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Risk and Resiliency in Adverse Childhood Experiences: Implications for Prevention and Intervention

Room Paradise C

Speaker(s):

Tim Welch, PhD, LMFT

Description

This presentation will first provide a definition of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and discuss relevant research on the association between exposure to multiple ACEs and numerous negative physical, emotional and mental health outcomes in adulthood. The presentation will examine exposure to ACEs through the lens of the Family Stress and Resilience theoretical framework. This approach highlights the role and value of enhancing protective factors to promote resiliency in the context of exposure to ACEs. This presentation will describe modern approaches to addressing the impact of adverse childhood experiences and discuss prevention and intervention implications for clinical and mental health practitioners.

Objectives

    • Define adverse childhood experiences (ACEs)
    • Describe the negative effects of exposure to ACEs in adolescence and adulthood
    • Identify relevant protective factors to the harmful effects of exposure to ACEs
    • Describe approaches for addressing the effects of ACEs
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Thomas, Andy, MA, CCJP, MARS

Andy Thomas is the Housing Director for Missouri Coalition of Recovery Support Providers (MCRSP). He has extensive history in criminal justice by working as an institutional parole officer, field officer, intensive supervision officer, drug court officer, and as a supervisor. After retiring from Missouri Probation & Parole, he worked as a counselor for the federal program and drug court program through Reality House Programs in Columbia, MO. He has a BA in Criminal Justice as well as an MA. He currently has certification in substance use counseling with a CCJP, MARS, and CPSS.

Presentation(s):

Super Session: Missouri Housing Resources

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Kemna, Kelli, MSW

Kelli Kemna is the Housing Director for Missouri Department of Mental Health. Kelli administers Department of Mental Health’s Shelter Plus Care, Show Me Recovery Housing, VA GPD, Rental Assistance Program, PATH, SOAR and Housing Liaison projects throughout Missouri. These duties include providing technical assistance to housing centers to ensure grant compliance, fiscal management, working with coordinated entry systems to obtain referrals, writing policies and procedures for the implementation of the grants, writing policy for various Continuums of Care and advocating for equitable affordable housing options for those experiencing mental health or substance use issues. For the previous decade, Kelli ran the gamut of housing positions from supportive services to administration. The variety of experiences gives her a unique perspective on the homelessness and housing system. Her work is directed by the beliefs that everyone has the right to housing regardless of history or current circumstances and homelessness is a solvable problem through continuous improvement in housing choice. These core beliefs make her a great champion for housing first and finding creative strategies to the barriers faced in addressing homelessness and housing instability.
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Super Session: Missouri Housing Resources

Windgate 60-61

 

Speaker(s):

Kemna, Kelli, MSW

Thomas, Andy, MA, CCJP, MARS

Description

A presentation of housing resources and information in Missouri. A few of the specific housing options which will be covered are HUD sponsored housing, Recovery Housing and Veterans housing. The presentation will include how to locate affordable housing.

Objectives

Understand housing resources in Missouri

Knowledge of tools to search for affordable housing

Understand subpopulation specific housing resources

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“Breaking Down the Silos” of IDD and Co-Occurring Mental Health Conditions  

Nautical Wheeler

 

Speaker(s):

Glass, Kayette, LPC, PsyD

Description

Presentation focuses on the gaps in the system between IDD and comorbid mental health conditions, especially requiring inpatient psychiatric care. Supporting and assisting individuals dually diagnosed continues to be a struggle. Research continues to suggest that individuals with IDD and mental health conditions are not receiving adequate mental health care in the community. A holistic approach is needed to address IDD and mental health issues. Greater attention to comorbidities and increased awareness to improve overall wellbeing is imperative. Understanding various techniques and strategies to work with IDD and comorbid mental health outpatient or inpatient increases quality of life.

Objectives

Prevalence of IDD and psychiatric disorders
Multiple domains to improving quality of life
Strategies and techniques to utilize in treating IDD with a comorbid mental health condition

 

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Not Broken: Empowering Young Adults with a Mental Health Diagnosis

Leeward 76-77

 

Speaker(s):

Gerlach, Jennifer, MSW, LCSW

Description

Young adults facing significant mental health challenges such as Bipolar Disorder or a First Episode of Psychosis are often difficult to engage. Still, the research suggests that early intervention can be pivotal in encouraging a full recovery. In this workshop we will explore roadblocks to engagement from an ACT and Recovery-Oriented Cognitive Therapy lens as well as strategies to improve sense of empowerment in this population

