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Engaging students in building emotional self-awareness

MHA Admin — Mon, 20 Mar 2023 13:42:38 +0000

Engaging students in building emotional self-awareness

MHA Admin Mon, 03/20/2023 - 09:42

Presented by Mental Health America, Child Trends, and NACDD, join this 60-minute webinar panel discussion to learn about the importance of emotional self-awareness for youth, the different factors that impact how youth identify and manage their emotions, and strategies educators can use to support students in developing self-awareness and emotional regulation.

Participants will be able to:

Explain the importance of youth mental health literacy to both student and community well-being;
Understand how personal, social, and cultural identities impact the way in which youth identify and manage emotions; and
Deploy strategies…
- [for teachers & those working directly with youth] To support students in developing self-awareness and emotion regulation skills.
- [for teachers & those working directly with youth] To support students in developing self-awareness and emotion regulation skills.

Meet the Panelists

Moderated by Denise E. Hildreth, LICSW, PhD, Mental Health Collaborative
Denise has been a licensed clinical social worker for almost 30 years. She earned her Master’s degree in Social Work (MSW) at Boston University where her education and training focused on clinical work with individuals and families, with a concentration on work with children and youth. She later completed her PhD in Social Work at Simmons University which provided her with additional training in clinical work, teaching, and social science research. She has spent her career working in a variety of settings, providing clinical services to children and families and teaching at the undergraduate and graduate levels as a faculty member in schools of social work around the state of Massachusetts. For the past 5 years, Denise has been a trainer for Mental Health Collaborative, a nonprofit organization that brings mental health literacy, education, and awareness to communities, schools, and groups. In addition to her work at MHC, Denise maintains a private clinical practice that focuses on providing therapeutic services to individuals and families facing a host of challenges. She has expertise in helping families navigate typical life transitions and to recover from painful life events, significant losses, and mental health challenges. Denise’s work training parents, community members, and educational professionals at MHC integrates her clinical expertise and extensive teaching experience. She has a strong professional commitment to helping people create lives well-lived and believes that mental health literacy is at the heart of this work.

Denise lives in Massachusetts with her husband and is the mother of 2 grown children. She is passionate about fitness and healthy eating and spends much of her free time cooking, traveling, exploring new restaurants, and trying new forms of exercise and movement.

Dr. Art McCoy, Saint Louis University Superintendent-in-Residence
Enlightening, empowering, and engaging people in need, Dr. Art McCoy is a trailblazing educator, Superintendent Emeritus, entrepreneur, and evangelist of the Jesuit Mission as Saint Louis University's first Distinguished Fellow for the School of Education and Superintendent-in-Residence and champion for "Jobs and Justice" as the Regional Business Council STL.works Leader.

At age 19, he became Missouri's youngest certified teacher. He was a principal by 23, District Gifted Director after earning his doctorate at 25, and Ferguson-Florissant's first African-American Superintendent/CEO, and one of Missouri's youngest by age 33, leading Harvard's Pathways to Prosperity grant initiatives selected by Gov. Nixon and Kingian Nonviolence Training by SNCC co-founder and Dr. King Jr.'s National Coordinator, Bernard LaFayette, Jr., and St. Louis Police Captain Charles Alphin. Under his leadership in Jennings, multiple graduating classes achieved 100% graduation, career & college placement featured on Fox, CNN, and ABC. In 2006, he founded SAGES to "Sever Attainment Gaps Existing in Society:" raising over $20 million; advising corporations like Cigna, Mastercard, Daugherty Business Solutions, St. Louis County Police & Fire Departments; creating community homeless shelters, grocery hubs, school health clinics and innovative initiatives in workforce development, mental health, education, diversity/inclusion/equity; supporting over 1 million students in the US, Canada, Dubai, and Kenya.

Dr. McCoy has served on panels and plenaries with Dr. Bernice King and Martin Luther King III and over 35 boards like Mental Health of America in Washington D.C., Commerce Bank, the Urban League, Jobs for America's Graduates-Missouri chaired by Gov. Parson, and BJC St. Louis Children's Hospital.

