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Events in May 2024

  • Mental Health and the Hmong Community

    Mental Health and the Hmong Community

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    May 2, 2024



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    Trainer: Dr. Alissa Vang

    Date: Thursday, May 2, 9-noon

    Who are the Hmong and why is it important for us as service providers to be familiar with the Hmong? Review history, statistics and demographics of the community. Explore common healing practices and beliefs. Explain views of mental illness and mental health providers in the Hmong community.

    Objectives: 

    • Increase awareness of Hmong population
    • Improve quality of service delivery by understanding needs through a cultural len

     


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  • Micro-Aggressions

    Micro-Aggressions

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    May 10, 2024

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    Trainer: Amineh Safi

    Length: 3 training  hours

    Description : Navigating MicroAggressions Training

    What is it? An opportunity to learn how microaggressions impact individuals and the workplaces so we can foster a more respectful and inclusive environment.

     

    What will you learn?

    • How to define and describe microaggressions
    • Understand how microaggressions impact individuals and work environments
    • Learn strategies for responding to and intervening in microaggressions

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    Virtual Location
  • Psychiatric Rehabilitation: Assessment and Creative, Intentional Interventions

    Psychiatric Rehabilitation: Assessment and Creative, Intentional Interventions

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    May 14, 2024

     

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    Trainers: Alyssa Conducy and Brooke Schultz

    This training will include a focus the use of task breakdown, individualized intervention planning, and the use of tools and formal structure to build skills for managing symptoms and skills across all functional domains.

    Objectives:


    • Participants will receive training on the foundational principles of psychiatric rehabilitation


    • Participants will learn to connect symptoms to functioning, and functioning to intentional interventions.



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  • Working with the LGBTQ Community: A Review and Discussion of Relevant Issues

    Working with the LGBTQ Community: A Review and Discussion of Relevant Issues

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    May 22, 2024

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    Trainers:  Elizabeth Theodora, MSW, LICSW and Len Amundson 

    Objectives: 


    • Participants will increase their understanding of the definitions related to the LGBTQ+ community  


    • Participants will review terminology pertaining to sex, gender identity, gender expression, gender role, and orientation - and the impacts on the lives of people who identify as LGBTQ+ 


    • Participants will become familiar with historical events pertaining to mental health, historical criminalization, social rights movements, and civil rights within the U.S. 


    • Participants will gain understanding of current events 


    • Participants will review common barrier and corresponding interventions pertaining to social, medical and systemic factors 


    • Participants will become familiar with some of the health care services in the LGBTQ+ community 


    • Participants are encouraged to explore their own biases related to this subject 


    • Participants are encouraged to consider their role as an ally or as a member of the LGBTQ+ community and their work with individuals served 



     

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    Assertive Engagement and Contingency Management

    Assertive Engagement and Contingency Management

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    May 22, 2024

     

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    Trainers: Amy Acker and Julie Duncan

     

    Assertive engagement of individual who are unsure of or unable to engage in services is a core value within ACT.   This training will provide educations on ways to effectively engage people who are in contemplation/pre-contemplation stage of change in relation to accessing services.  Engagement strategies and effective use of contingency management and incentive plans will be explored.

     

    Objectives:


    • Participants will be able to identify signs engagement strategies being used with an individual may need modification.


    • Participants will be able to name and describe at least 3 techniques for assertive engagement.


    • Participants will be able to explain the benefits of contingency management strategies/ incentive plans, with the ability to describe when and how to effectively use these interventions.



     

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