Washington Council for Behavioral Health

Interconnected Systems Framework (ISF) Discussion Hour with Leora Wolf-Prusan & Natalie Sedano
2020-06-02 15:30 - 16:30 (America/Los_Angeles)
The Northwest MHTTC and Pacific Southwest MHTTC are excited to bring you a 5-part discussion hour series to deepen your knowledge around Interconnected Systems Framework.

The ISF Discussion Hours are part of a collaboration between the Northwest & Pacific Southwest MHTTC’s to bring you training and technical assistance on the Interconnected Systems Framework. Click here to learn more about our 3-part webinar series and access recordings and presentation materials.

About the Discussion Hours:
Did you register and attend one or more of our ISF Webinar Series and want to learn and discuss more with colleagues? Webinars are the launch of learning, and we know that while our three, 60-minute webinars helped us gain foundational language and hear from leaders in the field, many of you wanted the chance to share with one another, ask questions, and continue the intensive discourse needed to create transformational educational environments through ISF.

Join us for five extension Interconnected Systems Framework Discussion Hours to deepen your knowledge. These sessions are supported by Susan Barrett & our ISF Field Leaders, and made meaningful with your participation. Presenters & participants will share their ISF implementation challenges, celebrations, and lessons learned or learning.

**Learn more and access all presentation materials and recordings after the event here.**

ACT and COVID-19: Meet Up for ACT Mental Health Authorities, Funders, Trainers, and Fidelity Reviewers
2020-06-02 12:00 - 13:30
Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) is a multidisciplinary, team-based model that provides intensive community-based and outreach-oriented services to people who experience the most severe and persistent mental illness. The vast majority also have a co-occurring substance use disorder and many experience comorbid medical illnesses as well as homelessness. This is a vulnerable population and their providers – ACT teams – are at elevated risk themselves during the COVID-19 pandemic.
We are hosting a meet-up for non-provider ACT stakeholders who assume a role of overseeing ACT from a mental health authority perspective, funding ACT, providing ACT training and technical supports, which includes leading ACT fidelity reviews. The intent is to create a unique space to share challenges and solutions related ACT operations and services during the COVID-19 pandemic. This meet-up is hosted by Lorna Moser, PhD, of the Institute for Best Practices, UNC Center for Excellence in Community Mental Health and Maria Monroe-DeVita, PhD of the University of Washington Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and the Northwest Mental Health Technology Transfer Center (MHTTC), the sponsor for these ACT meet-up events.

DBT STEPS-A Online Lesson 7: Distress Tolerance - Self-Soothe
2020-06-02 10:00 - 11:00
DBT STEPS-A Online Lesson 7: Distress Tolerance – Self-Soothe
Student Life Skills to Survive & Thrive During COVID-19 & Beyond
About:
Join Doctors Jim & Lizz Mazza & family in their living room as they teach kids the basics of emotional regulation and specific skills such as mindfulness, distress tolerance and interpersonal effectiveness—essential skills at any time, but even more critical during COVID-19. Our kids — all of us — are upended emotionally right now. Tune in with your kids to help you reduce conflict and to keep this pandemic in perspective.

Tune in to YouTube live for the Tuesday and Thursday morning sessions here.
It is not necessary to watch these lessons in order. You can join in the series at anytime and catch up with the recorded videos!
Audience: Parents, students, educators, and more!

>> Access recordings for all 16 live lessons after the event here. <<

National ACT Virtual Meetings to Address Impact of COVID-19
2020-06-01 12:00 - 13:30
Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) is a multidisciplinary, team-based model that provides intensive community-based and outreach-oriented services to people who experience the most severe and persistent mental illness. The vast majority also have a co-occurring substance use disorder and many experience comorbid medical illnesses as well as homelessness. This is a vulnerable population and their providers – ACT teams – are at elevated risk themselves during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Weekly Virtual Meetings
The Northwest MHTTC is partnering with the Institute for Best Practices at the University of North Carolina to host and facilitate regular meetings for ACT teams and ACT stakeholders. These meetings will be held weekly on Mondays at 12:00-1:30 pm Pacific/3:00-4:30 pm Eastern.
Goals of the meetings are to:

connect with one other
share strategies and resources for adapting team practices and communications
facilitate connection to the most up-to-date resources during the COVID-19 outbreak.

