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What Can I Say?

Speaker(s):

Cooper, Caroline, MS

Presentation:

Sharing our recovery journey is beneficial to others and ourselves. When we tell our story, we encourage others and give them hope that they, too, can live full, productive, meaningful lives even while living with their disability. In the process, we remind ourselves that through the ups and downs of our journey, we have persevered, and can continue to do so. Session attendees will learn how to plan, prepare, and practice their stories. Presentation content includes: (1) choosing what to say and what not to say; (2) knowing their listeners; (3) preparing to share; (4) communicating effectively; and (5) creating a presentation. Practice exercises are provided throughout the presentation to guide individuals in the planning process. Most importantly, the presenter will encourage each person to recognize the uniqueness of their journey and the comfort and motivation they can bring to someone else who may need to hear their story.

 

Objectives:

  1. Be confident that their story is worth sharing
  2. Determine the audience they want to reach (even if 1 person)
  3. Write their story
  4. Prepare notes or an outline for sharing/presenting
  5. Communicate effectively both verbally and nonverbally
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The Current State of Missouri’s Overdose Crisis & Recent Mitigation Strategies

Speaker(s):

Winograd, Rachel, PhD

Presentation:

This talk will describe the recent landscape of drug use and overdose deaths in Missouri, including the ever-expanding role of fentanyl in our drug supply and the increase in deaths involving stimulants like methamphetamine and cocaine. Though ongoing initiatives funded by the State Opioid Response grant have understandably continued to focus on increasing access to medical treatments for Opioid Use Disorder and opioid-related harm reduction initiatives, the necessity of greater implementation of stimulant-focused intervention strategies is clear. To that end, this presentation will provide an overview of Missouri’s Contingency Management pilot programs for people with Stimulant Use Disorder, as well as harm reduction training, education, and drug checking resources designed for people who use stimulants. Additional attention will be paid to the widening racial disparities between Black and White Missourians regarding addiction treatment outcomes and overdose fatalities, including highlights of what is being done at the state and local levels to reduce deaths among those at highest-risk. Strategies for data-driven drug policy, funding, and community engagement will be highlighted.

 

Objectives:

  1. Describe the difference between fentanyl and stimulant contamination vs. co-use of both substances
  2. Define the behavioral basis of Contingency Management as a treatment approach
  3. Describe how and why individuals who use drugs may benefit from using fentanyl test strips
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Self-Care is NOT Selfish: 10 Creative Tools for Boosting Your Resiliency

Speaker(s):

Glidden, Kay, MS

Reynolds-Lewis, Beth, BS

Presentation:

You have been working very hard most recently through a global pandemic. You are balancing your family needs and you are working diligently to meet the demands of the people you serve.

We now have over two decades of research that working in high stress, trauma-exposed professions carries risk to the staff.

The level of compassion fatigue staff experience can ebb and flow from one day to the next. Even very healthy staff with optimal life/work balance and self-care strategies can experience compassion fatigue.

Participants will improve their understanding of compassion fatigue, secondary trauma and burnout and will be given ten practical take-away tools, resources and strategies to include in daily self-care planning for improving health and resiliency.

Objectives:

  1. Define compassion fatigue, secondary trauma and burnout.
  2. Identify the signs and symptoms of compassion fatigue, secondary trauma and burnout.
  3. Utilize ten hands-on tools and resources for building resiliency.
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Providing Effective Staff Supervision using Trauma Informed Care Practices

Speaker(s):

James, Belinda, MSW, LCSW

Presentation:

This workshop will provide attendees with a foundation of knowledge on trauma informed care supervision. Professional development stages of staff will be reviewed to identify effective supervision strategies. Motivational interviewing skills will be practiced to address staff productivity, emotional wellness, compassion fatigue and burnout.

Objectives:

  1. Review central principles of supervision
  2. Increase awareness of cultural and contextual factors in supervision
  3. Practice trauma informed care strategies to address compassion fatigue and burnout

 

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How to Improve Your Community: Encourage and Promote Indigenous Helping

Speaker(s):

Memmott, Jay, MSW, Ph.D.

Presentation:

Every community contains natural or indigenous helpers–people who are sought out by friends, neighbors, and relatives because of their knack for effective problem solving and social support. More often than not, indigenous helpers are the first-line providers of informal health, social, addiction, and mental health services. Indigenous helpers represent every walk of life and the help they render is in most cases free of charge. Using an ecological framework and illustrations drawn from in-depth interviews with indigenous helpers, Dr. Memmott will discuss the impact this important human activity has on individuals, families, groups, and larger organizations. In addition, Dr. Memmot will offer tips on how to encourage and promote indigenous helping to make our communities healthier, safer, and more livable.

Objectives:

  1. Define indigenous helping and provide examples from their own lives.
  2. Identify and describe the types or helping styles of indigenous helpers.
  3. Discuss the helping methods employed by indigenous helpers.
  4. Explain how indigenous helping improves the quality of life in a community.
  5. Discuss ways to encourage and promote indigenous helping in neighborhoods and communities.

