Past Events

Week 1 Training #2:  Telehealth:  Myths and Facts You Need to Know Learning objectives: Understand common myths that patients and providers might have about Clinical Video Teleconferencing. Review the literature that supports Clinical Video Teleconferencing and refutes these myths. Begin to develop confidence in providing care using Clinical Video Teleconferencing. This event conveys information applicable to rural settings.  

Recovery from SMI has been studied and documented by researchers, practitioners, and individuals with lived experience around the world and across time. Recovery is real. Recovery can be supported by practices and services that encourage participant engagement, community inclusion, valued social roles, and overall wellness. This webinar series will introduce you to recovery from SMI and many of the evidence-based and promising practices that support recovery.  This session focuses on the role of health and wellness in recovery.

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    

  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 Lessons 4 & 5: Core Mindfulness - What & How Skills  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.  

This webinar is being cosponsored by the Southeast MHTTC and Region IV Public Health Training Center (PHTC). The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a second pandemic of stress, anxiety and fear. As public health workers, your work has a unique level of stress during this time. We are best able to maintain our mental health through these difficult times if we stay aware of the effects of stress, take steps to stay mentally healthy, and maintain connections with others. This webinar will offer information on awareness, self-care and connection with others so public health workers can develop a plan for maintaining their mental health. We will discuss common issues such as coping with fear, anxiety and loss; changing work demands; navigating family relationships; and coping with an uncertain future as the pandemic continues.

Times: 5pm ET / 2pm PT / 11am HT (view your time zone)   More than one hundred participants have joined each of our first two Wellness Wednesdays. In response to high demand for more, we’ve added sessions through the month of April. Educators and school mental health leadership are resilient, creative, and tenacious, but they need support 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 three 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. Please note that the Wellness Wednesdays are not a sequence; you can join us for one, some, or all. Access the presentation slides and handouts from each Wellness Wednesday session.   Audience: For state and local education agency education and behavioral health leaders, community-based organization staff, teachers, school site leaders, district administration, principals, school-based mental health staff, student support service providers, and anyone else who would like to join.   Upcoming Dates April 15 at 5 pm ET / 2 pm PT / 11 am HT (view your time zone) | Register Here April 22 at 5 pm ET / 2 pm PT / 11 am HT (view your time zone) | Register Here April 29 at 5 pm ET / 2 pm PT/ 11 am HT (view your time zone) | Register Here   Meet the Instructors Judee Fernandez is an educator, facilitator, and coach. Judee began her work in schools as a high school Spanish teacher and later co-founded First Generation Institute, a firm focused on professional development for teachers in the area of cultural relevance and equity for students of color in public schools. Judee has worked as a Wellness Director and Assistant Principal at New Village Girls Academy and a high school Principal with San Francisco USD. Judee holds a BA in Spanish and Education from Loyola Marymount University, an MA in Latin American Studies from Cal State Los Angeles, and a School Leadership Certificate from the University of Southern California. Michelle Kurta is an educator, coach, and facilitator. For over 15 years, Michelle has engaged in educational equity and justice work as a student, organizer, and teacher. Michelle earned a masters degree in Depth Psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute and an M.Ed in Urban Education and Single-subject Teaching Credential from UCLA. Michelle taught English Language Development, Language Arts, and Psychology at the School for Visual Arts and Humanities in the LAUSD. Prior to forming Meaning Makers Collective, Michelle most served as a resilience and trauma-informed practices coach for a national initiative to support school employee wellness in CA and CO.

Week 1 Training #1:  Telehealth Nuts & Bolts Kick-Off Learning objectives: Review the definition of telehealth Review access to HCA laptops and Zoom accounts Review Zoom tips and functionality Review HIPAA regulations for telehealth Identify needs for further training and assistance This event conveys information applicable to rural settings.