Guest Speaker
On June 1, our guest speaker will be Antoine Bailliard, PhD, OTR/L, presenting “Efforts to Support Participation, Independence, and Functioning During Extraordinary Times.”
Virtual Discussion Forum
In addition to the weekly meet-up, we have also created a Virtual Discussion Forum to help organize information, resources, and strategies used across teams. You can participate in the forum as a guest, or sign up as a member. Within the Discussion Forum are specific board topics:

Support for ACT Service Recipients;
Support for ACT Team Staff;
Info and Updates: Federal Sources;
Info and Updates: State and Local Sources; ACT Fidelity and COVID-19 Pandemic; and Words of Encouragement.
Click on a board of interest to read existing threads, react to threads, or post new threads.

Supervision Strategies for CPC's: Getting the most out of coaching and supervision
2020-06-01 12:00 - 13:00
Peer coaching monthly webinar
Each month Coordinated Care offers a chance for you to connect with expert peers from across Washington State. Sessions will vary around topics such as DBT Skills, Trauma Informed Peer Support, Whole Person Healing and much more!
Webinars will include

An explanation of the topic, why it is important, and how to implement the tools in one-on-one and group peer settings.
Time for live Questions and Answers.

Upcoming sessions

Supervision Strategies for CPC’s: Getting the most out of coaching and supervision

Date: Monday, June 1
Time: 12 p.m. – 1 p.m.

Youth Leadership…more than treatment

Date: Thursday, July 16
Time: 12 p.m. – 1 p.m.

If you’d like to join this series, please contact Naomi Herrera

The 2020 Summit: Putting Recovery First
2020-06-01
The 2020 Summit: Putting Recovery First is designed to bring the recovery community and our allies together to get your energy and input on policies and practices that will advance treatment and recovery across our state. Hosting the Summit in the early summer gives us time to plan and strategize ahead of the next legislative session – and makes our citizen advocacy efforts even more effective.
For more information, please contact Theresa Sundin: Theresa@warecoveryalliance.org

DBT STEPS-A Online Lesson 28: Interpersonal Effectiveness - Evaluating Options
2020-05-28 10:00 - 12:00
Join Doctors Jim & Lizz Mazza & family in their living room as they teach kids the basics of emotional regulation and specific skills such as mindfulness, distress tolerance and interpersonal effectiveness—essential skills at any time, but even more critical during COVID-19. Our kids — all of us — are upended emotionally right now. Tune in with your kids to help you reduce conflict and to keep this pandemic in perspective.

Tune in to YouTube live for the Tuesday and Thursday morning sessions here.
It is not necessary to watch these lessons in order. You can join in the series at anytime and catch up with the recorded videos!
Audience: Parents, students, educators, and more!

>> Access recordings for all 16 live lessons after the event here. <<

May employment webinar: Washington State Veterans and Military Families (V&MF) Program
2020-05-21 08:30 - 10:00
The webinar will give an overview of V&MF services and give information, about partnerships with community stakeholders. The Webinar will highlight barriers and discuss how these services are provided through COVID19 restrictions.
Webinar details

Date: Thursday, May 21
Time: 8:30 to 10 a.m.

Register today.

Individual Placement and Support: Online Fidelity Reviewer Training
2020-05-06 09:00 - 12:00, 2020-04-29 09:00 - 12:00
Due to a technical error with Gotowebinar, we are asking you to please re-register for the April 29 SE Fidelity Reviewer’s Training Part One and May 6 SE Fidelity Reviewer’s Training Part 2.
We apologize for the confusion. Please feel free to reach out if you have any questions or concerns regarding registration.
Thank you for your understanding and patience, we look forward to seeing you in this training!
Registration
Training is online and in two sessions. Please register for both part 1 and part 2.
April 29: Reviewer Training Part 1
(If you’ve already registered for Part 1, you do not need to register or Part 1 again.)
May 6: Reviewer Training Part 2
(New link- Please re-register.)
For Questions: Contact Dawn Miller at: dawn.miller@hca.wa.gov

Permanent supportive housing: online Fidelity Reviewer Training
2020-05-05 09:00 - 12:00, 2020-04-28 09:00 - 12:00
Due to a technical error with Gotowebinar, we are asking you to please re-register for the April 28 SH Fidelity Reviewer’s Training Part One and May 5 SH Fidelity Reviewer’s Training Part 2.
We apologize for the confusion. Please feel free to reach out if you have any questions or concerns regarding registration.
Thank you for your understanding and patience, we look forward to seeing you in this training!
Registration
Training is online and in two sessions. Please register for both part 1 and part 2.
April 28: Reviewer Training Part 1
May 5: Reviewer Training Part 2
The supportive housing benefit under the Foundational Community Supports (FCS) program is based on the evidence-based and research-based federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) model. Program staff are committed to training and assisting FCS providers in pursuing strategies that will result in improved services and outcomes for people enrolled in FCS.
For Questions:
Contact Amanda Major Polley at: Amanda.polley@hca.wa.gov

