Speaker(s):

Shari Scott, MA, LPC, LCPC, NCC, CISD

Presentation: Participants will learn how to identify the differences between stress and burnout, as well as how to recognize their personal signs of both. From there, participants will also explore ways to manage stress and burnout through holistic measures. Those include taking care of one’s body and physical health, setting professional boundaries, practicing time management, and increasing one’s emotional intelligence.

Objectives:

• Identify one’s personal signs (emotional, cognitive, behavioral/physical) of prolonged stress and burnout
• Describe the difference between stress and burnout
• Explore techniques to prevent and treat professional burnout
• Teach practical self-care strategies to reduce stress and burnout
• Describe ways in which the helping professional can establish boundaries
• Define the work-life balance and explore its importance
• Identify ways to manage stress holistically

Slides and Handouts:

Scott_Stress presentation DMH 2018

Speaker(s):

Nathan Honeycutt, MSC

Presentation: Processing past choices can be one of the most challenging parts of therapy. This presentation will focus on how to help clients accept what they have done, forgive self, and learn from the past. The presentation will work to give tools to staff on how to help clients identify their thinking errors and move forward in life.

Objectives:

• Review accountability of past
• Review acceptance vs approval of past choices
• Review forgiveness of self and others
• Review learning from choices
• Review preparing for a different future

Slides and Handouts:

Honeycutt_Part 1_What I Have Done Does Not Define Who pt 1

 

Speaker(s):

Thomas Kuciejczyk-Kernan, MD

Rajeev John, MSW, LCSW

Presentation: Self-Care is fundamental to healthcare, both physical and emotional. As chronic stress and trauma affect one’s physiological and emotional functioning and well-being, it is important that mind-body wellness and building resilience is part of the health care. Mind-body medicine is an integrative approach that focuses on the interaction between the mind and the body and the powerful ways these interactions affect our emotional and physical health. The core of this approach is self-care with mind-body skills that relieve toxic stress, help heal from trauma, and build resilience. Mind-Body skills are the most effective evidence-based way to reduce the adverse effects of stress which contributes to all chronic illness, mental and physical.

In this approach, self-care skills such as various types of meditations and mindfulness practices are used to foster self-awareness and positive self-direction. This presentation will explain how active meditation and mindfulness meditations are useful in improving physical and emotional well-being. We will explain the physiology and how such self-care practices can reverse the adverse effects of stress and trauma. We will also describe how we use this approach at Affinia healthcare to promote wellness among our patients. This ninety-minute presentation will also include experiencing two of these skills, one quiet mindfulness meditation and one active meditation.

Objectives:

• Describe Mind-Body Medicine and how this self-care approach can be used for stress management, addressing chronic conditions, trauma and building resilience
• Describe physiology of stress and trauma and how they affect physical and emotional well-being as well as the physiology of stress management
• Instruct how to use two different types of self-care skills approach to promote wellness and to build resilience

Slides and Handouts:

Kuciejczyk Kernan and John_STI 2018- Using Self Care Skills-A Mind Body Skills Approach-final

 

 

 

Speaker(s):

Bob Bertolino, PhD, LPC, LMFT, NCC, CRC, AAMFT, NBCCH

Presentation: Fifty years of research around the question, “What works in therapy?” has revealed key findings that should be part of all practitioners’ knowledge base. One of these findings is who provides the treatment is a far more reliable predictor of outcome than what model is used. Further, randomized control trials (RCTs) have demonstrated that some providers consistently achieve better outcomes than others. The results of higher-performers includes improved resource management, briefer treatment duration, decreased dropout rates, and greater benefit of services. How do the most effective practitioners consistently achieve better outcomes? They employ real-time Feedback-Informed Treatment (FIT) strategies. In fact, routine and ongoing real-time feedback has shown to improve outcomes between 28-65%. FIT is approved by the Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) as an evidence-based practice and is listed on the National Registry of Evidence-Based Programs and Practices (NREPP). This training involves exploration of major research findings and the use of FIT strategies to improve the impact of each interaction and the overall benefit of services. Participants will learn how to use FIT strategies and begin using those new learnings immediately. This workshop involves discussion, case examples, and video demonstrations. PowerPoint slides will also be used to enhance the learning experience of each participant.

Objectives:

• Identify three challenges to improving therapeutic effectiveness
• Describe two strategies to immediately improve the benefit of services
• Describe two strategies for responding to lack of improvement or deterioration

Slides and Handouts:

Bertolino_Improving Psychotherapy-MIMH (H) (Bertolino) (06-01-18)

 

 

 

 

Speaker(s):

Tyler McClain, MSW

Maria Whitter, MSW, LCSW, CEAP, SAP

Presentation: How do you define gender? What terms do you associate with transgender? What are the current social norms for appropriate language and terminology? What are common concerns for transgender and non-binary individuals in the workplace, at school, and in family and social environments? Learn about individuals who are in the transitioning process, and those who identify across the gender spectrum. Discover helpful resources that clinicians can use to support clients along the gender spectrum. Develop and practice inclusive behaviors designs to support all clients. Learn best practices in supporting individuals of all genders in accessing necessary mental health and medical care.

