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Cognitive Behavior Therapy: Refining and Consistently Applying Essential Skills, Part I

Speaker(s):

Ann Steffen, PhD, ABPP

Presentation: This INTERMEDIATE level workshop is aimed at clinicians familiar with cognitive behavioral therapies and who want to improve their psychotherapy practice. CBTs have been shown in more than 1000 research studies to be effective for many different disorders and problems across the lifespan. National data indicate that CBTs are not consistently implemented in practice settings, greatly reducing treatment effectiveness. This three-hour workshop (Part I & Part II) is aimed at giving providers both a stronger conceptual basis for their use of core CBT components and a greater understanding of the associated microskills that can be directly applied to their practice. It is strongly advised that participants attend both sessions, as Part II builds upon material covered in Part 1. 

Objectives:

  1. Identify the essential defining features of the CBTs and describe the rationale for each
  2. Identify 1-2 core components of the CBTs to competently apply in next month with current patients/clients 
  3. Create a plan for continued professional development in the CBTs

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Steffen, Ann, PhD, ABPP

Ann Steffen, Ph.D., ABPP is currently a professor of psychology and gerontology at the University of Missouri-St. Louis, where she has spent her career in teaching, research, supervision and direct clinical services. Dr. Steffen is a faculty clinician at the UM-St. Louis Community Psychological Service, and is dual board certified in Behavioral & Cognitive Psychology and in Geropsychology by the American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP).

Presentation(s): 

Culturally-Attuned Behavioral Activation to Support Psychological Resilience

CBT to Support Healthy Grief in the Face of Loss

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Somebody’s Watching Me: A Study in Gang Stalking

Speaker(s):

Zohaib Haque, MD

Presentation: This case study was of an intriguing patient treated at the Jackson County Correctional Facility that presented with a rare symptomatology of Delusional Disorder along with a co-occurring diagnosis of Malevolent Antisocial Personality Disorder. The presentation’s goal is to highlight how this particular symptom of Delusional Disorder has developed a unique internet “echo chamber” which has led to novel treatment resistance in a traditionally tough to treat sub-group. The presentation aims to reach a wide audience of practitioners in the field in how to approach this patient from a therapeutic, counseling, and pharmacologic angle. This interactive session will focus on empowerment in the face of specific challenges that can limit individuals who are in recovery from living the life of their choosing to the fullest. Recovery-oriented cognitive therapy provides a framework for understanding these challenges (low energy, aggressive behavior, self-injury, persecutory beliefs, grandiose beliefs, forensic involvement, anosognosia) along with strategies for action that enable family, peers, and providers to become the empowering collaborators.

Objectives:

  1. Identify and define Gang-Stalking symptoms
  2. Understand the DSM-5 criteria for Delusional Disorder
  3. Understand current treatment guidelines for Delusional Disorder including pharmacological and psychotherapeutic

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Haque, Zohaib, MD

Zohaib Haque was born and raised in Atlanta, GA. In high school Haque wanted to pursue a career in medicine after working with children from struggling neighborhoods in Atlanta and the elderly Haque’s own family. Haque decided to attend a six year medical program at the American University of Antigua. After graduating from medical school Haque took time off to grow and sell a footwear business and later found a true calling in Psychiatry.

Haque pursued research more heavily in Psychiatry for two years in St. Louis working with psychiatrists at Saint Louis University and a private psychiatric hospital. There Haque published papers and reports using novel treatments for Treatment Resistant Depression. Haque has since joined the University of Missouri in Kansas City Psychiatry Residency program and is currently a second year resident with plans to pursue a fellowship in child and adolescent psychiatry.

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Using NCI Data to Enhance Developmental Disabilities Services & Supports

Speaker(s):

Caitlin Bartley, BA, BSW, MSW

Presentation: National Core Indicators (NCI) is a nationwide collaboration between the Human Services Research Institute (HSRI), the National Association for State Directors of Developmental Disabilities Services, and participating states and sub-state entities. NCI provides state developmental disability agencies with a set of performance measures with which states can track and measure their own performance and compare their performance to other states and national averages. This presentation explores what NCI is, what the data tells us, and how a developmental disabilities agency can use the data for quality enhancement initiatives. Specific examples of how the Missouri Division of Developmental Disabilities utilizes NCI data will be given.

