Past Events

Dr. Andrew J. McLean, MD, MPH, will provide an overview of best practices for responding to the psychosocial impacts of disasters. This session will focus on understanding the importance of risk communication to mitigate mental health problems during disasters, review the phases of disaster as it pertains to mental health, and provide an overview of risk and protective factors for individuals and communities faced with disaster. In 2011, Dr. McLean received the American Psychiatric Association Bruno Lima Award for Outstanding Contributions to Disaster Psychiatry and brings this notable experience to the session. He is Technical Trainer with the Mountain Plains Mental Health Technology Transfer Center.

Monthly mentor call for people working with clinically high risk and first episode psychosis populations.

The Southeast MHTTC, in partnership with Georgia HOPE, will be providing its Suicide Risk Assessment and Management Training at Path of Hope in Lexington, NC to drug use and alcohol use addiction clinicians and specialists. Registration for this training event is closed.

Sponsored by the New England Mental Health Technology Transfer Center, this series features online meetings focused on bringing together leaders, clinicians, administrators, and constituents who are interested in working together to increase feasibility and scalability of specialized early psychosis and clinical high risk for psychosis (CHR-P) treatment across the New England region and other areas in the U.S. Guest presenters will share their experience with finding ways to pay for high quality prevention services for youth and families affected by early psychosis and/or signs of clinical high risk. This will include discussions about negotiating bundled payment structures with third-party payers, providing telemedicine, and finding creative solutions to maximize existing resources in order to provide stepped care that matches evidence-based services to individual needs and preferences. The format of each discussion in this series includes a 30-minute presentation by an invited expert followed by 30 minutes of questions and discussion by participants. Sessions will have a limit of 50 participants in order to maximize opportunities for meaningful discussion. Participants will be encouraged to network and develop workgroups to advance initiatives that are discussed. The lineup of guest speakers for this series includes:   2/26/2020 - 2-3PM EST | Financing First Episode Psychosis Programs: Developing Medicaid and Commercial Insurance Support in Maine - Douglas R. Robbins, M.D., psychiatrist for Maine Behavioral Healthcare 3/11/2020 - 2-3PM EST | Reid Plimpton , MPH, Project Manager for Northeast Telehealth Resource Center, Medical Care Development & Terry Rabinowitz, MD, DDS, NETRC Principle Investigator Medical Director, Telemedicine, University of Vermont Medical Center 

Sarah Nielsen, PhD, OTR/L will provide an overview of mental health literacy and the relationship of social-emotional well-being on academic performance. Participants will review current strategies they employ to enhance social-emotional well-being and identify one to two additional resources that might assist them in their daily effort to promote social-emotional well-being. This training is a private event. If you are interested in similar training for your school, please contact Sarah Nielsen at [email protected].

This webinar is part 4 in a five-part series, and will focus on healing the healer. The series focuses on Native veterans, including a historical overview that delves into the history of Native Americans in the military, historical trauma, PTSD, suicide approaches to assessment and treatment, traditional beliefs and healing practices, and most importantly honoring self through Native American teachings and wisdom. Sean A. Bear 1st, BA, Meskwaki 1-2 EST   12-1 CST   11-12 MST   10-11 PST   9-10 AST

This seminar, given by Anne Helene Skinstad, Psy.D., Ph.D., will cover unique health challenges faced by Native communities, an introduction to Indian Health Service (IHS), personal work and research on addiction in Native communities, and takeaways for future physicians working with Native American patients.

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 illness management and recovery.

The objective of the Western Nebraska School Mental Health Conference is to support school counselors and those who work with youth in the areas of social emotional learning and mental health issues. Mid-America MHTTC Project Director, Dr. Brandy Clarke, and Faculty Trainer, Dr. Mindy Chadwell, will lead a breakout session presentation titled Foundations in School Mental Health/Building School Mental Health. They will also participate in a series of roundtable discussions on topics related to school mental health. 

