DBT STEPS-A Q&A Session #1 with Jim and Lizz Mazza | Mental Health Technology Transfer Center (MHTTC) Network

DBT STEPS-A Q&A Session #1 with Jim and Lizz Mazza | Mental Health Technology Transfer Center (MHTTC) Network

DBT STEPS-A Q&A Session #1 with Jim and Lizz Mazza Tuesday, May 19, 2020 1:00 p.m. EDT Thursday, May 21, 2020 1:00 p.m. EDT Join us for 1-hour interactive Q&A sessions every Tuesday and Thursday with Doctors Jim & Lizz Mazza about their online, live-streamed 16-lesson DBT STEPS-A curriculum to teach the basics of emotional regulation and specific skills such as mindfulness, distress tolerance and interpersonal effectiveness—essential skills at any time, but even more critical during COVID-19.

Part 4 of 7: Implementation, Partnerships for Success (PFS) Academy 2020: Making the Steps of the Strategic Prevention Framework Work for You – Webinar Tuesday, May 19, 2020 11:00 a.m. EDT SAMHSA’s Strategic Prevention Framework (SPF) provides practitioners with comprehensive guidance to more effectively address substance misuse and related behavioral health problems in their communities. This seven-part webinar series explores this five-step, data-driven process to identify genuine prevention needs, build capacity and plans to address those needs, implement effective programs and interventions, and evaluate and continually improve prevention efforts. Learning Objectives for Part 4: Implementation:  Describe why high-quality implementation is important Explain how to balance fidelity and adaptation

Self & Collective Care for Healthy Workplaces – Webinar Tuesday, May 19, 2020 2:00 p.m. EDT This webinar will explore how we can create and maintain health care work cultures where staff are resourced and ready to care for patients. Presenters will discuss why supporting health care professionals through practice and policy changes is critical to preventing burn-out, secondary stress, and compassion fatigue.

SBIRT (Screening, Brief Intervention, Referral to Treatment) – Days 1 and 2 – Video Conference via Zoom Tuesday, May 19, 2020 1:00 p.m. EDT Wednesday, May 20, 2020 1:00 p.m. EDT This interactive two-part zoom webinar will review the Screening, Brief Intervention, Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) intervention components, validated evidence-based tools used in SBIRT, considerations for facilitating a culturally sensitive and trauma informed substance use screen, how to provide a brief intervention, and essential components of successful facilitation of referrals to treatment. Note: you must register separately for each day.

Therapeutic Interventions for Hispanic and Latino Populations with Trauma Experiences: Considerations During the Pandemic – Webinar Tuesday, May 19 2020 1:00 p.m. EDT This one-hour online session will focus on the identification and description of common barriers to treatment when working with traumatized Hispanics and Latinos. The presenter will provide practical treatment strategies for overcoming these barriers during the COVID-19 pandemic, strategies for effective and efficient trauma processing, and a concrete model for rapid crisis de-escalation based on a case study of a Hispanic client.

Psychological First Aid for Service Providers – Webinar Tuesday, May 19, 2020 1:00 p.m. EDT Psychological First Aid (PFA) is an evidence-informed prevention strategy aimed at reducing distress and increasing resilience during and following mass disasters, including natural disasters and pandemics. PFA provides a flexible framework for specialty and non-specialty providers to support affected individuals and help them mobilize their natural, adaptive coping strategies.

Identifying Drug Endangered Children: A Collaborative Approach – Webinar Tuesday, May 19 2020 2:00 p.m. EDT Gain awareness about drug-endangered children and the risks they face, and understand the many opportunities (often missed) to identify children living in dangerous drug environments. Learn the benefits of intervention at the earliest possible point to reduce physical and psychological harm to children. Learn what a multidisciplinary collaborative response looks like and how it incorporates the unique resources within a community and applies them in a manner that provides better care for drug endangered children.

Navigating Difficult Times: Calming Anxiety and Building Resilience and Connection – Webinar Tuesday, May 19, 2020 1:00 p.m. EDT Calming anxiety and staying connected are resilient ways to support immune health and well-being. This training will provide calm, connected and mindful strategies to stay regulated during stressful times. We’ll focus on ways to strengthen our connection with ourselves, one another and nature.

Ask the Expert: Strategic Integration of Mental Health/SUD Services Into Primary Care – Online Dialogue Tuesday, May 19, 2020 2:00 p.m. EDT "Ask the Expert" takes place the 2nd Tuesday of every month on topics surrounding Substance Use Disorders (SUDs), co-occurring diseases, health disparities, and more. Experts in the field will share the latest knowledge and answer questions from our community. This month’s Open Dialogue discusses the Strategic Integration of Mental Health/SUD into Primary Care.

