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Time: 10 - 11:15am PT (view your time zone) Third Wednesday of Each Month   In recent weeks, the persistence of pervasiveness of racism has exploded into public attention. As professionals working with diverse youth and young adults, it is imperative to address racism and other practices that harm or prevent young people from reaching their full potential. This month's conversation will focus on how racism impacts us, the youth we work with, and what commitments we can make to create a more just and equitable mental health system for the young people we serve. Guest speakers Thomas Howell Hudson and Taylor Blanco will explore their own experiences of oppression and privilege, and how they incorporate self-care during periods of heightened stress.     Guest Presenter Bios Taylor Blanco is the Youth Program supervisor for South Florida Wellness Network and helps facilitate the youth-led chapter, Youth MOVE Broward. She is a community organizer, a voice for youth on a local and national level, and involved in various planning committees for youth conferences and summits. She facilitates a variety of creative workshops and trainings such as Dancing Mindfulness, WRAP, and Mental Health First Aid. Through overcoming her own mental health challenges, she has been able to find alternative forms of healing such as yoga, art, and being part of a positive recovery community. She is passionate about being of service to others and helping them find whatever works for them on their own journey.  Thomas Hudson (They/Them) is a national social justice activist who currently serves as the head of Strategic Initiatives at the Hugh Lane Wellness Foundation. Over the past 10 years, Thomas has worked as an independent consultant and served as the LGBTQ+ policy associate at the Biden Foundation. Thomas managed a national public education and storytelling campaign “As You Are”; facilitated youth roundtables centering the experiences of young people with intersectional identities; and provided TA and research support to other national youth-serving organizations working to implement LGBTQ+ inclusion and equity into their programs, policies, and practices. Thomas also served as a Congressional Intern for Congresswoman Karen Bass. Thomas continues to use their personal experience and knowledge to educate and ignite change for all youth. 

Trauma-informed care continues to grow as the standard and expectation across multiple settings. As this expectation grows it becomes more and more important that all of healthcare keep the importance of this term in the forefront of treatment. It is not merely enough to know about PTSD to call yourself trauma informed. It is just as important to understand to small, nuanced ways you can truly create a safe space in any healthcare setting. In this training, we will look at multiple strategies for understanding the role of the environment, protocol, paperwork, and other sensory concerns in every setting. This training will put a focus on the opportunities we have to create safety in every transaction with the people we serve. We will also focus on the provider’s role  in creating a safe space for patients to truly feel seen and understood. Each provider can create space for process, respect each individual story, and truly provide trauma- informed care The Trauma-Informed Care training is being co-sponsored by the Illinois Association for Behavioral Health (IABH). The content of this session will benefit all behavioral health providers, and IABH will be providing 3.5 continuing education hours for completing this training. Additional details are available on the registration page.  Speaker:  Chaz Franke, MSW, LCSW, has been providing psychotherapy to trauma survivors for 13 years. Chaz utilizes Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, other mindfulness skills, psychodynamic approaches and a knowledge of Eastern spirituality to work creatively with all forms of trauma

Description: This webinar series will explore how faith-based community leadership can build mental health capacity in the midst of COVID-19. It addresses the need to assist these leaders in (1) improving their general knowledge base around mental and emotional disorders and (2) removing the stigma regarding mental health issues. By incorporating a cross collaboration between faith leaders and psychiatric practitioners, the three-part series will help improve the overall well-being of African-American and other communities during and beyond the current pandemic.   Presenters: Annelle Primm, M.D., MPH is the Senior Medical Director of the Steve Fund, an organization focused on the mental health of young people of color including college students. She is also the Convener of the All Healers Mental Health Alliance and mobilizes organizational collaboration to provide healing services for disaster-affected marginalized communities. Dr. Primm is a former Deputy Medical Director of the American Psychiatric Association (2004-20015). She received her undergraduate degree from Harvard University, her medical degree from Howard University and psychiatric training as well as training in public health from Johns Hopkins University. She is a published author and serves as an adjunct Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Johns Hopkins University, New York University and Howard University Schools of Medicine. Dr. Primm is a member of the Black Psychiatrists of America Council of Elders. Michael Torres, M.D. is a psychiatrist currently in private practice in Baltimore, MD. His primary interest is the interface between mental health and spirituality. Dr. Torres obtained his undergraduate degree in Psychology from the University of Rochester. He graduated from Hahnemann University Medical School in 1990 with distinction in Psychiatry. In the same year, he was ordained within the Church of God in Christ. He completed specialty training in Psychiatry at the University of Maryland in 1994. Dr. Torres has gained clinical and administrative experience in academic settings, public and private outpatient agencies, and faith-based programs. Through educational, research and clinical activities, he has attempted to build bridges between the faith community and the mental health system. His hope is that these efforts will eliminate barriers to mental health services in underserved communities.   Learning Objectives: Describe symptoms of common mental disorders and their treatment. Discuss the importance of collaboration between the faith community and the mental health community. Examine the biopsychospiritual model in order to explain the intersections of mental health and faith.   Who Should Attend? Faith-based leaders, congregants and mental health clinicians.   Guiding the Shepherd and Shepherding the Flock in the Wake of the COVID-19 Pandemic – Webinar series Part 1. Part 2. Part 3.

