Past Events

Presenters Altha Stewart, M.D. Senior Associate Dean for Community Health Engagement Associate Professor and Chief, Social & Public Psychiatry University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Department of Psychiatry (Memphis, TN) (Immediate Past President of the American Psychiatric Association) Patricia Newton, M.D., MPH, M.A. CEO & Medical Director, Black Psychiatrists of America (Washington, DC) President, Newton & Associates, PA (Baltimore, MD)   This Central East MHTTC-supported event will assist clergy in preventing burnout from the heavy emotional and physical strain placed on them relative to meeting the mental and emotional needs of their congregations, as well as create awareness regarding the need for each participant to develop a regimen of mental health care. The session will also address severe emotional and mental distress among clergy and how to provide appropriate assistance to a colleague in need.   Learning Objectives Identify the more common mental disorders and psychological distress symptoms presenting to clergy in the church environment Develop referral resources for assistance in the treatment of congregants manifesting psychological distress symptoms Gain confidence in communicating and securing assistance in congregants manifesting suicidal ideations Assist in improving mental health self-care and addressing issues regarding emotional impairment among clergy

This webinar will focus 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 session will discuss strategies to implement the Comfortable Cafeteria program;  strategies to implement Refreshing Recess program; and strategies to promote leisure participation for all students. This training is a private event. If you are interested in similar training for your school, please contact Sarah Nielsen at [email protected]. This training is being provided to  Anaconda School District, Anaconda, MT; Century Elementary, Grafton, ND; Smee School District Wakpala School, Wakpala, SD; Prairie Rose Elementary, Dickinson, ND; West Central Middle School, Hartford, SD; Boulder Elementary, Boulder, MT.

Times: 6-7 p.m. ET / 3-4 p.m. PT / 12-1 p.m. HT The Northwest MHTTC and Pacific Southwest MHTTC are excited to partner on an upcoming "West Coast ISF Party"! This is part two of a three-part distance learning series that will focus on the three topics of the newly released Interconnected Systems Framework (ISF) Fact Sheet Series. ISF enhances multi-tiered systems of support (MTSS) by integrating student mental health and wellness into the existing structures. It engages a broader range of partners, involves a wider scope of data, and expands interventions to address mental health. This webinar will be led by Susan Barrett, contributing author for the ISF Fact Sheet series, who will be joined by school district and system-based ISF practitioners from the Northwest and Pacific Southwest regions. Presenters will share their ISF implementation challenges, celebrations, and lessons learned or learning.   Learning Objectives. Participants will: Learn how to establish an integrated ISF leadership team Understand the foundational steps to establish ISF at the school or district level Define the process of evaluating potential evidence-based practices for inclusion in schools Discuss implementation challenges, solutions, and innovations with ISF practitioners   Download ISF 201: School Mental Health and MTSS PDF  

Times: 6-7 p.m. ET / 3-4 p.m. PT / 12-1 p.m. HT The Northwest MHTTC and Pacific Southwest MHTTC are excited to partner on an upcoming "West Coast ISF Party"! This is part three of a three-part distance learning series that will focus on the three topics of the newly released Interconnected Systems Framework (ISF) Fact Sheet Series. ISF enhances multi-tiered systems of support (MTSS) by integrating student mental health and wellness into the existing structures. It engages a broader range of partners, involves a wider scope of data, and expands interventions to address mental health. This webinar will be led by Susan Barrett, contributing author for the ISF Fact Sheet series, who will be joined by school district and system-based ISF practitioners from the Northwest and Pacific Southwest regions. Presenters will share their ISF implementation challenges, celebrations, and lessons learned or learning.   Learning Objectives. Participants will: Learn how to establish an integrated ISF leadership team Understand the foundational steps to establish ISF at the school or district level Define the process of evaluating potential evidence-based practices for inclusion in schools Discuss implementation challenges, solutions, and innovations with ISF practitioners   Download ISF 201: School Mental Health and MTSS PDF 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 Southeast MHTTC, in partnership with Georgia Mental Health Consumer Network, is pleased to offer a Peer Voice Training. This training will instruct mental health peers on ways to gather data from large and small community groups and build support for mental health recovery. Participants will gain an understanding of how individuals, communities, and organizations can work collaboratively to produce successful mental health recovery outcomes.  After completing the training, participants should be able to Discuss the importance of the peer voice  in developing and delivering services in the behavioral health community, Describe the benefits of collaborating with allied organizations, Discuss the role of the behavioral health peer community in providing diverse perspectives, Identify strategies for including the peer voice in adapting data collection tools, and Create a plan to develop a system of information gathering for peer populations.

