Telehealth Billing: Telehealth Learning and Consultation (TLC) Tuesdays – Online Series Tuesday, April 7, 2020 11:00 AM EDT and MORE!

Telehealth Billing: Telehealth Learning and Consultation (TLC) Tuesdays – Online Series Tuesday, April 7, 2020 11:00 AM EDT This online series will support behavioral health providers who are new to using telehealth. During each hour-long session, specialists will spend the first 20 minutes addressing a specific topic, then answer questions submitted by TLC Tuesday registrants. Recordings of the 20-minute presentations, as well as additional resources will be posted on the web as they become available. Future sessions include: April 14: Telehealth Tools April 21: Telehealth with Children and Adolescents April 28: Telehealth Troubleshooting

Two-Part Primer: Foundations in Prevention: Opportunities for Building Individual and Community Resilience – Webinar Tuesday, April 7, 2020 10:00 a.m. EDT The first hour will introduce prevention approaches for building resilience with individuals and across communities. In addition to the typical roles for clinicians in building support for recovery, participants learn strategies for strengthening inclusive communities that foster a sense of belonging for everyone. The second hour will address how to leverage relationships between clinicians, the women they serve, and their children. This overview will introduce the current evidence for healthy families through a developmental lens. Taking this perspective allows clinicians to be more deliberate in fostering understanding, building strength, and increasing resilience.

EPLS: Getting Ready for Sustainability Planning – Online Course Tuesday April 7, 2020 4:00 p.m. EDT This 7-week distance learning series offers participants a unique, interactive experience to explore how to develop a sustainability plan. This learning series incorporates online consultation, skill-based learning and practice, self-study and reading assignments, group activities, and discussion designed to guide participants through each of the five critical components of sustainability planning. Session dates are listed below:  Session 1 - April 7, 2020 Session 2 - April 14, 2020 Session 3 - April 21, 2020 Session 4 - April 28, 2020 Session 5 - May 12, 2020 Session 6 - May 19, 2020 Session 7 - May 26, 2020

Supervision of Peer Providers: Effective Supervision of Peers by Non-Peer Supervisors – Webinar Tuesday, April 7, 2020 1:00 p.m. EDT This webinar series will introduce participants to recovery from Serious Mental Illness and many of the evidence-based and promising practices that support recovery. This session focuses on supervision of peer providers.

Authentic and Intentional Engagement – Webinar format via WebEx Tuesday, April 7, 2020 1:30 p.m. EDT This course is being offered in a webinar format via WebEx (i.e., non-visual whereby the PowerPoint slides will be seen; facilitator and participants will not be seen). As provider organizations rapidly shift to telehealth services to accommodate social distancing, there is a great deal of anxiety and uncertainty around best practices for engaging clients via these mediums. Participants will review strategies for preparation, as well as skills to employ during, and following remote counseling conversations. Note: This webinar is offered again on Tuesday, April 14, 2020 at 1:30 p.m. EDT.

Suicide Assessment and Response for K-12 Populations – Webinar Series Wednesday, April 8, 2020 1:00 p.m. EDT Participants in this session will learn recommended best practices for assessing children and adolescents for suicide and initiating appropriate response to youth experiencing thoughts of suicide in a K-12 school setting. Other webinars in the series include: Part Two: World Class Resources to Discover Genetic Risks for Suicide Death – April 15, 2020 at 1:00 p.m. EDT Part Three: School-Based Suicide Prevention Interventions for K-12 Population – April 22, 2020 at 1:00 p.m. EDT Part Four: Crisis Response Planning for Suicidal Patients: an Introduction – April 29, 2020 at 1:00 p.m. EDT Part Five: Suicide Interventions and Response for Youth Experiencing Series Emotional Disturbance (SED) – May 5, 2020 at 1:00 p.m. EDT Part Six: Suicide Prevention and Interventions for Transition Age Youth on College Campuses – May 13, 2020 at 1:00 p.m. EDT

Healing the Returning Warrior Part 5 – Webinar Series Wednesday, April 8, 2020 1:00 p.m. EDT This webinar is part 5 in a five-part series, and it will focus on historical trauma and PTSD. The series focuses on Native veterans, including a historical overview that delves into the history of Native Americans in the military, historical trauma, PTSD, suicide approaches to assessment and treatment, traditional beliefs and healing practices, and most importantly honoring self through Native American teachings and wisdom.

Alcohol Policy Series: Social Host Liability Laws – Webinar Thursday, April 9, 2020 11:00 a.m. EDT Lawmakers have developed, enacted, and applied a variety of policy strategies that target society- and community-level influences to reduce underage drinking and its associated consequences. This webinar will highlight Social Host Liability Laws aimed at decreasing social access to alcohol by underage youth and deterring underage drinking parties.

Session I: Changing the Conversation about Mental Health to Support College Students during a Pandemic Thursday, April 9, 2020 1:30 p.m. EDT This session will focus on the emergent pandemic and the impact it is having on college students’ mental health and wellbeing. Topics covered include: Ways we can successfully support students’ mental health needs remotely; Coping strategies for adapting to a new normal; and Techniques for supporting social connectedness during a time of social distancing and educational disconnect. Session 2 will take place on Monday, April 13, 2020 at 1:30 p.m. EDT.

Peer Support Echo (PS ECHO) – Online Community Thursday, April 9, 2020 1:00 p.m. EDT The Peer Support Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes (PS ECHO) is a movement to share knowledge, and amplify capacity to provide best practices. The PS ECHO is an online community for Peer Recovery Specialist and Mental Health Peers to: Share community and statewide resources; Learn new skills and tools for doing peer work; and Meet and connect with other peers.

Transitional Age Youth, Part 1: Young Adult Peer Mentoring – Webinar Thursday, April 9, 2020 1:00 p.m. EDT This two-part series will examine the unique challenges that 16-24 year olds with serious mental illness and/or substance use disorders face as they transition out of the school-based or youth service system and into adulthood. Part 1 will discuss Young Adult Peer Mentoring and describe how using it in a therapeutic process can enhance this population’s engagement, motivation, and persistence.

Peer Recovery Support Series, Section II: Hiring, Onboarding, and Integration – Webinar Friday, April 10, 2020 12:00 p.m. EDT This is Section 2 of a multi-part series. The structure and process of bringing on Peer Recovery Support Specialist (PRSS) staff should be carefully considered before beginning the recruitment process. The objectives of this webinar are to: Outline recruitment and hiring practices (develop job description, essential skills, recruitment processes, compensation, etc.); Demonstrate onboarding (orientation, job shadowing, determining workload, etc.); and Prepare for PRSS integration (build rapport, HIPAA and information sharing, EHR, etc.).

Restoring and Promoting Resilience – Webinar Friday, April 10, 2020 12:30 PM EDT During this 90-minute webcast, experts in the fields of intimate partner violence, service provision for immigrant and refugee communities, and trauma will provide an overview of the issues confronting immigrant women survivors of IPV at the local, state, and national levels. They will also discuss best practices for restoring and promoting resilience in times of uncertainty.

Screening and Addressing Substance Misuse in Mental Health Settings – Webinar Friday, April 10, 2020 1:00 p.m. EDT This interactive webinar will review contributing risk factors for substance use and mental illness, and its impact on diagnosis and treatment. Content will inform on validated tools used for screening substance use. Further, content will instruct on how facilitating brief interventions (Screening, Brief Interventions, Referral to Treatment, SBIRT), that are culturally and linguistically appropriate as well as trauma informed, can help address at-risk substance use in clinical and non-clinical environments, and facilitate patient centered care and support.