Are U OK? – An Anti-Stigma Campaign and Healing Sensory Experience.

Room Paradise Ballroom A


Speaker(s): LJ Punch, MDTJ Barber ATR, LPC, Indigo Hann, Sandra Mayen, Amy Miller

Description: 

During this session we will introduce our Are U OK? campaign which serves as an invitation to reframe the concept of drug use into a framework of trauma. This session will present a hands on experience of responding to trauma, overdose, and stress through a sensory experience to include acudetox acupuncture, relaxation techniques, and training on how to approach conversations around overdose risk. #TraumaIsTheRealDrug

Objectives

  • Learn the history of acudetox
  • Name three sources of sensory input for relaxation
  • Identify the presence of trauma in day to day habits
  • Experience deep relaxation

Punch, LJ, MD

Dr. LJ Punch is a trauma surgeon, aspiring healer, and founder of Power4STL, a community of health working to reduce the impact of trauma in the St. Louis region. This includes the work of The Bullet Related Injury Clinic (BRIC) and The T, a holistic harm reduction program with a focus on overdose risk, both centering the experience of Black masculine bodied people because #BlackPainMaters.
 

Presentation(s):

Keynote: Unbreaking Broken Trust – a Holistic Approach to Trauma Healing and Prevention
 

Are U OK? – An Anti-Stigma Campaign and Healing Sensory Experience

Clark, Marie, MA, LMFT, LSOE, LSOTP

Marie Clark, M.A., LMFT, LSOE, LSOTP has conducted psychosexual assessments, therapy, and training for more than 30 years. Her current focus is on the assessment of incest family members and juveniles with sexual behavior problems. She has conducted assessment and treatment in the Missouri Department of Corrections, and held positions of Consultant in residential facilities in Missouri, Illinois, and Arkansas. She is an associate editor for the Journal of Child Sexual Abuse and a Peer Reviewer for the Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment, and Trauma.

Presentation(s):

Assessment of Nonoffering Partners in Child Sexual Abuse Cases for Parenting and Protective Capacities

Daniel, AE, MD, MRC Psych

Dr. A. E. Daniel, is a forensic psychiatrist with decades of experience in mental health and correctional psychiatry. Daniel has worked with mental ill suicidal inmates. In doing so, he worked with correctional officers and other professionals. He was a mental health and correctional administrator, having worked as the Director of Psychiatric Services for the Missouri Department of Corrections between 2000-2007. For several years, he provided direct psychiatric services in a county Jail and various prisons in Missouri. In addition, he has analyzed about 130 inmates who committed suicide. He has published his research on inmate suicide in peer reviewed professional journals. He has testified as an expert witness in Federal and state courts where suicide led to lawsuits. Along with seven distinguished researchers and clinicians from US, Canada and Europe, he updated Resource Guide on Suicide Prevention in Jails for the World health Organization in 2006.

Presentation(s):

Prevent Suicide in Jails and Prisons: Save Lives and Avoid Lawsuits

Thomas, Sarah, EdD, MSW, LCSW

Dr. Thomas currently serves as the Director of Behavioral Health & Wellness at A.T. Still University. Founded as the original osteopathic medical school in Kirksville, Missouri, ATSU has expanded to include campuses in Phoenix, Arizona, Santa Maria, California, and an online program. In her role, Dr. Thomas leads a team of professionals to provide quality behavioral health care to students in professional healthcare programs. In addition, Dr. Thomas serves as a subject matter expert to lecture regarding all aspects of well-being, including an elective course for medical students on resilience and mindfulness in medicine. Dr. Thomas previously worked in a federally qualified health center, adolescent residential care, and community mental health. Dr. Thomas completed a Doctorate of Education in Healthcare Professions in May of 2022 from A.T. Still University and received her MSW and BSW from the University of Missouri School of Social Work in 2005 and 2003.

Presentation(s):

Real Self-Care for Mental Health Practitioners: Strategies to Prevent and Treat Compassion Fatigue and Burnout

Smalling, Lauren, MSW, LCSW

Lauren Smalling, MSW, LCSW is a 40-year-old social worker practicing as a substance use counselor in Lebanon, MO. She began her social work journey at the age of 24 and had the best year of her life in 2013 when she graduated LSU with her master’s degree and then had a baby. Lauren has worked for Compass Health Network for almost seven years now and continues to love her career and her family.

Presentation(s):

Treatment and Diagnosis of Individuals with Schizophrenia

The Rainbow Road to Recovery

Paradise Ballroom A


 

Speaker(s): Nesbitt, Donna, BA

Description:

This presentation serves to examine the unique intricacies regarding substance use and recovery among the LGBTQIA+ population. This includes examining specific contributing factors to the prevalence of substance use disorders in the community, barriers to receiving proper treatment, and protocols agencies can implement within their own programs so as to better serve high-risk individuals. The hope is to increase competency regarding inclusivity and guide in providing an affirmative space so that it may encourage others to seek help.

Objectives

  •  Define the various subgroups within the LGBTQIA+ population.
  • Review the history of the LGBTQIA+ population.
  • Explore contributing factors to substance use disorders among the LGBTQIA+ community.
  • Identify barriers to accessing effective and competent treatment programs for recovery.
  • Develop agency protocols aimed at increasing inclusion, affirmation, and retention of LGBTQIA+ clients.

Meeting the Need: Early Child Mental Health

Room Leeward 74-75


Speaker(s)

Description

I will discuss early child interventions that I have worked and continue to work on.

Objectives

  • Identify successful elements of Early Child Positive Behavior Supports Initiative in Boone County
  • Understand Child Parent Psychotherapy
  • Describe elements of Positive Parenting program

Show-Me ECHO: A Model for Patient-Centered Education and Training

Room Wingate 62-62


Speaker(s)

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.

Writing Your Way to Recovery

Room Parasol II


Speaker(s):

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