The Southeast MHTTC, in partnership with Georgia HOPE, is pleased to offer a Suicide Risk Assessment Training. Suicide Risk Assessment is an interactive training targeted to Master’s level and licensed mental health clinicians who provide counseling and/or assessment in a variety of settings.  The training will highlight the importance of suicide risk assessment and demonstrate ways clinicians can recognize, assess, and intervene when working with at-risk clients. After completing the training, participants should be able to Implement the components of effective suicide risk assessment, Discuss the elements of suicide risk assessment that have been determined to be “best practice,” Discuss key elements in completing an effective crisis and safety response plan, and Identify appropriate agency, professional, clinical, and social resources to engage during a crisis or risk assessment.

SPEAKER: Kate Bishop, MSSA, Education Coordinator at the LGBT Health Resource Center of Chase Brexton, is a seasoned professional development trainer with expertise in working with LGBTQ populations, sexual and reproductive health care, adolescent development, intimate partner violence, and sexual trauma. She is certified as a trainer through GLSEN (Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network) as well as SAGE (Services and Advocacy for GLBT Elders). Before joining the Chase Brexton team, she developed the capacity building program at the University of Maryland School of Medicine’s STAR TRACK Adolescent HIV program, providing cultural responsiveness trainings for agencies that serve sexual minority youth of color. Ms. Bishop holds a Bachelor of Arts in Gender Studies from Hiram College and a Masters in Social Work from Case Western Reserve University.   COURSE DESCRIPTION: Sixty-to-seventy percent of adults have experienced at least one traumatic event. Devastating events that overwhelm our ability to cope are so common that we can assume every health and human service worker is serving clients, and supporting colleagues, who have faced trauma. Statistically, most workers in helping professions are also living with their own trauma history. Yet trauma is often discussed as an isolated, extreme condition rather than a common challenge to be managed in nearly every life. Mental health assessments often include necessary questions that may trigger distress. This webinar will explore principles and techniques for conducting routine mental health assessments with a sensitive, compassionate, culturally humble approach to help trauma survivors establish safety and build therapeutic trust.   OBJECTIVES: Examine the principles and practices of trauma-informed care in a mental health assessment context. Operationalize a cultural humility framework in connecting with and serving clients from a broad diversity of populations. Explore and understand the impacts of trauma experiences.   WHO SHOULD ATTEND? Behavioral health care professionals and advocates.   This webinar is co-hosted by Virginia Commonwealth University and the Central East MHTTC.  

Dr. David Flynn will provide an overview of the economic landscape that affects farmers, ranchers, and agricultural producers in the United States and the unique way in which rural communities are impacted by the economics of farm stress. This session will highlight the challenges faced by producers in adapting to uncertain commodities pricing, the long and short term impacts of tariffs, and the financial pressures caused by uncertain crop yields and changing weather.

The Southeast MHTTC, in partnership with Georgia HOPE, is pleased to offer a Suicide Risk Assessment Training. Suicide Risk Assessment is an interactive training targeted to Master’s level and licensed mental health clinicians who provide counseling and/or assessment in a variety of settings.  The training will highlight the importance of suicide risk assessment and demonstrate ways clinicians can recognize, assess, and intervene when working with at-risk clients. After completing the training, participants should be able to Implement the components of effective suicide risk assessment, Discuss the elements of suicide risk assessment that have been determined to be “best practice,” Discuss key elements in completing an effective crisis and safety response plan, and Identify appropriate agency, professional, clinical, and social resources to engage during a crisis or risk assessment.

