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Thursday, May 18th

7:00 – 8:00 am

Conference Registration (desk open until 5 pm), Breakfast, Visit Exhibits – Windgate Hall 

8:00 – 9:15 am

Paradise Ballroom ABC


 

Speaker(s):

Kelly, John, PhD, ABPP

Description

During the past 50 years in the United States we have learned a great deal about the causes, prevalence, clinical course, and impact of alcohol and other drug use disorders, including that these disorders tend to have a long course and even when individuals achieve initial remission, risk for recurrence of the disorder can remain elevated for several years. As a result of this recognition of susceptibility to relapse over the initial years in remission, a variety of community based long-term recovery support service structures have started and grown in order to help individuals manage the considerable stressors that must be managed in the early phases of recovery. This presentation will provide brief contextual overview of what has been learned during the past 50 years of addiction science which has led to the emergence and growth of new models of extended recovery support services that are demonstrating effectiveness and cost-effectiveness in facilitating long-term remission and stable recovery.

Objectives

1. Name two major biobehavioral factors that undermine addiction recovery attempts;
2. Describe three empirically-supported recovery supports services shown to enhance remission rates and its duration
3. Understand the concept and value of recovery capital in the remission process

9:15 – 10:00 am

Break, Visit Exhibits (Windgate Hall) 

10:00 – 11:30 am

Parasol II


Speaker(s):

Andrews, Crestin, DO

Description

My presentation is largely on the body of work and research done by Joe Navarro. Initially inspired after reading his book “What every body is saying”, I found that he offered a self paced online 3 month course about body language interpretation. This course is the only one of its kind approved by the American Psychological Association. I approached my program director and chair of the department of psychiatry asking if they would support this training by means of an educational grant. The department granted the educational grant and supported my engagement in this course, in return I will be presenting on this topic as a grand rounds presentation and future lecture series. My presentation sticks to the research behind body language interpretation and attempts to dispel some of the misconceptions purported in mainstream media.

Objectives

Develop a working knowledge of the key concepts behind nonverbal communication and identify how these skills can be applied in a range of different scenarios.

Discuss the triune brain and the role of the limbic system in nonverbal communication.

Explore common body language cues that indicate comfort vs. discomfort.

Identify how knowledge of nonverbal communication can aid in the quality of patient care.

Leeward 76-77


 

Speaker(s):

Ferguson, Aidan, PhD

Erwin, Jennifer, PhD, JD, MSW

Monge, Madelyn

Description

This lecture will describe the development and operation of the Certified Peer Recovery Specialist and Certified Recovery Support Specialist (CPRS / CRSS) training program at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. We will provide background information on how peer support is used in behavioral health and its effectiveness, how the CPRS / CRSS program was developed, a description of the first two cohorts of students and their experiences and outcomes, and what was learned from a programmatic standpoint. The emphasis of this lecture will be discussing what aspects of the training program worked well and what unanticipated or unintended consequences we experienced and how we have adapted to address those issues.

Objectives

1. Define peer support and describe the need for certified peer support workers in Illinois
2. Describe the process of developing a CPRS/CRSS certification program
3. Identify barriers to and issues with implementing a CPRS/CRSS certification program
4. Describe best practices and ways to address barriers in program development and implementation

Ferguson Presentation

Wingate 60-61


 

Speaker(s):

Woodruff, Jodi, PhD

Description

This presentation will discuss the current, regional prevalence of schizophrenia spectrum disorders in Missouri. We will demonstrate the progression of diagnoses, across the lifespan using administrative data specific to Missouri, to highlight the importance of early recognition and need for treatment to reduce the lifetime prevalence of schizophrenia spectrum disorders. Finally, we will discuss the individual and environmental factors, using an epidemiological approach, that affect diagnosis and access to treatment.

Objectives

1. Review regional difference in people living with psychosis in MO Medicaid
2. Describe the progression of diagnoses across the lifespan for persons diagnosed with a schizophrenia spectrum disorder
3. Identify critical age groups and regions needing care for persons experiencing first episode psychosis

Nautical Wheeler


 

Speaker(s):

Hobson, Trisha, LPC, MA

Description

This presentation will focus on learning about Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) and how to tailor this effective treatment for children with developmental needs and their caregivers. PCIT is a well-supported evidence-based treatment for children that focuses on strengthening the parent-child relationship and reducing problematic emotional and behavioral concerns through positive play connections and behavioral management training for parents/caregivers. Families of children with neurodiversity, developmental, and/or medical needs often experience elevated stress that can impact the overall health of both the child and other family members, especially parents and caregivers.

Participants in this presentation will learn how PCIT can play an important role in the overall growth and development of children with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Participants will learn how the standard application of PCIT can be tailored to address the unique and individualized needs of children with developmental delays. This presentation will address how PCIT can support young children, in particular, reduce parental stress, and improve overall mental health during a very crucial time of child development. Participants will learn primarily through a didactic presentation format. Participants will have an opportunity for live observation and/or practice of skills learned.

Objectives

1. Provide an overview of standard PCIT and the research to support this effective intervention
2. Provide an overview of the benefits and outcomes of PCIT
3. Discuss how PCIT can be tailored to address the unique and individualized needs of children with developmental delays
4. Review examples of PCIT in action

Hobson Presentation

Hobson Persentation slides

Paradise Ballroom C


 

Speaker(s):

Barajas-Muñoz, Alex, PhD

Description

This training on crisis response and suicide prevention will enhance participants ability to recognize, respond, and support people at risk of suicide. They will learn statistics, warning signs, practice effective ways to assess and asking about suicide, enhance their communication skills, and improve their preparation to respond to people at risk and refer (when appropriate).

Objectives

1. Familiarize participants with statistics related to suicide and their relevance in suicide prevention
2. Identify suicide warning signs
3. Provide examples of effective ways to ask about suicide, assess, and manage risk
4. Describe the importance of collaboration in the development of a safety and treatment plan

Leeward 74-75


 

Speaker(s):

Schlotzhauer, Le’Anne, BA

Description

We have all heard the flight attendants’ instructions of putting our own oxygen mask on first before helping someone else. It makes sense, but we often don’t follow this very basic rule in our own lives. We go into a supporting role to help someone live their best life. We want our clients to feel valued, loved, supported, and empowered. However, it is hard to give what you don’t have. The best way to help your clients is to ensure you have the tools to value yourself.

Whether you like it or not, your clients look up to you and often strive to be just like you. If they hear you putting yourself down, running yourself down, or utilizing bad habits to keep yourself down they may begin to model some of this behavior. People believe what you do more than what you say. Building a client up with your words won’t have the same impact as building them up through role modeling what having valued, empowered life looks like. Be the change you want to see in your clients.

Objectives

1. Discuss the impact staff have on their clients.
2. Utilize this impact for the purpose of building clients up.
3. Review tools to change your thought patterns.
4. Discuss to how treating yourself with dignity and respect leads to treating others the same way
5. Describe how progress is better than perfection.

Schlotzhauer Presentation

Wingate 62-63


 

Speaker(s):

Scaccia, Jamie, PsyD

Wilson, Amy, PsyD

Description

Psychological evaluations have a history of being an experience for clients that is sterile, removed, and opaque. In fact, clients are often separated from the process outside of the actual testing session, creating a barrier to fully understanding what is happening with the personal information being shared with their clinician. As a result, it is more difficult to internalize the information that is provided at feedback sessions. Children are especially vulnerable to this process and often times are not even included in feedback sessions at all.

