Past Events

Description: This webinar series examines unique challenges that Transitional Age Youth (TAY), 16-24 year olds, with serious mental illness and/or substance use disorders face as they age out of the school-based or youth service system. Part 2 will explore best practices for foster care youth psychotropic medication management and recommendations on maximizing TAY’s competence to make self-care plans based on clinical evidence, personal experience, preferences, and values.   Presenter: Kathleen West, DrPH, is a senior program manager for Advocates for Human Potential (AHP). With more than 30 years of professional experience working with at-risk families in an array of programs, she’s focused on intergenerational trauma, mental health and resiliency, addiction and treatment issues - often in the context of Family and Dependency Courts, other justice-involvement, and child welfare systems.  Dr. West earned her BA as a double major in Biology and Anthropology from Kalamazoo College, and her MPH and DrPH from the University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) Fielding School of Public Health. She serves as adjunct faculty at the University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine in the Department of Preventive Medicine and has taught in the Department of Social Work at the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs.   Learning Objectives: Increase understanding about why foster youth may be prescribed psychotropic medications at higher rates. Review most common psychotropic medications used and neurobiological effects and common side effects. Identify best practices for foster care youth psychotropic medication management. Discuss foster care child and youth education and support on shared decision-making regarding psychotropic medication management.   Who Should Attend? Clinicians and practitioners working in mental health and substance use services; family and dependency court staff; foster care professionals; foster families; young adults impacted by foster care and related services; CASA volunteers and other youth advocates; juvenile detention and community supervision personnel; managers and supervisors.   Certificates of attendance will be available to viewers of 50% (30 minutes) or more of the live webinar (via email within 30 business days post-event). CEUs are not offered for this session. Webinar slide presentations and recordings will be posted on the website.

  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 Online Lesson 8: Distress Tolerance - TIP 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.  

/*-->*/ /*--> Mid-America MHTTC is sponsoring and presenting at the annual Nebraska School Mental Health Conference.The conference has gone virtual due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but attendees will still get to hear from three dynamic keynote speakers and more than 20 local experts.    

This webinar will discuss the foundations of collective citizenship framework and some ideas for putting collective citizenship into action.   Learning Objectives: Review history and framework of collective citizenship, including summary of 2019 paper on the topic Describe how Focus Act Connect Everyday (FACE) and Witnesses to Hunger were organized, and the work they do Explain how Focus Act Connect Everyday (FACE) and Witnesses to Hunger operationalize the collective citizenship framework Provide a platform to engage webinar participants in discussion about how collective citizenship might work in their organizations   Presenter (s): Billy Bromage, Lecturer in Psychiatry; Director of Community Organizing, Yale University & PRCH Bridgett Williamson, Recovery Wellness Support, Yale University & PRCH

The Northwest Mental Health Technology Transfer Center and the Northwest PBIS Network are collaborating to bring you a FREE, 4-part webinar series presented by WellEducator, LLC.  Learn more about our 4-part series and access presentation materials here. About the Webinar: As the end of the school year approaches it’s the perfect time for celebration and appreciation, which will also lay the foundation for resilience for the days ahead. There are many benefits to expressing appreciation and gratitude including strengthening social connections and increasing self-confidence. A practice of gratitude shifts our attention from the negative to the positive. The ability to make this shift is a useful skill to have in your back pocket throughout the school day and beyond! Come learn how to create a practice of gratitude and appreciation for yourself and others, how to receive and “take in” appreciation and learn a bit about what the research has to say about the benefits of a practice of gratitude and appreciation for both self and your school community. *Clock hours will be provided.   Webinar Objectives: Learn strategies to create a practice of gratitude and appreciation in your daily routine within a school community. Learn how to receive - really “take in” - and apply appreciation to boost resiliency especially at the end of a school year. Identify several benefits to a practice of gratitude and appreciation to both self and within a school community. Our Presenter: Dr. Renee Van Norman - Educator and Founder of WellEducator LLC Want more information and school mental health resources? Visit the Northwest MHTTC's School Mental Health page and sign up for our monthly newsletter for regular updates about events, trainings, and resources available to the Northwest region.  

