Past Events

The Peer Support Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes (PS ECHO) is a movement to share knowledge, and amplify capacity to provide best practices. The PS ECHO is an online community for Peer Recovery Specialist and Mental Health Peers to: Share community and statewide resources Learn new skills and tools for doing peer work Meet and connect with other peers    

The First Episode Psychosis (FEP) monthly mentoring call hosted by the South Southwest MHTTC provides technical assistance and an open discussion platform for mental health workers offering services for FEP and clinical high risk populations.

The NWPBIS Network, Sound Supports, and Inua Group are joining together to bring you a quality day of webinars with content around adapting systems to respond to the current and changing school environments. This event is sponsored in part by the school mental health supplement to the Northwest MHTTC. About the Event: Join us on August 13th for a morning, or afternoon session, or the entire day! Morning Sessions: 9:00 - 11:00am (PST) Afternoon Sessions: 1:00 - 3:00pm (PST)   This one day Summer Institute is focused on mental health supports for students & staff. Join us for sessions on mental health, returning to school, SEL, Tier 2 distance-learning supports, and more. Susan Barrett, from the National PBIS TA Center, is our guest speaker with an Introduction on Mental Health in PBIS.   >> Clock hours will be offered through the NWPBIS Network, each session earns 1.5 hours. >> Recorded webinars will be available for purchase after the event.    Webinar session subjects include: Relaunching Schools Supporting Student Engagement & Success Multi-Tiered Systems of Support Interconnected Systems Framework (ISF)  Social Emotional Learning Tier 2 Intervention Learn more and access presentation materials & recordings after the event here. 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.

Join us for this three-part series on addressing suicide in Indian Country. Over the course of these three sessions, we hope to give providers the tools and understanding of this issue that will help prepare them for addressing this with clients, as well as maintaining personal wellbeing. Session 1, June 10: Introduction and General Knowledge Avis Garcia, PhD, LAT, LPC, NCC 1-2 EDT . 12-1 CDT . 11-12 MDT . 10-11 PDT . 9-10 ADT Session 2, July 8: Adolescents and the Changing Brain Ken Winters, PhD 1-2 EDT . 12-1 CDT . 11-12 MDT . 10-11 PDT . 9-10 ADT Session 3, August 12: Holding on to Hope: Tools for providers to help someone experiencing suicidal ideation Avis Garcia, PhD, LAT, LPC, NCC 1-2 EDT . 12-1 CDT . 11-12 MDT . 10-11 PDT . 9-10 ADT    

Abuse by an intimate partner is associated with a range of mental health consequences, further amplified in the context of structural inequities, ongoing danger, and coercive control. While more research is needed on IPV-specific treatment interventions, evidence indicates that interventions that are adapted to meet the specific needs of survivors of IPV are most effective. This 1-hour session will provide a framework for mental health treatment in the context of IPV, including IPV-specific treatment strategies, trauma treatment in the context of IPV, and strategies for incorporating an IPV- and trauma-informed approach. Learning Objectives By participating in this session, attendees will be able to: Identify at least three strategies for increasing their responsiveness to survivors of IPV within existing mental health services.  Become familiar with evidence-based, evidence-informed, and promising practices for the treatment of trauma in the context of IPV.  Describe at least three components of adapting evidence-based practices to be more responsive to the needs of survivors of IPV. Actively collaborate with survivors of IPV to develop individualized, person-centered safety strategies in the context of mental health services. Navigate the tools, strategies, and resources in NCDVTMH’s Coercion Related to Mental Health and Substance Use in the Context of Intimate Partner Violence Toolkit. Speakers: Carole Warshaw, MD, is the Director of the National Center on Domestic Violence, Trauma & Mental Health. Dr. Warshaw has been at the forefront of developing collaborative models and building system capacity to address the mental health, substance use and advocacy concerns of survivors of DV and other trauma, and to create accessible, culturally responsive, domestic violence- and trauma-informed services and organizations. She has written and spoken extensively on these topics both nationally and internationally and has served as an advisor to numerous health, mental health and advocacy organizations and federal agencies, including the U.S. Department of Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE). She also served on the National Research Council Committee on the Assessment of Family Violence Interventions. Dr. Warshaw has maintained a private practice in psychiatry since 1989 and is a faculty member in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Illinois.   Gabriela Zapata-Alma, LCSW, CADC, is the Director of Policy and Practice on Domestic Violence and Substance Use at the National Center on Domestic Violence, Trauma & Mental Health, as well as faculty at The University of Chicago, where they coordinate the Advanced Alcohol and Other Drug Counselor certification program at the School of Social Service Administration. Gabriela brings over 15 years of experience supporting people impacted by violence, mental health conditions, substance use disorders, trauma, housing instability, and HIV/AIDS; providing counseling, training, advocacy, and policy consultation; and leading programs using trauma-informed approaches, Motivational Interviewing, harm reduction, gender-responsive care, Housing First, and third-wave behavioral interventions. Gabriela has been recognized with numerous awards, including Health & Medicine Policy Research Group’s 2018 Health Award, and the 2017 Rising Star Award from the Illinois chapter of the National Association for Addiction Professionals (NAADAC).   Note: This is the second session of the Working at the Intersection of Intimate Partner Violence and Mental Health Series, an online series brought to you by the MHTTC Network and the National Center for Domestic Violence, Trauma, and Mental Health. For more information on the series and other upcoming sessions, please click here.