We present a trauma informed approach to conducting psychological evaluations. Utilizing the Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics (NMT; Dr. Bruce Perry), we have adapted the content, frequency, and approach to testing sessions to be more trauma informed, client centered, and educational. Furthermore, we utilize the Therapeutic Assessment Model (Dr. Stephen Finn) to create a process that is collaborative, transparent, and relationally therapeutic for children and their caregivers. This presentation will describe how these models come together in assessment and how they might be extended to ongoing therapeutic care. We will explore a case example from the first point of contact to the feedback session and follow up. Finally, we will review how a relational approach to assessment creates space for honesty, vulnerability, and therapeutic moments that might otherwise be missed in a more typical evaluation.

Objectives

1. Describe how the Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics influences the understanding of developmental trauma on current behaviors.
2. Identify what makes self-care hard to follow through on, despite knowing its value and relationship to secondary trauma and burn out.
3. Practice dosing self-care and outline how it may be implemented in their lives and lives of their clients.

Scaccia Wilson Handout

Wilson Presentation

Paradise Ballroom B


 

Speaker(s):

Cornell, Alison, MSW

Tobias, Amanda, AA

Tranbarger, Raven, MSW

Description

Substance use and mental health populations have rapidly increased since the pandemic, with numbers increasing to 4 in 10 Americans reporting mental health concerns and 13% of people reporting use of substances. We will be focusing on Substance use before and during the COVID-19 pandemic with emphasis on the impact of underserved communities. With the increased numbers, it has become imperative that we are able to offer individualized treatment to individuals in our communities. By understanding the relationship between Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs related to the stages of change, we are better able to serve our communities by using this knowledge to provide individualized holistic treatment designed to address barriers that are specific to the rural community before and after the challenges the pandemic has created.

This training will emphasize each level of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs and how it is related to the stages of change. We will examine each stage and how it can both elevate and hinder successful movement during treatment. The training will utilize an open dialogue to engage individuals in the training with case studies as we discuss resources available in rural areas as well as the barriers that are faced as we work with individuals who are engaging in mental health and substance use treatment.

Objectives

1. Discuss the impact of mental health and substance use on individuals.
2. Describe concepts related to stages of change and its relationship in treatment settings.
3. Obtain information on locating resources in a rural setting

Cornell Presentation

Paradise Ballroom A


 

Speaker(s):

Scarberry, Chris, MA

Description

This presentation focuses upon interventions that work best with marginalized populations and also explores methods that can be problematic and unethical. Attendees will be given a history of the LGBTQ+ community from Stonewall on as well as examples from the presenter’s practice which focuses on working with Queer and Transgender clients. Information will also be provided pertaining to the history of HIV/AIDS as well as how to compose letters for Hormone Replacement Therapy and Gender Affirming Surgeries for transgender clients. The hope is that, making this information more readily available will increase comfort and competence in working with these clients.

Objectives

1. Identify 3 cultural factors common to LGBTQ+ clients.
2. Articulate 4 interventions useful in counseling HIV+ clients
3. Identify 3 interventions/methods counter indicated in working with this population

Scarberry Presentation

11:30 – 12:45 pm

Lunch, Visit Exhibits (Windgate Hall) 

12:45 – 1:45 pm

Windgate 60-61


 

Speaker(s):

Kemna, Kelli, MSW

Thomas, Andy, MA, CCJP, MARS

Description

A presentation of housing resources and information in Missouri. A few of the specific housing options which will be covered are HUD sponsored housing, Recovery Housing and Veterans housing. The presentation will include how to locate affordable housing.

Objectives

Understand housing resources in Missouri

Knowledge of tools to search for affordable housing

Understand subpopulation specific housing resources

Paradise Ballroom C


 

Speaker(s):

Gierer, Beckie, MS

Backes, Alyssa, BS

Description

Come learn about the MO Behavioral Health Strike Team that was developed in MO to respond to different types of natural and human-caused disasters. This presentation will describe what the strike team is, how they are deployed, what types of events they respond to and what that response looks like. This team is open for mental health staff to join – Come learn about this unique team!

Objectives

1. Explain the role of the Behavioral Health Strike Team
2. Determine interest in joining
3. Define different types of disasters
4. Identify experiences where the strike team would be needed

Paradise Ballroom B


 

Speaker(s):

Vincenz, Felix, PhD

Description

An overview of the history of the state psychiatric hospitals in Missouri, focusing on their origins, changes in treatment approach, and evolution over time to the present day.

Objectives

1. Describe the origins of state operated psychiatric hospitals
2. Discuss the evolution in treatment provided
3. Review the changes in beds operated and the focus of care
4. Discuss today’s role in the overall provision of care in the State of Missouri

Vincenz Presentation

Paradise Ballroom A


 

Speaker(s):

Steffen, Ann, PhD, ABPP

Description

This presentation is aimed at clinicians and service recipients who are familiar with cognitive behavioral therapies (the CBTs) and wish to enhance the impact of their psychotherapy sessions. The CBTs have been shown in more than 1000 research studies to be effective for many different disorders and problems experienced across the lifespan. National data indicate that treatment effectiveness and client outcomes can been improved with consistent implementation of key within-session strategies (both by therapists and by clients!). These research-supported practices will be described in this super session with some case examples used to illustrate.

Objectives

1. Describe foundational assumptions of all CBTs
2. Identify common within-session barriers to effective psychotherapy
3. Discuss at least 3 within-session strategies that can enhance therapy outcomes

Steffen_STI5-18-2023_Top10CBT_handouts

Steffen_STI5-18-2023_Top10CBT_slides

 

1:45 – 2:00 pm

Break, Visit Exhibits (Windgate Hall) 

2:00 – 3:30 pm

Parasol II


 

Speaker(s):

Chaffee, Thomas, MD

Description

This is a presentation covering the complex interactions between mental illness and the criminal justice system. I give an overview of our criminal justice system, focusing on our local system. Then transition into statistics about mental illness and incarceration. Will discuss the challenges of treating patients in jail. Then will discuss mental health courts – the general set up and efficacy.

Objectives

Explain the basic foundations of the United States Justice Systems
List the common steps involved in a criminal court case
Identify the challenges of having mental illness while incarcerated
Identify the challenges of treatment patients with mental illness while incarcerated
Explain the essential elements of a successful mental health court

Nautical Wheeler


 

Speaker(s):

Sohl, Kristin, MD, FAAP

Description

Let’s talk about the Spectrum and learn to think beyond the stereotypical conceptualization of autism to a deeper understanding of how characteristics present and evolve over time and across individuals. We will discuss the DSM-5 criteria, how it is applied and common co-occurring conditions to screen and manage.

