Past Events

Presenter: Loretta Veney is a motivational teacher and trainer. Throughout her life, she has chronicled family events through journals, photos and videos seeking to capture every moment. After learning that her beloved Mother Doris was the first female in her family to suffer from dementia, Loretta began documenting the details of doctor visits, and recording people, places and things as a substitute for lost memory. She is also the author of Refreshment for the Caregivers Spirit (2017) Colors Flowing from My Mind (2019) and Being My Mom's Mom: A Journey Through Dementia from a Daughter's Perspective (2019).   Learning Objectives: Assess caregiver’s current state and stress burnout level  Explain and discuss four ways that long-term caregiving impacts mental health Discuss four strategies for resilience Identify apps, websites and other resources for assisting with mental health Identify three signs that professional help is needed   Certificates of attendance will be available to viewers of 50% (30 minutes) or more of this presentation (via email within 30 business days following the event). CEUs are not available for this session.   The Central East MHTTC supports this Baltimore Faith Based Commission for Behavioral Health event.  

Session Overview Student mental health early intervention (Tier 2) and treatment (Tier 3) services and supports are a vital component of any comprehensive school mental health system, but how student-centered, evidence-based, and effective are they? Join this session to hear about how your school or district team can implement measurement-based care (MBC) in your Tier 2 and 3 services to improve service quality, track outcomes, and sustain crucial services for students with emerging or existing mental health needs. MBC is the ongoing use of student-, parent- and teacher-reported progress measures to inform personalized, collaborative, effective interventions. This session will provide practical strategies to implement MBC in schools by sharing information on: (1) free, validated assessment measures; (2) tips on how to promote student and parent participation; (3) criteria for evaluating data system options; and (4) approaches to design effective training and ongoing support for your school mental health professionals. Please come prepared to share openly about barriers and discuss opportunities and solutions to embrace this core school mental health best practice.   This session is the second part of a two-part series.  Part 1 -- Introduction to measurement-based care for more personalized, collaborative, and effective school mental health interventions -- was held on November 4, 2021.  In Part 1, basic information was provided on measurement-based care including an overview of what it is, why it is useful for schools, and how to locate free and low-cost progress measures.  Access the slides and recording for Part 1 can be found here.    After the 60-minute learning session concludes, we invite stakeholders in the Southeast region (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee) to join an informal 30-minute discussion with the Southeast MHTTC team to learn more about your interest in additional training and technical assistance on measurement-based care.    Learning Objectives: Increase understanding of measurement-based care implementation to improve and sustain high quality school mental health Tier 2 and 3 services. Increase familiarity with free or low-cost progress measure options and best practices in training and implementation support for school professionals. Promote cross-state networking and shared learning about best practices, successes, and challenges of tracking and reporting on the impact of Tier 2 and 3 services.   Speaker Elizabeth Connors, PhD Elizabeth Connors 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.

About the Event:  Evidence-based practices have become the goal for supporting recovery for people with severe mental illness. But, we are not all working in environments that have the capacity to achieve full fidelity to these models.  This 6-part series will review the core aspects of several evidence-based psychiatric rehabilitation practices, focusing on practical strategies and skills that participants can do now to make a difference. Part 4 of this 6-part series (Thursday, March 10th | 12:00 PM ET) focuses on tools for employment: Lessons Learned from Supported Employment. To learn more or register for other sessions in this series, please visit our Keeping It Practical: Core Skills for Evidence-Based Practices page or click here. 

The First Episode Psychosis (FEP) monthly mentor call hosted by the South Southwest MHTTC provides technical assistance and an open discussion platform for mental health workers offering services for FEP and clinical high risk populations. These virtual meetings are held the 2nd Thursday of every month via zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/817083117.

