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Pennington, Nancy, BS, CPA

Nancy Pennington serves as the Executive Director/CEO of the Missouri Association of County Developmental Disabilities Services (MACDDS). Prior to this, she worked with the Adair County SB40 Developmental Disability Board. Nancy has over twenty-five years working with various non-profits, previously serving as the Executive Director for the United Way of Adair County/Northeast Missouri and working with several organizations in the nonprofit field. She received her BS degree in Accounting from Truman State University, earned her certificate in Certified Public Accounting, and is a graduate of the National Leadership Institute on Developmental Disabilities. Nancy currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Missouri Mental Health Foundation and the Missouri Council on Aging as well as the Advisory Leadership Team for the Institute of Human Development at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. She is also on the Advisory Council for the Missouri’s Master Plan on Aging.

Presentation(s):

Local Initiatives to Improve the Lives of People with Developmental Disabilities 

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Uniting for Reunification: The Critical Role of Collaborative Efforts and Clinical Services in Safe Babies Court Team

Room: Windgate 62-63

Speaker(s): 

Slay, Bre-Ann, PsyD

Description: 

This presentation focuses on the vital collaboration between clinicians, attorneys, caseworkers, and parents in the reunification process for children in foster care. Emphasizing the essential role of clinical services, particularly Child Parent Psychotherapy (CPP), we will discuss how these services, combined with reflective consultation, enhance family support and facilitate effective reunification. Participants will gain insights into fostering teamwork and communication, ensuring that clinical perspectives inform practice, ultimately leading to improved outcomes for children and their families.

Objectives

1. Discuss the importance of collaboration among clinicians, attorneys, caseworkers, and parents in the reunification process for children in foster care.
2. Review the principles and practices of Child Parent Psychotherapy (CPP) and its role in supporting families during reunification.
3. Explore how reflective consultation can enhance team dynamics, promote effective communication, and improve clinical services within the reunification framework.

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On the Crossroads of Neurodiversity, Mental Health and Psychosis

Room: Windgate 60-61

Speaker(s): 

Gerlach, Jennifer

Description: 

The neurodiversity movement has revolutionized perspectives on autism and related neurodivergences. Yet, these are also often comorbid with mental health conditions including psychosis. In this workshop we will explore this overlap and strategies for meeting the unique needs of these clients

Objectives

1. Identify strategies for creating a welcoming space for neurodivergent clients
2. Integrate psychotherapy strategies that can be applied to both neurodivergent clients and those with mental health conditions
3. Recognize how neurodiversity and mental health interact

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Local Initiatives to Improve the Lives of People with Developmental Disabilities

Room: Paradise C

Speaker(s): 

Pennington, Nancy, BS, CPA

Description: 

Learn about county SB40 boards and how they use local tax levies to support people with developmental disabilities through leveraging funds, providing care and coordinating supports.

Objectives

1. Describe County SB40 Boards
2. Describe how to partner with their SB40 Board to support individuals with IDD
3. Discuss developmental disabilities and how they can affect interactions

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Youth Behavioral Health Liaisons and Community Engagement

Room: Paradise B

Speaker(s): 

Levely, Hannah, MS

Description: 

Youth Behavioral Health Liaisons, or YBHLs, are behavioral health professionals across the state who work to connect youth and their families to behavioral health services. When thinking of YBHLs, their job function is usually explained as a “connector” to services – and they are. But YBHLs also do so much more within their communities. Join us to dive into all the different roles of a YBHL, review the new Community Engagement data that has been collected from YBHLs across the state, and learn how YBHLs can increase community engagement with your organization.

Objectives

1. Provide an overview of YBHLs various roles within the community
2. Review Community Engagement data from YBHLs across the state.
3. Utilize the YBHL position to engage their local community.