FREE CEU TRAINING SPONSORED BY OPRE The State of New Mexico Office of Peer Recovery and Engagement and the National Hispanic & Latino Mental Health Technology Transfer Center will offer a peer focused webinar that considers cultural elements of the Hispanic and Latino populations with indigenous perspectives and approaches. The goal of this virtual training is to increase the awareness and abilities of peer workers in their use of cultural elements when working with Hispanic and Latino clients. This virtual training will provide a description of the current distribution of Hispanic and Latino populations living in the United States, their characteristics, barriers to services including disparities in mental health treatment, and concepts that may be useful in the delivery of mental health treatment of Hispanics and Latinos living in the United States.   Who should attend? This is an intermediate level educational event designed for peer workers, coordinators, and administrators.     About the presenter:      J Rocky Romero, PhD, LMSW - Dr. J Rocky Romero is the CEO and owner of JR Romero & Associates, a training and consultant company he started almost 20 years ago. In addition, Dr. Romero is a former Assistant Professor for New Mexico Highlands University School of Social Work in Albuquerque, NM. He served as the co-chair for Governor Richardson’s appointed NM Higher Education Department on Cultural Competency Task-Force. Dr. Romero has also served as an Executive Council member for the NM-Consortium for Behavioral Health Training and Research. In addition, Dr. Romero completed his doctoral studies at the University of New Mexico in Language, Literacy and Sociocultural Studies. Dr. Romero has been a trainer and consultant for the NHL-MHTTC for the last 10 years. He is focused on culturally appropriate treatment while focusing on reducing health disparities for people of color.   Please read the following before registering:  The National Hispanic and Latino Mental Health Technology Transfer Center use GoToWebinar as our online event system.  Audio for the event is accessible via the internet. To receive audio, attendees must join the event by using computers equipped with speakers or dial in via telephone.  After registration, a confirmation email will be generated with instructions for joining the event. To avoid problems with log-in, please use the confirmation email to join the event.  

Part of a 10-hour Motivational Interviewing class that will be held in 2-hour sessions on a weekly basis for 5 weeks. Training objectives for family home visiting staff include: Learn how to help families increase motivation related to their goals and identify barriers to growth. Gain helpful tools that can guide participants to reach their goals. Introduction to Motivational Interviewing concepts such as: focusing on growing opportunities, recognizing change talk and feeling out of balance (ambivalence), adjusting to resistance, and supporting confidence and hope.  *This is a closed event and only available to those that applied ahead of time. Please reach out to [email protected] with any questions. 

ABOUT THE EVENT: In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, PK-12 schools across the United States closed and educators quickly pivoted to remote and continuous learning opportunities to protect students and society as a whole from the deadly coronavirus – COVID-19. As educational leaders across the country navigate the complexities for providing instruction during the 2020-2021 academic year, questions have arisen regarding systematic screening practices. In this presentation, we offer considerations by Lane and Oakes (2020) for conducting systematic screenings for internalizing and externalizing behaviors in the COVID-19 era. We recommend educators continue to screen, use multiple sources of data to inform programming, and screen responsibly. *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 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. LEARN MORE AND ACCESS EVENT MATERIALS & RECORDING HERE AFTER THE EVENT. About the Presenter: Kathleen Lynne Lane, Ph.D., BCBA-D, CF-L1 Kathleen Lynne Lane is a Professor in the Department of Special Education at the University of Kansas and Associate Vice Chancellor for Research. Dr. Lane’s research interests focus on designing, implementing, and evaluating comprehensive, integrated, three-tiered (Ci3T) models of prevention to (a) prevent the development of learning and behavior challenges and (b) respond to existing instances, with an emphasis on systematic screening. She is currently the President Elect of the Council for Exceptional Children Division for Research (CEC-DR). She is the co-editor of Remedial and Special Education and Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions. Dr. Lane has co-authored 11 books and published over 200 refereed journal articles and 40 book chapters.   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.