Let’s Talk! • Are you a mental health provider? • Does the population you serve include Latinos/Hispanics? • Are you willing to share your experience providing services to Latinos/Hispanics? We are interested in hearing from you. Please join us for a discussion. The goal of this facilitated discussion with providers is to learn about the cultural considerations necessary to facilitate behavioral health recovery in Hispanic/Latino Communities. This will be a virtual online discussion via Zoom. Also, this discussion will be recorded. Zoom link will be provided to participants as the discussion date approaches. Tuesday, June 16, 2020 6:00 pm- 7:30 pm Eastern Standard Time

/*--> Many schools are using yoga to effectively address the trauma and toxic stress that administrators, educators, and students experience each day. Using yoga practices rooted in neuroscience and vagal nerve research, educators can bring themselves and their students in the moment calm. Dana Asby, M.A., M.Ed., the Center for Educational Improvement's (CEI) Director of Innovation and Research Support, will share more about trauma-informed yoga and related mindfulness practices like breath work, mantras, visualization, and mindful awareness exercises. Leave with tools to plan a consistent practice for yourself, your staff, and your students to see the transformational change of infusing trauma-informed yoga into your school community. The Childhood-Trauma Learning Collaborative (C-TLC )is being conducted as part of the New England Mental Health Technology Transfer Center (New England MHTTC). The collaborative is designed to foster alliances to address the needs of children and youth who have experienced/are at risk of experiencing significant trauma.

Please note that this session has met capacity and registration is currently closed. Thank you for your interest in our Pacific Southwest MHTTC learning opportunity. Please note this seminar is ONLY open to attendees from our region: The Pacific Southwest MHTTC serves Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, and U.S. Pacific Islands of American Samoa, Guam, Marshall Islands, Northern Mariana Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, and Palau. The Pacific Southwest MHTTC is pleased to partner with the Black Emotional & Mental Health Collective (BEAM) to offer a seminar series of three intensive learning sessions for the school-based mental health workforce of Region 9 (Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, American Samoa, Guam, Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Northern Mariana Islands, and Palau). June 16, 2020 3:00pm - 4:30pm PT June 23, 2020 3:00pm - 4:30pm PT June 30, 2020 3:00pm - 4:30pm PT This seminar series aims to support school advocates, educators, administrators, and other school systems leaders in managing stress and trauma in their organizations, especially in the context of COVID-19. Participants will learn to adopt the necessary tools to incorporate emotional justice, equity, and wellness into their approach to leadership, as well as their organization’s practices and processes.   By the end of this seminar series, Region 9 school mental health leaders will be more able to: Gain fundamental concepts in relation to emotional justice, equity, and wellness; Discover tools for implementing emotionally intelligent school mental health leadership; and Identify strategies to promote emotionally intelligent organizational practices (such as restorative justice practices) to help navigate their school communities during pandemic times.   REGISTRATION NOTES Availability is on a first-come, first-served basis and will be limited to 100 participants. Participation is required for all three sessions; please only register if you are committed for the entire seminar series. By registering, you are committing to participating in the seminars and the reflective homework in between seminar sessions (1-2 hours additionally a week). Registration is limited to school mental health staff and leadership in Region 9. Registration is due by June 8, 2020.   Trainers Yolo Akili Robinson is a writer, a yoga teacher, and the Executive Director and founder of BEAM. For over ten years, Yolo has been on the forefront of progressive wellness work. Yolo began his career in public health supporting Black communities as an HIV/AIDS counselor. He then branched into violence prevention, working as a family intervention counselor with Black men and boys for Men Stopping Violence. Feeling strongly about the need for more feminist work with men, Yolo co-founded Sweet Tea: Southern Queer Men's Collective, a collective of gay and queer men who came together to address sexism and misogyny in LGBT communities. In 2015, he was recruited by Children’s Hospital Los Angeles to lead a 10 million dollar National Institutes of Health research initiative focusing on improving health outcomes for young Black and Latino men, the Healthy Young Men's study (HYM). Robinson's commitment to increasing the accessibility and visibility of health and wellness issues also has opened the door for many speaking engagements. At the core of Yolo's work is a commitment to wellness informed by social justice. His interests are the practical embodiment of theory into systems and practices that help heal, transform, and support Black communities. He makes his home in Los Angeles, California. Melissa Merin, M.Ed Restorative Justice Practitioner & Trainer Melissa brings more than 15 years consulting and training with community organizations, school staff, and administrators in effective curricular and behavioral strategies in primary and secondary school settings. In addition, Melissa has extensive experience training teachers, staff, and administrators in research-based positive behavior interventions and multi-tiered systems of support at the elementary level, with an emphasis on cultural competency and developmentally appropriate content.

