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The Great Lakes MHTTC is offering this training for individuals working in HHS Region 5: IL, IN, MI, MN, OH, WI. This training is being provided in response to a need identified by Region 5 stakeholders.     DESCRIPTION: Join the second Learning Collaborative: Ask the Expert Event focused on previous webinars in the Implementation Stage of the Trauma-Informed/Resiliency Series. This 14-Part workshop series was developed for leaders and organizations interested in cultivating and sustaining a trauma-informed culture. Each Learning Collaborative in the Trauma-Informed Series is a live interactive format that allows participants to ask specific questions and engage in a lively discussion. Trauma-Informed Early Adopter, Chuck Price will answer questions, share in-depth information, and tips & tricks to enable participants to gain new insights into the Trauma-Informed approach.     CERTIFICATES: Registrants who fully attend this event or training will receive a certificate of attendance. Certificates are disseminated via email to all qualifying individuals approximately two weeks after the conclusion of the event or training.      PRESENTER: Chuck Price, M.S.   Although many consultants strive to create trauma-informed environments and guide leaders through culture change, very few have successfully led their organizations through this process. Bonafide experience is what sets Chuck Price and Blue Collar Consulting apart from the others. This experience, along with Chuck’s easy manner and ability to form authentic relationships, make Chuck a natural fit to help support you as you lead your agency’s transformation process. Chuck has filled leadership roles in several counties and private agencies throughout his 27-years working in child welfare and health and human services. Chuck’s career has been dedicated to making drastic improvements in the lives of children and families. He has been brave and selfless in his pursuit of excellence, often pioneering pathways not yet traveled by his peers. He has served in leadership roles within public and private agencies, in both urban and rural settings. All of this has provided him with a diverse perspective and the ability to quickly understand and relate to challenges faced by leaders.   As a DHHS Director, Chuck led his department on a successful and transformational journey from traditional compliance-based practice to becoming a legitimate trauma-informed agency. As a result of his work recruitment, retention, agency health, and case outcomes dramatically improved. Under his leadership, overall numbers of children living in congregate care were significantly reduced, and at one point even dropped to zero! Chuck's results and process gained recognition across the state, the country, and internationally.   Chuck started Blue Collar Consulting to broaden the impact of lessons learned so you don’t have to start at the beginning. His passion is to help support brave leaders in their professional growth and development, and to use his real-world experience to assist organizations in their trauma-informed cultural transformations. He also has a sweet spot for his two dogs, Brewer and Uecker, which might give away his other passion…Milwaukee Brewers baseball! Chuck lives in Central Wisconsin with his wife of 27 years. As a new member of the empty-nester club, he is free to travel, connect, and lead your transformational work, no matter where you are on your journey, or the map.

The South Southwest Mental Health Technology Transfer Center (MHTTC), in collaboration with PEPPNET, invites Region 6 Peer Specialists and Family Partners working in FEP and Coordinated Specialty Care (CSC) teams to participate in our newly established monthly networking meetings. These no-cost, virtual meetings offer you the opportunity to collaborate with other FEP/CSC Team Peer Specialists and Family Partners in a supportive, mentoring environment. The goal is provide a space for resource sharing, support around ways to be most effective when working with FEP/CSC clients, options for self-care strategies, and more!

Comprehensive mental health services for Latino Agricultural Workers should consider the context of migration, stressors, and common emotional and behavioral concerns. This conference will provide evidence-based tips and strategies to bolster resiliency and promote psychological recovery among Latino Agricultural Workers for effective engagement services. The conference also includes psychosociocultural considerations for clinicians working with Latino Agricultural Workers and their families. Learning Objectives: · Discuss social determinants of health and their impact on the Hispanic and Latino agricultural workers. · Understand the behavioral health concerns impacting agricultural communities. · Identify the prevalence of behavioral health conditions in agricultural communities. · Discuss best practices for supporting agricultural workers for behavioral health wellness.   This is a private event by invitation.

Event Description Educators and school personnel play a vital role in promoting mental health and well-being and identifying and responding to emerging mental illness in children and adolescents. However, they often have not received the education, training, or ongoing support needed to respond in the classroom. To address this need, the Mental Health Technology Transfer Network, in partnership with the National Center for School Mental Health at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, developed a free self-guided online course, video library, resource collection, and website focused on educator mental health awareness. This webinar will introduce participants to Classroom WISE, a free 3-part training package that assists K-12 educators and school personnel in supporting students' mental health in the classroom. This training is open to anyone who works with children or is interested in promoting mental health wellness in their local schools. Learning Objectives Participants will:   Learn about Classroom WISE, a free 3-part training package for K-12 educators and school personnel on mental health awareness.   Learn strategies to promote student well-being and support students experiencing adversity, distress, and mental health challenges in the classroom.   Identify talking points and implementation ideas to support Classroom WISE utilization in schools or districts. Trainer Erin Briley, M.S., NCSP                     Erin Briley is the School Mental Health Coordinator for the Mountain Plains Mental Health Technology Transfer Center Network (MHTTC) and a Technical Assistant Associate for WICHE’s Behavioral Health Program.  As the school mental health lead, her work focuses on providing intensive technical assistance, resources, and training school staff to support school-based mental health. As a Technical Assistant Associate, her work is primarily focused on assisting in creating and implementing Psychology Internship Consortiums in rural western states. Ms. Briley has over 20 years of experience working in the schools, serving primarily as a school psychologist for school districts in California, Hawaii, and Colorado while providing direct and indirect supports for children ages 3 through 22 of all developmental levels. Ms. Briley has also served temporarily as a special education and a School Based Behavioral Health program administrator and trained and supervised paraprofessionals providing individualized supports to children with special needs. Ms. Briley has extensive experience with psycho-educational evaluations, classroom, and individual behavioral management, conducting Functional Behavioral Assessments, creating Behavioral Support Plans, special education legal mandates, and rights related to IDEA and Section 504, and learning needs accommodations to support. Ms. Briley earned her Bachelor’s in Human Development and Family Studies at Colorado State University, her Master’s in Counseling/School Psychology and a Certificate in Applied Behavior Analysis at California State University Los Angeles and is working on her PhD (ABD) in Clinical Psychology; she is also a Nationally Certified School Psychologist. 

