Past Events

Changing the Conversation is the official C4 Innovations podcast, where hosts and guests discuss critical and timely topics focused on equity, substance use, mental health, homelessness, and trauma. The New England MHTTC has sponsored episodes of the podcast that explore a variety of specific topics, including reaching and engaging Native youth, the importance, and benefits of fostering an authentic and inclusive environment in the workplace, and honoring lived experience. Podcast host Ashley Stewart will share behind-the-scenes discoveries and lessons learned from fascinating conversations. Ashley will be joined by Ronitia Hodges, C4 Innovations Program Manager.   Learn more about this series.   If you would like accommodations to participate in any of our events, please contact us at [email protected].

SSET is an evidence-based intervention focused on managing the distress that results from exposure to trauma. It is designed to be implemented by teachers or school counselors with small groups of students.     This SSET training is specifically for non-licensed educators, school counselors, or nurses. This cohort will allow for 20 participants.     Please fill out this interest form. Once submitted, you will receive an email regarding your application. Participants chosen will be notified by early January.

United South and Eastern Tribes, Inc. and New England MHTTC would like to invite you and your staff to attend "Reclaiming Native Psychological Brilliance: Wise Practices," a Tribal Behavioral Health ECHO webinar series. Native Psychological Brilliance refers to the intelligence, strengths, balance, innate resources, and resilience of Native people.    The topic for January's session is “Evolution of Native Crisis Response (Part One) - 2024 Update."   This no-cost telehealth series will be held on the fourth Tuesday of every month at 11:00 am Pacific/12:00 pm Mountain/1:00 pm Central/2:00 pm Eastern. Each session will be one hour in length and will provide an opportunity for participants to:  Gain skills on strength-based approaches in partnership with Native People to enhance Native behavioral health Discuss ways that Native brilliance is demonstrated and supports behavioral health Learn about Native brilliance examples to share with behavioral health and other health care staff, as well as with local Tribal Nation citizens   The concept of Native psychological brilliance will be celebrated through Native music video and Native spoken word performances as part of each session. Who should attend? Tribal health directors, clinic staff, counselors, social workers, physicians, nurses, Tribal Epidemiology Center staff, and anyone supporting Tribal communities through the health or behavioral health sector are welcome to join. Continuing education credits will be provided.   If you need accommodations to join this event, please contact us.

  This event is closed to select participants. Learn more about this series: First Episode Psychosis Webinar Series & Learning Community    

  Event Description Social determinants of health are the contexts and conditions in which people live. The scholarly literature has documented that social determinants and inequities among them contribute to disparities in health and wellness. This webinar will discuss social determinants of health as defined by the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, as well as the effects of disparities on mental health and an individual's quality of life. Trainer Dr. Cynthia Guzmán Dr. Cynthia E. Guzmán is a licensed psychologist who has devoted her career to addressing health disparities in underserved communities, primarily in Indian Country for the past 12 years. She has experience with program design, development, and implementation of programs that address co-occurring disorders as well as primary care/mental health integration. Aside from clinical work and the supervision of other trainees, Dr. Guzmán considers herself a servant leader and enjoys developing community assessments, policy and procedure writing, as well as implementing culturally safe interventions at the community level. Dr. Guzmán is a proud member of the American Psychological Association, Society for Indian Psychologists and currently serves as the 2022 National Latinx Psychological Association Past President.

  Event Description This presentation will describe how to recognize and facilitate grief and mourning in individual psychotherapy on the basis of Worden’s (2018) model. Normal grief will be described, including the necessary tasks of mourning. Normal grief will be distinguished from complicated grief, including how to assess for more complicated grief. Principles for facilitating grief counseling in both normal and complicated grief and mourning, and common therapist barriers to addressing grief in counseling, will be discussed. Trainer Dr. Melanie Wilcox, PhD, ABPP Dr. Melanie Wilcox is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychological Sciences, Institute of Public and Preventive Health, and Department of Psychiatry at Augusta University. She is also a licensed psychologist and board certified in counseling psychology and works part-time in private practice providing both therapy and assessment via telehealth. Her clinical areas of expertise include culturally responsive and trauma-informed care as well as substance abuse and addiction. Her research focuses on culturally response and antiracist psychotherapy and training, racial and socioeconomic inequity in higher education, and racial and social justice more broadly. She is in her final year as a member of the American Psychological Association’s Board of Educational Affairs, which she chaired in 2020, and is currently President Elect-Elect of APA Division 17, the Society of Counseling Psychology.