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The Suicide Continuum Unmasked: Understanding Suicide Through a New Lens

Room: Paradise A

Speaker(s): 

Andrews, Bart, PhD

Description: 

The standard model of the suicide continuum suggest people start with thoughts of escapist ideation, and, if things don’t get better, gradually progress through the dimension of non-morbid escapist ideation, to morbid ideation, to passive suicidal ideation to active suicidal ideation, etc. The research doesn’t support this progression. Up to 75% of those who die by suicide denied suicidal thoughts in their last visit behavioral health visit prior to their death. Many that attempt and survive suicide deny recalling suicide thoughts until just upon their attempt. We clinicians need to have a better understanding of the limitations of our suicide risk models and adopt new approaches when working with our clients.

Objectives

1. Review the standard suicide continuum model
2. Explore research that conflicts with this model
3. Identify aspects of standard care that impede better intervention

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Weight Stigma and Clinical Applications: Ethical Considerations

Speaker(s):

Ellis-Ordway, Nancy, MSW, PhD

Presentation:

The issue of weight in medical and mental health care is a thorny one. Those in the helping professions genuinely wish to provide quality medical and psychological care to those in need, but the confusing and contradictory information about weight, health and well-being can be baffling. In this workshop, we attempt to examine these concerns through the lens of professional ethics. Specifically, we look at the codes of ethics for psychologists, counselors, social workers, dieticians, nurses and public health practitioners.

Objectives:

  1. Define weight stigma
  2. Identify ways that weight bias interferes with care
  3. Describe interventions for addressing weight bias in treatment and in agency settings
  4. List health-enhancing behaviors that do not focus on wieght loss

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More than a Diagnosis: Recovery-Oriented Interventions for Psychosis and Related Experiences

Speaker(s):

Gerlach, Jennifer, LCSW

Presentation:

There was a time when many therapists were taught that people living with serious mental health conditions would not be able to respond to therapy and many individuals living with psychosis and related conditions were told their chances for recovery were minimal. Yet, with the mental health recovery movement and newer applications of therapies with an recovery-focus there is growing hope that individuals living with issues as these can create a life that they experience as meaningful. This presentation will focus on some of these interventions drawing tools from Recovery-Oriented Cognitive Therapy, CBTp, ACT, and the mental health recovery movement.

Objectives:

  1. Improve understanding of the lived experience of mental health recovery and psychosis
  2. Grasp tools to assist individuals in coping with voices, paranoia and other intrusive symptoms
  3. Learn and practice new creative interventions to tackle negative symptoms of psychosis
  4. Challenge old ideas about ‘compliance’ with new concepts of client empowerment
  5. Assist clients in identifying values and engaging in value-based behaviors
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Cultural Humility in the Behavioral Health Workplace

Speaker(s):

Carter, Lisa, MS, LPC, LCAC

Presentation:

This workshop will define and characterize what cultural humility is and how it is represented in the behavioral health workforce. We will create a space to share real life examples and will describe achievable, necessary changes to the work environment to ensure the unspoken needs of clients are met, and unknowing stigma and bias disappear.

Objectives:

  1. Identify the differences between Cultural Competency and Cultural Humility
  2. Describe ways one can be culturally humble in their own work
  3. Discuss alternative choices for workforce scenarios where cultural humility can be at the forefront of a situation
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Ellis-Ordway, Nancy, MSW, PhD

Nancy Ellis-Ordway, LCSW, PhD, is a psychotherapist with thirty-five years experience, specializing in treating eating disorders, body image issues, stress, anxiety, depression and relationship issues. She offers individual, couple, and family therapy through her private practice in Jefferson City, MO. In addition to a Master of Social Work degree from Washington University, she has completed the Advanced Psychodynamic Psychotherapy training program at the St. Louis Psychoanalytic Institute. She has written chapters for four books, as well as numerous articles for professional and general publications. Her book, “Thrive At Any Weight; Eating to Nourish Body, Soul and Self Esteem” was published in 2019. She co-edited “Weight Bias in Health Education: Critical Perspectives for Pedagogy and Practice” in 2021. She also teaches classes for professional continuing education. She has a Ph.D. in Health Education and Promotion from the University of Missouri as well as a graduate certificate in Public Health.

Presentation(s): 

Weight Stigma and Clinical Applications: Ethical Considerations