  Comprehensive mental health services for Latino Agricultural Workers should consider the context of migration, stressors, and common emotional and behavioral concerns. This conference will provide evidence-based tips and strategies to bolster resiliency and promote psychological recovery among Latino Agricultural Workers for effective engagement services. The conference also includes psychosociocultural considerations for clinicians working with Latino Agricultural Workers and their families.   Learning Objectives: Discuss social determinants of health and their impact on the Hispanic and Latino agricultural workers. Understand the behavioral health concerns impacting agricultural communities. Identify the prevalence of behavioral health conditions in agricultural communities. Discuss best practices for supporting agricultural workers for behavioral health wellness.   This is a private event by invitation.

REGISTRATION FOR THIS EVENT IS NOW CLOSED.   This is an in-person, one-day conference in Omaha, NE, and it will run from 7:00 a.m. - 3:15 p.m. MT / 8:00 a.m. - 4:15 p.m. CT.  Important Registration Information This conference is an in-person event. Please note, in-person attendance is limited to 25 participants.  Attendees will only be eligible to claim the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. Event Description  This one-day conference is an opportunity to connect with colleagues and experts to learn more about providing successful mental health services for Latino Agricultural Workers.    Comprehensive mental health services for Latino Agricultural Workers should consider the context of migration, stressors, and typical emotional and behavioral concerns. This conference will provide evidence-based tips and strategies to bolster resiliency and promote psychological recovery among Latino Agricultural Workers for effective engagement services. The conference also includes psych-sociocultural considerations for clinicians working with Latino Agricultural Workers and their families.    The target audience for this event is psychologists and other behavioral health professionals. Space is limited.    Lodging will be covered. Meal and travel stipends will be provided. If you'd like to learn more about the hotel, please click here. Upon successful registration, lodging and stipend information will be provided to you.  Learning Objectives 1. Discuss social determinants of health and their impact on the Hispanic and Latino agricultural workers.  2. Recognize the behavioral health concerns impacting agricultural communities.  3. Identify the prevalence of behavioral health conditions in agricultural communities.  4. Discuss best practices for supporting agricultural workers for behavioral health wellness.   Continuing Education     In support of improving patient care, University of Nebraska Medical Center is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.         Continuing Education (CE) credits for psychologists are provided through the co-sponsorship of the American Psychological Association (APA) Office of Continuing Education in Psychology (CEP). The APA CEP Office maintains responsibility for the content of the programs. This activity has been approved for 4.0 credit hours of continuing education credit.       Trainer Cecily Rodriguez, MPA, CDE, Manager of Applied Research for the School of Public and International Affairs (SPIA) at Virginia Tech                     For 30 years, Cecily has been developing, implementing, and evaluating policies and programs that address equity and access in the health and human service sector. Currently, she is responsible for developing and implementing public sector interventions for leadership and team development, equity and inclusion, and succession management. Additionally, she shapes and manages research initiatives, program evaluations, and race equity strategies. Along with her duties as an applied researcher, she also teaches courses related to social equity and policy evaluation at Virginia Tech’s Center for Public Administration and Policy. She came to Virginia Tech from the US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI) where she was the Director of Refugee Health Services Division. She was responsible for executive leadership of grant and contract-related planning and implementation for new state health and wellness programs; development, management and oversight of program budgets totaling more than $30 million annually. During previous service to the Commonwealth of Virginia, Cecily was the Director of the Office of Health Equity Advancement and Workforce Development at the Virginia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services(DBHDS). There, she led the agency’s response to disparities in behavioral health and developmental services. She was responsible for developing and implementing numerous programs and initiatives designed to increase health equity in the agency. In her earlier career, she designed and implemented federally funded workforce training, youth, and health and safety programs for agricultural workers across the nation. Cecily has a credential as a Certified Diversity Executive from the Institute of Diversity Certification, a designation as a Health Insurance Advanced Studies Professional (PHIAS); a lead trainer for the Behavioral Health Interpreter Curriculum, a Certified Instructor of Kaiser Permanente National Diversity Bilingual Staff Interpreter Training Course; a Qualified Administrator of the Intercultural Development Inventory and the Intercultural Conflict Style Inventory; a Certified QPR-Gatekeeper Suicide Prevention Training Facilitator; and a Youth Mental Health First Aid Instructor. She serves as the Vice President of Communications at League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) Richmond Region Council #4614; a board member of the Health Brigade, a Latinx serving health clinic; a member of the Virginia Medical Reserve Corp; and a member of the advisory committee the National Network for the Elimination of Disparities (NNED). She has a degree in political science with a minor in international relations from Virginia Commonwealth University and a Master’s in Public Administration from Virginia Tech.

