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Presenter: Dave Eckert, MDiv, CPRP, is the Director of Intersect, an initiative of Access Services that supports those at the intersection of faith and mental health.    Description: This training will provide clergy and faith community members approaches to making their congregations a welcoming and supportive space for people with mental illness. Particular attention will be given to public communication, relationship development and partnering with external mental health providers.   Learning Objectives: Increase understanding of how to communicate publicly about mental illness through preaching, teaching and prayer Gain an understanding of how to develop supportive relationships with people living with mental illness Learn how to develop partnerships with mental health providers in their community Identify the challenges and opportunities of mental health ministry   Closed Registration.

This one and half-hour online session will provide information on one of the newest Latino subgroups in the United States, the Guatemalan 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 presenter:  Javier Ramirez, MA - Mr. Javier Ramirez has a master's degree in Anthropology from California State University Los Angeles with a concentration in Central Americans immigration process and identity, Gender and Archaeology. Also, he possesses a bachelor's and master's degree in Latin American Studies from California State University Los Angeles with a concentration in History, Anthropology, and Political Science.   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.  

Native American Summit on Spirituality: Cultural Inclusion into Mental Health Assessments for Native Americans Please note: This is a series of virtual meetings that have been announced in place of our original face-to-face event, which will be rescheduled. Click the registration button above to register for our fifth virtual session on May 15 from 2-4pm EDT, 1-3pm CDT, 12-2pm MDT, 11am-1pm PDT, 10am-12pm ADT.  The American Indian and Alaska Native ATTC, MHTTC, and PTTC have invited spiritual leaders from American Indian and Alaska Native communities to come together to discuss the importance of spirituality in the treatment of behavioral health and mental health disorders. Spirituality is often left out of counseling and therapeutic relationships, but is an essential part of healing and change for many clients.  Behavioral health, mental health, and addiction treatment professionals, spiritual leaders, social workers, and other health service professionals are welcome to attend this important discussion on methods for integrating spirituality into their work with clients.

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: It’s quite easy to form unhelpful habits like self-criticism, perfectionism or obsessively checking social media. A habit loop is a way to try and make ourselves happy by maximizing pleasure and avoiding pain. Once we’re in the loop, there are lots of triggers and cues around to fuel these unhelpful habits. Anything that brings pleasure and/or lessens pain can drive a habit loop. Mindful awareness is a kind of curiosity that can interrupt the habit loop at different points and open the opportunity for new choices. This webinar will illustrate how mindfulness practices can work to help break unhelpful habits. It will also include suggestions for starting a mindfulness practice and lead participants through 3 guided meditation practices. *Clock hours will be provided.   Webinar Objectives: Describe how mindfulness practices work to break unhelpful habit loops. Identify ways to start a mindfulness practice. Learn 3 guided meditation practices. 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.  

Times: 3-4:30pm ET / 12-1:30pm PT / 9-10:30am HT (view in your time zone) This event has ended. Click here to view the event recording.   COVID-19 has had a profound impact on the mental health of countless individuals, including Asian and Pacific Islanders (API). For some it may spark an old trauma and PTSD associated with being a refugee or immigrant. Some may experience severe depression due to the loss of a job or isolation from one’s support system because of social distancing. Sadly, there also continues to be the emotional trauma brought on by racist attacks on API. In honor of May as both Asian Pacific American Heritage Month and Mental Health Awareness Month, join this national round table to discuss the mental health impact of COVID-19 on API communities. While we must address the serious problems our communities are facing, it is also important to celebrate who we are as APIs - this, too, is mental health.   This round table is the first of a series that will address key issues including: The mental health implications for APIs, including the impact of racism The relationship between mental and physical health Strategies to cope with COVID-19 and trauma Creating healthy communities beyond the current pandemic   Download Training Flyer    

The contemporary experience of gender diverse people (including identities such as transgender, gender non-conforming, non-binary, and others) is one of profound contradictions. Popular culture and social media allow room for much more diverse identity and expression; however, gender diverse people in many parts of the US and elsewhere experience a hostile sociopolitical climate. As such, gender diverse people need support from clinicians and educators now more than ever.This webinar aims to increase participants’ understanding of the diversity of gender expression, gender identity, and biological sex. We will strive to expand attendees’ knowledge beyond the gender binary by providing an overview of community experiences, identity markers and meanings, research related to the construct of gender minority stress, and potential differences in journeys for binary transgender and non-binary transgender persons. We will also touch on current events and how transgender community members are being impacted by the COVID-19 crisis.