Session 1 March 10th, 2022    Social Emotional Learning 101    This interactive session focuses on positive behavior supports and strategies to use with students to improve social-emotional outcomes. Participants will be encouraged to consider how they promote strong connections with students and strategies that work to increase their positive habits (e.g., social connections, self-care strategies) and decrease negative responses (e.g., fear, anxiety). These foundational skills will help to promote healthy student behavioral functioning.    Objectives   Participants will gain a basic understanding of what social emotional learning is.  Participants will be given SEL strategies to use when engaging with students.   Participants will gain online resources and materials to help them feel comfortable applying SEL.  Participants will understand, through role-play, how to effectively practice applying SEL techniques  Participants will gain a basic understanding of how to apply SEL in their settings.    Trainers Leslie Baunach, MA/CAS, NCSP                     Leslie Baunach, NCSP, was a school psychologist with Oahu Central School District for over 10 years. She is currently the National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) Delegate for the state of Hawaii and a Delegate Representative for the West Region on the NASP Board of Directors. Leslie has previously served on the Hawaii Association of School Psychologists (HASP) board of directors as Treasurer and President, and has headed up the legislative platform for nine years, currently serving as the HASP legislative co-chair. Leslie serves as the Executive Director of the School Psychology Support Network, which supports school psychologists nationally. Leslie became a NASP PREPaRE trainer in 2015 and has conducted PREPaRE workshops for the Hawaii DOE, HASP, Northern Marianas Islands schools, and Punahou School in Honolulu.   Traci Effinger, NCSP                     Traci Effinger is a Nationally Certified School Psychologists who has worked for the Hawai`i Department of Education for over 10 years. Traci has worked from preschool to high school in her daily job as a School Psychologist in addition to responding to crisis events at all levels. Traci is co-author of Crisis manual for Central district and also co-chair of the Crisis Team. She Performs data collection, progress monitoring, and professional development trainings for her district and school staff. She is one of only two people that are NASP Certified PREPaRE 3rd Edition trainers within the state of Hawaii. Traci and her colleague trained the entire country of Saipan for the CNMI Project HALIGI AWARE in PREPaRE and also presented and trained entire Punahou School District on PREPaRE Workshops 1. Traci is also a presenter in various professional development topics and has most recently presented for the Afterschool Alliance coalition on social emotional learning, behavior management, and threat assessment.  

Dr. Sarah Kopelovich will be presenting at the Fourth National Conference on Advancing Early Psychosis Care in the United States: Harnessing Resiliency in a Changing World. Dr. Kopelovich is as Assistant Professor at the University of Washington and provides research and training through the UW Medicine SPIRIT Lab (Supporting Psychosis Innovation through Research, Implementation, & Training), and she is a core faculty member of Northwest MHTTC.  Dr. Kopelovich will present "Psychosis REACH: Bringing Skills, Information, and Community Directly to Families Experiencing Psychosis" along with H. Teresa "Trez" Buckland, PhD, MEd, and Patrick Kaufmann, MSW (moderator). The national, virtual conference will offer a wide variety of topics related to early psychosis care designed for the full mental health care team. Conference themes include: technology, adaptations, and innovations in early psychosis care; administrative considerations (e.g., financing, fidelity, and workforce development); the voice of lived experience and peer specialists; and diversity, equity, and inclusion. The conference will offer two, half-days of keynote speakers, single presenters, and panelists, in four tracks. This conference is a partnership between Stanford Center for Continuing Medical Education, Psychosis-Risk and Early Psychosis Program Network (PEPPNET), the Mental Health Technology Transfer Center (MHTTC) Network, the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), the National Training and Technical Assistance Center (NTTAC), and the NASMHPD Research Institute, Inc. (NRI). ABOUT THIS EVENT Please visit the conference organizer's page for full event details and registration.

