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Are U OK? – An Anti-Stigma Campaign and Healing Sensory Experience.

Room Paradise Ballroom A

Speaker(s): LJ Punch, MD, TJ Barber ATR, LPC, Indigo Hann, Sandra Mayen, Amy Miller

Description: 

During this session we will introduce our Are U OK? campaign which serves as an invitation to reframe the concept of drug use into a framework of trauma. This session will present a hands on experience of responding to trauma, overdose, and stress through a sensory experience to include acudetox acupuncture, relaxation techniques, and training on how to approach conversations around overdose risk. #TraumaIsTheRealDrug

Objectives

  • Learn the history of acudetox
  • Name three sources of sensory input for relaxation
  • Identify the presence of trauma in day to day habits
  • Experience deep relaxation
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Keynote: Unbreaking Broken Trust – a Holistic Approach to Trauma Healing and Prevention.

Paradise Ballroom ABC

 

Speaker(s): LJ Punch, MD

Description:

Power4STL is the home of The Bullet Related Injury Clinic and The T, a holistic harm reduction program. During this presentation, founder and executive director, Dr. LJ Punch, will share the Power4STL theory of trauma and approach to holistic healing care. This includes a narrative shifting approach to the impact of bullets and needles in the lives of communities experiencing acute and chronic violence.

Objectives

  • Identify the unique impact of community violence
  • Define Bullet Related Injury
  • Acknowledge symptoms of broken trust
  • Identify opportunities to create a healing environment for those experiencing community violence
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Punch, LJ, MD

Dr. LJ Punch is a trauma surgeon, aspiring healer, and founder of Power4STL, a community of health working to reduce the impact of trauma in the St. Louis region. This includes the work of The Bullet Related Injury Clinic (BRIC) and The T, a holistic harm reduction program with a focus on overdose risk, both centering the experience of Black masculine bodied people because #BlackPainMaters.
 

Presentation(s):

Keynote: Unbreaking Broken Trust – a Holistic Approach to Trauma Healing and Prevention
 

Are U OK? – An Anti-Stigma Campaign and Healing Sensory Experience

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Cradling Minds, Shaping Futures: A Journey into the Heart of Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health

Room Leeward 74-75

Speaker(s)

Bre-Ann Slay, PsyD, LP, IMH-E

Description

Join us for an insightful presentation delving into the fundamentals of infant and early childhood mental health. We’ll navigate the critical definitions that form the foundation of this field, providing a comprehensive understanding of the unique challenges and nuances involved in nurturing the mental well-being of our youngest minds. From developmental milestones to risk factors, we’ll explore the key components that shape early emotional health.
The session will come to life with a compelling case presentation, offering a real-world glimpse into the complexities faced by infants, young children, and their caregivers. We’ll then shift our focus to discuss various treatment options, emphasizing the importance of early intervention and evidence-based practices. Together, we’ll explore the role of caregivers, educators, home visitors, law makers, health professionals, and mental health professionals in creating a supportive environment for optimal mental health and lifestyle outcomes.

Objectives

  • Define infant and early childhood mental health
  • Define infant and early childhood mental health
  • Describe ways in which professionals can support the wellbeing of young children
  • Identify the importance and long-term outcomes of optimal early health
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Healing Hearts, Reuniting Families: Exploring Parental Trauma and Attachment in Foster Care

Room Leeward 74-75

Speaker(s)

Bre-Ann Slay, PsyD, LP, IMH-E

Description

This presentation aims to increase understanding of infant mental health within the context of the foster care system. It explores the lasting effects of early trauma on both parental functioning and child development, emphasizing the intergenerational transmission of trauma. Practical strategies to support parents and caregivers in meeting case plan requirements are discussed, highlighting the importance of trauma-informed approaches and individualized support.

Objectives

1. Increase knowledge and understanding of infant mental health in the context of the foster care system
2. Explore the long-term impact of early trauma on parental functioning and child development
3. Identify strategies to support parents/caregivers in meeting case plan requirements

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Meeting the Need: Early Child Mental Health

Room Leeward 74-75

Speaker(s)

Laine Young-Walker, MD

Description

I will discuss early child interventions that I have worked and continue to work on.