Week 4       Training #8: Telemedicine with Children and Families   Learning Objectives: Discuss the use of telemedicine for children and adolescents Review consenting and privacy issues for telemedicine with children  This event conveys information applicable to rural settings.   Presenter: Robert Hilt, MD, Professor UW Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences; Seattle Children's Hospital; Program Director, Partnership Access Line (PAL) Robert Hilt, MD is a Professor in the UW Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and a psychiatrist at Seattle Children's Hospital. He is the program director for the Partnership Access Line (PAL), a child mental health consultation service for primary care providers in both Washington and Wyoming. He is the Program Director for the Medicaid Medication Second Opinion Programs of Wyoming, Washington and Alaska, and Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) Psychiatric Consult Service in Wyoming for children in foster care. His primary interest is to increase professional collaboration between child psychiatrists and pediatric medical providers, and to increase access to high quality care.

6-7:30pm ET / 3-4:30pm PT / 12-1:30pm HT (view your time zone) This event has ended. Click here to view the event recording. Co-hosted by the Pacific Southwest Prevention and Mental Health Technology Transfer Centers (TTCs).   Substance misuse and its relationship to suicide among youth and young adults continues to be of concern to public health practitioners. This panel discussion will highlight real world intersections of substance misuse prevention and mental health best practices to reduce risk of suicide among youth and young adults. Panelists will offer expertise and perspective on how to impact populations who are at risk for substance misuse and suicide. The webinar examines shared risk and protective factors for vulnerable populations, outlines college campus programs for behavioral health, and explores a state systems approach to advancing the capacity of the mental and behavioral health workforce to prevent substance misuse and suicide risk. There will be a focus on effectively supporting youth and young adult populations.   By the end of the webinar, participants will be able to: Identify opportunities to effectively link mental and behavioral health supports to prevent and respond to risks of substance misuse and suicide. Identify prevention programs that integrate knowledge, skill, and abilities to benefit vulnerable youth and young adults. Locate real world examples of successful practices, programs, and policies for reducing youth and young adults’ risk of substance misuse and suicide.   Presenters Brett Harris, DrPH, is a Clinical Assistant Professor at the University at Albany School of Public Health and the Director of Public Health Initiatives at the Suicide Prevention Office of the New York State Office of Mental Health (OMH). Dr. Harris co-developed and is currently teaching the graduate course Suicide as a Public Health Problem. In her role with the State of New York, Dr. Harris oversees all community-, school-, college-, and university-based suicide prevention initiatives and supports implementation of suicide safer care in multiple clinical service settings. James Mazza, Ph.D, is Professor, Educational Psychology, University of Washington and Director of the School Psychology Program. His work focuses broadly on adolescent mental health issues, particularly internalizing disorders such as depression, anxiety, posttraumatic stress disorder, exposure to violence and especially suicidal behavior. Dr. Mazza’s research focuses on a multi-tiered system of support (MTSS) that emphasizes the need to provide school-based mental health services and SEL programs to all students as part of their education. Debra Cox-Howard, MC, LPC, LISAC, holds dual licenses and is a Mental Health Clinician at The University of Arizona's Counseling & Psych Services department. In addition to her role as clinician with a specialty in substance abuse counseling, Ms. Cox-Howard is a founder and co-Chair of the interdepartmental Substance Abuse Team and founder and co-Faculty Advisor for Wildcats Anonymous-The University of Arizona's Collegiate Recovery Program. Debra's work focuses on substance abuse prevention, assessment and treatment, addictions, adult children of alcoholics, time and stress management, relationships, and general counseling.

