Past Events

Telebehavioral Health Services: Planning and Investing for the Future of Your Services The COVID-19 pandemic forced many mental health organizations to rapidly modify services that are typically provided in-person to remote delivery via telehealth. Now as social distancing restrictions are lifted, you have to decide how your services will look going forward. This series of 6 sessions will help you think about how telebehavioral health services could continue to be utilized, how to think about investing in telebehavioral health, and what you need to do now for long-term success. Intended Audience: Behavioral health administrators and organizational decision-makers. Dates: Wednesdays from 12:00 – 1:00 pm ET from July 14 – August 18 July 14 | Session 1: The future of telebehavioral health and digital mental health services July 21 | Session 2: The evidence-base for telebehavioral health and digital mental health services July 28 | Session 3: Return on Investment for telebehavioral health and digital mental health services August 4 | Session 4: Future planning and investment for telebehavioral health and digital mental health services August 11 | Session 5: What telebehavioral health and digital mental health infrastructure to build now and what can be built later August 18 | Session 6: Rollout Lessons: Recommendations for training, known issues with provider training, and lessons learned Each session will include a request for questions to be addressed in the presentation and time for questions and answers. Participants will receive a downloadable PDF of the presentation and access to the speaker for additional confidential questions. Presenter: Jay Ostrowski, MA, NCC, LPC-S, ACS, BC-TMH, is the CEO at Adaptive Telehealth. Mr. Ostrowski serves as a consultant providing training, consulting, and development services for telebehavioral health, telepsychiatry, telemental health, ambulatory telehealth, telehealth billing, population health, remote patient monitoring, and chronic care management. He also has expertise in telebehavioral health best practices and service delivery operations, HIPAA security, HIPAA-secure software applications, and telehealth regulations for all states and 8 professions. He has authored many peer-reviewed telebehavioral health trainings and founded the Board Certification in Telemental Health (BC-TMH). With a background in counseling psychology, Mr. Ostrowski develops products, services, and trainings on the clinical application of digital health products, services, and artificial intelligence.

The Great Lakes MHTTC Provider Well-Being Supplement offers these trainings to behavioral health providers in HHS Region 5: IL, IN, MI, MN, OH, and WI. This series is offered in response to a need identified by Region 5 stakeholders. This presentation will emphasize the importance of providing culturally and linguistically appropriate mental health and recovery care to refugees and immigrants.  LEARNING OBJECTIVES  Learn about shared decision making and consent with the family as the patient Utilize basic recovery care practices using cultural formulation, finding meaning, and treatment guided by collective thinking Value the power of the story in encouraging recovery and sustained healing Invite participants to see themselves as serving in the context of a global health delivery of care.    Intended audience: Mental health and recovery support providers, administrators, supervisors, caregivers, and anyone interested in the behavioral health needs of refugees and immigrants. Certificates of Attendance will be available to all participants who attend the session in full.    SPEAKER Sebastian Ssempijja, PhD Sebastian Family Psychology Practice   Sebastian Ssempijja, is a licensed clinician in the State of Wisconsin.  He is also the CEO and Clinic Director of Sebastian Family Psychology Practice, a certified behavioral health clinic in Wisconsin.  His extensive clinical education, clinical care experience has prepared him and his team to provide direct clinical care, supervision, training, consultations, and program development.  Along with his team, he functions in an interdisciplinary approach to meet the needs of the Clinic’s stakeholders, and the community.  He provides specialized Workshops to agencies and institutions, dedicated to meeting the needs of clients and stakeholders both at the local and international levels. In this capacity he has also developed and oversees the implementation of a global health program within the context of Global health.                