  Since March 2020, multiple new stressors have emerged. Now in our third year of the pandemic, behavioral health care workers continue to navigate these stressors, including deep grief, loss, and trauma amongst peers, colleagues, and patients. Bearing witness to traumatic experiences–one’s own experiences and others’–can impact our well-being. This summer, we hope to create a space to support those who support others. Cultivating Our Best Selves as Behavioral Health Care Workers will engage those on the frontlines of our healthcare system to assist them in increasing personal motivation and resilience, and to utilize personal strengths in ways that nurture their mental and physical health.   What is this about? Join our two-part series that explores behavioral health care worker wellness. Through this program, we hope to: Increase self-compassion and autonomy to create sustainable wellness vision plans that cultivate and reinforce health care workers’ strengths.   Identify and Design habits that support self-transformation and growth. These habits include understanding feelings and needs, discovering and utilizing autonomous motivation, meaning-making, and experimental goal setting.   Offer a learning space in which mental health care workers will feel connected to their peers in the field, share their own experiences, and learn transferable skills.   Please note that this training will be highly interactive, with exercises and activities designed for participants to reflect, engage with one another and share experiences and thoughts. For those signing up for the training series, please come prepared to be present and involved.     Who is this for? This series is offered to behavioral health providers in the Pacific Southwest (Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, and U.S. Pacific Islands of American Samoa, Guam, Marshall Islands, Northern Mariana Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, and Palau); this series is also open to other providers outside of our region.   When is this series? For those intending to register and participate, we ask that you attend both sessions as each session builds on the other.   August 4th and 5th 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. PT   Faculty Michael Scholtz, MA Michael is the founder and owner of Vistas Life Coaching (www.vistaslifecoaching.com). Vistas is focused on combining the power of the outdoors and health and wellbeing coaching to help people define and reach what they want in life. This journey includes finding the mental and emotional space and physical energy to focus on their needs, expanding their life vision, and setting adventurous and courageous goals. Nature has the potential to assist in all these endeavors, and coaching provides the perfect catalyst. With business partner, Greg Hottinger, RD, Michael is co-owner of NOVO Wellness (www.novowellness.com) and co-author of Coach Yourself Thin  (www.coachyyourselfthin.com), a book designed to help people achieve sustainable and healthy weight loss using a wellness coaching approach. He is also a member of the teaching faculty for the Wellcoaches School of Coaching in both the Health and Wellness Core Coach Training and Professional Coach Training. Michael has a master’s degree in exercise physiology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is a Certified Professional Wellness Coach through Wellcoaches, holds the Professional Certified Coach credential from the International Coaching Federation and is board certified through the National Board for Health and Wellness Coaching. Michael is also a certified personal trainer through the American Council on Exercise, a strength and conditioning specialist through the National Strength and Conditioning Association and a USATF Level 1 track and field coach.  

For a full series description and/or to register for the other sessions in the series, please visit the series page.   Session 3 on August 3, 2022: Design your own environment Understand the steps to designing a wellness vision Design a wellness vision plan and habits to enhance your mental health and well-being Cultivate opportunities to grow, feel better, and commit to emotional balance

View slides and recording here.    Session Overview:  Schools are increasingly interested and engaged in universal mental health screening for students to inform early detection and intervention to promote student well-being. However, given the increase in child and adolescent mental health needs increasing over recent decades, exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, social media, racial violence and other recent events, schools are understandably concerned about how they will practically and ethically meet the mental health needs of students if they conduct universal screening. This learning session will provide practical information about evidence-informed screening practices to help protect school systems from identifying more student mental health need than they can reasonably address. This includes activities school can engage in prior to screening (e.g., resource mapping, surveillance screening) as well as during the screening process (e.g., gradual scale-up). We will also discuss strategies to address student mental health needs that go beyond referral to mental health treatment (i.e., “Tier 3”), with a focus on options available to low-resource settings that experience barriers to care such as mental health professional shortages. Field examples of mental health screening and how student needs were addressed will be provided to facilitate shared learning.   Learning Objectives: Increase understanding of how to prepare for and conduct mental health screening efforts in schools that protect against identifying more need than schools can address. Increase familiarity with strategies to address student mental health needs for those who screen in for potentially needing supports.   Promote cross-state networking and shared learning about how to address student mental health needs after screening in schools.   Speaker:                  Elizabeth Connors, PhD is an Assistant Professor at Yale University, Division of Prevention and Community Research and at the Child Study Center. She is also a faculty member with the University of Maryland National Center for School Mental Health, where she is the Director of Quality Improvement and a developer of The SHAPE System. Dr. Connors received her Ph.D. in Clinical Child and Community Psychology and her work focuses on improving access to high-quality mental health promotion, prevention and intervention services and supports for underserved children, adolescents, young adults and their families in critical access points such as schools and community settings.

