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Youth Suicide: A Look at Before and After

Speaker(s):

Shari Scott, M.A., LPC

Presentation:

Suicide slipped into the top ten as far as causes of death in the United States (CDC, 2016). Deaths among school-aged children and teens continue to be on the rise; so much so, that suicide has statistically risen to the second leading cause of death among people aged 10-34. Suicide traumatizes those left in its path and how to navigate the grief following a suicide is both tricky and scary. This presentation reviews precipitating factors in youth who die by suicide, as well as risk factors and red flags for youth who attempt it in hopes of informing prevention efforts moving forward. How to best screen kids for suicidality, as well as how to talk to youth who express suicidal thoughts shall also be highlighted. Additionally, this presentation covers common grief reactions in those working through the death of a loved one to suicide and how to best support those individuals.

Objectives:

  1. Review past and current statistics related to youth suicide
  2. Examine 10, 000 youth suicide since 2003 to survey precipitating circumstances
  3. Learn how to best talk with suicidal youth
  4. Explore ways to handle grief following the suicide of a young person

 

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Barajas-Muñoz, Alex, PhD

Alex Barajas‐Muñoz has a PhD in Counseling Psychology, a master’s degree in Counseling and Guidance, and a master’s degree in Neurosciences. Dr. Barajas is currently employed as a staff psychologist at the University of Kansas (KU) Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) and serves as adjunct professor at the Counseling Psychology doctoral program at UMKC. His clinical interests include multicultural issues, trauma, gender identity, psychological assessment, and group counseling. Dr. Barajas’ theoretical interests include interpersonal and mindfulness-based approaches. He also worked for over ten years as a Research Associate, Evaluator and Trainer with Mid‐America Addiction Technology Transfer Center at UMKC. His areas of expertise include evaluation and research (development of evaluation instruments, data collection, data analysis and technical report writing); counseling; training, editing and translating (English/Spanish) professional literature in the areas of psychology, neuroscience and substance use disorders; psychotherapeutic medications; and counseling special populations (Hispanic, LGBT).


Presentation(s): 

Suicide Prevention Training

 



 

 

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Crees, Thomas, BA, CIT, CBHL, CPO

Thomas Crees is currently enrolled in Webster University’s Master of Arts program in Professional Counseling with an emphasis in Clinical Mental Health. He received his bachelor’s degree in Criminology from Webster University. Tom’s area of research is based around Post Traumatic Stress within first responders, Trauma-Informed Care, and utilization of alternative therapy methods for PTS. Tom has presented to multiple law enforcement agencies, hospitals, and military installations on post-traumatic stress, Trauma-Informed Care, and crisis intervention for first responders and their families. His knowledge and research in these areas come from several years of lived experienced in both law enforcement and military service.

Tom’s current professional role is as the Community Treatment Liaison at ARCA, Assisted Recovery Centers of America. In this role, Tom assists law enforcement with crisis intervention response to calls for services involving individuals experiencing a mental health crisis. Before this role, Tom was a police officer with the St. Louis County Police Department. His last assignment within the police department was the Crisis Intervention Unit as the first Homeless Outreach Officer in the St. Louis County Region. Tom’s primary role was to develop best practices for law enforcement’s response and interactions with the unhoused population. Tom’s law enforcement experience ranges from criminal investigations, drug interdiction, executive protection, crisis intervention, and response to civil unrest. During his tenure with the St. Louis County Police Department, Crees served as an executive board member to the department’s Diversity and Inclusion Committee and the St. Louis Area CIT Council.

Crees is a Missouri POST certified instructor in crisis intervention, interview and interrogations, human behavioral analysis, and basic/advanced law enforcement training. Crees is currently a lead instructor for the St. Louis area Crisis Intervention Team program. In which Crees instructs officers on Hospital Procedures for Individuals in Mental Health Crisis, Building Legitimacy in Diverse Communities, as well as Law Enforcement and the Unhoused.

