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Through the "One Pill Can Kill" campaign, the DEA is bringing awareness to the dangers of fentanyl, the threat of fake pills, and resources to keep people safe. The overarching goal was to provide participants with information about the "One Pill Can Kill" campaign and review a best practice communication strategy so participants felt confident in both their knowledge of the "One Pill Can Kill" campaign and in their ability to communicate it with others.
Learning Objectives
Gain knowledge on the dangers of fentanyl
Describe 3 key messages of the "One Pill Can Kill" awareness campaign
Be familiar with resources to support the "One Pill Can Kill" campaign
Review a best-practice communication strategy for sharing information
Speakers
Sean T. Fearns serves as the Chief of Community Outreach and Prevention Support for DEA since 2015. In this capacity, Sean is responsible for guiding a diverse and creative staff to develop and implement strategic national partnerships with other organizations which help educate the public on the current drug threats facing the country, support the DEA field divisions, implement DEA’s Operation Engage, communicate key administration drug prevention messages, and help reduce the demand for those drugs.
Alex Waitt, MS, MSEd, LPC, is a licensed professional counselor and the Co-Project Director for the Central East ATTC where he is responsible for the programmatic and administrative coordination of all training and technical assistance for the CE ATTC Region. He is the spokesperson and liaison to stakeholders and supports the development of other training and workforce initiatives.
RESOURCES
One Pill Can Kill DEA Campaign
Webinar slides
This webinar was provided by the Central East ATTC.
The Central East ATTC is funded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and managed by the Danya Institute.
Published: September 13, 2022
Interactive Resource
The Great Lakes ATTC, MHTTC, and PTTC have created an online flipbook for the Alcohol is STILL a Drug series. Alcohol is STILL a Drug is comprised of ten 30-minute videos recorded between September 2021–August 2022. Each video addresses the impacts of alcohol use disorder (AUD) and is presented by a leading professional in that field.
You can view the flipbook online or you can download a PDF version. The videos and supplemental resources are accessible in either format.
ABOUT THE SERIES:
The opioid crisis, increasing stimulant misuse, and marijuana legalization often dominate the news—yet alcohol remains the number one substance negatively impacting physical health, mental health, social engagement, and financial stability for individuals throughout the US.
While this series will focus on the hopefulness of recovery from AUD, it will also take a deep dive into what we know about the full impact of alcohol overuse and the ways it affects everyone, even those who do not personally misuse alcohol.
The Alcohol Is Still a Drug series offers viewers the following learning objectives:
Summarize the current impacts of problematic alcohol use in various/special populations, including pregnant women, youth, rural, and minority populations
Assess and prioritize alcohol reduction efforts in targeted settings
Describe the current efforts to curb problematic alcohol use, including best practices in providing treatment
Understand the importance of person-centered approaches to treatment and recovery
Published: September 13, 2022
Toolkit
Resources developed by the National Hispanic and Latino ATTC and PTTC.
Fact Sheets on Gambling Awareness in English, Spanish and Portuguese.
March is National Problem Gambling Awareness Month!
Podcast ¡Latinos Con Voz!
Problem Gambling Awareness Episodes (available in English and Portuguese)
English Episode
This English episode of Latinos Con Voz podcast, Dr. Susie Villalobos interviews Tana Russell from the Evergreen Council on Problem Gambling.
Portuguese Episode
Portuguese Episode of Latinos Con Voz podcast. **This is episode is only available in Portuguese ** Priscila Giamassi entrevista a Dra. Anna Carolina Ramos emu ma conversa esclarecedora sobre dependências, com foco em jogo problemático.
Videos
Problem Gambling
Problem Gambling Awareness Month: Awareness + Action (available in English, Spanish and Portuguese)
Infographic
Problem Gambling
Hispanic and Latino Problem Gambling Awareness
Resources in partnership with the Evergreen Council on Problem Gambling
Connections Podcast
Latino Advocacy – Heart and Community Latina leader and researcher, Dr. Susie Villalobos, joins this Connections episode. She is the Director of the National Hispanic Latino Addiction and Prevention Technology Transfer Centers, and host of the “¡Latinos Con Voz!” podcast. She gets real about what led her to this work, how she uncovers the needs of Latino communities, and the incredible teamwork that goes into the heart-driven dedication of making it happen.