School-Based Suicide Prevention Interventions for K-12 Population Part Three of Six in the Webinar Series: Suicide Prevention Across the Educational Continuum Participants in this webinar will learn the youth suicide prevalence nationally and the implications to schools. They will also be able to familiarize themselves with multi-tiered systems of positive behavior and social emotional learning. In addition, how the multi-tiered systems support the prevention of suicide. Finally, the webinar will discuss ways to build capacity and sustainability of these services in K-12 schools. Presenter     Aaron Fischer, PhD Suicide Prevention Across the Educational Continuum: Webinar Series     Part Four: Crisis Response Planning for Suicidal Patients: an Introduction April 29, 2020 at 11:00 am MT Part Five: Suicide Interventions and Response for Youth Experiencing Series Emotional Disturbance (SED) May 5, 2020 at 11:00 am MT Part Six: Suicide Prevention and Interventions for Transition Age Youth on College Campuses May 13, 2020 at 11:00 am MT  

  The Northwest Mental Health Technology Transfer Center is excited to be sponsoring and presenting at the 2020 Virtual MTSS Fest: An Online Learning Experience. About the event: Please join us for the first ever Virtual MTSS Fest April 22, 2020! We will be offering FREE sessions on a variety of MTSS topics. Superintendent Chris Reykdal joins us for a morning welcome; George Sugai will keynote. We will broadcast a number of morning and afternoon sessions. All are welcome to attend! The sessions will be facilitated from leaders in our MTSS Community, OSPI Staff, and Capital Region ESD 113. Zoom registration links, clock hour registration, and other information will be posted on the MTSS Conference Page as it comes available. Schedule: 8:30-10:00am   Welcome by Superintendent Chris Reykdal and Keynote:  Dr. George Sugai 10:00- 10:30am   Break   10:30-11:30am Morning Sessions   Re-Entry After an Event Using the MTSS Framework Presenter- Dr. Lori Lynass     Contextualizing for High School Implementation Presenter- Dr. Jessica Swain-Bradway     Using Response Data for SLD Eligibility Presenter – Bill Rasplica     Monitoring Implementation Progress and Impacts on Outcomes Presenter – Dr. Brian Gaunt     Implementing Specially Designed Instruction in the general education classroom Presenter - Amy Campbell     Interconnected Systems Framework (ISF): Integrating MTSS & School Mental Health Presenter - Kelcey Schmitz 11:30am-1:00pm     Break "Lunch on your own"   1:00-2:00pm Afternoon Sessions   Cultural Responsiveness through Validating, Affirming, Building, and Bridging Presenter – Michelle Belnavis     Engaging Families in PBIS Presenter – Dr. Kathleen Strickland-Cohen     Early Childhood PBIS Presenter – Dr. Gail Joseph     Tier 2 Overview Presenter – Dr. Maggie Schulze     Intensifying Interventions Presenter – Dr. Sarah Arden     Implementing Social-Emotional Learning into PBIS Presenters – Susan Barrett and Tammy Bolen   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.  

A public health crisis causes distress for all involved, including providers of behavioral health services. Attending to our personal wellbeing during this time is just as important as supporting individuals receiving services. This webinar highlights specific tools, strategies, and resources that promote provider wellbeing.   Note: This is a repeat of the webinar with the same title offered on April 1st

 “Strategies of Support for Mental Health Providers” - Empowering one another during times of crisis This is the third 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

La situación económica, la aculturación, el discriminen, el ser deportado, el estatus migratorio y la inequidad en la provisión de servicios de salud mental son factores que frecuentemente afectan la salud de nuestras comunidades latinas que viven en los Estados Unidos. Este seminario web identificará y presentará estrategias de manejo de factores estresantes que pueden exacerbarse durante la cuarentena como resultado de brotes de enfermedades infecciosas. Además, proveerá enlaces a recursos para agencias, clientes y proveedores que ofrecen servicios de salud mental a los hispanos y latinos durante la pandemia. También se brindarán consideraciones especiales para atender la salud mental de los niños y jóvenes latinos.     Objetivos: 1. Identificar los factores estresantes particulares a la población hispana y latina. 2. Describir las destrezas de manejo del estrés, incluidas las habilidades de afrontamiento en persona y a larga distancia. 3. Explicar las consideraciones especiales con respecto a la telepsicología. 4. Listar las consideraciones que se deben tener para atender la salud mental de los jóvenes durante una pandemia.

