Webinar: Innovations in Conducting System of Care (SOC) Evaluation: What Can it Look Like Now?
Date/Time: November 2, 2022, 12pm PT / 3pm ET
Evaluation is a powerful tool for telling stories about the impact (or lack of impact) systems of care (SOC) have in communities. Join us for a 4-part learning and networking series that will ask: What are the possibilities? Are we asking the right questions? Are we sharing information in meaningful ways?
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Webinar: Cyberbullying: What Do We Know and What Can We Do?
Date/Time: November 9, 2022, 11am PT / 2pm ET
Cyberbullying – intentional harm to a target using digital technologies – is a world-wide problem that has both immediate and long-term psychosocial consequences for perpetrators, targets, and witnesses. This presentation will consider what motivates some persons to engage in cyberbullying, what makes it so harmful, and what schools can do to prevent this behavior and intervene when it occurs.
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Webinar: Stress & Resilience Among LGBTQ+ Populations Who Defy Dichotomies
Date/Time: November 15, 2022, 12pm PT / 3pm ET
Although mental health providers are increasingly trained to intervene upon anti-LGBTQ+ related stress, few clinicians are equipped to intervene upon the unique – and often hidden – identity-related challenges faced by individuals who defy binaries. Towards that goal, this webinar introduces a new and powerful cross-population framework that highlights the challenges and strengths associated with holding an identity that defies binary categorization. Clinical implications and applications will be discussed.
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Webinar: Suicide Risk Assessment
Date/Time: November 18, 2022, 10:45am PT / 1:45pm ET
Suicidal thoughts and behaviors can be experienced by anyone but are more likely by people with mental health concerns. People who work with or care for vulnerable populations will likely encounter individuals talking about suicide and suicidal ideation, and it is important to project calm and poise at these times. This class aims to improve comfort and skill levels with this difficult and emotional topic by exploring and practicing assessment protocols and conversation dynamics.
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Webinar: Building Resiliency
Date/Time: November 29, 2022, 6:45am PT / 9:45pm ET
Resiliency refers to the ability to withstand the stresses and strains of life and work and have a strong capacity for adaptation. Resilient people tend to display certain personality traits, but in addition have robust daily practices that keep them mentally and physically strong. This class explores the problem of chronic unremitting stress on our overactive and distracted brains and offers a set of different skills for robust mental health that can be learned and practiced by anyone.
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Documentary: Can You Punish a Child's Mental Health Problems Away?
This short film provides updated information on the “troubled teen industry.” Spread across the country, this array of boot camps, wilderness therapy programs, therapeutic boarding schools and residential treatment centers is supposed to help children with mental health and behavioral issues through a mix of therapy and tough love. In reality, some of these organizations cause harm to some of the children they purport to be treating because of a reliance on archaic tactics, a lack of oversight and regulation, and a focus on maximizing profit.
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