The Great Lakes MHTTC is offering this training for individuals working in HHS Region 5: IL, IN, MI, MN, OH, WI. This training is being provided in response to a need identified by Region 5 stakeholders.     DESCRIPTION: This 2-hour workshop is the tenth of a Trauma-Informed/Resiliency Series developed for leaders and organizations interested in cultivating and sustaining a trauma-informed culture. This presentation is intended to connect attendees to the importance of trauma-informed care being reflected in the organization’s policies and procedures. If an organization intends to become truly trauma-informed, they will need to take a close look at their current policies and procedures. This will provide an opportunity to ensure that practice is aligned with the mission and vision of being trauma-informed. It also provides guidance to staff on how/what trauma-informed care should look like as an employee.   Participants will be introduced to a couple of interactive methods of conducting an environmental scan of their respective organizations for policies and procedures that may need trauma-informed language and attention. The first interactive activity, “Start, Stop, Continue” is intended to elicit staff voice in identifying areas that need addressing. The second activity is the “Empathy Interview.” The empathy interview is another tool for connecting with staff and stakeholders for gathering feedback, insights, and input. Attendees will assess policies and procedures within their respective organizations and develop an action plan to get started.     LEARNING OBJECTIVES: By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to: Review of the importance of Mission, Vision, Values and Trauma Informed Principles. Gain insight into the importance of utilizing a trauma-informed approach when evaluating policies and procedures. Develop understanding of the importance of staff and stakeholder input in policy review and development Introduction of interview methods to gain feedback. Gain familiarity in using “Start-Stop-Continue" and “Empathy Interview” techniques.     CERTIFICATES: Registrants who fully attend this event or training will receive a certificate of attendance. Certificates are disseminated via email to all qualifying individuals approximately two weeks after the conclusion of the event or training.      PRESENTER: Chuck Price, M.S.   Although many consultants strive to create trauma-informed environments and guide leaders through culture change, very few have successfully led their organizations through this process. Bonafide experience is what sets Chuck Price and Blue Collar Consulting apart from the others. This experience, along with Chuck’s easy manner and ability to form authentic relationships, make Chuck a natural fit to help support you as you lead your agency’s transformation process. Chuck has filled leadership roles in several counties and private agencies throughout his 27-years working in child welfare and health and human services. Chuck’s career has been dedicated to making drastic improvements in the lives of children and families. He has been brave and selfless in his pursuit of excellence, often pioneering pathways not yet traveled by his peers. He has served in leadership roles within public and private agencies, in both urban and rural settings. All of this has provided him with a diverse perspective and the ability to quickly understand and relate to challenges faced by leaders.   As a DHHS Director, Chuck led his department on a successful and transformational journey from traditional compliance-based practice to becoming a legitimate trauma-informed agency. As a result of his work recruitment, retention, agency health, and case outcomes dramatically improved. Under his leadership, overall numbers of children living in congregate care were significantly reduced, and at one point even dropped to zero! Chuck's results and process gained recognition across the state, the country, and internationally.   Chuck started Blue Collar Consulting to broaden the impact of lessons learned so you don’t have to start at the beginning. His passion is to help support brave leaders in their professional growth and development, and to use his real-world experience to assist organizations in their trauma-informed cultural transformations. He also has a sweet spot for his two dogs, Brewer and Uecker, which might give away his other passion…Milwaukee Brewers baseball! Chuck lives in Central Wisconsin with his wife of 27 years. As a new member of the empty-nester club, he is free to travel, connect, and lead your transformational work, no matter where you are on your journey, or the map.

Event Description This presentation will provide foundational information for providers to increase their skills in recognizing emotional health crises and foundational interventions to increase their resilience in times of crisis. Trainer Julio Brionez, Ph.D.                       Julio Brionez, Ph.D., is a licensed psychologist in Wyoming, Colorado, and Montana. He primarily serves at the UWYO university counseling center and in his private practice, JB LLC. Dr. Brionez is a first-generation college student, identifies as Latino, male, and uses he/him pronouns. He specializes in the treatment and prevention of suicide and uses interventions from acceptance and commitment therapy and cognitive therapies.  

In this workshop, we will learn about and practice skills in evidence-based suicide prevention and intervention practices, including screening for risk, safety planning, connecting with parents/guardians, and supporting transitions back to school following a suicide event or hospitalization.   View Event Flyer

Session 10 Building on our phenomenally successful Mindful Monday training series, we are pleased to continue our micro-mindful training series. Research indicates that mindfulness therapy and practices are very effective in helping to reduce levels of stress and feelings of being overwhelmed. This series is for anyone looking to build personal resiliency while investing and developing self-care practices.      Mindful Monday sessions will feature a wide range of evidence-based practices from different disciplines, including Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), Dialectal Behavioral Therapy, Evidence-Based therapy, and yoga. It is a 30-minute training that will begin on March 14th and run through August 8th.      Each session will involve a brief summary and learning of a new mindful skill, 5–20-minute application through practice in session, and resources to implement outside of session.      This is a great place to try different activities and practices, and to acquire tools and skills to apply in your everyday lives either personally or professionally!    Trainer Christina Ruggiero, Masters of Counselling Psychology, has developed this training and will facilitate the sessions. She is a Psychotherapist currently working at the University of Toronto in Ontario, CA. Christina will provide participants with practical tips and experiential activities that can be incorporated into daily routines and easily shared with others. 