Whether you’re a counselor, teacher, or social worker, serving children is hard. You’re taking care of everyone, and often feel exhausted. This series of 12 self-compassion sessions teach you how to care for yourself in the moment that you most need it. Research has shown that those who are more self-compassionate experience less stress, anxiety, and depression, are more resilient, and better able to deal with emotional challenges. Drawn from the internationally-acclaimed Mindful Self-Compassion program, which was created by Dr. Kristin Neff (educational psychologist at University of Texas, Austin) and Dr. Chris Germer, (clinical psychologist, Harvard University), the sessions will be comprised of didactic presentations, guided practices, and discussions which will offer specific tools that you can use to give yourself the support you deserve.

The Northwest MHTTC and Pacific Southwest MHTTC are excited to bring you a 5-part discussion hour series to deepen your knowledge around Interconnected Systems Framework.   The ISF Discussion Hours are part of a collaboration between the Northwest & Pacific Southwest MHTTC's to bring you training and technical assistance on the Interconnected Systems Framework. Click here to learn more about our 3-part webinar series and access recordings and presentation materials.  About the Discussion Hours: Did you register and attend one or more of our ISF Webinar Series and want to learn and discuss more with colleagues? Webinars are the launch of learning, and we know that while our three, 60-minute webinars helped us gain foundational language and hear from leaders in the field, many of you wanted the chance to share with one another, ask questions, and continue the intensive discourse needed to create transformational educational environments through ISF.   Join us for five extension Interconnected Systems Framework Discussion Hours to deepen your knowledge. These sessions are supported by Susan Barrett & our ISF Field Leaders, and made meaningful with your participation. Presenters & participants will share their ISF implementation challenges, celebrations, and lessons learned or learning.   **Learn more and access all presentation materials and recordings after the event here.**   Prerequisites:  We strongly ask that if you are joining one or more of the ISF Discussion hours, please 1) download and read the three ISF Fact Sheets and 2) watch or listen to the three ISF Webinar Series recordings. You can access all fact sheets & webinar recordings here. 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.

Time: 3:30pm - 4:30pm PT View full announcement   Webinars are the launch of learning, and we know that while our 60-minute sessions helped us gain foundational language and hear from leaders in the field, many of you wanted the chance to share with one another, ask questions, and continue the intensive discourse needed to create transformational educational environments through ISF. Join us for five extension Interconnected Systems Framework Discussion Hours hosted by the Northwest and Pacific Southwest MHTTC. These sessions are supported by Susan Barrett & our ISF Field Leaders, and made meaningful with your participation. Presenters & participants will share their ISF implementation challenges, celebrations, and lessons learned or learning.   WHAT: A series of five Discussion Hours for school mental health practitioners from Regions 9 and 10 who want to share experiences, resources, and ask and answer questions. Each ISF Discussion Hour will be hosted by an MHTTC School Mental Health Lead and supported by an ISF Field Leader. Each session will be themed to focus our learning and discussion.  

 “Strategies of Support for Mental Health Providers” - Empowering one another during times of crisis This is the eighth session of a weekly open forum to listen and share suggestions and 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. Discussion will be facilitated by Sean A. Bear, BA, Meskwaki; Matt Ignacio, PhC, MSSW, Tohono O’odham; and Anne Helene Skinstad, PhD. Times for next 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

This one and half-hour online session will provide an overview of the sociopolitical stressors impacting the psychological wellbeing of undocumented immigrants in the US, including recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. The training will also include a review of the cultural strengths and resilience exhibited by this immigrant community. Lastly, this training will provide a review of cultural competencies for clinicians to work with this community, including social justice frameworks.   Who should attend? This is an intermediate level workshop designed for mental health providers, school mental health providers, and school administrators.   About the presenter:    Germán Cadenas, PhD - Dr. Germán Cadenas has a background in activism and community organizing. He was involved in creating programs and non-profit organizations to support advocacy for immigrant rights and the education of undocumented and DACA students. He chairs the Immigration Working Group of the American Psychological Association's Peace Psychology Division and serves on the Liberation Incubator of the Counseling Psychology Division. He completed his Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology at Arizona State University, and his Doctoral Internship and Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of California Berkeley.   Please read the following before registering:    The National Hispanic and Latino Mental Health Technology Transfer Center use GoToWebinar as our online event system.  Audio for the event is accessible via the internet. To receive audio, attendees must join the event by using computers equipped with speakers or dial in via telephone.  After registration, a confirmation email will be generated with instructions for joining the event. To avoid problems with log-in, please use the confirmation email to join the event.  