Objectives

Recall the DSM-5 diagnostic criteria as it relates to Autism Spectrum Disorder
Assess how characteristics of ASD present in early childhood and manifest across the lifespan
List common medical and psychiatric co-occurring conditions in Autism Spectrum Disorder

 

SOHL Presentation

Wingate 60-61


 

Speaker(s):

Rakhshan Rouhakhtar, Pamela, PhD

Description

This talk will provide an in-depth exploration of how psychosis can be misidentified, both symptomatically and diagnostically. Broad pathways for misidentification or misattribution will be explored, including: 1) when psychosis is misperceived as the primary diagnosis; 2) when it is missed as a relevant symptom, and; 3) when it is critical to identify overlap in psychosis and other distressing experiences, such as OCD, depression, and Autism. The talk will conclude with a focus on best practices and tools to appropriately assess and diagnose psychosis (or not) and a discussion of how diagnoses related to psychosis impact individual mental health care and associated care systems.

Objectives

1. Distinguish psychosis as a syndrome from primary psychotic spectrum diagnoses
2. Identify the main pathways for misdiagnosis or misidentification of psychosis
3. Review techniques and considerations useful for appropriate and sensitive assessment and diagnosis of psychosis spectrum diagnoses
4. Discuss the implications of psychosis spectrum diagnoses on client mental health and care systems

Rouhakhtar – I can’t believe it’s not psychosis.pptx

Leeward 76-77


 

Speaker(s):

Dawsey, Nichole, MPH

Wilson, Emma, BA

Description

It’s Complicated is a PreventEd program that was designed, implemented and evaluated through the support of a local foundation. The program design relied on the power of adolescents leading lessons with their classmates. In prevention efforts, PreventEds know the messenger is often just as important as the message. By empowering young people to be leaders, they have the ability to gain a deeper understanding of the prevention information and the lesson is better received by their peers. This curriculum is implemented in a 3-lesson series that provides up-to-date facts on the changing landscape of cannabis in Missouri and across the United States. It allows the facilitators to have real conversations about cannabis and address many of the misperceptions on this substance. The final lesson includes details on how to have a conversation and “carefront” a friend when you may be concerned about their use of cannabis.

With the foundation’s support, PreventEd was also able to contract with an outside evaluation partner to determine the impact of the program. The evaluation team led PreventEd in a randomized control trial within high school for It’s Complicated. Results have recently been shared to show there are several outcomes with statistically significant results. The outcomes of the program will be discussed in the presentation, along with lessons learned and ongoing efforts to enhance the program.

Objectives

1. Gain knowledge on the benefits of implementing peer education programs among high school youth.
2. Identify ways to utilize youth in prevention work.
3. Explore evaluation techniques for primary prevention efforts.

Dawsey Presentation

Paradise Ballroom C


 

Speaker(s):

Scott, Shari, PhD, MA

Description

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. Examine 10,000 pediatric suicides to determine factors, causes, and warning signs
2. Identify red flags in suicidal youth
3. Learn how to directly talk with youth who express suicidality
4. Explore steps to take following the suicide death of a student

Leeward 74-75


 

Speaker(s):

Zwolak, Steve, MEd

Description

The is an opportunity to begin to unpack how you “”Normal”” influences how you see others.
WHY…WHY have I chosen my profession?

WHY do I do what I do?

Why do I only see what I see?

Why do I feel what I feel?

Understanding your WHY, truly inspires the WHAT and HOW.

Teaching/clinical work today must have deep roots in REFLECTIVE ENGAGEMENT within ourselves, our children/students, clients and families. It is tightly knitted braiding of education and mental health to advance Mental wellness

Today, more so than ever!

Objectives

1. Describe the deep need for reflective practices
2. Describe the long term impact of COVID on our children and families
3. Discuss high levels of resilience is necessary, particularly now!

Zwolak Presentation

Wingate 62-63


 

Speaker(s):

Maglio, Christopher, PhD

Tubbergen, Tjitske “Tish”, MSW, PhD, LCSW

Description

The last 60 years has seen a steady increase in the number of adults diagnosed with mental disorders that impair their ability to perform living and working tasks. Many of these individuals participate in psychiatric rehabilitation (CPR) programs that provide essential support and services to those with complex and longer-term mental health problems. These services should be evidence-based and focus on helping individuals develop skills and access resources needed to increase their capacity to be successful and satisfied in their chosen living, working, learning, and social environments. The Daily Living Activities-20 (DLA-20) is a research-supported measure of the daily living areas impacted by mental illness or disability with higher DLA-20 scores indicating stronger success in meeting daily living activities. 122 CPR consumers who had completed the DLA-20, rated demographic and study variables regarding their helpfulness in assisting them to successfully complete their daily living activities. Results of regression analyses revealed several significant micro-system, mezzo-system and macro-system variables as predictors of DLA-20 scores. The study results support the need for consumer-driven, individualized treatment planning and goal setting as well as assisting the consumer in developing strategies and acquiring necessary skills to reach and maintain stated goals and to develop necessary supports needed to maintain the stated goals. Implementing such approaches in CPR programs helps demonstrate that services provided to CPR consumers are addressing the empirically supported areas consumers report as being the most helpful in assisting them to successfully complete activities of daily living. Suggestions for modification of CPR programs with empirical input from CPR consumers are discussed. Audience participation is encouraged throughout the presentation.

Objectives

1. Describe the history of psychiatric rehabilitation programs.
2. Describe current services provided in psychiatric rehabilitation programs.
3. Identify the factors CPR consumers’ report as being the most helpful to them in successfully completing their daily living activities.
4. Describe examples of empirically supported modifications of CPR programs.

Paradise Ballroom B


 

Speaker(s):

Johnson, Clif, CRAADC

Adams, Dan, MBA

Description

This presentation is one provider’s experience and update on how transforming from CSTAR to ASAM in a SUD program went and how after 6 months it is developing and affecting outcomes. The focus is to have some interactive discussion with those attending to share input and experiences.

Objectives

1. Explain different ways agencies have transformed to ASAM from CSTAR
2. Review agency documents being used to guide staff for LOCA
3. Discuss some ideas for their EHR development around ASAM

Adams Presentation

Paradise Ballroom A


 

Speaker(s):

Kingsbury, David, MA

Description

Though often misunderstood and misrepresented, cultural competence remains the preferred term and construct at the core of culture-related professional standards and guidelines from the APA, ACA, NASW, SAMHSA, and others. This is for good reason. When properly understood, cultural competence guides program development, professional development, and diagnosis and treatment in essential ways that relate to standards of care and boundaries of professional competence. Learn what cultural competence really means for both organizations and individual practitioners, why a correct understanding is important to quality of care, and how to pursue developing it.

Objectives

1. Explain the correct meaning of cultural competence as used in professional standards and guidelines including its relationship to subordinate constructs such as cultural humility, cultural responsiveness, and cultural intelligence.
2. Describe how professional standards limit scope of practice to one’s boundaries of cultural competence and how cultural distance can be used to assess the required degree of competence in individual encounters.
3. Identify a range of approaches that can be used to develop cultural awareness, knowledge, and skills and resources that can support such development.

 

3:30 – 3:35 pm

Break, Visit Exhibits (Windgate Hall) 

3:35 – 5:05 pm

Parasol II


 

Speaker(s):

Nwokwor, Ejike, MBBS

Description

Increasing Social media use and the possible impacts Drivers of social media growth and the mental health implications.