The Northeast and Caribbean MHTTC wants to support you and your work during this unprecedented public health crisis. And we know you want to support each other! Many of you have created unique strategies for meeting the needs of your service participants, but you may still also be grappling with questions or looking for better ways of doing things. To help facilitate support and the sharing of resources and ideas, we will be facilitating Mutual Support Calls for Thriving at Work During COVID-19. These calls will be facilitated by knowledgeable leaders in the field, but we also want to benefit from your experience and expertise. Participants will have the opportunity to submit questions or comments in advance, but we welcome all to join and share with each other or just listen and benefit from the community. What & Who: One-hour virtual learning discussions for mental health supervisors who want to share experiences, exchange resources, and ask and answer questions of and for each other. When: You are welcome to join 1, 2, or all 3. Mental Health Supervisors: Thursdays at 2 pm ET, 4/30, 5/7, 5/14, and 5/21 Before joining each call, we invite you to submit a question or comment that you would like to see discussed during the call. We look forward to connecting with you!

Part two: Cultural Humility and Responsiveness Trauma-Informed Learning for Early Childhood Educators Series  The second session in this series will focus on the need for understanding and integrating the practices of cultural humility into a trauma-based model. Participants will learn about the three parts of practicing cultural humility, the successful application of this model in early childhood work, and the importance of cultural humility when working from a trauma-informed approach. Using these principles, participants will begin to develop strategies that address inequities in their systems while raising equity, including how to identify and respond to microaggressions as a bystander with privilege, and/or as adults protecting children.    Learning objectives for this series: Learn evidence-based practices that teach children how to replace trauma-based coping strategies with resilience-based strategies. Understand and develop strategies to address trauma-based inequities in your systems and raise equity. Review and practice several evidence-based wellness and resilience practices.   Trauma-Informed Learning for Early Childhood Educators Series Part three: Understanding Grief and Increasing Wellness May 21, 2020 at 2:00 pm MT  

Join us for this webinar introducing our Native Youth Telehealth Initiative. Dr. George Baston, MHRD, Ed.D CTE, and Natasha Peterson, BS, will be covering the many uses of telehealth in Native communities, how to implement telehealth using the “Let’s Talk Interactive” platform, and opportunities to collaborate with the National American Indian and Alaska Native MHTTC. Note: An opportunity to participate in our Native Youth Telehealth Initiative, and receive intensive technical assistance, will be announced in this webinar. Applications and information will be given at the end of Dr. Baston's presentation, and six sites will be chosen from the applicants.