  About the Event:  The Community Assessment for Public Health Emergency Response (CASPER) is an epidemiologic technique designed to provide household-based information about a community’s needs in a timely, inexpensive, and representative manner. While CASPER is well established in determining the needs and health status of the community, it is increasingly being piloted to assess mental and behavioral health. This webinar will present an overview of CASPER, its impact, and examples to highlight how CASPER can be useful to assess and monitor behavioral health.   Key Learning Objectives:  1. Describe CASPER, including modified CASPERs, and how they can be used to assess behavioral health;  2. Explain CASPER methodology, including development of questions, selection of households to survey, and interpretation of results; 3. Summarize the impact of past CASPERs and how implementation can be beneficial to your agency.    About the Presenter:  Amy Helene Schnall has been an epidemiologist on the Disaster Epidemiology and Response Team with CDC's National Center for Environmental Health since 2008. She focuses on surveillance and assessments throughout the disaster cycle. Ms. Schnall leads Community Assessment for Public Health Emergency Response (CASPER), National Chemical and Radiological Surveillance, and Disaster Epidemiology Training programs and has been involved in numerous responses.       

  Series Description This series will bring together outpatient providers from across the state of Colorado to discuss the key components related to competency restoration. Participants will engage in a collaborative learning environment with other practitioners, discuss skill implementation, and review case examples with one another. Participants will meet once a month for one hour to engage in collaborative learning. This is a closed group. If you are interested in similar programming, please contact David Terry at [email protected]. Session Topics March 10, 2020 - Competency 101 April 8, 2020 - Competency and Brain Injury May 12, 2020 - Trauma-Informed Care June 9, 2020 - Connecting to Intellectual and Developmental Disability Resources July 14, 2020 - Conversation with a Judge - Judge Shamis August 11, 2020 - The Momentum Program: Additional Funding Resources

Rescheduled from original date of August 4, 2020. Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) is a multidisciplinary, team-based model that provides intensive community-based and outreach-oriented services to people who experience the most severe and persistent mental illness. The vast majority also have a co-occurring substance use disorder and many experience comorbid medical illnesses as well as homelessness. This is a vulnerable population and their providers – ACT teams – are at elevated risk themselves during the COVID-19 pandemic. We are hosting a meet-up for non-provider ACT stakeholders who assume a role of overseeing ACT from a mental health authority perspective, funding ACT, providing ACT training and technical supports, which includes leading ACT fidelity reviews. The intent is to create a unique space to share challenges and solutions related ACT operations and services during the COVID-19 pandemic. This meet-up is hosted by Lorna Moser, PhD, of the Institute for Best Practices, UNC Center for Excellence in Community Mental Health and Maria Monroe-DeVita, PhD of the University of Washington Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and the Northwest Mental Health Technology Transfer Center (MHTTC), the sponsor for these ACT meet-up events. For more information or questions, contact: Lorna Moser, PhD, Director of the UNC ACT Technical Assistance Center in the UNC Department of Psychiatry’s Center for Excellence in Community Mental Health; and Coordinator of the North Carolina ACT Coalition. Maria Monroe-DeVita, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington School of Medicine; Co-Director of the Northwest MHTTC; and Director, Washington State Center of Excellence in First Episode Psychosis.    

