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Good morning,
Thanks for cracking open our October newsletter. We know time is tight, and we appreciate your continued attention.
In this month's newsletter, we suspect you'll find some nugget of information, upcoming calendar item, or free resource that will pique your interest. September rushed by for us with a whirlwind of back-to-school and integrated care programming, as well as a swell of behind-the-scenes planning for upcoming events.
Read on for more information. If you have any questions or feedback, don't hesitate to reach out.
Be well,
The Team at the Mid-America MHTTC
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UPCOMING EVENTS & TRAINING |
We hope to connect with you through one of our events! |
Vision 2020: Strengthening Integrated Care to Meet Complex Needs
Collaborative Family Healthcare Association (CFHA)
Oct. 7-10 | ONLINE
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Telemental Health & Engagement Webinar
NE SD Area Health Education Center (AHEC)
12-1 p.m. Oct. 8 | ONLINE
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Responsive Care During a Pandemic: How to Sustain Pediatric Integrated Practice Webinar
12-1 p.m. Oct. 9 | ONLINE
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Well-Being Wednesdays: Creating Safe and Supportive Environments
12-12:30 p.m. Oct. 14 | ONLINE
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Avenue Scholars Technical Assistance
2:30-3:30 p.m. Oct. 20 | ONLINE
Program Limited to Select Participants
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Supporting School Mental Health During a Pandemic Professional Learning Community
1-2:30 p.m. Oct. 21 | ONLINE
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Family Peer Support: An Emerging Workforce: Outcomes
12-1 p.m. Oct. 22 | ONLINE
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Coming Home to Primary Care: Pediatric Integrated Health
Session 3: Considerations in Maintaining Equity on Our Path to Pediatric Primary Care
12-1 p.m. Oct. 30 | ONLINE
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25th Annual Conference on Advancing School Mental Health: Equitable & Effective School Mental Health
National Center for School Mental Health
12-3 p.m. Oct. 29 | ONLINE
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HOLIDAYS & COMMEMORATIONS |
Domestic Violence Awareness Month - Oct. 1-31
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Mental Illness Awareness Week - Oct. 3-9
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National Depression Screening Day - Oct. 8
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National Physician Assistant (PA) Week - Oct. 6-12
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National Prescription Drug Take Back Day - Oct. 24
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World Occupational Therapy Day - Oct. 27
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Panel on Oct. 9 to share strategies for sustaining pediatric practice amid COVID-19 pandemic |
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Primary care staff and behavioral health providers working in integrated care settings are up against a slate of novel challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Please join the Mid-America MHTTC from 12-1 p.m. CT on Friday, Oct. 9 for a panel discussion among health care workers in our region who have developed strategies for responding to these emergent issues. To learn about the speakers, please visit the web page.
During the Oct. 9 webinar, participants will learn about Sustaining Pediatric Integrated Primary Care During a Pandemic: A Learning Community for Integrated Behavioral Health Providers, kicking off in November. This 6-month peer learning community will provide the opportunity for behavioral health team members in integrated pediatric primary care settings to problem-solve how to sustain integrated practices while managing the impacts of COVID-19 on children, adolescents, families, and clinical practice.
Cost of attendance is free. Certificates of completion will be awarded to viewers of 50% or more of the live webinar. Continuing education credits will not be awarded for this webinar.
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ICYMI: Well-Being Wednesdays: Taking Care of Teachers Who Take Care of Kids |
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To view the webinar, watch the video embedded above or click here.
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Learn more about our monthly series Well-Being Wednesdays: Taking Care of Teachers Who Take Care of Kids.
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Family peer support monthly series launches Oct. 22 |
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Co-hosted by Omaha-based Community Alliance, this series will expand upon SAMHSA-published competencies in peer support and shed light on the human impact. It will explore how persons with lived experience as a family member, friend or other caregiver of a person with a mental illness can support others in a similar situation, and discuss the training needs of this emerging workforce. Special guests with experience in the field will help tell this important story.
Mark your calendars for the following sessions:
Family Peer Support: Outcomes
Thursday, Oct. 22, 12-1 p.m.
Family Peer Support: Self-care
Thursday, Nov. 19, 12-1 p.m.
Family Peer Support: Being Part of the Mental Health Team
Thursday, Dec. 17, 12-1 p.m.
Family Peer Support: Preventing Crisis and Relapse
Thursday, Jan. 21, 12-1 p.m.
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To view the August webinar, watch the video embedded above or click here.
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DEADLINE TOMORROW: Apply now for our newest professional learning community |
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This learning community will be a collaboration between the Mid-America MHTTC team and the National Center for School Mental Health. The target audience for this learning community is administrators at the state, district, and building level. This learning community will be a year-long learning group with specific topics focused on providing SMH supports during the pandemic. The goal is to provide an opportunity to help teams problem-solve around specific challenges they are encountering.
Notifications of acceptance will be issued by Oct. 9. For more information, visit the web page. |
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ICYMI: School Mental Health During COVID-19: How to Prepare as Schools Reopen |
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To view the webinar, watch the video embedded above or click here.
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Learn more about Student Mental Health During COVID-19: How to Prepare as Schools Reopen.
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ICYMI: Ready to Hit the Pavement: How to Dive Into Primary Care |
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To view the webinar, watch the video embedded above or click here.
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Learn more about our monthly series Coming Home to Primary Care: Pediatric Integrated Health.
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STAFF SPOTLIGHT
Jordan Thayer, PhD
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Dr. Jordan Thayer is a postdoctoral fellow at the Munroe-Meyer Institute (MMI) for Genetics and Rehabilitation at the University of Nebraska Medical Center and a member of the research and implementation team behind the Adult Resilience Curriculum (ARC).
Dr. Thayer received his doctorate in school psychology from the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities in Minneapolis, Minnesota. In both graduate school and in his work at MMI, he has split his time between collaborative research with schools and staff and practicing school-based mental health. These experiences developed Dr. Thayer's appreciation for the real-world challenges that every teacher faces when trying to implement what we know works to help kids develop academically, socially, emotionally, and mentally — particularly when teaching children with diverse backgrounds, experiences, and cultural values.
Dr. Thayer also works with school leaders and policymakers to remove outside factors that cause educator stress so that teachers’ well-being is supported by their own skills and by their environment. As an ambassador for ARC, Dr. Thayer is the brains behind the Mid-America MHTTC's new webinar series Well-Being Wednesdays: Taking Care of Teachers Who Take Care of Kids.
"Educators were already facing incredible demands before the pandemic, and we, as a society, have been failing to support their well-being and honor that commitment to our future generations," Dr. Thayer says. "I do believe, though, that we can make that cultural shift with intentional efforts to recognize problems and work with educators to find ways to promote more balanced and thriving personal and professional lives."
Outside of work, Dr. Thayer says he tries to live by the practices in ARC as best he can by exploring new hobbies or interests.
"Psychologists have a history of stifling their own human selves in the name of the profession, and I think it's important that we be honest with our own faults and experience both the very real difficulties we try to help people overcome as well as the very real benefits of overcoming them," he says.
Seeking out new hobbies or challenges puts him in those uncomfortable situations through which he can grow. In fact, Dr. Thayer aims to tackle a new goal every year, and his latest challenge — "as someone prone to performance anxiety," he adds — is to learn and play the violin in a public space for an audience, perhaps at an open-mic night when it is safe to do so.
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The Mid-America Mental Health Technology Transfer Center is a SAMHSA-funded program at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. The Mid-America MHTTC provides training in evidence-based practices to the four-state area of Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska and Kansas. |
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