Past Events

Time: 6:00-7:00 p.m. ET / 3:00-4:00 p.m. PT / 12:00-1:00 p.m. HT Join other leaders, change agents, and mental health practitioners to deepen our collective learning about Integrating CLC: Leading From Where You Are. Register for one or more of the following Community of Practice sessions, held the 2nd Wednesday of each month at 6:00 p.m. ET / 3:00 p.m. PT / 12:00 p.m. HT: May 8, June 12, July 10, August 14.

Our topics will be identified as we listen to the needs of the state teams participating in our region. *This is a Virtual Learning Session for the team members in Southeast School Based Mental Health Learning Community.

Participants will understand the causes of non-adherence, approaches to identify and manage non-adherence in patients in the early course of psychotic disorders. Presenter (s): Matcheri S. Keshavan, MD  

Suicide is a complex and intimidating topic. This webinar focuses on suicide prevention, informing participants of recent trends in youth suicide and the potential “red flags” at various age and grade levels. Resources to support youth will be provided.    Maureen A. Brogan, LPC, ACS Traumatic Loss Coalition Program Manager,  Rutgers University 

The Psychiatrist’s Guide to Population Management of Diabetes is a 3-hour, self-paced course is designed for psychiatric prescribers who treat patients with serious mental illness, hosted on the HealtheKnowledge platform. The course aims to increase prescriber knowledge of and confidence in the identification and management of diabetes and other cardiovascular risk factors. Based on a Population Management approach, this 3-module course will provide strategies to identify care gaps and stratify risks related to diabetes in a population with serious mental illness; address prevention of diabetes through strategies to support health behavior change that are feasible in specialty mental health settings; and describe treatment options for Type 2 diabetes, including goals of diabetes care for patients with serious mental illness. This course is presented in three modules by: Lydia Chwastiak MD, MPH, a psychiatrist and internal medicine physician and professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Washington School of Medicine. Dr. Chwastiak is also co-director of the Northwest MHTTC. Martha Ward MD, a psychiatrist and internal medicine physician, and Associate Professor in the Departments of Medicine and Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Emory University School of Medicine. Alyson Myers MD, a psychiatrist and endocrinologist and Associate Professor at the David and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine. Dr. Myers is also the Medical Director of the Inpatient Diabetes Unit at North Shore University Hospital. This online course was created by the Northwest Region 10 Mental Health Technology Transfer Center (MHTTC) with support from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).  Physicians, physician assistants, primary care ARNPs, psychologists, and other health care providers may be eligible for CME or CEUs for completing the course.  CMEs and CEUs will not be available after August 31, 2021. Registration Register for this course at HealtheKnowledge.org How to register for a course at HealtheKnowledge and how to get technical support  

This event will train teachers and other school staff on mental health issues, social and emotional learning, and the Second Step program.

Texas schools have never been more interested in supporting students’ mental health. Community mental health centers are a critical partner for schools seeking to provide comprehensive school mental health; however, creating healthy partnerships can be challenging. Join us for the fifth webinar in the series to learn about ways to create messaging that supports the value of school / mental health partnerships. Hear from the director of school-based services at Klaras Center for Youth on lessons learned in developing a regional school mental health program.