Kaleidoscope
Reflections of Diverse Views on Mental Health Equity A recorded live-streamed community event celebrating diversity, inclusion, and mental health equity during 2021 National Hispanic Heritage Month. Special guests will help address issues around Access to Care; Barriers; Cultural Norms and Traditions; and Gambling in Latinx Communities:
Published: September 9, 2022
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This 4-part learning series is designed to enhance education and training related to health equity for current behavioral health trainees. The program is designed to introduce trainees to various structural factors that contribute to behavioral health disparities, outline the role of social justice in achieving behavioral health equity, and foster understanding and appreciation of culture and community in promoting equity. The program is also designed to increase the number of behavioral health trainees with a particular emphasis on and orientation towards applying social justice to behavioral health practice.
Objectives:
Outline the multiple determinants of health contributing to behavioral health disparities among marginalized communities
Explain social justice as a critical component in prevention, treatment, recovery and healing
Apply key social justice concepts to promote equity in behavioral health
Session 1
Presentation Handouts
Session 2
Presentation Handouts
Session 3
Presentation Handouts
Session 4
Presentation Handouts
About the Presenter
Marilyn Sampilo, PhD, MPH.
Center for Pediatric Behavioral Health at Cleveland Clinic
Dr. Marilyn Sampilo is a clinical psychologist who specializes in integrated behavioral health and health disparities among diverse and marginalized populations. She received her doctoral degree in clinical child psychology from the University of Kansas, a Master of Public Health with a concentration in social and behavioral aspects of public health from the University of Kansas Medical Center, and an executive certificate in social impact strategy from the University of Pennsylvania, all of which have allowed her to develop extensive experience in prevention, health promotion and intervention for diverse populations, particularly the Hispanic and Latinx population. Dr. Sampilo is also well-versed in public policy from her tenure as a health equity and cultural competency administrator at the state level where she led the agency’s behavioral health equity initiatives and consulted with state agencies on issues of equity and diversity particularly related to racially and ethnically diverse, immigrant and refugee populations. She is currently a psychologist in the Center for Pediatric Behavioral Health at Cleveland Clinic where she works in integrated behavioral health within primary care. She currently serves as the health equity and social justice lead for the Center and is chair of diversity, equity, and inclusion in the Pediatrics Institute at Cleveland Clinic. She also works with various local, state, regional, and national entities on training and professional development in the areas of health equity, diversity, and cultural proficiency.
Published: September 7, 2022
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Culturally and linguistically appropriate strategies are the means to ensure respectful and responsive services that enhance effective outcomes for racial, ethnic, and other underserved communities in behavioral health care. As such, being culturally informed when conducting evidence based (EB) practices such as Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment, (SBIRT) can help Hispanic and Latinx clients reduce their substance use.
SBIRT, is an evidence-based practice that helps practitioners identify and intervene with people whose pattern of substance use puts them at risk for or are experiencing substance-related health and other psychosocial problems. The question is: How do we facilitate SBIRT without compromising the fidelity of the model while practicing culturally responsive care?
This two session webinar series will review current landscape of substance use and benefits of culturally adapted evidence-based interventions that align with culturally and appropriate services standards, (CLAS). Further, the content will inform on how a culturally informed framework can help meet the needs and enhance quality care among Hispanic communities at risk.
Goal: Clinical and non-clinical professionals will review the dynamics of facilitating a culturally responsive SBIRT intervention for reducing substance use with Latinx communities and enhance their recovery and wellness process.
Session 1
Objectives:
Review Hispanic and Latinx behavioral health disparities
Define social determinants of health and implications for communities
Define cultural adaptations of practices and purpose
Describe cultural & linguistic appropriate services (CLAS) standards
Identify benefits of stigma free terminology and referred language
Define evidence-based practice (EBP) and importance of fidelity
Presentation Handouts
Session 2
Objectives:
Define the Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment, (SBIRT) model
List opportunities for cultural adaptations
List dynamics of a culturally appropriate, trauma informed, inclusive environment
Identify factors of a culturally responsive rapport and engagement for screening
List benefits of the person-centered approach using core skills of motivational interviewing in a brief intervention interaction
Identify benefits of working with client’s cultural concept of substance use
List cultural considerations for a referral to treatment and language conducive terminology
Presentation Handouts
About the Presenter
Diana Padilla, CLC, CARC, CASAC-T
Research Project Manager @New York State Psychiatric Institute, Division of Substance Use Disorders, Columbia University Medical Center
Diana Padilla is a Research Project Manager, at the New York State Psychiatric Institute, Division of Substance Use Disorders, Columbia University Medical Center. She is a curriculum developer and senior trainer for the Northeast & Caribbean Addiction and Prevention Technology Transfer Centers.
