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Enochs, Will, MD

William Enochs, MD, graduated from Truman State University in 2001 with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration. He then completed his prerequisite course work for Medical School from the University of Missouri Kansas City in 2011 and went on to complete his Doctorate of Medicine from UMKC in 2015. Dr. Enochs was a firefighter/EMT-B with the Claycomo Fire Department from 2008-2015. From 2015-2019 he was a Psychiatry Resident with the MO Department of Mental Health and UMKC. His research experience includes REM sleep and pain correlation, Corprophagia/Kluver-Bucey case report, transfer of care and efficacy of Buprenorphine for treatment of pain in individuals with chronic pain and opioid dependence. Dr. Enochs is currently the OD Psychiatrist at Northwest Missouri Psychiatric Rehabilitation Center, a Psychiatric Resident Physician at TMC/CBM, an education instructor with Youngblood Skills Lab, and is also an instructor for the KCPD Crisis Intervention Team (CIT).

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Mass Shootings: Problems and Perspective

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Mass Shootings: Problems and Perspective

Speaker(s):

Will Enochs, MD

Presentation: Dr. Enochs will present a case conference regarding problems and perspectives of mass shootings, encouraging attendees to not only gain a better understanding for the motivations and dangers of mass shootings, but to also change the way mass shootings are thought about and talked about.

Objectives:

  1. Change the way we think about Mass Shootings
  2. Change the way we talk about Mass Shootings
  3. Obtain a more realistic perspective on the danger of Mass Shootings
  4. Gain a better understanding of the motivations for Mass Shootings

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Housing First

Speaker(s):

Sara Schwab, MS, LPC

Darla Belflower, MSW, LCSW, LAC

Presentation: This presentation begins with an overview of Housing First principles and strategies. Case studies and data illustrate the benefits of moving vulnerable individuals with mental illness directly into housing from the streets or shelters. The presentation then moves to describe several challenges (including doubling up, hoarding behavior, changes in symptoms, refusing services, etc.) that often arise and threaten housing success and retention. By examining challenging situations from the viewpoints of outreach workers, traditional mental health case managers, and housing providers, the presenters provide a framework for coordinating care across multiple systems in order to support clients’ success and recovery. Attendees will be challenged to work together and develop creative solutions to the challenges that they face in their own communities.

Objectives:

  1. Describe the principles and benefits of Housing First for individuals with mental illness
  2. Identify 3-5 likely challenges that clients face, their possible causes, and possible solutions
  3. Utilize creativity and teamwork to develop nontraditional solutions to challenges in their own communities
  4. Discuss similarities and differences among the approaches of outreach, CPR, and housing providers

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Hall, Milly

Milly Hall, MS, LPC is a Quality Assurance Specialist with Missouri Department of Mental Health and has been with the agency for 20 years. She also serves as a SOAR Local Lead, helping to implement SOAR for both adults and children across the state and she recently attended the child focused SOAR Leadership Academy in Washington, DC.

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SOAR for Children: Building Resiliency & Supporting Families

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Coladonato, Daniel

Dan Coladonato is a Project Associate for the SAMHSA SOAR TA Center. Prior to joining the SAMHSA SOAR TA Center, he worked for an Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) team in San Diego, CA which served adults with severe and persistent mental illness and a history of homelessness. During his time providing psychosocial rehabilitation services with the ACT team, Dan was SOAR trained, completed many SOAR SSI/SSDI applications, and eventually became the ACT team’s Benefits Specialist. In addition to assisting individuals acquire SSA and other benefits, Dan helped individuals with the post-entitlement transition, representative payee services, and the transition back to work. After attending a SOAR Leadership Academy in San Diego in 2016, Dan became a SOAR Local Lead in San Diego which eventually led him to his current position.