Objectives

  • Identify successful elements of Early Child Positive Behavior Supports Initiative in Boone County
  • Understand Child Parent Psychotherapy
  • Describe elements of Positive Parenting program
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Families of Treatment Refusers: The Neglected Victims of Untreated Mental Health Problems

Room Wingate 60-61

Speaker(s)

Melanie VanDyke, PhD

Description

A substantial portion of individuals with mental health problems do not seek the help they need. Family and friends struggle to understand why, especially when the disorder negatively impacts their lives. They may wrongfully conclude the treatment refuser is willfully choosing to be impaired, which can lead them to react in ways that are counterproductive, resulting in substantial family conflict. This presentation explains why some people behavior in ways that are incompatible with recovery. It introduces a concept called recovery avoidance and offers suggestions for how to respond to it constructively.
This interactive presentation will present the 5 steps of the Family Wellbeing Approach and provide examples of working with diverse family members of treatment refusers with emotional disorders.
First Step: PREPARE FOR CRISES:
The first step is to plan for the development and implementation of a sample family Crisis Plan.
Second Step: CLARIFY THE PROBLEM & SET REALISTIC GOALS
Then, the audience will be introduced to assessment forms that were designed to help families identify the impact of recovery avoidance on their lives and prioritize the changes they want to make.
Third Step: INCREASE ACTIVITY YOU VALUE
The third step shows how to build a plan to increase valued activity for a sample family member.
Fourth Step: DECREASE FAMILY DISTRESS & CONFLICT
Then, the audience will see how to develop a plan to decrease family distress and conflict for a sample family.
Fifth Step: PROMOTE RECOVERY-COMPATIBLE BEHAVIOR IN THE FAMILY MEMBER WITH RECOVERY AVOIDANCE
The final step includes developing a plan to promote recovery-compatible behavior in the person who is exhibiting recovery avoidance.

Objectives

  • Describe the 5 Steps of the Family Wellbeing Approach (FWBA)
  • Describe the 4 factors that can contribute to recovery avoidance
  • Identify 2 common family responses that can make recovery avoidance worse
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Effective Interventions in Working with Fathers who have Experienced Adverse Childhood Experiences and Trauma

Room Wingate 60-61

Speaker(s)

Eddie McCaskill MSW, EdD, LCSW, LPC & Michelle Echols DSW, LMSW, CADC

Description

This workshop will examine effective interventions used to help clients work through past adverse childhood experiences or trauma.

Objectives

  • Define the difference between adverse childhood experiences and trauma
  • Define the difference between adverse childhood experiences and trauma
  • Describe the impact of adverse childhood experiences and trauma on the individual.
  • Discuss the relationship between adverse childhood experiences and depression.
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Preparing for a System Wide Change

Room Wingate 62-62

Speaker(s)

Heather Osborne MA & Tara Yates MA

Description

Change is not an event, it’s a process-Cheryl James
Setting the Stage for Change:
Change initiatives don’t live on their own. They live within a culture. The culture in which your change initiative lives has a lot to do with its potential success or failure. During this session we will discuss the Cultural Landscape Map, a tool used to assess readiness to change by looking at the current state of an organization’s culture. We will also discuss engaging the right people in a change initiative by using a tool called the ARMI analysis. When planning a change initiative your team may encounter barriers—physical, relationship, financial, political, policy, or even cultural barriers. It’s important to know early in the planning process what barriers exist that may stand in the way of your initiative’s success. We will go over a tool to help identify those barriers, the level of impact they could have on the change initiative along with actions needed.
Inspiring People for Change
A huge part of inspiring people is understanding where resistance may come from. People resist change for many reasons, including fear of the unknown, self-preservation, and lack of trust. During this session we will discuss the typical curve of a change initiative, also known as the Bell Curve of Change. We will also discuss tips for overcoming resistance, a tool to help uncover reasons for different types of resistance and the importance of perspective.

Objectives

  • Recognize the culture and assessing the needs of the environment
  • Identify barriers to successful change and strategies to overcome that resistance
  • Engaging the right stakeholders and building a strategy for sustainable change
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Teaching New Staff New Tricks

Room Wingate 62-63

Speaker(s)

Nathan Honeycutt, MS, LPC

Description

“You don’t know, what you don’t know!” This phrase fits so many therapists and case managers that start into the field of mental health and those that supervise them. This presentation is for new therapists, new case managers, and those that supervise them. We will look at the key things that new staff need to be taught and how to teach it to them. We will build strategies to help new staff learn to adjust to the “real world” of clinical work from their academic view. We will also help supervisors gain knowledge and skills to help new staff grow into the field and not leave it prematurely. We will also provide good strategies for those that are licensure supervisors for PLPCs and LMSWs.

Objectives

  • Identify things that new staff do that need to be addressed up front.
  • Identify things that new staff do that need to be addressed up front.
  • Help new staff grow into the field instead of leaving it too soon.