Dai’ra Deshields, Teacher in Baltimore County Public Schools (Maryland)
Dai’ra Deshields is a Special Educator & Reading Teacher at Pikesville Middle School and is breaking all molds in Baltimore County Public Schools. She has worked extensively in setting up new educators to teach children in a social-emotional learning environment. Dai'ra advocates for student mental health and self-awareness, and strives to educate others on how to ease into adding peace and positivity to life.

Dai'ra holds a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology & strives to reach higher in the field of Somatic therapy. The Los Angeles native is also a published author with the work titled "1 Am Thoughts, Written By the Girl on the Stoop" - poetry aimed towards adolescents currently dealing with grief and loss, which she herself is familiar with. Dai'ra also owns a holistic service business, dedicated to providing Feng Shui / interior design and other products that aid mental & spiritual wellness.

Tuesday, March 28, 2023

2 p.m. ET / 11 a.m. PT

Engaging Youth in Safe Online Spaces to Address Mental Health Concerns

MHA Admin — Wed, 15 Mar 2023 15:19:40 +0000

Engaging Youth in Safe Online Spaces to Address Mental Health Concerns

MHA Admin Wed, 03/15/2023 - 11:19

For LGBTQ+ youth struggling with their mental health or experiencing serious mental illness, asking for, finding, and receiving support can be challenging for various reasons. Fear, shame, non-affirming environments, and safety are all reasons LGBTQ+ youth may not seek help and eventually end up experiencing a crisis. Online spaces can be an innovative way to meet youth where they are, providing them with support, care, and resources.

Join us to learn about a few of these: imi, a science-backed mental health tool to help LGBTQ+ teens explore and affirm their identity; Q Chat Space, a program that provides facilitated, live-chat discussions for LGBTQ+ teens to find community and develop a positive LGBTQ+ identity; and the web of online resources now available from local LGBTQ+ community centers as a result of the pandemic.

This is a SAMHSA-Sponsored webinar.
Live closed captioning and ASL interpreters will be available for this webinar.

Presenters

Deborah S. Levine, MSW, MAT (she/her), is the Senior Director of YouthLink, a program of CenterLink. She is the founder of Q Chat Space, an online LGBTQ+ space where teens can join live, chat-based, professionally facilitated support groups. In her current role at CenterLink, Deborah oversees Q Chat Space, is responsible for imi.guide, a free, digital, research-backed mental health tool, and supports the development of youth programs at LGBT community centers across the country through networking opportunities for program staff, peer-based technical assistance and training, and a variety of capacity building services.

Euan Hwang, (he/his), is the YouthLink Manager at CenterLink. He is a veteran of youth programming with over ten years of experience. Since 2011, he has managed and coordinated various youth programs to improve the well-being of youth, equip the youth with leadership and life skills, and build safer spaces for a diverse group of youth. In his role at CenterLink, Euan manages the Q Chat Space project, a digital LGBTQ+ center where teens join live-chat, professionally facilitated online support groups, and supports the YouthLink program in providing assistance to LGBTQ+ youth centers and programs through peer-based technical assistance, training, and networking opportunities for youth center leaders and youth program staff.

Thursday, March 23, 2023

5 p.m. ET / 2 p.m. PT

Becoming Kids’ Role Model for Positive Food Relationship and Healthy Body Image – Even If You Haven’t Figured It Out for Yourself

MHA Admin — Tue, 14 Feb 2023 14:39:51 +0000

Becoming Kids’ Role Model for Positive Food Relationship and Healthy Body Image – Even If You Haven’t Figured It Out for Yourself

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MHA Admin Tue, 02/14/2023 - 09:39

Many of us grew up with messages about food and our bodies that were less-than-helpful or even harmful to our current food relationship and body image. For those of us who are parents, we know we want to do things differently for our kids, but it seems impossible to know where to start – especially when we haven’t learned a different way for ourselves.

Join us to learn some fundamentals (tips, tools, and talking points) that you can use right away with your kids – and yourself. Bring your most frustrating challenges and concerns around food, feeding, body image, or the day-to-day cultural messages you see your kid experiencing that you want to learn how to combat.

Join MHA and WithAll for this free, 60-minute webinar where we will:

Discuss why it matters for youth mental and physical health how we talk to kids about food and body
Explore what the “home base” principles or values a parent can refer to in order to regain footing when it all feels overwhelming
Provide answers for, “What does this all look like ‘in the real world’?”