  This virtual training will assist behavioral healthcare leaders and supervisors in developing a strategic plan for strengthening their workforce, even when faced with staffing shortages and other service delivery challenges. The content is focused on using evidence-based methods that will help leadership teams prioritize cultural responsiveness, inclusivity, and data-informed decision-making when supporting and growing their workforce. Participants will further learn how to use key process improvement tools to enhance or establish recruitment, hiring, retention, and promotion best practices at the organizational level.     LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Explore key issues of wellness, coaching, and cultural responsiveness as they relate to potential and current staff Understand how to build a work culture that more effectively supports your workforce Apply process improvement strategies and tools to address workforce needs     CERTIFICATES: Registrants who fully attend this event or training will receive a certificate of attendance via email within two weeks after the event or training.      PRESENTER: Mathew Rosa, LCSW-R Mat Roosa was a founding member of NIATx and has been a NIATx coach for a wide range of projects. He works as a consultant in the areas of quality improvement, organizational development, and planning, evidence-based practice implementation, including coaching and training Contingency Management implementation. His experience includes direct clinical practice in mental health and substance use services, teaching at the undergraduate and graduate levels, and human service agency administration.       The Great Lakes A/MH/PTTC is offering this training for individuals working in HHS Region 5: IL, IN, MI, MN, OH, WI. This training is being provided in response to a need identified by Region 5 stakeholders.

DESCRIPTION This webinar will deepen understanding of the connection between Black American life experience and the social and political determinants of health and mental health. Assessment resources will be provided which will help the clinician correlate clinical presentation and recovery with mitigating social variables. In addition, the presenter will review evidence based clinical as well as political interventions and practices. This webinar is in recognition of International Quality of Life Month (January), which celebrates living at maximum physical, mental, emotional and social capacity.    LEARNING OBJECTIVES Recognize historical underpinnings and current trending of mental health prevalence among Black people in the United States Correlate “weathering” experiences with social and political determinants of health Describe the science that connects quality of life to mental health status and effective evidence-based interventions Identify resources for assessment and treatment options and  tools that can aid in the evaluation and treatment planning for Black Americans with mental health concerns   PRESENTER Cynthia Turner-Graham, MD, DFAPA is an adult psychiatrist who completed her undergraduate studies at Fisk University and residency training at Vanderbilt University. She received her medical degree from the University of Kansas School of Medicine. She is the President and CEO of ForSoundMind Enterprises, Inc., and the Immediate Past President of Black Psychiatrists of America, Inc. Pursuing a life of spiritual, emotional, and physical wellness is the organizing focus for her life, and she encourages others to do the same. Dr. Turner-Graham is board certified in Psychiatry and Neurology.         HOST Annelle Primm MD, MPH is the Senior Medical Director of the Steve Fund, an organization focused on the mental health of young people of color. She is also a member of the Black Psychiatrists of America Council of Elders.           This webinar is part of the Health Equity Webinar Series, an ongoing collaboration between the Central East MHTTC and the Black Psychiatrists of America to increase education and awareness surrounding mental health in the Black community.   View past webinars in the series   