This one and half-hour online session will provide information on the integration of the Hispanic and Latino cultural factors into the assessment, evaluation, and diagnosis of serious emotional disturbances, specifically Guatemalan population. The presenter will also discuss factors that affect Hispanic and Latino youth mental health and academic performance, the use of culturally centered interventions in school mental health, and how to engage effectively Hispanic and Latino youth and families in school mental health treatment. Who should attend? This is a basic level workshop designed for social workers, school mental health personnel, teachers, and school administrators.   About the presenter:  Sarah Howell is the school social worker at Las Americas Newcomer School in Houston Independent School District (HISD). Sarah has built her career working with immigrants and refugees and specializes in trauma and torture survivors within those populations. Additionally, Sarah is passionate about educating others about trauma and trauma-informed education. Sarah is an advocate for the immigrant and refugee community as well as mental health services for youth. Sarah has written two chapters about refugee trauma and school-based interventions for immigrant and refugee youth that will be published in Spring 2019.   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 presentation will focus on prioritizing self-care while working from home  Introduce the impact of job burnout, as well as how to recognize signs and symptoms  Define “Social Emotional Learning” and provide examples on how this can be included in the classroom or virtually Discuss tools to help prevent burn-out, and set boundaries to separate work time from personal Develop a self-care plan Angela Begres is a licensed clinical social worker who did her training at the University of Chicago, where she obtained her MSW. She is an experienced trainer and presenter contracted both independently and through various nonprofits in the Chicago area, Michigan, and other areas, with experience integrating mental health education programs into the curriculum for students and staff within the Chicago and West Cook County public schools. In Partnership with the National Alliance for Mental Health (NAMI) Metro Suburban, Angela  developed a program to help decrease student stress and implement mindfulness in the classrooms. She has also worked with Chicago Family Services (DCFS) providing parenting education, with efforts to get parents reunited with their children.

Northwest MHTTC faculty, staff and Advisory Board members gathered online on June 3, 2020. Agenda: Checking in CBTp Tier 3 review COVID work recap--and impact on training plan Year 2 snapshots of data (including Needs Assessment) Year 3 planning Wrap-up & follow-up items Meeting Notes Summary  Meeting Slides  Advisory Board Contact List As of December 2019 

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.  

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

Rural Primary Care Tools and Resources for Managing Suicidal Ideation During COVID-19 COVID-19 has created additional stress on our rural and agricultural communities who were experiencing a host of stressors prior to the pandemic. Concerns about a possible increase in deaths by suicide and serving people with suicidal ideation are the source of increased distress among rural health and mental healthcare providers. This webinar provides tools for primary care providers working in rural areas to address these concerns.   Webinar Objectives Explore mental health integration tools and resources for rural primary care providers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Discuss the operational components of implementing suicide screening and referral to services for rural primary care providers, during the COVID-19 pandemic.  Identify local, state and national resources for rural primary care providers supporting patients with suicidal ideation.    Presenters Thomasine Heitkamp, Principal Investigator Co-Director, Mountain Plains Mental Health Technology Transfer Center Director, Mountain Plains Addiction Technology Transfer Center Shawnda Schroeder, Research Associate Professor Center for Rural Health  University of North Dakota School of Medicine & Health Sciences Tammy Norville, Technical Assistance Director National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health Caitlin Peterson, Senior Project Associate Suicide Prevention Resource Center    

COVID-19 has impacted so many individuals physically, psychologically, socially and financially. Many individuals from the Latino population have been significantly impacted due to the ongoing disparities in health care and resource availability. Telehealth services have been a way to provide desperately needed services in a safe way, but there are significant challenges to providing services that consider the cultural needs of the individual as well. In this webinar, we will discuss the challenges of treating Latino clients during the COVID crisis, and we will discuss how to assess and provide interventions to meet the needs of Latino individuals using telehealth modalities. Speaker: 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. Note: This is the third session of the Clinical Innovations in Telehealth Learning Series, a weekly online series targeting high-priority clinical issues for providers using telehealth. For more information on the series and other upcoming sessions, please click here. Note: CEUs are not available for these sessions.

