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Overview of Supported Employment and Education Principles & ACT/TAY Services Integration in Missouri

Speaker(s):

David Lynde, MSW, LICSW

Christine Powers, MSW, LICSW

Presentation: This session will provide information regarding the key principles of the Supported Employment and Education intervention developed as part of the NIMH RAISE Study. Information will be provided regarding effective techniques and strategies for integrating SEE services in the ACT/TAY team structure in Missouri.

Objectives:

  • Identify the key principles of Supported Employment and Education Intervention
  • Describe the fundamental goals and functions of ACT/TAY teams in Missouri
  • Provide an overview of how SEE services are integrated within ACT/TAY teams in Missouri
  • Explain how Individual Resiliency Training (IRT) and Illness Management and Recovery (IMR) help people be successful with their employment goals

Slides and Handouts:

Lynde_Overview_SEE_ACT_TAY_slides

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Lynde, David, MSW, LICSW

David is an independent mental health services consultant and trainer who specializes in the effective implementation of Evidence-Based Practices. David provides consultation and training regarding the implementation and sustainment of Evidence-Based Practices to a variety of States and mental health systems across the country. David has worked in critical national positions on numerous federal and state employment projects including the Recovery After Initial Schizophrenia Episode (RAISE) program for the National Institute of Mental Health (Supported Education and Employment); the National Implementing Evidence Based Practices Project for the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (Supported Employment); the Johnson & Johnson – Dartmouth Supported Employment Program; and the National Homeless Veteran’s Supported Employment Program (HVSEP) and the National implementation of Supported Employment services for the Veteran’s Administration. David serves as an Associate for Marc Gold & Associates regarding the development of a National Integrated Employment Program for adults with significant disabilities.

Presentation(s):

Overview of Supported Employment and Education Principles & ACT/TAY Services Integration in Missouri

Effective Strategies, Tips and Considerations to Use When Providing Employment Services for People with Co-existing ID/DD and Mental Health Challenges

Implementing the Principles of Supported Employment

Supported Employment Stages of Change and Motivational Strategies

Developing an Agency Culture for Employment

 

 

 

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Tyson, Peggy, MEd, LPC, NBCCH

Peggy Tyson is a Licensed Professional Counselor and an approved license supervisor for the state of Missouri. Currently, she is the Director of Clinical Services for the Crime Victim Advocacy Center of St. Louis, the longest existing crime victim services agency in the United States. In addition to doing counseling with clients who have experienced all types of crimes, she supervises a staff of counselors and interns. Ms. Tyson is also an adjunct professor with Lindenwood University in their graduate counseling program, teaching Professional Internship classes since January of 2006. She has presented at the Missouri Victim Assistance Network (MOVA) annual conference and the Missouri Mental Health Counselors Association (MMHCA) annual conference on such topics as Traumatic Grief, PTSD and the Crime Victim, Vicarious Trauma and Self Care, and Trauma-Informed Care. In addition, she has taught the Impact of Crime Victimization to probationers and parolees of the Missouri Department of Probation and Parole. She is also a trained National Organization for Victim Assistance (NOVA) Crisis Responder and has responded to numerous local and national disasters, including 9/11 (New York City, NY) and Hurricane Katrina (Biloxi, MS). She has been an adjunct instructor for the Missouri State Victim Assistance Academy. She has worked within the criminal justice system, working as the therapist for the Victim Services unit of the St. Louis Circuit Attorney’s Office. She volunteers her time with the Give an Hour program, which is a nationwide network to provide services to those in need, such as veterans and those impacted by disasters. She is a national board-certified clinical hypnotherapist and trained in EMDR. Ms. Tyson has lived in the St. Louis area for 30 years and considers it her home town. She and her husband were rescued by two beautiful Akitas, Rain and Storm. She loves to spend time with family and friends, making them an integral part of her own self-care.

Presentation(s):

Traumatic Grief: How it Manifests Itself, Coping Strategies, and the Effect on Individuals and Communities

 

 

 

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Traumatic Grief: How it Manifests Itself, Coping Strategies, and the Effect on Individuals and Communities

Speaker(s):

Peggy Tyson, MEd, LPC, NBCCH

Presentation: Traumatic grief is becoming more and more prevalent in our communities and is often a silent part of  the presenting problem for many clients. Traumatic grief and, more specifically, homicide grief will be examined and defined. How it manifests itself in an individual and the community, as a whole, will be discussed. DSM IV and V definitions and existing theories such as Cognitive Processing Theory and EMDR will be presented, as well as the Companioning Philosophy for Caregivers, by Dr. Alan Wolfelt. An overview of how children in different stages of development process grief and loss will also be given.