  Suicide and self-harm behaviors are common presenting concerns within outpatient settings and access to inpatient care is increasingly scarce. This workshop will provide practitioners with foundational tools to manage and treat suicide and self-harm within an outpatient setting, reducing the need for inpatient services. Drawing from evidence-based therapies, therapeutic assessment practices, and clinical experience, this dynamic workshop offers an innovative approach for conceptualizing suicide risk that directly informs treatment strategies. Participants will learn how and why to monitor suicide risk among clients who engage in self-injury, ways to use risk assessment as a therapeutic intervention and build rapport while informing treatment ideas. Specific strategies for managing acute risk and treating suicide on an outpatient basis will be emphasized. Case examples and interactive exercises will ensure participants leave the training with practical tools they can use the next day in their work along with increased confidence for working with clients who are experiencing suicidal thoughts and self-harm behaviors. A recording of this webinar will not be provided. Only register for this event if you are able to attend live on January 18 at 10:00 AM CT.     LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Participants will be able to: Describe characteristics of self-injury to monitor for increasing suicide risk Identify common drivers underlying suicidal thoughts and urges Describe therapeutic assessment techniques and contents for evaluating and conceptualizing suicide risk Identify and describe specific treatment strategies for addressing suicide risk in an outpatient setting Feel more confident in their ability to work with clients with suicidal and self-injury thoughts and behaviors in an outpatient setting     CONTINUING EDUCATION: Registrants who fully attend this training will be eligible to receive 4 continuing education (CE) hours certified by NBCC. CE certificates will be disseminated by our partners at WAFCA.     PRESENTER:   Jennifer J. Muehlenkamp, PhD, is a licensed clinical psychologist and Professor of psychology at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. She received her doctorate from Northern Illinois University after completing her clinical internship within the Child and Adolescent Outpatient Psychiatry Department at Montefiore Medical Center in New York City, specializing in adolescent Dialectical Behavior Therapy. Dr. Muehlenkamp is an internationally renowned expert on non-suicidal self-injury and suicide; having published over 100 research articles and book chapters on the topics of assessment, treatment, and risk & protective factors. She is a co-author of two books (Non-Suicidal Self-Injury in Eating Disorders and Nonsuicidal Self-Injury: Advances in Psychotherapy) and is a regular consultant to mental and behavioral health professionals. Dr. Muehlenkamp’s scholarly work has been honored with awards from the American Association of Suicidology, Self-Injury Awareness Network, and the International Society for the Study of Self-Injury. She has received over $3 million dollars in local and federal grants from SAMHSA and the National Institute of Mental Health to support her work. In addition to her research and teaching, Dr. Muehlenkamp is the director of UW-Eau Claire’s Suicide Prevention and Research Collaborative, she is a member of on the State and County Suicide Prevention Coalitions, and she is Past-President and a Fellow of the International Society for the Study of Self-Injury. Dr. Muehlenkamp is a certified trainer for suicide prevention programs such as QPR, Assessing and Managing Suicide Risk (AMSR), Campus Connect, DBT Steps-A, and she provides a variety of specialty trainings and workshops related to self-injury and suicide risk assessment, intervention, and prevention. She brings her knowledge, expertise, and clinical experiences to life within her workshops to ensure all participants walk away with useful tools they can use in their practice.                 The Great Lakes MHTTC is offering this training for individuals working in HHS Region 5: IL, IN, MI, MN, OH, WI. This training is being provided in response to a need identified by Region 5 stakeholders.

