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Welcome to our May newsletter!
Wisconsin CONNECT is a collaborative. We seek to provide technical assistance and training opportunities for substance use prevention and treatment grantees, providers, clinicians, social workers, and support staff.
We draw on local and national academic and community resources to reduce and prevent substance use and improve overall health and wellness in Wisconsin.
To that end, we want to help you connect the dots with this newsletter. It is a tool to support our efforts to promote new research, share tools and trainings that aim to help you engage in different communities, enhance practice and improve the health of your clients and program participants.
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Last Chance for 2024 Opioids, Stimulants, and Trauma Summit
The 2024 Opioids, Stimulants, and Trauma Summit May 7-9 is dedicated to connecting you to the people and resources to build healthy communities.
You can expect:
- Five keynote presentations.
- Actionable strategies to save lives presented in 35 breakout sessions.
- Opportunities to network with more than 900 people who share your interest in protecting the health and safety of the people of Wisconsin.
Attend in person in the Wisconsin Dells (Kalahari Resort) or virtually.
Registration is required.
- If want to attend virtually, you must register by 5 p.m. Monday, May 6.
- If want to attend in person, you must register by 9 a.m. Tuesday, May 7. Walk-in registration runs from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. Tuesday, May 7 at the Kalahari Resort.
The agenda has been updated with new information, including a listening session with state legislators.
Continuing education credits are available for people who attend the live event either in person or virtually.
There are four in-person pre-conference activities May 6.
- A CME training for prescribers
- A training on healing interventions for individuals and/or teams
- A training on Native American Family Circles
- An introduction to harm reduction training
Registration for the pre-conference activities closes at 5 p.m. Friday, May 3.
If you've already registered for this event, check your email for a message on how to access Whova, the conference portal. You need to access Whova either through a web browser or the app in order to participate in this conference on-site or virtually.
Register here.
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Naloxone Action Planning Meeting
from Wisconsin DHS
May 14, 2024
8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Virtual through Zoom
Naloxone distribution is an essential intervention to prevent fatal opioid-involved overdoses. This event will explain the why and how to reach the goal of naloxone saturation in Wisconsin. Naloxone saturation is achieved when there is sustainable and equitable access to naloxone for distribution to people who use drugs and people who may witness an opioid overdose.
All people interested in learning how to improve naloxone distribution in their communities are invited to participate in this free online meeting.
We've partnered with UW-Whitewater's Center for Inclusive Transition, Education, and Employment to host this event.
There is no cost to attend this event. Registration is required.
Register and learn more here.
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Funding Opportunity: Maternal Health Task Force Strategic Planning Consulting
from Wisconsin DHS
The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) announces the availability of funds to provide strategic planning consulting to the Maternal Health Innovation Program's Maternal Health Task Force.
This opportunity will focus on assisting the development stages of the Maternal Health Task Force with strategic planning activities, culminating in a draft maternal health strategic plan to be launched at a statewide Maternal Health Summit the following year.
The strategic plan will incorporate task force activities to support statewide and community-level maternal health improvement efforts and to provide ongoing education and technical assistance to support both state and local actions around maternal health. It will also incorporate activities outlined in the state’s most recent State Title V needs assessment.
Applications are due
June 3, 2024, 6 p.m.
More information and application here.
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Certified Professional Recovery Coach Program
from UW-Stevens Point
Are you ready to use your experience and skills to help people change their negative coping behaviors that can lead to addiction or to relapse?
The Professional Recovery Coach credential is for addiction-aware individuals who want to become Professional Recovery Coaches. Those who desire a specialty in Addiction Recovery will go through an in-depth training on the neuroscience behind joyful recovery, professional recovery coach competencies and family issues in recovery. The program is designed for counselors, therapists and existing coaches plus recovery advocates or family members seeking recovery insights and tools.
Open enrollment, start any time!
Sign up for info session.
Learn more on the website.
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Attachment Based Family Therapy (ABFT) Introductory Workshop: Part One
from UW-Green Bay
May 22, 2024
8:30am - 4:15pm CST
Attachment Based Family Therapy is a manualized, empirically informed family therapy model specifically designed to target family and individual processes associated with adolescent suicide and depression. ABFT emerges from interpersonal theories that suggest adolescent depression and suicide can be precipitated, exacerbated or buffered against by the quality of interpersonal relationships in families. Tested with diverse families, including low- income and minority families, ABFT is a trust-based, emotion-focused psychotherapy model that aims to repair interpersonal ruptures and rebuild an emotionally protective, secure-based parent–child relationship.