 

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Grief Process and Support Systems for Young Military Widows

Speaker(s):

McCullough, Amanda, MS, CRADC, PLMFT

Likcani, Adriatik, PhD, LMFT

Hartenstein, Jaimee, PhD, CFLE

Presentation:

For the last 19 years the US military has been engaged in combat operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. There have been many casualties because of these combat operations. These casualties of war left behind families that grieve their loss. This has created many young widows, a role which is traditionally thought to be at a much later stage in life. The loss of a spouse can be one of the most difficult losses to experience with far-reaching consequences. Presenters will describe findings of their study with young widows which explored how these young widows experienced the sudden traumatic loss of their spouse, explore the support systems used by these widows to cope with their loss and navigate the transition in their identity. Researchers will present findings and discuss interventions that counselors and therapists can utilize when working with this population. Preliminary findings of this research were presented at STI 2019 (very well received) and now authors return to present finding and implications upon having completed this research project.


Objectives:

  1. Describe how these young widows experienced the sudden traumatic loss of their spouse.
  2. Describe the support systems used by these widows to cope with their loss and navigate the transition in their identity.
  3. Identify interventions that can be utilized when working with this population.

 

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Behavioral Health Treatment through Housing

Speaker(s):

Belcher, Jonathan, MSW

Craig, Jessica, MS

Presentation:

The presenters will share information on the impact housing insecurity and homelessness has on a person’s health and cognition. Next, a review of the human hierarchy of needs and the impact on a person’s health, and the effectiveness of treatment when needs go unmet. We will then navigate the vast research on the Housing First Model and explain why it has become the most supported model to serve those experiencing homelessness and chronic behavioral health diagnosis.
   
Both presenters have years of working within the Housing First Model. With their expertise, they will present the model and bring case analysis demonstrating ‘real’ examples of how Housing First improves health outcomes and increases the effectiveness of any treatment.


Objectives:

  1. Describe signs and symptoms of the impact of housing insecurity and homelessness.
  2. Understand hierarchy of needs and impact on behavioral health conditions.
  3. Gain a basic understanding of Housing First Model.

 

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Advancing Understanding Of Trauma To Include Childhood And Community Experiences As Informants Of Discrimination-Based Developmental Trauma

Speaker(s):

Boddie, Courtney R., Ph.D.

Thompson-Gibson, Lisa, MA, MA, LCPC

Presentation:

“Ellis and Deitz (2018) discussed the addition of community and environmental factors to the familiar factors present as part of the adverse childhood experiences (ACES) framework. They put forth the idea that a greater range of social determinants of health (e.g., discrimination) contribute to developmental trauma, along with ACES, given their adverse nature. This presentation explores implications of these findings to consider updating the existing ACES questionnaire, with particular focus on additional social and community factors. Using findings from Ellis and Dietz (2018), and exploring applications of Polyvagal Theory (Dana, 2020; Porges, 2006), and the Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics (Perry & Dobson, 2013), session participants will develop strategies for trauma-informed interventions in the conceptualization and treatment of discrimination-based developmental trauma among adults.”


Objectives:

  1. Conceptualize discrimination as a broad community/environmental factor that can disrupt human development
  2. Examine the influencing role of discrimination in early childhood development (e.g., access to resources, help-seeking tendencies, development of self-regulatory processes, parenting practices)
  3. Explore interventions that are a by-product of conceptualizing the role of various forms of discrimination as a developmental stressor

 

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Effectiveness of a Suicide Prevention Follow-up Program Linking Hospitals and Mental Health Care Providers in St. Louis and Kansas City, Missouri

Speaker(s):

Sale, Liz, PhD

Williams, Stacey, MSW, LCSW,

Millar, Kirsti, MS, LPC, 

Glowczwskie, Michelle, MSW, LCSW

Presentation:

This presentation will describe the implementation and evaluation of a continuity-of-care model in reducing suicide in adults. The program is implemented at two Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics in the St. Louis area. Participants are primarily recruited through inpatient psychiatric hospitalizations and emergency department visits for a recent suicide attempt or suicidal ideation. The evaluation determined program effectiveness in reducing suicide attempts, hospitalizations, emergency room visits, and suicidal ideation at 3- and 6-months post intake.


Objectives:

  1. Describe a continuity-of-care model being used in the St. Louis and Kansas City areas that immediately links adults in hospital settings to mental health services.
  2. Learn about and describe the effectiveness of the program in reducing suicide attempts, hospital visits, ER visits, and suicidal ideation. The presentation will provide detail as to how the program was evaluated.
  3. Develop plans to implement similar programs in their community. The evaluation demonstrated that this model is effective in reducing suicidal behaviors. Audience members should informed enough about the program components to replicate a similar program in their community.

 

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Careers in Social Work: Life Transforming Opportunities to Help Others

Speaker(s):

Memmott, Jay, MSW, Ph.D.

Presentation:

Social work is a multifaceted profession committed to the improvement of human well-being by helping people meet their basic and often complex needs, with a particular emphasis on those who are vulnerable, oppressed, marginalized, and living in poverty. Drawing on his own 40+ years of experience as a social worker, Dr. Memmott will discuss why social work, with its focus on social, economic, and environmental justice, is a viable career path in the 21st Century. In addition, Dr. Memmott will demonstrate how social work is a profession that can be a catalyst for life-transforming changes in families, communities, and other social systems.


Objectives:

  1. Describe the mission of social work.

  2. Distinguish between a profession and an occupation–and explain why the distinctions matt

  3. Identify the three levels of social work practice

  4. Name at least three types of job that social workers perform.

  5. Explain how social work differs from other professions/occupations.