Speaker(s)

Sarah Swanson, LSW, CRC

Although many young people are uninterested in mental health treatment, they do want to pursue education and employment. That makes makes IPS a natural tool for engagement. And by intervening early, practitioners can prevent youth from abandoning their career goals and heading down the path to a life of disability. Supported education, including both short-term certificate training programs and college degrees, prepares youth to earn a living wage and escape a life of poverty. More than that, education and employment offer youth hope as they struggle with the implications of managing a serious, long-term illness. (IPS stands for Individual Placement and Support, the evidence-based approach to helping people with serious mental illnesses with employment.)

Swanson Keynote Missouri- Spring Training Institute – Slides in PDF format

Speaker(s)

Colleen Loehr, MD

This workshop will include breathing and mindful movement exercises to reduce stress. The workshop will include Coherent Breathing exercise to increase heart rate variability and overall wellbeing. Highlights of research studies about the benefits of qigong, mindfulness, and pranayama (breathing exercises) will be reviewed. Participants will be able to practice the exercises to help reduce stress and ‘burn out.’ Participants will also be able to teach these beneficial practices to clients. Information about resources for ongoing practice will be provided. The presenter will also describe experiences teaching these exercises to mental health patients at Fulton State Hospital.

Slides in PDF format

Speaker(s)

Richard Young, MSW, MDiv, LCSW, CSAT, CMAT

The goal of this program is to present up to date information on how digital technology is impacting sexual behavior, dating, and intimacy among people of all ages. We will discuss how technology is generating a “new breed” of sexually addicted individuals whose brains get literally hijacked by an unlimited online world. The goal of the presentation is to give clinicians information on how to assess and learn tools and resources to assist clients in their treatment and recovery from compulsive sexual and relational behaviors. Special emphasis will be given to treatment for spouses/partners who have been betrayed by their partner’s behaviors and address the trauma that these individuals often experience as a result.

Young Always Turned On 5-1-16 – Slides in PDF format

Speaker(s)

Stephen Doherty, MEd

Marta Nolin, PhD

This presentation will provide an overview of the integration of medication assisted treatment (MAT) into the full continuum of substance use disorder treatment for offenders incarcerated in and/or supervised by the Missouri Department of Corrections. The presentation will underscore the collaboration established and in place between numerous state agencies and private treatment providers that has been essential to enhance treatment processes over the continuum from in-custody to community based treatment. Included in the presentation will be an overview of the various MAT projects and steps necessary in implementation and challenges, lessons learned, steps toward expansion and preliminary evaluation outcomes. The presentation will include representatives from the various disciplines who contribute to the success of this project toward reducing recidivism of offenders with substance use disorders including the Departments of Corrections and Mental Health, Probation and Parole, in-custody and community based medical services, in-custody and community based SUDS treatment providers and academia involved in research and evaluation of the project.

Speaker(s)

Scott Kerby, MA, LPC

This workshop aims to improve awareness of and receptivity to using Technology-Assisted Care (TAC) for the treatment of Substance Use Disorders (SUDS). This workshop will help identify effective TAC interventions and introduce participants to two validated TAC interventions that are available. The presentation will identify strategies and approaches for adoption and integration of TAC into routine clinical practice, and explore implementation and integration challenges that exist (cost, reimbursement, security, etc…).

Speaker(s)

James M. Smith, MEd, LPC

Greg Holtmeyer, MEd

This presentation will expose participants to a personal journey from victimization to recovery and give insights into road blocks that are specific to men who have been sexually abused. The presentation will discuss treatment considerations that are specific to men.

Speaker(s)

Mark Shields, MEd, LPC

Tim Rudder, BSW

Tara Crawford, MA

Missouri’s Medication Assisted Treatment-Prescription Drug and Opioid Addiction (MAT-PDOA) grant. The purpose of this grant is to increase capacity and provide accessible, effective, comprehensive, coordinated/integrated, and evidence-based medication assisted treatment (MAT) and other recovery support services to individuals with opioid use disorders seeking or receiving MAT. Goals of the grant are to: 1) increase the number of individuals receiving MAT services with pharmacotherapies approved by the FDA for the treatment of opioid use disorders; 2) increase the number of individuals receiving integrated care; and 3) decrease illicit drug use at 6-months follow-up.

Shields MAT PDOA STI 2016.05.05 – Slides in PDF format

Speaker(s)

Christopher Robertson, PhD

Shawn Anderson, PhD

Defendants diagnosed with Intellectual Disability and committed to the Missouri Department of Mental Health as Incompetent to Stand Trial at two hospitals in western Missouri were examined to determine likelihood of competency restoration following treatment. The influence of demographic, criminal, psychological, and treatment variables on restoration was also examined. The background, method, results, and implications/future directions (including methods of restoration treatment) of this study will be presented.

Speaker(s)

Kent Newcome, LCSW

Matthew Lovasz

Bond A. Lovasz

The speakers will present a brief overview of hoarding disorder as it is conceptualized from three points of view; hoarding as a mental illness and best practices to treat the hoarder and family, as a bio-hazard and what safe clean up of the property entails and as a legal challenge to protect the rights and privacy of all parties involved. A model for the integration of these viewpoints will be outlined, suggestions on how to design and organize teams for specific situations will be offered. A case study illustrating application of the model will be presented with participate role-playing exercises. Attendees will be provided educational materials to offer those who suffer from hoarding disorder, handouts and lists of resources and supportive organizations to facilitate implementation of the approach.

Lovasz Newcome Hoarding PP – Slides in PDF format

Speaker(s)

Janice Bunch, MA, NCC, LPC, SQP

Do you need help identifying consumers with dual diagnosis? Are you looking for new creative ways to work with your co-occurring clients? Need the opportunity to brainstorm techniques with other professionals? This program will help professionals identify individuals who have a dual diagnosis as well as help identify case management obstacles for those with co-occurring diagnoses. The presenters will provide you with resources for free worksheets and other tools/techniques you can use to work with your most difficult consumers. This program will also help you to think about potential team and community collaborations and give you ideas of how to begin networking within your community.

Bunch Co-Occurring Case Management and Community Collaboration – Slides in PDF format