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Meeting the Need: Early Child Mental Health

Room Leeward 74-75

Speaker(s)

Laine Young-Walker, MD

Description

I will discuss early child interventions that I have worked and continue to work on.

Objectives

  • Identify successful elements of Early Child Positive Behavior Supports Initiative in Boone County
  • Understand Child Parent Psychotherapy
  • Describe elements of Positive Parenting program
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Families of Treatment Refusers: The Neglected Victims of Untreated Mental Health Problems

Room Wingate 60-61

Speaker(s)

Melanie VanDyke, PhD

Description

A substantial portion of individuals with mental health problems do not seek the help they need. Family and friends struggle to understand why, especially when the disorder negatively impacts their lives. They may wrongfully conclude the treatment refuser is willfully choosing to be impaired, which can lead them to react in ways that are counterproductive, resulting in substantial family conflict. This presentation explains why some people behavior in ways that are incompatible with recovery. It introduces a concept called recovery avoidance and offers suggestions for how to respond to it constructively.
This interactive presentation will present the 5 steps of the Family Wellbeing Approach and provide examples of working with diverse family members of treatment refusers with emotional disorders.
First Step: PREPARE FOR CRISES:
The first step is to plan for the development and implementation of a sample family Crisis Plan.
Second Step: CLARIFY THE PROBLEM & SET REALISTIC GOALS
Then, the audience will be introduced to assessment forms that were designed to help families identify the impact of recovery avoidance on their lives and prioritize the changes they want to make.
Third Step: INCREASE ACTIVITY YOU VALUE
The third step shows how to build a plan to increase valued activity for a sample family member.
Fourth Step: DECREASE FAMILY DISTRESS & CONFLICT
Then, the audience will see how to develop a plan to decrease family distress and conflict for a sample family.
Fifth Step: PROMOTE RECOVERY-COMPATIBLE BEHAVIOR IN THE FAMILY MEMBER WITH RECOVERY AVOIDANCE
The final step includes developing a plan to promote recovery-compatible behavior in the person who is exhibiting recovery avoidance.

Objectives

  • Describe the 5 Steps of the Family Wellbeing Approach (FWBA)
  • Describe the 4 factors that can contribute to recovery avoidance
  • Identify 2 common family responses that can make recovery avoidance worse
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Effective Interventions in Working with Fathers who have Experienced Adverse Childhood Experiences and Trauma

Room Wingate 60-61

Speaker(s)

Eddie McCaskill MSW, EdD, LCSW, LPC & Michelle Echols DSW, LMSW, CADC

Description

This workshop will examine effective interventions used to help clients work through past adverse childhood experiences or trauma.

Objectives

  • Define the difference between adverse childhood experiences and trauma
  • Define the difference between adverse childhood experiences and trauma
  • Describe the impact of adverse childhood experiences and trauma on the individual.
  • Discuss the relationship between adverse childhood experiences and depression.
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Preparing for a System Wide Change

Room Wingate 62-62

Speaker(s)

Heather Osborne MA & Tara Yates MA

Description

Change is not an event, it’s a process-Cheryl James
Setting the Stage for Change:
Change initiatives don’t live on their own. They live within a culture. The culture in which your change initiative lives has a lot to do with its potential success or failure. During this session we will discuss the Cultural Landscape Map, a tool used to assess readiness to change by looking at the current state of an organization’s culture. We will also discuss engaging the right people in a change initiative by using a tool called the ARMI analysis. When planning a change initiative your team may encounter barriers—physical, relationship, financial, political, policy, or even cultural barriers. It’s important to know early in the planning process what barriers exist that may stand in the way of your initiative’s success. We will go over a tool to help identify those barriers, the level of impact they could have on the change initiative along with actions needed.
Inspiring People for Change
A huge part of inspiring people is understanding where resistance may come from. People resist change for many reasons, including fear of the unknown, self-preservation, and lack of trust. During this session we will discuss the typical curve of a change initiative, also known as the Bell Curve of Change. We will also discuss tips for overcoming resistance, a tool to help uncover reasons for different types of resistance and the importance of perspective.

Objectives

  • Recognize the culture and assessing the needs of the environment
  • Identify barriers to successful change and strategies to overcome that resistance
  • Engaging the right stakeholders and building a strategy for sustainable change
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Teaching New Staff New Tricks

Room Wingate 62-63

Speaker(s)

Nathan Honeycutt, 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

  • Identify things that new staff do that need to be addressed up front.
  • Identify things that new staff do that need to be addressed up front.
  • Help new staff grow into the field instead of leaving it too soon.
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Show-Me ECHO: A Model for Patient-Centered Education and Training

Room Wingate 62-62

Speaker(s)

Rachel Mutrux, BA

Description

Show-Me Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes (ECHO) is a multi-disciplinary education and training program that creates virtual communities of learning around a specific topic. Typically structured for two hours of continuing education each month, the sessions include a short didactic presented by a specialist on the hub team for the community-based clinicians who make up the spokes of the model. After the short didactic, de-identified cases are presented by the community-based clinicians and facilitated discussion and recommendations are made. ECHO has proven to be a highly successful model in promoting the use of evidence-based practices.
This session will describe the many Show-Me ECHO topics relevant to participants in this conference and will discuss outcomes and changes to practice related to the ECHOs. Some of the ECHOs to be discussed are Adult Psychiatry, Child Psych, Disordered Eating & Eating Disorders, Foster Care, Suicide Prevention in Health Care, Pain Management, Opioid Use Disorder, Dementia & Alzheimer’s, Developmental Disabilities, and Certified Peer Specialist.

Objectives

  • Describe how the ECHO model is used for patient-centered education and training.
  • Identify ECHO opportunities for self, peers, and organization.
  • Identify ECHO opportunities for self, peers, and organization.
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Care at the Crossroads: Strategies for Clients with Concurrent First Episode Psychosis and Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities

Room Nautical Wheeler

Speaker(s)

Jodi Woodruff, PhD

Description

This presentation delves into the realms of First Episode Psychosis (FEP) and Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDD). Attendees will gain a clear understanding of both conditions. We will cover prevalence statistics, explore recent research findings, and introduce models of care tailored to individuals with co-occurring FEP and IDD. Practical strategies to integrate into patient care will be highlighted, equipping healthcare professionals with valuable insights to enhance support for this unique population.

Objectives

  • Define First Episode Psychosis
  • Understand the wide spectrum of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
  • Implement compassionate and adaptive strategies in care for individuals with concurrent FEP and IDD
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Working with Groups: Processes and Ethics

Room Paradise Ballroom B

Speaker(s)

Nigel Darvell, MSW, LCSW, ACSW

Description

Groups are an effective and viable form of treatment for many clients.
This workshop will cover the many stages and processes of group work. Ethical and legal considerations will be discussed.
This workshop will address the group counselor, both beginner and experienced and will describe the stages and processes involved in conducting groups.
Group techniques and interventions will be utilized along with ethical considerations to be applied to the diverse group population.

Objectives

  • Introduce group work
  • Discuss the stages and processes of groups
  • Describe ethical and legal considerations
  • Discuss how to deal with resistance and problems with maintaining ethical behavior
  • Take inventory of your views on ethical and unethical behaviors in group
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Ethics part 1

Room Paradise Ballroom B

Speaker(s)

Terri Cooley-Bennett

Description

 

Objectives