Northwest MHTTC faculty, staff and more than thirty Advisory Board members gathered on Dec. 6 in Seattle to reflect upon our first year. We are so fortunate to have an engaged Advisory Board from all four states and regional organizations. Our members represent a wide range of perspectives, and their work affects the lives of people living with mental health issues.     We celebrated a variety of accomplishments and reviewed the evaluation data from Year 1, results from our needs assessment and described our Year 2 work plan, which is already underway. This set the stage for breakout groups to delve into specific topics, ranging from cultural considerations, integrated care, peer and family supports to school mental health and evidence-based practices. We also discussed communication strategies, training needs and priorities. The lively discussions reinforced the value of meeting face-to-face to build connections and share ideas across state and disciplinary boundaries.     Takeaways included the importance of reaching members of the workforce in non-traditional and diverse roles; revisions to and expansion of the needs assessment survey; and reaching leaders able to make an impact throughout their organizations, as well as approaches to disseminating our resources. The advisory board will next convene virtually in March of 2020.    

How might we adapt and provide a statewide school mental health curriculum and professional development approach for Arizona? Times: 9:00am - 4:00pm (check in begins at 8:30am) The National Coordinating Office of the Mental Health Technology Transfer Center (MHTTC) and the University of Maryland’s Center for School Mental Health recently released the SAMHSA-funded National School Mental Health Curriculum (July 2019). The curriculum is an exciting new national resource for developing and overseeing school mental health systems at the school district and building levels. The curriculum focuses on the following core components of comprehensive school mental health: Educators and Student Instructional Support Personnel Collaboration and Teaming Multi-Tiered System of Supports Evidence-Informed Services and Supports Cultural Responsiveness and Equity Data-Driven Decision Making   The modules align with the national performance domains and indicators established as part of the National Quality Initiative on School Health. The curriculum contains: A trainer manual A participant manual 8 slide decks – each module is designed for delivery in one-hour, in-person sessions   The Invitation: Join us to adapt and contextualize the curriculum to reflect Arizona’s landscape, our state systems’ and districts’ strengths, and alignment with existing school mental health initiatives (PBIS, Safe Schools, ACEs, etc.). Come for a one-day, no-cost Arizona School Mental Health Collaborative to learn more about the curriculum; become familiarized with the train the trainer content; join a module workgroup; and have the opportunity to participate in ongoing virtual collaborative sessions to share resources, updates, reflections, and more.   Recommended Audience: Teachers School district and state administrators School counselors and psychologists, licensed mental health clinicians Superintendents/district leadership School board members Community-based organizations (training agencies, etc.) Leadership teams for skills training programs, counseling, and family support (e.g., PBIS leadership teams, Arizona AWARE leadership)   Note that we recommend bringing 2-3 team members per organization.   To register, visit: https://tinyurl.com/Arizona-SMH-Collaborative Registration is required and due by COB November 27, 2019. Space is limited.   Additional Information: Participants will be on their own for food, as federally funded projects do not allow food to be provided. Participants are responsible for expenses and coordination of their own travel accommodations. Onsite parking is available at no cost.   About the Facilitators: Leora Wolf-Prusan, EdD, is the School Mental Health Lead for the Pacific Southwest Mental Health Technology Transfer Center, a SAMHSA project that provides no-cost professional development to support the school mental health workforce in the Pacific Islands, Hawaii, California, Nevada, and 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 involved providing support to the 10 grantee cities and counties as they built 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 and wellness, and trauma-informed approaches to education.   Christina Borbely, PhD, is the co-director for the Pacific Southwest Mental Health Technology Transfer Center. She has been a lead technical assistance provider analyst at Center for Applied Research Solutions (CARS) for over 10 years, spanning seven statewide TTA projects and multiple national initiatives. Her doctoral training at Columbia University included serving as a research coordinator at the National Center for Children and Families; working on Moving to Opportunity; and conducting a multi-site evaluation of evidence-based programs. In 2004, she founded and has since served as lead partner of a private consulting firm providing research, evaluation, and training support to local, county, state and national agencies. Projects have included outcome evaluation of statewide initiatives; training on strategic planning frameworks; mental health curriculum development and implementation for mental health literacy and student wellness initiatives; community-driven county strategic plans for mental health and substance abuse prevention; and integration of CLAS standards on state and local workforce diversity plans. She is dedicated to translating EBPs into systems, policies, and practices for culturally and developmentally responsive services and supports.  

