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Thursday, May 19th

8:00 – 9:15 am

Speaker(s):

Friman, Patrick, Ph.D., ABPP

Presentation:

The core idea of behavior analysis is revolutionary in that it attributes the source or cause of behavior not to the behaving person him or herself but to what has happened to that person up to the exhibition of the behavior. This is one of the most powerful ideas ever invented by mankind for understanding, knowing, and dealing with human behavior, especially when it is a problem (because it seeks not to fix the blame but rather seeks to fix the problem instead). And virtually everything this idea touches improves. It has revolutionized approaches to habit disorders, incontinence, addictions, delinquency, and numerous other major concerns of our time. Still, the idea has only begun to be harnessed. Not only can it be used to improve the lives of clients in need, but it can also be used to improve the lives of their providers, and indeed the lives of all people. This talk will describe several options derived from behavior analysis the application of which could exert a powerful beneficial influence on everyday life. Examples range from reducing stage fright to improving relations with significant others and much in between.

Objectives:

  1. Describe the core idea of behavior analysis.

  2. Identify a way to use emotion to enhance persuasion.

  3. Describe a way to use choice to reduce inappropriate responses to aversive circumstances

10:00 – 11:30 am

Speaker(s):

Watson, Lori, PHR

Crees, Thomas

Presentation:

High-stress helping professionals such as law enforcement, first responders, and healthcare professionals are exposed to secondary traumatic stress (STS) throughout their careers and sometimes experience primary trauma. This exposure to trauma in their professions, mixed with the stress and pressures of the job, can produce symptoms of compassion fatigue (CF). In our current climate, the prevalence of behavioral health intervention among law enforcement is a conversational topic as departments experience societal pressure to reform policing. This presentation explores the emotional and physical impact of CF and STS on the well-being of those impacted; and how CF, specifically, can exacerbate volatile situations or incidents between first responders and citizens. The presentation will identify specific risk factors and distinguish the difference between burnout and compassion fatigue.

Further, the presentation will present literature on the behavioral outcomes of compassion fatigue in law enforcement officers, specifically, and the implications for the field of counseling among this demographic. Research evidences success and benefits of psychotherapy, psychoeducation, and workplace/peer support programming among law enforcement officers and agencies that implement counseling practices.

Through interactive methods and review of case studies, workshop participants will learn to identify compassion fatigue, and apply counseling and wellness interventions to each case.

Objectives:

  1. Distinguish the difference between burnout and compassion fatigue (CF).

  2. Review literature and research on the symptoms of CF and its relation to post traumatic stress disorder.

  3. Understand the neurobiological impact of secondary traumatic stress (STS) and its relation to CF.

  4. Discuss treatment areas and methods defined in research that encourage compassion satisfaction and address STS and compassion fatigue.

Speaker(s):

Harvey, Karyn, Ph.D.

Presentation:

This training will explore key ingredients needed in a trauma-informed behavior plan. It will break down components essential to understanding the trauma that may have been experienced by someone receiving support services and what the essential factors in healing might be. Components such as triggers, ingredients of psychological safety, and the need for connection and agency will be explored. Tools such as the happiness assessment, positive identity workbooks, and the daily happiness worksheet will also be introduced.

Objectives:

  1. Identify key sources of trauma for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
  2. Identify key elements needed to be integrated into a trauma-informed support plan
  3. Utilize the happiness assessment
  4. Develop happiness procedures

Speaker(s):

Oyetunji, Aderonke, MD

Presentation:

This is a powerpoint presentation about a QI project on Balint groups as a clinical intervention for burnout among mental healthcare workers particularly psychiatrists and Mental Health Caseworkers.
  

It analyzes the use of certain measures in detecting burnout and determining if the use of Balint intervention decreases burnout, increases empathy and job satisfaction using pre and post measure results following this intervention.

Objectives:

  1. Understand the impact of burnout on mental healthcare workers
  2. Identify the use of Balint as a clinical intervention for burnout
  3. Measure the benefit of a burnout measure as a useful tool in a Balint intervention

Speaker(s):

Bartochowski, Zachary, MD

Presentation:

This is a case presentation featuring a patient with repetitive behaviors, behavioral agitation, observed responses to internal stimuli, and a reluctance towards verbal communication, who was later found to have a left cerebellar lesion on imaging. The case conference explores the utility of neuroimaging in psychiatric patients, the relationship between the cerebellum and psychosis, and Cerebellar Cognitive and Affective Syndrome.

Objectives:

  1. Explain the limitations and utility of neuroimaging in patients with psychosis
  2. Identify appropriate indications for neuroimaging in psychiatric patients.
  3. Understand the role of the cerebellum in cognition and emotion, and the implications for psychiatric illness.

Speaker(s):

Dalto, Michael, BA, CPWIC

Presentation:

This webinar introduces disability professionals (case managers, therapists, etc.) to the basics of SSDI, SSI, Medicare and Medicaid (also called MO HealthNet) benefits and how work affects them. Trainees will learn how to offer basic, positive information about the impact of work on benefits to people with disabilities who are considering work. The goal of the training is for participants to “first, do no harm” – to be sure they provide accurate, encouraging information about work and benefits, instead of perpetuating myths and misinformation. The webinar includes videos, fact sheets and practical exercises

Objectives:

  1. Describe basic SSDI, SSI, Medicare and Medicaid (MO HealthNet) eligibility and work rules

  2. Respond to concerns and myths about benefits and work

  3. Refer to a benefit specialist when needed

Speaker(s):

Hall, Aisha, EdD, MSW

Presentation:

The presentation will focus on minority student growth and development in a rural 4-year college. The purpose of the study was to examine the perceptions of minority faculty and students regarding student learning associated with minority students’ relationships to minority faculty. Critical race theory was used as part of the conceptual framework which provides a narrative on the perspectives of race and dispels myths, racial beliefs, and misrepresentations of the truth. Social learning theory was also used as part of the conceptual framework because it explains how social influences impact the beliefs and actions of individuals in society. A basic qualitative study was the research design and semi-structured interviews were used to collect data from 5 minority faculty and 8 minority students. The data noted that 92% of the minority participants thought there were advantages to having minority faculty compared to 8% who did not. A recommendation paper was the result of the research study. Based on the findings, positive social changes may occur that affect minority students and faculty by improving minority student learning, increasing minority student enrollment, and possibly an increasing minority faculty at higher education institutions.

