Past Events

Learn from behavioral health experts in program development, implementation, and evaluation to position your program for sustainable success!   Featuring Pam Baston, MPA, MCAP, CPP; and Kathy Meyers, PhD   *This is a closed event and only available to those that applied ahead of time. Please reach out to [email protected] with any questions. 

*Please note, this series is full. Contact Megan Dotson if you have any questions. Telebehavioral health and recovery support can assist with the expansion of services and improve client outcomes. It is essential to ensure that professionals providing services using videoconferencing mediums obtain comprehensive and specific training and supervision to offer the best quality of care. This series offers a unique interactive experience that provides shared consultation to professionals delivering counseling in an online environment. The series is structured to provide online consultation, skill-based learning and practice, group and self-study activities, reading assignments, and discussion on topics essential to providing services using videoconferencing.   Skills-based Videoconferencing Every Wednesday, July 15 - August 26, 2020  10:00 - 11:30 am Alaska  11:00 am - 12:30 pm Pacific  12:00 - 1:30 pm Mountain  1:00 - 2:30 pm Central  2:00 - 3:30 pm Eastern

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 

Time: 10 - 11am PT (view your time zone) Third Wednesday of Each Month   Do you work with youth and young adults of transition age in California? If so, we hope you will join us for the California TAY Professional Learning Community (PLC). The CA TAY PLC is a monthly community learning forum on topics relevant to TAY-serving providers, advocates, champions, and allies. We want to bring together diverse expertise from across sectors, so please feel free to share this opportunity widely. These PLC sessions take place during the third Wednesday of each month from 10 - 11am PT.

 “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

  Rural Social Isolation and Loneliness: Rates, Importance, and Identifying Risk  This is session one in a three part series on rural social isolation and loneliness among aged adults. In this session, participants will learn about loneliness and social isolation among older adults in rural and urban areas. Dr. Henning Smith will speak to the data, what we know, how social isolation and loneliness are unique in rural areas, and how rural social isolation is a health and mortality risk factor. She will discuss what has changed as a result of the current health pandemic, how can we prepare rural providers to ask questions to determine isolation/loneliness, and what can we do for rural people who are experiencing isolation/loneliness.   Trainer Dr. Carrie Henning Smith, PhD, MPH, MSW Assistant Professor, Division of Health Policy and Management Deputy Director, University of Minnesota Rural Health Research Center; University of Minnesota School of Public Health Dr. Carrie Henning-Smith, PhD, MPH, MSW is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Health Policy and Management at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health and is the Deputy Director of the University of Minnesota Rural Health Research Center. Dr. Henning-Smith’s research focuses on health equity, with a particular emphasis on rural residents, older adults, and historically marginalized populations. She is a past Fellow of the National Rural Health Association, and serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of Rural Health and Journal of Applied Gerontology. Dr. Henning-Smith holds a BA in International Relations from Claremont McKenna College; master’s degrees in public health and social work, along with a certificate in gerontology from the University of Michigan; and a PhD in health services research with a minor in demography from the University of Minnesota.     Session Two The Evolving Nature of Social Connections: Promoting Well-Being in Times of Crisis July 22, 2020 8:00-9:30 am MT   Register now Learn more about this training Session Three Rural but Reachable: How to Build Grief Support by Creating Community July 28, 2020 11:00 am - 12:00 pm MT   Register now Learn more about this training  