Presenters Michael Torres, M.D. Psychiatrist – Private Practice (Baltimore, MD) Jonathan Shepherd, M.D. Chief Medical Director, Hope Health Systems President, Board of Directors – Black Mental Health Alliance (Baltimore, MD)   This Central East MHTTC-supported event will provide attendees with a general working knowledge of the more common signs and symptom manifestations of psychiatric and emotional disorders in congregants. In addition, it will  assist clergy in communicating with and making referrals for affected individuals as well as create open dialogue to assist in minimizing the stigma associated with such conditions.   Learning Objectives Identify the more common mental disorders and psychological distress symptoms presenting to clergy in the church environment Develop referral resources for assistance in the treatment of congregants manifesting psychological distress symptoms Gain confidence in communicating and securing assistance in congregants manifesting suicidal ideations Assist in improving mental health self-care and addressing issues regarding emotional impairment among clergy

*UPDATE* The University of Houston-Clear Lake BSW Program is an approved Continuing Education Sponsor with the Texas State Board of Social Work Examiners. They will provide free CEU’s to licensed Social Workers for this event. Morning and afternoon sessions will be available, please make sure you select the correct ticket. These workshops will be available in two sessions: Morning- 8:00 AM-12:00 PM (Basic or introductory training session) Afternoon- 1:00PM-5:00PM (Advanced training session) You can participate in both sessions. The purpose of the event is to enhance awareness, knowledge, and skills of the workforce in the application of cultural sensitive elements in the provision of mental health services for Hispanic and Latino children and youths. The goals of the training are to: Identify the main cultural idioms of distress and values within the Hispanic and Latino population that may influence help-seeking behaviors and engagement in mental health services. Address the intersection between trauma experiences, gang membership, and acculturation among Hispanic and Latino children and youths. Describe trauma-informed mental health services, prevention models, and strategies to engage youth in mental health care.

December 4, 2019; ~ 1pm - 4pm PT The Pacific Southwest Mental Health Technology Transfer Center (MHTTC) is proud to present a series of upcoming, NO-COST trainings in collaboration with the California School-Based Health Alliance for educators, clinicians, school-based health providers, and other professionals working with young people. Optional CEUs are available for a fee. The goal of this workshop is to increase educators’ and school-based providers’ comfort in discussing suicide with children, adolescents, and their parents or other caregivers. Through a combination of teaching methods including didactic work, lecture, and discussion, this workshop will address common myths and perceptions about suicide and suicidal behavior in children and adolescents. Participants will learn how to understand the combination of risk factors, warning signs, and protective factors that can increase suicide risk, and they will be better prepared to assess suicide risk. Emphasis will be placed on how to ask about suicidal thoughts and behaviors, how to talk about suicide, and how to conduct a risk assessment. This training is provided at no cost; however, space is limited.

The system of care (SOC) is a comprehensive spectrum of mental health, behavioral health, and other necessary services organized in a coordinated network to meet the multiple and changing needs of children, youth, and their families.    Learning Objectives Participants will develop a clear understanding of the values and principles of a children’s system of care Participants will be able to identify the relationship and differences between a children’s SOC and an adult SOC Participants will learn the necessary steps to implementing a system of care approach   Target Audience Community-based organizations State agencies School district and state administrators Parents/caregivers Grass-roots organizations Faith-based organizations Family advocates   Presenter (s): Rebekah Behan and Tim Marshall, LCSW