More information and register here.
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MATRIX Trainings
from Wisconsin CONNECT
We have the entire year's worth of MATRIX trainings on the calendar! Here is what's upcoming:
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Youth and Young Adult
Wednesday, June 19 and Thursday, June 20
9:00a.m.-4:30p.m.
both days
Virtual
Register here
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Key Supervisor
Friday, June 20
9:00a.m.-4:30p.m.
Virtual
Register here
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Peer Recovery
Wednesday, July 17 through Friday, July 19
9:00a.m.-4:30p.m.
every day
Virtual
Register here
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Connecting the Dots
from Wisconsin CONNECT
On Demand Training
In a podcast format, Kyle Mounts and Lonnetta Albright from the original Women and SUD ECHO team will host experts in the field. Experts will also come from our provider community who will discuss relevant and current research in the field of substance use recovery for women-- to spark meaningful discussion aimed at facilitating practice change.
Our goal is simple—to provide current, relevant information intended to: Increase Awareness & Knowledge; and Identify Application Strategies for changes in practice to support the work you do. On the second Friday of every month, a new podcast will go live.
Available episode topics:
- Self-Care and Wellness
- Principles of Care for Pregnant and Parenting People
- Harm Reduction
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FASD Self-Paced Training Series
from Wisconsin Connect
On Demand Training
Many medical, allied health care providers, educators, and others work with individuals affected by prenatal alcohol exposure—diagnosed or undiagnosed—but may lack training to identify, refer, and/or provide effective services. Few agencies offer FASD training to address these important issues.
This FASD self-paced learning series helps decrease the knowledge gap by providing on-demand educational opportunities to learn more about the prevention, identification, and treatment of FASD.
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Cost-Effective Training for Healthcare, Home Care & Residential Care Providers
from Wisconsin DHS
As part of the Division’s commitment to Collaboration, Innovation and Quality, the WI Department of Health Services (DHS), Division of Quality Assurance (DQA), and the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, Center for Community Development, Engagement and Training (UWO CCDET) are offering the following workshops and on-demand courses to help you meet your training needs in May.
Virtual Workshops for Administrators, Managers & Supervisors
Are you responsible for completing caregiver background checks on your employees? Conducting misconduct investigations? Ensuring continuing education for staff? Promoting job satisfaction and retention among your caregivers? Then these workshops are for you!
Register now for the May Workshops:
- May 9 – 5 Steps to Caregiver Background Checks: Completing checks & evaluating results
- May 15 – Ready, Set, Train! An overview of available materials to train staff
- May 21 – Investigating and Reporting Allegations of Misconduct: Meeting state & federal regulations
- May 30 – Caregivers SOAR! Encouraging Success, Opportunity, Advancement & Retention
Additional workshops are scheduled in June. Be sure to see the events page for details.
On-Demand Courses for Direct Caregivers
On-Demand courses offer anytime online access for direct care staff.
These 1 to-2-hour courses can be viewed as time allows and are only $35 per registrant:
- Addressing Substance Use Disorder & Medication Diversion: Know the signs & symptoms
- Caregivers are KEY to Preventing Misconduct: Knowledge, Empathy & Your Awareness are KEY
- Compassion Fatigue in Caregiving: Take care of yourself to take care of others
- Increasing Safety by Preventing Violence: Ensuring a safer living & working environment
Receive a $10 discount when registering for all 4 courses or contact us if you are interested in pricing for training a group of caregivers at one time.
If you have any questions about any of these workshops or courses, please contact us at caregiver@uwosh.edu. We look forward to hearing from you!
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OCMH Provides Toolkit for Children's Mental Health Week
Listen & Connect with Youth to Recognize Children's Mental Health Week
from Wisconsin DHS
The Wisconsin State Office of Children’s Mental Health (OCMH) invites families, schools, and organizations across the state to join them in recognizing Children’s Mental Health Week, May 5-11, 2024. This year, OCMH has released new resources inspired by Wisconsin’s high school students.
OCMH provides a Children's Mental Health Toolkit to help individuals and organizations celebrate Children's Mental Health Week. OCMH Director Linda Hall introduces Children's Mental Health Week and shares information on the OCMH toolkit in this video.