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.

 “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

The goal of this webinar is to increase the awareness and abilities of mental health care providers in their use of cultural elements by promoting the use of culturally appropriate formulations when treating Latinx presenting with psychological and mental health disorders. The information is informed by current research findings on the impact of cultural factors on the assessment and treatment of mental health disorders and on the therapeutic relationship.   Module Goal: This module will provide training on the integration of culturally centered interventions in mental health and substance use treatment.   Module Objectives:  1. Apply culturally centered interventions when working with Hispanic and Latino individuals; 2. Discuss the eight areas of culturally centered interventions, and will be able to identify specific elements of the Hispanic and Latino population which may need special attention;  3. Demonstrate the use of eight culturally centered intervention modifications.    Who should attend? This is an intermediate level workshop designed for mental health providers including psychologists, clinical social workers, mental health counselors, and graduate level students in the mental health field.   About the presenter:  Michelle Evans, DSW, LCSW, CADC- Dr. Michelle Evans is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor, and Licensed Sex Offender Treatment Provider with experience in individual and family counseling and in developing therapeutic groups. She has worked primarily with the Latino population throughout her career as a bilingual and bicultural social worker. She is currently the Hospital Administrator for Elgin Mental Health Center in Elgin, Illinois. She is in private practice at Nickerson & Associates, PC as a bilingual therapist where she treats adults and adolescents with mental health issues, substance abuse issues and sex addictions. She also teaches on these topics at Aurora University and University of Chicago. Previously, she was the Assistant Dean for Health Professions and Public Service at Waubonsee Community College, and she has held other positions within private psychiatric hospitals. Throughout her career, she has worked to increase equity, justice, and cultural awareness to these institutions.   Michelle Evans earned a Doctor of Social Work and a Master of Social Work degree from Aurora University in Aurora, Illinois.    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:  Have you been watching the Mazza's live or online videos as they support their kids and your kids in developing DBT, otherwise known as, critical life skills? Do you have any questions about their lessons might translate into your own home? A school setting? Have you read their book or attended their past training on DBT in schools? Well, don't miss the opportunity to ask whatever questions you may have of them when they do live Q&A sessions on May 19th and June 16th, 2020.   If you want to submit your questions beforehand, there will be an opportunity to do so on the registration site. Registration is required for the live Q&A event, unlike the live and recorded Youtube lessons. See registration links below Audience: Parents & educators. Join us for 1-hour, interactive Q&A sessions with Doctors Jim & Lizz Mazza about their online, live-streamed 16-lesson DBT STEPS-A curriculum to teach the basics of emotional regulation and specific skills such as mindfulness, distress tolerance and interpersonal effectiveness—essential skills at any time, but even more critical during COVID-19. Learn more about the 16-lesson curriculum & access recordings here. The Northwest Mental Health Technology Transfer Center is partnering with Forefront Suicide Prevention Center & DBT in Schools to bring you a 16-lesson online curriculum for DBT STEPS-A and 2 Q&A sessions with the trainers.   This series is part of The Well-Being Series - Connections During COVID-19: Mental Wellness Webinars for Families and Educators. Click here to learn more about our series of webinars for kids, parents, and educators, focusing on mental wellness and suicide prevention. About the Presenters: Dr. James J. Mazza is the co-author of the DBT STEPS-A social emotional learning curriculum for middle and high school students. He received his masters and Ph.D. in school psychology from the University of Wisconsin – Madison. He is a professor at the University of Washington – Seattle where he has been for over 20 years teaching and conducting research in the field of adolescent mental health.       Dr. Elizabeth Dexter-Mazza is a certified DBT therapist and co-author of the DBT STEPS-A social emotional learning curriculum for middle and high school students. She received her doctoral degree from the School of Professional Psychology at Pacific University in 2004, and completed her predoctoral internship at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center’s Adolescent Depression and Suicide Program. Dr. Dexter-Mazza completed her postdoctoral fellowship under the direction of Dr. Marsha Linehan at the University of Washington.   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.  