Description This statewide conference generally attracts 300-400 stakeholders from Maryland’s public behavioral health community. Attendees include administrators (state and local), program directors, behavioral health and substance use disorders providers, consumers, family members and various advocacy groups. The conference will feature a workshop titled School Mental Health Training: Tools and Technical Assistance. This workshop will highlight the SAMHSA funded National School Mental Health curriculum and the School Health Assessment and Performance Evaluation (SHAPE) System, a free online quality improvement platform. Schools, districts, and states can use these resources to advance high quality comprehensive school mental health. The training will offer participants the opportunity to learn about school mental health resources and technical assistance available through the Central East Mental Health Technology Transfer Center (C-MHTTC) and the National Center for School Mental Health.   Workshop Speakers: Sharon Hoover, PhD, Associate Professor, Co-Director, University of Maryland School of Medicine; Oscar Morgan, Project Director, C-MHTTC; Samantha Reaves, PLD, Post-Doctoral Fellow, School of Mental Health Training, Tools and Technical Assistance.   Conference Goals:    Promote collaboration and integration among providers, families and communities. Learn and develop skills with current promising and best practices nationwide. Highlight effective interventions currently in use to serve Maryland’s children and families with behavioral health concerns.

Trauma-informed care is a belief system that can be adopted by ourselves and our community partners which empowers every member involved to thrive. Becoming trauma informed is oftentimes a non-linear process that consists of four distinct phases and uses six guiding principles. In this webinar we will explore those phases and principles, how they relate to the parallel process, and why trauma-informed care is imperative to our peers, our organizations, our community partners, and ourselves. Speaker Kristin Griffey, PSS, PWS, CRM is a trauma-informed care specialist as well as a community and workplace traumatologist and compassion fatigue specialist. Empowering others in the wake of trauma and/or severe life stressors is one of Kristin's greatest joys.  A mother, a friend, and a fierce advocate, Kristin roots her lived experience in Portland, Oregon. She believes deeply in trauma informed care and providing space for those who may be struggling with compassion fatigue.

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 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.

You are invited to the Integrating Primary Care for Latinx Families Webinar, presented by Dr. Ana Bridges, a professor at the University of Arkansas-Fayetteville and an expert on integrated care with extensive clinical and research experience. Her presentation is titled Integrating psychologists into primary care clinics to address mental health disparities in Latinxs: Rationale and evidence of success. After Dr. Bridges' talk, Diane Arms, M.A. at the National Hispanic and Latino MHTTC will provide additional perspective on the topic.

Description: Despite millions of dollars to develop mental health interventions and evidence for their efficacy and effectiveness, intervention uptake in real-world settings is limited. On average, it takes 17 years for research findings to be implemented into practice. Part 2 of this webinar series will discuss the advancing role of peers in digital mental health intervention implementation.   Presenter: Karen L. Fortuna, PhD, MSW, holds a doctorate in Social Welfare and a master’s degree in Social Work. Dr. Fortuna is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry in the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth College. Dr. Fortuna is co-producing digital peer support programs with peer support specialists as equal partners in development, research, and ownership. Her team has developed a commercially viable smartphone app, PeerTECH, in which they are currently testing its impact in a real-world environment. Dr. Fortuna was awarded an NIMH K01 award (K01MH117496), a NARSAD Young Investigator Grants from the Brain and Behavior Foundation and the Alvin R. Tarlov & John E. Ware Jr. Award in Patient Reported Outcomes for her work, and the Association of Gerontological Education Social Work Faculty Achievement Award. Dr. Fortuna’s work can be seen in numerous book chapters on digital peer support, in Nature, Psychiatric Services, and Forbes Magazine. She currently serves as editor of the JMIR: Journal of Participatory Medicine. She is a board member of the International Association of Peer Supporters. She currently serves on the International Editorial Board for the British Journal of Social Work. She was invited to serve as a member of the American Psychiatric Association’s Smartphone App Expert Advisory Panel.   Learning Objectives: Understand the role of peers in the ecosystem of stakeholders advancing digital mental health intervention implementation. Understand barriers and facilitators to digital mental health intervention implementation. Identify future opportunities relevant to advancing the role of peers in digital health development and implementation.   Who Should Attend? Peer support specialists, researchers, administrators, behavioral health care professionals, state and local policymakers, and community advocates.

