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Akron Children's Hospital has created a one-stop resource for guidance and information to help kids transition, adjust and succeed during this upcoming 2020/2021 school year. Click on the image to read more.

OhioMHAS is launching OBHIS (Ohio Behavioral Health Information System) on October 1st. OBHIS is a client-level episode of care information and outcomes reporting system. OBHIS will be a requirement for community behavioral health providers providing mental health or substance use disorder treatment to clients paid for by state or federal public funds.

Children's Network*: Ms. Denise Smith, Program Admin. in the Children Services Division is handling inquiries. E-mail: denise.smith@jfs.ohio.gov

Telephone: 330-451-8840

CommQuest Services*: CommQuest Services will temporarily combine Deliverance Houses I and II, starting Friday, August 14^th. All women’s residential services will be provided at Deliverance House I, located on Spring Avenue in Canton. This temporary consolidation resulting from reduced referrals for women’s residential services due to COVID-19 coupled with available staffing will allow the agency to continue providing long-term, high quality care for women’s recovery services.

OhioGuidestone: Recently received OCTF funding to provide Nurturing Parenting services for Stark County families. It can be up to 12 sessions virtually, in office, or outside in green space, and there is no cost to families. They can be in behavioral health services elsewhere, as we do not provide diagnosis or treatment in this program. The purpose is to build positive family relationships, resilience, skills, and supports. If you know anyone that could benefit from this program, you can refer them using this form and fax to 1-330-438-1748, they can call 1-440-260-6466, or you can email StarkIntake@OhioGuidestone.org.

Stark Community Support Network* is not answering their regular phone line during the COVID-19 pandemic. Please contact them by phone at 330-412-4410 or by email at scsn_1221@yahoo.com.

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Until further notice, all coalition meetings are only being held remotely through Microsoft Teams. Please email Justina Gorman to be added to the listserv of your choice for meeting reminders and links.

COVID-19 in Racial and Ethnic Minority Groups from the CDC

Training and Technical Assistance Related to COVID-19 from SAMHSA

Virtual Recovery Resources from SAMHSA

Managing Suicidal Clients During the COVID-19 Pandemic from SP-TIE

Treating Suicidal Patients during COVID-19: Best Practices and Telehealth webinar from Suicide Prevention Resource Center

COVID-19 Telehealth Toolkit from the National Consortium of Telehealth Resource Centers

Building Developmental Relationships During the COVID-19 Crisis from the Search Institute

Fill Your Recovery Toolbox from Hope United

Resources for the COVID-19 Crisis from the Education Development Center

Right Now, I am Fine (Children's Book) from Dr. Daniela Owen

Tolerance for Uncertainty: A COVID-19 Workbook from Dr. Sachiko Nagasawa

The military culture is one of unique practices, traditions, and beliefs that represent a shared unifying language with a distinct set of guiding principles. As veterans reintegrate into civilian life, the values and aspects of identity they acquired while serving will continue to be important as they move forward. We will learn how to ensure effective, understandable and respectful care for veterans as we increase our knowledge and understanding of the community’s needs. 2.0 CEUs pending.

A growing recognition for the advantages of integrating treatment for youth with co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders has been expanding. We have moved beyond Sequential or Parallel treatment options to integrating services into a single treatment plan. However, simply addressing substance use and mental health needs and goals on a single treatment plan is just the first step. 3.0 CEUs pending.

This training presents and describes, briefly, pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic aspects of the nine specific classes of drugs identified in the DSM-5 and also presents several examples of psychoactive substances that may be more common to youth experimentation included in the tenth class of ‘other’. 3.0 CEUs pending.

This training is for non-clinical staff. Someone you know could be experiencing a mental illness or crisis. You can help them. Mental Health First Aid teaches a 5-step action plan to offer initial help to people with the signs and symptoms of a mental illness or in a crisis, and connect them with the appropriate professional, peer, social, or self help care. Anyone can take this 8-hour course. 8.0 CEUs and 3-year certification.

Throughout our journey of the Population Focus Learning Series, we have talked about topics on several different cultural communities. We will continue this journey by exploring unconscious bias. Unconscious biases are social stereotypes about certain groups of people that individuals form outside their own conscious awareness. We will learn about the different variations of unconscious bias, how to raise our awareness of them, and most importantly how we can address them. 2.0 CEUs pending.

The Cultural Competency Training (CCT) will be going over topics that are the fundamental of cultural competency to cultural humility, which will help attendees gain a better understanding of the National Standards for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) and develop skills in diverse communities. The CCT curriculum includes, but is not limited to: compelling reasons for cultural competence, the dynamics of diversity, the impact of personal culture on communication, the cultural bumps, and communicating effectively through an interpreter. Attendees must attend this training if they want to attend the advanced module on Monday, October 12, 2020.

The Cultural Competency Training (CCT) Advanced module will increase the awareness, knowledge and skills required to function effectively with cultural differences that may be present in the area of medical services, service organizations and agencies, medical interpretation and community partnership. The CCT Advanced curriculum includes, but is not limited to: building a culturally competent system of care and community partnership.

In this multi-part recorded webinar series, Mark Sanders LCSW, CADC, provides an overview of substance use disorder treatment for African Americans and offers practical, evidence-based strategies that counselors and other can use to help engage their African American clients in treatment and succeed in recovery.

Videos, podcasts, and print media were created by the PTTC Network to assist prevention professionals as they transition to delivering services and programming from face-to-face to virtual settings. Select the title of a resource to be redirected to view or download that resource.

This workshop is a brief overview of engagement, assessment, goal setting and integrative interventions to working with family. In this program clinicians will learn how readiness to change can affect the family therapy process. Clinicians will acquire tools and techniques for working with families. Approved for 3 CEUs.

The training aims to provide participants with the background knowledge and practical skills that they need to address suicidal risk and behaviors in clients in care for substance use disorder treatment. Participants will have the opportunity to increase their knowledge and apply practical skills in the following areas: Approaching your Work, Understanding Suicide, Gathering Information, Formulating Risk, and Planning and Responding. Approved for 6.5 CEUs; limited to first 50 registrants.

The training aims to provide participants with the background knowledge and practical skills that they need to address suicidal risk and behaviors in clients in care for substance use disorder treatment. Participants will have the opportunity to increase their knowledge and apply practical skills in the following areas: Approaching your Work, Understanding Suicide, Gathering Information, Formulating Risk, and Planning and Responding. Approved for 6.5 CEUs; limited to first 50 registrants.

NADD’s mission is to promote leadership in the expansion of knowledge, training, policy, and advocacy for mental health practices that promote a quality life for individuals with dual diagnosis (IDD/MI) in their communities. The theme of the 2020 conference is "Mental Health Aspects: Treatment and Support." Find the conference brochure here.

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