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.  This guide 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 development of an assessment and a cultural formulation using the DSM-5 Cultural Formulation Interview. Module Objectives: Define the five elements of the cultural formulation of the DSM-5; Demonstrate the use of the Cultural Formulation Interview (CFI); Apply the five elements of the cultural formulation to a case.   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:  Jesse Rocky Romero, PhD- Dr. J Rocky Romero is currently the United States consultant and trainer for the National Hispanic & Latino Mental Health Technology Transfer Center.  He is also the Associate Director for Health Programs for El Centro Family Health a federally qualified health center in northern New Mexico.  He also recently opened an intensive outpatient drug and alcohol treatment center in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and serves as the Chief Operating Officer of New Mexico Hope. He is also a former tenure-track Assistant Professor for New Mexico Highlands University (NMHU) School of Social Work in Albuquerque, NM and is also a graduate of NMHU.  He served as the co-chair for Governor Richardson appointed New Mexico Higher Education Departments Cultural Competency Task-Force. Dr. Romero has also served as an Executive Council member for the New Mexico Consortium for Behavioral Health Training and Research (NM-CBHTR).  In addition, Dr. Romero received his doctorate from the University of New Mexico in Language, Literacy, and Socio-cultural studies and graduated in fall 2016. He is focused on culturally appropriate treatment and access for health and mental health care for Hispanic and Latinos. In his role at NMHU-SSW in ABQ, Dr. Romero conceptualized, implemented, and received legislative and Bernalillo County funding for two evidence-based, and nationally certified with excellence, social work student training clinics.  Dr. Romero is a national trainer for the Matrix Institute on Addictions and the National Hispanic & Latino Addiction Technology Transfer Center.  Dr. Romero is a native of Northern New Mexico and has served on many boards, committees, and task forces to address the needs of New Mexico’s students and citizens in his tenure with NMHU-School of Social Work. Most recently Mr. Romero has been appointed to the Albuquerque Bernalillo County Government Commission to address behavioral health and addiction issues in New Mexico. 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.  

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.  

  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 Online Lesson 29: Interpersonal Effectiveness - Evaluating Options  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.  

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. Guest Speaker On June 1, our guest speaker will be Antoine Bailliard, PhD, OTR/L, presenting "Applying an Occupational Therapy Framework in Supporting Individuals in Following CDC COVID-19 Guidelines." 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.   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.  

Making a Good Connection: Engaging Students and Families in School Tele-Mental Health is a three-part webinar series geared toward providers who are making the transition from in-person to telehealth services. Session content will focus on practical strategies and equity concerns related to engaging children, adolescents and families using distance technology. Attendees will have the opportunity to submit questions upon registration, enabling our Technology Transfer Center (TTC) Network specialists to shape their content to meet your needs. The presenters will devote the first segment of each hour-long presentation to a specific topic, then address attendee-submitted questions. Speakers: Brandy Clarke, PhD, LP, is the Project Director for the Mid-America MHTTC and an Associate Professor and Licensed Psychologist in the Department of Psychology at the Munroe-Meyer Institute (MMI) for Genetics and Rehabilitation at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. Dr. Clarke has over 15 years of experience conducting research and providing training and services related to mental and behavioral health for children of all ages in various settings.   Angela Castellanos, LCSW, is an experienced mental health consultant and administrator with 25+ years of diverse and progressive expertise in the mental health care industry and school settings. As a licensed clinical social worker, she specializes in administering school mental health programs, mentoring industry professionals (local, state, and federal), developing and teaching best practices.   Kazique J. Prince, PhD, founder and chief executive officer of Jelani Consulting LLC, provides executive consultation and coaching services focused on cultural competency for individuals, teams, and organizations. Based in Austin, Texas, Dr. Prince also serves as the senior policy advisor and education coordinator for City of Austin Mayor Steve Adler focused on education, public safety, and equitable economic development. The 1-hour webinar sessions take place on Fridays at 10am PT / 11am MT / 12pm CT / 1pm ET. Certificates of attendance will be available to viewers of 50% (30 minutes) or more of the live webinar. CEUs are not offered for these sessions. Webinar recordings and FAQs will be posted on the website here.