Hear from the Director of the National Center for Community Schools, Abe Fernandez, about the Community Schools Framework—a way for schools to collaborate with local partners to meet the holistic needs of the whole school community. Leaders in the community schools movement in New England will also share their journeys, as well as the challenges they overcame, the lessons they learned, and their visions for a future where community schools are viable and vital options.   /*-->*/ /*-->*/ /*-->*/ /*-->*/ /*-->*/ /*-->*/ /*--> Abe Fernandez, Director, National Center for Community Schools for Children's Aid (NY) Matthew DeBlois, Principal, Vergennes Union Elementary School (VT) Emily Mallozzi, Program Manager for Community Schools for Pawtucket School Department (RI) Dwayne Conway, Former Principal of Maranacook Community High School (ME) Rebecca Tatistcheff, EdD, Principal of Cabot School (VT) Martha Staeheli, PhD, Director, School Mental Health Initiative, New England Mental Health Technology Transfer Center

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This is the fifth session for Healing School Communities: Shifting the Dominant Paradigm to Center Student Wellness, a Community of Practice intended for students, families, educators and school mental health professionals who are navigating the ongoing impact of racial violence in all forms on student mental health. In this session, we will attempt to better understand the underlying roots of oppression within schooling spaces (i.e. anti-blackness, colonization, etc.) and identify impactful strategies for countering, refusing, and moving away from these different manifestations of violence. This Community of Practice session will also offer opportunities for participants to:   Name and examine the organizational structures that lead to Racial Violence within School Communities. Explore the various mental health implications of racial violence on school ecosystems. Identify and elevate community strengths, wisdom and voice as effective strategies for healing and place them at the center in supporting mental health. Become familiar with resources and tools to address the detrimental effects of racial violence in schools, that further build protective factors, power and agency.   Note: A recording of the learning session will be made available in the MHTTC Products and Resource Catalog. Certificates of completion are available to viewers of 50% (45 minutes) or more of the live webinar. CEUs are not available for this session. Speaker:  Kenjus Watson is a son, brother, nephew, cousin, uncle, father, and partner who often shares space, energy, and dreams with radical educational communities. He aims to root and bridge this work in memories that attest to the inextricable link between the wellness of Black people, our autonomy, and the abolition of school.         NOTE: This session is part of a Community of Practice that includes 7 weekly learning sessions. For more information about the other sessions in this Community of Practice, please click here.

  This event will be held on March 8, 2022 at 11:00 a.m. MT. Event Description This presentation will discuss strategies that school-based behavioral health and community providers can use to promote online engagement with clients who receive individual and group therapy through an online format. Participants will learn about effective ways to engage students and participate in experiential activities to understand and explore telehealth applications to deliver therapy goals. The application of these services is discussed in the context of community clinics and school settings.  Learning Objectives Orient to online individual and group therapy service provision  Discuss the importance of engagement during the therapeutic process  Understand telehealth applications to facilitate mental health services  Apply newly developed skills into practice to enhance the therapy experience    Trainer Aaron Fischer, PhD, BCBA-D                           Dr. Fischer is the Dee Endowed Professor of School Psychology,  an adjunct Associate Professor of Psychiatry, and Director of the University of Utah Huntsman Mental Health Institute's School Mental Health Collaborative. He is a Licensed Psychologist and Licensed Board Certified Behavior Analyst. He has worked with individuals with mental and behavioral health concerns and their families for over 15 years.  His research focuses on the the intersection of innovative technology and school mental health, specifically telehealth applications to support diverse students, caregivers, and educators. 

This 90-minute meeting for ACT Teams​​​​ will cover Cognitive Behavioral Social Skills Training (CBSST) with Eric Granholm, PhD, Professor of Psychiatry and Director, Center for Mental Health Technology (MHTech.ucsd.edu), University of California San Diego. This virtual consultation meeting is hosted and facilitated by the Northwest MHTTC and the Institute for Best Practices at the University of North Carolina. ABOUT THIS EVENT The Northwest MHTTC, in collaboration with the Institute for Best Practices at the University of North Carolina, co-facilitates a bi-monthly 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. FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THIS 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.