Ways to identify and address grieving clients and coping strategies to help them manage their feelings of loss are covered. Addiction as an unhealthy coping strategy will be discussed, as it is also the easiest and most readily available strategy. We will follow the path of “Sonia”, a fictional, but typical, mother of three, 38 years old and mourning the loss of her eldest child, 17 yr old “Damon”, to gun violence in St. Louis. As she makes her way through her grief, we will discuss the various comments and situations she routinely encounters as she continues her life without her child.

Objectives:

  • Define traumatic grief and identify dimensions of grief in various populations
  • Identify grieving clients and incorporate healthy coping strategies to mourn in a trauma-informed treatment plan
  • Describe how traumatic grief effects our communities overall

Slides and Handouts: 

Tyson_Traumatic Grief

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Perkins, Michael, MSW, LCSW

Michael has worked at Columbia College in the Social Work program and the Human Services program for 20 years. Prior to working at Columbia College, he worked as the clinical director at Missouri Girls Town and at Charter Hospital. Michael earned his MSW from the University of Missouri-Columbia in 1992. He is a member of NASW. He has been an LCSW since 1993.

Presentation(s):

Wellness: Your Ethical Responsibility

 

 

 

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Jennings, Lia, PhD, MSW, LCSW

Lia Jennings is a professor of Human Services at Columbia College in Columbia MO. She has experience as a therapist in a rural mental health clinic in Maine, an oncology social worker at Ellis Fischel Cancer Center, and as a medical social worker at Boone Hospital. She earned her Ph.D. in social work from the University of Missouri-Columbia in 2007. She earned her MSW at the University of Missouri-Columbia in 1989.

Presentation(s):

Wellness: Your Ethical Responsibility

 

 

 

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Wellness: Your Ethical Responsibility

Speaker(s):

Lia Jennings, PhD, MSW, LCSW

Michael Perkins, MSW, LCSW

Presentation: The NASW Code of Ethics (2017) 4.05 “Impairment” maintains that social workers shouldn’t allow their personal issues to affect their professional behavior. This presentation will cover indications of impairment and prevention of impairment through self-care methods. The presentation will offer specific self-care exercises and techniques to help professionals prevent themselves from getting to a point where they are impaired.

Objectives:

  • Define self-care and wellness
  • Measure stress levels
  • Identify at least 3 self-care techniques to ward off effects of stress

Slides and Handouts:

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Costerison, Brandon

Brandon Costerison, the MO-HOPE Project Manager, has provided community education and public awareness regarding heroin and opioids for 2.5 years. Prior to his service at NCADA, he served in Gov. Nixon’s administration. Brandon received his Bachelor of Arts in Communication from Auburn University, and pursued his Master of Arts in Communication and Leadership at Gonzaga.

Presentation(s):

Overdose Education and Naloxone Distribution, Train the Trainer Model

 

 

 

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Browning, Nicole, MA, LPC

Nicole Browning is a presenter and counselor with the MO-HOPE project. She was a counselor in the substance use treatment field for 12 years and brings passion and expertise from her clinical experience to this project. Nicole previously worked with teens and young adults who struggle with addiction, often co-occurring with mental health and trauma. She currently provides assessments for adults at NCADA, along with doing overdose education and naloxone distribution as part of the MO-HOPE project. She has her Master’s in Counseling and is a Licensed Professional Counselor in the state of Missouri.

Presentation(s):

Overdose Education and Naloxone Distribution, Train the Trainer Model

 

 

 

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The Current State of Our Children: What We Can Do to Help

Speaker(s):

Lucas Dieckhaus, MA

Presentation: This presentation will review the current state of mental health within our children, and where we struggle to begin helping the children. We will review barriers for why people do not go to or receive services. We will discuss what gaps exist within the current treatment structures. We will also talk about Group Therapy, Intensive Outpatient Therapy, and Partial Hospitalization; what they all mean, and why there may be better treatment options for our children other than traditional Inpatient or Outpatient services.

Objectives:

  1. Describe the landscape of mental health regarding children
  2. Discuss the barriers that exist to getting help
  3. Develop a working knowledge of Group Therapy, PHP and IOP