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Family Engagement & Leadership - Strengthening Systems, Services & Communities. Year Developed: 2020. Source: The Institute for Innovation & Implementation. Presenter(s): Pat Hunt. Type: Webinar. Level: Intermediate. Length: 83 minutes.
Annotation: Family engagement requires a top-down, bottom-up approach where their input permeates the culture of systems, organizations, and programs. Positive outcomes are more likely to be achieved when family engagement is systemic, integrated and comprehensive. Being strategic in how families interact can improve the effectiveness of service delivery in the mental health system. Please watch this recording on Strengthening Systems, Services and Communities for Family Engagement and Leadership.
Learning Objectives: • Identify core principles for meaningfully engaging families. • Learn evidence informed practices for engaging families in child/youth mental health care. • Explore methods for engaging, supporting and retaining family experience and expertise in three key arenas.
From Problem to Prevention: Evidence-Based Public Health. Year Developed: 2017. Source: National Network of Libraries of Medicine, Greater Midwest Region. Presenter(s): Derek Johnson, MLIS. Type: Webinar. Level: Introductory. Length: 60 minutes.
Annotation: This introductory webinar provides attendees with a basic definition and framework for evidence-based public health. Special attention is paid to three of the seven steps: Community Assessment, Determining What is Known in the Literature, and Evaluating the Program or Policy. Free resources are presented that can assist practitioners with these specific steps of the evidence-based public health framework.
Learning Objectives: • Define and describe evidence-based public health. • Identify a public health need and formulate an answerable question. • Locate and search applicable literature and resources. • Understand the importance of evaluation and locate helpful resources.
Special Instructions: Registration required before accessing this course.
Diverting to Treatment: Community Policing and Supporting Youth with Mental Health Needs. Year Developed: 2016. Source: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Presenter(s): n.a.. Type: Video. Level: Introductory. Length: 60 minutes.
Annotation: The November 2016 Knowledge Network for Systems of Care TV (KSOC-TV) webcast highlights the changing role of law enforcement in supporting youth and young adults with mental health needs. The program included evidence-based strategies to combine efforts of police officers, mental health educators, and community champions to resolve potentially difficult situations in more positive ways.
Engagement of Family Leader Organizations in Non-CSHCN Initiatives. Year Developed: 2015. Source: National Center for Family Professional Partnerships. Presenter(s): Malia Corde, Amy Nienhuis, Jane St. John, Susan Bird. Type: Webinar. Level: Intermediate. Length: 53 minutes.
Annotation: Family involvement is essential to the successful development and adoption of health-related programs that impact families. Family engagement is now being measured across MCH systems and not just within programs for children with special health care needs (CSHCN). Family organizations serving families of CSHCN are already actively engaged in partnerships around how to promote family engagement in health care beyond CSHCN populations. This webinar was a panel presentation of three Family to Family Health Information Centers (F2Fs) and Family Voices State Affiliate Organizations (FV SAOs) highlighting examples and lessons learned from their successful partnerships and collaborations on Non-CSHCN initiatives.
Effect of Disasters on Mental Health for Children and Adolescents . Year Developed: n.a.. Source: Upper Midwest Preparedness and Emergency Response Learning Center. Presenter(s): n.a.. Type: Online Course. Level: Intermediate. Length: 60 minutes.
Annotation: In addition to providing general knowledge of how disaster trauma effects this particular population, this course emphasizes practical skills: administering psychological first aid to children and adolescents in the immediate aftermath of a disaster, screening them for mental health disorders in the months that follow, and involving parents and other caregivers throughout the process. This course covers the following topics: 1. Risk Factors 2. Psychological First Aid for Children and Adolescents 3. What Parents Can Do to Help 4. Common Reactions of Children and Adolescents to Traumatic Stress 5. Pathological Reactions of Children and Adolescents to Traumatic Stress 6. Treatment Options
Learning Objectives: • Recognize the risk factors involved for a child or adolescent developing mental health problems as a result of exposure to disaster. • Recognize symptoms of acute psychological distress in children or adolescents. • Administer “psychological first aid” to children and adolescents to provide them with stabilization during and in the immediate aftermath of a traumatic event. • Describe how 4 major components in the psycho-physiological response to trauma (somatic, emotional, behavioral, and cognitive) manifest themselves in pre-school children, older children, and adolescents. • Advise parents/caregivers what they do to help prevent their child or adolescent from developing mental health problems after a traumatic event. • Distinguish between a normal and pathological reaction to disaster trauma in children and adolescents. • Discuss treatment options for children and adolescents who develop mental health disorders.
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