Objectives:

  1. Define minority student learning in higher education

  2. Describe the impact higher education has on minority students

  3. Identify the importance of a diverse learning environment

 

Speaker(s):

Cooley-Bennett, Terri, LCSW, LSCSW, CCDP-D, TTS

Presentation:

The purpose of this training is to provide attendees with an overview of telehealth and the use of technology with special consideration being given to ethical principles. Because of the unique challenges experienced in using technology as a means for providing services to clients, opportunities for ethical dilemmas are not uncommon. As professionals, we are accountable for our use of technology and making sure that ethical guidelines are adhered to, such as confidentiality, informed consent, and what is in the client’s best interest. Common ethical dilemmas regarding technology will be reviewed along with strategies for identifying, managing, and preventing ethical violations. The goal being that we provide excellent customer service to our clients, supervisees, colleagues, and agencies.
   


Objectives:

  1. Understand and describe the common uses of technology
  2. Identify unique challenges experienced in using technology as a means of providing services to clients
  3. Analyze and apply ethical guidelines in their use of technology
  4. Develop strategies in order to evaluate, identify, manage, and prevent ethical dilemmas and violations

 

Speaker(s):

Anderson, Andy, M.A., LPC, KPMT

Presentation:

Many high-quality and effective training programs for parents of children with oppositional behavior are available in the marketplace. These parent training programs go by many names, such as Parent Management Training, Behavioral Parent Sills Training, or just Parent Training. Without exception, though, empirically informed parent training programs utilize parents as the primary implementer to change their child’s behavior—the therapist-trainer trains parents to train the child to behave in an age-appropriate, socially acceptable manner.

Whether delivered in a family therapy without patient setting or class format, numerous studies have found that parent training is an effective treatment for children and adolescents with ODD, CD, and non-clinical behavior problems. This presentation will provide participants with an overview of a Behavioral Parent Skills Training treatment for childhood oppositional behavior.


Objectives:

  1. Describe a rationale for treating childhood oppositional behavior with parent training.
  2. Identify the treatment phases of Behavioral Parent Skills Training Therapy.
  3. Name four contributing factors of childhood oppositional behavior.
  4. List strategies parents can use to build an authoritative positive parent-child relationship.

 

12:45 – 1:45 pm

Speaker(s):

Clary, Pam, Ph.D., LCSW, LSCSW

Frye, Jana, MSW

Presentation:

This presentation will focus on the ACE Framework which is designed to promote an understanding of the significance and potential of ACE (Adverse Childhood Experiences) education. Understanding N.E.A.R (neuroscience, epigenetics, adverse childhood experiences, and resilience) will be a focus of this presentation. The ACE Study is the largest study of its kind with over 17,000 participants. The data collected from this study has the potential to change the public health crisis our nation is facing. This presentation will be about discovery, about hope, about our future. The action to prevent ACEs will be the largest public health discovery of our time. This presentation will discuss how our action to prevent ACEs, will profoundly impact our future.
  

Both presenters (Jana Frye and Dr. Pam Clary) are trained Master ACE Trainers by Dr. Rob Anda, one of the co-principal investigators of the ACE Study.

Objectives:

  1. Describe the science associated with adverse childhood experiences.
  2. Recognize that accumulative experiences matters, especially during formative years.
  3. Describe the ACE Framework.
  4. Understand the interrelationships between the individual and the social, physical, political, and economic environments.
  5. Identify the most powerful determinant of health: ACE.

Speaker(s):

Love, Nicholas, SME

Presentation:

Lack of information or worse misinformation on how benefits and employment interact does not lead to informed decisions. Accurate information on health coverage and disability benefits is a key factor for people who have disabilities when making career decisions. Missouri Disability Benefits 101 (DB101) is an online tool that can help navigate the complexity of benefits and employment interactions. DB101 provides information and tools on employment and career planning, health coverage, disability benefits, and more all in one location. Learning how to incorporate Missouri DB101 (www.mo.db101.org) is vital for all service providers. Come learn how to embed MO DB101 into the work you already do to motivate and support people in competitive integrated employment decisions without having to learn a whole new skill-set.


Objectives:

  1. Learn how to access the rules governing SSDI/SSI, Social Security work incentives, Medicare and Medicaid, employment impact on state/federal benefits, and other work-related concerns through MO DB101.
  2. Increase knowledge of all service providers on the complex interaction of public disability benefits and competitive integrated employment without having to learn a whole new skill-set.
  3. Understand how the utilization of MO DB101 responses to federal and state directives – ex. WIOA.
  4. Incorporate MO DB101 as a supplement existing work to motive and support for competitive integrated employment without having to learn a whole new skill-set.

 

Speaker(s):

Carpenter, John, MSW, LCSW

Presentation:

Clients do not always reveal their true feelings and dynamics just in words alone. What they can show you in visual ways or physical demonstrations or metaphoric imagery can be more memorable, valid, and useful than hundreds of words could. This presentation will describe the clever and creative ways to reveal emotional distance and work with it to heal that undesired distance. This talk will also demonstrate the use of props and visual aids to make visible those invisible forces that impact and influence our clients and their families. Once those invisible factors become tangible and visible to work with effective therapy can happen. We will also have many examples of metaphoric imagery techniques to elicit hidden emotions and dynamics that seemingly innocent images can reveal. Like play therapy for adults, these indirect techniques can be a safer way to explore difficult topics. Even a consideration of emotional ages as perceived by a family can shed more light on difficult dynamics. These approaches have served me well during my 43 years of clinical practice.