This webinar, sponsored by the MHTTC Network Coordinating Office and Pacific Southwest MHTTC, will introduce the K-12 Toolkit for Mental Health Promotion and Suicide Prevention. This Toolkit was created by the Health Care Alliance for Response to Adolescent Depression (HEARD) in 2013 (updated in 2017), in response to a need for schools to promote student mental health and wellbeing, to prevent suicide and, in particular, how to respond after a suicide loss. The Toolkit convenes national best practices from SAMHSA, the NCSMH, and other organizations. It serves as a resource to fulfill California law AB 2246, The Pupil Suicide Prevention Act (2016), which requires that all public schools serving students in grades 7-12 have a Pupil Suicide Prevention Policy. This document has been updated to reflect both this need and this policy requirement. The tools and resources provided in this updated Toolkit are meant to complement what schools may already have in place and to help initiate the implementation of a Pupil Suicide Prevention Policy. Educational Objectives: By the end of the webinar, participants will be able to describe how they can use the K12 Toolkit in their districts, including the specific sections on Prevention, Crisis Intervention, and Postvention Participants will know how to access the K12 Toolkit in web-based and pdf formats, such that strategies can be deployed quickly in crisis intervention and postvention Participants will learn about an innovative public-private partnership through Santa Clara County and Kognito, which enhances teacher self-efficacy in engaging with all students in their classrooms, especially those in need of mental health support or referral.   When: Thursday, August 8, 2019 at 12-1:30pm PT / 3-4:30pm ET Registration: There is no fee for this webinar but registration is required. Please register for the webinar by clicking on the registration link above.

MHTTC Network Webinar: Overview of the K-12 Toolkit for Mental Health Promotion and Suicide Prevention  Sponsored by the MHTTC Network Coordinating Office and Pacific Southwest MHTTC   Thursday, August 8 3:00-4:30 p.m. ET / 12:00-1:30 p.m. PT / 9:00-10:30 a.m. HT     Register: http://bit.ly/MHTTC-webinar-aug-8   This webinar will introduce the K-12 Toolkit for Mental Health Promotion and Suicide Prevention. This Toolkit was created by the Health Care Alliance for Response to Adolescent Depression (HEARD) in 2013 (updated in 2017), in response to a need for schools to promote student mental health and wellbeing; to prevent suicide; and, in particular, to know how to respond after a suicide loss. The Toolkit convenes national best practices from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), the National Center for School Mental Health (NCSMH), and several other organizations.     This Toolkit serves as a resource to fulfill California law AB 2246, The Pupil Suicide Prevention Act (2016), which requires that all public schools serving students in grades 7-12 have a Pupil Suicide Prevention Policy. This document has been updated to reflect both this need and this policy requirement. The tools and resources provided in this updated Toolkit are meant to complement what schools may already have in place and to help initiate the implementation of a Pupil Suicide Prevention Policy.    LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Participants will: Be able to describe how to use the K-12 Toolkit in their districts, including the specific sections on Prevention, Crisis Intervention, and Postvention Know how to access the K-12 Toolkit in web-based and .pdf formats, such that strategies can be deployed quickly in crisis intervention and postvention Learn about an innovative public-private partnership through Santa Clara County and Kognito, which enhances teacher self-sufficiency in engaging with all students in their classrooms, especially those in need of mental health support or referral   REGISTRATION There is no fee for this webinar but registration is required. Please register for the webinar by clicking on the registration link above or visiting http://bit.ly/MHTTC-webinar-aug-8    PRESENTERS Shashank V. Joshi, MD, DFAACAP, FAAP Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Pediatrics & Education Stanford University Director of School Mental Health Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford   Mary Ojakian, RN Suicide Prevention and Mental Health Advocate AFSP: Greater San Francisco Bay Area Chapter Board Member Santa Clara County Suicide Prevention Oversight Committee Member   Linda Lenoir, RN, MSN, CNS Retired Certificated School Nurse Suicide Prevention and Mental Health Advocate Founding Member of Project Safety Net   Mego Lien, MPH, MIA Suicide Prevention Manager Santa Clara County Behavioral Health Services 