Meet the Speakers

Lisa Radzak is the executive director at WithAll, where she leads strategic growth as a sustainable social enterprise dedicated to the prevention of and healing from eating disorders. Radzak has more than 20 years of experience in public affairs, community relations, and law, and nearly 15 years of experience in nonprofit leadership. She is a graduate of Mitchell Hamline School of Law, a member of the Minnesota Bar, and a Minnesota Supreme Court appointee to Minnesota’s Lawyers Professional Responsibility Board. Radzak does this work because she knows kids are not born with eating disorders, and eating disorders are not inevitable. She lived with disordered eating throughout childhood, which later evolved into a clinical eating disorder.

Celia Framson, MPH, has worked in regional pediatric academic medical centers as a clinical dietitian for 15 years. She has expertise in the pediatric subspecialties of adolescent and young adult medicine and cancer and blood disorders, and she is the nutrition faculty for the Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Leadership Education in Adolescent Health program. Framson enjoys working with interdisciplinary teams to provide individualized, culturally appropriate, strengths-based nutritional counseling to support young people and their families to improve their health. While working with the Division of Adolescent Medicine at Seattle Children’s Hospital, she worked with an interdisciplinary team to refine and lead innovative, holistic programming for teens with weight-related concerns that focused on increasing self-efficacy and self-esteem among youth and their adult caregivers. She also works with interdisciplinary teams to treat young people with eating disorders across the spectrum of care.

Tuesday, February 28, 2023

1 p.m. ET / 10 a.m. PT

MHA’s 2023 Bell Seal for Workplace Mental Health: What is it and how to apply

MHA Admin — Tue, 14 Feb 2023 14:35:09 +0000

MHA’s 2023 Bell Seal for Workplace Mental Health: What is it and how to apply

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MHA Admin Tue, 02/14/2023 - 09:35

Learn more and join the ranks of the more than 115 Bell Seal-certified employers that exceed workplace mental health expectations. In 2019, MHA launched the Bell Seal for Workplace Mental Health, a national employer certification program to recognize employers leading the charge in improving worker mental health and well-being.

Curious if your workplace qualifies? Want to learn more about how past and current recipients achieved Bell Seal recognition? Join MHA for this free, 45-minute webinar where we will:

Share about MHA’s Bell Seal program, including the application process and program benefits
Discuss how past and current Bell Seal recipients contribute to worker well-being
Provide resources on how to support your workers’ well-being and prepare for the application

This webinar will be recorded and available to the public within one week. We do not offer CEUs, but certificates of attendance will be available upon request after the event.

Meet the Speaker

Taylor Adams serves as Mental Health America’s director of workplace mental health. She spearheads Mental Health America’s efforts on its workplace mental health initiatives, including its Bell Seal national employer recognition program and annual Mind the Workplace research. She incorporates her lived experience and professional expertise to support employers seeking to support the mental health and well-being of its workforce.

Mental Health America was founded in 1909 and is the nation’s leading community-based nonprofit dedicated to addressing the needs of those living with mental illness and to promoting the overall mental health of all.

Thursday, February 23, 2023

2 p.m. ET / 11 a.m. PT

Black joy: Impacting the mental health of Black communities

MHA Admin — Mon, 06 Feb 2023 14:06:49 +0000

Black joy: Impacting the mental health of Black communities

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MHA Admin Mon, 02/06/2023 - 09:06

February is Black History Month, and MHA is highlighting the rich culture, joy, and vast contributions that continue to come from our Black communities. We recognize that learning about the history of systemic racism, particularly in the mental health system, and how it harms Black communities in the U.S. and around the world is key to creating a mentally healthier world. This panel-style webinar will focus on how Black culture and joy have a positive impact on individual and community mental health.

Join MHA and guests for this free, 90-minute webinar where we will:

Hear from panelists about what Black History Month means to them
Discuss the many strengths of Black communities and how that directly impacts mental health
Explore how Black joy and cultural practices create space for mental health to flourish

Speakers

Minaa B. is a writer, speaker, licensed mental health professional, and author of “Owning Our Struggles: A Path to Healing and Finding Community in a Broken World.” She is also the founder of Minaa B. Consulting, a mental health consulting practice that helps organizations develop psychological safety and become mental health inclusive. Her work has been featured in a variety of media outlets, including Red Table Talk, Peace of Mind with Taraji, BBC, Essence, and more.

