Forwarded by Dr. Lally from Hart, Michael H. <mhhart@carilionclinic.org>

There have been many published articles showing the benefits of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Mindfulness on IBS and a wide variety of illnesses that I thought I would share a wonderful reference that I received from the folks at Stanford via Guts and Growth that will serve as a terrific resource for providers AND patients and their families.

Here is the link for this:


Resources for Mind Body Interventions

http://blog.ctrinstitute.com/self-care-tips/

From Nikki Tennis August 17, 2017

Registration is open for the Improving Behavior, Improving Lives conference September 19-20, 2017, in Summersville.  Improving Behavior, Improving Lives is designed to engage professionals across systems, including those in the fields of mental health, juvenile justice, and child and family services, as well as advocacy and family groups serving individuals with multiple challenges and/or who have experienced trauma.  The conference is sponsored by the W.Va. Bureau for Behavioral Health and Health Facilities, Seneca Health Services, and WVU Center for Excellence in Disabilities.

To register or apply to be a vendor for the conference, please go to https://www.eventbrite.com/e/improving-behavior-improving-lives-registration-36162001520.  The registration fee is $50, and certain continuing education credits will be available.  The conference flyer and agenda are attached.

I also thought you might be interested this week’s TA Telegram (below) and the following training opportunities and information:

• Screening of Bottom Dollars as part of the Disability Rights of West Virginia 40^th Anniversary Celebration, September 22.  Go to this link to register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/drwv-screening-of-bottom-dollars-and-40th-anniversary-celebration-tickets-36746236984?aff=es2.

• Various Positive Behavior Support trainings with WVU CED in August and September in Charleston and Morgantown: http://pbs.cedwvu.org/pbs-trainings/.

• Handle with Care conference, September 27-29, in Charleston. Go to this link for more information:http://www.handlewithcarewv.org/conference/.

• West Virginia Housing conference, September 20-22, in Charleston: http://wvhousingconference.com/.

• West Virginia CASA (Court-Appointed Special Advocate) conference, October 27, at Stonewall Resort.  Visit CASA’s Facebook page for updates.

• West Virginia SADD (Students Against Destructive Decisions) conference, November 3-5, at Camp Dawson in Preston County.  Visit WVSADD’s website for updates.

BBHHF helps support SADD by co-sponsoring its state conference and encouraging Prevention Lead Organizations (PLOs) to work with their local SADD chapters.  If your school is interested in starting a SADD chapter, please visit http://www.sadd.org/get-involved/join-the-movement/chapterreg/. The PLOs are also excellent resources for your schools’ substance use prevention programming.  (See, e.g., https://wearewv.org/.)  Here are the six prevention leads for the state:

·         Region 1, Lori Bumba, Youth Services System, (304) 233-2045 or lori.impactov@gmail.com

·         Region 2, Paige Mathias, Potomac Highlands Guild, paigem@potomachighlandsguild.com

·         Region 3, Shelly Mize, Westbrook Health Services, smize@westbrookhealth.com

·         Region 4, Elizabeth Shahan, Harrison County Family Resource Network, (304) 423-5049 orharrisoncountyfrn@gmail.com

·         Region 5, Tim White, Prestera Center, (304) 751-6251 or Tim.White@prestera.org

·         Region 6, Greg Puckett, Community Connections, (304) 913-4956 or drugfree@strongcommunities.org.

September is National Recovery Month.  The theme this year is “Join the Voices for Recovery: Strengthen Families and Communities.”  Visit https://recoverymonth.gov/ more information, including a toolkit. September is also Suicide Awareness Month (https://www.nami.org/suicideawarenessmonth/hp).  Barri Faucett and the regional Suicide Intervention Specialists can help you with appropriate school suicide prevention programming.  Visithttp://preventsuicidewv.org/ or contact Barri at Barri.Faucett@prestera.org or (304) 415-5787. 

Nikki Tennis, Director

Office of Children, Youth, and Families

W.Va. Bureau for Behavioral Health and Health Facilities

(304) 356-4796

Nikki.A.Tennis@wv.gov

Information from Sky Kershner

Link to Motivational Interviewing training handouts: 

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/hyxkiufn78a0xq9/AAD9V9y7WM0OUfwPJuqVvwUga?dl=0

WV MI Blog with interesting local articles about Motivation and Addiction. 

 https://wv-mi-craft.blogspot.com/?view=flipcard

If you want to try to get a Beyond Addiction Family Support Book Study going. Erin and I are here to help you with it!  More info here:

 http://kpcc.com/craft/

Let me know if I can help in any other way!