Objectives

  • Concerns about increasing social media usage
  • What drives the rapid increase in use of social media
  • Impact of social media use on mental health
  • Suggestions on controlling abnormal use of social media

Paradise Ballroom C


Speaker(s):

Ellison, Kathleen, MS, MA, NCC

Description

Suicide does not discriminate. Perhaps you have heard that statement before. Suicide can happen to anyone, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, socio-demographics, or intellectual and developmental abilities. Identifying risk and protective factors in persons with IDD requires greater understanding for researchers and practitioners, in order to be more effective when assessing risk and developing safety plans. This session will stretch participants’ typical mindsets when providing services to clients with IDD.

Objectives

Define various intellectual and developmental disabilities

Identify the protective factors, risk factors and warning signs for suicide in individuals with IDD

Identify appropriate tools for assessing suicide risk in individuals with IDD

Develop equitable safety plans for individuals with IDD in their living environments

Paradise Ballroom B


 

Speaker(s):

Nesbitt, Donna, BA

Description

This presentation will focus on the unique needs of LGBTQIA+ individuals seeking treatment for substance use. It will examine important considerations for success in recovery as well as which interventions are most effective for long-term sobriety. Those attending will be educated on updated terminology, current societal issues, and concerns regarding treatment that all contribute to the prevalence of addiction among this community. The presentation will be given from the perspective of someone who specializes in working with LGBTQIA+ clients and has been one. The hope is to increase awareness, improve inclusivity, shift treatment protocols, and demonstrate to providers how they can be more affirmative in the support they are offering. The presentation will also give tips and ideas for increasing involvement with advocacy and potentially increase the number of clients that reach out.

Objectives

Define common terms important to know for working with the LGBTQIA+

Increase knowledge of changes occurring within & outside community

Identify the unique issues LGBTQIA+ individuals face which contribute to SUD

Describe the difference between inclusivity versus affirmation in treatment

Utilize suggestions in order to improve current practice for better outcomes

Leeward 76-77


 

Speaker(s):

Higginbotham, Jennifer, MSW, LCSW

Matlock, Tanya, MA

Burries, Cassandra

Description

Learn about a unique approach to recovery listed on SAMHSA’s registry as an evidence based practice in 2011, accredited by both Clubhouse International and the Commission on Accreditation for Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF), that addresses the 8 Dimensions of Wellness. A Clubhouse is a community intentionally organized to support individuals living with the effects of mental illness. Through participation in the Clubhouse, people are given the opportunities to rejoin the worlds of friendships, family, meaningful work, employment, education, and healthy lifestyles. A Clubhouse is a restorative environment for people who have had their lives disrupted, and need the support of others who believe that recovery from mental illness is possible for all. Independence Center’s Clubhouse is one of twelve International Training Bases in the Clubhouse Model of psychiatric rehabilitation, one of five accredited Clubhouses in Missouri, and one of over 300 Clubhouses worldwide.

Objectives

1. Describe the basic components of the Clubhouse Model of psychiatric rehabilitation
2. Discuss what makes the Clubhouse model a unique approach to recovery.
3. Review how the Clubhouse model addresses the 8 Dimensions of Wellness.
4. Discover directly from members how the Clubhouse has saved their life.

Higginbotham Presentation

Nautical Wheeler


 

Speaker(s):

Harvey, Karyn, PhD

Description

Trauma-Informed Supports for People with IDD – The Path to Healing
This session will provide an in-depth look at trauma in the lives of people with IDD and the effects of that trauma. The biological, psychological and social effects will be explored. Next, there will be a discussion of healing. Three components of healing will be reviewed: safety, connections and empowerment. The Positive Identity approach will be introduced as well. Finally the happiness assessment and daily happiness worksheet tools will be introduced.

Objectives

1. Identify sources of trauma for people with IDD
2. Identify the positive identity development approach.
3. Utilize workbooks that develop a positive sense of self.
4. Utilize the happiness assessment.

Leeward 74-75


 

Speaker(s):

Scaccia, Jamie, PsyD

Wilson, Amy, PsyD

Description

Self-care. Did you flinch? Did you roll your eyes? Self-Care has developed a bad reputation. With caregivers and professionals regularly overtaxed and under-resourced, self-care is like a weight at the bottom of a to-do list. Unfortunately, we remain stressed, anxious, depressed, and burnt out as a result.

Instead of spa days, let us start thinking about self-care as a dose of medicine. Each spoon full is a few minutes of recharging time that adds up to a healthy treatment of our minds, bodies, and relationships. We will use our time to explore what dosing means, how it can be understood within a clinical relationship, and how we may apply it to our own lives.

(Please note for this and our other presentation submission, slides do not include those that are copyrighted and will be more thorough for presentation. Copyrighted slides will be used with permission from author.)

Objectives

1. Define “dosing” within the context of the Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics (Dr. Bruce Perry).
2. Identify what makes self-care hard to follow through on, despite knowing its value and relationship to secondary trauma and burn out.
3. Practice dosing self-care and outline how it may be implemented in their lives and lives of their clients.

Sccaccia Wilson Handout

Windgate 62-63


 

Speaker(s):

Steffen, Ann, PhD, ABPP

Description

There are a wide range of health conditions and injuries that lead to persistent pain. This presentation features key strategies from Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) that help individuals manage chronic pain and engage in daily living that is consistent with personal values and life goals. Clinicians will learn effective means for helping their clients apply the gate control theory of pain to regulate emotions, thoughts, and behaviors that increase pain perceptions and disrupt value-based living. This presentation also describes clinical resources for assessment and intervention (e.g., psychotherapy and integrated primary care sessions). The presentation will emphasize strategies that are responsive to the needs of culturally diverse clients across the lifespan, including within the context of telehealth.

Objectives

1. Describe the relevance of the Gate Control Theory of pain and strategies for enhancing client understanding
2. Identify assessment tools that are a good fit for busy clinical practices
3. Explain 3 core strategies used in CBT for chronic pain

Steffen Handout

Steffen Resources

Paradise Ballroom A


 

Speaker(s):

Jones, Diana, BA, CDEIL

Harris, Shaunte, MSN, PNMHP

Thumann, Kathryn, MSW, LCSW

Anderson Hawkins, Cheryl, RN

Raymond, Lily, PhD

Description

This presentation will review the history and implementation of Racial Equity Learning Sessions at St.Louis Forensic Treatment Center. We will discuss our origins and growth over the past 7 years, including how we approached our efforts during the pandemic, gaining buy in from leadership, and key points we address when presenting information to our workforce in our learning session.

Objectives

Describe WHY race still matters and the value of courageous conversations.

Describe the WHY behind providing Racial Equity(RE) sessions in the workplace.

Identify the five content areas of our RE Session

Describe the HOW of RE Sessions (approach, challenges, lessons learned).

Thumann Presentation

Wingate 60-61


 

Speaker(s):

Rakhshan Rouhakhtar, Pamela, PhD

Description

This talk will provide a overview of psychosis symptoms, highlighting the developmental trajectory and severity spectrum of mental illness with psychosis. A brief broad over of psychosis with precede an in depth review of early identification and intervention for early and attenuated psychosis. Practical considerations and best practices practices for screening and assessment of attenuated and early psychosis will be discussed, and challenges and special considerations for early psychosis identification reviewed.