Through a case example of a family with young children who are at risk for continued experiences of domestic violence, this 1-hour webinar will: Discuss how to integrate a diversity and equity-informed stance that acknowledges sociocultural and historical trauma while addressing risk within families Demonstrate how to assess risk Identify points of entry for intervention in partnership with families to prevent escalation of violence Provide practical safety strategies Review ways to engage in supportive conversations with parents and children about violence   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. Speakers: Dr. Chandra Ghosh Ippen is the Associate Director and Dissemination Director of the Child Trauma Research Program at the University of California, San Francisco and the Early Trauma Treatment Network, a member of the National Child Traumatic Stress Network. She has worked on seven longitudinal studies and has conducted treatment outcome research on the effectiveness of psychosocial intervention programs with Spanish-speaking children and parents. As a first-generation East Indian/Japanese American, she is committed to examining how culture and context affect perception and mental health systems.   Dr. Carla Stover is a licensed clinical psychologist and Associate Professor at the Yale Child Study Center. Her clinical work has included acute/peri-traumatic responses to families impacted by violence and long-term evidence-based treatments including Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Child Parent Psychotherapy. Dr. Stover developed Fathers for Change, an intervention for fathers with histories of use of family violence and is conducting outpatient, residential treatment, and community implementation studies on the effectiveness of the intervention.   Note: This is the first 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 other upcoming sessions, please click here.

Expert consultants devote the first segment of each hour-long session to a specific topic and then address questions submitted by registrants. The Southeast MHTTC’s Consultation Office Hours provide intensive service, staff and operations consultation, and allow for an engaging Q&A session between the experts and participants. Meet the Expert: Dr. Lori Raney is a board-certified psychiatrist and Principal with Health Management Associates in Denver, Colorado. She is a national expert on the integration of primary care and behavioral health, the collaborative care model and implementation of measurement-based care strategies in community mental health settings. Dr. Raney has extensive experience in practice coaching, expertise in mental health service implementation, gap analysis and service design, and evidence-based practice implementation in community behavioral health settings.

This is a psychopharmacology consultation line with Dr. Matcheri Keshavan and Dr. Kevin Hill. If you are interested in taking part, please email your specific psychosis-related psychopharmacology questions before the call to [email protected]. If you do not have any questions, you are still welcome to join the call to listen!

Sarah Kopelovich, PhD, core faculty for the Northwest Mental Health Technology Transfer Center, is conducting a virtual session at NAMICon on July 13: "CBT for Psychosis: Evidence-based Training Program for Family and Caregivers." Dr. Kopelovich is an Assistant Professor and holds a Professorship in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Psychosis (CBTp) in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Washington. She has served as the Principal Investigator on foundation-, state-, and federally funded projects related to implementation of evidence-based treatments for psychosis. She oversees the Northwest CBTp Network, is a founding member and communications officer for the North American CBTp Network. CBT for psychosis (CBTp), an evidence-based treatment for schizophrenia spectrum disorders, emphasizes the involvement of family members in the treatment course. In addition, best practice dictates that natural supports are engaged in broader team-based care efforts. Unfortunately, these recommendations are poorly aligned with common practice. Psychosis REACH (Recovery by Enabling Adult Careers at Home) is a training for family members in CBTp-informed principles and skills. With philanthropic support, Drs. Doug Turkington (Newcastle University), Kate Hardy (Stanford University), Maria Monroe-DeVita and Sarah Kopelovich (University of Washington) launched Psychosis REACH in the U.S. Roughly 200 family members participated in the May, 2019 training; 30 received intensive training and consultation, and Train the Trainer planning is currently underway with guidance from a local Family and Caregiver Advisory Board. Family members were referred from agencies that comprise Washington State’s CBTp Provider Network, as well as by those without CBTp-trained providers. This presentation will report on the mental health outcomes among trainees up to 4-months post-training, which suggest that the training was helpful in reducing depression, anxiety, caregiver fatigue, and in improving attitudes toward psychosis.

This one and half-hour online session will provide information on the largest Hispanic and Latino population in the United States, the Mexican population. 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 how to engage them in the assessment, evaluation, and diagnosis of mental health illness.   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.  