Objectives:

• Identify mental health concerns affecting transgender individuals
• Model appropriate and respectful language and behavior towards transgender individuals
• Describe the physical health care, and mental health requirements, involved in transitioning genders
• Review resources available for more information

Slides and Handouts:

McClain and Whitter_Gender 201 MIMH 2018

 

 

 

 

Speaker(s):

John Airsman, PsyD, LPC

Presentation: Substance use disorder is problematic worldwide, as it destroys lives, disrupts and divides families, and influences criminal activity. Approximately 4.9% of adults in the world are plagued with alcohol use disorder (Gowing et al. 2015). What is more problematic is, that individuals who seek out treatment and attempt to put the diagnosis of substance use disorder in remission, have a high occurrence of reoccurring symptoms (Kassani, Niazi, Hassanzadeh & Menati, 2015). This presentation will draw from previous literature in order to establish a foundation for understanding substrates of addictive disorders and to comprehending the complexities of substance use disorder. Potential etiologies of substance use disorder such as emotional dysregulation through developmental trauma, will be discussed utilizing an interpersonal neurobiological lens. The aim of the presentation will be to outline the problem underlying addictive tendencies and relapse potential.

Objectives:

• Draw from previous literature in order to establish a foundation for understanding substrates of addictive disorders
• Describe the complexities of substance use disorder
• Outline the problem of underlying substrates to improve treatment modalities

Slides and Handouts:

Etiologies of Addiction

 

 

 

 

Speaker(s):

Brittany Peterson, BA, OWDS, OERS, ERS-CJ

Tracy Kirksey

Presentation: With one in 15 working-age adults having a criminal record, job preparedness and in-demand skills are a must for individuals returning from incarceration. The Second Chance Risk Reduction Program of the Kansas City Metropolitan Crime Commission is a client-oriented reentry case management program working to identify and target criminogenic needs for justice involved individuals. In addition, Second Chance is helping to increase the efficacy of professionals in the community by offering a dynamic, evidence-based training entitled Reentry Employment Specialist (RES). This session discusses a practical approach to reentry employment following career theories, motivational interviewing, assessment, intervention, triage and retention tools necessary for effective case management of reentry clients, specifically targeting employment needs of the vulnerable, transitioning population.

Objectives:

• Discuss mass incarceration: national & local trends
• Identify community impacts
• Identify and address barriers to employment for returning citizens
• Understand the general process of reentry from multiple perspectives
• Identify and effectively collaborate with various stakeholders

Slides and Handouts:

Peterson_MENTAL-H

 

 

 

 

Speaker(s):

Kristen Myers, MS

Presentation: Many children and youth, whether at home, school, sports, or on a screen, witness and experience episodes of bullying on a routine basis. It is essential to equip them with strategies that allow them to remain composed and in control when confronted with a bullying situation. This presentation will help attendees understand the motivation behind student bullying; the importance of one’s reactions to bullying; techniques to diffuse bullying situations and remove oneself and others from them; and the role empathy and self-worth plays in reducing bullying.

Objectives:

• Define bullying and articulate the reasons it occurs
• Identify common reactions to bullying and learn/model techniques to diffuse it
• Help assist students in learning the importance of empathy and self-worth in reducing bullying

Slides and Handouts:

Myers_Teaching Bullying Prevention Strategies to School-Aged Youth

 

 

 

 

Speaker(s):

Rachael Fields, LCSW

Presentation: This presentation will educate participants on the demographics and specializations within the military that have been identified as placing military members at higher risk of suicide. Participants will be encouraged to treat the whole person and take into account all stressors the member is experiencing and how those stressors can impair and impact functioning. This presentation will include current initiatives within the military aimed at reducing member suicide and will provide resources for clinicians and clients.

Objectives:

• Identify members identified by the military as higher risk
• Discuss barriers to mental health treatment in the military
• Relay how to access resources to improve their practice with military members & how to access additional services for members
• Review current initiatives aimed at suicide prevention

Slides and Handouts:

Fields_Suicide Prevention Military

 

 

 

 

Speaker(s):

David Lynde, MSW, LICSW

Christine Powers, MSW, LICSW

Presentation: This session will provide information regarding the fundamental 8 Principles of Supported Employment/Individual Placement and Supports (IPS) and examine organizational opportunities, challenges, strategies and strengths in effectively implementing these principles to increase competitive employment outcomes.

Objectives:

• Identify the 8 Principles of Individual Placement and Supports (IPS)
• Provide a working definition of at least 4 of the IPS Principles
• Identify two effective organizational strategies for implementing the IPS Principles
• Examine agency actions and challenges regarding implementing the IPS Principles

Slides and Handouts:

Lynde_Implementing_SE_principles.pptx