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  The focus of this webinar is to provide the support and information that teachers, supervisors, BCBAs, therapists and other professionals supporting youth during Co VID 19 have been seeking. The challenges that Co VID 19 poses to clients and students will be discussed. Strategies for reaching and supporting clients via telehealth platforms and teaching students through the virtual classroom will be identified and discussed. The main focus will be on supporting individuals with developmental disabilities and autism during this difficult time. Individuals across the Autism Spectrum have specific needs and profiles that will be discussed and the supports and strategies needed to address their specific strengths and weaknesses will be explored.   Cynthia Policastro-Smith, BCBA is both a teacher and a practicing Board Certified Behavior Analyst with over 25 years of experience. Cynthia started out in the field by providing ABA services to clients on the autism spectrum, in their homes. Cynthia moved on to teaching students with autism at both the intermediate and elementary grades. Currently, Cynthia teaches a self-contained class of students with autism for the Toms River Regional School District in New Jersey and works as a Clinical Supervisor at the Family Resource Network, where she trains and oversees staff and supervisor in-home ABA services. 

Peer delivered services are increasingly being recognized for their value, and becoming more readily available. Come learn more about this emerging field!  In peer support, we believe recovery is possible for all and work to support others to achieve their self-directed recovery. This webinar will provide a broad overview of the history, research, misconceptions, implementation, supervision and benefits of peer delivered services. In addition to the high-level overview, time to ask peer delivered services subject matter experts specific questions will be included. Speakers Adrienne Scavera is the training and outreach director for Mental Health & Addiction Association of Oregon (MHAAO), one of Oregon's oldest and largest peer-run organizations. In her role as a department director, Adrienne works to support the peer workforce from initial entry and training to systems-level advocacy. Currently, Adrienne serves on several committees and boards, including the Oregon Health Authority’s Training Evaluation and Metrics Program Scoring Committee and the state Traditional Health Worker Commission. In her work, Adrienne prioritizes the experience of individuals as the experts on their own lives. Over the years, she has worked in research, direct service, program development, management, training, and with non-profits, educational institutions, and peer-run organizations. She enjoys writing about herself in third person, well-organized spaces, and friendly animals.   Janie Gullickson is a person in long-term recovery and for her that means she has not used alcohol or other drugs in over 11 years. Janie is in recovery from both addiction and mental health challenges as well as homelessness, incarceration, and criminal justice involvement. She navigated all types of systems and institutions that can accompany such life experiences, from frequent hospitalizations to prison. Janie was released from Coffee Creek Correctional Facility in September of 2006. Janie first began her work as a Peer Support Specialist/Recovery Mentor for Yamhill County HHS in McMinnville, Oregon in 2011. Janie joined the peer-run organization Mental Health & Addiction Association of Oregon (MHAAO) as a project assistant in 2014. In May of 2017 Janie became MHAAO’s Executive Director. She also earned her Master of Public Administration: Health Administration (MPA: HA) degree from Portland State University in June of 2017. Janie is passionate about social justice issues with a focus on mental health and addiction recovery, peer programs and services and advocacy in these realms.  

Description: This four-part series will focus on tools used to engage individuals with serious mental illness and/or substance use disorders in person-centered treatment and services. Part 4 will discuss shared decision making based on the principles and tools emphasized in the Wellness Recovery Action Planning (WRAP) approach.   Presenter: Matthew Federici, M.S., is the executive director of the Copeland Center for Wellness and Recovery, which operates the National Consumer Technical Assistance Center Doors to Wellbeing. He was formerly the Program Director for the Institute for Recovery and Community Integration, a training and technical assistance program that developed and implemented Pennsylvania’s first Certified Peer Specialist workforce. He received his M.S. in Rehabilitation Counseling from Rutgers University. Kristen King, MBA, MPS, is Virtual Solutions Manager and WRAP® Project Manager at Advocates for Human Potential, Inc. (AHP). A certified WRAP Facilitator since 2011, she uses her passion for wellness and digital and print publishing experience as senior advisor to AHP’s WRAP and Recovery Books division. Kristen has an MBA from the University of Massachusetts–Amherst and an MPS in publishing from The George Washington University.  Part 4 will be hosted by Laurie Curtis, MA, CPRP, senior program manager at AHP. Her experience includes extensive training and consultation on evidence-based practices and recovery-oriented services.   Learning Objectives: Provide information about tools that can help establish positive relationships and productive communication with individuals often considered “difficult to engage.” Provide examples of how to apply these tools in a range of settings and with diverse groups of people. Offer opportunities to discuss practical challenges and opportunities for implementing these tools in day-to-day practice.   Who Should Attend? Clinicians and practitioners working in mental health and substance use services, managers and supervisors, people using services and their families.