The toolkit includes youth mental wellness coping strategies, social media posts, and advocacy tools including Gov. Evers' Children's Mental Health Week proclamation, a press release/letter to the editor all ready for organizations to personalize and use, and a children's mental wellness data presentation. Access the toolkit here.
Youth share their mental health and wellness coping strategies
Youth candidly share their strategies for mental wellness. Tips include: breathe, play a relaxing game, listen to music, watch movies, talk to a friend, go outside, and journal. See what is working for some of Wisconsin’s youth.
See a compilation of seven strategies. See each coping strategy individually in the toolkit.
Youth also share mental wellness advice with other youth.
And, youth share what they want adults to know about youth mental health.
Youth shared these thoughts at the Mental Wellness Student Leadership Summit hosted by OCMH in April 2024. More information on school-based peer-led wellness programs in Wisconsin can be found on the OCMH website.
Linda Hall, OCMH Director, reminds all individuals in Wisconsin that they can have an impact on youth. She said, “Talk to the kids you see in daily life. Reach out and ask how they are doing. Listen to their answers.” Though a simple act, Hall underscores that inviting youth to talk about their lives and how they’re feeling is one of the best ways of connecting with kids. “When youth feel heard, they feel better.”
Key facts on the status of youth mental health in Wisconsin show that many of our kids are struggling.
- More than half (52%) report anxiety
- Nearly half (48%) of LGBTQ kids say they seriously considered suicide; and one in four (25%) of girls seriously considered suicide
- More than a third (34%) report feeling sad and hopeless nearly every day
To learn more about these and other children's mental health data, see the Office of Children’s Mental Health 2023 Annual Report.
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Maternal Health Gathering
from Wisconsin DHS
The Maternal and Infant Mortality Prevention Unit would like to invite you to a virtual gathering on May 15, 2024 from 10 a.m–12:30 p.m.
We are very excited to gather partners and groups of all kinds to collaborate on improving outcomes for all birthing people and their families so that everyone can live their best lives.
The event is for those in Wisconsin working in maternal health and related fields, including equity and racial justice. We want to hear from you and learn what is happening in your communities and share important, relevant news. More details coming soon!
Register here.
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Save the Date for 2024 Conferences
Opioids, Stimulants, and Trauma Summit
May 7-9, Pre-conference May 6
Hybrid. In-person at the Kalahari Resort in the Wisconsin Dells.
Wisconsin Peer Recovery Conference
April 11 and 12
In-person at the Glacier Canyon Conference Center in the Wisconsin Dells.
Prevent Suicide Wisconsin Annual Conference
May 1 and 2
Virtual
May 16-17
In-person in Steven's Point.
Great Lakes Area Opioid Conference: Journeying Toward Wellness
June 26-28, Pre-conference June 25
In-person at the Kewadin Hotel and Conference Center in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan
HOPE Consortium Annual Conference
August 1-2
Virtual.
Anesis Multicultural Mental Health Conference
August 22
In-person in Madison.
Crisis Intervention Conference
September 19 and 20
Wisconsin Dells
WISAM Conference
September 26-27
In-person in Oshkosh.
Call for abstracts.
Alcohol Policy Seminar
October 8, Pre-conference October 7
Hybrid. In-person in Oshkosh.
Call for abstracts.
Children Come First Conference
October 7-8
In-person at the Kalahari Resort in the Wisconsin Dells.
Wisconsin Perinatal Conference
October 14-16
In-person in Green Bay at KI Convention Center
Submit poster abstract.
Mental Health and Substance Use Recovery Conference
October 17 and 18
Hybrid. In-person at the Kalahari Resort in the Wisconsin Dells.
National Association of Social Workers-Wisconsin Chapter Annual Conference
October 21-23
Hybrid. In-person at the Crowne Plaza, Milwaukee Airport in Milwaukee, WI.
Wisconsin Counseling Association Annual Conference
November 8-9
In-person at the DoubleTree by Hilton Madison East in Madison, WI.
Call for abstracts.
FOCUS Conference
November 20-21
In-person at the KI Convention Center in Green Bay, WI.
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Check out our video archive to find a session you might have missed.
You can also go back to the training session webpage to find other resources, slides and handouts.
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