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 100 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. Learn more about the six-part series and register for all six webinars here.   Webinar #2: Trauma-Informed Skills for Educator (TISE) - Part 2 (of 2): Trauma Responsive Skills and Strategies Times: 11-12:30 p.m. PT / 10-11:30 a.m. AK / 12-1:30pm MT The TISE Part 2 webinar will continue to enhance educators’ knowledge about trauma and its impacts on students. The Part 2: Trauma-Responsive Skills and Strategies webinar provides concrete strategies and skills to help educators engage with students in a more trauma-responsive way including: building resilience, fostering a trauma-sensitive classroom climate, enhancing trauma-responsive communication, de-escalating disruptive incidents, and fostering trauma responsiveness throughout the school community.   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.   Webinar Materials:   Webinar #2 Recording  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: 9:00am - 4:00pm (check in begins at 8:30am) School mental health referral pathways (SMHRPs) improve coordination and collaboration, both within schools and between school and other youth-serving agencies. They are essential to efforts around school mental health access, multi-tiered systems of support, skills training, and school climate (including trauma informed and resilience-oriented approaches). When students have voice and choice in their experience of mental health referral pathways, the practice becomes more efficient and effective – not only for the students, but also for the educators, administrators, and community-based behavioral and mental health practitioners. While mental health referral pathways may differ depending on the community, all effective referral pathways share similar characteristics: Defined roles and responsibilities of all partners in a system Clearly articulated procedures for managing referrals within and between partners Monitors the effectiveness of evidence-based interventions provided within a system Supports collaborative decision-making with students and their families   Join us for a no-cost training that explores what it might look like for schools to consider students as a key stakeholder in referral pathway design and collaborative decision-making. Together, we investigate how school mental health referral pathways improve coordination and collaboration with schools, families, and community- based providers. Drawing from the School Mental Health Referral Pathways Toolkit (SAMHSA, 2015), participants will learn about tools they can use to assess their readiness for implementation; key strategies to build effective SMHRPs; and how to make intervention decisions through a student-centered, culturally competent, and equity- driven lens.   Outcomes: Investigate how SMHRPS improve collaboration within schools and community-based organizations. Create a culturally competent mental health and student-centered approach to school mental health referral pathways. Identify and plan ways in which current PBIS implementation can increase the degree to which students and educators partner in each step of a mental health referral.   Intended Audience: Teachers and school district and state administrators School counselors and psychologists, licensed mental health clinicians Superintendents/district leadership School board members Classified and support staff Mental/behavioral health community-based organizations that partner with schools PBIS leadership teams And open to all learners!   To register, visit: https://tinyurl.com/SMH-Referral-Pathways Registration is required and due by COB November 27, 2019. Space is limited.   Additional Information: Participants will be on their own for food, as federally funded projects do not allow food to be provided. Participants are responsible for expenses and coordination of their own travel accommodations. Onsite parking is available at no cost.   About the Facilitators: Leora Wolf-Prusan, EdD, is the School Mental Health Lead for the Pacific Southwest Mental Health Technology Transfer Center, a SAMHSA project that provides no-cost professional development to support the school mental health workforce in the Pacific Islands, Hawaii, California, Nevada, and 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 involved providing support to the 10 grantee cities and counties as they built 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 and wellness, and trauma-informed approaches to education.   Kristi Silva, MA, is a field specialist and the evaluator for the Pacific Southwest Mental Health Technology Transfer Center. An experienced researcher, presenter, and coach, Silva specializes in health equity and health communication. Her work is concentrated in three areas: improving health outcomes in the most disadvantaged communities, creating better tools to build a future of health equity, and advocating for evidence-based health policy. Kristi comes from the underrepresented communities like those she serves and understands the critical role of an authentic community voice in systems- level transformation in her home state of New Mexico. Previous work includes: National Latino Behavioral Health Association, Adjunct Professor of Multicultural Health at Drake University Global Public Health, and Guest Scientist at the Technical University of Munich Institute for Public Health Research.  

*UPDATE* The University of Houston-Clear Lake BSW Program is an approved Continuing Education Sponsor with the Texas State Board of Social Work Examiners. They will provide free CEU’s to licensed Social Workers for this event.   Morning and afternoon sessions will be available, please make sure you select the correct ticket.   These workshops will be available in two sessions: Morning- 8:00 AM-12:00 PM (Basic or introductory training session) Afternoon- 1:00PM-5:00PM (Advanced training session) You can participate in both sessions. The purpose of the event is to enhance awareness, knowledge, and skills of the workforce in the application of cultural sensitive elements in the provision of mental health services for Hispanic and Latino children and youths. The goals of the training are to: Identify the main cultural idioms of distress and values within the Hispanic and Latino population that may influence help-seeking behaviors and engagement in mental health services. Address the intersection between trauma experiences, gang membership, and acculturation among Hispanic and Latino children and youths. Describe trauma-informed mental health services, prevention models, and strategies to engage youth in mental health care.  