Research has shown that individual outcomes are better, program compliance is higher, and organizations decrease staff time spent and complete fewer assessments when using interpreters in health and behavioral health settings. This net effect is mutually beneficial. There is a cost-saving for organizations and equal opportunity for limited English proficient service seekers. Discussion topics for this session include: • Latinx, Language Access, & COVID-19 • The importance of trained interpreters • Common practices of trained interpreters • Strategies for working with trained and untrained interpreters • Considerations for mental health settings   Who should attend? This is a basic level webinar for psychologists, social workers, mental health counselors, mental health interpreters, and other behavioral health professionals.    About the presenter:   Cecily Rodríguez, MPA- For more than 30 years, Cecily has been developing, implementing, and evaluating policies and programs that address equity and inclusion in the health and human service sector. In Cecily’s current position, she is responsible for developing learning and training material; supporting research initiatives; program evaluation, and structuring equity and inclusion research efforts. She came to Virginia Tech from the US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI) where she was the Director of Refugee Health Services Division. She was responsible for executive leadership of grant and contract-related planning and implementation for new state health and wellness programs; development, management, and oversight of program budgets totaling more than $30 million annually. During the previous service to the Commonwealth, Cecily was the Director of the Office of Health Equity Advancement and Workforce Development at the Virginia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services. At DBHDS, she led the agency’s response to disparities in behavioral health and developmental services.    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.  

Join us for this session and learn strategies for peer support and how to make this work while social distancing. CEUs are available for this session - we are a NAADAC certified educational provider.

Suicide Prevention and Intervention for Transition Age Youth on College Campuses Part Six of Six in the Webinar Series: Suicide Prevention Across the Educational Continuum Higher education settings are increasingly tasked with responding to the mental health needs of students and transition age youth on campuses. This session will focus on increasing faculty and staff understanding of suicidality and best practices for supporting students and transition age youth experiencing thoughts of suicide. Particular attention will be given to identifying warning signs for suicidality, best practices for screening and referring individuals to campus based care and best practices for suicide interventions for college and transition age youth. Presenters     Sarah Nielsen, PhD, OTR/L Andy McLane, MD, MPH  