We are pleased to announce that the MHTTC Network’s new webinar series, Making a Good Connection: Engaging Students and Families in School Tele-Mental Health, kicks off 12-1 p.m. CST,  Friday, May 22. This series occurs over three Fridays and is geared toward providers who are making the transition from in-person to telehealth services. Session content will focus on practical strategies and equity concerns related to engaging children, adolescents and families using distance technology. Attendees will have the opportunity to submit questions upon registration, enabling our Technology Transfer Center (TTC) Network specialists to shape their content to meet your needs. The presenters will devote the first segment of each hour-long presentation to a specific topic, then address attendee-submitted questions. Certificates of attendance will be available to viewers of 50% (30 minutes) or more of the live webinar. Webinar recordings and FAQs will be posted on the website. Use the following links to register: Best Practices for Student Engagement Through Tele-Mental Health 12-1 p.m. CST May 22 Register Enhancing Family-School Partnerships Through Tele-Mental Health 12-1 p.m. CST May 29 Register   Strategies for Addressing Trauma, Crises and Grief Through Tele-Mental Health 12-1 p.m. CST June 5 Register

Times: 6 - 7:30pm ET / 3 - 4:30pm PT / 12 - 1:30pm HT This event has ended. Click here to view the event recording.   This is the second in a three-part webinar series. (Part One, Part Three) Bereavement outside the context of a crisis is common – the vast majority of children experience the death of a close family member or friend.  These deaths have a significant and often long-term impact on learning, social and emotional development, behavior, and adjustment.  This session will first provide practical suggestions on how schools can talk with and support grieving children in general.  The current pandemic is associated with a large and growing number of deaths.  Physical distancing, including lengthy school closures, makes it difficult for schools to provide support to grieving students using traditional means.  This session will therefore also highlight the unique challenges for supporting students during the pandemic and describe free resources from the Coalition to Support Grieving Students that can be used to address these challenges.  Ample time will be provided for questions and discussion. By participating in the session, participants will be able to: Explain death to a young child Advise educators on what not to say and how to initiate conversations Feel comfortable supporting a student of a different cultural background Describe ambiguous loss and understand how knowledge of grief applies to loss other than bereavement, including during the current pandemic Recommend accommodations for grieving students, which is also relevant for students adjusting to the pandemic or other traumatic experiences Understand secondary losses and the impact they have on grieving students Anticipate and address grief triggers in school settings   Intended audience: educators; school mental health providers and support professionals (school counselors, nurses, psychologists, and social workers); school administrators; and community-based medical and mental health professionals providing support to schools and/or children and families   About the Presenter: David J. Schonfeld, MD, FAAP, established and directs the National Center for School Crisis and Bereavement (www.schoolcrisiscenter.org); the Center coordinates the Coalition to Support Grieving Students (www.grievingstudents.org), comprised of over 85 organizations including the major educational professional organizations. He holds a joint appointment at the Keck School of Medicine of USC. Schonfeld has authored more than 100 scholarly articles, book chapters, and books (e.g., The Grieving Student: A Teacher’s Guide, Brookes Publishing), and he has given more than 800 presentations on the topics of pediatric bereavement and crisis. He has provided consultation and training on school crisis and pediatric bereavement in the aftermath of a number of school crisis events and disasters within the United States and abroad, including school and community shootings in Newtown, CT, Marysville, WA, Aurora, CO, Chardon, OH, and Townville, SC; flooding from hurricanes Sandy in New York and New Jersey, Katrina in New Orleans, and Ike in Galveston, TX; 2008 earthquake in Sichuan, China; tornadoes in Joplin, MO, and Alabama; and Great Smoky Mountain wildfires in Sevierville, TN. He has also conducted school-based research (funded by NICHD, NIMH, NIDA, the Maternal and Child Health Bureau, William T. Grant Foundation, and other foundations) involving children’s understanding of and adjustment to serious illness and death, as well as school-based interventions to promote adjustment and risk prevention. About the National Center for School Crisis & Bereavement: In 2005, Schonfeld established the NCSCB with funding from the September 11th Children’s Fund and the National Philanthropic Trust. Further funding from the New York Life Foundation has allowed the center to provide ongoing and expanded services. The center aims to promote an appreciation of the role that schools play to support students, staff, and families at times of crisis and loss; to collaborate with organizations and agencies to further this goal; and to serve as a resource for information, training materials, consultation, and technical assistance. 1-877-53-NCSCB (1-877-536-2722) [email protected]