Objectives:

  1. You will learn experiential exercises that are easily used in therapy sessions.

  2. You will learn how to make good use of emotional distance and empty chairs.

  3. You will learn metaphoric imagery techniques as assessment and treatment tools.

  4. You will learn how to use props effectively for creating change within relationships.

 

2:00 – 3:30 pm

Speaker(s):

Ellis-Ordway, Nancy, MSW, PhD

Presentation:

The issue of weight in medical and mental health care is a thorny one. Those in the helping professions genuinely wish to provide quality medical and psychological care to those in need, but the confusing and contradictory information about weight, health and well-being can be baffling. In this workshop, we attempt to examine these concerns through the lens of professional ethics. Specifically, we look at the codes of ethics for psychologists, counselors, social workers, dieticians, nurses and public health practitioners.

Objectives:

  1. Define weight stigma
  2. Identify ways that weight bias interferes with care
  3. Describe interventions for addressing weight bias in treatment and in agency settings
  4. List health-enhancing behaviors that do not focus on wieght loss

Speaker(s):

Gerlach, Jennifer, LCSW

Presentation:

There was a time when many therapists were taught that people living with serious mental health conditions would not be able to respond to therapy and many individuals living with psychosis and related conditions were told their chances for recovery were minimal. Yet, with the mental health recovery movement and newer applications of therapies with an recovery-focus there is growing hope that individuals living with issues as these can create a life that they experience as meaningful. This presentation will focus on some of these interventions drawing tools from Recovery-Oriented Cognitive Therapy, CBTp, ACT, and the mental health recovery movement.

Objectives:

  1. Improve understanding of the lived experience of mental health recovery and psychosis
  2. Grasp tools to assist individuals in coping with voices, paranoia and other intrusive symptoms
  3. Learn and practice new creative interventions to tackle negative symptoms of psychosis
  4. Challenge old ideas about ‘compliance’ with new concepts of client empowerment
  5. Assist clients in identifying values and engaging in value-based behaviors

Speaker(s):

Carter, Lisa, MS, LPC, LCAC

Presentation:

This workshop will define and characterize what cultural humility is and how it is represented in the behavioral health workforce. We will create a space to share real life examples and will describe achievable, necessary changes to the work environment to ensure the unspoken needs of clients are met, and unknowing stigma and bias disappear.

Objectives:

  1. Identify the differences between Cultural Competency and Cultural Humility
  2. Describe ways one can be culturally humble in their own work
  3. Discuss alternative choices for workforce scenarios where cultural humility can be at the forefront of a situation

Speaker(s):

Colwick, Rachel, MA, LPC, NCC

Moore, Mark, MA, LPC, NCC

Presentation:

This presentation will review empirically supported treatment models associated with persons who have committed sexual abusive acts. The primary models for discussion will include Risk Needs Responsivity (RNR) and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). The presenters will explain the dynamic risk factors related to this population as well as the protective factors, or features that have been shown to help lower rate of recidivism. Finally, treatment tools or strategies along with case examples will be depicted within this presentation.

Objectives:

  1. Discuss the empirical based models associated with sexual offen

  2. Explain the dynamic risk factors associated with sexual offending including the protective factors (or features shown to help lower recidivism rate)

  3. Identify treatment targets and interventions or strategies

Speaker(s):

Welch, Tim, PhD, LMFT

Holguin, Julianna, BS

Hartenstein, Jaimee, PhD, CFLE

Presentation:

This presentation will first provide a definition of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and discuss relevant research on the association between exposure to multiple ACEs and numerous negative physical, emotional and mental health outcomes in adulthood. The presentation will examine exposure to ACEs through the lens of the Family Stress and Resilience theoretical framework. This approach highlights the role and value of enhancing protective factors to promote resiliency in the context of exposure to ACEs. This presentation will describe modern approaches to addressing the impact of adverse childhood experiences and discuss prevention and intervention implications for clinical and mental health practitioners.

Objectives:

  1. Define adverse childhood experiences (ACEs)
  2. Describe the negative effects of exposure to ACEs in adolescence and adulthood
  3. Identify relevant protective factors to the harmful effects of exposure to ACEs
  4. Describe approaches for addressing the effects of of ACEs 

Speaker(s):

Bellman, Val, MD, PsyD

Presentation:

There is an increasing number of patients with no previous psychiatric history who develop COVID-19–associated psychosis with severe behavioral changes weeks to months after contracting the virus. We present a case of a 60-year-old previously healthy Caucasian male with no psychiatric history who presented to the ED with recent onset of severe psychosis three months after recovering from COVID-19 infection. The objective of the current report is to discuss the clinical presentation and provide an updated data review of the psychopharmacological management of psychosis in COVID-19 survivors with no previous psychiatric history, while identifying the etiopathogenic aspects and clinical correlations between COVID-19 and psychotic symptoms. We also discuss the role of ICU-related psychological trauma in the development of psychosis later in life.

Objectives:

  1. Understand more fully neuropsychiatric presentations, complications, long-term effects and mechanism of behavioral disturbances in the context of COVID-19
  2. Define Post-intensive care syndrome (PICS) and COVID-19 associated delirium
  3. Recognize COVID-induced and post-COVID 19 manic and psychotic syndromes
  4. Identify strategies for assessing and addressing patients’ emotional health and the supports they may need to manage affective and psychotic symptoms

 

Speaker(s):

Lynde, David, MSW

Presentation:

This workshop will provide a hands-on overview of the principles of Individual Placement and Supports (IPS) or Supported Employment for people with mental health challenges. The workshop will focus on the critical role of multiple provider stakeholders in working in an integrated and collaborative manner with IPS teams to help people develop and achieve their own individual employment-related recovery goals. The workshop will include information regarding skills, strategies and lessons learned from sites and providers across the country.


Objectives:

  1. Identify the principles of successful IPS services
  2. Identify some of the key stakeholder and service collaborator for IPS services to be effective
  3. Describe basic strategies and skills to enhance employment success

 

Speaker(s):

Osayande, Ferdinand, MD

Presentation:

This presentation will aim to discuss not only the DSM critieria for Bipolar disorder, but also describe concerns of current and future health care providers on mental illness. Although the acceptance of mental illness in the United States appears to be rising for the better, there are many healthcare professionals who fear backlash and negative consequences from seeking treatment.


