NAADAC webinar

Partner Event Special Populations Webinar: SBIRT and Marijuana Use and SBIRT and Child-bearing Age Women Thursday, August 15, 2013 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM EDT Hosted by The BIG Initiative, NORC at the University of Chicago and the National SBIRT ATTC (N SBIRT ATTC) Recently, Colorado has expanded its successful approach to two specific populations. Namely, health educators in SBIRT Colorado healthcare sites are screening for and providing brief interventions to 1) sexually active women of childbearing age who are not using effective contraception, with the goal of preventing substance-exposed pregnancies; and 2) patients misusing marijuana in a state with a voter-approved medical marijuana program (Colorado is one of 16 states with legalized medical marijuana). Please join representatives from the SBIRT Colorado team, including the state director, program implementation staff, and an evaluator in a discussion reviewing what they have learned about their efforts to-date. Presenters will share findings from their efforts to answer research questions from a projected 10,000 screens such as: How ready to change are women after receiving a brief intervention in response to their risky behaviors? Does readiness to change depend upon the substances being used, the age of the patient, or other demographic factors? What percentage of patients screened in healthcare settings through the SBIRT program are using marijuana? How ready are patients to change their marijuana use after receiving a brief intervention in response to risky use? Does readiness to change depend upon whether patients have a state-issued medical marijuana card? Presenters also will review the larger program goals of SBIRT and discuss why Colorado has expanded its SBIRT program to these specific populations. [ Register ]

New Tools & Techniques

Frequently Asked Questions About the New Psychotherapy Codes

Effective January 2013, clinical social workers began using new and revised psychotherapy codes when providing psychotherapy services to patients. This Tools & Techniques provides answers to the most frequently asked questions about the new codes.

DSM-5 webinar

Save the Date NASW Practice Webinar on DSM-5 Webinar: What Clinical Social Workers Should Know About the DSM-5 Dates: July 24, 2013; August 8, 2013 Time: 12 pm - 1:00 pm ET Registration Fee: Free. Registration details will be available soon on NASW's website at www.socialworkers.org. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th Edition (DSM-5) was released in May 2013 and includes new disorders and revised criteria for existing mental disorders. This webinar will assist clinical social workers in transitioning from the DSM-IV to the DSM-5. Cnges will be highlighted including the reorganization of the chapters, creation of new diagnoses and categories, consolidation and deletion of diagnoses, and the deletion of the multiaxial diagnosis with changes that include an emphasis on assessment measures. This webinar will benefit clinical social workers who diagnose and treat mental illness in all settings. Presenter: Mirean Coleman, LICSW, CT Senior Practice Associate for Clinical Social Work, NASW Center for Workforce Studies & Social Work Practice

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Healthy Attachments

SAVE the DATE…Brochure to follow

“23^rd Annual Conference on Promoting Healthy Attachments”

Oglebay Resort & Convention Center, Wheeling, West Virginia

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2013

Learning Session –

 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Ira J. Chasnoff, M.D., President of the Children’s Research Triangle, Chicago, IL. returns this year by popular demand to present a full-day learning session (6 hours.)  Dr. Chasnoff is one of the nation’s leading researchers in the field of prenatal exposure to alcohol and other drugs and is the author of “Understanding the Drug Exposed Child: Approaches to Behavior and Learning.”

5:15 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Holiday Buffet Dinner followed by a 2-hour learning session on

“Unique Issues of Adoptive Families”

Presented by: Gregory C. Keck, Ph.D.

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2013   

Learning Sessions –

8:30 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. and 12:45 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Gregory C. Keck, Ph.D., Founder and Director of the Attachment and Bonding Center of Ohio and author of “Adopting the Hurt Child,” has been a popular mainstay at the conference and will present a morning 3-hour learning session on attachment.  Dr. Keck is an internationally recognized leader in this field.

Jack Kammer, MSW, MBA, Program Support Consultant for the National Fatherhood Initiative (NFI), Germantown, MD, will present a morning and an afternoon learning session (3 hours each), focusing on the work of the NFI founded on the principle that fathers make unique and irreplaceable contributions to the lives of their children.

Darcia F. Narvaez, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology and Executive Director of the Collaborative for Ethical Education at the University of Notre Dame, award-winning author and blogger for Psychology Today, will present an afternoon 3-hour learning session on the early life experiences of young children and their influence on “moral brain” development.