Reaching Rural and Frontier Communities During COVID-19: COVID-19 Office Hour Sessions  This pandemic has only amplified the demand on already scarce healthcare access in rural and frontier communities across our nation. The unique experiences of rural, agricultural and tribal communities have dramatically increased the need for expanded mental and behavioral health services, but how do we grow and scale our already limited services to address this growing need? This session will address different strategies and ideas to reach rural and frontier communities. The panelists will represent tribal and rural health providers and team members from our Mountain Plains Mental Health Technology Transfer Center Network.   More About the COVID-19 Office Hour Sessions  Please hold Tuesday and Thursday afternoons from 2-3:00 p.m. MT for Office Hour sessions focused on different topics featuring how providers are continuing to provide services through this pandemic. Check out National Council’s COVID-19 Resource Page and the Center of Excellence events page frequently to learn more and register for upcoming sessions.   This series is supported by the Center of Excellence for Integrated Health Solutions, funded by a grant award from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). If you have any questions about these sessions or any others in this series, please contact [email protected].          

This one-hour online session will discuss the intersection between posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and intimate partner violence (IPV) in Latino military families. IPV is a public health problem in the United States that manifests at significantly higher rates and differently in military populations than their civilian counterparts as they are exposed to trauma who evidence symptoms of PTSD and other mental health conditions. As this presentation illustrates, evidence indicates that the development of posttraumatic psychopathology, and particularly PTSD, is strongly associated with the development of violence and abusive behavior in relationships. The intersection between PTSD and Trauma and the development of family violence manifests uniquely among mono and interracial Latino families. In addition to the review of research on the association between PTSD and IPV in Latino military families, in this presentation, we discuss information processing models explaining the link between PTSD and IPV and potential moderators of this association, as well as strategies to prevent and treat IPV in this population. Recommendations for future work in this area of investigation and program development are also provided.     Who should attend? This is an intermediate level workshop designed for psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, counselors, graduate students, and other mental health providers.     About the presenter:  Roberto Cancio, Ph.D.- Dr. Roberto Cancio is a U.S. Navy veteran, Assistant Professor of Sociology and Head of the Veteran and Military Family Research Laboratory at Loyola Marymount University. As a researcher, Dr. Cancio has focused on the intersection between the biological, behavioral mechanisms, and pathways underpinning resilience and susceptibility to adverse mental health conditions that disproportionately affect racial and ethnic priority veteran populations, the impact of racism and discrimination on health behavior and strategies for veterans and their families. Concurrently, Dr. Cancio contributes to the design and implementation of community-based research that takes into account how culture, context, and the social determinants of health affect a wide range of health, functioning, and quality-of-life outcomes for under-resourced communities of color. Dr. Cancio has worked on multiple projects focused on issues surrounding public health and mental health disparities, juvenile justice, adolescent alcohol & drug prevention, homelessness, community organizing, and civic engagement. He has assisted in the development, implementation, and evaluation of various projects with the American Civil Liberties Union, Southern District of Florida, Community Coalition, Social Model Recovery Services, and The Nippon Foundation. He is currently a research fellow at the Interdisciplinary Research Training Institute on Hispanic Drug Abuse at the University of Southern California.     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.