Objectives:

  1. Apply the DSM 5 Criteria for a diagnosis of Bipolar I/II Disorder
  2. Understand what the Americans with Disabilities Act is and who it protects
  3. Appreciate the concerns of healthcare providers who have a personal history of mental illnes
  4. Recognize the existence of mental illness stigmas amongst health professional trainees
  5. Be aware of methods and techniques for creating a safer culture for inclusivity

 

3:35 – 5:05 pm

Speaker(s):

Jahan, Azmi, MD

Presentation:

Analyzing behavioral patterns in treating impulsiveness and aggression on the chronic inpatient unit.

Objectives:

  1. Identify medication properties that would effectively treat impulsivity
  2. Familiarize with impulsivity factors and its association with substance abuse
  3. Identify treatment challenges when selecting treatment regimen
  4. Identify medications, which provides effective results in treating violent impulsive behavior, while being familiar with the adverse side effects

Speaker(s):

Gray, Angela, MSW, EdS

Presentation:

Black girls often go through life feeling invisible like they do not exist or are not important. They are victimized by being suspended from school, sexually exploited and sent to juvenile detention centers at a higher rate than other girls from other races their own age. Black girls/women are also physically, emotionally, and sexually abused more than any other race. They often combat negative stereotypes of the Angry Black Girl/Woman syndrome often depicted on television and social media. Developmental consequences of Trauma and Trauma Informed Interventions will be explored to help Black girls heal and restore.

Objectives:

  1. Define what it means to be invisible as a Black girl.
  2. Examine how invisibility and victimization impacts preschool and elementary Black girls.
  3. Examine how out of school suspensions, expulsions, and poor attendance contributes to the invisibility and victimization of Black girls.
  4. Examine how everyday practices at school such as dress codes and hairstyles contribute to the victimization of Black girls.
  5. Explore how the media promotes sexual exploitation and objectification of Black girls.
  6. Explore the negative effects physical, emotional, and sexual abuse has among Black girls.
  7. Explore the history of colorism and how it was devised to create division among Black girls.
  8. Examine the negative stereotypes of Black girls/women such as the “Angry Black Woman Syndrome” portrayed in society.
  9. Examine the importance of Role Models.
  10. Define and understand how implicit biases, cultural responsiveness, social emotional learning and restorative justice practices can help eliminate unintentional discrimination which causes Black girls to become victimized and invisible.
  11. Explore trauma informed interventions and counseling activities to help restore and heal Black girls.

Speaker(s):

Murray, Drew, MD

Presentation:

An evidence-based presentation on the topic of breathwork and mental health.  This presentation will cover the science behind the breath, the history of breathwork in other cultures, the types of breathwork, what evidence supports its use in practice, its side effects and potential contraindications. Demonstrations are included via video embedded in the presentation.

Objectives:

  1. Demonstrate familiarity with the types of breathwork and their purported benefits.
  2. Discuss the state of the research on breathwork and its uses within psychiatry and other fields of medicine.
  3. Appreciate the risks and contraindications to certain types of breathwork
  4. Apply these insights to their own lives and clinical practice.  

Speaker(s):

Likcani, Adriatik, PhD

Woolery, Amber, BSW, CRADC

Larkin, Nicole, MS, SMFT, CADC

Presentation:

This presentation on ethics is beyond the ‘typical’ topics of dual relationships and abuse of power with clients. It is about us as professionals and our personal worldview and professional acculturation. Why do ethical codes exist? What to do when my values and morals conflict with ethical codes? How to deal with ethical dilemmas? Can I talk about faith and spirituality with my clients? How do I apply evidence-based treatment with diverse populations? This session will help you find the answers to any of those questions and address other questions you may have.

This is a session about ethics, values, morals, personal worldview and professional acculturation in the practice of treatment and recovery support for mental health and substance use disorders. Participants will learn about the ecology of substance use treatment and recovery support and issues that arise with scientific discovery such as evidence-based practices and effective interventions, medication assisted treatment/recovery, integration of faith-based approaches, etc. Such contemporary issues tend to challenge the stability of any professional and require of them to affirm or resist change. They will learn models of working through dissonance and finding a new stability. They will identify external and internal influences that impact their emerging worldview, personal and professional acculturation. Discussion with participants will be based on morals, values, sources of power and influence in the acculturation process, and the ethics of providing value-sensitive care and due care to individuals and families.

 

Objectives:

  1. Discuss how participants can use existing Codes of Ethics, including AAMFT, NBCC and NASW, to inform and reflect upon their personal worldview and professional acculturation
  2. Identify personal lenses that cause dissonance among professionals in their practice. Recognize professional acculturation process through the ecology of substance use treatment and recovery support approaches
  3. Identify issues that threaten status quo of the helper, prompt resistance or create dissonance, and require them to find a new professional stability
  4. Learn and utilize models to apply in their professional development when facing contemporary ethical issues
  5. Utilize these models in their work with colleagues and supervisees at their agency

Speaker(s):

Reynolds, James, MD

Thomas, Denise, JD

Presentation:

Guardianship proceedings over a mental health consumer will result, if successful, in that consumer losing a great deal of personal autonomy. Such a decision by a family member or clinician is fraught with moral and ethical considerations. On the other hand, for those consumers rendered incapable of making rational choices regarding their health or personal affairs due to a mental illness or intellectual disability, failure to do so in a timely fashion can also lead to harm. Clinicians called upon to give testimony in this area may be inexperienced in court or in working with attorneys.

Dr. Reynolds will discuss clinical, legal, and ethical implications of instituting guardianship proceedings based on his experiences with the Missouri Department of Mental Health. He will also give tips on how to prepare for court and effectively present one’s case from the witness stand. This lecture will be similar to the one given on this topic in 2021, but with adjustments based on audience feedback. Questions and personal anecdotes from the audience will be encouraged.

Objectives:

  1. Identify major factors in recognizing the need for guardianship proceedings when working with a consumer.

  2. Learn effective ways of communicating clinical principles to legal professionals and jurors.

  3. Identify special areas of interest to the court in guardianship hearings, including the right to vote, the right to drive, and the right to marry.