Objectives

1. Identify the symptoms and typical developmental trajectories of mental illness with psychosis.
2. Distinguish between the constructs/conditions of attenuated and early psychosis.
3. Describe best practices and tools for the screening and assessment of early/attenuated psychosis.
4. Discuss some of the challenges and special considerations for psychosis screening and assessment.

Rouhakhtar – Screening and Diagnosis of Psychosis.pptx

6:00 pm – 8:30 pm

Windgate 60-61


 

Speaker(s):

Johnson Kliethermes, Andrew, MEd

Description

Participate in, and learn from, a stimulating discussion over the film Intelligent Lives. Intelligent Lives is a film by award-winning filmmaker Dan Habib.

Objectives

  • Discuss various perspectives on the film and disability
  • Describe key themes present in the fight for disability rights
  • Utilize key perspectives from people with disabilities in their practice and profession

 

Friday, May 19th

7:00 – 8:00 am

Conference Registration (desk open until 2:30 pm, then move to 6th floor), Breakfast, Visit Exhibits – Windgate Hall 

8:00 – 9:15 am

Paradise Ballroom ABC


 

Speaker(s):

Constantino, John, MD

Description

Some of the most chronic and treatment-resistant syndromes of mental health impairment arise when developmental disability and psychiatric disability occur together, so-called “dual diagnosis”. Interventions that are commonly implemented in the developmental disabilities service sector (e.g., functional communication training and positive behavioral support planning) are capable of mitigating severe behavioral impairment, yet rarely invoked when dual diagnosis patients are seen in the psychiatric service sector. Conversely, state-of-the-art interventions for traumatic stress, pharmacotherapy, and psychotherapy have proven capable of improving behavioral impairments in IDD but are typically restricted to the psychiatric service sector, where there exist significant barriers to access for patients with IDD, including limitations imposed by diagnostic eligibility and practitioner experience. Bridging these gaps in knowledge and clinical capacity across the respective IDD and PS service sectors should be of very high priority in strategizing the care and support of IDD patients with serious co-occurring psychiatric conditions, and will be an important step in fulfilling federal mental health parity legislation.

Objectives

  • To describe common pathways to unnecessary complications in adaptation among individuals with developmental disability
  • To describe advances in treatment for joint behavioral and developmental disability
  • To clarify endpoints of mental health parity, i.e. the extent to which medically-necessary behavioral health services are being delivered on a par with medical services within health systems.

Constantino – Dual Diagnosis and MH Parity Constantino 2023v2.0

 

9:15 – 9:45 am

Paradise Ballroom ABC


 

The Department of Mental Health, Division of Behavioral Health, is recognizing three Outstanding Performers for Housing, Supported Employment, and Recovery Support Services.  These awards go to agencies that exemplify the DMH Mission of serving, empowering, and supporting Missourians to live their best lives.

2023 Outstanding Performer Recovery Support Services

ARCA-Recovery House

The Assisted Recovery Centers of America Recovery House began in 2011 and has 11 total properties. Recovery House continues to serve those in need in the St. Louis area. This program focuses on providing a safe peer supported living environment for those recovering from substance use disorders. Recovery House is operated by Jordan Hampton. Jordan and all those involved in Recovery House have a passion for recovery and assist each individual with the skills they need to continue on their path to recovery. Recovery House strives to be a great example of what dedication to recovery can mean to the individuals served and the community. We are very appreciative of the consistent exemplary efforts Jordan Hampton and Recovery House have set for putting individuals served first.

Independence Center

Independence Center has been a housing creator and innovator for years. Their problem-solving creativity in housing design has addressed the needs of many Missourians living with disabilities. Independence Center’s housing programs include: Residential Care Facilities, Intensive Residential Treatment Settings, Clustered Apartments, and Permanent Supportive Housing. There are 109 units of housing within these settings. Independence Center has been awarded a new Low-Income Housing Tax Credit property, which will target persons over 55 years old and include occupational therapy and other services on-site to support aging in place.

Independence Center is a model housing advocate, offering a wide array of housing options that support housing choice for Missourians with disabilities. They consistently demonstrate their commitment to their mission to, “provide all the services and resources a person with a serious and persistent mental illness needs, to manage their symptoms, find belonging and purpose, and gain the independence to live a healthy, quality life.”

 

This year’s Outstanding Performer for Supported Employment Award goes to BJC Farmington.

BJC Farmington exemplifies how an Individual Placement and Support (IPS) employment program can be successfully implemented in a rural community. BJC Farmington has been an IPS provider for nearly ten years. Their 2022 successful employment rate was higher than state and national averages and their most recent fidelity review scored in the highest range of fidelity, which is the exemplary range.

While their outcomes are impressive, where BJC Farmington really shines is their team’s dedication and commitment to supported employment. The IPS supervisor has been part of IPS in Missouri since its inception. One Employment Specialists has been part of the program for six years and the other for ten years. Their certified benefits planner for has been with the program for six years. The team has been described by their supervisor as “three of the most dedicated individuals I have ever had the pleasure to work with. They focus on client strengths, and, to a person, never consider the barriers. I’m just lucky to experience their passion.”

Their employment program really embodies the spirit of “Employment is Recovery.” We are happy to recognize Jenise Woolf, IPS supervisor, Rob Grief, Employment Specialist, Brandi Shibley, Employment Specialists, and Sherrie Barton, Benefits Specialist as this year’s recipients of this award.

 

9:45 – 10:00 am

Break, Visit Exhibits (Windgate Hall) 

10:00 – 11:30 am

Nautical Wheeler


 

Speaker(s):

Harvey, Karyn, PhD

Description

This presentation will introduce the positive identity development approach to working with people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). First, It will explore the developmental stages and the associated challenges of each stage as experienced by people with IDD. The unique impact of those challenges on people with IDD will be discussed. Then, the importance of the adolescent stage of identity development and the struggle faced by many with IDD will be explored in depth. Next, developing a positive sense of identity will be discussed. Finally, techniques and approaches that can be utilized for those supporting people with intellectual disabilities in order to facilitate positive identity development will be introduced.

Objectives

Participants will be able to identify each developmental stage.

Participants will be be able to name the challenge to resolve during adolescence.

Participants will be able to describe the positive identity approach.

-Cancelled-

Parasol II


 

Speaker(s):

Lynde, David, MSW

Description

This workshop provides an overview of the principles of Supported Education.  The workshop will address some of the strategies and techniques used to support people with mental illness in developing and obtaining their educational goals.

Objectives

1. Participants will identify the basic principles of Supported Education
2. Participants will be able to describe useful educational interventions and strategies.
3. Participants will be able to describe some of the challenges and associated strategies for engaging and working with local secondary school systems.
4. Participants will be able to identify some of the challenges and associated strategies used to help people with mental illness to be successful with post-secondary educational programs.

Lynde Presentation

Leeward 76-77


 

Speaker(s):

Welch, Tim, PhD, LMFT

Burgen, Kailey, BS

Description 

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 evidence-based prevention and intervention strategies for clinical and mental health practitioners including utilizing a trauma-informed framework when working with individuals exposed to ACEs.