Mindful Movement is a 30 minute meditation space for individuals to ground themselves, release any built up tension, prepare for the week ahead, etc.. It will be led by Victoria Marie, Wáčhiŋhiŋ Máza Wíŋyaŋ (Iron Plume Woman) (https://indigenouslotus.com/about) and is for all school personnel to attend and benefit from. The sessions will be recorded and can later be used in classrooms for teachers to use as a resource whenever needed. Tuesdays from 1:00-1:30pm CT Questions? Please email [email protected]

Classroom WISE is a free, 6-hour mental health literacy online course for teachers and school staff with brief, high-impact training videos and accompanying website (www.classroomwise.org ). This course was developed with input from educators, students, and school mental health leaders, co-developed by the National Center for School Mental Health and the SAMHSA-funded Mental Health Technology Center Network. This learning session will provide an overview of Classroom Wise Module 6: Classroom Strategies to Support Students Experiencing Distress. Join us to discuss how this modules aligns with your existing initiatives and supports and explore effective approaches to roll out the Classroom Wise in your local schools. Following this event, there is one additional live sessions this summer to support Classroom WISE implementation in the Southeast, register for our last session and view past sessions here! Learning Objectives: 1. Increase understanding of Classroom WISE Module 6 structure and content. 2. Increase understanding of best practices to effectively support Classroom WISE adoption and implementation in local school systems. 3. Promote cross-state networking and shared learning about best practices in school mental health system implementation of school staff training materials.

Summer Extended Learning Invitation: Join the Series' Faculty for a "Supporting (Im)migrant School Mental Health Community of Practice" Open to participants of one, two, or all sessions of the three-part learning series, this community of practice offers us the opportunity to go deeper with our learning. Led by the faculty of the series above (Angela Castellanos, Alicia Arambula, Claudia Rojas, & Claudia Gonzalez), we resource each other and discuss and explore ideas, questions, and teachings of the series, while adding real-life practice stories to work through together.    Please note that we strongly encourage you to register for at least two sessions so that we can build familiarity and relationships with one another.    Let’s get ready for the coming school year together. Join us!   When:   Monday, August 2, 3:15 - 4:30 p.m. PT (view your time zone)  Monday, August 9, 3:15 - 4:30 p.m. PT (view your time zone)   All Sessions:  (Mon.) 6-8 p.m. ET / 3-5 p.m. PT / 12-2 p.m. HT / 11 a.m.-1 p.m. American Samoa (Tues.) 10 a.m.-12 p.m. Marshall Islands / 9-11 a.m. Pohnpei, Kosrae / 8-10 a.m. Guam, Chuuk, Yap, Northern Mariana Islands /  7-9 a.m. Palau

This workshop will focus on the importance of actionable strategies for managing self-care while serving as a youth peer provider. Centered in a holistic definition of self-care that meets each of SAMHSA’s eight dimensions of wellness, the workshop will help each peer understand the value and impact of self-care in their peer role. This topic is of importance to the peer workforce because a strong practice of self-care can counteract experiences of burnout and overwhelm in peer positions. Actionable strategies will be shared, including self-reflection tools and self-care resources.

Registration for the Regional Peer Worker Support Circle is closed.   What: The Regional Peer Worker Support Circle (RPWSC) is a virtual gathering of peer workers from several U.S. states and territories that will meet every other week. The RPWSC is a safe and welcoming forum for mutual support, story sharing, discussion, and networking that unites peers from different professional and personal backgrounds. Meetings will focus on a variety of topics and issues central to peers, such as compassion fatigue, role clarity, systemic racism, self-care, and doing peer work amidst the pandemic. When: The Regional Peer Worker Support Circle will meet every other Friday from 4:00 to 5:00 pm ET. The first session will begin on Friday, February 12, 2021, and continue every other Friday through the end of August 2021. Where: The RPWSC will meet virtually via Zoom. Who Can Participate: People serving in peer worker roles are welcome to participate. Priority will be given to peer workers in the Northeast and Caribbean Region (i.e., New Jersey, New York, Puerto Rico, and the US Virgin Islands), but is not limited to individuals within the region. Schedule: 2/12; 2/26; 3/12; 3/26; 4/9; 4/23; 5/7; 5/21; 6/4; 6/18; 7/2; 7/16; 7/30; 8/6; 8/20   Facilitators: Stephanie Colon is a Bilingual Peer Specialist at the Institute for Family Health at the Center for Counseling at Walton, OnTrackNY, in the Bronx. She has been in this position since November 2017. Stephanie works with young people between the ages of 16 and 30 who have first-time altered state experiences. It is one of the most rewarding jobs that she has had in her lifetime. Stephanie is excited about being a co-facilitator of the Regional Peer Worker Support Circle. She says, “It gives me an opportunity to provide a safe/brave environment where peers feel like they are not alone and that their contribution to peer work is valuable.” Michael DeVivo is a Peer Specialist based in Syracuse, New York. He uses his lived experience with psychiatric labels to support young adults with first-episode psychosis. As a non-clinical member of a clinical team, he enjoys the challenge of improving the mental healthcare system “from the inside.” Mike is also passionate about developing the peer profession. To this end, he serves on a peer networking committee in his home region that links peer workers to foster a culture of support and solidarity, which he also hopes to promote as a co-facilitator of the Regional Peer Worker Support Circle. Outside of the peer world Mike teaches philosophy and writes music.

