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Applications of CBT with Kids: Basic Strategies for Making the Move to Child Therapy

Speaker(s):

Rachael Swopes, PhD

Rachel Grainger, MSW, LCSW

Presentation: This presentation will focus on applying cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), in therapy work with young children (ages five to adolescence). Presentation is intended to provide basic strategies for how certain CBT skills (e.g., teaching coping skills, teaching thought restructuring) might look in a child setting. This presentation is intended for those who are already somewhat familiar with CBT and with therapy in general, but perhaps are considering expanding their work to include children. Presentation will pull from established techniques from play and behavioral therapies, as well as the clinician’s knowledge and experience as a child psychologist. Presentation will also include perspectives from an LCSW transitioning from adult to child work. This presentation is not intended to provide full training in CBT, but hopes to provide an overview of CBT-based techniques to better inform practice with children.

Objectives:

  1. Define evidence-based practice and cognitive behavioral therapy
  2. Describe at least three specific methods for teaching feelings identification and coping skills to young children
  3. List at least three differences between adults and children to be aware of when working with child clients

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Keynote Address – Addiction: A Futurist’s Perspective

Speaker(s):

Omar Manejwala, MD

Presentation: Healthcare, in general, and addiction treatment specifically, are poised to experience dramatic shifts over the next 5-10 years. Increasing payer pressure to capture, report and improve outcomes, and to control costs and alter the trajectory of the illness will result in wholesale shifts in the way addictions are managed.  Broader societal goals of increasing access to care, improving the efficacy and utilization of screening, prevent the onset of these disorders, and manage the widespread criminalization of substance use disorders can be achieved if philosophical objections and technological hurdles can be negotiated. 

In this talk, a futurist’s perspective on addiction will be presented, with an eye to briefly describing the forces that led us to our current state, and describing changes that might allow us to navigate to improved global addiction outcomes. In particular, an emphasis on broader, well-defined principles of healthcare innovation and their potential application to addiction will be discussed.  Attendees will leave with a broader perspective on how they themselves can participate in defining the future of addiction treatment.

Objectives:

  1. Describe several trends in addiction epidemiology, prevention and treatment, and describe potential future trajectories.
  2. Appraise sociopolitical forces that may serve to shape future approaches to addiction management
  3. Estimate/predict the role of “big data” in defining future approaches to addiction management
  4. Forecast potential technological innovations and their impact on addictions, including, for example, the Internet of Things.
  5. Review the central features of healthcare innovation and propose how these might manifest in the future of addiction prevention and treatment.

 

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Schwab, Sara, MS, LPC

Sara Schwab is a Licensed Professional Counselor and is the Team Leader and PATH Project Director for Truman Behavioral Health Assertive Community Outreach. Since 2006 she has worked in community mental health and specifically with individuals experiencing homelessness and mental illness since 2011. Her work has been as a case manager counselor, intake therapist, and outreach coordinator. Her current position includes clinical oversight for outreach and therapy services as well as direct client care and the supervision of the allocation of grant monies. Sara is committed to ending chronic homelessness, particularly as it relates to those experiencing mental illness.

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SOAR can work for YOU! How SOAR can Improve Engagement, Outcomes & Community Alliances

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What’s in It for Me: Empowering Your Finances & Preserving Your Benefits (Midwest Special Needs Trust)

Speaker(s):

Nathaniel McKee, JD

Heather Allen, BSW

Presentation: This presentation focuses on three core concepts: (1) Special Needs Trusts (2) ABLE accounts and (3) a comparison between the two. Midwest Special Needs Trust (MSNT) will define both Special Needs Trusts and ABLE accounts and discuss how these valuable financial planning tools benefit individuals living with a disability. Additionally, MSNT will explain parameters – like eligibility requirements – and give audience members a basic framework to understand who may benefit from a consultation about either, or both, service(s). Because MSNT is a pooled trust, MSNT will describe its charitable mission and give information about who may benefit from its program. Lastly, MSNT will, time allowing, take questions from the audience relating to the presentation.

Objectives:

  1. Define Special Needs Trusts and ABLE accounts and understand their benefits
  2. Identify who in their care may benefit from a Special Needs Trust or ABLE Account
  3. Utilize the knowledge gained to refer constituents to appropriate parties for consultation on   their unique circumstances
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Peterson, Ryan, PhD

F. Ryan Peterson, Ph.D., earned his doctoral degree from the University of Georgia. Dr. Peterson accepted an assistant professor position in the Child and Family Development Program at the University of Central Missouri in 2006. Currently he is an associate professor in Child and Family Development. His current research interests are sibling relationships, risky behavior and recovery support systems. In addition, he provides professional training for community-based recovery centers and evaluation services to grants supporting recovery.