Training #4: Introduction to Digital Health: Getting Started and Safety Planning
2020-05-01 11:00 - 12:00
Friday, May 1, 11am-12pm PT — Training #4: Introduction to Digital Health: Getting Started and Safety Planning
Register here for May 1
Learning objectives:

Dos and Don’ts to seeing up your clinic space and providing quality Clinical Video Teleconferencing (CVT) care
Dos and Don’ts to preparing the patient for their first clinical session via CVT
Dos and Don’ts to Safety Planning

This learning series is part of a coordinated statewide response to provide technical assistance to behavioral health organizations in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond. These efforts are led by the University of Washington Behavioral Health Institute in partnership with WA State Health Care Authority (HCA); WA Division of Behavioral Health and Recovery (DBHR), the University of Washington Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, the nine Accountable Communities of Health, the five Medicaid Managed Care Organizations, and the Northwest MHTTC and others. These training sessions and other telehealth resources will be posted to a new Behavioral Health Telehealth Resource Website.
This webinar series will meet twice each week for four weeks to address a variety of topics related to telehealth. The series specifically helps the continuity of operations in WA to support access to care, equipment, technical assistance, billing and staff training for behavioral health providers in Washington State.
You must register separately for each webinar so please use links below to register for the sessions. Slides, recordings and resources will be posted after each session.
Your feedback is very useful in driving future topics, so the evaluation survey after each webinar will help the Facilitators guide the focus of the next sessions.

Training #3: Telehealth Billing & Reimbursement
2020-04-29 14:00 - 15:00
Wednesday, April 29, 2 – 3pm — Training #3: Telehealth Billing & Reimbursement
Register here for April 29
Learning objectives:

Medicare and private payers
Medicaid telephone and telemedicine billing and reimbursement

Presenters:

Gail Krieger (Health Care Authority Section Manager)
Cathy Britain (Executive Director of Telehealth Alliance of Oregon)

This learning series is part of a coordinated statewide response to provide technical assistance to behavioral health organizations in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond. These efforts are led by the University of Washington Behavioral Health Institute in partnership with WA State Health Care Authority (HCA); WA Division of Behavioral Health and Recovery (DBHR), the University of Washington Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, the nine Accountable Communities of Health, the five Medicaid Managed Care Organizations, and the Northwest MHTTC and others. These training sessions and other telehealth resources will be posted to a new Behavioral Health Telehealth Resource Website.
This webinar series will meet twice each week for four weeks to address a variety of topics related to telehealth. The series specifically helps the continuity of operations in WA to support access to care, equipment, technical assistance, billing and staff training for behavioral health providers in Washington State.
You must register separately for each webinar so please use links below to register for the sessions. Slides, recordings and resources will be posted after each session.
Your feedback is very useful in driving future topics, so the evaluation survey after each webinar will help the Facilitators guide the focus of the next sessions.

Supervising Peer Supporters From a Distance
2020-04-22 12:30 - 14:00
Come and hear from supervisors and peers about effective ways to empower your peer support team while they work remotely.

This free forum is an opportunity to hear from people who supervise peer supporters and learn ways to empower your peer support staff while they work from home. You will hear from a panel of experts and have lots of time for Q&A and discussion.

To for information or to register, please CLICK HERE.

DC:0-5™ Diagnostic Classification of Mental Health and Developmental Disorders of Infancy and Early Childhood
2020-04-02 - 2020-04-03
The DC:0-5 two-day training is the only diagnostic classification system in existence for children from birth to 5 years old. The workshop is for clinicians and early childhood specialists working with infants & young children. We will discuss developmentally appropriate diagnoses with attention to culture & relationships. The DC:0-5 provides a crossover to the DSM5 and ICD 10 diagnoses. Training provides 12 CEUs.
For more information or to register, CLICK HERE

Housing First Partners Conference HFPC 2020
2020-03-17 - 2020-03-19

Housing First Partners Conference Pre-Conference
2020-03-16

Retraining and Growing the Youth Peer Support Workforce
2020-02-03 10:00 - 12:00
More agencies are seeing the benefits of the youth peer support specialist role, and are working hard to integrate this role within their mental health services. One challenge that many agencies have is mitigating the high level of burnout for youth peer support specialists while growing the workforce within their organization and/or community. In this webinar, two experienced youth peer support specialists (and youth peer support specialist supervisors) will discuss concrete strategies for retaining and growing the youth peer support workforce.This webinar is hosted in partnership with Pathways to Positive Futures.
For more information or to register, CLICK HERE.

