Trena Fowler is the Director of Activity Therapy at Center for Behavioral Medicine and the RESPECT Facilitator for the Kansas City area. She received her Bachelor of Science degree in Recreational Therapy from Northwest Missouri State University in 1992 and has been a Certified Therapeutic Recreation Specialist (CTRS) since1994.
Shawn Anderson, Ph.D. is the Director of Psychology and Psychology Training at Center for Behavioral Medicine and is an Assistant Professor in the School of Medicine at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. She received her doctorate degree in Counseling Psychology from the University of Missouri-Kansas City and is a graduate of the Greater Kansas City Psychoanalytic Institute. Dr Anderson conducted research on competency restoration with individuals with developmental disabilities, the results of which were presented in 1998 at a Missouri Department of Mental Health forensic conference and published in the June 2002 issue of Law and Human Behavior.
Kathy Revell has had more than thirty-five (35) years experience in the healthcare industry, twenty-five (25) of which were in the psychiatric and chemical dependency field. She has held clinical and management positions in both inpatient and outpatient settings where she also did individual and family counseling. In addition, she has over thirteen (13) years of experience in the managed mental health care industry including product and network development, provider contracting and education, utilization management, appeals processes, case management design, reimbursement issues and quality improvement. Her managed care experience included multiple product design and operations including PPO, HMO, self-insured, and specialty products. She has been vice president of clinical operations for a mental health Medicaid HMO. In addition to being a registered nurse and nationally certified substance abuse counselor (NCAC II), she is a certified professional in healthcare quality (CPHQ). A published author, she holds a bachelor’s degree in nursing and a master’s degree in human relations and business. From 2001 to 2014 she was Vice President/Senior Consultant at REVELL INC. In July of 2014 she became an Independent Quality Advisor allowing for more flexibility in her schedule. Ms. Revell’s consulting specialties include organizational assessment and change, interpersonal communication, provider contracting, policy and procedure development, managed care case management design, and healthcare quality improvement.
Roger A. Revell is a consultant, trainer, author and trusted advisor. After twenty-five years as president of REVELL, INC., he closed the company in the summer of 2014 to pursue other interests. Until his consulting career began in 1984, he was responsible for the work of up to four hundred people. Revell has a master of business administration (MBA), and has been a senior officer of a Fortune 500 company. He brings clarity to clients around issues of leadership, organizational change, performance management, and planning. In recent years, working with CEOs, he has done extensive projects regarding mergers, acquisitions, divestitures and the creation of strategic partnerships. Clients regularly comment on his expertise at working with change and conflict, and in helping them learn to deal effectively with these and other workplace issues.
Dr. Radohl has been a faculty member at Park University since 2014 with specialization in Behavioral Health and practice with children and families. She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in the State of Kansas, and received her PhD from the University of Kansas. Her current research focuses on mental health recovery. Peer-reviewed publications include a conceptual paper describing Family-Directed Structural Therapy and a paper exploring personal medicine (under review). She has presented skill-based workshops across the State of Kansas since 2002.
Dr. Bart Andrews, Vice President of Clinical Practice at Behavioral Health Response, is actively involved in raising community awareness about suicide risk and conducts training in suicide assessment and intervention. He is the President Elect of the National Association of Crisis Organization Directors, co-chair of the National Suicide Lifeline Training and Standards Subcommittee. Dr. Andrews is a suicide attempt survivor and a strong proponent of the value of lived experience and peer support in improving suicide prevention efforts. Dr. Andrews attended the 2015 Zero Suicide Academy and is a valued member of the Zero Suicide Stakeholder Planning and Implementation Team.
This workshop is designed to prepare front line workers with competencies for engaging and responding to adults who may be at risk for suicide. This training will focus on appropriate intake questions, assessment issues, and a recommended tool for managing risk, with specific focus on safety planning in the context of suicide prevention. The focus of this presentation is on assessing and managing adults at risk for suicide and skills related to micro practice. Case examples will focus on the veteran population and materials from the Department of Veterans Affairs’ suicide prevention program.
Heather Gotham, PhD, is a licensed clinical psychologist and Associate Research Professor within the Collaborative for Excellence in Behavioral Health Research and Practice at UMKC’s School of Nursing and Health Studies. Dr. Gotham’s research focuses on implementation of evidence-based behavioral health treatments and assessments for adolescents and adults, integrating substance use disorders and health care services, SBIRT, and treatment fidelity for co-occurring disorders. She also studies interprofessional education and other nursing education initiatives.
Leah Crask-Ellis, MS, LPC, CCDP-D is an outpatient therapist for Community Counseling Center in Perryville, MO. Leah is a trained Trevor Project CARE Workshop presenter and has presented in the past on Mental Health in the Workplace, Suicide Prevention amoung LGBT Individuals, Managing Suicidal ldeations in the Co-occurring Client and the above presentation. She is on the Board of Directors of Survivors of Loved Ones to Suicide, AFSP- Eastern Missouri Chapter, and Rainbow Cafe, a LGBT youth and young adult drop-in center in rural southern Illinois.
Dr. Carl C. Bell, M.D. is Staff Psychiatrist at Jackson Park Hospital’s Outpatient Family Practice Clinic and Inpatient Consultation Liaison Service. He is a Retired Clinical Professor of Psychiatry & Public Health at the University of Illinois at Chicago. During 45 years, he has published more than 500 articles, chapters, & books on mental health and authored The Sanity of Survival. He is co-editor of Pequegnat W and Bell CC (eds). Family and HIV/AIDS: Cultural and Contextual Issues in Prevention and Treatment and Jeste D and Bell CC (eds). Psychiatric Clinics of North America – Prevention in Psychiatry.
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