Due to the need for many mental health providers to transition to online service delivery as a result of COVID-19, this webinar will provide general guidance on the use of telehealth services. In particular, this webinar will focus on providing recommendations for adapting common Cognitive Behavioral Therapy tools (e.g., repeated assessment, homework tracking, etc.) for use with clients via telehealth. Special linguistic and cultural considerations for providers of Latino clients will also be presented throughout the webinar.   Who should attend? This is an intermediate level workshop designed for social workers, counselors, psychologists, graduate students, community health workers, and other mental health providers.      About the presenter:  Bianca Villalobos, PhD- Dr. Villalobos is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychological Science at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) and co-director of the REACH Lab. She received her PhD from the University of Arkansas and completed a two-year postdoctoral position in the Mental Health Disparities and Diversity Program at the Medical University of South Carolina. Dr. Villalobos is a bilingual clinical psychologist and has experience providing Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy via telehealth to trauma-exposed youth and families. Her overarching research and clinical focus are increasing access to mental health services for Latino populations through novel service delivery models like telehealth and primary care.   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 SERIES: This webinar series is focused on the role of the school leader in creating and maintaining a positive climate and culture virtually during the global pandemic and in the building upon the return to school. We know these are challenging times and want to provide information you can use immediately and to use for the plans to return to school as part of your MTSS framework. The series is broken into three 90-minute sessions on three separate dates. *Please note that the last session is a chance to get your questions addressed LIVE!   WHEN: Part 1: (April 30th) Here and Now: Understanding Trauma and Steps to Take Today with your Staff > REGISTER HERE Part 2: (May 14th) Re-entry: Planning Ahead for Coming Back Together  Part 3: (June 4th) Discussion - LIVE Q & A with series presenters and guest school leaders > REGISTER HERE *All webinars are from 1 - 2:30PM (PST)   *Clock hours will be provided.   **Access all presentation materials and recordings after the event here.**   SERIES OBJECTIVES: Describe how trauma/extreme stress impacts our ability to learn, and executive functioning skills Identify guiding ideas, and concrete steps, school leaders can take to support teachers, families, and themselves emotionally Identify how the core features of MTSS, including systems, practices, and data, can be shaped to address build protective factors for the school community now. Identify how the core features of MTSS, including systems, practices, and data, can be shaped to address build protective factors for the school community once your students are back in the building. This series is brought to you by Sound Supports, LLC, Northwest PBIS Network, and the Association of Washington School Principals in partnership with the school mental health supplement to the Northwest Mental Health Technology Transfer Center.   The School Leader 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. Lori Lynass is the Owner and Executive Director of Sound Supports whose mission is to support every student and every school through the use of a Multi-tiered framework. Dr. Lynass has over 22 years of experience in the field of education and has worked directly with over 100 schools, 100 districts and 4 state departments of education on their implementation of academic and behavioral systems. Previously Dr. Lynass has been the Executive Director of Northwest PBIS and a research scientist at the University of Washington. Dr. Lynass has also overseen and coordinated grants related to academic and behavioral Multi-tiered Systems of Supports in schools and actively disseminates through presentations and publications. Dr. Lynass has also taught courses as an adjunct professor for the University of Washington, Seattle University and Seattle Pacific University.   Cher Anderton, MSW, LSWAIC is a mental health therapist, MTSS-B/PBIS coach, Trauma Informed Practices consultant, Positive Discipline parent educator and former elementary school counselor. In short, Cher loves working with adults to grow their skill set and improve resilience and sustainability in heart-center fields of work and life. Cher has a BA in History and a Masters in Social Work from Boston University.         Dr. Jessica Swain-Bradway is the Executive Director for Northwest PBIS Network. Her work in school-wide positive behavioral interventions and supports (SW-PBIS) and multi-tiered systems of support (MTSS) focuses on equipping teachers with high leverage strategies for instruction, relationship-building, and designing effective learning environments. She has extensive experience supporting districts and states to build capacity for PBIS implementation and working across agencies to maximize resources for developing the organizational health of the school environment. Dr. Swain-Bradway also has expertise aligning restorative practices, mental health practices, including trauma informed care, and academic RtI into the SWPBIS framework.     Kurt Hatch M.Ed. A former teacher, instructional coach and award-winning principal, Kurt Hatch has served as a leader in a variety of systems including Puyallup, Kent, University Place, North Thurston and Shanghai, China.  Currently based out of Olympia, Kurt serves as Associate Director at the Association of Washington School Principals.  His work includes policy analysis, advocacy, leading the Mastering Principal Leadership Network and facilitating professional learning on topics such as: Systems Improvement; Distributed Leadership; and Equity, Bias and Race. Kurt also mentors early-career principals and trains school leaders on the implementation of a school-wide student support system that has helped recapture thousands of hours of instructional time, increase teacher efficacy and eliminate the use of suspensions.   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 Peer Support Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes (PS ECHO) is a movement to share knowledge, and amplify capacity to provide best practices. The PS ECHO is an online community for Peer Recovery Specialist and Mental Health Peers to: Share community and statewide resources Learn new skills and tools for doing peer work Meet and connect with other peers    