The Northwest Mental Health Technology Transfer Center, in partnership with the Treatment and Services Adaptation Center for Resiliency, Hope, and Wellness in Schools at the University of Southern California, present the: 2019-2020 Webinar Series: Creating Trauma-Responsive Schools The first 500 registrants can attend the live webinar. Webinars will be recorded and posted on the Northwest MHTTC website within a few days and links will be sent out through our mailing list. Each webinar requires separate registration. Register only if you plan to attend the live webinar and consider joining in a central location if multiple people from your school, district or organization plan to attend.   Webinar #6: Psychological First Aid  Times: 9:30 - 11:00 a.m. PT / 8:30 - 10:00 a.m. AK / 10:30 - 12:00 pm MT Note: This webinar was originally focused on the topic of evidenced-based approaches to trauma in schools. As a result of the global pandemic, we are now offering a more timely training on psychological first aid. This webinar is now available for up to 500 registrants. We will reshcedule the original webinar for a later date. Description: This training was specifically designed as a five-step crisis response strategy based on communication skills that educators and school staff use every day. Although initially introduced in response to targeted school violence, such as school shootings and other acts of violence on a school campus, the goals of Psychological First Aid for Schools – Listen Protect Connect/Model and Teach have relevance to the COVID-19 pandemic which has seriously disrupted the daily lives over children and adults all over the world. The closure of schools and businesses adds to the health risks faced by all which contribute to the stresses that students and adults face under orders of physical distancing, stay at home directives or quarantine conditions. Given the levels of internet and web connectivity for students, being at home doesn’t have to mean being cut off from teachers, school support staff, classmates and friends. Learn more about the six-part series and register for all six webinars here.   Presenter Bios Vivien Villaverde, MS SW, PPSC, LCSW is a Clinical Associate Professor in the Field Education Department of the University of Southern California Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work and a member of the Treatment and Services Adaptation Center for Schools. She is a trained School Social Worker who was affiliated with the Los Angeles Unified School District for about 10 years. Prof. Villaverde has expertise in trauma-informed intervention, disaster/crisis response and trauma-responsive program development. She has extensive background in collaboration and education systems change. Her expertise includes training and consultation with school districts in trauma-responsive transformation including program development, EBP training, and policy development. Prof. Villaverde collaborates with the California Department of Education and has partnered internationally with South Korea and the Republic of the Philippines. In addition, she uses the “Social Responses to the Human Impacts of Climate Change” Grand Challenge in her disaster response planning work in Asia. She is also the Teaching Institution (TI) Coordinator at the School of Social Work. As the Coordinator, she engages in different innovation to promote university-community partnership for quality MSW internship and for community capacity-building.   Pamela Vona, MA, MPH, is currently the Program Manager for the Treatment and Services Adaptation Center for Resilience, Hope and Wellness in Schools. Her interests include understanding how to support the implementation of trauma practices in the school setting. Specifically, her work has focused on how web-based platforms can support training in and implementation of evidence-based practices in schools. Ms. Vona served as a lead developer of the Trauma Responsive School Implementation Assessment—an online assessment designed to help schools improve their trauma-responsiveness.  She is also leading the development of the Trauma Informed Skills for Developers (TISE) curriculum designed to enhance educators’ trauma knowledge and skills. Ms. Vona serves on the School Committee Workgroup for the National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN) and previously was a member of the NCTSN Policy Task Force.   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 webinar will review current trends in children’s mental health (particularly with rural and low-income populations and students of color) and explore why youth suicide and mental illness are on the rise. We will discuss cultural, racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic factors and how they impact prevention and treatment options, with recommendations for how to improve equity. We also will explore restorative justice and case studies of effective solutions.   Presenter: Meghan Wenzel, M.S., Researcher and Writer, Center for Educational Improvement

 “Strategies of Support for Mental Health Providers” - Empowering one another during times of crisis This is the sixth 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 recent events surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic have impacted mental health providers and all who provide support and care in unanticipated ways. This webinar will provide attendees with a brief overview of how the body can react to the stress and trauma related to COVID-19. In this webinar, we will introduce several evidence-based strategies to reduce anxiety, distress, and hyperarousal.

  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 21: Emotional Regulation - Wave Skill: Mindfulness of Current Emotions 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.  

NOTE:This training will now be held via Webinar - 10:00 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. with a 30 minute lunch (4 Continuing Education Hours will be provided to those attending the full online training) This workshop will look at how our clients/patients can find healing in the midst of the pain and suffering associated with loss. We will examine a counseling style and tools designed to address people's losses. Those losses can be the obvious losses due to the death of a loved one, the many losses associated with drug addiction, the losses of divorce and job loss, but also those ambiguous losses (death of an ex-spouse, decline due to dementia/Alzheimer's, loss of mental health, infertility, termination of a pregnancy, etc.). The various losses and grief associated with COVID-19 will also be addressed. The workshop will put great emphasis on practical tools, tools you'll be able to use your very next day of work. The teaching style will include lecture, case studies, personal stories and sharing exercises. Many actual patient/client stories will illustrate each tool presented.    At the end of the workshop each participant will be able to:  (1) explain a counseling model of care that can be used to complement the medical model of care (2) use various assessment tools in discovering a client's grieving style, a client's personal resources and a client's expectations (3) report measurable outcomes in a client's progress in the healing process (4) describe ways of discovering a client's philosophical/spiritual language, how to speak that language and how to enhance that philosophical/spiritual perspective (5) offer a client multiple tools designed to promote healing in the midst of loss    ABOUT THE PRESENTER Douglas Smith, M.Div, MA, MS, teaches at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. He is currently the lead instructor for two counseling certificate programs there, one in grief counseling and the other in counseling the terminally ill, as well as teaching courses in ethics and boundaries. He has done workshops in every state in the U.S. and all the provinces in Canada, and has authored eight books on counseling.