One quarter of older adults living in the United States experience mental disorders, including depression, anxiety, and dementia. By 2030, an estimated 15 million older adults will have similar experiences. Now is the time we must assess the extent to which behavioral health and primary care providers are addressing the needs of the older adults and prepare for systemic transformation that will assure service equity, access and effective outcomes. The Central East Mental Health Technology Transfer Center is launching a three-part webinar series and a learning collaborative on older adults. Participants will learn about mental health and older adult issues, evidence-based practices, and organizational strategies for improving service deliver to this population.   Webinar series: Improving Services for Older Americans: The Changing Demographic Landscape & Effective Planning to Achieve Service System Changes DATE: Wednesday, June 20, 2019 TIME: 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. (ET) This webinar, the first in a three-part series, will provide state policymakers, local mental health systems, and treatment providers a foundation for planning organizational and service system changes to better meet mental health and other related health service needs of older adults. This session will include a brief overview of anticipated demographic changes and related health and social support characteristics of the older adult population. It will also feature a discussion of one state’s unique challenges concerning older adults in state-operated psychiatric facilities, and review a community-based approach to facilitating community transitions for individuals to live in the least restrictive environment possible.   Integrated Care Needs of Older Adults with Serious Mental Illness and Implications for Effective Care Transitions  DATE: Wednesday, July 10, 2019 Time: 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. (ET) This webinar, the second in a three-part series, will provide state mental health policymakers, local mental health systems, and treatment providers with an overview of strategies used to transition older adults with serious mental illnesses (SMI) from inpatient to community-based settings. The session will also include a discussion of barriers to effective community transitions and methods used in states to mitigate such barriers to ensure permanent community living.   Organizational and Systems Readiness for Ensuring Access to Appropriate Care Levels DATE: Thursday, August 8, 2019 Time: 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. (ET) This webinar, the third in a three-part series, will provide state mental health policymakers, local mental health systems, and treatment providers with an introduction to a proposed Older Adult System of Care Framework. The session will also preview a tool designed to assess system and organizational readiness across domains within the proposed System of Care Framework and identify support needs to prepare states to develop effective services. You may register for this event by clicking here.

This is part one in a three part series on Trauma-Informed Care and Practices. In this session, you will learn more about regulatory strategies. Dr. Tami DeCoteau, a national expert on trauma-informed care, will offer insight to providers and educators interested in gaining a deeper understanding of trauma, including content on historical trauma and adverse childhood experiences. The science of trauma-informed care compels us to look more deeply into the human physiological process and understand how DNA provides evidence of intergenerational trauma. Recent research has shown that emotional trauma often affects the human nervous system long-term. Study of epigenetic DNA demonstrates that the substance use disorder need for self-regulation via alcohol or drugs is actually a physiological process and not a moral choice.

This webinar will provide an enhanced understanding of how school-based mental health (SBMH) services can be paid for through Medicaid, and why some services may be determined ineligible for payment in Medicaid. After the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) offered new guidance concerning the “free care rule,” Medicaid became a more important source of financing for school-based health services, including services for students with mental health conditions. Yet there is considerable confusion about how schools, school districts, or community providers can bill Medicaid for SBMH services, particularly when the student receiving care is enrolled in a Medicaid Managed Care plan. Through this webinar, we aim to clarify how it can be determined whether a given SBMH service will be reimbursable through Medicaid and by Medicaid Managed Care plans. We will also offer insights as to how school districts and SBMH program leaders might think about Medicaid as a potentially important source of financing.

This webinar focuses on the competencies and skills of Social Emotional Learning and discusses the practical application of these skills to building student resilience. Erin Bruno, MA Coordinator, Social Decision Making, Rutgers University 

Demystifying the Peer Workforce is a 2-day workshop offered by Via Hope in partnership with the South Southwest Mental Health Technology Transfer Center and Vernon College. The workshop is designed to provide participants with an understanding of the role of Mental Health Peer Specialists, the value they add to the organizations where they work, and common challenges experienced when implementing peer support services in traditional mental health provider settings. Participants will come away with a greater appreciation of how peer support services and clinical services can complement one another and an awareness of how to effectively promote peer support services within their organization. The target audience for this interactive workshop is administrators, supervisors, and clinical staff that want to promote collaboration across roles to effectively promote recovery within mental health service settings. Peer specialists are encouraged to attend to participate in conversations about implementation at their agency, but should expect basic information about peer services that is already familiar to them.