 Contact for information:

Michele Santin, MA, PCC, LSW (740) 282-3631 or msantin@diosteub.org

Director, Office of Family and Social Concerns (Catholic Charities)

Diocese of Steubenville, PO Box 969, Steubenville OH 43952

In the process of applying for up to 14 CEU’s for OH, PA, and WV Counselors and Social Workers

Contact Oglebay Resort at 1-800-624-6988 for discounted lodging under the room block

for the Diocese of Steubenville

Universal Screening

Just discovered this great resource about universal screening developed by the Illinois PBIS network. It includes letter to parents; procedures, comparison of screening tools (one of which is the SDQ). Basically they require as part of Tier 1 that schools screen all students for internalizing and externalizing issues but the way they screen is through the teachers, who identify the top 5-10 students .

The two-gate process encourages staff consideration of all students by having teachers consider students for additional supports based on exhibiting any behaviors listed on a standardized checklist. The use of a standardized checklist of behaviors for the the intial phase, or gate one of the screening process helps reduce teacher bias. Also, the multi-gate process especially benefits students who never receive office discipline referrals. However, these same students may exhibit overly shy, or withdrawn behaviors that are risk factors for more serious problems (i.e., school refusal, anxiety and depression).

http://www.pbisillinois.org/curriculum/universalscreening

Linda Anderson, MPH

WV School Health Technical Assistance Center

RC Byrd Center for Rural Health

Marshall University

www.wvshtac.org

304-544-3917

Mailing Address:

159 Honeysuckle Lane

Huntington, WV 25701

Webinar

Dear Steering Team and ESMH Partners:

Yesterday I listened to the webinar below. I would encourage all of you to listen to the recorded version if you did not catch it yesterday.It addresses PBIS, ESMH and System of Care for schools. Two states are featured: Illinois and Pennsylvania and the content touched on topics such as role of school counselors, universal risk screening, consent, outcome evaluation and the family’s perspective. There are lots of similarities to what we are doing (i.e., we are on the right track!); but also – we could benefit by looking at how to better collaborate; also some new information and resources.  Make sure you listen to the Q and A at the end; there were several good ideas during that discussion.

Using Multi-Tiered Systems of Support as a Bridge for Integrating Mental Health Services in Schools:http://gucchdtacenter.georgetown.edu/resources/TAWebinars.html  

Linda (Anderson)

Summit

Thank you so much for your interest and participation in A Summit on West Virginia Safe Schools. Our goals for the Summit were to start a conversation, build or renew relationships, and identify practical steps that can be taken at a local level to make our schools safer. Thanks to you, the event was an overwhelming success -- and now we need to build on that success. We are putting together a report and recommendations from the Summit, and we want you to be a part of it. I encourage you to go to www.wvsafeschools.org, where you can view video from the Summit and give us your recommendations to make your community and your schools safer.
 
Thank you again for all you do for the safety of our communities and our kids.


 
Booth Goodwin
U.S. Attorney, Southern District of West Virginia
 

trauma

http://www.schoolmentalhealth.org/Training/index.html

Above is a link to several free trainings on trauma, including the one that Margy mentioned during our call today.

Linda Anderson, MPH

WV School Health Technical Assistance Center

RC Byrd Center for Rural Health

Marshall University

www.wvshtac.org

304-544-3917

Mailing Address:

159 Honeysuckle Lane

Huntington, WV 25701

article

A very good article that describes ESMH and makes case for more school based mental health.

http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2013/01/30/19murray.h32.html?tkn=VNSFapzCiBxrk2TCrLZ6sh8EN8pCzukQsnwy&cmp=ENL-EU-VIEWS1

Linda Anderson, MPH

WV School Health Technical Assistance Center

RC Byrd Center for Rural Health

Marshall University

www.wvshtac.org

304-544-3917

Mailing Address:

159 Honeysuckle Lane

Huntington, WV 25701

helpful book

This book ($60) and the free downloads from the National Association of School Nurses may be useful for sharing at your schools.

http://www.nasn.org/MentalHealth

Linda Anderson, MPH

WV School Health Technical Assistance Center

RC Byrd Center for Rural Health

Marshall University

www.wvshtac.org

304-544-3917

Mailing Address:

159 Honeysuckle Lane

Huntington, WV 25701

WV BoE Jason Flatt Act

As many of you know,  the WV Bd of Ed recently established guidelines for training of staff on suicide prevention. The WV Center for Professional Development is responsible for offering training to school personnel. One of the resources they  recommend is the  on line training at the Jason Foundation:

http://www.jasonfoundation.com/seminars/content/index_modules.php

Also -- to view the Jason Flatt Act guidelines passed by the WV Board of Education in June 2012, click here

Linda Anderson, MPH

WV School Health Technical Assistance Center

RC Byrd Center for Rural Health

Marshall University

www.wvshtac.org

304-544-3917

Mailing Address:

159 Honeysuckle Lane

Huntington, WV 25701

resources for elementary

 check out the new website below for resources regarding family diversity, anti LGBT bias,and  gender stereotyping for elementary school age children, including a professional development video for teachers.         

Click here.