Mental Health Policy Roundtable Welcomes Dr. Howard Goldman
2019-12-16 13:00 - 15:00
MENTAL HEALTH: A REPORT OF THE SURGEON GENERAL
20th Anniversary: Lessons Learned & Courses for Action

Howard H. Goldman (MD – MPH Harvard 1974, PhD Brandeis 1978) is Professor of Psychiatry and Director of the Behavioral Health Systems Improvement Center at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. He joined the faculty in 1985 after serving as Assistant Director of NIMH. Dr. Goldman is a mental health services and policy researcher with a special interest in the organization and financing of services. He chaired the MacArthur Foundation Network on Mental Health Policy and served as the Senior Scientific Editor of the Surgeon General’s report on mental health, for which he received the Surgeon General’s Medallion. Dr. Goldman was the Editor of Psychiatric Services from 2004 – 2016. He was elected to membership in the National Academy of Social Insurance in 1996 and to the Institute of Medicine (now National Academy) in 2002. In 2019 he and his colleagues published the Palgrave (Macmillan) Handbook of American Mental Health Policy.
Location: University of Washington // School of Social Work
RSVP to attend: MentalHealthPolicyRoundtable@gmail.com
Stay up to date at the Facebook event page:
https://www.facebook.com/events/611967019357575/
The Mental Health Policy Roundtable is an educational program to exchange ideas and transfer knowledge between seasoned leaders of the mental health policy field and newcomers, such as students, junior policy staff, or others interested in these issues. The roundtable was created in 1998 in Washington, D.C., funded by the MacArthur Foundation, and was restarted by its founder, Laura Van Tosh, in King County last year. It is a volunteer effort and all meetings are free and open to the public.

Clark County – WaHCA Peer CE Series – Peers in Crisis & Suicide Prevention
2019-12-11 09:00 - 16:30
Peers in Crisis & Suicide Prevention is a 2 part workshop that builds on itself. Participants will leave the morning session with an ability to recognize if the peer they are working with is in crisis, what to do about it and how to support the peer and still stay grounded themselves. The afternoon session will be based on the morning session and will provide additional tools for identifying a person at risk of suicide and responding appropriately. Both sessions will include opportunities for practice. Participants must attend both sessions.

Cowlitz County – WaHCA Peer Continuing Education Series – Co-Occurring Disorders
2019-12-04 09:00 - 16:30
Co-occurring Disorders Training for Peer Support Counselors is interactive and provides useful tools for Peer Support Counselors working with people who experience co-occurring disorders – the coexistence of both a mental health and a substance use disorder. It will further define co-occurring disorders, introduce study results, the Stages of Change, relapse prevention, and cover the SAMHSA perspective. In a classroom setting, peer counselors will learn how to positively work with people who experience co-occurring disorders.

Spokane County – DBHR Peer Continuing Education Series – Trauma Informed Peer Support
2019-12-02 09:00 - 16:30
The Trauma-Informed Peer Support Workshop explores the elements of safety, transparency, reciprocal and collaborative relationships, cultural considerations and personal exploration to find the meaning each of us attach to our experiences of trauma and loss. It explains how the peer relationship is key to recovery from trauma and challenges in each of us to discover our own Next Steps. The training is interactive, engaging and a critical tool for peer support specialists. It Is based on real peers own lived experience of trauma and recovery.

Advancing Equity in Cancer Care for People with Mental Illness
2019-11-20 10:30 - 12:30
Patients with serious mental illness (SMI) experience inequities in cancer care that contribute to increased cancer mortality. Comorbid mental illness is also associated with increased healthcare utilization and costs compared to other patients with cancer. Proactive psychiatry consultation and person-centered, team-based care are promising approaches that may increase access to cancer care. We will discuss how we adapted the collaborative care model to address the needs of patients with SMI and cancer and share best practices and case examples.
For more information on this free webinar, please CLICK HERE.