The Northeast and Caribbean MHTTC is proud to offer a free Behavioral Health Workforce Development Training program in QUESTION, PERSUADE, REFER (QPR).  Question, Persuade, Refer (QPR) is a suicide prevention program. Through this training you will learn how to recognize the early warning signs that may lead to a future suicide and how to intervene by questioning, persuading, and referring the student for further help.    Who Should Attend This training is appropriate for school counselors, school psychologists, school nurses, occupational therapists, and student assistance coordinators. Trainer:  Pamela J. (PJ) Wenger, LPC, NBCC, MFT, Ed.S., MA, M.Ed., is a licensed professional counselor with over 15 years of experience working as a school guidance counselor. She has also served as a trauma loss responder with the NJ Trauma Loss Coalition since 2004. Ms. Wenger has experience as a psychiatric screener, a mental health counselor, and a recreation therapist. She utilizes her extensive experience to provide dynamic professional development seminars and trainings on topics such as Youth Mental Health First Aid, QPR – Suicide Prevention Program, Sandplay Therapy, trauma response to suicide and other traumatic events, and school anxiety and school refusal. Looking forward to seeing you there! Please contact us at [email protected] or 908-889-2552 with any questions.

The Northeast and Caribbean MHTTC is proud to offer a free Behavioral Health Workforce Development Training program in Youth Mental Health First Aid.   Youth Mental Health First Aid (YMHFA) is a training for teachers, school staff, and others to prepare them to help young people experiencing a mental health or substance use challenge or crisis. Through this training you will learn how to recognize the early warning signs that may lead to a future suicide and how to intervene by questioning, persuading, and referring the student for further help.      Who Should Attend This training is appropriate for teachers, teacher’s aides, all school staff, school administrators, parents, and community partners.   Trainer:  Pamela J. (PJ) Wenger, LPC, NBCC, MFT, Ed.S., MA, M.Ed., is a licensed professional counselor with over 15 years of experience working as a school guidance counselor. She has also served as a trauma loss responder with the NJ Trauma Loss Coalition since 2004. Ms. Wenger has experience as a psychiatric screener, a mental health counselor, and a recreation therapist. She utilizes her extensive experience to provide dynamic professional development seminars and trainings on topics such as Youth Mental Health First Aid, QPR – Suicide Prevention Program, Sandplay Therapy, trauma response to suicide and other traumatic events, and school anxiety and school refusal.   Looking forward to seeing you there!   Please contact us at [email protected] or 908-889-2552 with any questions.    

The Northeast and Caribbean MHTTC is proud to offer a free Behavioral Health Workforce Development Training program in Illness Management and Recovery. Join us this summer! Illness Management and Recovery (IMR) is a structured program that helps individuals with mental health conditions seek meaningful goals for themselves, acquire information and skills to develop more control over their psychiatric illness, and make progress towards their own personal goals. In this training, participants will learn how illness management relates to recovery, become familiar with the IMR program's core values and content, and review motivational, educational and cognitive behavioral strategies for IMR clinicians. BLACKWOOD, NJ  Monday, August 5, 2019 10:00am – 3:00pm Camden County College Madison Hall, Rm 103  200 College Drive Blackwood, NJ  08012     Who Should Attend This training is appropriate for behavioral health direct service providers and supervisors. Positions such as, case managers, residential counselors, mental health counselors/clinicians, peer providers, ICMS/(P)ACT team members, supported employment and supported education coaches, vocational rehabilitation specialists, and team leaders should attend.    Trainer: Jennifer Sperduto is a Lecturer in the Department of Psychiatric Rehabilitation and Counseling Professions at Rutgers University. She has over 25 years of experience in the mental health field in a variety of community settings, including a Clubhouse model psychiatric rehabilitation program, a vocational rehabilitation program, several community housing programs and a residential program for people with co-occurring disorders. She currently provides technical assistance, consultation, and training to state psychiatric hospitals. Most recently, Ms. Sperduto’s work has focused on developing a recovery-based curricula to improve discharge readiness and tenancy skills and facilitate community reintegration for persons served in the state hospital system.   Looking forward to seeing you there! Please contact us at [email protected] or 908-889-2552 with any questions.

