September 2023 Newsletter

Mid-America MHTTC Newsletter

September 2023

Welcome, September!

This is a busy month for us at the Mid-America MHTTC. We are excited for our next set of learning community meetings, trainings, conferences, and the continuation of series like Supporting the Mental Well-being of LGBTQIA+ Youth in Schools and Decolonizing Training and Supervision: Implementing a Culturally Responsive Model of Training.

September is often known as back to school season. In this newsletter, you'll find an assortment of resources for educators as they take on this new school year. We hope the 2023-24 academic year is your best one yet!

Additionally — September is National Suicide Prevention Month and National Recovery Month. As always, if you or a loved one are experiencing a crisis, know that help is available with 988. We have included resources in this email to help spread the word about these important observances.

Sincerely,

The Team at the Mid-America MHTTC

UPCOMING EVENTS & TRAININGS

We hope to connect with you through one of these events!

Missouri Comprehensive School Mental Health Training

Sept. 1, 2023 | Virtual

Closed to select participants

Implementing Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) in Kansas Learning Community: Peer Support

Sept. 5, 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. | Virtual

Closed to select participants

Implementing Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) in Kansas Learning Community: Housing and Benefits

Sept. 7, 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. | Virtual

Closed to select participants

Best Practices for Successful Reentry From Criminal Justice Settings for People Living With Mental Health Conditions and/or Substance Use Disorders

Sept. 7, 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. CT | Virtual

Supporting the Mental Well-being of LGBTQIA+ Youth in Schools: Supporting Youth at Tier 1

Sept. 8, 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. | Virtual

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Training with Dr. Vicki Sapp

September 11 & 12 | Omaha, NE

Closed to select participants

Implementing Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) in Kansas Learning Community: Therapist/Mental Health Professional

Sept. 12, 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. CT | Virtual

Closed to select participants

2022 Annual Conference for Behavioral Health | Association of Community Mental Health Centers of Kansas

Sept. 13-16, 2023 | Witchita, KS

Learn more

Implementing Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) in Kansas Learning Community: Nursing

Sept. 15, 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. | Virtual

Closed to select participants

Decolonizing Training and Supervision: Protection of Providers and Clinical Adaptation

Sept. 15, 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. | Virtual

Implementing Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) in Kansas Learning Community: Case Manager

Sept. 19, 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. | Virtual

Closed to select participants

Missouri Behavioral Health Conference

Sept. 19-22, 2023 | Kansas City, MO

Learn more

Developing and Researching Advanced Models of Integrated Primary Care (DREAM) IPC Conference

Sept. 21-22, 2023 | Wilmington, DE

Learn more

50th Annual National Association for Rural Mental Health Conference

Sept. 19-21, 2023 | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Learn more

Supporting the Mental Well-being of LGBTQIA+ Youth in Schools: Supporting Youth at Tier 2

Sept. 22, 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. | Virtual

First Episode Psychosis Learning Community

Sept. 26, 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. | Virtual

Closed to select participants

Nebraska Department of Education Virtual Training

Sept. 27-28, 2023 | Virtual

Closed to select participants

Implementing Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) in Kansas Learning Community: Team Lead

Sept. 28, 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. | Virtual

Closed to select participants

NEWS & UPDATES

Editor's Note: This article previously appeared in our Recent News section.

Mid-America MHTTC Integrated Primary Care Program Director Dr. Holly Roberts spent the first few days of August at APA 2023.

Hosted by the American Psychological Association, APA 2023 brought together thousands of psychology professionals in Washington DC to network and learn from their fellow psychologists.

Dr. Roberts presented in the symposium, "Application and sustainability of primary care integration models." The symposium was chaired by Dr. Andrew Carlo from Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute, and also featured Dr. Cody Hostutler from Nationwide Children's Hospital and Dr. John Pankhurst from Lurie Children's Hospital/Northwestern.

To learn more about the symposium, click here.

Photo by: Geoffrey Melada, Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute

Editor's Note: This article previously appeared in our Recent News section.

Serving educators and school professionals is one of our passions here at the Mid-America MHTTC. So, with the new school year just around the corner in our region — we thought now would be the perfect time to assemble a list of free resources for this community!

MID-AMERICA MHTTC EVENTS (Upcoming webinars):

MID-AMERICA MHTTC RESOURCES (Recorded webinars, slides, and toolkits):

And if you're still looking for more, view the full catalog of upcoming school mental health events and resources from the MHTTC Network.

From SAMHSA: Coordinated Specialty Care for First Episode Psychosis: Costs and Financing Strategies

Learn more

From SAMHSA: Digital Therapeutics for Management and Treatment in Behavioral Health

Learn more

From SAMHSA: Connecting Communities to Substance Use Services: Practical Tools for First Responders

Learn more

AVAILABLE CONTENT

Adult Resilience Curriculum (ARC) for Health Professionals | Full series | Last chance — Enduring continuing education credits available only through September 8!

Watch here

Integrated Pediatric Primary Care: A Primer Series | HealtheKnowledge modules

Learn more

30 Days of Mental Health Challenge | Daily email prompt

Learn more

Decolonizing Training and Supervision: Supervision Models and Cultural Adaptation | Archived webinar & presentation slides

Watch here

Destigmatizing Mental Illness in Young Adults | Archived webinar & presentation slides

Watch here

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Individuals with First-Episode Psychosis | Archived webinar & presentation slides

Watch here

Supporting the Mental Well-being of LGBTQIA+ Youth in Schools: Gender Development and Foundational Terms | Archived webinar & presentation slides

Watch here

View all resources

HOLIDAYS & COMMEMORATIONS

National Suicide Prevention Month

Learn more

National Recovery Month

Learn more

National Service Dog Month

Labor Day - September 4

World Suicide Prevention Day - September 10

Suicide Prevention Week - September 10-16

National Hispanic Heritage Month - September 15 to October 15

Learn more

Yom Kippur - September 25

World Pharmacists Day - September 25

You have reached the conclusion of this issue. Thank you for reading!

Mid-America MHTTC | 402-836-9980 | MHTTCnetwork.org/midamerica

This publication is supported by SAMHSA of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of a financial assistance award totaling $5.9 million with 100 percent funded by SAMHSA/HHS. The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement, by SAMHSA/HHS, or the U.S. Government.

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