This virtual conference brings together school staff, community providers, and family members to discuss the importance of effective school teams. Conference attendees will have an opportunity to learn about best practices for school mental health teams and meet within their respective teams for review and planning. Resources for school mental health during the pandemic will be shared.

Join the authors of Visioning Onward for inspiration, insights, exercises, and Q&A to prepare you to vision with your schools and districts. In this time of COVID-19, visioning is a critical part of planning for our future. Learn about visioning by examining the work of Starbucks, Amazon, and other corporate giants. Participants will receive a study guide to take our virtual approach back to your schools and districts to conduct your own visioning sessions. We will guide you through our 8-step iterative visioning approach, explaining the importance of visioning for success in business and in education, and helping you plan for visioning with your staff and local communities. We do this with an eye towards the neurobiology of trauma and ways to foster self-care and the well-being of staff and students that are signature components of CEI’s Heart Centered Learning® approach to social emotional learning and mindfulness.   Presenter (s): Chris Mason, Ph.D., Paul Liabenow, & Melissa Patschke, Ed.D.

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 June 15, our guest speaker will be John Torous, MD, presenting "Evaluating digital technologies and mobile apps for people with serious mental illness." Dr. Torous is a clinical psychiatrist and researcher at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts. His research focuses on smartphone apps and schizophrenia, and he runs a digital clinic where he use mobile technologies to augment to care for his patients. He is the web editor for JAMA Psychiatry and clinical adviser to SMI Adviser, a joint initiative with SAMHSA and the American Psychiatric Association.    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.  

Dr. Pauline Boss will explain ambiguous loss, its effects, its differences from ordinary loss and PTSD, and its complicating grief. She presents six culturally inclusive guidelines for treatment and intervention, useful regardless of your discipline. She also addresses self-of-the-therapist issues for these uncertain times. Dr. Boss is the author of many books, including  Loss, Trauma, and Resilience: Therapeutic Work with Ambiguous Loss (W.W. Norton, 2006) and Ambiguous Loss: Learning to Live with Unresolved Grief (Harvard University Press, 2000) Presenter:  Dr. Pauline Boss is an educator and researcher who is widely recognized for her groundbreaking research on what is now known as the theory of ambiguous loss. Dr. Boss is known as a pioneer in the interdisciplinary study of family stress. For over 30 years, her work has focused on connecting family science and sociology with family therapy and psychology. Her multidisciplinary perspective has allowed her to work as a scientist-practitioner to develop theory that guides practice.The importance of her work on ambiguous loss is validated by her election to three different professional organizations: the American Psychological Association, the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy, and the National Council on Family Relations. Read Dr. Boss’s complete bio here.   

The Southeast MHTTC invites you to join our webinar entitled, "Compassion Fatigue: Managing during Troubling Times" on Friday, June 12, 2020, at 10:00 AM ET. This webinar will be presented by Cory Farrow from Georgia HOPE. By the end of the webinar, participants will be able to:  Define compassion fatigue Discuss signs and symptoms of compassion fatigue Distinguish between compassion fatigue and burnout Identify ways to overcome compassion fatigue while increasing overall wellness Define aspects of self-care physically, emotionally, spiritually, and in the workplace and relationships Recognize the need for boundaries between our work and home lives Develop a self-care plan identifying specific goals to achieve healthy work/life balance