  4. Identify some harms that might arise from delaying guardianship proceedings when they are clinically indicated.

Speaker(s):

Riedel, Edward, MSW

Clark, Zachary, BA, CRADC

Presentation:

Preferred Family Healthcare along with four drug courts received a SAMHSA grant to implement alternative services for drug court participants who have barriers to accessing traditional substance use treatment. This presentation will focus on the implementation and outcomes of a virtual, evidence-based trauma education group during the first three years of the project. Information about the Trauma Recovery Empowerment Model (TREM), the modifications for the virtual environment, will be presented along with outcome and participant satisfaction data.

Objectives:

  1. Define the components of TREM, an eivdence-based trauma treatment
  2. Explain the EBP modification process for a virtual environment
  3. Identify key outcomes of virtual trauma treatments
  4. Describe participant emotional safety strategies for virtual treatment

 

Speaker(s):

Lynde, David, MSW

Presentation:

While many people with mental health challenges have employment as one of their recovery related goals, not all people have access to Individual Placement and Supports (IPS) or Supported Employment services. This workshop will provide information, ideas, strategies and lessons learned regarding helping people to achieve their employment related goals when access to IPS is not an option for the providers or the people in services.


Objectives:

  1. Identify the principles of successful IPS services
  2. Describe how to play a critical role in helping people with employment goals even without IPS services based on the principles of IPS
  3. Describe basic strategies and skills to enhance employment success when a referral to IPS is not possible

 

Speaker(s):

Hanks, Rachel, MSW, LCSW, RPT

Presentation:

“I don’t know what happened. She seemed fine and then she just started screaming.”
   
Young children who have experienced early adverse events have few tangible defenses. While fight and flight may be easily pictured, dissociation is an overlooked and often misunderstood survival mechanism for these children. While we all dissociate at times, the child who has experienced overwhelming or chronic traumatic stress may struggle to leave their protective dissociative states, even after the danger has presumably passed. This can cause difficulties with day-to-day functioning, relationships, and emotional regulation, leaving the child and family confused, frustrated, and even frightened by the seemingly-erratic nature of dissociative behaviors.
   
In this presentation, we will explore the presentation and mechanisms of dissociative behaviors in young children with developmental trauma across settings. We will also discuss implications for treatment by using play therapy techniques to engage the dissociative child by moving them into a state of felt safety.


Objectives:

  1. Identify symptoms of dissociation in young children who have experienced adverse events
  2. Describe relational and environmental factors that impact a dissociative child’s functioning
  3. Apply play therapy techniques to help engage the dissociative child

 

Friday, May 20th

8:00 – 9:15 am

Speaker(s):

Ranney, Megan, MD

Presentation:

Over the last decade, Dr. Ranney has emerged as one of the nation’s strongest voices for innovative solutions to seemingly intractable public health crises. In this talk, she takes the audience on a journey from possibility to action. She outlines how to see beyond the limits of the possible; provides concrete examples of success and failure in work on gun violence, opioids, COVID, and digital health; and shares her core lessons about the key ingredients for action (inclusivity, persistence, shared power, high-quality data). This talk has been given to audiences ranging from healthcare to higher education to associations.

Objectives:

  1. Discuss innovative solutions to seemingly intractable public health crises
  2. Provide concrete examples of success and failure in work on gun violence, opioids, COVID, and digital health
  3. Share core lessons on key ingredients of action for creating change in a divided world

9:15 – 9:45 am

The Department of Mental Health, Division of Behavioral Health, will hold their award ceremony at this time.  Watch for updates in the space.

 

10:00 – 11:30 am

Speaker(s):

Shari Scott, M.A., LPC

Presentation:

Suicide slipped into the top ten as far as causes of death in the United States (CDC, 2016). Deaths among school-aged children and teens continue to be on the rise; so much so, that suicide has statistically risen to the second leading cause of death among people aged 10-34. Suicide traumatizes those left in its path and how to navigate the grief following a suicide is both tricky and scary. This presentation reviews precipitating factors in youth who die by suicide, as well as risk factors and red flags for youth who attempt it in hopes of informing prevention efforts moving forward. How to best screen kids for suicidality, as well as how to talk to youth who express suicidal thoughts shall also be highlighted. Additionally, this presentation covers common grief reactions in those working through the death of a loved one to suicide and how to best support those individuals.

Objectives:

  1. Review past and current statistics related to youth suicide
  2. Examine 10, 000 youth suicide since 2003 to survey precipitating circumstances
  3. Learn how to best talk with suicidal youth
  4. Explore ways to handle grief following the suicide of a young person

 

Speaker(s):

McCaskill, Eddie, MSW, EdD

Bass, Anthony, MA, MSW

Presentation:

This presentation will examine the impact of adverse childhood experiences and trauma on people of color. People of color who have experienced one of the indicators of adverse childhood experiences or trauma may be at a greater risk for physical, behavioral, and psychological concerns. This presentation will increase understanding, knowledge, and also advance health equity by providing practitioners with valuable data on a population (people of color) that has not been researched on a major basis. The presentation will also provide effective interventions that have proven to be effective in working with people of color who have been exposed to adverse childhood and traumatic experiences.

Objectives:

  1. Identify the indicators of adverse childhood experiences.
  2. Identify the impact of trauma on the brain.
  3. Describe the impact of ACE’s and trauma on people of color.
  4. Identify effective interventions when working with people of color who have experienced adverse childhood experiences and trauma

Speaker(s):

Palmer, Melissa, PharmD

Presentation:

Similar to 2021 presentation by writer on methamphetamine use disorder and evidence of pharmacologic intervention, this presentation would be very similar although for cocaine use. The presentation would include: DSM-5 diagnostic criteria, clinical presentation both acute and chronic, pharmacology, review of literature for pharmacologic treatment, and incorporation of clinical case.

Objectives:

  1. Compare and contrast pharmacologic agents used in the treatment of stimulant use disorder, specifically cocaine.

  2. Identify patients who could benefit from medication therapy.

  3. Develop a patient-centered treatment plan considering patient-specific factors such as co-morbidities and socioeconomic parameters.