"Achieving ACT Program Fidelity in a Pre- and Post-Pandemic Era" is the topic of the August 1st meeting. This 90-minute meeting for ACT Teams​​​​ is hosted and facilitated by the Northwest MHTTC and the Institute for Best Practices at the University of North Carolina. ABOUT THIS EVENT For the past 2 ½ years, a national study of ACT has been underway, led by Dr. Lorna Moser, with Drs. Maria Monroe-DeVita, Lynette Studer, and Gary Cuddeback as Co-Investigators. Lorna and Maria will share preliminary results of pre-pandemic fidelity data from 216 teams across 11 US States (all de-identified in this presentation). We will share observations of why teams may succeed and struggle with aspects of ACT practice and facilitate a discussion around where things stand now as it relates to ACT practice as we continue out of the height of the pandemic. We will discuss what is currently needed to support existing teams across the US and discuss considerations for regions looking to expand ACT capacity. The Northwest MHTTC, in collaboration with the Institute for Best Practices at the University of North Carolina, co-facilitates a regular virtual consultation call with ACT teams and ACT stakeholders. Each meeting consists of a mini-didactic training on a topic of relevance and interest to ACT teams (at times circling back to topics related to navigating the COVID-19 pandemic and related issues as they come up), as well as opportunities to pose consultation questions and learn from other ACT teams and their shared experiences within ACT. For more information or questions, contact: Maria Monroe-DeVita, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington School of Medicine and Director of the Washington State Center of Excellence in First Episode Psychosis or Lorna Moser, PhD, Director of the UNC ACT Technical Assistance Center in the UNC Department of Psychiatry’s Center for Excellence in Community Mental Health and Coordinator of the North Carolina ACT Coalition. CLICK HERE TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT SERIES FACILITATORS Lorna Moser, PhD Dr. Moser is the Director of the UNC ACT Technical Assistance Center in the UNC Department of Psychiatry’s Center for Excellence in Community Mental Health; and Coordinator of the North Carolina ACT Coalition.     Maria Monroe-DeVita, PhD Dr. Monroe-DeVita is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences at the University of Washington School of Medicine and the Director, Washington State Center of Excellence in First Episode Psychosis.

FRIDAY, JULY 29, 2022 4:00 - 5:15 p.m. PT [Find your local time zone here] Session 5 of 5 in the "Motivational Interviewing (MI) in July" training series (view series page for full details)   The Pacific Southwest MHTTC is pleased to provide session 4 in this series on Motivational Interviewing to improve our school and mental health workforce skills. Motivational interviewing (MI) provides us with a way to have conversations about change. In this series, participants will learn the basics of how to apply MI to both typical and challenging clinical situations.  Session 5, Friday, 7/29: Macro Motivational Interviewing: Integrating Individual Techniques for Socially Produced Trauma     Motivational Interviewing is typically an intervention used to help individuals engage in change, but what if it is the system that needs to change and not the individual? Many individuals are caught up in systems that create and exacerbate their individual trauma. Macro MI is an application of MI that empowers individuals to engage in activism, advocacy, and consciousness raising to address larger systemic issues that impact their lives and influence their wellness. Define “socially produced trauma” List the components of the SHARP model that address the macro features clinicians need to address in order to support systems change Identify the MI skills to use that help promote the SHARP model in session   Who is this series for? All sessions are open to anyone (mental health or school mental health professionals including counselors, psychologists, marriage and family therapists, peer supporters, alcohol and drug counselors, mental health program administrators, MDs, nurses, and other allied health professionals). Our priority service areas are SAMHSA Region 9 states and territories, including: Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, and U.S. Pacific Islands of American Samoa, Guam, Marshall Islands, Northern Mariana Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, and Palau.   When is the full this series? This series is offered July 25th-29th 2022, every day from 4pm-5:15pm PT While each session is standalone, we highly recommend you attend Session 1 (Monday, 7/25) for an introduction to MI (unless you are familiar with MI). 6.5 CEUs are available through full participation in this series (you must attend all five sessions to access the CEs)     Learn more about the other sessions by clicking the links below:   Session 1 - Monday, 7/25: An Introduction to Motivational Interviewing Session 2 - Tuesday, 7/26: Trauma Informed Motivational Interviewing Session 3 - Wednesday, 7/27: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) & Motivational Interviewing Session 4 - Thursday, 7/28: Developmental Reflective Motivational Interviewing Session 5 - Friday, 7/29: Macro Motivational Interviewing: Integrating Individual Techniques for Socially Produced Trauma   Priming Resources for the Whole Series About MINT: Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers  Motivational Interviewing 13: Kristin Dempsey — C4 Innovations  Talking to Change: An MI Podcast. Episode 46: Reducing Burnout and Compassion Fatigue with Kristin Dempsey, EdD, and Ali Hall, JD  Talking To Change - A Motivational Interviewing Podcast    Faculty Dr. Kristin Dempsey, EdD is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) and professional clinical counselor (LPCC). She has provided psychotherapy in the Bay Area for almost 25 years in public non-profits and county mental health settings, schools, and medical clinics. Her current psychotherapy practice is located in San Francisco and Burlingame. Dr. Dempsey's areas of clinical interest include treatments for co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders, complex trauma in childhood and adolescence, eating disorders, panic/anxiety, and behavioral challenges such as anger management and impulse control disorders. She has worked with adults, senior adults, transition age youth, adolescents, and children in individual, family, and group modalities. In addition to clinical work, Dr. Dempsey trains community behavioral health providers in a number of evidence based and promising practices. She is a member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers, and has experience teaching and training cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), cognitive behavior therapy for psychosis (CBTp), and dialectical behavior therapy (DBT). She is a master trainer for Applied Suicide Intervention Skills (ASIST), and has been trained in the Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics (NMT) to assess trauma impacts in youth and adults. Dr. Dempsey also provides additional programmatic consultation regarding behavioral health system redesign and implementation of evidence-based practices. Dr. Dempsey is engaged in behavioral health workforce development research and organizational change projects. She is especially interested in investigating and promoting best practices to recruit and retain underrepresented clinicians in the mental health and substance abuse treatment fields.  

