 | What is a NNED Community
of Practice (CoP)? NNED Communities of Practice (CoP) are professional development opportunities for NNED Members to receive training on a specific promising practice that can be implemented in diverse communities. Members will ‘meet’ regularly using virtual learning platforms to receive training, discuss common practice challenges and successes, and share information about strategies and resources. » Become a NNED Member free of charge |
 | What are the benefits? - Learn about promising/evidence-based practice
- Develop cutting edge skills
- Implement a promising/evidence-based practice in your community
- Free support from experts
- Peer learning and support
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 | What are the expectations? - Engage in regular calls and training
- Use a virtual learning space for 6-8 months
- Have demonstrated knowledge and work experience
- with the population of focus
- Give feedback to inform the NNED’s work
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News, Events, and Announcements from NNED-COP
The Bienvenido Program
The NNED and the Northeastern Center have partnered to offer 20 NNED Members training and continued coaching on the Bienvenido Program curriculum in order to help support Latino immigrants.
About the Bienvenido Program
The
Bienvenido Program, operated by the Northeastern Center, is a mental
health promotion program for Latinos that addresses issues that come
with adjustment to life in another country. CoP members will receive
training to implement this strengths-based educational curriculum to
enhance awareness of mental health, clarify a participant’s personal
goals for an enhanced quality of life, and develop skills to reduce
risk for emotional and behavioral risks associated with mental
distress. The Bienvenido curriculum is appropriate for use in various
community settings, including behavioral service settings, schools, and
outpatient mental health centers.
Each module of the nine week Bienvenido curriculum provides information
about topics related to the development of positive mental health and
enhanced well being. Modules are ordered to first introduce
participants to potentially new knowledge about mental health, clarify
their understanding of risk and protective factors associated with
mental health and quality of life, and develop skills to enhance
effective social functioning and community integration.
About the Bienvenido CoP
Gilberto
Pérez Jr., MSW, ACSW, Bienvenido Program Director will provide 16 hours
of Bienvenido Facilitator Training to 20 NNED members via Webinar (8
sessions, 2 hours each). Upon completion of the training, participants
will receive monthly coaching as they implement the program in their
communities. NNED members are encouraged to apply for the CoP in teams
of 2 (from the same community) to support sustainability of the program.
- Webinar 1
Participants will learn about the Bienvenido Model and
the role of the Bienvenido Facilitator. - Webinar 2
Participants will learn about positive mental health, how to foster
positive mental health in communities, and will begin to think about
programming for the Bienvenido Program.
- Webinar 3
Participants will learn about anger, common causes of
anger, how to teach others about these issues, and effective communication styles. - Webinar 4
Participants will learn about play and
positive mental health and will begin to
identifying the organizations and services in their community that support Latino immigrants.
- Webinar 5
Participants will learn to identify the stages of
acculturation and the importance of positive mental health in a family
system. - Webinar 6
Participants will learn about addicition, and the incidence of alcohol
and drug abuse in Latino immigrant populations going through the
process of acculturation. - Webinar 7
Participants will learn how to implement the
Bienvenido Program in their communities.
- Webinar 8
Participants will be instructed on the administration
of the pre- and post- questionnaires of the curriculum that help to
measure the effectiveness of the program.
Key Steps & Dates
- Find out more about the Bienvenido Program by clicking here.
- Read who is qualified to become a Bienvenido Facilitator by clicking here.
- Read the mutual agreement form by clicking here.
- May 20th - Weekly Bienvenido Facilitator Training begins.
- July 1st - Weekly Bienvenido Facilitator Training ends.
- Trainings are held every Thursday from 1:00-3:00pm ET.
- Monthly 1-hour follow-up coaching sessions: August 2010 – Jan 2011 (1st Monday of the month, 1:00 – 2:00 pm ET).
Questions
Please contact us if you have any additional questions.
For Bienvenido Training questions:
Gilberto Pérez Jr., MSW, ACSW, Northeastern Center
P: 260-318-5042
E: gperez@nec.org
NNED CoP questions:
Rachele Espiritu, Ph.D., National Network to Eliminate Disparities in Behavioral Health
P: 281.990.8444
E: respiritu@changematrix.org
How NNED Communities of Practice work
- Interested and qualified NNED members apply to participate in NNED CoP
- Expert trainer and NNED Steering Committee screen and select members
- NNED CoP implemented for 6-8 months