Ms. Padilla is certified by the New York State Office of Addiction Services and Supports (NYS OASAS) as an SBIRT trainer. She provides intensive technical assistance and implementation support to organizations in a variety of settings, who are seeking to incorporate the SBIRT intervention practice to address health, psychosocial, and other concerns related to harmful levels of alcohol and other substance use.
Published: September 7, 2022
eNewsletter or Blog
The September 2022 Dialogue contains articles on: Addiction: Families in Recovery | Mental Health: National Suicide Prevention Month | Prevention: Suicide Prevention Awareness | ORN: Mobilize Recovery, and Regional Spotlight: A Journey to Recovery, by Demetrie Garner.
Additional sections include upcoming training and webinar events, behavioral health observances, new resources, and Region 3 news.
The Dialogue is designed to inform behavioral and mental health professionals of news and upcoming events in the Central East states. This electronic newsletter is disseminated bi-monthly on the first Tuesday. You are encouraged to provide us with any feedback or submit articles and topics for discussion in future issues of the newsletter,
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Published: September 6, 2022
Print Media
This Issue: CONNECTIONS: HONORING CULTURE AND EMBRACING CHANGE
This issue will bring awareness to the National Recovery Month, Hispanic Heritage Month, and National Suicide Prevention Week. Our Executive Director, Mr. Fred Sandoval shared more details about the work NLBHA is doing in collaboration with the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. We are also providing more details about our upcoming National Latino Behavioral Health Conference.
Please read to learn more about the resources we are highlighting this quarter, our upcoming events and projects, and more.
In This Issue
Our Mission
Dicho of the Quarter
Page 01
A reflection by our Director
Page 02
NLBHA and AFSP: National Suicide Prevention Week Awareness
Page 03
Story time: meet our team member, Ana L. Chavez-Mancillas, MSW
Page 06
Highlighting the experts, Quarterly Highlights and Celebrations
Page 07
Article by Eva Moya, PhD
Page 08
Media Corner
Page 10
Conference Highlights
Page 11
NHL Executive Leadership and Fellowship Program
Page 12
Community Campaigns: National Suicide Prevention Week, National Recovery Month, Hispanic Heritage Month
Page 10
Staff Contact information
Page 15
Español
Esta Publicación: Conexiones: Honrando La Cultura Y La Aceptación Del Cambio
Português
Esta Edição: Conexões: Honrando a Cultura e Abraçando Mudanças
Published: September 2, 2022
Multimedia
This is part 2 of the Northwest ATTC's 3-part summer webinar series: Innovative and Successful Approaches to Staff Recruitment and Retention. Find information on all 3 parts here.
The current behavioral health workforce emergency is nothing new in the culturally and linguistically specific communities in Oregon and the Pacific Northwest. Traditional recruitment strategies by dominant culture organizations often fail due to a variety of systemic and cultural barriers that are largely invisible to the established behavioral health systems. Executive Director Fernando Peña with NW Instituto Latino operates a culturally specific SUD Recovery Community Organization that despite the ongoing behavioral health workforce emergency is fully staffed with culturally and linguistically specific staff and routinely has multiple applicants for each open position as one becomes available. In this session, Fernando shared his understanding of the systemic barriers that impact Latinx communities when it comes to the behavioral health workforce as well as some strategies he has used to recruit, retain and support their respective teams.
Watch recording (no slides were presented with this session)
Published: September 1, 2022
Multimedia
This 90-minute presentation will provide in-depth information surrounding adolescent co-occurring disorders, including the presence and interaction of mental illness and substance use disorders. Attendees will be able to recognize signs of these conditions and behavioral presentation. You will learn about the circular impact that mental health and substance abuse have on each other and treatment approaches to treat these conditions. Time will be spent reviewing a case study to apply your learning from this presentation to a real case.
Session Objectives:
Learn the signs and symptoms of common adolescent substance use disorders and mental health conditions
Identify risk and protective factors for mental illness, substance use, and co-occurring conditions
Discuss the circular impact that mental health and substance abuse have on each other
Learn about evidence-based and best practice models for treating co-occurring conditions
Co-occurring Disorders in the Adolescent Population
Created in collaboration with the Mountain Plains MHTTC.
Published: August 29, 2022
Multimedia
Recording of TOR Webinar: Peer Recovery as Elements of Harm Reduction. Join us for our monthly TOR Webinar: Peer Recovery as Elements of Harm Reduction. This event took place on August 24th, 2022.
Published: August 26, 2022
Multimedia
Recording of TOR Regional Meeting: Portland Region. We would like to invite all California Region TOR grantees to join us for our Regional Meeting on Tuesday, Aug. 16. These meetings are intended to allow grantees to share ideas, discuss difficulties, and learn from experts on managing your grant. We will also have open discussions on topics, issues, and questions that you are most interested in related to your TOR grant/program, so please let us know what you would like to discuss!