Prior to his law enforcement career, Tom served eight years in the United States Army as an infantry sergeant assigned to the 101st Airborne Division. Tom served multiple tours in hostile environments around the world.

Tom is a member of the American Counseling Association, the St. Louis County Continuum of Care, the Missouri Crisis Intervention Team Council, the International Association of Undercover Officers, and the St. Louis Area CIT Council. Tom Crees also works for Loaves and Fishes and St. Louis County Government as the Homeless Outreach Coordinator for the St. Louis County Region.

Presentation(s): 

Compassion Fatigue among First Responders


 

 

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The Impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences & Trauma on Men and Women of Color

Speaker(s):

McCaskill, Eddie, MSW, EdD

Bass, Anthony, MA, MSW

Presentation:

This presentation will examine the impact of adverse childhood experiences and trauma on people of color. People of color who have experienced one of the indicators of adverse childhood experiences or trauma may be at a greater risk for physical, behavioral, and psychological concerns. This presentation will increase understanding, knowledge, and also advance health equity by providing practitioners with valuable data on a population (people of color) that has not been researched on a major basis. The presentation will also provide effective interventions that have proven to be effective in working with people of color who have been exposed to adverse childhood and traumatic experiences.

Objectives:

  1. Identify the indicators of adverse childhood experiences.
  2. Identify the impact of trauma on the brain.
  3. Describe the impact of ACE’s and trauma on people of color.
  4. Identify effective interventions when working with people of color who have experienced adverse childhood experiences and trauma
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Bass, Anthony, MA, MSW

Anthony D. Bass was born and raised in St. Louis Missouri and has over twenty-five years of experience that encompasses acute psychiatric complexities, dual diagnosis disorders, substance misuse, crisis and couples counseling, as well as individual, group, and family therapy; death and dying, critical incidence debriefings, and is well versed in addressing or educating on matters involving HIV/STD’s. In addition, Mr. Bass has worked with thousands of various offenders transitioning in and out of federal and state probation and parole systems. Mr. Bass’s years of experience as a direct service provider includes working as a Team Leader, Program and Clinical Director in the mental health and Substance Use Disorder arena.

Mr. Bass has been instrumental in the development of Substance Use Disorder Medical Detox, In and Outpatient, Residential, and Chronic Pain programs and has a strong ten-year background working as a Medical Social Worker. In April of 2016 he was nominated and awarded the St. Louis American Foundation’s Excellence in Health Care award. He is the founder of two nonprofit organizations and is currently in private practice working with Police Offices and other First Responders.

Mr. Bass earned master’s degrees in Community Counseling from the University of Missouri St. Louis, Management and Leadership from Webster University, and Social Work from St. Louis University. Mr. Bass is a Licensed Professional Counselor and Registered Substance Use Counselor in the State of Missouri. Mr. Bass holds certifications for Anger Management, Clinical Trauma Treatment, Clinical Anxiety, and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT). Mr. Bass has also been trained in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Solution Focused, and EMDR methodologies.
   M.Ed., MA, MSW, RADC, MARS, CCATP, AMTP, CCTP, CDBT, LPC

Presentation(s): 

The Impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences & Trauma on Men and Women of Color


 

 

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Compassion Fatigue among First Responders

Speaker(s):

Watson, Lori, PHR

Crees, Thomas

Presentation:

High-stress helping professionals such as law enforcement, first responders, and healthcare professionals are exposed to secondary traumatic stress (STS) throughout their careers and sometimes experience primary trauma. This exposure to trauma in their professions, mixed with the stress and pressures of the job, can produce symptoms of compassion fatigue (CF). In our current climate, the prevalence of behavioral health intervention among law enforcement is a conversational topic as departments experience societal pressure to reform policing. This presentation explores the emotional and physical impact of CF and STS on the well-being of those impacted; and how CF, specifically, can exacerbate volatile situations or incidents between first responders and citizens. The presentation will identify specific risk factors and distinguish the difference between burnout and compassion fatigue.

