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Effective Interventions in Working with Fathers who have Experienced Adverse Childhood Experiences and Trauma

Room Wingate 60-61

Speaker(s)

Eddie McCaskill MSW, EdD, LCSW, LPC & Michelle Echols DSW, LMSW, CADC

Description

This workshop will examine effective interventions used to help clients work through past adverse childhood experiences or trauma.

Objectives

  • Define the difference between adverse childhood experiences and trauma
  • Define the difference between adverse childhood experiences and trauma
  • Describe the impact of adverse childhood experiences and trauma on the individual.
  • Discuss the relationship between adverse childhood experiences and depression.
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Preparing for a System Wide Change

Room Wingate 62-62

Speaker(s)

Heather Osborne MA & Tara Yates MA

Description

Change is not an event, it’s a process-Cheryl James
Setting the Stage for Change:
Change initiatives don’t live on their own. They live within a culture. The culture in which your change initiative lives has a lot to do with its potential success or failure. During this session we will discuss the Cultural Landscape Map, a tool used to assess readiness to change by looking at the current state of an organization’s culture. We will also discuss engaging the right people in a change initiative by using a tool called the ARMI analysis. When planning a change initiative your team may encounter barriers—physical, relationship, financial, political, policy, or even cultural barriers. It’s important to know early in the planning process what barriers exist that may stand in the way of your initiative’s success. We will go over a tool to help identify those barriers, the level of impact they could have on the change initiative along with actions needed.
Inspiring People for Change
A huge part of inspiring people is understanding where resistance may come from. People resist change for many reasons, including fear of the unknown, self-preservation, and lack of trust. During this session we will discuss the typical curve of a change initiative, also known as the Bell Curve of Change. We will also discuss tips for overcoming resistance, a tool to help uncover reasons for different types of resistance and the importance of perspective.

Objectives

  • Recognize the culture and assessing the needs of the environment
  • Identify barriers to successful change and strategies to overcome that resistance
  • Engaging the right stakeholders and building a strategy for sustainable change
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Teaching New Staff New Tricks

Room Wingate 62-63

Speaker(s)

Nathan Honeycutt, MS, LPC

Description

“You don’t know, what you don’t know!” This phrase fits so many therapists and case managers that start into the field of mental health and those that supervise them. This presentation is for new therapists, new case managers, and those that supervise them. We will look at the key things that new staff need to be taught and how to teach it to them. We will build strategies to help new staff learn to adjust to the “real world” of clinical work from their academic view. We will also help supervisors gain knowledge and skills to help new staff grow into the field and not leave it prematurely. We will also provide good strategies for those that are licensure supervisors for PLPCs and LMSWs.

Objectives

  • Identify things that new staff do that need to be addressed up front.
  • Identify things that new staff do that need to be addressed up front.
  • Help new staff grow into the field instead of leaving it too soon.
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Show-Me ECHO: A Model for Patient-Centered Education and Training

Room Wingate 62-62

Speaker(s)

Rachel Mutrux, BA

Description

Show-Me Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes (ECHO) is a multi-disciplinary education and training program that creates virtual communities of learning around a specific topic. Typically structured for two hours of continuing education each month, the sessions include a short didactic presented by a specialist on the hub team for the community-based clinicians who make up the spokes of the model. After the short didactic, de-identified cases are presented by the community-based clinicians and facilitated discussion and recommendations are made. ECHO has proven to be a highly successful model in promoting the use of evidence-based practices.
This session will describe the many Show-Me ECHO topics relevant to participants in this conference and will discuss outcomes and changes to practice related to the ECHOs. Some of the ECHOs to be discussed are Adult Psychiatry, Child Psych, Disordered Eating & Eating Disorders, Foster Care, Suicide Prevention in Health Care, Pain Management, Opioid Use Disorder, Dementia & Alzheimer’s, Developmental Disabilities, and Certified Peer Specialist.

Objectives

  • Describe how the ECHO model is used for patient-centered education and training.
  • Identify ECHO opportunities for self, peers, and organization.
  • Identify ECHO opportunities for self, peers, and organization.
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Care at the Crossroads: Strategies for Clients with Concurrent First Episode Psychosis and Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities

Room Nautical Wheeler

Speaker(s)

Jodi Woodruff, PhD

Description

This presentation delves into the realms of First Episode Psychosis (FEP) and Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDD). Attendees will gain a clear understanding of both conditions. We will cover prevalence statistics, explore recent research findings, and introduce models of care tailored to individuals with co-occurring FEP and IDD. Practical strategies to integrate into patient care will be highlighted, equipping healthcare professionals with valuable insights to enhance support for this unique population.