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 evidence-based strategies for addressing the effects of of ACEs

Welch_STI_2023.pptx

Paradise Ballroom C


 

Speaker(s):

Larkin, Nicole, MS, CDAC, SMFT

Likcani, Adriatik, PhD, LMFT

Woolery, Amber, BSW, CRADC

Description

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
3. Recognize professional acculturation process through the ecology of substance use treatment and recovery support approaches
4. Identify issues that threaten status quo of the helper, prompt resistance or create dissonance, and require them to find a new professional stability

Leeward 74-75


 

Speaker(s):

Keeton, Zhanna, MBA, MA, LPC, CCTS, BA

Description

Let’s talk about how trauma affects providers in the behavioral health field and what we can do as peers and leaders of organizations.

Objectives

1. Describe the physiology behind trauma as it relates to providers.
2. Review realistic calming techniques in the workplace.
3. Discuss ways to shift towards supporting providers through policies and procedures.
4. Discuss expanding your perspective of compassion for fellow providers.

Keeton Presentation

Windgate 62-63


 

Speaker(s):

Carpenter, John, MSW, LCSW

Description

Clients often feel their situation emotionally more than being able to express it into words. By helping them show their feelings in safe and even playful ways, they can actually see their issues more clearly as well as what needs to happen to resolve or change their lives. Like play therapy, these visual, metaphoric, and imagery techniques create a safe path for exploring difficult emotions and relationships. And the solutions seem easier to find and comprehend as well.

This session will help you clearly assess the hidden dynamics of couples and families. Experiential exercises will help clients work through complicated grief situations, pent-up anger, difficult losses, long-standing frustrations, and other intense emotions that seem stuck inside your client with no easy method of release or relief.

Objective

1. Describe three experiential approaches for assessing couples and families.
2. Identify five ways a therapist can bring dynamics out with visual props.
3. Describe at least three methods for releasing difficult emotions safely.
4. Describe the use of metaphoric imagery with couples for treatment.

Carpenter Handout

Carpenter Presentation

Paradise Ballroom B


 

Speaker(s):

Green, Lauren, MSW

Connors, Liz, LCSW, CRADC

Description

Since third-party access to naloxone became legal in Missouri in 2017, naloxone access across the state has drastically increased. In 2018, the UMSL-MIMH team distributed nearly 11,000 naloxone kits through the Missouri Opioid/Heroin Overdose Prevention and Education (MO-HOPE) project and State Targeted Response (STR) grant. In 2022-2023 grant cycle, our team is on track to distribute over 197,000 kits through the following projects: Navigating Overdose Response Through Harm reduction (North*) project, State Overdose Response (SOR) grant, Expanding Naloxone Access and Community Training (ENACT) grant, Drugs Overdose, Trust and Safety (Connecting the DOTS) grant, and the Missouri Coordinating Overdose Response Partnerships and Support (MO-CORPS) grant. With this massive increase of resources, our programming can reach many more partners and sectors and better meet the needs of those we serve. This presentation will outline the various naloxone initiatives in Missouri and provide guidance on how both agencies and individuals in Missouri can get free access to naloxone and harm reduction training. Additionally, presenters will share their experiences expanding harm reduction programming across various sectors including obstacles they have encountered, lessons learned, and their strategies for overcoming common objections to harm reduction.

Objectives

1. Describe the plans for harm reduction growth across the state of Missouri
2. Review how to access naloxone in Missouri
3. Discover strategies for overcoming common objections to harm reduction
4. Describe implementation barriers that presenters have encountered and how they overcame them

Parasol I


 

Speaker(s):

Rose, Yvette, DNP

Description

The stereotype of Black fathers as “absent” and Black children as “fatherless”—first introduced over 50 years ago—has, like many racial stereotypes, refuses to go away. In the movie Fatherhood (based on a true story), American stand-up comedian, actor, and producer Kevin Hart portrays a recently widowed Black father left to rear his newborn daughter after the sudden and unexpected death of his wife. This presentation considers the impact of PTSD in African American fathers after maternal loss during childbirth or within 42 days after pregnancy. During this time. fathers need to learn to navigate fatherhood while coping with the death of their spouse/partner. The sudden and unexpected death of a woman at delivery or soon after delivery is a traumatic experience for her family. Sadly, Paternal bereavement following the unexpected loss of a spouse/partner can lead to mental complications including post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a condition that can develop following a stressful event. A sudden bereavement is a stressful event.

The presentation will address losses and the potentiality of PTSD in African American males after the loss of their spouse/partner. After a loss their challenges become three-fold. They must cope with the loss, they must deal with their grief, and they must care for the infant or child, possibly alone.

Objectives

1. Disseminate information on responsible fatherhood

2. Identify the influence fathers can have on their children

3. Discuss strategies for coping with loss of a spouse/partner

4. Identify challenges of fatherhood

5. Identify self-care techniques in response to loss and fatherhood

Rose Presentation

11:30 – 12:45 pm

Lunch, Visit Exhibits (Windgate Hall) 

12:45 – 2:15 pm

Nautical Wheeler


 

Speaker(s):

Glass, Kayette, LPC, PsyD

Description

Presentation focuses on the gaps in the system between IDD and comorbid mental health conditions, especially requiring inpatient psychiatric care. Supporting and assisting individuals dually diagnosed continues to be a struggle. Research continues to suggest that individuals with IDD and mental health conditions are not receiving adequate mental health care in the community. A holistic approach is needed to address IDD and mental health issues. Greater attention to comorbidities and increased awareness to improve overall wellbeing is imperative. Understanding various techniques and strategies to work with IDD and comorbid mental health outpatient or inpatient increases quality of life.

Objectives

Prevalence of IDD and psychiatric disorders
Multiple domains to improving quality of life
Strategies and techniques to utilize in treating IDD with a comorbid mental health condition

 

Leeward 76-77


 

Speaker(s):

Gerlach, Jennifer, MSW, LCSW

Description

Young adults facing significant mental health challenges such as Bipolar Disorder or a First Episode of Psychosis are often difficult to engage. Still, the research suggests that early intervention can be pivotal in encouraging a full recovery. In this workshop we will explore roadblocks to engagement from an ACT and Recovery-Oriented Cognitive Therapy lens as well as strategies to improve sense of empowerment in this population

Objectives

1. Define empowerment as well as what it means in a clinical setting
2. Utilize strategies to assist clients experiencing psychosis and other symptoms take back a sense of self-agency
3. Describe how mental health conditions and coercive treatment strategies can be disempowering
4. Employ strategies deriven from ACT and Recovery-Oriented Cognitive Therapy to Understand Beliefs underlying a lack of sense of self-agency

 

Paradise Ballroom C


 

Speaker(s):

McAndrew, Craig, MA, LPC, LCAC, LMHC

Description

Self Care is essential for our performance of Counseling duties as well as to preserve our ethics. If we are feeling burned out, then we may have already come close to that ethical line or maybe even crossed it without realizing it. This presentation is focused on us making our self care a priority so we don’t approach that line.

Objectives

1. Review ethical guidelines
2. Review common ethical violations
3. Review what self care is
4. Describe what creating a practice of self care looks like

McAndrew – Boundaries

McAndrew – 12 steps for therapists

Leeward 74-75


 

Speaker(s):

Sandidge, Isaac, MA

Description

This course is intended for behavioral health workers who wish to learn more about how experiencing traumatic events, either directly or indirectly, as a first responder reacting to an emergency or crisis situation may impact their professional and personal wellbeing. Taught through a behavioral health (mental health and substance use) lens, the instructor will incorporate lecture, PowerPoint and activities.

