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The recent COVID-19 health pandemic has accelerated the implementation of behavioral health services via remote technology, including telephone and video conferencing. The following is an implementation framework for behavioral health care providers that guides organizational leadership through short term practical steps for implementation of remote services via technology while including successful long-term strategies for sustaining telehealth services.
Published: May 1, 2020
Print Media
As a caregiver, taking care of yourself is essential. This is especially true in this moment of great instability when it is common
to feel uncomfortable emotions such as stress, anxiety, anger, and sadness. One way to practice self-care is by becoming still
through intentional reflection and breathing.
Published: April 30, 2020
Print Media
In response to the COVID19 pandemic, the New England ATTC team has developed products in partnership with the South Africa ATTC to support our partners and constituents. Our ATTC is well positioned to continue supporting people with off-the-shelf products and our virtual trainings and technical assistance remain available. Taking care of yourself is essential in moments of great instability. This one-page self-assessment activity can be used to set goals towards achieving greater balance in caring for oneself. This product was designed as a provider self-care exercise, but has broad relevance for the general population.
Published: April 29, 2020
Toolkit
The South Africa HIV ATTC has created this one-page activity that can help one slow down and check in with their emotional and physical well-being. This product was designed as a provider self-care exercise, but has broad relevance for the general population.
This product is available in English and Afrikaans. Additional languages are coming soon!
Related Items:
Healthy Coping Behaviours (found here)
Reflection and Breathing Exercise (found here)
Wellness Wheel Exercise (found here)
Coping with Distress (found here)
Published: April 27, 2020
Toolkit
The South Africa HIV ATTC has created this one-page activity that can be used to learn new ways to cope with and relieve stress. Developing ways to soothe can be helpful to prevent one from becoming emotionally overwhelmed. This product was designed as a provider self-care exercise, but has broad relevance for the general population.
This product is available in English and Afrikaans. Additional languages are coming soon!
Related Items:
Healthy Coping Behaviours (found here)
Reflection and Breathing Exercise (found here)
Wellness Wheel Exercise (found here)
Regular Emotional Check-Ins (found here)
Published: April 27, 2020
Toolkit
The South Africa HIV ATTC has created this one-page activity to encourage taking care of oneself, particularly in moments of great instability. Learning and practicing the activities in this product can be helpful to prevent one from becoming emotionally overwhelmed. This product was designed as a provider self-care exercise, but has broad relevance for the general population.
This product is available in English and Afrikaans. Additional languages are coming soon!
Related Items:
Coping with Distress (found here)
Reflection and Breathing Exercise (found here)
Wellness Wheel Exercise (found here)
Regular Emotional Check-Ins (found here)
Published: April 27, 2020
Toolkit
The South Africa HIV ATTC has created this one-page self-assessment activity that can be used to set goals towards achieving greater balance in caring for oneself. This product was designed as a provider self-care exercise, but has broad relevance for the general population.
This product is available in English and Afrikaans. Additional languages are coming soon!
Related Items:
Reflection and Breathing Exercise (found here)
Coping with Distress (found here)
Healthy Coping Behaviours (found here)
Regular Emotional Check-Ins (found here)
Published: April 23, 2020
Toolkit
The South Africa HIV ATTC has created this one-page exercise to serve as a guide to reflection, breathing, and relaxation. Taking care of oneself is essential. This is especially true in this moments of instability, when it is common to feel uncomfortable emotions such as stress, anxiety, anger and sadness. One way to practice self-care is by becoming still and practice intentional reflection and breathing. This product was designed as a provider self-care exercise to cope with COVID-19, but it has broad relevance for the general population.
Related Items:
Wellness Wheel Exercise (found here)
Coping with Distress (found here)
Healthy Coping Behaviours (found here)
Regular Emotional Check-Ins (found here)
Published: April 17, 2020
Multimedia
This presentation by Sheila Weix, MSN, RN, CARN was recorded on April 1, 2020 and is a follow-up to her PART 1 presentation released on March 20, 2020. Viewers will be provided with updated information on the ever-changing challenges facing healthcare providers under the restrictions of the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as best practices for reducing exposure risks, maximizing limited resources, and safely managing treatment during this difficult time.
Additional Resources:
Transcript_SUD in a Pandemic_ Bigger Boat Part 2
Published: April 7, 2020
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This is a training on Trauma Integrated Addiction Treatment.
Published: March 25, 2020
Multimedia
Suicide remains a leading cause of death in our country, affecting all segments of the population. People just released from prison are at higher-risk of suicide, particularly if they also struggle with substance use. This webinar will present lessons learned from a research study that evaluates the effectiveness of the Safety Planning Intervention, a strategy for reducing suicide events among people transitioning from jail to the community.
Principal Investigator Dr. Jennifer E. Johnson of Michigan State University will describe the nature of the problem and ways to reduce suicide events, given frequent substance use in this high-risk population.
Recorded on March 3, 2020
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This webinar was presented in collaboration with the Great Lakes ATTC and the Central East ATTC and MHTTC.
Published: March 10, 2020
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Compassion fatigue increases stress and results in lost productivity, staff turnover, and overall poor organizational health. Professionals in behavioral health or “helping profession” settings are at risk for developing secondary traumatic stress, depression, and/or burnout as they attend to others’ needs. Priorities for clinicians, recovery support specialists, and caregivers are to interact with their clients to promote and model healthy coping behaviors. However, their own needs are often overlooked in discussions about addressing compassion fatigue in the workforce.
This 4-part recorded series will address the capacity of behavioral health professionals to address compassion fatigue in the workforce, especially in the wake of the opioid epidemic. Specifically, this online series will investigate compassion fatigue, as well as compassion satisfaction, and provide practical tools to build awareness, self-compassion, and psychological flexibility as they choose a life of service to others.
Part I: Compassion Fatigue: How did we get here?
Presenter: Erin Winstanley, Ph.D.
This presentation will provide a brief summary of the mortality associated with the opioid epidemic; describe the impact of the opioid epidemic on first responders, the clinical workforce, and communities; and identify responses to address compassion fatigue.
Part II: Alleviating Distress: Providing Compassion when Exhausted
Presenter: Kathryn Speck, Ph.D.
The aim of this presentation is to increase the capacity of behavioral health professionals to identify the interrelated components of compassion fatigue, vicarious trauma and secondary trauma, with a focus on strategies that are critical to wellness and increasing resilience.
Part III: Compassion Fatigue: Survival Starts Here
Presenter: Robin Landwehr, DBH, LPCC, NCC
This presentation will demonstrate how to create a plan for protection, identify symptoms, and determine how to seek help if you believe you have compassion fatigue.
Part IV: Creating a Shelter from the Storm: Reflection and Discussion
Presenters: Erin Winstanley, Ph.D., Kathryn Speck, Ph.D., and Robin Landwehr, DBH, LPCC, NCC
In this session, the presenters will summarize the Compassion Fatigue Webinar Series and offer best and promising practices and provide recommendations for healthy organizations and practitioners. To close out the session, the presenters will answer questions gathered from participants throughout the series.
Published: June 13, 2019
Multimedia
This training will explore the beauty and pain that may come with being a caregiver. It will investigate compassion fatigue, as well as compassion satisfaction, and provide practical tools to build caregiver awareness, self-compassion, and psychological flexibility as they choose a life of service to others.
This training was brought to you by the Mountain Plains ATTC and CASAT Training.
Presenter: Robin J. Landwehr, DBH, LPCC, NCC
Published: November 19, 2018