Presentation(s): 

Social & Emotional Loneliness

Contemporary Ethical Issues: Personal & Professional Acculturation in the Ecology of SUD Treatment & Recovery

Family Recovery: Partnering with Families to Combat Opioid Use Disorders

 

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Likcani, Adriatik, PhD

Dr. Adriatik Likcani is an Associate Professor at the University of Central Missouri. He holds a Ph.D. in Marriage and Family Therapy (MFT) form Kansas State University, two master’s degrees: MFT from University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and MSW from University of Missouri Kansas City, and a Post Graduate Certificate in Medical Family Therapy from the University of Nebraska Medical Center. Dr. Likcani is a Licensed Marital and Family Therapist (LMFT) in the state of Missouri. He has served as President of the Missouri Association for Marriage and Family Therapy and Co-Chair of Family TEAM for Missouri organized by the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT). Dr. Likcani is a Clinical Fellow with AAMFT and Alumni of the Minority Fellowship Program (MFP), where he also served for two years as member and one year as chair of the MFP Advisory Committee. He has extensive experience in residential and outpatient treatment and recovery support programs for substance use disorders. Dr. Likcani is invested in bridging academia with practice in order to provide his students the best training and networking possible. His goal is for students to leave UCM with a culture of service, and the knowledge, skills, and confidence to succeed and lead in the region, state, nation and the world.

Presentation(s): 

Social & Emotional Loneliness

Family Recovery: Partnering with Families to Combat Opioid Use Disorders

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Mallula, Kate, MPH, LMSW

Kate Mallula, MPH, LMSW is a Senior Project Manager with Mid-America Addiction Technology Transfer Center. She has over eight years of experience working with clients experiencing domestic violence, SUD, complex trauma, child welfare involvement, immigration, and homelessness. Mallula’s focus on improving maternal and child well-being across the life-course stems from her work as a hospital-based domestic violence program coordinator where she supported women and families recovering from the health impacts of DV/IPV. She has had numerous opportunities to use both data, and clients’ lived experiences, to design programs and deliver clinical services that are trauma-informed and culturally-responsive. This background continues to inform Mallula’s approach to program planning and evaluation in the SUD field.

Presentation(s): 

Considering Culture & Self: Provider Bias & Cultural Influences in Mental Health & SUD Setting

More than Physical: Substance Use & Mental Health Coercion in Domestic/Intimate Partner Violence

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Brown Girl T/Drauma: Women of Color & Trauma Today

Speaker(s):

Gladys Smith, PsyD, MEd, MHs

Presentation: The presentation will increase your knowledge and awareness about the link between historical and intergenerational trauma, and the current challenges for women of color. The presenter will discuss culturally-sensitive, trauma-informed practices you can use with your clients in individual and group sessions. The purpose is to have a transparent, informative discussion about the status of Women of Color in our offices, our treatment centers and in our communities.

Objectives:

  1. Describe the link between historical trauma and the challenges faced today by Women of Color
  2. Identify culturally-sensitive, trauma-informed practices with individuals and communities
  3. Recognize and discuss your own conscious and unconscious perceptions that could interfere with treatment
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Steffen, Ann, PhD, ABPP

Ann Steffen, Ph.D., ABPP is currently a professor of psychology and gerontology at the University of Missouri-St. Louis, where she has spent her career in teaching, research, supervision and direct clinical services. Dr. Steffen is a faculty clinician at the UM-St. Louis Community Psychological Service, and is dual board certified in Behavioral & Cognitive Psychology and in Geropsychology by the American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP).

Presentation(s): 

Culturally-Attuned Behavioral Activation to Support Psychological Resilience

CBT to Support Healthy Grief in the Face of Loss

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Rottnek, Fred, MD, MAHCM

Dr. Rottnek is a Professor and the Director of Community Medicine at SSM Health/Saint Louis University School of Medicine and the Program Director of the SSM Health/Saint Louis University Addiction Medicine Fellowship.. His clinical practices include family medicine, addiction medicine, and correctional healthcare. He teaches in the School of Medicine and the School of Law. Board-Certified in Family Medicine and Addiction Medicine, he is the Medical Director for the Assisted Recovery Centers of America (ARCA) and Juvenile Detention in Family Court for the City of St. Louis. He serves on the board of the Community Health Commission of Missouri. He consults with SAMHSA’s GAINS Center and Opioid Response Network.