This module introduces the topic of cultural elements in working with the Hispanic and Latino populations within the school-based mental health systems in the United States. It explores the: prevalence and incidence of the most common mental health disorders among Hispanic and Latino youth best practices for identifying signs and symptoms the need for mental health services at the school setting CLAS Standards cultural responsiveness on Hispanic and Latinos cultural values and idioms of distress the impact of acculturation and the role of family how to implement effective culturally informed school-based mental health services role of school personnel in identifying the need for interventions and referrals.

The purpose of this training is to provide effective tools to increase awareness of mental health service providers, about the implications of vicarious trauma on mental health and who to prevent it.

Disparities in mental health and mental healthcare have been a persistent and unremitting issue despite concerted efforts on multiple fronts to address the problem. The enduring nature of these problematic differences compels us to evaluate factors that led to our present state, and consider new evidence and new strategies to reduce and eliminate mental health disparities. This webinar will reframe the issue via a journey from cultural competence to structural competence (through cultural humility), address new trends in research in the field, and offer innovative solutions that providers and policymakers can adopt to more effectively address mental health disparities and inequities going forward. By the end of the webinar, participants will be able to: To consider the role of disparities and inequities in mental health care and outcomes To understand the difference between cultural and structural competence To consider your role in addressing inequities in mental health care

Description: The suicide rates for Black children ages 5 to 11 has exceeded that of any other ethnic group, according to new research by Dr. Michael Lindsey. He will present this data along with the disparate health outcomes between Blacks and Whites tied to socioeconomic issues, poverty, nutrition, violence, and racism. This webinar will review signs and symptoms of depression, suicide and anxiety in Black children. It will also explore the importance of access to care, particularly school mental health services, as well as preventive measures.   Presenter: Michael A. Lindsey, PhD, MSW, MPH, is the Executive Director of the McSilver Institute for Poverty Policy and Research at New York University (NYU), the Martin Silver Professor of Poverty Studies at NYU Silver School of Social Work, and an Aspen Health Innovators Fellow. He also leads a university-wide initiative to reduce inequality. In this role, he leads a team of researchers, clinicians, social workers and other professionals who are committed to creating new knowledge about the root causes of poverty, developing evidence-based interventions to address its consequences, and rapidly translating their findings into action through policy and best practices. Previously, He was an Associate Professor at the University of Maryland (UMD) School of Social Work and a Faculty Affiliate at the UMD Department of Psychiatry’s Center for School Mental Health. Dr. Lindsey also leads the working group of experts supporting the Congressional Black Caucus’ Emergency Taskforce on Black Youth Suicide and Mental Health. Dr. Lindsey holds a PhD in social work and MPH from the University of Pittsburgh, an MSW from Howard University, and a BA in sociology from Morehouse College.   Learning Objectives: Examine the prevalence rates of child and adolescent suicide in the U.S. Examine the prevalence rates regarding mental health treatment among U.S. children and adolescents, including some of the antecedent reasons. Examine the implications for policy-level interventions, research, and practice solutions to combat this epidemic.   Who Should Attend? Mental health clinicians, educators and families.     This webinar is held as a collaborative effort between the Central East MHTTC, Central East ATTC, Great Lakes ATTC, and Great Lakes MHTTC.