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.  

This Virtual Learning Session is 5 of 5 monthly learning sessions that are a part of the National School Mental Health Learning Collaborative and open to Learning Collaborative participants. Some didactic content will be presented, aligned with the National School Mental Health Curriculum modules, and states will be asked to share progress and lessons learned on specific improvement goals related to school mental health. In addition, states and MHTTCs will be asked to exchange resources, tools, templates, and other materials within the collaborative to promote shared learning.  Please note that all Virtual Learning Sessions will be recorded and archived on the MHTTC website.      

This one hour presentation will provide an introduction to the Mountain Plains Mental Health Technology Transfer Center (MP-MHTTC) and the resources and training available to all schools in North Dakota. Additionally, the MP-MHTTC and Northern Plains Special Education Unit will share about their collaboration and implementation of a community of practice to address mental health needs of students using a multi-tiered approach. This is a training is not open to tbe public, but has been tailored for Legacy High School. If you are interested in similar trainnigs, please contact [email protected].

This one hour presentation will provide an introduction to the Mountain Plains Mental Health Technology Transfer Center (MP-MHTTC) and the resources and training available to all schools in North Dakota. Additionally, the MP-MHTTC and Northern Plains Special Education Unit will share about their collaboration and implementation of a community of practice to address mental health needs of students using a multi-tiered approach. This is a training is not open to tbe public, but has been tailored for Legacy High School. If you are interested in similar trainnigs, please contact [email protected].

TRACK ❶: Optimizing Leadership and Management of Our Mental Health Workforce Through Adaptive Leadership This is a 1.5 day workshop facilitated by Change Matrix   When:  Thursday, August 1 – Friday, August 2, 2019 Time:    Day 1: 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM / Day 2: 9:00 AM - Noon Where: Renaissance Phoenix Downtown Hotel, 100 N 1st Street, Phoenix, AZ 85004   Are you optimizing the diversity within your mental health workforce? Is a shifting team or organizational make up posing new leadership challenges? Almost all mental health service organizations within the U.S are addressing workforce diversity to ensure that their services are relevant and appropriate for the populations they serve. As the mental health workforce diversifies, the culture of organizations is infused with new values, behaviors, attitudes, and practices. Leaders and managers have opportunities to incorporate diverse cultural perspectives into staff roles and responsibilities but may not understand the consequences of embracing and institutionalizing diverse perspectives.  This 1.5 day workshop will focus on the adaptive work that leadership staff can leverage to optimize diverse perspectives within agency teams, or the broader workforce. Together, we will build strategies to address the challenges and opportunities of our current-day organizations. Outcomes: Identify aspects of diversity and culture that influence perspectives in the workplace and how they impact leadership Identify when adaptive challenges occur and what is needed to optimize our response Define the different tasks of adaptive leaders Determine when to apply the different tasks of adaptive leadership   Intended Audience: Mental health agency leaders and managers Policy makers Human resource officers Community partners Mental health advocates   To register for this session, visit: https://tinyurl.com/MHTTCAdaptiveLeadership Registration is required and due by July 22nd. 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.   Hotel lodging at the federal government rate is available at the Renaissance Hotel. Reserve your room here by July 15th: https://book.passkey.com/go/CARSEvent. Rooms are subject to availability. *Onsite parking: Valet for 0-3 hours = $12, 3-6 hours = $19, 6+ hours = $35   *A limited number of parking vouchers are available if the cost is a barrier to participation.   About the Trainers: Dr. Suganya Sockalingam is a Founding Partner at Change Matrix, LLC, which supports agencies in addressing diversity, cultural competence, and cross-cultural communication as well as leadership, collaboration, and conflict management. Dr. Sockalingam focuses on supporting individuals, organizations, and systems to motivate, manage, and measure systems change. Currently, she serves as a training and technical assistance provider for several national technical assistance centers, and for other federal, national, state, territorial, and community agencies. She earned her doctorate at Washington State University and has worked in many capacities in public and behavioral health, both nationally and internationally, for over 25 years.   Annie Guo VanDan works with diverse communities throughout Colorado to provide training and consultation focused on health equity and community engagement. Her background is in strategic communications, leadership, equity and inclusion. With a MBA in Health Administration, she previously managed operations for a nonprofit health clinic in Denver that provides medical services to refugee and immigrant populations.        To learn about TRACK ❷:  Advancing Leadership of Early Career Mental Health Professionals: Achieving Change Using Adaptive Leadership ~ Facilitated by Youth MOVE National, visit: https://tinyurl.com/AdaptiveLeadershipYYA   Questions? For additional information regarding this event, please contact the Pacific Southwest MHTTC at 1-844-856-1749 or email [email protected].