Speaker(s):

McCullough, Amanda, MS, CRADC, PLMFT

Likcani, Adriatik, PhD, LMFT

Hartenstein, Jaimee, PhD, CFLE

Presentation:

For the last 19 years the US military has been engaged in combat operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. There have been many casualties because of these combat operations. These casualties of war left behind families that grieve their loss. This has created many young widows, a role which is traditionally thought to be at a much later stage in life. The loss of a spouse can be one of the most difficult losses to experience with far-reaching consequences. Presenters will describe findings of their study with young widows which explored how these young widows experienced the sudden traumatic loss of their spouse, explore the support systems used by these widows to cope with their loss and navigate the transition in their identity. Researchers will present findings and discuss interventions that counselors and therapists can utilize when working with this population. Preliminary findings of this research were presented at STI 2019 (very well received) and now authors return to present finding and implications upon having completed this research project.


Objectives:

  1. Describe how these young widows experienced the sudden traumatic loss of their spouse.
  2. Describe the support systems used by these widows to cope with their loss and navigate the transition in their identity.
  3. Identify interventions that can be utilized when working with this population.

 

Speaker(s):

Belcher, Jonathan, MSW

Craig, Jessica, MS

Presentation:

The presenters will share information on the impact housing insecurity and homelessness has on a person’s health and cognition. Next, a review of the human hierarchy of needs and the impact on a person’s health, and the effectiveness of treatment when needs go unmet. We will then navigate the vast research on the Housing First Model and explain why it has become the most supported model to serve those experiencing homelessness and chronic behavioral health diagnosis.
   
Both presenters have years of working within the Housing First Model. With their expertise, they will present the model and bring case analysis demonstrating ‘real’ examples of how Housing First improves health outcomes and increases the effectiveness of any treatment.


Objectives:

  1. Describe signs and symptoms of the impact of housing insecurity and homelessness.
  2. Understand hierarchy of needs and impact on behavioral health conditions.
  3. Gain a basic understanding of Housing First Model.

 

Speaker(s):

Memmott, Jay, MSW, Ph.D.

Presentation:

Social work is a multifaceted profession committed to the improvement of human well-being by helping people meet their basic and often complex needs, with a particular emphasis on those who are vulnerable, oppressed, marginalized, and living in poverty. Drawing on his own 40+ years of experience as a social worker, Dr. Memmott will discuss why social work, with its focus on social, economic, and environmental justice, is a viable career path in the 21st Century. In addition, Dr. Memmott will demonstrate how social work is a profession that can be a catalyst for life-transforming changes in families, communities, and other social systems.


Objectives:

  1. Describe the mission of social work.

  2. Distinguish between a profession and an occupation–and explain why the distinctions matt

  3. Identify the three levels of social work practice

  4. Name at least three types of job that social workers perform.

  5. Explain how social work differs from other professions/occupations.

 

12:45 – 2:15 pm

Speaker(s):

Barajas-Muñoz, Alex, PhD

Presentation:

This workshop will familiarize participants with the important role non-medical professionals such as counselors, case managers, and social workers can play in the management of behavioral health medications treatment. Strategies for communicating with clients about their medications and typical client concerns and barriers will be discussed, as well as ways to address concerns and barriers. Tips for communicating with physicians and improving multidisciplinary collaboration will be presented. Information about the free BHMEDS-R3 App for your Android or iPhone/iPad available for your mobile device from the Google Play or iTunes App Store will also be presented.

Objectives:

  1. Define the role non-medical professionals have in medication-assisted treatment for behavioral health clients. 
  2. Describe how to address client concerns and barriers. 
  3. Identify tools available to help work with clients and communicate with physicians about a client’s medication. 

Speaker(s):

Ellison, Kathleen, MS, MA, NCC

Presentation:

Over 1,100 residents die by suicide each year in Missouri. Three out of five suicide deaths in the state involve the use of a firearm – well above national average for gun suicide. Access to firearms, particularly easy access to firearms during a period of crisis or emotional despair is a key risk factor for suicide. Yet, many individuals and organizations working in suicide prevention have been uncomfortable to address firearms, given the current social and political climate in the gun right and gun violence conversations. The Safer Homes Collaborative, a grass roots, firearm-suicide prevention initiative is embracing the challenge; bringing together gun owners, gun retailers, behavioral health professionals, medical providers, and suicide prevention advocates to the table to talk about how they all play a role in preventing. In this presentation, participants will learn about the Safer Homes Collaborative and how they’ve brought experts in firearms, suicide prevention, mental health and physical health together to work towards the shared goal of preventing firearm suicides.

Objectives:

  1. Define the Safer Homes Collaborative and mission to prevent firearm suicide
  2. Identify lethal means reductions strategies to prevent firearm suicide and the evidence behind why it works
  3. Describe the impact the Safer Homes Collaborative has in creating systems change through their collaborations across the state
  4. Ask the suicide question and ask about access to firearms.

Speaker(s):

Larkin, Nicole, MS, CDAC

Hartenstein, Jaimee, Ph.D, CFLE

Martin, Carol, CPS

Presentation:

Women in recovery are a unique population with varying experiences. In a group setting establishing a safe space is vital to the experience of the women in the group. A facilitator of a group has an opportunity to be transparent with the group and utilize various techniques to establish a safe space. Empowerment is one component of recovery and helping the women to feel empowered and share their voice is one aspect of recovery. Techniques and opportunities used by the facilitator as well as activities with the group are one way the group can begin to feel empowered. Presenters will share from their experience how this blend of interventions works in real practice. This approach meets the unique needs of building peer relationships for collaboration and continued emphasis on trustworthiness and empowerment for women in recovery.

Objectives:

  1. Provide perspectives on approaches to facilitating groups for women in recovery.
  2. Gain an understanding of establishing and facilitating a safe space for women in recovery.
  3. Discuss techniques to utilize with women in recovery to build empowerment.
  4. Exploring opportunities to empower and give a voice to women in recovery groups.

Speaker(s):

James, Belinda, MSW, LCSW

Presentation:

This workshop will provide attendees with a foundation of knowledge on trauma informed care supervision. Professional development stages of staff will be reviewed to identify effective supervision strategies. Motivational interviewing skills will be practiced to address staff productivity, emotional wellness, compassion fatigue and burnout.

