2023

Home > Blog > 2023

Tag: 2023

By

Jones, Diana, BA, CDEIL

Diana Jones is a Human Resource professional with 25+ years of progressive experience administering programs and agency supports, employee onboarding, leadership development and general human resource duties. She holds expertise providing infrastructure for new and transitioning programs. Ms. Jones is a Certified Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Leader (CDEIL) and currently serves at the Director of Equity and Inclusion for St. Louis Forensic Treatment Center, a DMH psychiatric facility that employs 600+ employees.

Presentation(s):

Race Matters – Creating & Implementing Racial Equity Sessions in the Workplace

By

Dawsey, Nichole, MPH

Nichole Dawsey is the Executive Director of PreventEd, formerly known as NCADA (National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse).

Nichole was born in St. Louis, Missouri, and like many native St. Louisans, developed a fondness for the close-knit communities, quaint neighborhoods, and unique history of the area. After earning her Bachelor of Arts degree from The Catholic University of America in Washington DC, Nichole found her professional passion in the field of education. As she worked in the classroom to help her middle school students grow intellectually, she realized the equal importance of supporting young people’s mental health, wellness, and development of life skills. To become an even more effective, knowledgeable, and helping professional, Nichole chose to earn her Master of Public Health from Saint Louis University. It was during graduate school that Nichole was introduced to NCADA, when she found a part-time position there as a Prevention Educator.

After five years, Nichole was promoted to Director of Prevention Education, and served in that role for five years. During that time, Nichole oversaw the significant expansion of the prevention education program, increasing students served by 15% and department staff capacity by 25%. Nichole was appointed as Executive Director in 2018. Under her leadership, NCADA is now PreventEd. The organization has become known for its supportive workplace culture and has been honored as a Top Workplace by the Women’s Foundation of Greater St. Louis and the St. Louis Post Dispatch.

Presentation(s):

It’s Complicated – A Peer Taught Cannabis Prevention Program

By

Rakhshan Rouhakhtar, Pamela, PhD

Pamela Rakhshan Rouhakhtar, Ph.D. is a clinical psychologist and an assistant research scientist at the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC). She completed her internship in 2021 at the Clinical High Risk for Psychosis track within the VA Maryland Health Care System/University of Maryland School of Medicine Psychology Internship Consortium, and received her degree in human services psychology from UMBC. Pamela’s work focuses on the validation and development of psychosis spectrum assessments and studying the role of cultural and contextual factors — particularly race — in our understanding of the psychosis construct, as well as illness presentation, course, and treatment. She is also a co-director of the Strive for Wellness (SFW) clinic within the Maryland Early Intervention Program, where she and the SFW team provide clinical supervision/training, assessment, consultation, and treatment for youth and their families in the Maryland community experiencing early or attenuated symptoms of psychosis.

Presentation(s):

Screening and Diagnosis (CHR and FEP)

What is Not Psychosis – Disorders Masquerading as Psychosis

By

Tubbergen, Tjitske “Tish”, MSW, PhD, LCSW

Dr. Tjitske “Tish” Tubbergen graduated from the University of Missouri-Columbia with a Bachelor of Social Work (BSW) in May 2003, a Master of Social Work (MSW) in May 2006 and a PhD in Social Work in August 2020. She has been a Missouri Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) since 2013. She has worked at Preferred Family Healthcare as a Community Support Specialist (CSS), a Qualified Mental Health Professional (QMHP), a counselor, a CSS supervisor, a Residential Clinical Coordinator, a counselor for those with severe mental illness in the Intensive Community Psychiatric Rehabilitation Center (I-CPRC) program, a Clinical Supervisor and as the Program Director of the Adult and Youth CPRC programs and Psychosocial Rehabilitation (PSR) program at Preferred Family Healthcare in Kirksville. Dr. Tubbergen currently works as a therapist providing individual, couple and family therapy through the PFH Behavioral Health Clinic. In addition to her work at PFH, Dr. Tubbergen maintains a limited, part-time private practice working with children and adults dealing with mental health issues. Dr. Tubbergen is a member and current Secretary of the Missouri State Committee for Social Workers, a position Governor Jay Nixon appointed her to in 2015.

Presentation(s):

Are Consumers getting what they want? An Examination of Factors Associated with Daily Living Activities of CPR Consumers

By

Kingsbury, David, MA

Dave Kingsbury is the Director of Deaf Services and a member of the Executive Team for the Missouri Department of Mental Health. He oversees program and policy development and provides training, consultation, and technical assistance regarding clinical practices, culture, language, legal compliance, and ethics regarding services for the Deaf and hard of hearing and members of language minority groups. He has 20 years of education and experience in cross-cultural psychology including a bachelor’s degree in psychology and Deaf culture studies, a master’s degree in counseling psychology, and additional training and experience in Deaf mental health care and services for immigrants, refugees, and veterans. He previously worked as Director of Student and Outreach Services and the Resource Center on Deafness at Missouri School for the Deaf, where he oversaw on campus professional services and statewide programs including audiology, early intervention, and deaf education consulting. Dave also taught as an adjunct professor in the Carlstrom Deaf Studies program at North Central University and the ASL and Interpreting Program at William Woods University. He served 8 years in the U.S. Army National Guard and Reserve and currently serves as a Flotilla Commander, Operations Officer, and Diversity Officer in the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary. He is bilingual and working on becoming trilingual.

Presentation(s):

Cultural Competence: Ethics and Models for Individual and Organizational Development

By

Monge, Madelyn

Madelyn Monge is a second year MSW student at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. Madelyn is the graduate assistant for the CRSS/CPRS grant project and provides programmatic support and assistance to program participants. Madelyn earned her Bachelor’s degree from Illinois College, with a double major in Psychology and Sociology. After graduation, she intends to pursue her LCSW.

Presentation(s):

Developing a CRSS/CPRS Certification Program: One Social Work Department’s Experience

By

Erwin, Jennifer, PhD, JD, MSW

Jennifer Erwin currently works as an assistant professor at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. She is helping with an Illinois state grant whose purpose is to fund CPRS / CRSS training programs to increase the number of certified CPRS / CRSS individuals in Illinois. The program has recently welcomed its second cohort. Jennifer earned her MSW from the University of Georgia and her PhD in social work from the University of Tennessee. She also holds a JD from Cumberland School of Law. Prior to earning her PhD, Jennifer worked on a Assertive Community Treatment team at a behavioral health nonprofit in Washington, DC. Her research interests lie at the intersection of social work and the criminal justice system.

Presentation(s):

Developing a CRSS/CPRS Certification Program: One Social Work Department’s Experience

By

Ferguson, Aidan, PhD

Aidan Ferguson currently works as an assistant professor at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. She is co-PI on an Illinois state grant whose purpose is to fund CPRS/CRSS training programs to increase the numbers of CPRS/CRSS certified individuals in Illinois. The program is currently on its second cohort of students. She received her BSW, MSW, and PhD from Florida State University. She also received an MS in Geographic Information Science from Florida State University and an MS in Bioethics from Albany Medical College, Alden March Bioethics Institute. Prior to returning for her PhD, she worked in primary care, crisis intervention, and medical social work for the Veterans Administration at an outpatient clinic in Florida, where she worked with CPRS/CRSS trained individuals. Her research interests lie in accurately identifying and understanding nonmonosex populations, research ethics pedagogy and social work research ethics, as well as program development and evaluation.

Presentation(s):

Developing a CRSS/CPRS Certification Program: One Social Work Department’s Experience