Radiance Basden is a trailblazing well-being consultant, professional life coach, yoga instructor, NASM- certified personal trainer, and lululemon ambassador. As a champion of human development, she enlightens others about the mental, spiritual, and physical benefits of internal wellness and body movement. Basden's mission includes creating channels to amplify underrepresented voices, service marginalized communities, and champion DE&I, health, and well-being topics.

Morgann Noble is a rising sophomore marketing major at Howard University and is passionate about business, social justice, and reading. Recently, Noble starred in Dove’s national campaign, The Real Cost of Beauty, where she recalls a time when her hair and skin was ridiculed by her peers. As an intern at The AAKOMA Project, Noble works with different partners to move the conversation surrounding mental health from concept to action. She plans to pursue a career in sports marketing, public relations, or advertising.

Marlisa B. Nixon is a person living in long-term recovery … LOUDLY! She is the director of employee experience and DEI lead facilitator at Aspire Behavioral Health; a Georgia Recovers Billboard ambassador, recovery champion, and coach; certified addiction recovery empowerment specialist; certified peer specialist for addictive disease; and certified Science of Addiction Recovery (SOAR) trainer. She gets to use her voice to contribute her lived experience and voice of recovery in and around her community while on the journey for healing and wholeness.

Ayana Malone is the Director of Training and Education for Onyx Therapy Group in Washington, DC. Having started her career as a special education teacher focusing on emotional and behavioral disorders, she developed a deep passion for advocacy and seeking the best of her students rather than focusing on their deficits. Because of this, Ayana has spent a great deal of time exploring the efficacy of educational programs to serve and steward children who come to them as they are and value their social and cultural wealth. Her belief in mental health advocacy is centered on psycho-education, teaching people to understand mental health processes, terminology, and skills.

Thursday, February 16, 2023

1 p.m. ET / 10 a.m. PT

Sharing and building power with youth mental health leaders

MHA Admin — Thu, 26 Jan 2023 15:17:13 +0000

Sharing and building power with youth mental health leaders

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MHA Admin Thu, 01/26/2023 - 10:17

Note: This webinar has been rescheduled from 2 p.m. ET to 3 p.m. ET.

Youth leadership is critical to addressing the youth mental health crisis. Whether starting a collective, spearheading a campaign, or joining an advisory board, many young people are leading the way in mental health advocacy across the country. As organizations and institutions build and grow youth leadership programs, they need to be aware of their power and share and build that power with the youth in their networks.

Join us for this free, 60-minute webinar where members of Mental Health America’s 2021-2022 Young Mental Health Leaders Council discuss their recent report on intergenerational collaboration in mental health.

In this session, we will discuss how adults and leaders can:

Support young people to cultivate power within themselves,
Build power with mentors through supportive relationships, and
Organize power to advance mental health through intentional intergenerational work.

Thursday, February 09, 2023

3 p.m. ET / 12 p.m. PT

Living mentally well with chronic pain conditions

MHA Admin — Thu, 12 Jan 2023 18:06:30 +0000

Living mentally well with chronic pain conditions

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MHA Admin Thu, 01/12/2023 - 13:06

Chronic pain conditions, such as migraine disorders, can cause profound disability and contribute to daily challenges. Mental health conditions commonly co-occur in people with chronic pain conditions. This session with the Association of Migraine Disorders will explore how to live well, or live better, with migraine and other chronic pain conditions, especially when they overlap with mental health conditions, by incorporating lifestyle strategies, therapy, and more.

Join us for this free, 60-minute session where we will:

Discuss how living with migraine and other chronic pain conditions can affect mental health
Better understand the overlap between chronic pain conditions and mental health conditions
Learn about strategies for living well with chronic pain conditions, such as support groups, Facebook groups, diaries, exercise, advocacy, mindfulness, art, and more
Understand different types of psychotherapy, such as acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), that can be used in combination with medications as treatments for chronic pain conditions

Meet the speaker

Dr. Melissa Geraghty is a licensed clinical health psychologist and CEO of Phoenix Rising. She has over a decade of experience fostering the mental health, self-management, and perseverance of patients and their families. Geraghty brings a diverse background, with experience working as a clinician in outpatient, inpatient, partial hospitalization, intensive outpatient, residential, and hospital settings. Geraghty is a keynote and international speaker. She has developed a solid reputation as a compassionate, humorous, and unconditionally accepting advocate of her patients.