Objectives

  • Define First Episode Psychosis
  • Understand the wide spectrum of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
  • Implement compassionate and adaptive strategies in care for individuals with concurrent FEP and IDD
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Working with Groups: Processes and Ethics

Room Paradise Ballroom B

Speaker(s)

Nigel Darvell, MSW, LCSW, ACSW

Description

Groups are an effective and viable form of treatment for many clients.
This workshop will cover the many stages and processes of group work. Ethical and legal considerations will be discussed.
This workshop will address the group counselor, both beginner and experienced and will describe the stages and processes involved in conducting groups.
Group techniques and interventions will be utilized along with ethical considerations to be applied to the diverse group population.

Objectives

  • Introduce group work
  • Discuss the stages and processes of groups
  • Describe ethical and legal considerations
  • Discuss how to deal with resistance and problems with maintaining ethical behavior
  • Take inventory of your views on ethical and unethical behaviors in group
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A Conversation of Best Practices for Service Delivery in the Unhoused Community

Room Parasol II

Speaker(s)

Jessica Craig, MS, LPC & Zipporah Lee, MDiv

Description

This presentation is for the behavioral health provider and homeless service provider. We will cover a range of information, skills, and resources that support navigation through the stages of homeless rehabilitation.
The presentation contains a lecture and case presentation.

Objectives

  • Describe the Homeless System
  • Review Evidence Based Practices
  • Identify systematic challenges
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Connecting with Someone Experiencing Mental Illness

Room Parasol II

Speaker(s)

Jennifer Gerlach, MSW

Description

When someone is experiencing a significant mental health challenge like psychosis, depression or bipolar disorder it can feel as if a wall has been placed between them and everyone else. This is incredibly painful both for the person living with the mental health condition and for those who love them. This workshop will explore strategies to break through those clouds while also exploring the lived experience of mental illness.

Objectives

  • Describe how mental health conditions can affect someone’s communication style
  • Discuss strategies for connecting with someone experiencing paranoia, hearing voices or having other mental health symptoms
  • Utilize recovery-oriented strategies to encourage strengths
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Writing Your Way to Recovery

Room Parasol II

Speaker(s):

Caroline Cooper, CPS, MS

Description

Writing is a therapeutic exercise that can help an individual process experiences, express emotions in a healthy way, and record events for future reference. Writing can also aid someone in drawing out memories of the past that may need to be addressed and resolved. In this presentation, Caroline S. Cooper, a published writer on mental health topics, will teach session attendees about different styles of writing and how they can benefit an individual moving through the recovery process. Caroline will also share how writing played a crucial role in her recovery as an example. During the presentation, attendees will have opportunities to participate in writing exercises to practice some of the material presented. A handout will be provided for notes and will contain a summary of the different styles presented.

Objectives

  • Discuss how to approach writing without fear
  • Write a poem to express feelings in a healthy way
  • Use a journal to record their recovery journey
  • Share personal experience as a way to heal and encourage others
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CBT to Support Healthy Grief in the Face of Loss

Room Pardise Ballroom C

Speaker(s)

Ann Steffen, PhD, ABPP

Description

As we go through life, we experience the deaths of friends, parents, siblings, and life partners. Other losses can be related to health, moves, and loss of roles that have been important parts of personal identity. This workshop features clinical strategies to support clients’ healthy grieving processes and management of daily life tasks. Screening and assessment tools are reviewed to aid clinicians in distinguishing normative grief reactions from prolonged grief disorder, with implications for treatment planning and implementation. An emphasis will be on grief therapy strategies that are responsive to the needs of culturally diverse clients. Case examples are provided to support the efforts of practitioners from a range of disciplines (e.g., social work, counseling, marriage and family therapy, nursing, clinical psychology) in busy clinical practices.

Objectives

•Describe differences between normative grief reactions, depression and DSM-V-TR Prolonged Grief Disorder

•Select 3 strategies to support healthy grieving

•Identify 2 clinical interventions that should be avoided for most bereaved clients