  When working with clients that are actively in crisis, folks are often experiencing intense, emotional dysregulation. These intense emotions of fear, anger, frustration, hopelessness, aggression, and sadness can often interfere with providing help in effective ways. One treatment goal of Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) is to help individuals manage intense emotional dysregulation. In addition, there are skills in DBT that also help clients and families manage high risk behaviors and ineffective action urges/behaviors. These skills include, in part, distress tolerance, emotion regulation, validation, and commitment strategies, and are also effective and transferable to crisis work as a whole.   During this training, Mary-Catherine (M-C) Nimphius will begin with a foundation in validation for both clients in crises and the workers that are serving them. Then, there will be an overview of skills in distress tolerance and emotion regulation from DBT therapy; these skills will be helpful for both the crisis care provider and the client alike. In addition, there will be a focus on commitment strategies and motivational strategies to work on safety and crisis management. This will also include directive ways to manage safety planning and solution analysis. The solution analysis will help to prepare clients for unforeseen barriers to the safety/action plan and work to reduce repeat and preventable returns to service.   This training is geared for all audiences and levels of mental health training.     LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Learn levels of validation for both clients and providers, especially during a crisis encounter. Learn and practice select DBT distress tolerance and emotion regulations skills to both reduce emotional dysregulation and facilitate effective interventions. Basic commitment strategies and motivational interventions for clients. Approaches to crisis planning and establishing collaboration with clients. General understanding of solution analysis and approaches for when the crisis plan fails.     CERTIFICATES: Registrants who fully attend this training will receive a certificate of attendance via email within two weeks after the conclusion of the event.      PRESENTER: Mary-Catherine Nimphius, MS, LPC (she/hers) DBT-Linehan Board of Certification, Certified DBT Clinician™ Mary-Catherine (M-C) Nimphius is a Licensed Professional Counselor. She received her BA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and her MS from Alverno College in 2015. M-C completed her internship with the Center for Behavioral Medicine and continued worked with the CBM Team until 2020. While working with CBM, she collaborated with colleagues on program development for the Adolescent DBT program, supervised Master level students, and participated in clinic research. She then moved to the Pacific Northwest and joined the Team at Portland DBT Institute. There she was a member of the Eating Disorders Team in both IOP and outpatient care. She provided adult and adolescent DBT, facilitated groups for PTSD, eating disorder recovery, and DBT skills training. She became a Linehan Board Certified clinician in 2021.   M-C has also completed intensive training and is passionate about working with folks with OCD, PTSD, and other anxiety disorders. M-C continues to work with the Center for Behavioral Medicine remotely, providing comprehensive DBT to both adults and adolescents and their families. In addition, M-C continues to teach with her alma mater, Alverno College in the Masters of Community Psychology program. She is committed to radically genuine, non-judgmental, and validating therapeutic collaboration. Her goal is to help clients with self-efficacy in managing the stressors of life and building their life worth living. M-C is a Certified DBT Clinician through the Linehan Board of CertificationTM.     The Great Lakes MHTTC is offering this training for individuals working in HHS Region 5: IL, IN, MI, MN, OH, WI. This training is being provided in response to a need identified by Region 5 stakeholders.

>> Click Here to Fill Out the Registration Form << Please submit your registration form found on page four of this document to LaVonne at [email protected] or Sarah at [email protected]. Event Description We are inviting you to participate in a multi-state initiative that will build capacity of school teams to promote positive mental health in children/youth throughout the school day using a multi-tiered approach. The training will occur January - May 2024. Specifically, Mountain Plains-MHTTC will build capacity of school personnel to support positive identity development emphasizing mental health promotion and prevention. Details What will this involve? What will you be expected to do?   If you agree to participate, you will: • Identify 3-6 interdisciplinary team members to be a part of a Community of Practice (CoP) at your school. The CoP should be an interdisciplinary team including any of the following: teacher, paraprofessional, occupational therapist, administrator/counselor, nurse, speech language pathologists, social workers or school psychologists. It is strongly recommended that the team include a classroom teacher and be interdisciplinary in nature as training emphasizes application in the classroom and interdisciplinary collaboration. • The CoP will participate in five 1.5 virtual training sessions (see schedule overview below). *Attendance is critical*  • Each CoP will engage in an Assessment and Next Steps process to identify gaps or opportunities to improve mental health promotion by supporting positive identity development.   MP-MHTTC will:   • Provide the training described above and any technical assistance during development of the strategic plan and implementation. • Provide continuing education credits to the CoP members (15 contact hours). If your state requires transcripted credit, the MHTTC will have the training approved, but the transcripted fee is the responsibility of the participant. • Provide required readings and resources to the CoP. • Follow up on the implementation plan.   Benefits to you:   • Enhanced capacity of all school personnel through enhanced understanding of how to apply knowledge about children’s mental health in the school. • Free resources for each CoP. • Free educational sessions and online discussions regarding mental health promotion. • Feeling connected to other schools implementing the projects. • Continuing education credits (15 contact hours for CoP team members).     Dates January 17, 2024 Introduction to Communities of Practice Process and Assessment and Next Steps Document Review of best practices in school mental health February 21, 2024 Self-Awareness: Understanding our own Bias and its’ Impact March 20, 2024 Living Legacy. Trauma and its Impact in the Classroom April 10, 2024 Identity Maters May 8, 2024 Strength-Based Models & Strategies Final Reflections and Next Steps Trainers LaVonne Fox Peltier PhD, OTR/L LaVonne is the Vice President of Academic Affairs at the Turtle Mountain Tribal Community College in Belcourt, ND.   She was born and raised on the Turtle Mountain Chippewa reservation. She has considerable experience working with children, youth, and young adults with mental health issues in mental health facilities. Her focus and passion areas are developing Indigenous culturally based interventions to address mental health issues. She also stresses the need to focus on strength-based approaches versus commonly used deficit-based practices.   Sarah Nielsen PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA Sarah is a professor and chair at the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks, ND, in the Department of Occupational Therapy, School of Medicine and Health Sciences.  Sarah has over 20 years of experience working with children, youth and young adults with mental health issues in communities and schools. Her clinical practice included developing and implementing trauma-informed approaches in mental health care. She assisted students transitioning from mental health programs back to public schools where she trained and assisted schools in this effort.

