards providing front-line workers with tools and strategies that can be used when addressing the needs of individuals experiencing grief and loss during COVID-19 and beyond.  Check out our November Grief Virtual Learning Institute Brochure HERE! The brochure includes complete session descriptions, date and time slots of sessions, biographies of speakers, and more. You can also learn more about our November Grief Virtual Learning Institute speaker line-up HERE!   The Institutes include: Tracked Learning: Each Institute has four sessions that each have three learning tracks: Grief Sensitivity, Evidence-Based Practices for Clinicians, and School Mental Health. You are invited to join whichever track most fits your learning interests! Reflective Discussion: On both days of each Institute, we’ll host optional breakout discussions for participants to join, listen and learn from each other’s expertise and experience. Opening Keynote & Closing Activity: On Day 1, we open with a keynote to set the tone; on Day 2, we close with an integrated activity to support our learning outcomes. The Institutes are for Community Mental Health Practitioners, Social Workers, Psychologists, Therapists, School Mental Health Personnel, School Counselors, Educators, School Administrators, and anyone interested in enhancing their grief sensitivity. Note: This registration reserves your space for Part 2 (November 12 & 13) of the Grief Institute. Upon registering, we will follow up regarding sign-ups for specific sessions for both days. Although the Eventbrite registration will place a calendar hold for both days, you are not required to attend all sessions. Recordings for all sessions of the Learning Institutes will be made available on the MHTTC website here. Certificates of completion will be available. CEUs are not available for these Learning Institutes. Note: This is the second of two Grief Sensitivity Virtual Learning Institutes. For more information and the agenda for our Institutes, visit our Institute's landing page.