An Introduction to Classroom WISE and Mental Health Awareness; HHS Region 8 July 29, 2021 3:00 - 4:00 PM/MST | 4:00 - 5:00 PM/CST Registration is free and required. This session is available to individuals residing in HHS Region 8 (CO, MT, ND, SD, UT, and WY). Certificates of Attendance will be available.   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.   Participants of this session can expect to:   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 Stefanie Winfield, MSW Stefanie Winfield is the School Mental Health Coordinator for the Mountain Plains MHTTC and a Research and Technical Assistance Associate with the WICHE Behavioral Health Program. As the school mental health lead, her work focuses on providing intensive technical assistance and training to educators, teachers administrators and all school staff on ways to improve and enhance school mental health. Stefanie has extensive experience working in schools promoting youth sexual health, conflict and anger management, behavioral health education, and school-based health care. With over 20 years of experience working with nonprofits and community organizations, Stefanie has done everything from grant management and implementation, to program and outcome evaluation, training and facilitation.

Native people define spirituality as central to their culture and traditions. Spirituality, culture, and healing ceremonies not only reinforce the core beliefs of tribal life but also restore personal balance when life stressors threaten to overwhelm. The COVID-19 pandemic added enormous anxiety and fear into many tribal communities. Tribal health care providers needed to assume expanded and urgent responsibilities, and physical isolation of tribal community members meant that they were cut off from their traditional gatherings, dances, and ceremonies. Many tribal families lost relatives and friends to COVID-19, or other tragedies, which brought new levels of grief to our communities. We are now beginning to see light at the end of the pandemic tunnel and many Native people are taking stock of the past 15 months of physical separation and emotional strain. This discussion with Native spiritual and cultural leaders provides an opportunity to applaud the bravery of our health care providers and community members, and to discuss how Native spirituality can support our ability to regain our health and balance. For many, Native spirituality can be a potential antidote that minimizes the consequences of anxiety, fear, depression, and other stresses caused during the coronavirus crisis. Please join this lunch-time conversation, which will offer comfort and a safe space to talk about Native spiritual beliefs, resilience, and the ability to cope. Participants will appreciate the reassuring messages and Native videos which illustrate the strengths and resilience of tribal people. This session will focus on the perspective of local tribal leaders. The conversation will be facilitated by Holly Echo-Hawk (Pawnee), a member of the NE MHTTC team.  

The second meeting for Cohort #4 takes place 8/12/21 from 11 A.M.-1 P.M. SMART offers an innovative, modern, uplifting, and highly scalable approach to enhance individual resilience. SMART, developed by Dr. Amit Sood at Mayo Clinic, is offered as a four-module structured program. SMART has been tested and found efficacious in over 30 clinical trials for decreasing symptoms of stress, anxiety, and burnout, and increasing resilience, wellbeing, mindfulness, happiness, and positive health behaviors. The training addresses two aspects of human experience—attention and interpretation. Research shows that our brain’s attention, in its default state, incessantly wanders and instinctively focuses on the negative aspects of the day. This excessive ‘dwell time’ in the default mode correlates with symptoms of anxiety, depression, low engagement, and attention deficit. It also fatigues our brains. SMART offers a way out of this dilemma by engaging the brain’s focused mode—not only to experience more uplifting emotions, but also develop better focus, enhance creativity and productivity, improve engagement, deepen relationships, and find greater purpose in life. Each of the four modules of SMART is a combination of neuroscience and specific skills that are directly drawn from the science. The four modules will be covered in two sessions of two hours each.