Sky

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Sky Kershner
Cell: 304-550-0000
www.kpcc.com 

From Elizabeth Kennedy, BBHHF

for your reading pleasure, here is a link to the ESSA toolkit:

http://static.ow.ly/docs/ESSA_ImplementationToolkit_6xZN.pdf. 

Elizabeth Kennedy, Program Manager

Office of Children, Youth, and Families

Bureau for Behavioral Health and Health Facilities

350 Capitol Street, Room 350

Charleston, West Virginia 25301-3702

Phone:  (304) 356-4829

Fax:  (304)558-4245

Resources from Tiffany July 2017

The Expanded School Mental Health (ESMH) Steering team would like to share the following state resources and announcements with you. Attached is an overview of the ESMH framework in Toolkit #1.

West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources, Bureau for Children and Families supports an information and referral resource WV 211.  Call center operates 24/7, provides local, state and regional resources/referrals and is free to use.  http://www.wv211.org/      A new app, HELP ME WV, will soon be available.

Family Resource Networks provide resources available in each county. Contact information can be found here.  http://www.dhhr.wv.gov/bcf/Services/Pages/Family-Resource-Networks.aspx

The 2017 WV Center for Children’s Justice  Handle with Care Conference September 27-29, 2017 | Charleston Civic Center

http://www.handlewithcarewv.org/

West Virginia Department of Education (WVDE) will be working to implement a three pronged Strategy 360 initiative to address the effects of substance on students.  Here is the website: https://www.justthinktwice.gov/westvirginia/what-dea-360.  Also, see attached flyer.

West Virginia Department of Education (WVDE) has proposed changes to attendance policy 4110. Changes are currently up for public review and comment on their website. Https://wvde.state.wv.us/policies/

INFORMATION REQUEST: Request for updated information and/or one-pagers in order to update the ESMH resource guide PDF format https://livewell.marshall.edu/mutac/Docs/2016ESMHResourcePacket.pdf   If you have one-page program descriptions, informational brochures or other resources you would like included in our resource guide please contact me at pittman6@marshall.edu

If you have questions related to WV ESMH feel free to reply to this email and a member of the Expanded School Mental Health Steering team will contact you as soon as possible.

Thank you!

Tiffany Pittman, MA, LPC, AADC
School Health Coordinator & TA
Department of Family and Community Health
Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine at Marshall University

From Nikki Tennis:

            FYI, here are a few news articles or information that I thought might interest you:

·         Helping with childhood trauma and adverse childhood experiences (ACEs). 

Charleston Gazette-Mail | Michael R. Brumage: Adverse childhoods affecting our drug, obesity problems

http://www.wvgazettemail.com/gazette-op-ed-commentaries/20170226/michael-r-brumage-adverse-childhoods-affecting-our-drug-obesity-problems.

New campaign, Changing Minds, promotes power of teachers to reduce stress of traumatized students | EdSource

https://edsource.org/2016/new-campaign-promotes-power-of-teachers-to-reduce-stress-of-traumatized-students/571185

·         For children with special needs.  A Parent’s Advocacy Guide to WV Department of Education Policy 2419 is now available in Spanish: http://www.ddc.wv.gov/Documents/PAG Spanish Version 122916.pdf. (The English version is at http://www.ddc.wv.gov/news/documents/parent advocacy guide final oct 2013.pdf.)  WVDE also has a Hand in Hand guide at https://wvde.state.wv.us/osp/hand_in_hand sept 2015.pdf.

·         Veterans.  About a book a veteran wrote, Why is Dad so Mad?, to explain PTSD to his child: http://www.upworthy.com/this-veteran-found-a-creative-way-to-talk-about-his-ptsd-with-his-child?c=ufb1. 

There are Veteran’s Mental Health First Aid classes, as well as Youth and Adult Mental Health First Aid classes, taking place around the state.  To learn more, visit  http://www.marshall.edu/atc/.   

·         Empowering girls. Want to raise empowered women? Start in middle school. - The Washington Posthttps://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/on-parenting/want-to-raise-empowered-women-start-in-middle-school/2017/02/13/4ab9127a-e4ac-11e6-a547-5fb9411d332c_story.html?utm_term=.10f98c453232

·         Teaching empathy.  

Empathy Is Tough to Teach, But Is One Of the Most Important Life Lessons | MindShift | KQED News

https://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2017/02/08/empathy-is-tough-to-teach-but-is-one-of-the-most-important-life-lessons/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20170211.