Times: 6-7:15pm ET / 3-4:15pm PT / 12-1:15pm HT (view in your time zone) This event has ended. Click here to view the event recording. Moving towards a trauma-informed and resilient organization involves intentional and equitable approaches to systemic and organizational change. This includes focusing on the well-being of all the adults within a system so that they can bring their whole, human selves to the important work they do to care for others. Join the Pacific Southwest MHTTC for a webinar on systems and agency leadership approaches that embrace trauma-informed care. This session will help leaders to understand the fundamentals of leading their organization towards becoming more trauma-informed and resilience-oriented. The content will blend brain science, principles for building a safe environment, and promising practices for trauma-informed systems.   About the Facilitator: Leora Wolf-Prusan, EdD, is the School Mental Health Lead and Training Specialist for the Pacific Southwest Mental Health Technology Transfer Center, a project of SAMHSA that provides no-cost professional development to support the school mental health workforce in the Pacific Islands, Hawaii, California, Nevada & Arizona. She formerly served as the field director for a SAMHSA Now is the Time Initiative, ReCAST (Resiliency in Communities After Stress and Trauma), which involves providing support to the 10 grantee cities and counties as they build city-based resiliency plans to respond to civil unrest due to community-based trauma. In addition to these national grants, she provides consulting and training for numerous other clients around issues related to school climate and positive youth development, educator mental health & wellness, and trauma-informed approaches to education.

The goal of this training is to increase the awareness and abilities of school mental health providers in the use of cultural elements by promoting the use of culturally appropriate formulations when treating Hispanics and Latino youth presenting with psychological, mental, and substance use disorders. Current research findings inform this training on the impact of cultural factors on the assessment and treatment of mental health disorders and the therapeutic relationship. The objectives of the training are to: Demonstrate knowledge, ability, and skill in formulating a culturally informed, school-based mental health treatment plan. Apply culturally informed therapeutic strategies to engage effectively Hispanic and Latino youth and families in school mental health treatment. **This is a private training not opened to our community**

  This webinar will discuss and help you to:  Recognize the differences between using MI face-to-face vs. via telehealth Discuss solutions to common barriers Prepare to use/improve your use of MI in the resolution of ambivalence via telehealth   Presenter: Michelle Drapkin, Ph.D. Dr. Michelle Drapkin received her Ph.D. from Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, and completed both her clinical psychology internship and postdoctoral fellowship in treatment outcomes research at the University of California, San Diego/VA San Diego. She has professional experience in a variety of settings. She was on faculty at the University of Pennsylvania, worked nationally at the Department of Veterans Affairs, was a Director of Training at Rutgers, and spent the last couple of years in the private sector working as a behavior scientist at Johnson and Johnson and at a Silicon Valley startup, BetterUp. She is a longtime member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers and is sought out for consultation and training globally. A few years ago, she opened her practice, The CBT Center of Central NJ LLC in Metuchen, NJ, where she lives to create a space for high quality, evidence-based practice. She started with a limited number of patients on Saturday mornings and has expanded to meet the demand. She sees individuals (aged 16 or older) and couples and works with a variety of struggles, including anxiety/stress, depression, and substance use. Her approach is values-based and she helps patients enhance their wellbeing in ways that are meaningful to them.  “We work together on what matters to you.” CBT Center of Central NJ Follow the CBT Center of Central NJ on Facebook Intended Audience: Mental health and substance use treatment providers 

Compassion Fatigue: Additional Risks while Serving Vulnerable Populations During a Pandemic A Webinar Hosted in Collaboration with Indian Health Services Tele-Behavioral Health Center of Excellence **Please note the same content will be repeated during each of the three sessions. You only need to register for one session in this series to receive the content provided.** The current pandemic has heightened concerns that providers are experiencing increased compassion fatigue. This session will raise awareness about compassion fatigue - which is the cost of caring for people who are in emotional and physical pain. This session will provide attendees with an overview of the symptoms of compassion fatigue and how unaddressed compassion fatigue can lead to burnout. Attendees will have an opportunity to assess their current level of compassion fatigue and be provided with tools and resources to build compassion satisfaction. Annotations for how the current pandemic is increasing compassion fatigue and impacting self-care strategies will be explored. Learning Objectives Recognize the signs and symptoms of compassion fatigue. Identify how compassion fatigue impacts the workforce. Develop strategies for preventing and reversing compassion fatigue.   Presenters     Marvis Doster, CARN

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. Weekly 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. These meetings will be held weekly on Mondays at 12:00-1:30 pm Pacific/3:00-4:30 pm Eastern. 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 May 11, our guest speaker will be Jennifer Gottlieb, PhD, presenting "Quick CBT Skills During COVID-19: Problem-Solving." Virtual Discussion Forum In addition to the weekly 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.   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.