  The Northwest Mental Health Technology Transfer Center School Mental Health Team will be presenting at the first  Virtual AWSP & WASA Conference + Summer Pre-Conference 2020! ABOUT THE EVENT: Great news, the AWSP/WASA Summer Conference pre-conference sessions are going virtual along with the main Conference! The Northwest MHTTC is excited to sponsor the Tiers for Fears: Sowing the Seeds of MTSS pre-conference sessions: Session 1: June 11, 2 - 3:30 p.m. Session 2: June 25, 2 - 4 p.m. *Please attend both days in the series. There will be a couple of recorded sessions to watch between sessions.   SESSION DESCRIPTION: If you are considering an MTSS framework in your building or district, or are in the process of implementing, this session is for you. The presenters have worked across the country training, coaching, and evaluating the implementation of MTSS in schools, districts, and other human services settings for decades. Regardless of what stage you are in, this session will provide you with essential foundational information on MTSS framework and logic as well as evidence-based interventions across all three tiers to support even the most challenging situations and provide you with an opportunity to create an action plan for next steps back at your building or district. We will address common concerns we are hearing across Washington including mental health integration, disproportionality in school discipline, family engagement, effective classroom practices, restorative practices, teaming, initiative overload, inclusive practices, data-based decision making, and current state level policies, procedures and guidance from OSPI. Bring your tough questions, implementation challenges, and other barriers you've experienced and we will provide the information you need to keep moving forward.   PRESENTERS: Jessica Swain-Bradway, NWPBIS Network, Justyn Poulos, OSPI, Kelcey Schmitz, UW SMART Center & Kurt Hatch, Association of Washington School Principals. 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.

  The Northwest Mental Health Technology Transfer Center School Mental Health Team will be presenting at the first  Virtual AWSP & WASA Conference + Summer Pre-Conference 2020! ABOUT THE EVENT: Great news, the AWSP/WASA Summer Conference pre-conference sessions are going virtual along with the main Conference! The Northwest MHTTC is excited to sponsor the Tiers for Fears: Sowing the Seeds of MTSS pre-conference sessions: Session 1: June 11, 2 - 3:30 p.m. Session 2: June 25, 2 - 4 p.m. *Please attend both days in the series. There will be a couple of recorded sessions to watch between sessions.   SESSION DESCRIPTION: If you are considering an MTSS framework in your building or district, or are in the process of implementing, this session is for you. The presenters have worked across the country training, coaching, and evaluating the implementation of MTSS in schools, districts, and other human services settings for decades. Regardless of what stage you are in, this session will provide you with essential foundational information on MTSS framework and logic as well as evidence-based interventions across all three tiers to support even the most challenging situations and provide you with an opportunity to create an action plan for next steps back at your building or district. We will address common concerns we are hearing across Washington including mental health integration, disproportionality in school discipline, family engagement, effective classroom practices, restorative practices, teaming, initiative overload, inclusive practices, data-based decision making, and current state level policies, procedures and guidance from OSPI. Bring your tough questions, implementation challenges, and other barriers you've experienced and we will provide the information you need to keep moving forward.   PRESENTERS: Jessica Swain-Bradway, NWPBIS Network, Justyn Poulos, OSPI, Kelcey Schmitz, UW SMART Center & Kurt Hatch, Association of Washington School Principals. 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.

Time: 2 - 3pm PT   Study the Guide With Us! Join us for two discussion sessions to learn more about the guide (download PDF). This guide is rich with leadership lessons. Join us for one or both study sessions with School Mental Health Lead Leora Wolf-Prusan. Sessions will provide an overview to the guide, reflections on how school mental health leadership might use the guide to steward their work, and a discussion space for practitioners. The second session on June 18, 2020 will be a repeat of this first session. Both sessions will be recorded.    