Objectives

1. Define empowerment as well as what it means in a clinical setting
2. Utilize strategies to assist clients experiencing psychosis and other symptoms take back a sense of self-agency
3. Describe how mental health conditions and coercive treatment strategies can be disempowering
4. Employ strategies deriven from ACT and Recovery-Oriented Cognitive Therapy to Understand Beliefs underlying a lack of sense of self-agency

 

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Ethics of Self Care

Paradise Ballroom C

 

Speaker(s):

McAndrew, Craig, MA, LPC, LCAC, LMHC

Description

Self Care is essential for our performance of Counseling duties as well as to preserve our ethics. If we are feeling burned out, then we may have already come close to that ethical line or maybe even crossed it without realizing it. This presentation is focused on us making our self care a priority so we don’t approach that line.

Objectives

1. Review ethical guidelines
2. Review common ethical violations
3. Review what self care is
4. Describe what creating a practice of self care looks like

McAndrew – Boundaries

McAndrew – 12 steps for therapists

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Compassion Fatigue for Behavioral Health Workers

Leeward 74-75

 

Speaker(s):

Sandidge, Isaac, MA

Description

This course is intended for behavioral health workers who wish to learn more about how experiencing traumatic events, either directly or indirectly, as a first responder reacting to an emergency or crisis situation may impact their professional and personal wellbeing. Taught through a behavioral health (mental health and substance use) lens, the instructor will incorporate lecture, PowerPoint and activities.

Objectives

Define and discuss the impact of trauma, vicarious trauma, and burnout on professional and personal wellbeing
Identify compassion fatigue and burnout warning signs
Describe individualized self-care and resiliency strategies to mitigate the damaging impacts of trauma and associated stress responses

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Help That Helps: Understanding Adverse Childhood Experiences

Wingate 62-63

 

Speaker(s):

Clary, Pam, PhD, MSW

Frye, Jana, MSW, LCSW

Description

This presentation will provide an overview of the ACE Study which is the largest study of its kind, with over 17,000 participants. It was developed and co-sponsored by Kaiser Permanente (managed care consortium) of San Diego, California, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, Georgia in the early ‘90s. Dr. Vincent Felitti and Dr. Rob Anda are the co-principal investigators of the ACE Study. In addition, specific helps (tools) will be discussed including the four resiliency factors that make a difference and help begin to create self-healing communities.

What’s predictable is preventable – because of recent discoveries in neuroscience, epigenetics, epidemiology, and resilience studies, we can understand how protection, prevention, and resilience promotion can profoundly improve health, safety & productivity, and reduce public and private costs now and for generations to come.

It should be noted that both Professor Frye and I are Master ACEs Trainers. We have permission to use the slides developed for this presentation.

Objectives

1. Discuss ACEs and its impact to our communities
2. Identify four resiliency factors used to build self-healing communities.
3. Identify four resiliency factors used to build self-healing communities.

Clary- Frye Presentation

Clary-Frye Form

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Engaging Families in Services: The Family Recovery Program

Paradise Ballroom B

 

Speaker(s):

Likcani, Adriatik, PhD, LMFT

Larkin, Nicole, MS, CDAC, SMFT

Rapp, Sherry, AAS

Description

Dr. Likcani developed the Family Recovery Program with the support of the Department of Mental Health, and the contributions of a team of colleagues at Recovery Lighthouse and the University of Central Missouri. This presentation will focus on specific interventions on how to engage families and how to partner with them when they have a loved one struggling with SUD/OUD. Participants will learn concrete interventions they can use in their communities to engage families, promote family recovery, reduce stigma, and increase their knowledge on family systems-based interventions for family therapy, psychoeducational groups with families, and how to develop local support groups for families. The three main Family Recovery Program goals are to: 1) Help families get their loved one into services and in recovery; 2) Coach families to use their strengths and resources as a healthy support system for their loved one; and, 3) Help them develop a vision of a healthy relationship and improve family structure & functioning. Goals are accomplished through a comprehensive approach focusing on the following five overarching program components: 1) Family Education Workshops; 2) Open Support Group for Families; 3) Family Therapy; 4) Immediate Access to Resources; and, 5) Public Relations and Service. Participants will learn about program goals, components, and implementation strategies of the Family Recovery Program at their agencies.

Objectives

1. Discuss strategies how to engage families in services.
2. Explore ways to integrate family systems-based interventions in alcohol and drug treatment and recovery support programs.
3. Review concrete ideas for implementing the Family Recovery Program.
4. Discuss qualitative and quantitative research outcomes of family engagement in services.