Objectives:

  1. Describe the purpose and goals of the National Core Indicators (NCI) Project
  2. Identify how NCI data can be used for quality enhancement purposes
  3. Understand how the Missouri Division of Developmental Disabilities utilizes NCI to inform quality enhancement initiatives to improve the quality of home and community based services.

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Bartley, Caitlin, BA, BSW, MSW

Caitlin Bartley is the National Core Indicators (NCI) Project Coordinator for the Missouri Division of Developmental Disabilities. The NCI Project focuses on utilizing information to improve the quality of home and community based services and supports provided to individuals. A native of Mokane, Missouri, Caitlin received her bachelors’ degrees in psychology and social work in 2015 from Lincoln University and her master’s degree in social work in 2017 from the University of Missouri.  During graduate school, Caitlin completed her final practicum with the Division of Developmental Disabilities.
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Rudder, Tim

Tim Rudder, MSW, received his Bachelor of Social Work from Saint Louis University and Master of Social Work from the University of MO-Columbia. Mr. Rudder holds a CADC and MARS credential from the Missouri Credentialing Board. Mr. Rudder began work with the DMH in 2008 as the Treatment Specialist for Missouri’s Access to Recovery (ATR) federal SAMHSA grant, prior to that working as a CADC at a treatment facility for adolescents with substance use disorders. Mr. Rudder has served seven years as a treatment specialist on the federal Access to Recovery SAMHSA grant and three years as the MAT-PDOA SAMHSA grant project director. Mr. Rudder is currently the State Opioid Coordinator, coordinating over $56 million in funding for Missouri to combat the overdose crisis in Missouri at the prevention, treatment, and recovery services level.
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Menzies, Suneal

Suneal Menzies is the Executive Director of the Assisted Recovery Centers of America. Mr. Menzies oversees daily programming, business operations, program implementation, and community outreach for the Midwest region. He has been a key player in the development, implementation, and ongoing management of ARCA’s tele-medicine program, which is one of the first tele-medicine platforms specifically focusing on addictive disorders and related behavioral health and primary care conditions. Over the past 12 years, Mr. Menzies has also had the opportunity to consult for various organizations in the addiction field, including pharmaceutical companies and government groups. He is the founder and managing partner of Recovery House, a transitional living program in St. Louis. Mr. Menzies currently serves on the board for Archway Institute for Mental Health and Addictive Disorders, as well as the board of the Muscular Dystrophy Association of St. Louis. He received his BS in biology, economics and psychology from St Louis University.

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Adams, Dan, MBA

Dan Adams has been in the treatment and prevention field for over 40 years, spending the last 35 with Southeast Missouri Behavioral Health. Dan was in the first Missouri cohort to receive Medication Assisted Recovery (MARS) certification. Currently, he is the Director of Program Services with SEMOBH and oversees programming in SEMO’s 17 sites in Missouri.

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The Ethical Case for Prioritizing Suicide Prevention in Training, Practice and Systems, Part I

Speaker(s):

Ryan Lindsay, MSW

Presentation: Suicide represents a significant public health priority in the United States. For social workers, counselors, nurses, educators, administrators, and others who interact with those at-risk of dying by suicide, understanding how to not only prevent but to assess, refer and treat is an ethical mandate. Professionals from across multiple disciplines are driven by a “do no harm” approach; however, our training programs, systems, and professional development priorities often lack suicide prevention as a priority. This talk will provide an overview of the ethical mandates across professions and generate arguments from the literature that makes an ethical case that suicide prevention should be prioritized in training, practice, and systems.

Objectives:

  1. Identify ethical principles relevant to suicide prevention
  2. Describe the problem of suicide
  3. Identify strategies for upholding an ethical mandate of addressing the problem of suicide in training, practice, and systems
  4. Explain how to use existing Codes of Ethics, including NBCC and NASW, to inform trainings, practice and systems regarding prioritizing suicide prevention
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Safety Plan For Suicide Risk Simuluation Assignment 3.7.19Download
Suicide Risk Assessment Fidelity Checklist 7.24.17Download