Times: 3:30-4:15pm ET / 12:30-1:15pm PT / 9:30-10:15am HT (view your timezone) This event has ended. Click here to view the event recording. On April 1, we released a Virtual Learning Guide that includes tips, examples, and reflective questions for those leading online professional development and other group learning events. In response to requests, we are providing two study sessions for us to explore the guide’s content together. Each session will cover different sections of the guide.   MHTTC Virtual Learning Study Guide Session 2: Facilitation Practice Content Guidance for Content Creators: Leading trauma-informed virtual learning events Facilitation Guidance: Support for optimal facilitator/presenter experience Learning Guidance: Priming the participant for an effective learning experience

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, funding ACT, providing ACT training and technical supports, and/or conducting 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, Ph.D. 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.  

Telehealth Learning and Consultation (TLC) Tuesdays is a weekly online series for providers who are unfamiliar with telehealth. Our Technology Transfer Center (TTC) Network specialists will devote the first 20 minutes of each hour-long session to a specific topic, then address questions submitted by TTC Tuesday registrants. Recordings of the 20-minute presentations as well as additional resources will be posted on this page as they become available. You must register separately for each TLC Tuesdays session. While filling out the registration form, you will prompted to submit any questions you might have. Register by clicking one of the dates below. Certificates of completion are available.

  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 Lessons 3 & 4: Core Mindfulness - Wise Mind & What Skills  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.  

Telehealth with Children and Adolescents: Telehealth Learning and Consultation (TLC) Tuesdays This hour-long online series will support behavioral health providers who are new to using telehealth. During each hour-long session, our Technology Transfer Center (TTC) Network specialists will spend the first 20 minutes addressing a specific topic, then answer questions submitted by TLC Tuesday registrants. Recordings of the 20-minute presentations as well as additional resources will be posted on the web as they become available. Every session will run from 9:00 am – 10:00 am (MT). Registration is required for every TLC Tuesday session. During registration, you will be prompted to submit any questions you have in advance of the session. Future Session      April 28: Telehealth Troubleshooting  

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.   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.

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 third virtual session on April 17 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 next frontier of peer support services started quickly. The rapid deployment of digital media tools to provide peer support services has created a new set of ongoing technical hurdles, but when people do get past those, what do they find? This webinar will focus not on the technical how to of online peer support, but how to provide meaningful support and keep people connected within that digital space. We will explore how to move traditional in-person activities to online activities, including how to adapt, and when adaptation is not practical or possible. Participants will also learn how to use traditional and social media to engage and expand peer participation in online wellness and support activities. By the end of the webinar, participants will be able to: Schedule diverse and meaningful support and wellness activities for peers Identify online wellness and support activities that can replace traditional activities Transition traditional peer engagement to online engagement Maintain existing relationships with peers Build new relationships with peers

Times: 3:30-4:15pm ET / 12:30-1:15pm PT / 9:30-10:15am HT (view your timezone) This event has ended. Click here to view the event recording.   On April 1, we released a Virtual Learning Guide that includes tips, examples, and reflective questions for those leading online professional development and other group learning events. In response to requests, we are providing two study sessions for us to explore the guide’s content together. Each session will cover different sections of the guide.   Virtual Learning Guide Study Session 1: Technology Practice Technology Guidance: Technical set up and delivery Virtual Facilitating Strategies and Choices: Ensuring accessibility and matching learning outcomes to technology platforms

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 students, 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 Educators 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. Educators: Thursdays at 3:30 pm ET, 4/2, 4/9, and 4/16 Registration Link: https://shprutgers.zoom.us/j/539987768 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!

Millard Public Schools (MPS) is participating in a four part professional development series designed for Coaches of their Behavior Coaches. Sessions will be an opportunity to focus on Coaches' concerns and successes in supporting the district's Behavior Coaches.

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, 4/2, 4/9, and 4/16 Registration Link: https://shprutgers.zoom.us/j/112429134 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!