TRACK ❷: Advancing Leadership of Early Career Mental Health Professionals: Achieving Change Using Adaptive Leadership This is a 1.5 day workshop facilitated by Youth MOVE National   When:  Thursday, August 1 – Friday, August 2, 2019 Time:    Day 1: 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM / Day 2: 9:00 AM - Noon Where:  Renaissance Phoenix Downtown Hotel, 100 N 1st Street, Phoenix, AZ 85004   Are you a just starting your career in the mental health field and ready to lead positive change? Do you see yourself as a champion for youth and young adult health and wellness? This 1.5 day leadership training uses the adaptive leadership model to advance the capabilities of young adults serving in new or early career professional roles in the mental and behavioral health system (e.g., engagement, peer support, advocacy). Participants will identify individual capacity to lead and develop a sense of their personal leadership style. Participants will develop strategies for personal leadership potential.   Outcomes: Understand how personal values, culture, and lived experiences shapes one’s approach to leadership and ability to connect with others. Identify individual strengths and how to apply those strengths in leadership roles. Recognize the strengths others have and how to build on those to develop meaningful partnerships.  Understand what it means to be an effective leader and identify resources and supports needed to be become an effective leader.   Intended Audience: Young adults of transition age (18-30 years) who are professionals, paraprofessionals (volunteers, advocates, champions) of youth/young adult mental health (mh) Youth peer providers – individuals providing mh peer support services) Lived-experience mental health workforce members (inclusive of those working in mental/behavioral health who have lived experience, whether or not their position calls for it) Young adults of transition age (18-30 years) who are considering joining the mh workforce   To register for this session, visit: https://tinyurl.com/AdaptiveLeadershipYYA Registration is required and due by July 22nd. 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.   Hotel lodging at the federal government rate is available at the Renaissance Hotel. Reserve your room here by July 15th: https://book.passkey.com/go/CARSEvent. Rooms are subject to availability. *Onsite parking: Valet for 0-3 hours = $12, 3-6 hours = $19, 6+ hours = $35   *A limited number of parking vouchers are available if the cost is a barrier to participation.   About the Trainers: Johanna Bergan is an advocate for youth with lived experience in the mental health system who is now working in the field of youth engagement to promote and encourage the inclusion of youth voice in policy change. Bergan has eleven years of experience advocating for important changes in the mental health system to improve the care options and treatment availability for youth adults with mental health challenges. Her voice has been heard on several national platforms including advising technical assistance and research and training centers which support and promote the value of youth voice.  As the Executive Director for Youth MOVE National, Bergan assists chapters of the Youth MOVE network in creating and promoting successful youth driven organizations working to unite the voices and causes of youth at the local, state and national level. Her duties include providing technical assistance and training to both youth and adult audiences, with an ongoing emphasis on ensuring that culturally diverse youth populations are well represented in systems change work, including historically disadvantaged communities, young adults of color, LGBTQ, both rural and urban experiences, teen parents, runaway and homeless youth, and youth with multi-system involvement.  This work covers a diverse array of expertise areas including youth engagement in systems change, policy, youth adult partnerships, issues specific to transition aged youth, youth leadership, youth driven evaluation, and applying lived-experience as a resource to inform policy and systems change.  In her role at YMN, Bergan provides direct technical assistance to federal grantees in the System of Care grant program, providing leadership and guidance to the evaluation protocols and process for the Children’s Mental Health Initiative, as well as developing products and training materials to support the work of grantees.   Lydia Proulx is a Youth Program Specialist at Youth MOVE National. Proulx provides technical assistance to providers, communities, and organizations striving to become youth guided and implement trauma informed models of youth engagement to more effectively serve young adults with lived experience of mental health needs and/or system involvement. In their current role, Proulx is a Technical Service Provider for SAMHSA funded Systems of Care grantees as well as the National Quality Improvement Center for Tailored Services, Placement Stability, and Permanency for LGBTQ2S Children and Youth in Foster Care (QIC), providing technical assistance to implementation site grantees.  Previously, Proulx worked for the Parent/Professional Advocacy League in Massachusetts as the Youth Program Manager. Managing the youth program, Youth MOVE Massachusetts, included providing direct peer support to young adults, coordinating youth group and young adult support group events, and advocating at local and state platforms for the inclusion of youth voice and collaboration with young adults in decision-making. While at Youth MOVE Massachusetts, Proulx was able to expand programming to include a youth speakers’ bureau, a comprehensive summer internship program, and trainings developed and provided by young adult members. Proulx’s own lived experience, as well as the lived experience of Youth MOVE Massachusetts’ members, directed their efforts as Youth Program Manager, ensuring the program met the needs and concerns of those directly participating. Proulx has been recognized by the Massachusetts Department of Mental Health multiple times for their advocacy and outreach work. They have also facilitated a number of presentations on youth voice and engagement in various systems, as well as contributed to publications regarding the experiences of young adults with mental health needs. Currently, Proulx volunteers as a comprehensive sexual health educator and with various community groups in an effort to address racial and gender inequity experienced throughout their own home city.   To learn about TRACK ❶:  Optimizing Leadership and Management of Our Mental Health Workforce Through Adaptive Leadership ~ Facilitated by Change Matrix, visit: https://tinyurl.com/MHTTCAdaptiveLeadership   Questions? For additional information regarding this event, please contact the Pacific Southwest MHTTC at 1-844-856-1749 or email [email protected].  

