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An interactive 60 minute webcast with Fred Sandoval, Executive Director and his guest – Dr. Susie Villalobos, a public health and disparities expert will discuss helpful tips and positive steps on how to cope with the stress of COVID-19. In collaboration with the Con Alma Health Foundation, the National Latino Behavioral Health Association proudly announces a Facebook LIVE five-part series. This is 1 of 5.

Register now with the National Latino Behavioral Health Association.

How do seemingly unrelated but overwhelming global events connect to create complex trauma? How do people ensure that they have the tools to support individuals around developing healing and resiliency from these overwhelming and cumulative traumas?

People are living in a time of unprecedented stress impacting individuals, families and communities across cultures, generations, genders and racial groups. As hope began to emerge that the COVID-19 pandemic might be waning and social isolation nearing an end, new spikes of infection are being reported across the nation. At the same time, the nation is also reckoning with the systemic racism laid bare by the COVID-19 racial disparities and the murder of George Floyd sparking outrage and bringing to light the additional traumas experienced by Black, Indigenous and People of Color.

Join recognized experts on trauma and resilience at the National Council for Behavioral Health for a virtual workshop around how to support individuals in developing healing and resiliency from these overwhelming and cumulative traumas. Learn how to recognize moral injury, identify its signs and gain the tools to address the traumatic impact of the current environment and support healing and a resilient recovery.

Register now with the National Council for Behavioral Health.

Kick off your summer learning season with the Pacific Southwest Mental Health Technology Transfer Center (MHTTC)’s webinar series on Implicit Bias in Mental Health Services! Everyone has implicit biases. It is important to become mindful of how they can show up and impact the work with others. They will explore the dynamics of implicit bias and its impact on decision-making in behavioral health spaces.

This series will challenge you to:

• Reflect on your own implicit bias
• Experientially grapple with the concepts of prejudice, bias, microaggressions and stereotypes
• Recognize the role bias plays in responding to #mentalhealth concerns and in client interactions
• Learn ways to become self-aware of their own biases
• Acknowledge the way bias shows up in our organizational culture, climate, policies, and practices
• Examine strategies to break the biases that show up in organizational structure and engagement with communities

Register now with Mental Health Technology Transfer Centers.

Join us for this three-part series on addressing suicide in Indian Country. Over the course of these three sessions, we hope to give providers the tools and understanding of this issue that will help prepare them for addressing this with clients, as well as maintaining personal wellbeing.

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Abuse by an intimate partner is associated with a range of mental health consequences, further amplified in the context of structural inequities, ongoing danger, and coercive control. While more research is needed on IPV-specific treatment interventions, evidence indicates that interventions that are adapted to meet the specific needs of survivors of IPV are most effective. This 1-hour session will provide a framework for mental health treatment in the context of IPV, including IPV-specific treatment strategies, trauma treatment in the context of IPV, and strategies for incorporating an IPV- and trauma-informed approach.

Objectives:

• Identify at least three strategies for increasing their responsiveness to survivors of IPV within existing mental health services. 
• Become familiar with evidence-based, evidence-informed, and promising practices for the treatment of trauma in the context of IPV. 
• Describe at least three components of adapting evidence-based practices to be more responsive to the needs of survivors of IPV.
• Actively collaborate with survivors of IPV to develop individualized, person-centered safety strategies in the context of mental health services.
• Navigate the tools, strategies, and resources in NCDVTMH’s Coercion Related to Mental Health and Substance Use in the Context of Intimate Partner Violence Toolkit.

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Trauma-informed care continues to grow as the standard and expectation across multiple settings. As this expectation grows it becomes more and more important that all of healthcare keep the importance of this term in the forefront of treatment. It is not merely enough to know about PTSD to call yourself trauma informed. It is just as important to understand the small, nuanced ways you can truly create a safe space in any healthcare setting. In this training, we will look at multiple strategies for understanding the role of the environment, protocol, paperwork, and other sensory concerns to be thoughtful of in every setting. This training will put a focus on the opportunities we have to create safety in every transaction with the people we serve. There will be special attention given to role of the provider in paying attention to details and understanding how to create a safe space for patients to truly feel seen and understood. Each provider can create space for process, respect each individual story, and truly provide trauma-informed care

The Trauma-Informed Care training is being co-sponsored by the Illinois Association for Behavioral Health (IABH). The content of this session will benefit all behavioral health providers, and IABH will be providing 3.5 continuing education hours for completing this training. Additional details are available on the registration page

Register now with Mental Health Technology Transfer Centers.