The Northeast and Caribbean MHTTC wants to support you and your work during this unprecedented public health crisis. And we know you want to support each other! Many of you have created unique strategies for meeting the needs of your service participants, but you may still also be grappling with questions or looking for better ways of doing things. To help facilitate support and the sharing of resources and ideas, we will be facilitating Mutual Support Calls for Thriving at Work During COVID-19. These calls will be facilitated by knowledgeable leaders in the field, but we also want to benefit from your experience and expertise. Participants will have the opportunity to submit questions or comments in advance, but we welcome all to join and share with each other or just listen and benefit from the community. What & Who: One-hour virtual learning discussions for Mental Health Service Providers who want to share experiences, exchange resources, and ask and answer questions of and for each other. When: You are welcome to join 1, 2, or all 3. Mental Health Providers: Every other Thursday at 12 noon ET, 4/30, 5/14, and 5/28 Before joining each call, we invite you to submit a question or comment that you would like to see discussed during the call. We look forward to connecting with you!

This webinar will review key indicators of PCRP from both a process and a documentation perspective. Particular emphasis will be placed on strategies for maintaining a strengths-based recovery orientation in collaborative care planning while simultaneously meeting rigorous documentation standards associated with fiscal and regulatory requirements.   This webinar is being offered on 2 dates: May 14th and May 21st.    Learning Objectives: Identify a minimum of 3 differences between traditional methods of treatment planning and best-practice Person-Centered Recovery Planning Define the 4 component “Ps” of Person-Centered Recovery Planning (Philosophy, Process, Plan, and Product/Purpose) Learn strategies for respecting strengths-based, person-centered principles while also satisfying expectations associated with accreditation, and fiscal regulations, e.g., those associated with medical necessity criteria and/or funder documentation standard.   Presenter: Janis Tondora, Psy.D. is the Director of Systems Transformation, Yale Program for Recovery and Community Health. Dr. Tondora’s professional interests focus on the design, implementation, and evaluation of services that promote self-determination, recovery, and community inclusion among individuals living with behavioral health conditions. She has provided training and consultation to over two dozen states and numerous international collaborators seeking to develop person-centered planning models and programs.   For more information on fees and CEUs, please visit the registration link. 

  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 3: Core Mindfulness - Wise Mind 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. This month's call features a conversation on telehealth with facilitators from Integral Care weighing in on being supportive in a virtual environment. Join Zoom Meeting Meeting ID: 817 083 117 Password: 415555 

The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in an opportunity for major experimentation in behavioral healthcare delivery. Dr. Lori Raney will present a view of the innovations, responses and opportunities being seen nationally as the behavioral health community responds to COVID-19. She will also review some emerging lessons learned nationally over the two month time frame of significant changes in behavioral health care delivery.  Dr. Raney will specifically cover behavioral health workforce issues, widespread use of telehealth to keep staff and patients safe, and considerations for administrators in a post-COVID-19 behavioral health environment.