The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly impacted Latino communities in ways that go beyond health. The pandemic, along with the protective and restrictive measures that have been put in place, have changed the lives of Latinos and have resulted in profound losses for Latinos including loss of loved ones, employment, homes, and cultural traditions. Furthermore, the pandemic has compounded the effects of structural inequities and discrimination that for many decades have contributed to a lack of access for behavioral health services, lack of health insurance and increased prevalence of underlying conditions. Recent data indicates that Latinos are 1.3 times more likely to become infected from COVID-19, 3.1 times more likely to be hospitalized and 2.3 times more likely to die from COVID-19 compared to White non-Hispanic persons (CDC, 2021). The increased burden, stressors and vulnerability has an impact on mental health in Latino families and communities. This conference will discuss lessons learned from service providers and health care systems treating Latinos with mental health disorders during the pandemic. Presentations will address culturally responsive interventions and strategies to consider when providing mental health services for Latino communities, including telehealth as a novel intervention that increases access to mental health services and is likely to remain after the pandemic. 

This series of six meetings will promote further peer-to-peer learning and collaboration among Employment and Education providers in community mental health settings who want to better engage and support the career development of young adults with serious mental health needs. Each learning collaborative will cover a topic that is critical for engagement and career development; an activity; and a discussion facilitated by trainers with lots of real-world vocational and community mental health experience.

These four 75-minute sessions are part of our Knowing Head, Heart, and Gut live learning community with Rebekah Demirel. Region 10 supervisors/leaders were notified of this opportunity via a digital mailing.  ABOUT THE LEARNING COMMUNITY Leading and supervising people draws on many skills, including the ability to make wise, critical decisions which can empower individuals, shed light on outdated policies, improve workplace culture, and facilitate societal change. We may have to think on our feet and choose what seems best when deadlines are looming, but is it also possible to make quick and crucial choices which come from a solid sense of awareness and confidence? Knowing Head, Heart, and Gut is an inspiring, interactive learning community for those in supervisory and leadership roles. We will use a trauma-informed approach to survey intellect, emotions, and gut instincts and examine how our thoughts, emotions, and life experiences inform the ways we supervise and lead others.   LEARNING OBJECTIVES Apply a trauma-informed lens for recognizing origins of personal decision-making patterns Cultivate and adopt critical self-evaluation skills while in supervisory roles Define and apply broader perspectives to leadership for more effective and inclusive outcomes   ELIGIBILITY Supervisors/leaders in behavioral health working in Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, or Washington state (HHS Region 10).   EXPECTATIONS & COMMITMENT Plan to attend all 4 sessions as learning builds and spots are limited. Sessions are 75 minutes each, FRIDAYS, 11am- 12:15pm PT. Discussions will be in whole group and breakout sessions; please be on camera and able to talk during sessions. Sessions will be recorded solely for internal, quality review purposes and will not be available for rewatching.   ABOUT THE SESSIONS These interactive sessions feature discussions with the whole group and in breakout sessions; please be on camera and able to talk during sessions. Please plan to attend all sessions as learning builds and space is limited. Week 1: Three Ways of Knowing | March 4, 11:00am - 12:15 pm - This session applies a trauma-informed lens to view the effects of dysregulated brain chemistry on intellectual, emotional, and instinctual decision-making. Week 2: Do I Know What I Know? | March 11, 11:00am - 12:15 pm - Today we share some of our personal decision-making styles, what we rely on for decisions, and the impacts of past experience on what we know. Week 3: Accepting & Changing | March 18, 11:00am - 12:15 pm - This session explores both looking closely and stepping back from our discernment to gain a broader perspective and discover new ways to lead. Week 4: Polishing the Mirror | March 25, 11:00am - 12:15 pm - The series ends with sharing insights and wisdom from self-inquiry to build new decision-making paths toward a more stable and dependable foundation of clarity and heart.   RESOURCES FROM THE SESSIONS Related webinar recording with Rebekah Demirel: "Wisdom to Know the Difference: A Webinar for Supervisors | February 25, 2022"     Session 1: Three Ways of Knowing | March 4, 2022 Presentation slides Mindfulness-based Mind Fitness Training Widen the Window by Elizabeth Stanley Activate Your Vagus Nerve by Navaz Habib   Session 2: Do I Know What I Know? | March 11, 2022 Presentation slides Speak Peace in a World of Conflict: What You Say Next Will Change Your World by Marshall B. Rosenberg, PhD Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle by Emily and Amelia Nagoski Five Elements Meditation (handout) Doing the Work self-inquiry (handout)   Session 3: Accepting & Changing | March 18, 2022 Presentation slides When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times by Pema Chodron "A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall" by Bob Dylan, as performed by Patti Smith | "How Does It Feel?", an article in which Patti Smith writes about her experience performing the song and her public struggle during the performance "Our Real Work" by Wendell Berry   Session 4: Polishing the Mirror | March 25, 2022 Presentation Slides My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies by Resmaa Menakem   Additional Reading The Body Keeps The Score by Bessel Van der Kolk Anchored by Deb Dana FACILITATOR Rebekah Demirel, L.Ac MPCC Rebekah Demirel L.Ac. MPCC, is the founder and director of Trauma Integration Programs, with more than a decade as an ambulance paramedic, twenty-two years as a paramedic trainer, eighteen years of mental health counseling experience, specializing in traumatic stress, and she is a licensed East Asian medicine practitioner and acupuncturist. Rebekah’s unique skill set and experience are informed by her own traumatic childhood and teen years spent on the street and in the foster care system, giving her a special familiarity and empathy for trauma and loss.