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SOAR for Children: Building Resiliency & Supporting Families

 

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Kirkman, Abigail, MA

Abigail Kirkman, M.A. is a Senior Project Associate for the SAMHSA SOAR TA Center. She is the SOAR subject matter expert on American Indian and Alaska Native populations and has expertise with implementing SOAR in rural communities. Prior to joining PRA, she worked as a case manager and employment specialist where she managed programs to retrain and employ at risk youth and individuals with disabilities. She also coordinated a housing and employment program for persons living with HIV/AIDS. Abigail has a B.A. from the College of William & Mary, an M.A. from the University at Albany and has received comprehensive SSI/SSDI benefits training through Cornell University. She is responsible for TA to the states of AR, CA, CO, CT, IL, IA, KS, MO, MT, NE, NM, NY, PA, SD, and VA.

Presentation(s): 

SOAR for Children: Building Resiliency & Supporting Families

 

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Contemporary Ethical Issues: Personal & Professional Acculturation in the Ecology of SUD Treatment & Recovery

Speaker(s):

Adriatik Likcani, PhD

Allison Rayburn, PhD

Ryan Peterson, PhD

Presentation: What is wrong with MAT? What is wrong with faith-based approaches? What is wrong with evidence-based treatment? What is wrong with recovery support services? This session will help you find the answers to any of those questions! This is a session about ethics, values, morals, personal worldview and professional acculturation in the practice of treatment and recovery support for opioid use disorders and other substance use disorders. Participants will learn about the ecology of substance use treatment and recovery support and issues that arise with scientific discovery such as evidence-based practices and effective interventions, medication assisted treatment/recovery, integration of faith-based approaches, etc. Such contemporary issues tend to challenge the stability of any professional and require of them to affirm or resist change. They will learn models of working through dissonance and finding a new stability. They will identify external and internal influences that impact their emerging worldview, personal and professional acculturation. Discussion with participants will be based on morals, values, sources of power and influence in the acculturation process, and the ethics of providing value-sensitive care and due care to individuals and families struggling with opioid use disorder and other substance use disorders. This presentation is ethics beyond the ‘typical’ topics of dual relationships and abuse of power with clients. It is about us as professionals and our personal worldview and professional acculturation.

Objectives:

  1. Discuss how participants can use existing Codes of Ethics, including AAMFT, NBCC and NASW, to inform and reflect upon their personal worldview and professional acculturation
  2. Identify personal lenses that cause dissonance among professionals in their practice
  3. Recognize professional acculturation process through the ecology of substance use treatment and recovery support approaches
  4. Identify issues that threaten status quo of the helper, prompt resistance or create dissonance, and require them to find a new professional stability
  5. Learn and utilize models to apply in their professional development when facing contemporary ethical issues
  6. Utilize these models in their work with colleagues and supervisees at their agency

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More than Physical: Substance Use & Mental Health Coercion in Domestic/Intimate Partner Violence

Speaker(s):

Kate Mallula, MPH, LMSW

Presentation: This workshop will provide participants with the information and tools necessary to screen for substance use and mental health coercion and to support clients’ ability to safely cope with these dynamics. Workshop participants will review literature on the prevalence of DV/IPV among clients seeking mental health and SUD services. Common coercive dynamics as they relate to clients’ ability to seek and obtain mental health and SUD services will also be discussed in conjunction with trauma-informed practices for screening and safety planning in a variety of practice settings (ie: shelters, outpatient treatment programs, MAT clinics, at home). Using case-based scenarios, workshop participants will actively practice developing collaborative safety and treatment plans that are reflective of clients’ unique needs.

Objectives:

  1. Describe the prevalence of DV/IPV among clients seeking mental health and SUD services
  2. Define mental health and substance use coercion
  3. Describe how coercive tactics in abusive relationships that may affect a survivor’s ability to seek and obtain services
  4. Screen for mental health and substance use coercion and DV/IPV in a variety of settings
  5. Respond effectively to disclosures of DV/IPV and/or mental health and substance use coercion
  6. Collaborate with survivors to develop safety plans that reduce harm and promote their ability to access treatment