Objectives:

  1. Review central principles of supervision
  2. Increase awareness of cultural and contextual factors in supervision
  3. Practice trauma informed care strategies to address compassion fatigue and burnout

 

Speaker(s):

Memmott, Jay, MSW, Ph.D.

Presentation:

Every community contains natural or indigenous helpers–people who are sought out by friends, neighbors, and relatives because of their knack for effective problem solving and social support. More often than not, indigenous helpers are the first-line providers of informal health, social, addiction, and mental health services. Indigenous helpers represent every walk of life and the help they render is in most cases free of charge. Using an ecological framework and illustrations drawn from in-depth interviews with indigenous helpers, Dr. Memmott will discuss the impact this important human activity has on individuals, families, groups, and larger organizations. In addition, Dr. Memmot will offer tips on how to encourage and promote indigenous helping to make our communities healthier, safer, and more livable.

Objectives:

  1. Define indigenous helping and provide examples from their own lives.
  2. Identify and describe the types or helping styles of indigenous helpers.
  3. Discuss the helping methods employed by indigenous helpers.
  4. Explain how indigenous helping improves the quality of life in a community.
  5. Discuss ways to encourage and promote indigenous helping in neighborhoods and communities.

 

Speaker(s):

Boddie, Courtney R., Ph.D.

Thompson-Gibson, Lisa, MA, MA, LCPC

Presentation:

“Ellis and Deitz (2018) discussed the addition of community and environmental factors to the familiar factors present as part of the adverse childhood experiences (ACES) framework. They put forth the idea that a greater range of social determinants of health (e.g., discrimination) contribute to developmental trauma, along with ACES, given their adverse nature. This presentation explores implications of these findings to consider updating the existing ACES questionnaire, with particular focus on additional social and community factors. Using findings from Ellis and Dietz (2018), and exploring applications of Polyvagal Theory (Dana, 2020; Porges, 2006), and the Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics (Perry & Dobson, 2013), session participants will develop strategies for trauma-informed interventions in the conceptualization and treatment of discrimination-based developmental trauma among adults.”


Objectives:

  1. Conceptualize discrimination as a broad community/environmental factor that can disrupt human development
  2. Examine the influencing role of discrimination in early childhood development (e.g., access to resources, help-seeking tendencies, development of self-regulatory processes, parenting practices)
  3. Explore interventions that are a by-product of conceptualizing the role of various forms of discrimination as a developmental stressor

 

2:30 – 4:00 pm

Speaker(s):

Hartenstein, Jaimee, PhD, MS, BS

Likcani, Adriatik, PhD, MS, BS

Barrett, Janelle, MS, MAADCII

Presentation:

Diversity encompasses any dimension of differences and diverse perspectives that make each of us unique. Understanding what diversity is and how it contributes to our daily interactions amongst individuals, allows us to be one step closer to bridging gaps for minority groups. Minority groups include populations with less privilege than the average white male. It can include but is not limited to national origin, ethnicity, race, color, language, physical or mental disability, gender, age, religion and religious beliefs, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, political beliefs, socioeconomic status, marital status, family structures and any other category protected by law. These differences tend to be deciding factors for access to services, jobs, promotions, and equitable treatment in our day to day lives. Many minorities experience this more often than none. Diversity is about acceptance and respect for difference. This session will focus on self of the professional and organizational policies and procedures that help create a professional climate that promotes and reflects diversity and inclusion in mental health and substance use disorder treatment and recovery support services.

Objectives:

  1. Define privilege, learn how to recognize it and how to use it to help bridge the gap for minority and underserved groups.
  2. Change the stigmas of minorities in order for a group to flourish in a meaningful manner.
  3. Learn to advocate for groups of people who feel powerless and to encourage such groups to have a voice of their own.
  4. Specify the differences between equity and equality for minority groups.
  5. Identify personal and organizational strategies for change and growth to help create a professional climate that promotes and reflects diversity and inclusion and increase access to services for underserved populations.

Speaker(s):

Strabala, David, MSW, LCSW

Presentation:

The attitude, “That’s my story and I’m sticking to it,” is often humorous, but in today’s chaotic times it can exemplify a rigid and dysfunctional pattern that doesn’t serve us well. We need more diverse stories as guides or maps to reflect on, hold us and provide meaning and resilience. Yet most of our stories of heroes or superheroes treat them as conquering and claiming something that is brought under control. So where are the stories or maps for chaotic situations that can’t be conquered? Turns out there is another type of “heroism” called the trickster that is less hyper-masculine or forceful and more relational and receptive. Trickster characters are often vilified or at least misunderstood and underestimated, but they often do nothing less than transform or create new consciousness at many levels as they work with excesses of appetite or other emotions.
   
In this encore presentation from last year, new stories are included with a focus on deepening the nuances within each type of story at micro and macro levels. Most stories are hundreds of years old, demonstrating a universality and resilience to all times and places that can strengthen us today.  The presenter will tell stories of heroes and tricksters from many cultures. He will compare heroes and tricksters to show how they complement each other in healing.

Objectives:

  1. Discover how stories connect us more deeply to ourselves and the world

  2. Experience how stories yield insights and creativity

  3. Open up non-violent conflict resolutions through stories

Speaker(s):

Cooper, Caroline, MS

Presentation:

Sharing our recovery journey is beneficial to others and ourselves. When we tell our story, we encourage others and give them hope that they, too, can live full, productive, meaningful lives even while living with their disability. In the process, we remind ourselves that through the ups and downs of our journey, we have persevered, and can continue to do so. Session attendees will learn how to plan, prepare, and practice their stories. Presentation content includes: (1) choosing what to say and what not to say; (2) knowing their listeners; (3) preparing to share; (4) communicating effectively; and (5) creating a presentation. Practice exercises are provided throughout the presentation to guide individuals in the planning process. Most importantly, the presenter will encourage each person to recognize the uniqueness of their journey and the comfort and motivation they can bring to someone else who may need to hear their story.