These no-cost, virtual meetings offer you the opportunity to collaborate with other First Episode Psychosis (FEP) and Coordinated Specialty Care (CSC) team Peer Supports and Family Partners in a supportive, mentoring environment. This is 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!

Are you new to working with individuals with early psychosis? Are you interested in learning more about what early psychosis coordinated specialty care is all about? Please join our monthly webinar series beginning 2/3/22 at 2 PM ET.   Coordinated specialty care for early psychosis is an evidence-based treatment model aimed at fostering resilience and recovery for individuals who have experience a first episode of psychosis or are at clinical high risk for developing psychosis.  Each webinar will be co-presented by a professional with expertise in that component of care, as well as an individual with lived experience who can speak to how this aspect of care was meaningful in their journey towards recovery. This series is geared towards any individuals that are new to working on an Early Psychosis Specialty Team – including students, clinicians, prescribers, supported employment specialists, family clinicians, and peer specialists.    The content from these webinars will be recorded and used for the development of an online course aimed at helping to provide a basic orientation to new staff and trainees that are beginning to work in a coordinated specialty program for individuals experiencing early psychosis. The series will happen once per month starting in February, on the first Thursday of each month at 2 PM ET (11 AM PT).    Presenter: Iruma Bello, bio coming soon!

About the Event:  Perspectives in Mental Health Crisis is a four-part series examining the experiences of Certified Peer Specialists (CPS) as they navigate, utilize, and provide crisis services. The first session, “Defining a Mental Health Crisis,” will focus on what determines a crisis from the perspective of CPS who have experienced mental health emergencies, needed and sought services, and provided crisis services in their work.   About the Facilitators:  The Georgia Mental Health Consumer Network believes in the ability of everyone living with mental health concerns to enjoy lives of purpose, meaning, productivity, and wellness. Since it was founded in 1991, this grassroots nonprofit organization has been led and run by mental health peers—people in mental health recovery. At its core, the basis of peer support—one person using their lived experience to support another—is not new; in fact, it is the basis of human growth and development. Mental health peers with special training are now able to use their lived recovery experience in clinical settings to provide something beyond a diagnosis or medication.   Roslind D. Hayes, BS, CPS-AD, CARES, WHWC is the Statewide Coordinator of the GMHCN's Peer Support, Wellness, and Respite Centers. She is a trainer/facilitator for the Certified Peer Specialist Project, Peer Zone, and Intentional Peer Support.  Chris Johnson, MFA, CPS, CPS-AD is GMHCN's Director of Communications. He is responsible for sharing information about recovery and wellness opportunities to behavioral health peers and providers across Georgia. 

