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Recruitment & Retention in State-Operated Behavioral Health Organizations

Speaker(s):

Felix Vincenz, PhD

Presentation: The presentation will address recruitment challenges specific to state-operated and state-contracted behavioral health organizations, noting the difficulties inherent to: (a) non-competitive pay ranges; (b) impediments to use of bonuses and other private sector strategies for rewarding and retaining high performing and/or difficult to retain employees; and (c) employee scarcity in key behavioral health disciplines, particularly physicians, psychologists, and nurses.

Objectives:

  1. Describe recruitment and retention challenges in the behavioral health marketplace
  2. Discuss the financial, clinical, and HR impact of high turnover rates
  3. Identify various mitigation strategies for retention

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Rational Approaches for Medicating Children and Adolescents

Speaker(s):

Joseph Wegmann, RPh, LCSW

Presentation: Age is not a factor when it comes to the emergence of mental disorders, yet there is little reliable data that addresses the use of psychiatric medication in children and adolescents. A few of the many possible headwinds associated with this include: Maturational and developmental issues regarding how young people respond to psychiatric medication; safety factors; sensitivity to side effects and the vulnerability of youth to diagnostic fads. This presentation will address the mental disorders that typically emerge during childhood and adolescence together with their medication management.

Objectives: 

  • Discuss the maturational and developmental issues regarding response to medication in youth.
  • Examine the mental disorders that typically emerge during childhood and adolescence.
  • Explore the symptoms to observe for; how to differentiate among disorders and medications employed for these disorders.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Using Legal Advocacy to Improve Mental Health Outcomes

Speaker(s):

W. Patrick Mobley, JD

Presentation: The presentation will be targeted to treatment providers and case managers, particularly those who work with low-income clients. The presentation will focus on 4 topics: 1. Expanding the focus of the treatment/case management relationship to include problems that cannot be solved through treatment or social work interventions alone. 2. Common legal problems encountered by individuals with mental illness that destabilize their lives or make recovery more difficult. 3. How to use holistic representation to partner with an attorney and recognize issues an attorney may be able to assist with. 4. The important example of executing a power of attorney as a means to ensure that an individual’s wishes are carried out should he or she become incapacitated. In particular, this section will focus on the important legal differences between a power of attorney and a guardianship,

Objectives:

  • Explain the role an attorney can play in improving mental health outcomes.
  • Identify the advantages of powers of attorney as a way to protect people from the imposition of guardianships.
  • Recognize common legal issues that impede mental health recovery and identify those issues with their own clients.

Slides:

Mobley_Pat_Spring Training Institute Mobley

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Trauma-Informed Care Approach to Working with the LGBTQIA Population

Speaker(s):

Jan Wrolstad, MDiv

Presentation: This workshop covers the special needs and barriers faced by persons who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning/queer, intersex and asexual/agender (LGBTQIA) when they seek treatment for substance use disorders. Research showing the high rates of substance use disorders, mental health issues and suicide among persons who are LGBTQIA is examined.  Information is provided about how trauma from family and/or community rejection, bullying, and internalized shame is often at the root of many of these problems.  The difference between sexual orientation and gender identity is addressed along with the need for client identity to be addressed in the context of treatment.  The training provides practitioners and administrators knowledge about the interaction between LGBTQIA issues and substance use disorders and how to offer sensitive and affirmative treatment to LGBTQIA individuals.  A panel of persons who are part of the LGBTQIA community will be included in the presentation.

Objectives:

  • Differentiate fluidity of, and considerations for, gender identity and sexual orientation.
  • Identify specific situations where persons who are LGBTQIA can experience trauma in their lives.
  • List steps to take to work more respectfully, more effectively and thus improve clients’ outcomes with persons who are LGBTQIA.

Slides:

Wrolstad_LGBTQIA workshop slides_MO Spring Training Institute_2017

Wrolstad_LGBTQIA workshop_STI2017

 

 

 

 

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Watch Your Language! Reducing Stigma by Recognizing the Power of Language

Speaker(s):

Rachel Taube, MSW and Brenden Christensen, MSW

Presentation: Stigma is real and impacts lives– whether it prevents someone from reaching out to provide to support to someone in a mental health crisis, or prevents someone from seeking the treatment they deserve. Stigma is reflected in how many people talk about mental health problems. Statements like “That’s crazy” or “She’s so OCD” can stigmatize and minimize mental health problems. Join us to learn more about stigma and understand the research on this topic. You will take away practical strategies to combat stigma and raise awareness of mental health problem, including some of the strategies used in Mental Health First Aid. Whether you’re a seasoned professional, a person with lived experience, a community member or all of the above– join us to reflect on your own use of language and join the movement to end stigma.

Objectives:

  • Describe the structure and research surrounding of stigma.
  • Reflect on their own use of language that might be stigmatizing.
  • Discuss practical strategies and knowledge about programs to combat stigma.

Slides and Handouts:

Taube- Watch your language

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Welcoming the LGBTQ population into your Professional Scope

Speaker(s):

Shelly Farnan, PhD

Presentation: This presentation is designed to increase Cultural Competence in working with the LGBTQ Population in an environment that is dynamic, supportive, genuine, and fun. The needs of LGBTQ patients and their families are often overlooked, neglected, or minimized by providers. Often this oversight is rooted in lack of training, lack of experience, and provider comfort level. The goal of this training is to portray realistic representations of the multifaceted LGBTQ experience to promote a realistic understanding and develop comfort and confidence in recognizing and meeting unique needs. Participants who attend this training will gain knowledge, skill, ability, and interest in working with the LGBTQ population. This presentation offers opportunities to obtain the language providers need to respect and empower patients, to become an inclusive practice, to build confidence in developing relationships necessary to nurture healing and growth, and to obtain useful LGBTQ resource information.

Objectives:

  • Describe the importance of incorporating sexual orientation and gender identity into the professional relationship
  • Describe healthcare needs and barriers to care for the LGBTQ population
  • Identify Best Practices in creating a safe and welcoming environment for LGBTQ people and in treating LGBTQ patients

Slides:

Farnan_2017 Spring Institute

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Proven Strategies to Support Teen Dating Violence Survivors

Speaker(s):

Jeremy Lotz, MA, LPC

Presentation:  Young women between 16 and 24 experience the highest rate of intimate partner violence – almost triple the national average! Learn proven methods Mr. Lotz has utilized in diagnosing and treating hundreds of teen dating violence cases since 2005 while having testified in court as an expert witness in numerous criminal and civil abuse cases. This interactive seminar will give participants the opportunity to practice diagramming both protective and risk factors in real teen dating violence cases. This high-energy and humorous seminar will give you practical activities to complete with adolescents that are both fun and highly effective at preventing and addressing dating violence issues.

Objectives:

  • Discuss the risk factors for teen dating violence.
  • Small group discussion on how technology and social media influences this
  • Review themes in large group
  • Presenter discusses how smart phones and social media have changed the game for practitioners and parents.
  • Discuss the protective factors against teen dating violence.
  • Diagram actual teen dating violence case using Mr. Lotz’s case conceptualization model (client anonymity preserved).
  • Apply this model to a current teen client of the workshop participants in small groups (client anonymity preserved).
  • Demonstrate ability to apply Mr. Lotz’s activity/skills packet for teen dating violence survivors to the participants’ work settings.

Slides:

Lotz_Dating Violence_STI2017