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Brooks, Estelle, MSW

Estelle Brooks is a certified fitness instructor with a master’s degree in Social Work. Estelle has over 35 years of experience working with individuals from diverse backgrounds. Her professional training as a social worker has allowed her to correlate the importance of mental health status. She is an energetic 69-year-old that finds joy in assisting people individually or in large group settings to achieve optimal health and fitness and life-changing goals. She encourages and supports people to take care of themselves spiritually, mentally, physically, and creatively.

Presentation(s):

YOU GOT TO DO SOMETHING “Balancing Your Life”

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Rapp, Sherry, AAS

Sherry Rapp is a certified Missouri Recovery Support Specialist. For the past three years she has been employed at Recovery Lighthouse as the Family Advocate for the Family Recovery Program. She co-facilitates recovery workshops, the local family support group, holds community events to reduce stigma, and meets with families as needed to provide support and resources. Prior to this job, Sherry worked for other 15 years in the legal community at the Johnson County Circuit Clerks office and 13 years in a private attorney office. She identifies as a mother in recovery and brings her lived experience along with learned skills as MRSS to the role of the Family Advocate at Recovery Lighthouse.

Presentation(s):

Engaging Families in Services: The Family Recovery Program

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Burgen, Kailey, BS

Kailey Burgen graduated from the University of Central Missouri with a Bachelor of Science in Child and Family Development and a minor in Psychology. She is a graduate student at the University of Central Missouri’s Human Development and Family Science program with a concentration in Marriage and Family Therapy. Her clinical/research interests include adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and resilience, addiction in the family, and diversity and social justice. Kailey has multiple years of experience working with children and their families in several professional capacities including being a mentor and social emotional learning specialist at an afterschool program and working in early-childhood education as a preschool teacher.

Presentation(s):

Adverse and Protective Childhood Experiences: Risk and Resilience

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Connors, Liz, LCSW, CRADC

Liz Connors is a licensed clinical social worker, certified substance abuse counselor, and clinical program manager with thirteen years of experience in both clinical and research settings addressing substance use, mental health, criminal justice, and the opioid epidemic. Her work primarily focuses on addressing and eliminating barriers to accessing care for people who use drugs, naloxone distribution to high-need populations, and providing harm reduction education and resources to people who use drugs. Her recent work focuses on first responder occupational safety, public health oriented behaviors, and creating collaborative care networks within the scope of the opioid epidemic. Liz has expertise in community coordination, resource collaboration, infrastructure development, and advocacy work across organizational lines. She currently serves as the Director of First Responder and Public Health Programming at the Missouri Institute of Mental Health.

Presentation(s):

Expanding Harm Reduction and Naloxone Access throughout Missouri – Overcoming Objections and Knocking Down Obstacles to Build New Paths Forward

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Green, Lauren, MSW

Lauren Green is the Director of Community Harm Reduction Programming at the University of Missouri, St. Louis, Missouri Institute of Mental Health. She has experience working collaboratively with partners across various sectors to reduce overdose mortality and increase access to harm reduction training and resources. Over the past six years, Lauren has worked to create more acceptance of harm reduction as a philosophy and vastly expand access to overdose education and naloxone across the state of Missouri. Lauren’s passion and focus is centered on reducing harm for people who use drugs and addressing stigma and inequalities related to drug use, incarceration, and access to care.

Presentation(s):

Expanding Harm Reduction and Naloxone Access throughout Missouri – Overcoming Objections and Knocking Down Obstacles to Build New Paths Forward

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Constantino, John, MD

Dr. John Constantino is a board-certified child and adolescent psychiatrist who specializes in the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of behavioral and mental health conditions of children and adolescents. Dr. Constantino received his medical education at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and completed a five-year combined residency in Pediatrics, General Psychiatry, and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York.

Presentation(s):

Dual Diagnosis and the Mental Health Parity Problem: Weaving High-Quality Medical, Psychiatric, and Developmental Support into Better Care for Patients and New Standards for Health Systems

 

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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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What’s My Role as a Non-Prescribing Clinician?

Speaker(s):

Barajas-Muñoz, Alex, PhD

Presentation:

This workshop will familiarize participants with the important role non-medical professionals such as counselors, case managers, and social workers can play in the management of behavioral health medications treatment. Strategies for communicating with clients about their medications and typical client concerns and barriers will be discussed, as well as ways to address concerns and barriers. Tips for communicating with physicians and improving multidisciplinary collaboration will be presented. Information about the free BHMEDS-R3 App for your Android or iPhone/iPad available for your mobile device from the Google Play or iTunes App Store will also be presented.

Objectives:

  1. Define the role non-medical professionals have in medication-assisted treatment for behavioral health clients. 
  2. Describe how to address client concerns and barriers. 
  3. Identify tools available to help work with clients and communicate with physicians about a client’s medication. 
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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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McCaskill, Eddie, MSW, EdD, LCSW, LPC

Dr. Eddie McCaskill is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Licensed Professional Counselor Certified Alcohol Drug Counselor, and a National Board-Certified Psychotherapist. Dr. McCaskill is certified by the American Psychological Association. Dr. McCaskill has been licensed in the State of Missouri since 1991 as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and a Licensed Professional Counselor. Dr. McCaskill completed his undergraduate degree in Psychology from Pepperdine University, Masters in Social Work from Washington University in St. Louis and completed his Doctorate in Psychology/Behavioral Management from Grand Canyon University. Dr. McCaskill area of expertise is trauma, depression, substance use, and adverse childhood experiences. Dr. McCaskill was recognized by Bank of America’s Neighborhood Excellence Initiative as a local Hero in 2011. Dr. McCaskill was recognized and honored for his work in the community by Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc.-Xi Zeta Chapter as an Unsung Hero in mental health for 2014. Dr. McCaskill received the 2015 Community Healthcare Award from St. Louis Celebrity Seniors non-profit organization for providing mental health services to the local community. Dr. McCaskill received the St. Louis American’s Excellence in Healthcare award in 2017 for his work in the St. Louis Community. Dr. McCaskill was recognized by the Missouri House of Representative in a resolution put forth by State Representative, Steven Roberts in 2017 for work in the community. Dr. McCaskill has presented at the Healthy Marriage and Responsive Fatherhood Conference in Washington DC in 2017; Missouri Department of Mental Health Conference in 2019; 2021; 2022, Philadelphia Trauma Training Conference, 2019; NAADAC 2019 Annual conference in Orlando, Florida, and the Missouri Child Support Education Association in 2022. Dr. McCaskill has been employed at the Fathers and Families Support Center since 2011.

Presentation(s): 

Effective Interventions in Working with Fathers who have Adverse Childhood Experiences and Trauma