A webinar about implementing decolonizing self-care strategies while rethinking of the Hispanic and Latinx Community Culture on Wellness. We'll discuss Wellness and Mental Health practices as we share experiences on minority stress.

This training is for Region 6 participants from Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas. This intensive, interactive training aims to improve IPS Specialist, supervisor and program manager skills and strategies in engaging and supporting the career development of older youth and young adults enrolled in community mental healthcare. Presenters will draw from: (1) evidence-based and -informed practices, including IPS and Transition to Independence Process Models, and (2) their direct practice and program management experiences in successfully integrating IPS in community mental health settings with vulnerable young people with serious mental health needs, complex trauma, and system involvement. The training series will include games, activities, discussions and experiences that will establish stronger bonds between a community of people who deeply care about and want to improve youth and young adult employment and education outcomes. Participants will leave the training with new insights, skills, and strategies for improving both programmatic and practice elements to better integrate employment and education services, boost vocational service engagement, and improve work and school achievement among young people.

Join us to connect with others who share concern and passion for developmentally appropriate and appealing systems and supports for youth and young adults. Maybe you're a peer support provider or a new professional with lived experience. Whatever your role, if you are a young adult professional seeking to make peer-to-peer connections and develop your professional capacity, this learning community serves as a forum to learn and build skills with other mental health workforce professionals. In addition to the valuable expertise each participant brings, we host guest subject matter experts. We've hosted presenters from the Center for Law and Social Policy, Youth MOVE National, and the Hugh Lane Wellness Foundation to discuss topics ranging from structural racism to supporting LGBTQ youth to low-barrier services. We hope you will join us in shared learning, engaging conversations, and young professional networking. Audience: The target audience for this learning community is young professionals in the Pacific Southwest working with youth and young adults of transition age. As a community, we encourage members to serve as peer facilitators and be engaged to maximize the exchange of ideas and strategies for better serving youth and young adults.

Healthcare workers with all levels of education and training provide essential care and support to our New England population. Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, this workforce has worked harder and longer to ensure that we were able to access healthcare services, often putting their physical and mental health and well-being on the line. Now, after more than a year of working during this ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease and managing their own personal challenges, healthcare providers are experiencing high levels of stress, vicarious trauma, emotional exhaustion, compassion fatigue, and burnout. This added burden puts them at risk for stress-related medical problems, mental conditions, and substance misuse, as well as increased risk for leaving their profession altogether. The pandemic has disproportionately affected Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) employees and their families, who are also experiencing racial inequality in the workplace and society. On July 28, the second webinar in our series will feature presenters that recognized the struggles faced by their BIPOC employees and colleagues during COVID-19 and took steps to address their needs proactively. Our presenters will discuss emerging and best practices specific to creating equitable supports that promote the well-being of BIPOC employees.   Event moderated by: Daryl McGraw, MS, Senior Manager of Racial Justice and Equity, C4 Innovations     Presenter(s): 1) Machiste L. Rankin was born in Syracuse, N.Y., and raised in Providence, R.I.  The youngest of seven, Machiste's father is a career U.S. Navy veteran, and his mother was a homemaker who sadly lost her battle with cancer in 1993.  Machiste attended school in the City of Providence Public School System.  A former State of R.I. Correctional Officer (13 years of service), and graduate of Bristol Community College (degree in Criminal Justice and certificate of Law Enforcement) and member of Phi Theta Kappa, he now acts as the Chairman of the Advocacy Committee for RICares (Rhode Island Communities for Addiction and Recovery Efforts), Community Engagement Coordinator, and Outreach Specialist.  He is also a former Acting Chairman, Vice-Chairman, and current member of The Providence External Review Authority. He is the father of two incredible children who inspire his every deed.  Lastly, he is a man in long-term recovery from Alcohol Use Disorder.    2) Regina P. Wilson, PhD completed her Master’s Degree and Doctorate in Clinical Psychology at the University of Connecticut.  She has been licensed by the State of Connecticut since 2000.  Dr. Wilson has been in private practice for the past 17 years but she has over 25 years of clinical work experience. In her professional career, Dr. Wilson has worked in variety of settings including child guidance, and inpatient and outpatient psychiatric facilities.  She has also provided clinical and administrative supervisor for clinical graduate students at the University of Connecticut, Department of Psychology Mental Health Clinic.   Her therapeutic approach is a more integrative, dynamic and holistic approach that involves a partnership with her clients to utilize their strengths and assets in meeting their therapeutic goals using evidence-based treatment modalities.  She tends to utilize a variety of techniques including but not limited to Trauma-informed treatment approaches, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Solution Focused, Psychoeducation, Behavior Modification, and Dialectic Behavioral Therapy.  While Dr. Wilson has worked with a multitude of clinical issues and diverse populations, she has specialty in the areas of trauma, sexual abuse, and domestic violence.   Besides psychotherapy, she also conducts psychological evaluations.  In addition, she is trained in EMDR. Dr. Wilson is also a board member and Vice President of the CT BIPOC Mental Health & Wellness Initiative where she has conducted numerous psychoeducational and healing forums for the BIPOC community.   In addition, she is a Level 2, Reiki healer who seeks to bridge energy healing with psychotherapy.  Dr. Wilson has sought to expand her knowledge of alternative healing practices through trainings on Shamanism, involvement in Indigenous practices such as sweat lodges, and sound healing. 