Objectives

Define and discuss the impact of trauma, vicarious trauma, and burnout on professional and personal wellbeing
Identify compassion fatigue and burnout warning signs
Describe individualized self-care and resiliency strategies to mitigate the damaging impacts of trauma and associated stress responses

Wingate 62-63


 

Speaker(s):

Clary, Pam, PhD, MSW

Frye, Jana, MSW, LCSW

Description

This presentation will provide an overview of the ACE Study which is the largest study of its kind, with over 17,000 participants. It was developed and co-sponsored by Kaiser Permanente (managed care consortium) of San Diego, California, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, Georgia in the early ‘90s. Dr. Vincent Felitti and Dr. Rob Anda are the co-principal investigators of the ACE Study. In addition, specific helps (tools) will be discussed including the four resiliency factors that make a difference and help begin to create self-healing communities.

What’s predictable is preventable – because of recent discoveries in neuroscience, epigenetics, epidemiology, and resilience studies, we can understand how protection, prevention, and resilience promotion can profoundly improve health, safety & productivity, and reduce public and private costs now and for generations to come.

It should be noted that both Professor Frye and I are Master ACEs Trainers. We have permission to use the slides developed for this presentation.

Objectives

1. Discuss ACEs and its impact to our communities
2. Identify four resiliency factors used to build self-healing communities.
3. Identify four resiliency factors used to build self-healing communities.

Clary- Frye Presentation

Clary-Frye Form

Paradise Ballroom B


 

Speaker(s):

Likcani, Adriatik, PhD, LMFT

Larkin, Nicole, MS, CDAC, SMFT

Rapp, Sherry, AAS

Description

Dr. Likcani developed the Family Recovery Program with the support of the Department of Mental Health, and the contributions of a team of colleagues at Recovery Lighthouse and the University of Central Missouri. This presentation will focus on specific interventions on how to engage families and how to partner with them when they have a loved one struggling with SUD/OUD. Participants will learn concrete interventions they can use in their communities to engage families, promote family recovery, reduce stigma, and increase their knowledge on family systems-based interventions for family therapy, psychoeducational groups with families, and how to develop local support groups for families. The three main Family Recovery Program goals are to: 1) Help families get their loved one into services and in recovery; 2) Coach families to use their strengths and resources as a healthy support system for their loved one; and, 3) Help them develop a vision of a healthy relationship and improve family structure & functioning. Goals are accomplished through a comprehensive approach focusing on the following five overarching program components: 1) Family Education Workshops; 2) Open Support Group for Families; 3) Family Therapy; 4) Immediate Access to Resources; and, 5) Public Relations and Service. Participants will learn about program goals, components, and implementation strategies of the Family Recovery Program at their agencies.

Objectives

1. Discuss strategies how to engage families in services.
2. Explore ways to integrate family systems-based interventions in alcohol and drug treatment and recovery support programs.
3. Review concrete ideas for implementing the Family Recovery Program.
4. Discuss qualitative and quantitative research outcomes of family engagement in services.

Parasol I


 

Speaker(s):

Boddie, Courtney, PhD

Thompson-Gibson, Lisa, MA, MA

Description

From theories of human development (Erickson, Piaget, Kohlberg, Vygotsky) to models of personality and change (Freud, Rogers, Beck, Ellis), most clinicians are taught from a euro-centric worldview. As grounded in Ellis and Deitz’s (2018) contribution of community and environmental factors to the ACES framework, it is imperative that we rumble with the conceptual and affective gaps a euro-centric perspective creates when attempting to work with specific communities, like Black-identified clients.

Expanding on the previous year’s presentation advocating for updates to the ACES framework, part one will support participants in conceptualizing discrimination as a broad community/environmental factor that can disrupt human development and examining the influencing role of discrimination in early childhood development (e.g., access to resources, help-seeking tendencies, development of self-regulatory processes, parenting practices).

In part two, participants will be supported in examining personal biases that are a byproduct of under-education on and underexposure to Blackness. Through the use of art-making, participants will explore personal feelings and meaning to prepare for the refinement of clinical skills.

Objectives

1. Critically examine the clinical implications of the absence of Blackness in the training of mental health providers
2. Grapple with feelings that may impede capacity to humanize Black clients
3. Explore personal meaning surrounding counseling Black clients

Boddie Presentation

-Cancelled-

Parasol II


 

Speaker(s):

Lynde, David, MSW

Description

Evidenced-based practices like Supported Employment (SE) are not always available to all people in services. This session provides participants with the opportunity to learn about and explore strategies for helping providers of services to be respectful, responsive, and supportive regarding people in services with employment recovery goals. The session will also include lessons learned regarding enhancing agency leadership support for people in services with employment-related recovery goals.

Objectives

1. Describe how some of the practice principles of Supported Employment can be effectively applied in settings where access to Supported Employment is not available.
2. Identify key strategies and techniques for supporting interest in employment services by people in services.
3. Explain the important roles that team members play in helping people in services to be successful with employment-related recovery goals when Supported Employment is not available.

Lynde Presentation

2:15 – 2:30 pm

Break, Visit Exhibits – Windgate Hall  

2:30 – 4:00 pm

Nautical Wheeler


Speaker(s):

Hicks, Dawn, MA, BCBA

Description

This presentation will address best practices regarding sexuality when working with ID/DD youth. We will discuss agency and practitioner responsibilities and how to navigate resources for sexuality and ID or ASD. Abuses committed in the name of ABA will be reviewed along with the direction ABA is going and how to remain ethical when practicing. We will determine who dictates acceptable behavior and how that may vary by person, setting and context. Lastly, we will describe behavioral techniques to reduce problem behavior and increase desired behaviors.

Objectives

Attendees will be able to identify which person/level/organization to contact when seeking specialized services
Attendees will be able to list a minimum of three different ways ABA can be abusive
Attendees will be able to list a minimum of three examples of ethical ABA
Attendees will be able to describe a minimum of three ways to reduce problem behavior and/or increase desired behavior

Benson Presentation

Paradise Ballroom C


Speaker(s):

Teresa Cooley-Bennett, LCSW, LSCSW, CCPD-D, TTS 

Description

In behavioral healthcare and research, professionals typically work with vulnerable populations. Research shows that when practitioners work with vulnerable populations, the tendency to experience more intense ethical dilemmas arises. Cultural competence, the client’s right to self-determination and autonomy, acting in the client’s best interest, informed consent, boundaries, and confidentiality are essential ethical considerations when working with vulnerable populations.
In this workshop, participants will look at common ethical principles and applications to guide practice when providing services to vulnerable populations. Prevention and management, appropriate decision-making, and best practices will be reviewed regarding ethical dilemmas, whether in practice or research.

Objectives

Participants will define common ethical principles in their work with vulnerable populations

Participants will identify common ethical dilemmas that occur in specific populations with vulnerabilities

Participants will describe processes for making ethical decisions that will aide in the prevention of ethical violations

Parasol II


 

Speaker(s):

Luetjen, Chad

Description

Presentation on services offered at Missouri Job Centers for jobseekers and employers. With details and discussion on Job Center Service Delivery, Services for Job Seekers, Services for Employers, WIOA Title I, and WIOA Title II. As well as an over view on Work Opportunity Tax Credits, Federal Bonding Program, and Job Center partner agencies.