Este adiestramiento virtual de una hora y media proporcionará información sobre cómo abordar el impacto de los esfuerzos de prevención de COVID-19 en familias latinas. Entre los objetivos de esta presentación se encuentran el reconocer las consecuencias para la salud mental y el aumento de violencia doméstica debido a la cuarentena por COVID-19. A su vez, las presentadoras identificarán patrones culturales que se han visto afectados por las interrupciones causadas por COVID-19 en familias Latinas y formas de reducir la violencia doméstica. También se proveerán recursos de prevención, bilingües y adaptados culturalmente como el Plan de Preparación Familiar para el COVID-19 del Boston Medical Center de Boston, MA.    ¿Quién debe asistir? Este es un taller de nivel básico diseñado para promotoras comunitarias de la salud, trabajadores sociales, psicólogos, consejeros, estudiantes graduados, y otros proveedores de salud mental.      Información sobre las presentadoras:  Luz M. López, PhD, MSW, MPH- es profesora clínica en la Escuela de Trabajo Social de Boston University. También es Directora del Global Health Core en Boston University Center for Innovation in Social Work and Health y Directora Asociada del programa en Trabajo Social y Salud Pública. La Dra. es de Puerto Rico y tiene más de 22 años de experiencia trabajando en el campo de la violencia intrafamiliar y trauma, la salud mental, prevención del uso de sustancias y salud global con inmigrantes y refugiados. Ella ha contribuido en varios proyectos de SAMHSA, incluyendo la adaptación cultural de materiales educativos y la aplicación de tecnología de teléfonos inteligentes CASA-CHESS para Latinos. En los últimos 5 años ha estado trabajando en el área de salud global en Estados Unidos y en organizaciones que trabajan con sobrevivientes de violencia doméstica en Nicaragua y en Uganda. La Dra. López es consultora y miembro de la junta asesora del National Hispanic and Latino MHTTC.     Carmen Rosa Noroña, LICSW, MS. Ed., CEIS- es de Ecuador, en donde fue adiestrada y ejerce como psicóloga clínica. En los Estados Unidos obtuvo una maestría en trabajo social y en intervención temprana. Durante más de 25 años, Carmen Rosa ha brindado servicios clínicos a niños pequeños y sus familias en una variedad de entornos, incluyendo intervención temprana, programas en el hogar y ambulatorios. Actualmente es Directora de los Servicios Clínicos y Capacitación en Trauma Infantil del Child Witness to Violence Project y es la Directora Asociada del Boston Site Early Trauma Treatment Network en el Boston Medical Center. Es copresidenta del Consorcio de Cultura de la Red Nacional de Estrés Traumático Infantil, y ha adaptado y traducido materiales para familias de habla hispana afectadas por trauma. Carmen Rosa también ha contribuido a la literatura sobre salud mental, diversidad e inmigración infantil y de la primera infancia.    Por favor, lea lo siguiente antes de registrarse:  El National Hispanic and Latino Mental Health Technology Transfer Center utiliza GoToWebinar como nuestro sistema para eventos en línea.  Se puede acceder al audio del evento a través de Internet. Para recibir audio, los asistentes deben unirse al evento utilizando computadoras equipadas con altavoces o marcar por teléfono.  Después del registro, se generará un correo electrónico de confirmación con instrucciones para unirse al evento. Para evitar problemas con el inicio de sesión, utilice el correo electrónico de confirmación para unirse al evento. 

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    

  Resources for Supporting the Mental Health and Well-being of Children and Families During COVID-19 The Northwest Prevention Technology Transfer Center and the Northwest Mental Health Technology Transfer Center present a joint webinar, "Resources for Supporting the Mental Health and Well-being of Children and Families During COVID-19." About the Event: These are difficult times for many families struggling to cope with job losses or working from home while managing the added responsibility of child care and home schooling. This webinar will focus on the mental health and well-being of children and families during the COVID-19 pandemic and the early data that provides insight into the challenges and opportunities for substance misuse prevention practitioners to support families and communities during this time. The webinar will also highlight many of the resources available from Child Trends, the nation’s leading research organization focused exclusively on improving the lives of children and youth, especially those who are most vulnerable. The webinar will also discuss how these resources can be applied in your agency and community setting.   Continuing Education Certificate Participants will receive a continuing education certificate of 1.5 hours for this live webinar event.    Objectives Learn about Child Trends’ resources on supporting the mental health and well-being of children and families during the COVID-19 pandemic. Understand how these resources can be applied to direct service work and program leadership. Become familiar with additional Child Trends resources designed to support the well-being of children and families.   Audience Community and state-level prevention practitioners, allied health partners and community members, and treatment professionals working to prevent substance misuse.   Presenter Jessica Dym Bartlett, M.S.W., Ph.D., is Program Director of Early Childhood Research at Child Trends. She conducts evaluation and applied research on interventions to promote the emotional and relational well-being of children and families exposed to trauma and adversity, including child abuse and neglect, child and parent mental health problems, and natural disasters, with a focus on prevention and promotion of resilience. Dr. Bartlett is Principal Investigator (PI) of a randomized controlled trial (RCT) on the impact of the Newborn Behavioral Observations on maternal mental health and mother-infant relationships at Harvard Medical School, lead evaluator for the Child Trauma Training Center at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, and developer of a toolkit to mitigate childhood trauma in the face of disasters and pandemics.  Questions Please contact Megan Lucy ([email protected]) for any questions you may have.