Two Days of Expert-Led Sessions on Hispanic and Latino Behavioral Health The Great Lakes Mental Health Technology Transfer Center(MHTTC) and theNational Hispanic and Latino MHTTC are excited to offer the Hispanic and Latino Behavioral Health Needs in the 21stCentury Symposium, a two-day event in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, on August 1 and 2, 2019. Agenda Day 1 of the symposium will focus on the promotora model. Promotoras are bilingual/bicultural healthcare workers who receive specialized training to help their neighbors gain access to social services and health care. One of the featured presenters, Dr. Isa Velez-Echevarria, PsyD, CATP, from the Universidad del Caribe in Puerto Rico, will discuss the application of the promotora model to mental health issues for Latinos. On Day 2, Dr. Bernard Ng, President of the American Society of Hispanic Psychiatry, will give the keynote presentation on adverse childhood experiences and undocumented children. Additional presentations on Day 2 will cover suicide prevention, trauma, stress, domestic violence, and the prevalence of mental health disorders in the aging Hispanic population. Cost There is no registration fee for this information-packed two-day symposium. Participants are responsible for their own travel and lodging expenses. Lodging The Grand Geneva Resort and Spa is offering special reduced rates for symposium participants, starting at $82/single or $112/double per night, plus taxes. These rates are available for check-in on July 31 and check-out on August 2.  To secure the reduced rate, book your room by July 11! Book Online:  Click here for the booking link for Grand Geneva Click here for the booking link for Timber Ridge Lodge and Waterpark, on the grounds of the Grand Geneva Book by Phone: call 262-248-8811 When calling, indicate that you are with the Great Lakes Mental Health Technology Transfer Center/University of Wisconsin. Download the flyer