Changing the Conversation is the official C4 Innovations podcast, where hosts and guests discuss critical and timely topics focused on equity, substance use, mental health, homelessness, and trauma. The New England MHTTC has sponsored episodes of the podcast that explore a variety of specific topics, including reaching and engaging Native youth, the importance, and benefits of fostering an authentic and inclusive environment in the workplace, and honoring lived experience. Podcast host Ashley Stewart will share behind-the-scenes discoveries and lessons learned from fascinating conversations. Ashley will be joined by Ronitia Hodges, C4 Innovations Program Manager.   Learn more about this series.   If you would like accommodations to participate in any of our events, please contact us at [email protected].

About this Event: In the year 2000, the Trafficking Victims Protection Act was passed at the federal level redefining human trafficking in the United States and initiating new efforts to address human trafficking.  Since then, many new federal and state laws, policies, funding streams, and projects have been adopted in an effort to create and support a comprehensive system of care to identify and provide short and long term services for children and adults who have experienced human trafficking.  Mental health providers are a vital part of that comprehensive system of care.  This presentation will provide foundational information on human trafficking pertinent to clinicians, identification and reporting considerations,  and resources to support this work.  It will also highlight a recent project aimed at integrating policies, practices, and strategies addressing mental and behavioral health and human trafficking.

Participants of this event will be able to:  · Summarize the clinical significance of new information regarding the neurobiology and treatment of mental illness and comorbid chronic medical conditions, and integrate such data into their patient care. · Assess practice patterns relative to current best practices and modify their practice as appropriate and feasible. · Apply new developments in treatment methods to patients. Presenter: M. Mookie C. Manalili is a psychotherapist, professor, and researcher with particular interest in suffering, embodiment, meaning-making, narratives, memory, and ethics. He is a psychotherapist in a private group practice, utilizing narrative therapy, psychoanalytic approaches, mindfulness traditions, and neuroscience psychoeducation.  

This event is part of the UW SMART Center's 2024 Virtual Speaker Series. Learn more and register for upcoming events in the series here. Please Note: Certificate of Attendance and Washington state clock hours will be available for attendees of the live session. Fostering Belonging in Staff Recruitment and Retention When: Wednesday, January 17th @ 10 a.m. - 11:15 a.m. AKT | 11 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. PT | 12 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. MT Description: This session will provide participants with the opportunity to describe the concept of belonging in education. Belonging is the "north star" along the journey of equitable and inclusionary practices. While most of the focus on belonging in education has been on students, a necessary component is staff belonging. Objectives: Participants in the session will be provided with strategies and ideas to foster belonging for staff to enhance and support recruitment and retention efforts.  About the Presenter: Nikole Y. Hollins-Sims, Ed.D. Technical Assistance Coordinator for the Midwest PBIS Network Nikole Y. Hollins-Sims, Ed.D.,is the senior educational consultant & strategist for Hollins-Sims Consultation. She formerly served as a technical assistance coordinator for the Midwest PBIS network and is a former Special Assistant to the Secretary of Education at the Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE). Dr. Hollins-Sims has been awarded as a Moral and Courageous Leader for Education by Cabrini University in 2021, the 2021 American Psychology Association (APA) Anti-Racism School Psychology Emerging Professional Award and was named the 2021 Pennsylvania School Psychologist of the Year. One of her career highlights is serving as the lead author of the book titled: Creating Equitable Practices in PBIS.         Want more information and school mental health resources? Visit the Northwest MHTTC's School Mental Health page and sign up for our newsletter for regular updates about events, trainings, and resources available to the Northwest region.

