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Show-Me ECHO: A Model for Patient-Centered Education and Training

Room Wingate 62-62

Speaker(s)

Rachel Mutrux, BA

Description

Show-Me Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes (ECHO) is a multi-disciplinary education and training program that creates virtual communities of learning around a specific topic. Typically structured for two hours of continuing education each month, the sessions include a short didactic presented by a specialist on the hub team for the community-based clinicians who make up the spokes of the model. After the short didactic, de-identified cases are presented by the community-based clinicians and facilitated discussion and recommendations are made. ECHO has proven to be a highly successful model in promoting the use of evidence-based practices.
This session will describe the many Show-Me ECHO topics relevant to participants in this conference and will discuss outcomes and changes to practice related to the ECHOs. Some of the ECHOs to be discussed are Adult Psychiatry, Child Psych, Disordered Eating & Eating Disorders, Foster Care, Suicide Prevention in Health Care, Pain Management, Opioid Use Disorder, Dementia & Alzheimer’s, Developmental Disabilities, and Certified Peer Specialist.

Objectives

  • Describe how the ECHO model is used for patient-centered education and training.
  • Identify ECHO opportunities for self, peers, and organization.
  • Identify ECHO opportunities for self, peers, and organization.
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Care at the Crossroads: Strategies for Clients with Concurrent First Episode Psychosis and Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities

Room Nautical Wheeler

Speaker(s)

Jodi Woodruff, PhD

Description

This presentation delves into the realms of First Episode Psychosis (FEP) and Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDD). Attendees will gain a clear understanding of both conditions. We will cover prevalence statistics, explore recent research findings, and introduce models of care tailored to individuals with co-occurring FEP and IDD. Practical strategies to integrate into patient care will be highlighted, equipping healthcare professionals with valuable insights to enhance support for this unique population.

Objectives

  • Define First Episode Psychosis
  • Understand the wide spectrum of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
  • Implement compassionate and adaptive strategies in care for individuals with concurrent FEP and IDD
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A Conversation of Best Practices for Service Delivery in the Unhoused Community

Room Parasol II

Speaker(s)

Jessica Craig, MS, LPC & Zipporah Lee, MDiv

Description

This presentation is for the behavioral health provider and homeless service provider. We will cover a range of information, skills, and resources that support navigation through the stages of homeless rehabilitation.
The presentation contains a lecture and case presentation.

Objectives

  • Describe the Homeless System
  • Review Evidence Based Practices
  • Identify systematic challenges
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Connecting with Someone Experiencing Mental Illness

Room Parasol II

Speaker(s)

Jennifer Gerlach, MSW

Description

When someone is experiencing a significant mental health challenge like psychosis, depression or bipolar disorder it can feel as if a wall has been placed between them and everyone else. This is incredibly painful both for the person living with the mental health condition and for those who love them. This workshop will explore strategies to break through those clouds while also exploring the lived experience of mental illness.

Objectives

  • Describe how mental health conditions can affect someone’s communication style
  • Discuss strategies for connecting with someone experiencing paranoia, hearing voices or having other mental health symptoms
  • Utilize recovery-oriented strategies to encourage strengths
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Writing Your Way to Recovery

Room Parasol II

Speaker(s):

Caroline Cooper, CPS, MS

Description

Writing is a therapeutic exercise that can help an individual process experiences, express emotions in a healthy way, and record events for future reference. Writing can also aid someone in drawing out memories of the past that may need to be addressed and resolved. In this presentation, Caroline S. Cooper, a published writer on mental health topics, will teach session attendees about different styles of writing and how they can benefit an individual moving through the recovery process. Caroline will also share how writing played a crucial role in her recovery as an example. During the presentation, attendees will have opportunities to participate in writing exercises to practice some of the material presented. A handout will be provided for notes and will contain a summary of the different styles presented.

