This NNED space highlights events related to your behavioral health equity work.
We highlight events available online such as webinars or telecasts, national conferences and meetings, and regionally-based events that NNED members can register for and attend.
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Leaning Into Culturally-Grounded Anti-Bias Child Assessment
04/15/21
This webinar will address the importance and impact of early care and education for children’s school readiness and academic and school success. Child assessment plays a critical role in supporting children’s school readiness by providing early childho …
Trauma-Informed Organizations
04/15/21
This training will help family-serving professionals to understand and determine how to incorporate trauma-informed practices and skills into the systems that care for and/or interact with children and youth who have experienced trauma. Register now wi …
Addressing Gangs: Introduction to the Comprehensive Gang Model
04/15/21
This webinar will serve as the first in the “Addressing Gangs” webinar series, which will provide participants with an in-depth understanding of the process to implement a comprehensive gang reduction strategy in their community as well as practical gu …
Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting: An Under-Recognized Form of Gender-Based Violence in the United States
04/15/21
Join this webinar for an exploration of female genital mutilation or cutting (FGM/C) , its connection to gender-based violence, and how COVID-19 has impacted the movement to abandon FGM/C in the US. Female genital mutilation or cutting (FGM/C) is a rea …
Fidelity and Adaptation in Evidence-Based Practices: The KEEP Experience
04/16/21
A common question when implementing evidence-based practices is whether and how you can change or adapt them to meet local needs, without altering the content so much that the intervention is no longer effective. This webinar will examine this issue us …
Confidentiality and Privacy for Behavioral Health Providers
04/19/21
The webinar will provide information on which programs must comply with Federal Privacy Laws and under which circumstances, and to understand the interplay between the Federal Laws Governing Confidentiality Substance Use Treatment Patient Records and t …
PrEP Care for Patients Experiencing Homelessness
04/19/21
In this national, panel-style webinar, participants will learn about promising and best practices for PrEP programming for patients experiencing homelessness. Panelists, including a medical provider, an administrator, and a nurse, will discuss barriers …
Tired, Wired, Mired and Inspired!: Strategies for Preventing Burnout and Compassion Fatigue
04/19/21
HHS Region 5 This virtual presentation focuses on how to prevent and recover from burnout and compassion fatigue, with an emphasis on self-care and the four things high performers do to prevent burnout and compassion fatigue. Presenters will also discu …
Help, Not Handcuffs Part 3: Additional Models
04/22/21
In the “Help, Not Handcuffs” Ask the Expert Webinar Series, the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) welcomes experts from across the country to present, discuss, and explore strategies for diverting people with mental illness away from the justi …
More Than Sad: Suicide Prevention for Parents
04/22/21
HHS Region 5 This training for school-based mental health and other behavioral health professionals teaches parents how to be smart about mental health. Parents will learn how to recognize signs of depression and other mental health problems, initiate …
Creating Habits for a Healthier Mind
04/27/21
Join Healthy Minds trainer and habit guru Stephanie Wagner, NBC-HWC, to learn more about the science of habit formation and how to create habits for a healthier mind. Learn how to apply these powerful skills to improve well-being at work and beyond. Re …
Let’s Connect: Questions and Conversations Around Preventing Sexual Harassment in Virtual, At-Home Workspaces and Educational Setting
04/27/21
Workplaces and educational settings look and operate much differently now than they did prior to March 2020 due to many people creating home work spaces to adapt to stay-at-home orders to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus. During the COVID-19 pa …
Wellness Strategies for Harm Reduction Providers During the COVID-19 Pandemic
04/27/21
Despite significant disruptions to harm reduction services and operations due to the COVID-19 pandemic, harm reduction providers have remained steadfast in their commitment to meet the needs of people who use substances. Increased demands for harm redu …
The Hidden Biases of Good People
04/28/21
This introductory webinar will provide foundational information on implicit bias. It will focus on the individual level and discuss how implicit bias affects everyone. Strategies to reduce or manage implicit bias will be discussed. Broadly speaking, gr …
Non-Negotiable: Demanding Social Justice and Racial Equity in Our Systems of Care
04/28/21
This 2-day virtual convening takes place in the midst of this nationwide reckoning on race, to address how the lack of racial equity and justice in the country’s social services and healthcare systems has dramatically harmed communities of color. The C …
Engaging Families of Transgender and Gender Diverse Youth
04/29/21
In this webinar, participants will learn strategies for engaging families and caregivers in supporting transgender and gender diverse children and youth. Webinar attendees will explore best and promising practices for implementing interventions in orde …
An Exploration of Substance Use Fundamentals & Youth Perspective on the Impacts of COVID-19
04/29/21
A national assessment of 600 youth, ages 13-18, conducted in January 2021 found that 78% of youth felt the COVID-19 pandemic has increased stress for them and their family and 69% reported increased feelings of loneliness. Nearly a quarter of the respo …
Understand the Roots of Anti-Asian Racism to Build Allyship in Early Learning
04/29/21
Increased awareness of racism has elicited responses to reflect and respond in varying ways. This past year has been described as the beginning of another racial reckoning. Recently anti-Asian nativist racism has increased, leading to more hostility, v …
Toxic Stress and High-Risk Behaviors
04/30/21
Living in stressful environments can negatively affect an individual’s emotional, social, and physical development. Through this training, attendees will be provided with an overview of how stress can affect brain development and will learn how these c …
Help, Not Handcuffs Part 4: Implementing a New System
05/20/21
In the “Help, Not Handcuffs” Ask the Expert Webinar Series, the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) welcomes experts from across the country to present, discuss, and explore strategies for diverting people with mental illness away from the justi …
2021 Unity Summit
10/25/21
HHS Region 5 The four-day Unity Summit will host over 1200 participants to expand their individual and institutional practice in order to advance equity with an intersectional lens, and with community at the center of collective efforts. The summit see …