This learning community is closed to select participants.  To learn more about this series, visit the homepage: Implementing Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) in Kansas  

The Region 6 Peer Support Advisory Committee (PSAC) to the South Southwest MHTTC meets on a monthly basis to collaborate across the states and tribal communities to identify and address common areas of need and share resources. Based on feedback from the PSAC, and needs identified by peers across Region 6, the MHTTC organizes training and technical assistance focused on peer retention and workforce development. This is a closed meeting.

  Event Description The training will cover the following learning objectives: - Identify stigma around mental health.  - Understand stigma as a barrier to early intervention among youth seeking mental health services.  - Discuss causes and solutions to mental health stigma among adolescents. Trainer Bobbi Perkins   Bobbi Perkins joined the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE) in September 2021 as a Technical Expert Lead with the Rural Communities Opioid Response Program and as the Project Director for the Mountain Plain Rural Opioid Technical Assistance Center. Prior to joining WICHE, she worked at the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services (DPHHS), Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities Division (BHDDD) since 2014. In this role, she represented MT as the Single State Authority (SSA) for substance use disorder continuum of care and was responsible for the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Block Grants and SAMHSA discretionary grants (Partnership for Success, State Opioid Response, FEMA Crisis Counseling, Pregnant and Post-Partum Women Pilot). Through this work she worked with partners and experts in the field to identify prevention, treatment and recovery support needs for individuals and families at risk for or struggling with substance, opioid, and stimulant use disorders. Collaboratively, she designed training and technical assistance to enhance access to evidence-based treatment across the behavioral health continuum. Bobbi has worked in the EMS, healthcare, and public health systems since 1995 and earned an undergraduate degree in Organizational Communication from Montana State University, a certificate in Public Health Management from the University of Washington, and is currently pursuing a master’s degree in public health and public administration through the University of Montana.

  Event Description Over the past 20 years, a growing understanding of the pervasive and harmful impact of traumatic events on individuals, families and communities has led to the emergence of research on the effects of trauma and treatment strategies to address mental health. According to SAMSHA, trauma is a widespread, harmful, and costly public health problem, occurring as a result of violence, abuse, neglect, loss, disaster, war and other emotionally harmful experiences. While many people who experience a traumatic event do not have lasting negative effects, others experience more difficulty with traumatic stress reactions. Emerging research has documented the relationships among exposure to traumatic events, impaired neurodevelopmental and immune systems responses and subsequent health risk behaviors resulting in chronic physical or behavioral health disorders. Studies in criminal justice and child welfare systems reveal high rates of mental health. There are no boundaries when it comes to trauma with regard to age, gender, socioeconomic status, race, ethnicity, geography or sexual orientation. This 7-week online learning series will increase the skill level of behavioral health professionals working in rural areas to define and recognize trauma in individuals. Rural practitioners who are able to help participants manage their symptoms using a strength-based approach minimize the retraumatization and provide supports that are trauma informed.   WHEN: Every Tuesday, January 16 – February 27, 2024 from 12:00 – 1:30 PM Mountain/1:00 – 2:30 PM Central   OBJECTIVES: Describe the core components of trauma Identify initial and ongoing reactions to trauma   Describe the effects of trauma on learning Outline the Polyvagal Theory to conceptualize trauma Identify the key principles of a trauma-informed approach for treating mental health disorders using DSM 5 criteria Review common experiences that produce traumatic impact and posttraumatic growth Review the relationship between childhood trauma and suicidal ideation Discuss treatment planning for trauma using strength-based approaches    TARGET AUDIENCE: Rural professionals in behavioral health, mental health, and medical practitioners located in the Mountain Pains MHTTC Region (HHS Region 8: Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming).   PARTICIPANT COMMITMENT & EXPECTATIONS: Attend a live 1-hour Orientation Session on January 16 at 12:00 pm Mountain/1:00 pm Central Commit to 6-weeks of training for 1.5 hours weekly on scheduled series days/times and complete 1-hour of weekly learning activities Access to appropriate technology to utilize online videoconferencing platform (i.e., an internet connection, built-in or USB webcam, computer/tablet, built-in/USB/Bluetooth speakers and microphone) Be prepared and actively engage while on camera during the scheduled series time   THERE IS NO COST TO PARTICIPATE Registration for this series is limited to 35 providers who work in Region 8 states on a first come first served basis (Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming). Once the 35 spots have been filled, registration will be closed. Due to limited enrollment, if you cannot commit to the full requirements, please defer this opportunity to others.   Note: Registrants enrolled in this series are required to attend the orientation and Week 1 sessions. If you cannot attend these sessions, you will forfeit your attendance. In addition, it is expected that participants will have access to the appropriate technology by Week 1 to be able fully participate and be on camera during the session. This is not a webinar series and active participation is required to gain/improve skills. CONTINUING EDUCATION:  The series has been approved for a total of 16 contact hours (15-hours content instruction and 1-hour orientation session). No credit will be awarded for non-attendance or partial attendance. The knowledge and skills learned should be applied within the framework of any applicable Operating and/or Credentialing regulations in your State of practice.   ACCESSIBILITY:  If any accommodations are needed, please contact us at [email protected] or by phone at 775-784-6265. Requests should be made as soon as possible and preferably at least two weeks prior to the scheduled event. Trainer Kate Speck, PhD, MAC, LADC