 

Objectives:

  1. Be confident that their story is worth sharing
  2. Determine the audience they want to reach (even if 1 person)
  3. Write their story
  4. Prepare notes or an outline for sharing/presenting
  5. Communicate effectively both verbally and nonverbally

Speaker(s):

Winograd, Rachel, PhD

Presentation:

This talk will describe the recent landscape of drug use and overdose deaths in Missouri, including the ever-expanding role of fentanyl in our drug supply and the increase in deaths involving stimulants like methamphetamine and cocaine. Though ongoing initiatives funded by the State Opioid Response grant have understandably continued to focus on increasing access to medical treatments for Opioid Use Disorder and opioid-related harm reduction initiatives, the necessity of greater implementation of stimulant-focused intervention strategies is clear. To that end, this presentation will provide an overview of Missouri’s Contingency Management pilot programs for people with Stimulant Use Disorder, as well as harm reduction training, education, and drug checking resources designed for people who use stimulants. Additional attention will be paid to the widening racial disparities between Black and White Missourians regarding addiction treatment outcomes and overdose fatalities, including highlights of what is being done at the state and local levels to reduce deaths among those at highest-risk. Strategies for data-driven drug policy, funding, and community engagement will be highlighted.

 

Objectives:

  1. Describe the difference between fentanyl and stimulant contamination vs. co-use of both substances
  2. Define the behavioral basis of Contingency Management as a treatment approach
  3. Describe how and why individuals who use drugs may benefit from using fentanyl test strips

Speaker(s):

Glidden, Kay, MS

Reynolds-Lewis, Beth, BS

Presentation:

You have been working very hard most recently through a global pandemic. You are balancing your family needs and you are working diligently to meet the demands of the people you serve.

We now have over two decades of research that working in high stress, trauma-exposed professions carries risk to the staff.

The level of compassion fatigue staff experience can ebb and flow from one day to the next. Even very healthy staff with optimal life/work balance and self-care strategies can experience compassion fatigue.

Participants will improve their understanding of compassion fatigue, secondary trauma and burnout and will be given ten practical take-away tools, resources and strategies to include in daily self-care planning for improving health and resiliency.

Objectives:

  1. Define compassion fatigue, secondary trauma and burnout.
  2. Identify the signs and symptoms of compassion fatigue, secondary trauma and burnout.
  3. Utilize ten hands-on tools and resources for building resiliency.

Speaker(s):

Sale, Liz, PhD

Williams, Stacey, MSW, LCSW,

Millar, Kirsti, MS, LPC, 

Glowczwskie, Michelle, MSW, LCSW

Presentation:

This presentation will describe the implementation and evaluation of a continuity-of-care model in reducing suicide in adults. The program is implemented at two Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics in the St. Louis area. Participants are primarily recruited through inpatient psychiatric hospitalizations and emergency department visits for a recent suicide attempt or suicidal ideation. The evaluation determined program effectiveness in reducing suicide attempts, hospitalizations, emergency room visits, and suicidal ideation at 3- and 6-months post intake.


Objectives:

  1. Describe a continuity-of-care model being used in the St. Louis and Kansas City areas that immediately links adults in hospital settings to mental health services.
  2. Learn about and describe the effectiveness of the program in reducing suicide attempts, hospital visits, ER visits, and suicidal ideation. The presentation will provide detail as to how the program was evaluated.
  3. Develop plans to implement similar programs in their community. The evaluation demonstrated that this model is effective in reducing suicidal behaviors. Audience members should informed enough about the program components to replicate a similar program in their community.

 

4:05 – 5:05 pm

Speaker(s):

Karanja, Damaris, LPC, RDN

Presentation:

This presentation helps attendees to understand how complex trauma, attachment and developmental wounds, and eating behaviors are correlated. Attendees will learn how to promote a body-positive, culturally-sensitive counseling approach using the concepts behind Health at Every Size (HAES) and Intuitive Eating.

Objectives:

  1.  Understanding the correlational link between trauma to Eating Behaviors
  2. Learn how to promote a body-positive, culturally-sensitive approach in treatment using the concepts behind Health at Every Size (HAES).
  3. Participants will be able to apply case studies and conceptualization to assist with respectful, body-neutral terminology, awareness, and intervention.

Speaker(s):

Gray, Angela, MSW, EdS

Presentation:

Women of color are often misunderstood when they speak from the heart. The passion that women of color exhibit is often misconstrued as anger, negative attitudes, and defensive. As a result, they are often isolated and ostracized for voicing their opinions. Therefore, creating the “Angry Black Woman Syndrome” narrative. Women of color often feel disconnected from their white counterparts and each other in the workplace and other predominantly white spaces. In this workshop, we will discuss the importance of establishing healthy relationships with other women of color and connecting with white allies. Overall, this will be a very candid and open workshop to explore overcoming the “Angry Black Woman Syndrome” narrative.

Objectives:

  1. To identify physical, psychological, and emotional stressors as it relates to being a woman of color.

  2. To define relevant terms to help women of color navigate in predominately white spaces.

  3. To identify and utilize survival techniques and strategies to help women of color overcome feelings of rejection, anger, and sadness.

Speaker(s):

Williams, Stacey, MSW, LCSW

Muckler, Casey MPH

Presentation:

During this panel discussion you will learn everything you need to know to be ready for 988. In July 2020, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) designated 988 as the new three-digit crisis number for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (NSPL). By July of 2022, all telecommunications companies will have to make the necessary changes and be ready to go live. 988 will be promoted Nationwide as the three-digit helpline for all mental health and suicide crises. Missouri has 7 active NSPL members. These call centers have trained staff to answer calls from individuals at risk for suicide as well as those experiencing other mental health and substance use related emergencies, as well as connection to ongoing services. 988 will transform our current crisis system of care nationwide and Missouri is actively preparing our system to align and provide the most evidence-based practices for a comprehensive continuum of care.

Objectives:

  1. Describe the history of 988 and why do we need it
  2. Define what the benefits of 988 and how much will it cost
  3. Identify how 988 will impact Missouri’s crisis system and what we are doing to prepare

*  Schedule subject to change without notice