Telebehavioral Health Services: Planning and Investing for the Future of Your Services The COVID-19 pandemic forced many mental health organizations to rapidly modify services that are typically provided in-person to remote delivery via telehealth. Now as social distancing restrictions are lifted, you have to decide how your services will look going forward. This series of 6 sessions will help you think about how telebehavioral health services could continue to be utilized, how to think about investing in telebehavioral health, and what you need to do now for long-term success. Intended Audience: Behavioral health administrators and organizational decision-makers. Dates: Wednesdays from 12:00 – 1:00 pm ET from July 14 – August 18 July 14 | Session 1: The future of telebehavioral health and digital mental health services July 21 | Session 2: The evidence-base for telebehavioral health and digital mental health services July 28 | Session 3: Return on Investment for telebehavioral health and digital mental health services August 4 | Session 4: Future planning and investment for telebehavioral health and digital mental health services August 11 | Session 5: What telebehavioral health and digital mental health infrastructure to build now and what can be built later August 18 | Session 6: Rollout Lessons: Recommendations for training, known issues with provider training, and lessons learned Each session will include a request for questions to be addressed in the presentation and time for questions and answers. Participants will receive a downloadable PDF of the presentation and access to the speaker for additional confidential questions. Presenter: Jay Ostrowski, MA, NCC, LPC-S, ACS, BC-TMH, is the CEO at Adaptive Telehealth. Mr. Ostrowski serves as a consultant providing training, consulting, and development services for telebehavioral health, telepsychiatry, telemental health, ambulatory telehealth, telehealth billing, population health, remote patient monitoring, and chronic care management. He also has expertise in telebehavioral health best practices and service delivery operations, HIPAA security, HIPAA-secure software applications, and telehealth regulations for all states and 8 professions. He has authored many peer-reviewed telebehavioral health trainings and founded the Board Certification in Telemental Health (BC-TMH). With a background in counseling psychology, Mr. Ostrowski develops products, services, and trainings on the clinical application of digital health products, services, and artificial intelligence.