The Great Lakes MHTTC is offering this training for individuals working in HHS Region 5: IL, IN, MI, MN, OH, WI. This training is being provided in response to a need identified by Region 5 stakeholders.     DESCRIPTION: This talk will focus on attachment theory as it relates to substance use disorders (SUD). The webinar will address the origins of attachment theory along with the important psychological impacts of early attachment. The neurobiological pathways of attachment will be described with a particular emphasis on the overlap with the addiction/motivation neurocircuitry. This shared neurobiology between attachment and addiction is crucial for understanding the origins and treatment of addictions. Pregnancy and the postpartum period initiate specific biological changes that allow attachment to serve as a powerful intervention to addiction. Providing this kind of integrated intervention to mothers and infants during the perinatal period can disrupt the perpetuation of intergenerational substance use and offers a new approach to SUD prevention and treatment.     LEARNING OBJECTIVES: As a result of this presentation, the audience will: Have a better understanding of attachment theory Know the basic neurobiology of attachment theory Discover how the neurobiology of attachment and substance use overlaps Understand the importance of pregnancy and early child development in the intergenerational effects of substance use Learn ways to prevent and treat substance use disorders through attachment     CERTIFICATES: Registrants who fully attend this event or training will receive a certificate of attendance via email within two weeks after the event or training.      PRESENTER INFO:   Joanna Chambers, M.D. Dr. Chambers is an Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry and Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Indiana University School of Medicine. She completed medical school at the Medical College of Georgia and a residency in Psychiatry in the Neuroscience Research Track at Yale University School of Medicine. She works with the perinatal population at IU Health and Adult and Child Health, with an emphasis on women with substance use disorders, using Attachment Theory as a basis for treatment.

THURSDAY, JULY 28, 2022 4:00 - 5:15 p.m. PT [Find your local time zone here] Session 4 of 5 in the "Motivational Interviewing (MI) in July" training series (view series page for full details)   The Pacific Southwest MHTTC is pleased to provide session 4 in this series on Motivational Interviewing to improve our school and mental health workforce skills. Motivational interviewing (MI) provides us with a way to have conversations about change. In this series, participants will learn the basics of how to apply MI to both typical and challenging clinical situations.  Session 4, Thursday, 7/28: Developmental Reflective Motivational Interviewing   Motivational Interviewing and cognitive behavioral therapy work well together; MI helps providers engage individuals in change and CBT assists in the active thought and behavior change process. Describe the stages of change model and determine when MI should be used vs. when CBT is the best intervention Identify what components of MI contain elements of CBT intervention and when such interventions are best applied in session List five to seven CBT and BT interventions that help promote change during the action stage of treatment   Who is this series for? All sessions are open to anyone (mental health or school mental health professionals including counselors, psychologists, marriage and family therapists, peer supporters, alcohol and drug counselors, mental health program administrators, MDs, nurses, and other allied health professionals). Our priority service areas are SAMHSA Region 9 states and territories, including: Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, and U.S. Pacific Islands of American Samoa, Guam, Marshall Islands, Northern Mariana Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, and Palau.   When is the full this series? This series is offered July 25th-29th 2022, every day from 4pm-5:15pm PT While each session is standalone, we highly recommend you attend Session 1 (Monday, 7/25) for an introduction to MI (unless you are familiar with MI). 6.5 CEUs are available through full participation in this series (you must attend all five sessions to access the CEs)     Learn more about the other sessions by clicking the links below:   Session 1 - Monday, 7/25: An Introduction to Motivational Interviewing Session 2 - Tuesday, 7/26: Trauma Informed Motivational Interviewing Session 3 - Wednesday, 7/27: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) & Motivational Interviewing Session 4 - Thursday, 7/28: Developmental Reflective Motivational Interviewing Session 5 - Friday, 7/29: Macro Motivational Interviewing: Integrating Individual Techniques for Socially Produced Trauma   Priming Resources for the Whole Series About MINT: Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers  Motivational Interviewing 13: Kristin Dempsey — C4 Innovations  Talking to Change: An MI Podcast. Episode 46: Reducing Burnout and Compassion Fatigue with Kristin Dempsey, EdD, and Ali Hall, JD  Talking To Change - A Motivational Interviewing Podcast    Faculty Dr. Kristin Dempsey, EdD is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) and professional clinical counselor (LPCC). She has provided psychotherapy in the Bay Area for almost 25 years in public non-profits and county mental health settings, schools, and medical clinics. Her current psychotherapy practice is located in San Francisco and Burlingame. Dr. Dempsey's areas of clinical interest include treatments for co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders, complex trauma in childhood and adolescence, eating disorders, panic/anxiety, and behavioral challenges such as anger management and impulse control disorders. She has worked with adults, senior adults, transition age youth, adolescents, and children in individual, family, and group modalities. In addition to clinical work, Dr. Dempsey trains community behavioral health providers in a number of evidence based and promising practices. She is a member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers, and has experience teaching and training cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), cognitive behavior therapy for psychosis (CBTp), and dialectical behavior therapy (DBT). She is a master trainer for Applied Suicide Intervention Skills (ASIST), and has been trained in the Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics (NMT) to assess trauma impacts in youth and adults. Dr. Dempsey also provides additional programmatic consultation regarding behavioral health system redesign and implementation of evidence-based practices. Dr. Dempsey is engaged in behavioral health workforce development research and organizational change projects. She is especially interested in investigating and promoting best practices to recruit and retain underrepresented clinicians in the mental health and substance abuse treatment fields.  