The Great Lakes MHTTC is offering this training in partnership with ASPIN 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: Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) is an evidence-based treatment for children and adolescents impacted by trauma and their parents or caregivers. It is a components-based treatment model that incorporates trauma-sensitive interventions with cognitive behavioral, family, and humanistic principles and techniques. TF-CBT has proven to be successful with children and adolescents (ages 3 to 18) who have significant emotional problems (e.g., symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder, fear, anxiety, or depression) related to traumatic life events. It can be used with children and adolescents who have experienced a single trauma or multiple traumas in their lives. In this session, our speaker will provide an overview of Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy concepts.   LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Overview of the components of TF-CBT Understand the benefits of using TF-CBT when treating children and adolescents impacted by trauma   PRESENTER: Lisette Rivas-Hermina is a licensed marriage and family therapist trained by Drs. Anthony Mannarino, Esther Deblinger, and Judy Cohen, the developers of Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT), to provide training and supervision to therapists in TF-CBT as a Trainer of Trainers. She has been working with traumatized children and their families for 13 years, and has been training for the last 5 years. Her expertise in the areas of domestic violence, sexual abuse, physical abuse and neglect inform the depth of her capacity to understand the complexities of childhood trauma. Mrs. Rivas-Hermina received a Bachelor of Arts in 1997 from Reed College in Portland, Oregon, and an M.S. in Counseling from the school of Education at Oregon State University in 1999. Born in Los Angeles, California, of immigrant parents from El Salvador, she is fully bilingual and bi-cultural. Lisette professional affiliate member of the National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN) and is actively involved in the network to promote their mission to provide the highest level of care to traumatized children and their families. Lisette is a dynamic trainer who integrates theory and practice to encourage application of the TF-CBT model in various settings.

  This event is now full. Registration is closed. Thank you.  Event Description This six-session training series provides education on the fundamentals of trauma and how it emerges within our public schools.  It will provide tools and perspectives on the complexities of becoming a trauma-informed school environment and will explore the logistical components of implementing best-practices on a systems-level for trauma-informed supports and protocols.  Capacity Limitation This series has been limited to no more than 20 participants to ensure opportunities for participant engagement. If you are unable to commit to participating in all sessions in this series, please defer your registration to allow others to participate.   Sessions February 3, 2022 - HELD February 17, 2022 - HELD March 3, 2022 March 17, 2022 March 31, 2022 April 14, 2022 Each session will run from 10:00 a.m.–11:30 a.m. MT / 11:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m. CT. Trainers Tamera J. Ford, LCSW                   Tamera J. Ford, is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) holds 15+ years of experience providing mental health therapy and case management in a multitude of settings; residential treatment, school-based health centers, outpatient mental health, primary health care, and early intervention (Head Start children and families ages 0-5).  In addition to her training in EMDR (eye movement desensitization and reprocessing) and Synergetic Play Therapy™, Tamera has advanced standing as a student of Peter Levine’s Somatic Experiencing® approach for trauma resolution and currently provides trauma therapy in her private practice located in Wheat Ridge, Colorado.  Formerly a teacher (K-12) and more recently a Lean Process Improvement Practitioner, Tamera's passion is in offering support and guidance to individuals, groups and organizations personally and professionally.   

    Mountain Plains MHTTC 3rd Annual Leadership Academy; HHS Region 8 The Mountain Plains MHTTC is proud to present its 3rd Annual Leadership Academy for new and emerging leaders working in HHS Region 8 states (Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming). This year's Academy offers participants a unique opportunity to participate in an in-person, 2-day event at the WICHE headquarters in Boulder, CO.    Participants will assess their leadership style and learn effective leadership skills and strategies with colleagues from their region. Discussions will include approaches to successfully address current challenges facing the rural behavioral health workforce. Additionally, each participant will receive a one-on-one leadership coaching/mentoring session during the event with 2 follow-up sessions.    The Academy will be led by facilitators with leadership experience in behavioral health, military, and private sector settings.   View Informational Flyer Trainers Gina Brimner, MSW, LCSW Bob Dare, Dare Consulting, LLC Donna A. Brock, CSM (Retired), US Army, MSHCM   Mountain Plains MHTTC Leadership Academy Logistics: Date: March 3, 2022 - March 4, 2022  Location: Boulder, CO    The Leadership Academy is free to participants. Travel and lodging costs will be covered. Approved applicants will receive further information in their acceptance email.  Anyone interested in participating must submit a completed online application.  We will be accepting applications until all positions have been filled.  Limited to 18 participants.    Trainers and staff will be fully vaccinated per the federal executive order.    For more information, please contact: Genevieve Berry at [email protected].   