This one and half-hour online session will provide information on practical tools to increase the knowledge of mental health service providers about the implications of vicarious trauma on mental health and how to prevent it. The presenter will discuss the dimensions of vicarious trauma, the concepts of compassion fatigue and burning syndrome, the neurobiology of accompaniment in mental health professionals, individual responses and their implications at the organizational level, the post-natural events experience, strategies to face the effects of vicarious trauma.     Who should attend? This is an intermediate level workshop designed for social workers, counselors, psychologists, graduate students, and community health workers.  About the presenter:   Elithet Silva, PhD- Elithet Silva-Martínez has an MSW and PhD in Social Work. In the last 19 years, she has specialized in working with survivors of gender violence in Puerto Rico and the United States. Dr. Silva Martínez is currently an Associate Professor and coordinator of the Master's Program in Social Work at the Graduate School of Social Work at the University of Puerto Rico and Faculty Affiliate at the Center of Violence Against Women and Children at the School of Social Work at Rutgers. Certified by the National Center for Social Work Trauma Education and Workforce Development and the National Child Traumatic Stress Network. Her work is inspired by the stories of the women in her life: her grandmothers, her mother and daughters, Lina and Lara, aged 10 and 6 respectively.    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.  

Join us for a trauma-informed, restorative yoga series to bring connection and compassion for the New England community and beyond.   Each Friday from March 20-May 8 from 12:00- 1:00 p.m. EST, join us for an hour of gentle, relaxing yoga to reduce stress and increase happiness. To fully relax, please have some props or household items nearby to support your practice: Blankets Bolster OR pillows Blocks OR books, pillows, etc. Yoga mat OR blanket, rug, carpet   No registration required. Please join the Zoom meeting below, mute yourself, and pin Dana Asby’s video to enjoy some peaceful yoga with us.   Zoom Meeting: https://zoom.us/j/2241882909 Meeting ID: 224 188 2909   Session Schedule 3/20    Session I: Rooted in Self-Love This session focuses on getting back to our roots and finding a source of love from within. 3/27    Session II: Sacred Pleasure This session focuses on finding moments of pleasure in the present moment. 4/3      Session III: Solar Strength This session focuses on building power in the core while developing inner strength. 4/10    Session IV: Heart Powered             This session focuses on projecting the love we’ve cultivated for ourselves onto others to strengthen our compassion. 4/17    Session V: Speaking Truth             This session focuses on spreading love and truth intentionally by cultivating the courage to find our voice. 4/24    Session VI: Seeing Clearly             This session focuses on freeing the mind to better connect with others. 5/1      Session VII: Letting Go             This session focuses on surrendering to allow more room for love, connection, and kindness in our lives. 5/8      Session VIII: Building Community             This session brings together all of the tools from the past seven weeks and combines them to give us all a stronger sense of belonging in this and other communities.  

Week 3       Training #6:  Telehealth and Substance Use Disorders This event conveys information applicable to rural settings. Presenter: Mark Duncan, MD, Assistant Professor, UW Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences; Co-Medical Director UW PACC, Telepsychiatry Rotation, and Advanced Collaborative Care - Addictions Medical Education. Dr. Duncan currently works in an outpatient psychiatry clinic with general psychiatry patients, consults in addiction psychiatry, is a consultant for both the Behavioral Health Integration Program (BHIP) and Mental Health Integration Program (MHIP), works on the Harm Reduction with Pharmacotherapy (HARP) study in alcohol abuse and homelessness, and works with family medicine residents to improve their training in mental health work. He loves his work because it is interesting, there is opportunity to help people and improve lives, and there are opportunities for innovation and creativity. Five years from now, he hopes that collaborative care has stretched to better treat addictions and opiate use to fill the need and potential within that field.

Not sure what a TTC or ORN means? We are a network of training and technical assistance resources for the behavioral health workforce. Join us for a collaborative webinar hosted by Southeast TTC and ORN representatives. This webinar will cover the role of each TTC (technology transfer center) and ORN (opioid resource network) in your region, and will be hosted by the Southeast PTTC (Prevention Technology Transfer Center).

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.  

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!