This is a learning collaborative for state-level Project AWARE staff from mental health agencies, universities and education agencies in Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas. Project AWARE (Advancing Wellness and Resilience in Education) grants are State Education Agency grants awarded by SAMHSA. The purpose of Project AWARE grants is to build or expand the capacity of State Educational Agencies, in partnership with State Mental Health Agencies overseeing school-aged youth and local education agencies, to: (1) increase awareness of mental health issues among school-aged youth; (2) provide training for school personnel and other adults who interact with school-aged youth to detect and respond to mental health issues; and (3) connect school-aged youth, who may have behavioral health issues (including serious emotional disturbance or serious mental illness), and their families to needed services.   This event is by invitation only. For more information, contact Michelle Monk at [email protected].

This webinar will provide a brief overview of the TTC model, goals, and objectives. We will introduce participants to leaders from the Addition Technology Transfer Center (ATTC), the Mental Health Technology Transfer Center (MHTTC), and the Prevention Technology Transfer Center (PTTC) serving New Jersey, New York, Puerto Rico, and the US Virgin Islands. We will share how to access our training and technical assistance services for substance misuse prevention, addiction, and mental health. Participants will have the opportunity to ask questions to the presenters. Michael Chaple, Ph.D.   Director, Northeast & Caribbean Addiction Technology Transfer Center Ann A. Murphy, Ph.D., CPRP   Co-Director, Northeast-Caribbean Mental Health Technology Transfer Center Kristen Gilmore Powell, Ph.D., L.S.W.   Director, Northeast & Caribbean Prevention Technology Transfer Center

The Northwest MHTTC School Mental Health Supplement is excited to partner with Boise State University's Idaho Positive Behavior Network to bring the CBITS and Bounce Back trainings to mental health providers in Idaho.  About the training: The CBITS program is an evidence-based intervention designed to help school-based mental health clinicians support students coping with post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, and behavioral problems resulting from a traumatic event. CBITS includes 10 group sessions, one to three individual sessions, and two parent information sessions. The group leader should have clinical skills to help students with trauma processing and the ability to troubleshoot if any students need extra help. Bounce Back is an evidence-based intervention to teach elementary school children exposed to stressful and traumatic events skills to help them cope with and recover from their traumatic experiences. Administered by clinicians in Schools, Bounce Back builds resilience to help children exposed to trauma bounce back to a quality level of functioning and well-being in their school and community. Children learn coping skills, how to identify their feelings, relaxation techniques, and problem-solving strategies. The Bounce Back program consists of 10 group sessions, 1 - 3 parent sessions, and 1 - 2 individual sessions.  *Trainings will be led by the Treatment and Services Adaption Center for Resilience, Hope and Wellness in Schools (TSA for Schools) and includes follow-up consultation through May 2020. Audience: Mental Health Provider Only 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 Northwest MHTTC School Mental Health Supplement is excited to partner with Boise State University's Idaho Positive Behavior Network to bring the SSET training to classroom teachers and school counselors in Idaho.  About the training: The SSET program is designed to help educators help students in the aftermath of traumatic events. SSET includes 10 lessons. The group leader should have the ability to effectively teach in a group, and the leader should have some type of clinical backup in case students need extra help.  *Trainings will be led by the Treatment and Services Adaption Center for Resilience, Hope and Wellness in Schools (TSA for Schools) and includes follow-up consultation through May 2020. Audience: Classroom teachers, school counselors 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 Mid-America MHTTC will provide to practitioners in the Mental Health Region of Northwest Iowa Care Connections, a six hour workshop on techniques for supervising employees who utilize motivational interviewing (MI). The training is for supervisors of practitioners using MI and is part of a two year project to develop a self-sustaining MI program in the region. This training goes beyond the Basic and Advanced classes to include instruction on reinforcing learning through reflections, modeling MI congruent communication, assessing for MI competency deficits, adjusting supervision styles, and using the Motivational Interviewing Treatment Integrity Code (MITI) to evaluate and track the MI competency of staff members.