About this Event: Join us for the first session in our 4-part series "Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT): From Introduction to Applied Practice." Throughout the series, the instructor will introduce participants to the tenets of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and guide them from the introductory stage to applied practice with different mental health conditions and scenarios. Participants will learn and practice strategies from each tenet of ACT ranging from brief interventions to more in-depth processes. Case examples will be used throughout, and participants will have the opportunity to ask the instructor questions as well as practice different strategies and processes with guided prompts. Session 1: Introduction to the ACT framework  The first session will introduce the complete ACT framework and ACT hexaflex and provide an overarching discussion of the goals of this psychotherapy orientation. Similarities and differences with other orientations will also be discussed to contextualize the ACT perspective. This session will also introduce the area of Creative Hopelessness and begin discussion around case conceptualization. Resources for ongoing learning will also be discussed. To register for other sessions in this series, please click here!

  Effective school-based mental health service provision can be enhanced by collaboration with allied providers outside of the school context. Services to students may be strengthened when professionals collaborate across roles and institutions. For example, schools can partner with outpatient or community mental health clinics, inpatient psychiatric units, physicians, community organizations, and religious or cultural institutions. When planning for continuity of care across settings, providers must be aware of legal and ethical requirements, differentiated roles and duties of various collaborators, and best practices for information sharing and joint decision making.     LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Understand the legal and ethical requirements associated with school collaboration with external mental health providers Identify the roles and functions of a variety of external mental health providers, including interactions with school systems and school-based care Prepare to implement effective engagement strategies for interprofessional care     CERTIFICATES: Registrants who fully attend this event or training will receive a certificate of attendance. Certificates are disseminated via email to all qualifying individuals approximately two weeks after the conclusion of the event or training.      PRESENTERS: Miranda Zahn, PhD, MCSP Miranda Zahn, PhD, NCSP, is an Assistant Professor of School Psychology at the University of South Dakota. She conducts research, training, and technical assistance in school-based mental health services. Specifically, Miranda focuses on the role of teachers in school supports for youth mental health, effective and supportive mental health training for school psychology graduate students, and enhancing the well-being of adults and youth in schools and youth-serving organizations through systems reform. In addition, Miranda is a school psychologist and school mental health provider at Nebraska’s Educational Service Unit #1, where she provides direct services to youth as well as training and systems consultation to schools, a faculty member in South Dakota’s Leadership and Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities (LEND) interdisciplinary training program, and a consultant for the National Center for School Mental Health.   Stephanie Campbell, PhD Dr. Stephanie Campbell is a half-Filipina, mid-fat, cisgender daughter of an immigrant who grew up in a one-stoplight town in Arkansas. She currently serves as the Crisis Liaison & Community Trainer for the Hawaiʻi DOH Child & Adolescent Mental Health Division. Dr. Campbell participates in systems-level interventions for statewide mental health crisis response & develops free training opportunities for community members and providers—including certification of new PC-CARE providers. Dr. Campbell's research centers around minoritized identities & their influence on mental health. She is especially interested in how experiences of race, body image, & weight stigma affect the wellbeing of children & adolescents—particularly in relation to the implications of culture, socioeconomic status, power/privilege, & gendered societal expectations. Outside of work, Dr. Campbell enjoys cooking without recipes, consuming an absurd amount of podcasts/YouTube, ocean paddling, & jigsaw puzzling.     The Great Lakes MHTTC is offering this training for individuals working in HHS Region 5: IL, IN, MI, MN, OH, WI. This training is being provided in response to a need identified by Region 5 stakeholders.