Great Lakes MHTTC offers this training in partnership with ASPIN for behavioral health professionals in HHS Region 5: IL, IN, MI, MN, OH, and WI. This training is offered in response to a need identified by Region 5 stakeholders.   This webinar will discuss techniques for clinical therapists and others who work with those involved with involuntary and incarcerated populations LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Goal 1: Understand what brought the individual into treatment Learn how to establish effective treatment goals Goal 2: Identify desired outcomes of treatment Teach the client the difference between external and internal locus of control. Teach client to identify motivation for change (internal vs external) Understand the difference between a SFT approach vs a drama approach Know the importance of clear boundaries and limits for you and for the individual. Identify solutions to combat drama Goal 4: Learn to accept you are not perfect   Presenters: Tess Ottenweller and Wayne Peterson-Stephan Tess Ottenweller is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and Vice President of Intensive Services at the Bowen Center.  She earned her bachelor’s degree in Psychology at Michigan State University and her master’s degree in Counseling Education at Indiana Purdue University Fort Wayne.  She has spent her career focused on outpatient and inpatient behavioral health treatment, including both mental health and addiction recovery services.  Over the last 15 years, she has worked collaboratively with criminal justice and child welfare partners to ensure quality services are available and accessible to those in need.  She is passionate about treating the whole person, incorporating family supports, and breaking down stigma associated with serious mental illness and substance use disorders.  Wayne Peterson-Stephan is the Director of Addiction Recovery Services at the Bowen Center. He earned his bachelor’s degree in Psychology and his master’s degree in Counseling from Huntington University as well as a  master of divinity degree from Liberty University.  Wayne has worked in the social services field for nearly a decade and has a wide range of experience in mental health, addictions, and child welfare.  Wayne is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor Associate and a Certified Alcohol and Drug Abuse Consultant. Wayne hopes to be able to make a positive impact in the communities served by the Bowen Center by creating and facilitating, effective pathways to quality addiction recovery services that are community based and collaborative in their approach to addiction treatment.  He believes that addiction treatment is not the work of any individual organization, but the task of each community coming together to reduce stigma and create integrated systems of wellness and recovery.

Series Title: Creating Cultures of Staff Wellness for our Schools and Community Partners Intended Audience This series designed for educators, state and district leadership, student mental health staff on campus, and community mental health allies. Learning Objectives Participants who join this session will be able to: Understand science behind practices that support human health and wellbeing. Learn strategies to support the health and wellbeing of yourself and your colleagues. Understand the value of caring for basic human needs, individually and collectively. Session overview Thriving? Feeling like your best self in the work you are doing with students? In your collaboration with colleagues? Sometimes in our commitment to be responsible, nurturing, effective champions of our students we neglect to ensure we ourselves obtain the care and support necessary to sustain health and vitality. In this session, we review compelling science and practical recommendations about taking time to care for ourselves and our colleagues. This is part of a learning series intended to help you reset and restore your own sense of wellness, and to help inform the way districts and schools promote cultures of care that benefit staff and partners.  Multi-modal resources are provided to support your integration of effective self-care practices.

The Great Lakes MHTTC offers this training to behavioral health professionals in HHS Region 5: Il, IN, MI, MN, OH, and WI. This training is offered in response to a need identified by Region 5 stakeholders. Stress is a part of life. And today, as we encounter new forms of stress that accompany the demands to adapt our lives, you may be seeking new tools to cope. The good news is that science has proven that you can build the skills of resilience and shift your relationship with workplace stress. Join Healthy Minds Trainer Stephanie Wagner to discover different skills to deal with the stressors in your daily life.   LEARNING OBJECTIVES Not All Stress is Created Equal Skills to Develop a New Relationship With Stress How Different Types of Meditation Impact the Stress Response Certificates of attendance will be available to all who attend the session in full.   PRESENTER Stephanie Wagner, M.A., M.M., NBC-HWC Stephanie’s passion for holistic well-being started with an interest in meditation, after years of work in corporate professional development, that led her to study with some of the world’s most renowned teachers like Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche, Tsoknyi Rinpoche, Sharon Salzberg, and Jetsun Khandro Rinpoche. Stephanie is inspired to bring mindfulness practice to as many people as possible and does this through her work as a trainer with Healthy Minds Innovations and as a facilitator with a global meditation community. Stephanie is an accredited health and well-being coach (NBC-HWC), meditation teacher, group fitness instructor (NETA-CGEI), and wellness educator with a master’s degree in Integrative Health and Well-Being Coaching from the University of Minnesota’s Center for Spirituality and Healing  