SERIES DESCRIPTION Central East MHTTC in collaboration with the National Center for School Mental Health is pleased to offer a school mental health webinar series with a focus on advancing high quality, sustainable school mental health from a multi-tiered system of support, trauma sensitive, and culturally responsive and equitable lens. To familiarize yourself with the foundations of school mental health, please review the school mental health guidance document.   OBJECTIVES Gain increased awareness of high quality, sustainable multi-tiered system of school mental health supports and services Support trauma-informed systems in schools Discover the impacts of social determinants of health on student academic and social-emotional-behavioral success Learn to provide more culturally responsive and equitable services and supports Hear perspectives on school mental health from school, district and state levels Obtain insight into how youth, families, schools and communities can best work together to address student mental health needs   WHO SHOULD ATTEND? Educators, Administrators, Health and Behavioral Health Care Professionals, Policymakers and Advocates, Child-Serving Agency Staff   

Join our value-added Diversity Talk! Nothing bridges the divide of race and culture like informed dialogue that’s grounded in shared understanding. Session collaborator, Dietra Hawkins, PsyD, will lead our talk and share tips on how to structure conversations—with clearly framed goals, space for sharing various perspectives, and an acceptance of discomfort—for thoughtful discussion about racial equity and ways to advance and extend cultural humility. Attendees will have the chance to join small group breakout sessions where they can practice how to engage, sustain and deepen dialogues about race. Our Diversity Talks offer a window of availability with thought leaders and provide the space and opportunity for small group conversations and discussions around curated resources that promote racial equity and culturally humble practices in behavioral health and recovery-oriented care.   Presenter(s): Dietra Hawkins, PsyD and Maria E. Restrepo-Toro, BSN, MS

This virtual community, hosted by the National Training and Technical Assistance Center (NTTAC), is intended for those who supervise Youth and Parent Peer Support Provider roles within the behavioral health workforce. During this meeting, trainers from the South Southwest MHTTC will provide practical tools to support teams in building personal and team resilience in a time of increasing stress and burnout. We hope you will join us to learn some new approaches to support wellness!

Description: Resilience is a multidimensional concept and dynamic process that can help an individual cope with adversity and engage in the mental health recovery process. Definitions and conceptualizations of "resilience", however, are not without issue and it is imperative to recognize that resilience involves personal, external/structural, and other influences. Resilience work has grown in the psychosis field (e.g., people diagnosed with, or at risk for, schizophrenia-spectrum disorders) -- with goals of helping individuals cope with distressing mental health experiences, stigma, etc.-- and this webinar will cover some of the recent advances in this field, including recommendations related to direct clinical care, provider burnout, advocacy, and research. Download Flyer Presenter: Joseph DeLuca, Ph.D., is an NIMH-T32 Postdoctoral Fellow at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City, specializing in psychosis-risk and the early stages of psychosis. He earned his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology at the City University of New York Graduate Center and completed his predoctoral internship at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. Dr. DeLuca’s research and clinical interests include screening and treatment for psychosis-spectrum symptoms, particularly with youth and families, as well as stigma, the role of culture and context in psychosis, and the intersection of mental illness and the criminal justice system.   Learning Objectives: Define psychosis and resilience Identify opportunities to infuse resilience in psychosis advocacy, research, and services Critique the concept of "resilience" as it relates to psychosis and mental health work   Who Should Attend? Mental health professionals, mental health advocates, mental health graduate students, people with lived mental health experience, and others who work with/on behalf of youth diagnosed with mental illness  Certificates of attendance will be available to viewers of 50% (45 minutes) or more of the live webinar (via email within 30 business days post-event). CEUs are not offered for this session.