Further, the presentation will present literature on the behavioral outcomes of compassion fatigue in law enforcement officers, specifically, and the implications for the field of counseling among this demographic. Research evidences success and benefits of psychotherapy, psychoeducation, and workplace/peer support programming among law enforcement officers and agencies that implement counseling practices.

Through interactive methods and review of case studies, workshop participants will learn to identify compassion fatigue, and apply counseling and wellness interventions to each case.

Objectives:

  1. Distinguish the difference between burnout and compassion fatigue (CF).

  2. Review literature and research on the symptoms of CF and its relation to post traumatic stress disorder.

  3. Understand the neurobiological impact of secondary traumatic stress (STS) and its relation to CF.

  4. Discuss treatment areas and methods defined in research that encourage compassion satisfaction and address STS and compassion fatigue.

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Trauma-Informed Behavioral Interventions

Speaker(s):

Harvey, Karyn, Ph.D.

Presentation:

This training will explore key ingredients needed in a trauma-informed behavior plan. It will break down components essential to understanding the trauma that may have been experienced by someone receiving support services and what the essential factors in healing might be. Components such as triggers, ingredients of psychological safety, and the need for connection and agency will be explored. Tools such as the happiness assessment, positive identity workbooks, and the daily happiness worksheet will also be introduced.

Objectives:

  1. Identify key sources of trauma for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
  2. Identify key elements needed to be integrated into a trauma-informed support plan
  3. Utilize the happiness assessment
  4. Develop happiness procedures
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Reducing Burnout and Increasing Empathy in Psychiatry Healthcare Workers Using Balint Groups

Speaker(s):

Oyetunji, Aderonke, MD

Presentation:

This is a powerpoint presentation about a QI project on Balint groups as a clinical intervention for burnout among mental healthcare workers particularly psychiatrists and Mental Health Caseworkers.
  

It analyzes the use of certain measures in detecting burnout and determining if the use of Balint intervention decreases burnout, increases empathy and job satisfaction using pre and post measure results following this intervention.

Objectives:

  1. Understand the impact of burnout on mental healthcare workers
  2. Identify the use of Balint as a clinical intervention for burnout
  3. Measure the benefit of a burnout measure as a useful tool in a Balint intervention
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Is it Incidental? Brain Lesions and Neuropsychiatric Symptoms

Speaker(s):

Bartochowski, Zachary, MD

Presentation:

This is a case presentation featuring a patient with repetitive behaviors, behavioral agitation, observed responses to internal stimuli, and a reluctance towards verbal communication, who was later found to have a left cerebellar lesion on imaging. The case conference explores the utility of neuroimaging in psychiatric patients, the relationship between the cerebellum and psychosis, and Cerebellar Cognitive and Affective Syndrome.

Objectives:

  1. Explain the limitations and utility of neuroimaging in patients with psychosis
  2. Identify appropriate indications for neuroimaging in psychiatric patients.
  3. Understand the role of the cerebellum in cognition and emotion, and the implications for psychiatric illness.
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Benefits and Work Made Simple

Speaker(s):

Dalto, Michael, BA, CPWIC

Presentation:

This webinar introduces disability professionals (case managers, therapists, etc.) to the basics of SSDI, SSI, Medicare and Medicaid (also called MO HealthNet) benefits and how work affects them. Trainees will learn how to offer basic, positive information about the impact of work on benefits to people with disabilities who are considering work. The goal of the training is for participants to “first, do no harm” – to be sure they provide accurate, encouraging information about work and benefits, instead of perpetuating myths and misinformation. The webinar includes videos, fact sheets and practical exercises

Objectives:

  1. Describe basic SSDI, SSI, Medicare and Medicaid (MO HealthNet) eligibility and work rules

  2. Respond to concerns and myths about benefits and work

  3. Refer to a benefit specialist when needed