Join us for this 2-hour training on the family partner role within the Wraparound process with Oregon Family Support Network. ABOUT THIS EVENT Wraparound is a planning process to help youth and their families realize their hopes and dreams. This training will orient you to the family partner role within the Wraparound process. We will go over the four phases of Wraparound and how the Family Partner supports the family and team members through the Wraparound process and activities associated with Wraparound planning. FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THIS SERIES.   FACILITATOR Shawna Canaga Shawna Canaga is a Family Support Specialist and the statewide Peer Delivered Services Trainer for Oregon Family Support Network (OFSN). OFSN is a family run organization that promotes mental, behavioral, and emotional wellness for families and youth through education, support, and advocacy. Shawna comes to this position with over a decade of experience supporting youth and families, and with lived experience as a mother of an adult child with complex mental health needs. Throughout both of these journeys Shawna has cultivated a passion for supporting family-driven and person-centered care within the youth and family serving systems.   RESOURCES OFSN Technical Briefs (including Spanish versions of all of their content) Selected items related to this series: Role of the Family Partner handout  /  El Rol de un Compañero Familiar Best Practices for Retaining Family Support Specialists (Family Partners)  /Mejores Prácticas para Apoyar a Familias en el Proceso de Revisión de Servicios Comprehensivos (Wraparound) Family Partner Role in Wraparound Crisis and Safety Planning  /  El Rol del Compañero Familiar en Wraparound y la Planificación de Crisis y Seguridad      

Implementing Farm Stress Grab-n-Go Kits in HHS Region 7 and 8 Communities July 28, 2021 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM/MST | 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM/CST Registration is free and required. This session is available to individuals residing in HHS Regions  7 & 8 (CO, IA, KS, MO, MT, ND, NE, SD, UT, and WY). Certificates of Attendance will be available.   Farm stress is the stress experienced by farmers and their families due to the unique agricultural work environment. This past year created escalating levels of mental health distress for everyone. In response to the pandemic, farming and ranching communities already dealing with high stress levels saw incidents of drug and alcohol abuse rapidly increase, as well as rising numbers of death by suicide.   In response to the increasing need for mental health tools designed to address the specific needs of farm and ranching communities, the Mid-America Mental Health Technology Transfer Center (MHTTC), the Mid-America Addiction Technology Transfer Center (ATTC), and the Mountain Plains MHTTC collaborated to develop a set of easy-to-use ("Grab-n-Go") presentations and flyers for use by extension offices and behavioral health providers in farm communities. Based on interviews with extension agents in HHS Region 7 and HHS Region 8, the team identified four key areas of concern: mental health awareness, stigma, co-occurring disorders, and death by suicide.     During this presentation, participants will learn who could benefit from using these free resources, how to use the resources effectively, and a brief background on the conversations and research that spurred the resources' development.   After attending this session, participants can expect to:   Learn why the Farm Stress Grab-n-Go Kits were made and who can benefit from using these resources.  Learn how to effectively use the Farm Stress Grab-n-Go Kits, as well as other MHTTC Farm Stress resources.  Learn how to initiate difficult community conversations about mental health issues to support community-based solutions.    Access the Grab-n-Go resources.   Trainers Brandy Clarke, PhD, LP, Director, Region 7 Mid-America MHTTC Erika Holliday, MPH, CHES, Sr. Program Support Coordinator, Region 7 ATTC, Maridee Shogren, DNP, CNM, CLC, University of North Dakota, Region 8 MHTTC and ATTC Genevieve Berry, Project Manager, Region 8 MHTTC 

Classroom WISE is a free, 6-hour mental health literacy online course for teachers and school staff with brief, high-impact training videos and accompanying website (www.classroomwise.org ). This course was developed with input from educators, students, and school mental health leaders, co-developed by the National Center for School Mental Health and the SAMHSA-funded Mental Health Technology Center Network. This learning session will provide an overview of Classroom Wise Module 4: Understanding and Supporting Students Experiencing Adversity and Distress and Module 5: Teaching Mental Health Literacy and Reducing Stigma. Join us to discuss how these modules align with your existing initiatives and supports and explore effective approaches to roll out the Classroom Wise in your local schools. Following this event, there are two additional live sessions this summer to support Classroom WISE implementation in the Southeast, register for our last session and view past sessions here! Learning Objectives: 1. Increase understanding of Classroom WISE Modules 4 and 5 structure and content. 2. Increase understanding of best practices to effectively support Classroom WISE adoption and implementation in local school systems. 3. Promote cross-state networking and shared learning about best practices in school mental health system implementation of school staff training materials.