This event has ended. Click here to view the event recording. Times: 6-7:30 p.m. ET / 3-4:30 p.m. PT / 12-1:30 p.m. HT Implicit bias refers to the attitudes or stereotypes that affect our understanding, actions, and decisions in an unconscious manner. Everyone has them, and becoming mindful of how implicit and explicit biases impact our work with others is important. Implicit biases can lead to unfair differences in the expectations we hold for those we serve, how we interact with them, and the learning opportunities we provide. This webinar is part of a four-part series that explores the dynamics of implicit bias and its impact on our work in mental health. Starting with the individual, this webinar will challenge you to reflect on your own implicit biases and learn ways to become self-aware regarding your own biases and microagressions. Future implicit bias webinar series will focus on relationships with clients, organizational culture and climate, and engagement with communities. **Prior to the webinar, participants are encouraged to take the free, online Implicit Association Test through Project Implicit which measures attitudes and beliefs to support continued discussion and learning.   Participants will be able to: Develop a shared understanding of implicit bias. Experientially grapple with the concepts of prejudice, bias, stereotypes, and attitudes. Recognize the role bias plays in responding to the mental health concerns. Learn ways to become self-aware regarding their own biases.   May 13th 3-4:30pm PT - How Implicit Bias Affects Our Work: Starting with the Individual (completed / watch recorded session) June 30th 3-4:30pm PT - How Implicit Bias Affects Our Work: Relationships with Clients (register here) July 22nd 3-4:30pm PT - How Implicit Bias Affects Our Work: Organizational Culture and Climate (register here) August 27th 3-4:30pm PT - How Implicit Bias Affects Our Work: Engagement with Communities (register here)   About the Facilitators: Dr. Rachele Espiritu is the co-director of SAMHSA's Pacific Southwest Mental Health Technology Transfer Center (Hawaii, California, Arizona, Nevada, and the Pacific Islands). Dr. Espiritu provides training, technical assistance, and capacity building at the local, territory, tribal, state, and national level in multiple systems, including mental health, substance use, public health, and education. She is a founding partner with Change Matrix LLC, a minority- and women-owned small business that motivates, manages and measures change to support systems that improve lives. She is a former School Board Member of Denver Public Schools (DPS), where she provided direction and leadership for Whole Child efforts and successfully passed a resolution for DPS to become a trauma-informed school district.   Kaitlin E. Ferrick, J.D. is a Knowledge Transfer Specialist with the Pacific Southwest MHTTC and a Change Specialist with Change Matrix. Ms. Ferrick’s work focuses on driving equitable outcomes for children and families through strategic, cross-sector systems change. Previously, Ms. Ferrick was the Head Start State Collaboration Office Director at the Michigan Department of Education where she worked to improve collaboration between the federal Head Start and state early childhood systems. Ms. Ferrick attended law school at the University of Wisconsin, where she participated in the Innocence Project and assisted an array of indigent clients with their legal matters. She also taught in Los Angeles County Head Start classrooms as a Teach for America corps member.   Dr. Suganya Sockalingam is a Founding Partner at Change Matrix, LLC, which supports agencies in addressing diversity, cultural competence, and cross-cultural communication as well as leadership, collaboration, and conflict management. Dr. Sockalingam focuses on supporting individuals, organizations, and systems to motivate, manage, and measure systems change. Currently, she serves as a training and technical assistance provider for several national technical assistance centers, and for other federal, national, state, territorial, and community agencies. She earned her doctorate at Washington State University and has worked in many capacities in public and behavioral health, both nationally and internationally, for over 25 years.

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.

This webinar will highlight: The importance of prioritizing sleep to help combat the spread of COVID19 The role of sleep in helping to maintain mental and physical health under current social restrictions The logistics of continuing sleep research during a pandemic   Presenter: Tony Cunningham, PhD, Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and Boston College.

Week 4       Training #7:  CFR and HIPAA Training Objectives: Identify basic requirements of 42 CFR Part 2 and HIPAA Explore recent changes to federal privacy laws outlined within the CARES Act Explore privacy law application to telehealth in accordance with recently released SAMHSA and OCR guidance Describe how to access resources and TA provided by the Center of Excellence for Protected Health Information (CoE-PHI) This event conveys information applicable to rural settings. Presenters: Christine Khaikin, JD- CoE-PHI Health Policy Sally Friedman, JD – CoE-PHI Senior Health Privacy Training and TA Director Caroline Waterman, MA, LRC, CRC- CoE-PHI SUD Lead Michael Graziano, MPA, CoE-PHI Project Director

Supporting Mental Health and Substance Use Providers during the crisis created by Corvid-19 is imperative. This webinar will focus on how providers are coping and how to best support this critical segment of the workforce. Participants will learn how hopelessness, fatigue, stress, trauma, and social distancing are impacting the wellbeing of mental health and substance use practitioners. Presenters will highlight the need to practice self-compassion, holistic wellness, and self-care as essential strategies to deal with compassion fatigue, burnout. Supportive strategies and techniques to increase connection will be discussed. Learning Objectives (participants will be able to): 1. Describe how the workforce is being impacted during this period of crisis 2. Understand the importance of recognizing compassion fatigue and burnout 3. Identify wellness strategies and techniques that promote holistic wellness, self-compassion, self-care, interconnectedness, and promote connection during this period of social distancin 4. Learn about the resources available to continue to do their jobs effectively and safely.