Technical Assistance Center Update |
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The National Family Support Technical Assistance Center (NFSTAC) has been busy with administrative and infrastructure tasks this month as we prepare to begin providing support and technical assistance in early 2021. Below is a brief list of our recent activities:
- Developed a one-page flyer about the NFSTAC
- Building the NFSTAC website
- Convening partners for monthly team meetings
- Hosting the NFSTAC Advisory Board
- Developing situational and needs assessments and evaluation plans with C4 Innovations
- Planning a series of open houses
We are planning a series of open houses that will be open to everyone. Participants will meet the NFSTAC staff and partners and have an opportunity to provide feedback on what is needed from a technical assistance center focused on support for families of children who experience mental health and/or substance use challenges across their lifespan. In the coming weeks, please look for an announcement with a list of the open house dates and times.
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Virtual Mini-Conference
Registration Closes Tomorrow
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November 10th and 12th, 2020 |
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Equity in Access, Services, and Outcomes for Children, Youth, and Families
During COVID-19
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Workshop themes and tracks:
- Tackling Mental Health Disparities for Children of Color
- Mental Health, Substance Use, and Family and Peer Virtual Support Services that Work
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Each workshop time period will feature workshops addressing the conference themes as well as topics such as peer support, family/youth leadership, co-occurring mental health/substance use disorders, trauma-informed services, etc.
Learn more about attending, sponsoring
and advertising by visiting the event web page linked below.
Keynote Speaker: Melinda J Baldwin, PhD, LCSW,
Chief, Child, Adolescent & Family Branch Center for Mental Health Services,
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
Visit the event web page to see the full agenda with workshop descriptions.
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November is National Family Caregivers Month |
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Celebrated every November, National Family Caregivers Month (NFCM), #NCFMonth, is a time to recognize and honor family caregivers across the country. It offers an
opportunity to raise awareness of caregiving issues, educate communities,
and increase support for caregivers.
The national observance is spearheaded by Caregiver Action Network (CAN), a nonprofit that provides free education, peer support, and resources to family caregivers. CAN announced the 2020 theme, #CaregivingInCrisis, highlighting new realities that family caregivers and their loved ones face during these uncertain times.
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for the latest information about what is happening with state
and national legislation that impacts families.
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New Updates and Resources |
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We recently updated our Legislative and Advocacy pages with resources to assist you in your advocacy efforts on behalf of families. Visit the pages linked below to learn more about and to connect with both national advocacy organizations and those
in your state and to see our newly updated Advocacy Toolkit.
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Submit your state's advocacy and legislative news and updates
to our Legislative Liaison,
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Webinar and Training Highlights |
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Date/Time: Friday, November 6, 9:00 - 10:00 a.m. ET
Presented by Melissa P. DelBello, MD, MS, Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics, Dr. Stanley and Mickey Kaplan Professor and Chair, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine.
This lecture will review the clinical and neural risk factors for developing bipolar disorder in youth. We will discuss the concept of a prodromal manifestation of bipolar disorder.
We will also describe evidence-based early intervention approaches for youth
who are at risk for developing bipolar disorder.
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Title: Advancing Integration in Community Behavioral Health:
Using a New General Health Integration Framework
Date/Time: Wednesday, November 18, 3:00 - 4:00 p.m. ET
A lack of integrated health services often leads to poor long-term health outcomes and high healthcare costs across providers. In fact, mortality among patients with serious mental illness (SMI) is between 1.5 to 3 times greater than those without mental disorders, and health care costs are considerable for both patients and providers. Through advancing general health integration, community behavioral health providers are in a unique position to address co-occurring and chronic physical conditions, mental health and substance use disorders among their patients in order to improve patient
outcomes and achieve substantial financial savings.
To further integration among community behavioral health providers, Montefiore Care Management and its expert consultants developed a continuum-based framework to advance integration to help clinics develop a locally tailored and site-specific action plan, prioritize their actions and identify needed resources for implementation.
Join The National Council as they explore components of the continuum-based framework to advance general health integration, and practical guidance on advancing integration in community behavioral health provider organizations.