Providing Mental Health Telehealth Services in Farming and Rural Communities Part three in a three-part series: Improving Mental Health Service Access for Farming and Rural Communities  This webinar will address how the COVID-19 pandemic affects access to care, specifically mental health services. Presenters will discuss how access to care is critical for farming and rural and frontier communities and highlight the unique barriers these communities face. Presenters will also provide information about telehealth service and resources, and how best practices developed prior and during the pandemic may provide longer-term solutions to mental health care access for farmers and rural communities. Participants will gain a deeper understanding of how telehealth services work and how these services are implemented in real-world settings.   Session Goals  Describe the impact of COVID-19 on access to telehealth in rural communities. What are the unique issues related to access to telehealth in rural communities (tie back to rural culture)? How can tele-health address concerns about stigma in access to treatment? How can we work best with schools to advance telehealth in rural communities?   Trainer Holly J. Roberts, PhD   Additional Resources Farm Stress and Mental Health Rural Mental Health Resources                      The American Psychological Association (APA) and Mental Health Technology Transfer Centers (MHTTC) in Region 5 (Great Lakes) and 8 (Mountain Plains) have identified opportunities to collaborate and disseminate information to better address the mental health needs surrounding the farming and American frontier communities, through psychological science and research.

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    

Providing Mental Health Telehealth Services in Farming and Rural Communities Part three in a three-part series: Improving Mental Health Service Access for Farming and Rural Communities  This webinar will address how the COVID-19 pandemic affects access to care, specifically mental health services. Presenters will discuss how access to care is critical for farming and rural and frontier communities and highlight the unique barriers these communities face. Presenters will also provide information about telehealth service and resources, and how best practices developed prior and during the pandemic may provide longer-term solutions to mental health care access for farmers and rural communities. Participants will gain a deeper understanding of how telehealth services work and how these services are implemented in real-world settings.   Session Goals  Describe the impact of COVID-19 on access to telehealth in rural communities. What are the unique issues related to access to telehealth in rural communities? How can telehealth address concerns about stigma in access to treatment? How can we work best with schools to advance telehealth in rural communities?   Trainers Holly J. Roberts, PhD Deborah C. Baker, JD Stephen Gillaspy, PhD   Additional Resources Farm Stress and Mental Health Rural Mental Health Resources                        The American Psychological Association (APA) and Mental Health Technology Transfer Centers (MHTTC) in Region 5 (Great Lakes) and 8 (Mountain Plains) have identified opportunities to collaborate and disseminate information to better address the mental health needs surrounding the farming and American frontier communities, through psychological science and research.

Expert consultants devote the first segment of each hour-long session to a specific topic and then address questions pre-submitted by registrants. The Southeast MHTTC’s Consultation Office Hours provide intensive service, staff and operations consultation, and allow for an engaging Q&A session between the experts and participants. Meet the Experts: Georgia Mental Health Consumer Network (GMHCN) is a nationally recognized leader in developing and implementing peer support services. A grassroots nonprofit agency which has been led and run by mental health peers for over 25 years, GMHCN provides advocacy, education and training in the area of peer services across the state of Georgia. GMHCN provides consultation and training to Region IV states in the areas of training and credentialing certified peer specialists.

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.

Times: 5pm ET / 2pm PT / 11am HT (view your time zone) Educators and school mental health leadership are resilient, creative, and tenacious, but they need to be supported to be able to provide support. In this period of stress and uncertainty, now is the time to gather and resource one another. In collaboration with the Meaning Makers Collective, we’re pleased to offer a series of School Mental Health Wellness Wednesdays. Each Wellness Wednesday is a 60-minute virtual session for the school mental health workforce to connect, reflect, and support each other. Led by Judee Fernandez and Michelle Kurta, Meaning Makers Collective.

Learn from behavioral health experts in program development, implementation, and evaluation to position your program for sustainable success!   Featuring Pam Baston, MPA, MCAP, CPP; and Kathy Meyers, PhD   *This is a closed event and only available to those that applied ahead of time. Please reach out to [email protected] with any questions. 