**This session is presented in Spanish | Esta sesion es en español*** The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has illuminated existing inequities with the burden of the crisis falling on people of color and other disenfranchised groups. Using a framework that integrates social justice, diversity- and trauma-informed practice, this webinar will offer an overview of the impact of the intersection of structural inequities and the pandemic on children ages zero to five in Latin American families. In this context, intimate partner violence will be addressed and its implications will be explored from the perspective of the young child, the caregiver/parent, and the child-parent/caregiver relationships. Note: Certificates of attendance will be provided to all who attend at least 50% (30 minutes) of the live webinar. CEUs are not available for these sessions. Cuando los Monstruos Viven con Nosotros: Reflexiones sobre el Impacto de la Intersección de las Inequidades Estructurales, el COVID-19 y la Violencia de Pareja en los Niños Pequeños en Familias Latinoamericanas El impacto de la pandemia del COVID-19 ha iluminado las inequidades existentes con la carga de la crisis recayendo en las personas representando minorías raciales y étnicas y otros grupos marginalizados. Partiendo de un encuadre que integra la justicia social y las prácticas informadas en la diversidad y el trauma, esta charla virtual ofrecerá una visión general sobre el impacto de la intersección de las inequidades estructurales y la pandemia en los niños de cero a cinco años en familias Latinoamericanas. Se abordará la violencia de pareja en este contexto y sus implicaciones desde la perspectiva del niño pequeño, el cuidador / padre y las relaciones de apego. Nota: Todas las sesiones de 1 hora tomarán lugar a las 10 a.m. PT / 12 p.m. CT / 1 p.m. ET. Se proporcionarán certificados de asistencia a todos los que asistan al menos 50% (30 minutos) de la sesión en vivo. CEUs no están disponibles para estas sesiones. Speakers: Carmen Rosa Noroña, LICSW, MSW, MS. Ed., IECMH-E® (Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Mentor-Clinical), is originally from Ecuador. For over 25 years, she has provided clinical services to young children and their families in a variety of settings. She currently is the Child Trauma Clinical Services and Training Lead at Child Witness to Violence Project and the Associate Director of the Boston Site Early Trauma Treatment Network at Boston Medical Center, an NCTSN Category II center. She is a Child-Parent Psychotherapy National Trainer, an expert faculty of the Diagnostic Classification of Mental Health and Developmental Disorders of Infancy and Early Childhood Training (DC: 0-5) and one of the developers of the Harris Professional Development Network Diversity Informed Tenets for Work with Infants Children and Families Initiative and of the Boston Medical Center Family Preparedness Plan for Immigrant Families. She is a former co-chair of the Culture Consortium of the National Child Traumatic Stress Network, and has adapted and translated materials for Spanish-speaking families affected by trauma. Carmen Rosa has also contributed to the literature in infant and early childhood mental health, diversity and immigration.   Wanda Vargas, Ph.D., is currently the Senior Psychologist at New York Presbyterian’s Family PEACE Trauma Treatment Center, an NCTSN Category III center, dedicates herself to improving the safety and well-being of underserved young children and caregivers who have been exposed to trauma. Dr. Vargas immigrated to the United States from the Dominican Republic at the young age of 3, and later earned a Ph.D. in the combined Clinical and School Psychology program at Hofstra University where she developed an interest in maternal stress and mother-child dyads. Through her leadership at Family PEACE, Dr. Vargas has been working on creating a trauma-informed approach to identifying at-risk young children and developing programming that is client-centered and culturally attuned to the needs of the community, in the hopes of fulfilling a dream of one day being able to break the intergenerational transmission of trauma for our nation’s children.   Note: This is the final session of the Preventing and Responding to Family Violence During COVID-19 Series, an online series brought to you by the MHTTC Network and the National Child Traumatic Stress Network. For more information on the series and to access recordings and resources from previous sessions, please click here.

The Southeast MHTTC is pleased to offer a series of Consultation Office Hours around navigating mental health service provision concerns for Mental Health Care Facilities and Administrators. Expert consultants devote the first segment of each hour-long session to a specific topic and then address questions pre-submitted by registrants.

FACULTY FACILITATORS                       SERIES DESCRIPTION The Central East MHTTC in collaboration with the National ​Center for School Mental Health is pleased to offer a school mental health webinar series with a focus on advancing high quality, sustainable school mental health from a multi-tiered system of support, trauma sensitive, and culturally responsive and equitable lens. ​To familiarize yourself with the foundations of school mental health, please review the school mental health guidance document​. Download the Series flyer here.   OBJECTIVES Gain ​increased awareness of high quality, sustainable multi-tiered system of school mental health supports and services Support ​trauma-informed systems in schools Discover ​the impacts of social determinants of health on student academic and social-emotional-behavioral success Learn ​to provide more culturally responsive and equitable services and supports Hear ​perspectives on school mental health from school, district and state levels Obtain insight into how youth, families, schools and communities can best work together to address student mental health needs   WHO SHOULD ATTEND? Educators, ​Administrators, Health and Behavioral Health Care Professionals, Child-Serving Agency Staff, Policymakers and Advocates interested in improving high quality, sustainable school mental health across a multi-tiered system of support.   Scheduled Webinars for July and August Wednesday, July 29, 2020 / 12:00-1:00 PM ET Trauma Responsive Schools Implementation Assessment ​Register   Monday, August 3 / 12:00-1:30 PM ET  Youth Perspectives on COVID-19, Racism, and Returning to School Register   Wednesday, August 5 / 12:00-1:00 PM ET The School Health Assessment and Performance Evaluation System ​Register   Monday, August 10 / 11:00-12:30 PM ET  What Can Schools Do to Address Inequalities, Racism, and Social Injustices ​Register     Registration questions, Sylvia Huntley, [email protected] 410-706-0981