Facilitating a Culture of Behavioral Health Recovery in Hispanic and Latino Communities – Online Discussion Tuesday, May 19, 2020 2:00 p.m. EDT The goal of this facilitated discussion with providers is to learn about the cultural considerations necessary to facilitate behavioral health recovery in Hispanic/Latino Communities.

Strategies of Support for Mental Health Providers #7 – Virtual Discussion Tuesday, May 19, 2020 3:00 p.m. EDT This is the seventh session of a weekly open forum to listen and share suggestions and resources. Special attention will be paid to resiliency, strength, overcoming challenges of social distancing, and supporting mental health professionals in their efforts to adapt their delivery of services.

Fundamentals of Telemental Health: Preparing Your Office for Telemental Health – Webinar Thursday, May 19, 2020 8:00 p.m. EDT This is the second in a 6-part weekly series about Telemental Health. This particular webinar will focus on preparing your office for Telemental health. Future webinars in this series include: May 26, 2020 8:00 p.m. Week 3: Client Selection, Intake, and Assessment in Telemental Health June 2, 2020 8:00 p.m. Week 4: Clinical Engagement in Telemental Health June 9, 2020 8:00 p.m. Week 5: Emergencies, Disruptions, and Pitfalls in Telemental Health June 16, 2020 8:00 p.m. Week 6: Risk Management in Telemental Health

Trauma Informed Care Approaches for Working with Individuals with Substance Use Disorders – Webinar Wednesday, May 20, 2020 12:00 p.m. EDT The purpose of the “Trauma Informed Care Approaches for Working with Individuals with Substance Use Disorders” training is to introduce participants to the presentation of trauma among clients and the relation between traumatic experience and the development of substance use disorders. The Impact of COVID-19 on School Mental Health in Washington – Webinar Wednesday, May 20, 2020 11:30 a.m. EDT This third webinar presented in the SMART Center 2020 Virtual Speaker Series features a presentation by Chris Reykdal, Washington State Superintendent of Public Instruction.

Motivational Interviewing Learning Collaborative – Online Learning Collaborative Wednesday, May 20, 2020 11:00 a.m. EDT This is the fourth in a series of interactive calls via Zoom for people who want to enhance their Motivational Interviewing skills. This learning opportunity provides practitioners with a no-cost, easy to access opportunity to continue to build their practice skills towards fidelity. The topic on May 20 is Taming Your Inner Cheerleader: Be Proud of You and How Well You Can Use Affirmations.

Professional Learning Community for the California Transition Age Youth (TAY) Mental Health Workforce and TAY Champions – Online Learning Forum Wednesday, May 20, 2020 1:00 p.m. EDT The California Transition Age Youth (TAY) Professional Learning Community (PLC) is a monthly community learning forum on topics relevant to TAY-serving providers, advocates, champions, and allies. We want to bring together diverse expertise from across sectors. Meetings take place on the third Wednesday of each month.

Keeping Kids Safe in Schools - Associations between School Safety and Behavioral Health – Webinar Wednesday, May 20, 2020 12:30 p.m. EDT In this webinar, participants will learn about the findings from a recent Kentucky study that looked at the association between substance use, mental health issues, interpersonal violence, problem behaviors, and the perception of safety of students. We will review specific prevention strategies that schools should consider, and will provide talking points to create dialogue with educational systems around the inclusion of behavioral health prevention components in school safety plans.

Psychological First Aid for Leadership – Webinar Wednesday, May 20, 2020 1:00 p.m. EDT Psychological First Aid (PFA) is an evidence-informed prevention strategy aimed at reducing distress and increasing resilience during and following mass disasters, including natural disasters and pandemics. PFA provides a flexible framework for specialty and non-specialty providers to support affected individuals and help them mobilize their natural, adaptive coping strategies. The Trauma Recovery Innovations program at the University of Washington has been adapting PFA to support members of the health care work force amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.

A Prevention Approach to Working with the Social Determinants of Health (Part 2) – Webinar Wednesday, May 20, 2020 1:00 p.m. EDT This second webinar in a two-part series will increase the capacity of the prevention workforce to create innovative partnerships and collaborations through addressing the social determinants of health (SDOH) for improved population-level health. Participants will understand the SDOH and its connection to behavioral health, prevention, and wellness efforts.

Collective Citizenship in Action: Peer to Peer Community Building – Webinar Wednesday, May 20, 2020 2:00 p.m. EDT This webinar will discuss the foundations of collective citizenship framework and some ideas for putting collective citizenship into action.