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Our state chapter in Nevada, Nevada PEP, is offering a number of webinars covering a variety of topics in November that support parents, caregivers, families and their children as well as the professionals who support them. Click the button below to view their calendar, see titles and descriptions and to register for this month's webinars.
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Title: Educating Your Child with Mental Health Needs:
Special Education and Distance Learning
Date/Time: Monday, November 2, 7:30 - 9:00 p.m. ET
This workshop focuses on the challenges students with mental health needs
may experience with distance learning, including hybrid models, and
offers strategies for using the IEP to provide support and instruction.
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Title: Off to College: What to Know Before They Go
Date/Time: Tuesday, November 10, 7:30 - 9:00 p.m. ET
This interactive workshop for families of youth who will attend post-secondary education programs provides essential information about changing rights, roles,
and responsibilities, along with practical tips for student success.
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Title: What Inclusion Means for My Child
Date/Time: Monday, November 16, 7:30 - 9:00 p.m. ET
Parents of children with disabilities ages 3 to 5 will receive an introduction to Least Restrictive Environment and the principles of inclusion. They will then listen to a panel of parents discuss their experiences with preschool inclusion. Registration will close at 9 a.m. on November 16. Webinar access information will be emailed prior to the event.
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Title: Addressing Racial Bias In Healthcare: Practice & Organizational Perspectives
Date/Time: Tuesday, November 17, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm ET
Addressing racial bias in health care is important in achieving health equity. In this panel discussion, Associate Dean Carla White, BS, Pharm, RPh, and Nurse Practitioner Kirby Williams, MSN, PMHNP-BC, will discuss their experiences of bias within health care practice and at organizational levels. Moderated by Amica Simmons-Yon, PharmD, PhD, Medical Science Liaison for the Otsuka Field Medical Affairs team, the webinar serves as a forum in which the speakers discuss the impact of racial bias on mental health care and treatment of Black Americans, and to provide strategies to address practice and organizational bias to promote health equity.
Important Notes:
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If you do not already have one, you will need to sign up for a free account with PsychU to register.
- Due to high levels of interest, please access this webinar via your computer.
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Please visit our webinars and events page for more information about these and other upcoming events and to learn about new events as we add them. We invite you to
submit events you would like to have included on that page as well.
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Resource and Opportunity Highlights |
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From Child Mind Institute |
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How can telehealth support children’s mental health?
Children face even more barriers than adults when it comes to getting mental health care, and the coronavirus pandemic has left children across the country without support at a time when many needed it most. In response, the medical community sprang into action and implemented telehealth (which uses technology to deliver healthcare) broadly across disciplines. How does telehealth for children’s mental health work? Is it effective? And what are the experiences
of children and families who use it?
Learn more in their 2020 Children’s Mental Health Report:
Telehealth in an Increasingly Virtual World linked here.
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Family Telehealth Readiness Quiz
As part of the CARES Act, Family Voices National was awarded a grant
to enhance the national network of family-led organizations that support families/caregivers of children and youth with special healthcare needs and disabilities to build their telehealth capacity to provide education, guidance, and support to Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs (CYSHCN) and their families. Please take a few minutes to complete their brief Family Telehealth Readiness Quiz in English or in Spanish to help them capture a national picture of family access to, confidence in and concerns about telehealth.
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From The National Council |
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More people are experiencing trauma due to the effects of COVID-19. From being in social and physical isolation to losing their jobs (or being an essential worker), the stress and uncertainty of the unknown can strain mental and physical health.
and how to care for your staff and the people you serve.
This e-book will share:
- What exactly is trauma and how it affects different populations
- Best practices for addressing trauma with the individuals you serve
- Best practices for addressing trauma in your staff (both clinical and nonclinical)
- How to become a trauma-informed organization, including the key elements of the trauma-informed model of care
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From Partnership to End Addiction |
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Start with connection. Partnership to End Addiction's new PSA is a national public service campaign to raise awareness about the importance of personal connection in addressing addiction. Check out their video that aims to reach parents and caregivers across the U.S., encouraging them to "start with connection," and their podcast "Heart of the Matter" with Elizabeth Vargas about mental health and addiction featuring notable guests sharing personal, candid stories on addiction and recovery on the page linked below.
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