  Click here to tune into the DBT STEPS-A YouTube Channel every Tuesday and Thursday morning at 10am for their live lessons. Registration is not required. DBT STEPS-A: Summary Q&A for Students - Putting It All Together & Preparing for Summer Student Life Skills to Survive & Thrive During COVID-19 & Beyond About: Join Doctors Jim & Lizz Mazza & family in their living room as they teach kids the basics of emotional regulation and specific skills such as mindfulness, distress tolerance and interpersonal effectiveness—essential skills at any time, but even more critical during COVID-19. Our kids -- all of us -- are upended emotionally right now. Tune in with your kids to help you reduce conflict and to keep this pandemic in perspective.    Tune in to YouTube live for the Tuesday and Thursday morning sessions here. It is not necessary to watch these lessons in order. You can join in the series at anytime and catch up with the recorded videos! Audience: Parents, students, educators, and more!   >> Access recordings for all 16 live lessons after the event here. << The Northwest Mental Health Technology Transfer Center is partnering with Forefront Suicide Prevention Center & DBT in Schools to bring you a 16-lesson online curriculum for DBT STEPS-A and 2 Q&A sessions with the trainers.   This series is part of The Well-Being Series - Connections During COVID-19: Mental Wellness Webinars for Families and Educators. Click here to learn more about our series of webinars for kids, parents, and educators, focusing on mental wellness and suicide prevention. About the Presenters: Dr. James J. Mazza is the co-author of the DBT STEPS-A social emotional learning curriculum for middle and high school students. He received his masters and Ph.D. in school psychology from the University of Wisconsin – Madison. He is a professor at the University of Washington – Seattle where he has been for over 20 years teaching and conducting research in the field of adolescent mental health.       Dr. Elizabeth Dexter-Mazza is a certified DBT therapist and co-author of the DBT STEPS-A social emotional learning curriculum for middle and high school students. She received her doctoral degree from the School of Professional Psychology at Pacific University in 2004, and completed her predoctoral internship at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center’s Adolescent Depression and Suicide Program. Dr. Dexter-Mazza completed her postdoctoral fellowship under the direction of Dr. Marsha Linehan at the University of Washington.   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.  

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.

Mental health professionals are bracing for what may be an epidemic of clinical depression related to COVID-19. In this webinar, Dr. Jonathan Kanter will:  1. Review the science on risk factors for depression that cause this grave warning, 2. Share the latest information on how individuals are responding to the current crisis, and 3. Propose best practices for depression prevention and treatment moving forward.   Although actual rates of future depression are hard to predict, organizations will need innovative and scalable solutions, given that our mental health services delivery systems are underpowered to meet demands before this crisis.   The presentation will highlight online strategies that include disseminating evidence-based mental health tips, identifying and targeting risk groups, and conducting stepped-care treatment groups, stepping to individual treatment as needed.   Dr. Jonathan Kanter is Director of the University of Washington’s Center for the Science of Social Connection. Over the course of his career, Dr. Kanter has investigated psychosocial interventions for depression, including how to disseminate culturally appropriate, easy-to-train, evidence-based approaches, with emphasis on evidence-based treatments such as Behavioral Activation for groups who lack resources and access to care. More recently, the Center has produced research on how to improve relationships and social connectedness and on relational processes that predict relational well-being and quality of life. Dr. Kanter has published over 100 scientific papers and 9 books on these topics and his work has been funded by NIH, SAMHSA, state governmental organizations, foundations, and private donors. He is regularly invited to give talks and workshops nationally and internationally. When the COVID-19 crisis hit Seattle, the Center pivoted its resources to understand and mitigate the relational and mental health consequences of the crisis, to assist with public health efforts, and to inform the public dialogue with scientifically informed advice. Dr. Kanter has been asked to comment on the relational and mental health consequences of the crisis by, and the Center’s response to the crisis has been featured on, NPR, the BBC, the New York Times, the Huffington Post, National Geographic, and other local and national news outlets.