  This is part 2 of the Integrated Care Approach to Primary Care Behavioral Health series Event Description An Integrated Approach to Primary Care Behavioral Health: Part Two In this continuation from session one, participants will become familiar with the clinical aspects of PCBH work. This will include screening for behavioral health concerns, learning how to conduct brief visits with targeted interventions, documentation, collaborative care work with consulting psychiatrists, the use of SBIRT, and other strategies. Trainer Robin Landwehr   Robin is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) who holds a Master of Science degree in mental health counseling from Capella University, and a Doctor of Behavioral Health (DBH) degree from Arizona State University. She currently serves as the Integrated Care Director at a Federally Qualified Health Center, and has a small private practice.  During her career, Robin has been fortunate enough to be involved in numerous writing projects and trainings, practiced as part of a collaborative care team, and provided clinical supervision. Her experience as a clinical counselor includes assisting individuals struggling with trauma, depression, anxiety, health behaviors, substance abuse, and other issues. She is a certified instructor in the Question, Persuade, Refer (QPR) and Counseling on Access to Lethal Means (CALM) suicide prevention programs. 

This learning community is closed to select participants.  To learn more about this series, visit the homepage: Implementing Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) in Kansas  

Event Description This is Session 1 of 2 of Understanding College Mental Health Needs and Solutions in 2024. This 2-part webinar series addresses the current trends of mental health on college campuses and technology-based options that can effectively address them.     As colleges and universities move to address the ever-growing student mental health needs on and off campus, coupled with complex hybrid learning environments as a result of the pandemic, many institutions are now offering a plethora of student support resources across multiple modalities. Despite the increases in offered services, many counseling centers continue to be stretched thin. The causes are many including, but not limited to continuously increasing student behavioral health needs (with onsets both prior to and post-enrollment), disconnected messaging of offered services; and unintentional systemic barriers that can disproportionately impact underrepresented student populations. Given these dynamics, it is essential that campus communities focus on behavioral health models that meet students on their terms, connecting them with the right level of care at the right time. In Session 1, using current data, this presentation will review and analyze macro behavioral health trends on campus over the past decade.   Learning Objectives:   Analyze macro behavioral health trends on campus over the past decade, leading to correlated changes in student help-seeking behaviors and expectations of available support services on campus.   Reflect upon participants’ campus strengths and growth edges with respect to mental health and wellness offerings.    Evaluate the benefits of implementing a stepped-care model to decrease stigma, increase student engagement, and maximize available mental health and well-being resources to support student health and subsequent success.  Analyze the benefits, as well as challenges, of offering evidence-based, inclusive, multiple-modality student support services on campus aimed at supporting mental health and well-being.   Trainer Nathaan Demers, Psy.D., Director of Strategic Partnerships, Mantra Health Nathaan is a clinical psychologist with experience in a variety of clinical settings including community mental health, therapeutic boarding schools, integrated primary care, and most notably college counseling. In addition to his clinical work, he has implemented a variety of programs at the state/regional/national level, and completed his dissertation on the construct of “maturity” with adolescent and young adult populations. For the past decade, Nathaan has been a thought leader, national speaker, and innovator in the digital behavioral health space, specifically researching and developing holistic behavioral health interventions for institutions of higher education. Currently, Nathaan is the Director of Strategic Partnerships with Mantra Health, the preeminent digital mental health provider bringing accessible, high-quality mental health and wellness solutions to colleges and universities.