King County – DBHR Peer Continuing Education Series – Trauma Informed Peer Support
2019-11-20 09:00 - 16:30

Rural Suicide Prevention in Farm and Ranch Communities
2019-11-19 12:30 - 14:00
Hosted by HRSA’s Office of Regional Operations-Denver
This FREE Webinar is designed for rural providers, organizations, and communities across the nation. It is being presented to commemorate National Rural Health Day, in conjunction with the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy’s multi-day activities.
DESCRIPTION:
The purpose of this webinar is to enhance knowledge of stress and suicide in rural areas, with a focus on farm and ranch communities, and to highlight stress/suicide prevention activities. The webinar will feature examples of suicide prevention programs designed to address agricultural stress and suicide from a community-based perspective. Presenters include Suicide Awareness Voices of Education (SAVE), LivingWorks, and the Minnesota Department of Agriculture. Suicide prevention resources will be provided.
To join the webinar, Click on the Link and Use the Dial-In information below:
Link: https://hrsaseminar.adobeconnect.com/rsp-farm-ranch-communities/
Dial-In: 888-989-7695; Participant Passcode: [REDACTED]
No registration is required.
For questions, contact KPatton@HRSA.gov.

Franklin or Benton County – WaHCA Peer Continuing Education Series – Culture & Diversity
2019-11-13 09:00 - 16:30
Recovery is Culturally-Based! is a Diversity Focus training that strives to reinforce diversity, inclusion, and engagement in Peer Support work in order to build and maintain a diverse workforce, foster and develop an inclusive workplace, and promote inclusive diversity to deliver the best services to our Peers. Diversity Focus training develops cultural awareness and sensitivity to others in a multicultural work environment. This Diversity Focus training includes activities and ideas that help ensure we foster an atmosphere of shared ownership on diversity issues. The goal is to build a culture of inclusion where the superiority of a social or cultural group, as well as sexism and racist language do not exist.

Pierce County – WaHCA Peer Continuing Education Series – Documentation
2019-11-06 09:00 - 13:00
Certified Peer Counselors must document their work, but that documentation must be done in a way that is consistent with their unique role. This workshop helps peer support workers understand requirements of Medicaid and the Washington Administrative Codes, focusing on the type of documentations most often required by CPCs. Expect a simple but thorough method, with lots of practice.

King County – WaHCA Continuing Education Series – WRAP Refresher (3 – Day)
2019-10-29 09:00 - 2019-10-31 16:30
The course is only open to WA state Certified Peer Counselors. The WRAP® Refresher is a interactive course co-facilitated by the Copeland Center Advanced Level Facilitators to sharpen and expand facilitation skills to further engage groups in the Wellness Recovery Action Planning.
Through attendance in this course WRAP Facilitators will:
1.Recognize expanded options on how to give effective group introductions.
2.Identify additional knowledge areas, values and ethics of WRAP.
3.Apply at least one new skill to sharpen and expand group facilitation skills.
4.Develop new and creative approaches to facilitation to accommodate participant challenges and differing group needs.
Recommended for WRAP Facilitators to enhance knowledge and skills with WRAP and to get updates on implementing WRAP as an Evidence-Based Practice (EBP).
*Attendees for this workshop must have prior completion of WRAP Seminar 2: WRAP for Facilitators, and must be a Washington State Certified Peer Counselor. Priority will be given to facilitators who need the refresher (every 2 years). Please submit a copy or photo of your WRAP Seminar 2 certificate to Sharon@holdingthehope.com within one week of registration. Failure to submit a copy of your certificate may result in the loss of your spot in this workshop.

Stevens County – WaHCA Peer Continuing Education Series – WRAP Seminar 1 for Peer Support Counselors (2-days)
2019-10-15 09:00 - 2019-10-16 16:30
WRAP® workshops are designed to be highly interactive. Facilitators encourage participation at whatever level feels comfortable. WRAP® is a living document that is unique to everyone. WRAP® facilitators skillfully share this simple and profound educational model so that participants can incorporate WRAP® into their lives. Through engagement in a WRAP® Seminar 1 workshop, participants will have a good understanding of the Key Concepts of Wellness and Recovery, and explore ways to integrate the philosophy into daily life. Participants of WRAP® Seminar 1 workshops will engage in a facilitated self-exploration process. They will unearth strengths and create personal powerful action plans to deal with life’s challenges. Through attending this experiential workshop, as well as time spent developing a personal WRAP®, participants can fulfill the prerequisites needed to attend a WRAP Facilitator training.