Objectives

1. Define job center services for Jobseekers
2. Define job center services for employers
3. Describe educational and training opportunities available for jobseekers and employers

Leeward 76-77


 

Speaker(s):

Schmitz, Sara, MEd, LPC

Description

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a well researched and valid method of working with clients to reduce trauma symptoms. Children experience trauma just as adults do, although they may not show it in the same ways. This presentation will explore how children demonstrate the effects of trauma that may go unnoticed, as well as exploring the specific ways that EMDR can be tailored to work with children using play therapy techniques. This presentation will use psychoeducation and case studies to demonstrate the myriad of ways that EMDR can be adapted to working with children.

Objectives

1. Review the 8 phases of EMDR.
2. Discuss how play therapy can be helpful for children.
3. Describe techniques combining both play therapy and EMDR.
4. Review the symptoms of trauma in children.

Schmitz Presentation

Windgate 60-61


 

Speaker(s):

Honeycutt, Nathan, MS, LPC

Description

“You don’t know, what you don’t know!” This phrase fits so many therapists and case managers that start into the field of mental health and those that supervise them. This presentation is for new therapists, new case managers, and those that supervise them. We will look at the key things that new staff need to be taught and how to teach it to them. We will build strategies to help new staff learn to adjust to the “real world” of clinical work from their academic view. We will also help supervisors gain knowledge and skills to help new staff grow into the field and not leave it prematurely. We will also provide good strategies for those that are licensure supervisors for PLPCs and LMSWs.

Objectives

1. Review what new staff do that need to be addressed?
2. Dicuss what are the best ways to teach those skills to new staff?
3. Discuss how to help new staff grow into the field instead of leaving it too soon?

Leeward 74-75


 

Speaker(s):

Brooks, Estelle, MSW

Description

The Wheel of Life is a simple, yet powerful concept that can help you move from feelimg stuck in your current state of living to have a vision for a more balanced and purposeful life. Usimg the Wheel of Life visual worksheet gives participants an immediate overview of how balanced their current life is at this moment.

Participants will learn how to identify their six most important areas, create a vision for each area and develop plans for action that lead to a well-balanced life with greater energy, happiness, love, and meaning.

Objectives

1. Consider each area of your life and assess what’s off balance
2. Assess the amount of attention you’re currently devoting to each area.
3. Identify the areas that need attention, it’s time to plan the actions needed to work on regaining balance

Windgate 62-63


 

Speaker(s):

Raynor-McClanahan, Carolyn, MSW, LCSW

Description

The presentation will describe the history of HRT as well as what disorders HRT is most used in treating. The presentation will then break down HRT application into four parts, 1) awareness training, (2) competing response practice, (3) habit control motivation, and (4) generalization training. Each part will be explained and examples of how application of skills can be applied in treatment will be demonstrated. Resources for information on HRT will also be provided.

Objectives

1. Identify the origin of Habit Reversal Training.
2. Identify three mental health disorders where Habit Reversal Training has been an effective treatment modality.
3. Describe the four components of Habit Reversal Training.
4. Describe how the four components are applied during treatment.

Paradise Ballroom B


 

Speaker(s):

Winograd, Rachel, PhD

Description

The overdose death crisis across the United States continues to worsen, despite some glimmers of hope in certain regions and in certain strategies. In Missouri, the State Targeted and State Opioid Response (STR/SOR) grants initiated in 2017 supported the development and implementation of the Medication First approach to opioid use disorder (OUD) treatment and demonstrated positive initial results. Medication First for OUD is a “low-barrier” treatment approach and is analogous to the Housing First approach to chronic homelessness; both prioritize rapid and permanent access to life-saving resources (housing for homelessness and treatment medications, particularly buprenorphine and methadone, for OUD).

Early findings from the first 18 months of Medication First implementation across Missouri’s state-funded substance use disorder treatment programs found uninsured clients enrolled in STR/SOR programs were more likely to receive medications for OUD (MOUD), to receive them faster, and to be retained in treatment significantly longer than uninsured clients enrolled in non-STR/SOR programs. However, subsequent analyses covering years 2019-2022 yield less straightforward results. For example, medication utilization has decreased within STR/SOR programs while increasing in non-STR/SOR programs (plateauing at approximately 60% of all uninsured clients combined receiving any form of MOUD), and disaggregation by race reveals notable racial disparities in treatment retention across timepoints.
This presentation will review statewide findings from STR/SOR treatment programs from the last five years, offer insights into why low-barrier MOUD treatment continues to be difficult to access and implement, reflect on lessons learned through Medication First dissemination, and provide tangible recommendations for Missouri’s future substance use treatment funding and programming endeavors.

Objectives

1. Describe a summary of broad trends of Missouri’s STR/SOR treatment outcomes from the last five years
2. List three specific barriers to implementing and sustaining low-barrier medical treatment for opioid use disorder within specialty substance use disorder treatment programs
3. Identify two strategies for reducing racial disparities and improving opioid use disorder treatment outcomes for Black individuals in Missouri

Parasol I


 

Speaker(s):

Boddie, Courtney, PhD

Thompson-Gibson, Lisa, MA, MA

Description

From theories of human development (Erickson, Piaget, Kohlberg, Vygotsky) to models of personality and change (Freud, Rogers, Beck, Ellis), most clinicians are taught from a euro-centric worldview. As grounded in Ellis and Deitz’s (2018) contribution of community and environmental factors to the ACES framework, it is imperative that we rumble with the conceptual and affective gaps a euro-centric perspective creates when attempting to work with specific communities, like Black-identified clients.

Expanding on the previous year’s presentation advocating for updates to the ACES framework, part one will support participants in conceptualizing discrimination as a broad community/environmental factor that can disrupt human development and examining the influencing role of discrimination in early childhood development (e.g., access to resources, help-seeking tendencies, development of self-regulatory processes, parenting practices).

In part two, participants will be supported in examining personal biases that are a byproduct of under-education on and underexposure to Blackness. Through the use of art-making, participants will explore personal feelings and meaning to prepare for the refinement of clinical skills.

Objectives

1. Critically examine the clinical implications of the absence of Blackness in the training of mental health providers
2. Grapple with feelings that may impede capacity to humanize Black clients
3. Explore personal meaning surrounding counseling Black clients

Boddie Presentation

4:00 – 5:05 pm

Break

4:05 – 5:05 pm

Paradise Ballroom AB


 

Speaker(s):

Friman, Patrick, PhD

Description

The core idea of behavior analysis is revolutionary in that attributes the source or cause of problem behavior not to the misbehaving person him or herself but to what has happened to that person over the course of their life up to the exhibition of the behavior. This is one of the most powerful idea 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.

Objectives

1. Attendees will be able to describe the core idea of behavior analysis.

2. Attendees will be to describe a way to use emotion to enhance persuasion.

3. Attendees will learn ways to enhance motivating consequences

4. Attendees will be able to describe a way to use choice to reduce inappropriate responses to aversive circumstances

*  Schedule subject to change without notice