School Mental Health Professional Series  This is a bi-weekly group for school counselors, social workers, and psychologists formed to address the current and immediate needs of school mental health professionals in Region 8, due to the pandemic. Participants will meet every other week and receive training on different topics related to school mental health before walking through a case presentation. This is a closed group. If you are interested in similar programming, please contact Stefanie Winfield at [email protected]. Session Dates and Topics May 4, Suicide Screening Remotely Erin Briley, MA, with the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE), provided a brief overview of the considerations for remote suicide screening and prevention during quarantine as well as an overview of best practices for suicide screening.   May 18, Coping in Unprecedented Times Liza Tupa, PhD, with the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE), addressed coping skills for adults during the time of COVID-19. She provided concrete skills and strategies that address harmful or unproductive thinking.   June 1, Trauma-Informed Practices at Home Sarah Younggren, LCSW, with Mental Health Colorado, discussed the ways in which the current pandemic has increased stress levels and impacted the mental health of both children and adults. Unique suggestions and resources for trauma-informed parenting were provided.   June 15, Telehealth with Youth Mindy Chadwell, PhD, with Mid-America MHTTC, offered tips and suggestions for providing telehealth services to adolescents. Considerations for transitioning back to school and family engagement in telehealth services were also discussed.   June 29, Planning for School Mental Health Supports Sharon Hoover, PhD, with the National Center for School Mental Health, discussed considerations for returning to school using an "always and now" framework for school mental health. Participants were provided with an overview of the Multi-tier System of Support and how it can be applied to the coming return to school

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    

A large body of research has demonstrated that experiencing abuse by an intimate partner is associated with a wide range of mental health consequences, further amplified in the context of structural violence, ongoing danger, and coercive control. Less well researched, however, are the ways that people who abuse their partners engage in coercive tactics related to their partner’s mental health and use of substances as part of a broader pattern of abuse and control – tactics known as mental health and substance use coercion. This 1-hour session provides an overview of the impact of IPV on survivors’ mental health and how survivors’ safety is impacted by COVID-19 and other public crises as well as information on how to safely inquire about IPV and link to local domestic and sexual violence advocacy resources. 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. Learning Objectives By participating in this session, attendees will be able to: Name at least two ways that abuse by an intimate partner can impact mental health in general, and in the context of COVID-19 and other public crises. Describe at least two ways that the COVID-19 pandemic has created new safety risks for survivors of IPV and impacted safe access to resources and supports. Identify at least 3 ways IPV and mental health coercion might manifest in the context of mental health treatment. Implement at least one strategy for safely asking about IPV in the context of mental health services, including tele-based services. Link individuals to local Domestic Violence and Sexual Violence (DV/SV) advocacy resources to improve care for survivors of DV/SV. 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 first 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.

 “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

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: 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.   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.  

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. Virtual Meetings The Northwest MHTTC is partnering with the Institute for Best Practices at the University of North Carolina to host and facilitate regular meetings for ACT teams and ACT stakeholders. Goals of the meetings are to: connect with one other share strategies and resources for adapting team practices and communications    facilitate connection to the most up-to-date resources during the COVID-19 outbreak.   Virtual Discussion Forum In addition to the meet-up, we have also created a Virtual Discussion Forum to help organize information, resources, and strategies used across teams. You can participate in the forum as a guest, or sign up as a member. Within the Discussion Forum are specific board topics: Support for ACT Service Recipients; Support for ACT Team Staff; Info and Updates: Federal Sources; Info and Updates: State and Local Sources; ACT Fidelity and COVID-19 Pandemic; and Words of Encouragement. Click on a board of interest to read existing threads, react to threads, or post new threads. Recordings of prior meetings are also posted at this forum.   Guest Speaker On July 6, our guest speaker will be Pat Deegan, presenting "Coming Out of Quarantine Safety Plan." This worksheet was developed by Pat Deegan and colleagues and it can be used by anyone working with vulnerable populations: clinicians, peer specialists, wellness nurses, employment specialists.  For more information or questions, contact: 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.   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.