  Join us as we share our cultural connection to food, apply a balanced way of eating, and incorporate Indigenous traditions into our lives with the healing power of food. We welcome Dr. Vanessa Quezada (Kickapoo/Chichimeca). She is a pharmacist and founding member of SanArte Healing and Cultura clinic (https://www.sanartecommunity.com). Her work is at the intersections of Native traditional healing, food sovereignty and renewable energy that build more life-giving systems. Participants will become knowledgeable in providing emotional/ resilient support for AI/AN youth. Our school communities will develop healthier eating habits for successful outcomes in and out of the classroom. We will reflect upon our cultural connections to food and discuss the importance of sugar stability in the body as related to mental health support. We will learn how to adapt a balanced way of eating and discuss the role of stress, sleep and exercise. Together, we will develop plans for improving access to our traditional foods. 

The South Southwest MHTTC will be hosting a State Spotlight Series: Indian Country Peer Recovery Specialist ECHO and the value of connection on July 28 from 1:30-2:30 CST. This presentation will discuss how the recovery process is unique for Native Americans, and the importance of culture in peer services. It will explore the history of Native peer support and the progress of peer programs in Oklahoma. We will highlight the importance of the culture, connection, and decolonization by examining The Indian Country Peer Recovery Specialist ECHO program (Peer ECHO). During this overview, we will provide a sample Peer ECHO case presentation.

Session 2 Event Description Technology is a tool that we all use to navigate our schedules, and homes and allows us access to information- this is not innovative – it is a way of life that many people take for granted. For others, such as people living with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities it can be a vehicle that can provide greater independence and increased choice. This series of micro- trainings will focus on how to use existing technology to create solutions for people living with IDD. This is a hands-on training that will demonstrate how to teach individuals living with IDD how to use mainstream technology to support individualized needs. Participants are encouraged to bring real-life examples of current needs (including their current technology).    This micro-series of training will be held bi-weekly, Thursday afternoons from 1:00 pm MST - 1:30 pm MST.    Initially, we will focus on applications and tools to address Independence and Communication. As the series progresses, we will engage stakeholders to determine what the key workforce training needs are.  Trainer Laurie Dale, Consultant, Senior Leader for Assistive Technology, Ability Beyond    Ms. Dale is a nationally recognized speaker on how-to-use technology to support and empower persons with disabilities.  She has worked for over 20 years with people living with IDD.  In addition to consulting, she works as Senior Leader for Assistive Technology at Ability Beyond. 

/*--> During Minority Mental Health Month, join our efforts to amplify the work of community-based organizations (CBOs) in Connecticut and New Hampshire supporting mental health and advancing substance use prevention, treatment, and recovery! In a "Round-Robin-style" of presentation, CBOs and local nonprofits in Connecticut and New Hampshire will showcase their goals, growth, outcomes, and visions for the future in their efforts to support the behavioral health needs of underserved populations.   Presenter(s): /*--> Taylor Bryan Turner, Assistant Regional Administrator, SAMHSA Region 1 Maria Restrepo-Toro, Co-Director, New England MHTTC Susan Stearns, Executive Director, NAMI NH Liz Taylor, Executive Director, NAMI CT    