Tuesday, January 24, 2023

2 p.m. ET / 11 a.m. PT

Managing chronic disease: The mental health connection

MHA Admin — Thu, 15 Dec 2022 22:16:49 +0000

Managing chronic disease: The mental health connection

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MHA Admin Thu, 12/15/2022 - 17:16

Chronic disease not only affects an individual’s physical health but can take a toll on one’s mental health. Searching for a diagnosis, going through treatment, trying to manage pain, and the socioeconomic strain of care can all have a significant impact on one’s stress levels and mental well- being. Mental Health America has partnered with the National Pancreas Foundation to further explore this connection in order to better understand, address, and educate on the impacts chronic disease can have on one’s mental health.

In this webinar, we will hear from professionals working within various areas of chronic disease on the connection to mental health that they have seen or studied. We will also hear from an individual with lived experience on how their diagnosis has impacted their life.

Join us for this free, 75-minute webinar where we will:

Gain knowledge from experts on the connection between chronic disease, quality of life, and mental health
Explore how different chronic diseases impact the mental health of those living with the disease and their caregivers
Hear firsthand from an individual with lived experience about their mental health journey while living with chronic disease

This webinar was made possible through a partnership with the National Pancreas Foundation.

Tuesday, January 17, 2023

7 p.m. ET / 4 p.m. PT

Being more intentional about our mental health

MHA Admin — Wed, 04 Jan 2023 15:16:10 +0000

Being more intentional about our mental health

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MHA Admin Wed, 01/04/2023 - 10:16

Being intentional about practicing healthy mental health habits regularly is a part of staying well. But caring for your mental health doesn’t have to be a big task – it can be in small daily practices. This session will cover how to start becoming more intentional about caring for your mental well-being and simple ways you can integrate mental health self-care into your daily routine.

Join MHA and Israa Nasir for this free, 60-minute webinar where we will:

Discuss what being mentally healthy means
Provide concrete ideas on how to become more intentional about caring for yourself
Explore new ways to integrate mental health care into our daily lives

Meet the Speaker

Israa Nasir, M.H.C.-L.P., is a psychotherapist, speaker, and founder of the digital mental health brand WellGuide. Nasir curates meaningful experiences through one-on-one emotional and mental health coaching, workshops, and speaking engagements to further amplify the message of emotional wellness and personal growth. Her work is focused on transforming the way we talk about mental health, taking it from a place of shame to a place of empowerment, with a specific focus on identity formation and healing for the BIPOC immigrant (first and second generation) experience.

Thursday, January 12, 2023

1 p.m. ET / 10 a.m. PT

Conquering Recovery: Managing Mental Health Medications

MHA Admin — Tue, 29 Nov 2022 15:01:14 +0000

Conquering Recovery: Managing Mental Health Medications

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MHA Admin Tue, 11/29/2022 - 10:01

For those living with a mental health condition, medication is often discussed as a form of treatment. While medications can provide great benefits for our mental health, you may experience new challenges when starting them. It is important to learn about your medications and options to ensure the best course of treatment for your individual needs. In this webinar, we will be specifically discussing SSRIs (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors).

Join MHA and Sutter Health for this free 60-minute webinar where we will:

Discuss both pros and cons of mental health medications
Review what to expect when starting a new medication
Learn about the potential side effects SSRIs may cause and how to recognize if a medication may not be right for you
Discuss recommendations for treatment beyond a medication-only model

Meet the Speaker

Whitney Landa, M.D., is a psychiatrist with Sutter Health-affiliated Palo Alto Foundation Medical Group. She is board certified in general psychiatry as well as child and adolescent psychiatry and has extensive experience treating psychiatric conditions in all ages.

Tuesday, December 06, 2022

12:30 p.m. ET / 9:30 a.m. PT