Objectives

  • Discuss how to approach writing without fear
  • Write a poem to express feelings in a healthy way
  • Use a journal to record their recovery journey
  • Share personal experience as a way to heal and encourage others
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CBT to Support Healthy Grief in the Face of Loss

Room Pardise Ballroom C

Speaker(s)

Ann Steffen, PhD, ABPP

Description

As we go through life, we experience the deaths of friends, parents, siblings, and life partners. Other losses can be related to health, moves, and loss of roles that have been important parts of personal identity. This workshop features clinical strategies to support clients’ healthy grieving processes and management of daily life tasks. Screening and assessment tools are reviewed to aid clinicians in distinguishing normative grief reactions from prolonged grief disorder, with implications for treatment planning and implementation. An emphasis will be on grief therapy strategies that are responsive to the needs of culturally diverse clients. Case examples are provided to support the efforts of practitioners from a range of disciplines (e.g., social work, counseling, marriage and family therapy, nursing, clinical psychology) in busy clinical practices.

Objectives

•Describe differences between normative grief reactions, depression and DSM-V-TR Prolonged Grief Disorder

•Select 3 strategies to support healthy grieving

•Identify 2 clinical interventions that should be avoided for most bereaved clients
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Charting the Landscape of Missouri’s Recovery Community Centers

Room Paradise Ballroom A

Speaker(s)

Bridget Coffey, MA, MSW & Lindsey Pawlowski, MSW
Panelists

Description

Recovery Community Centers (RCCs), or places where people in substance use treatment and recovery can gather to find a supportive community and access resources, have increasingly played a part in many people’s recovery journey. RCCs provide essential services to people across Missouri, providing services that range from harm reduction materials to assisting with job placement.
Missouri has recently expanded access to RCCs. The state has funded four RCCs since 2018, with four additional RCCs receiving state funding starting in 2022. Each RCC offers services individualized to its community, and while each serves people in recovery, the support received at each can look very different.
This session will begin with a 20-minute presentation about RCCs in Missouri, including an overview of what RCCs are, the types of services available at each, and a summary of RCC usage data. After the presentation, we will moderate a focus group discussion with five individuals who are involved with RCCs at different levels.

Objectives

1. Define Recovery Community Centers (RCCs) and the role they play in recovery from substance use.
2. Describe what the RCC landscape looks like in MO from the perspectives of both RCC staff and participants
3. Discuss the future for RCCs in MO
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Evaluating the Effects of Environmental and Therapeutic Interventions on Inpatient Aggression Contagion

Room Parasol I

Speaker(s)

Alexandria Choate, MA & Niels Beck, PhD

Description

The presentation will focus on discussing the historical context of aggression contagion within inpatient forensic settings. Research at the Fulton State Hospital has identified that aggressive incidents are often “contagious,” meaning incidents are not randomly spread across the year but clustered temporally. This presentation will examine the presence of aggression contagion within all programs at Fulton State Hospital. Additionally, the presentation will describe the clinical presentations associated with aggression contagion. Lastly, presenters will provide examples of aggression contagion and interventions utilized to reduce the impact of this phenomenon on aggression within inpatient units.

Objectives

  • Define aggression contagion within inpatient forensic settings.
  • Identify patterns of aggression contagion based on clinical presentation.
  • Identify interventions that target aggression contagion.
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Hicks, Dawn, MA, BCBA

Dawn Hicks (she/her) graduated from Arizona State University in 2022 with an MA in Special Education and an emphasis in Applied Behavior Analysis. Completed her practicum under Nicholas Maio-Aether at Empowered: A Center for Sexuality, and became a Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) in 2023. Prior to that, she worked in ISL homes in various positions ranging from a DSP to a QDDP.

Presentation(s):

Best Practices: Sexuality When Working with ID/DD Youth

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Best Practices: Sexuality When Working with ID/DD Youth

Nautical Wheeler

Speaker(s):

Hicks, Dawn, MA, BCBA

Description

This presentation will address best practices regarding sexuality when working with ID/DD youth. We will discuss agency and practitioner responsibilities and how to navigate resources for sexuality and ID or ASD. Abuses committed in the name of ABA will be reviewed along with the direction ABA is going and how to remain ethical when practicing. We will determine who dictates acceptable behavior and how that may vary by person, setting and context. Lastly, we will describe behavioral techniques to reduce problem behavior and increase desired behaviors.

Objectives

Attendees will be able to identify which person/level/organization to contact when seeking specialized services
Attendees will be able to list a minimum of three different ways ABA can be abusive
Attendees will be able to list a minimum of three examples of ethical ABA
Attendees will be able to describe a minimum of three ways to reduce problem behavior and/or increase desired behavior

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