This 75-minute webinar addresses equity, intergenerational trauma, and strategies for equitable standards of practice. Offered in collaboration with C4 Innovations. ABOUT THIS EVENT This webinar focuses on equity, intergenerational trauma, and strategies to enhance racially equitable standards of practice. The session will begin by defining equity and examining actionable steps toward inclusive practices for professionals. The presenter will briefly review relationships between equity and mental health and wellness. As a focal point, the session will define and examine intergenerational, insidious, historical, acculturative and race-based trauma and stress. The presenter will also discuss the important of acknowledging history in promoting change practices moving forward in mental health professions to best support people experiencing systemic marginalization. In this session, we will take a critical look at the pervasive consequences of oppression on health and the role of individuals and organizations in responding and discuss transformational practices toward reducing harm and promoting wellness and innovation. FACILITATOR Ashley Stewart, MSW, PhD, LSW Ashley Stewart, PhD, MSW, LSW, received her PhD from The Ohio State University, College of Social Work, and her master’s at Columbia University. Dr. Stewart is Race-Equity Subject Matter Expert, Trainer & Curriculum Development Specialist at C4 Innovations. In this role, she provides technical assistance, training, and organizational support to national organizations, boards of directors, and behavioral health organizations on implementing anti-racist practices. She utilizes an equity-centered approach to ensure that diversity and inclusion efforts move forward and reduce harm to people marginalized by systems. Her work includes assessing the intersections of identity, structural oppression, wellness, and policy. In addition to the advanced study of the consequence and causes of identity-based oppression, Dr. Stewart supports implementing anti-oppressive practices in organizational, structural, programmatic, and interpersonal interventions.  

Join us for Youth Peer Support Group Coaching! These no-cost, virtual meetings offer trained Peer Supporters working with young people an opportunity to have regular coaching sessions.  The goal is to provide a space for facilitator led-discussions on topics pertinent to providing youth peer support.  This is also a chance to share resources and network while growing your professional skillset.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 27, 2022 4:00 - 5:15 p.m. PT [Find your local time zone here] Session 3 of 5 in the "Motivational Interviewing (MI) in July" training series (view series page for full details) The Pacific Southwest MHTTC is pleased to provide session 3 in this series on Motivational Interviewing to improve our school and mental health workforce skills. Motivational interviewing (MI) provides us with a way to have conversations about change. In this series, participants will learn the basics of how to apply MI to both typical and challenging clinical situations.  Session 3, Wednesday, 7/27: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) & Motivational Interviewing   Motivational Interviewing and cognitive behavioral therapy work well together; MI helps providers engage individuals in change and CBT assists in the active thought and behavior change process. Describe the stages of change model and determine when MI should be used vs. when CBT is the best intervention Identify what components of MI contain elements of CBT intervention and when such interventions are best applied in session List five to seven CBT and BT interventions that help promote change during the action stage of treatment   Who is this series for? All sessions are open to anyone (mental health or school mental health professionals including counselors, psychologists, marriage and family therapists, peer supporters, alcohol and drug counselors, mental health program administrators, MDs, nurses, and other allied health professionals). Our priority service areas are SAMHSA Region 9 states and territories, including: Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, and U.S. Pacific Islands of American Samoa, Guam, Marshall Islands, Northern Mariana Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, and Palau.   When is the full this series? This series is offered July 25th-29th 2022, every day from 4pm-5:15pm PT (find your local time zone here) While each session is standalone, we highly recommend you attend Session 1 (Monday, 7/25) for an introduction to MI (unless you are familiar with MI). 6.5 CEUs are available through full participation in this series (you must attend all five sessions to access the CEs)     Learn more about the other sessions by clicking the links below:   Session 1 - Monday, 7/25: An Introduction to Motivational Interviewing Session 2 - Tuesday, 7/26: Trauma Informed Motivational Interviewing Session 3 - Wednesday, 7/27: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) & Motivational Interviewing Session 4 - Thursday, 7/28: Developmental Reflective Motivational Interviewing Session 5 - Friday, 7/29: Macro Motivational Interviewing: Integrating Individual Techniques for Socially Produced Trauma   Priming Resources for the Whole Series About MINT: Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers  Motivational Interviewing 13: Kristin Dempsey — C4 Innovations  Talking to Change: An MI Podcast. Episode 46: Reducing Burnout and Compassion Fatigue with Kristin Dempsey, EdD, and Ali Hall, JD  Talking To Change - A Motivational Interviewing Podcast    Faculty Dr. Kristin Dempsey, EdD is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) and professional clinical counselor (LPCC). She has provided psychotherapy in the Bay Area for almost 25 years in public non-profits and county mental health settings, schools, and medical clinics. Her current psychotherapy practice is located in San Francisco and Burlingame. Dr. Dempsey's areas of clinical interest include treatments for co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders, complex trauma in childhood and adolescence, eating disorders, panic/anxiety, and behavioral challenges such as anger management and impulse control disorders. She has worked with adults, senior adults, transition age youth, adolescents, and children in individual, family, and group modalities. In addition to clinical work, Dr. Dempsey trains community behavioral health providers in a number of evidence based and promising practices. She is a member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers, and has experience teaching and training cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), cognitive behavior therapy for psychosis (CBTp), and dialectical behavior therapy (DBT). She is a master trainer for Applied Suicide Intervention Skills (ASIST), and has been trained in the Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics (NMT) to assess trauma impacts in youth and adults. Dr. Dempsey also provides additional programmatic consultation regarding behavioral health system redesign and implementation of evidence-based practices. Dr. Dempsey is engaged in behavioral health workforce development research and organizational change projects. She is especially interested in investigating and promoting best practices to recruit and retain underrepresented clinicians in the mental health and substance abuse treatment fields.