The American Indian and Alaska Native ATTC and MHTTC have invited spiritual leaders from American Indian and Alaska Native communities to come together to discuss the importance of spirituality in our culture. Continuing discussions will cover broader topics of spirituality in Native American and Alaska Native culture, and will be open for all participants to join the discussion. Bi-weekly on Fridays 2-4 EDT . 1-3 CDT . 12-2 MDT . 11-1 PDT . 10-12 ADT

This one and half-hour online session will provide information on 10th, 11th, and 12th largest population of Hispanic origin living in the United States, the Ecuadorians, Peruvians, and Nicaraguans; each group accounted for 1% of the U.S. Hispanic population in 2017. The presenter will provide information about the languages, traditions, customs, values, spirituality, and the social, historical, and political context that led them to immigrate to the United States. Also, they will discuss migration trauma and its impact on mental health.   Who should attend? This is a basic level workshop designed for mental health providers, school mental health providers, and school administrators.       About the presenters:  Javier Ramirez, MA, MA- Javier Nahum Ramirez Elias is a Nawat from his father's side and Lenka from his mother's side, born in El Salvador. He has earned two master degrees: one in Latin American Studies with the focus in History and Political Science of the region, and the second one in Cultural Anthropology with an emphasis in the diaspora and immigration process of Central Americans. Works with various community organizations providing health and social services to diverse communities in the Greater Los Angeles Area. Currently, he is the Program Director of Teen Family Services at El Nido Family Centers, and a Lecturer on Latin American Studies and Chicano Studies at California State University Los Angeles. Mrs. Thelma Garcia- Mrs. Thelma Garcia is the 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. 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's issues. She serves on various community advisory boards, planning task forces and committees where she builds strong professional relationships with local and statewide organizations.   Please read the following before registering:  The National Hispanic and Latino Mental Health Technology Transfer Center use GoToWebinar as our online event system.  Audio for the event is accessible via the internet. To receive audio, attendees must join the event by using computers equipped with speakers or dial in via telephone.  After registration, a confirmation email will be generated with instructions for joining the event. To avoid problems with log-in, please use the confirmation email to join the event.  

This is the second learning session of the series Supporting School Mental Health in the Context of Racial Violence that is intended for students, families, educators and school mental health professionals who are navigating the impact of racial violence on student mental health. This 1.5 hour learning session will feature a moderator who will engage advocates, leaders and the school mental health workforce in a conversation that focuses on:   Strategies for supporting students’ mental health while navigating racial violence (in and out of school); Opportunities for the field to improve its commitment to fostering a workforce ready, able and willing to hold racial violence as a mental health issue; Steps we might take to advance school mental health supports for students experiencing racial violence.   Note: A recording of the learning session will be made available in the MHTTC Products and Resource Catalog. Certificates of completion are available to viewers of 50% (45 minutes) or more of the live webinar. CEUs are not available for this session.      

There’s no denying that early trauma and toxic stress changes the brain. But if toxic stress changes the brain, healing changes the brain too! Resilience is about our brain and nervous system’s ability to recover after adversity. Of the 14 questions on the Resilience Questionnaire (Rains & McClinn, 2013), 12 of them are related to relationship! Although some aspects of resilience are temperament based, parents and professionals can take specific steps to nurture a child’s resilience for future stress and adversity. With a focus on using connection, movement, and play as ways to cultivate resilience in children and families, this session will weave together didactic teaching with experiential activities. Speaker:  Robyn Gobbel, LCSW, LMSW, RPT-Shas  

This private event is the kickoff webinar for the Culture of Wellness Training Series with Westside Community Schools in Omaha, Nebraska. The series will continue with monthly meetings throughout the school year.