Many rural communities are exploring the use of mental health courts as a potential avenue for addressing and supporting increasing numbers of individuals with serious mental health issues. Join, Mark Mitchell, PhD, as he draws on 30+ years working with rural communities, state institutions, and the Department of Justice, to guide participants through an in-depth discussion and understanding of what mental health courts are and how and when they can be effective. This three-part webinar series is designed to build on previous sessions and will incorporate information initially provided by participants. Each session will provide unique content and build on conversation from the previous, but you are welcome to join any one and/or all three of the provided trainings. The series will be held on: February 18, 2020 March 3, 2020 March 17, 2020

The suicide rates for Black children ages 5 to 11 have exceeded that of any other ethnic group, according to new research by Dr. Michael Lindsey. During this webinar, Dr. Lindsey will present this data along with the disparate health outcomes between Blacks and Whites tied to socioeconomic issues, poverty, nutrition, violence, and racism. This webinar will review signs and symptoms of depression, suicide, and anxiety in Black children. It will also explore the importance of access to care, particularly school mental health services, and preventive measures. Presenter Michael A. Lindsey, PhD, MSW, MPH, is the Executive Director of the McSilver Institute for Poverty Policy and Research at New York University (NYU), the Martin Silver Professor of Poverty Studies at NYU Silver School of Social Work, and an Aspen Health Innovators Fellow. He also leads a university-wide initiative to reduce inequality. In this role, he leads a team of researchers, clinicians, social workers and other professionals who are committed to creating new knowledge about the root causes of poverty, developing evidence-based interventions to address its consequences, and rapidly translating their findings into action through policy and best practices. Previously, He was an Associate Professor at the University of Maryland (UMD) School of Social Work and a Faculty Affiliate at the UMD Department of Psychiatry’s Center for School Mental Health. Dr. Lindsey also leads the working group of experts supporting the Congressional Black Caucus’ Emergency Taskforce on Black Youth Suicide and Mental Health. Dr. Lindsey holds a PhD in social work and MPH from the University of Pittsburgh, an MSW from Howard University, and a BA in sociology from Morehouse College. Learning Objectives Examine the prevalence rates of child and adolescent suicide in the U.S. Examine the prevalence rates regarding mental health treatment among U.S. children and adolescents, including some of the antecedent reasons Examine the implications for policy-level interventions, research, and practice solutions to combat this epidemic   Who Should Attend? Mental health clinicians, educators and families This webinar is a collaboration between Great Lakes ATTC, Great Lakes MHTTC, Central East ATTC, and Central East MHTTC. 

Ongoing Training Recognizing the serious need to provide access to appropriate mental health care for our service members and their families these free asynchronous courses provide training for civilian mental health providers to better prepare them for serving and working with the military community. This Citizen Soldier Support Program is a free online training with continuing education credits for all interested mental health providers who may serve the military community. Visit: www.aheconnect.com/citizensoldier/courses.asp to get started.

The Safety Planning Intervention Training is a 6 hour face-to-face training. It is didactic in nature with opportunities for observation and practice. Participants will have the chance to work in small groups and will participate in role-playing exercises. It is important to remember that safety planning is an intervention, not just a form to complete. This training emphasizes the skills necessary to make safety planning a collaborative process so the resulting product is meaningful to the individual at potential risk of self-harm. As a train-the-trainer event, this workshop will also provide guidance and tools to train and support staff members in developing the competencies needed to effectively perform this intervention.

Embedded Strategies: Integrated and Interdisciplinary Services Focusing on Mental Health School Communities of Practice (CoP) Drs. Nielsen and Fox are working with schools throughout the region to address student mental health. Communities of Practice (CoP) have been developed and in this second training, Drs. Nielsen and Fox will be speaking to integrated and interdisciplinary services focusing on mental health promotion, prevention and intervention, application of evidence-based Tier 1 and 2 strategies and plans for teams to use Every Moment Counts programs and strategies. This training is a private event. If you are interested in similar training for your school, please contact Sarah Nielsen at [email protected].   Trainers Dr. Sarah Nielsen Dr. LaVonne Fox