Published: August 26, 2022
Presentation Slides
Slides from the session Managing a Limited Budget: Strategies and Resources for Success. Please join us for this informative 120-minute interactive webinar as Theresa Sault-Brill shares her knowledge, experience, and resources on budgeting, resourcefulness within a AI/AN cultural context.
Published: August 26, 2022
Print Media
The Pacific Southwest and Mountain Plains Addiction Technology Transfer Centers created a new product to assist behavioral health providers and peer support specialists that provide services to People with Substance Use Disorders (PWSUDs) using the telephone (mobile, landline, or internet phones). This document provides sample policies and recommended practices that behavioral health providers and peer support specialists can use and/or adapt to help guide the delivery of Audio-Only Telehealth (AOTs). Many behavioral health treatment and peer support experts predict that patients/clients/peers will receive services in a hybrid delivery mode (in-person, videoconferencing, and telephone) in the near future. As such, behavioral health providers and peer support specialists will need to expand their skills and competencies while agencies and/or organizations will need policies and practices in place to guide service delivery utilizing AOTs. This product can be used as a starting point to assist in the implementation of AOTs or to enhance current AOTs. Additional products, infographics with tips, and training events regarding AOTs will be coming soon.
Published: August 22, 2022
Multimedia
Talking To Change: A Motivational Interviewing Podcast, hosted by Glenn Hinds and Sebastian Kaplan, is a series of conversations exploring Motivational Interviewing (MI) and its influence on supporting individuals and groups as they make positive health and lifestyle changes.
Talking to Change: An MI Podcast. Episode 57: Motivational Interviewing & Discord, with Stephen R. Andrew, LCSW
In this episode of Talking to Change, Glenn and Sebastian welcome Stephen R. Andrew, LCSW, LADC, CCS to discuss discord and how MI can be used to address it. He describes the distinction between client-centeredness and MI, how to be a “trauma whisperer” using “gentle guesses” and core needs, discord between the head and the heart, how to develop empathy and compassion, and how to create learning communities. Glenn and Stephen end the episode with a “real play” and debrief.
Published: August 17, 2022
Multimedia
The National Latino Behavioral Health Association (NLBHA), the National Hispanic and Latino PTTC, and the Strategic Prevention Framework - Connecting our Voices Program, joined efforts today to present you this video about Marijuana Prevention, with the goal to increase the awareness among youth.
Português
Conscientização sobre o uso de cannabis entre os jovens
NLBHA, os Centros e o Programa Conectando nossas Vozes se uniram para apresentar a vocês este vídeo educativo sobre Prevenção da Maconha, com o objetivo de aumentar a conscientização entre os jovens.
Published: August 16, 2022
Multimedia
In today’s video, we would like to discuss harm reduction and its importance and break down some of the stigma often associated with this topic.
Español
La reducción de daño
En el video de hoy, vamos a platicar sobre la reducción de daño y su importancia al igual que desbaratar el estigma que comúnmente acompaña a este tema
Português
Redução de danos
No vídeo de hoje, gostaríamos de discutir a redução de danos, sua importância e quebrar um pouco do estigma frequentemente associado a esse tópico.
Published: August 16, 2022
Presentation Slides
Sample Policies for the Delivery of SUD-related Services
via Audio-Only Telehealth
The Pacific Southwest and Mountain Plains Addiction Technology Transfer Centers created a new product to assist behavioral health providers and peer support specialists that provide services to People with Substance Use Disorders (PWSUDs) using the telephone (mobile, landline, or internet phones). This document provides sample policies and recommended practices that behavioral health providers and peer support specialists can use and/or adapt to help guide the delivery of Audio-Only Telehealth (AOTs). Many behavioral health treatment and peer support experts predict that patients/clients/peers will receive services in a hybrid delivery mode (in-person, videoconferencing, and telephone) in the near future. As such, behavioral health providers and peer support specialists will need to expand their skills and competencies while agencies and/or organizations will need policies and practices in place to guide service delivery utilizing AOTs. This product can be used as a starting point to assist in the implementation of AOTs or to enhance current AOTs. Additional products, infographics with tips, and training events regarding AOTs will be coming soon.
Published: August 15, 2022
Multimedia
Click Here to Download Webinar Handouts
Translations
Spanish
Portuguese
Webinar Handouts
Spanish
Portuguese
This was Part 1 of a 3-Session Virtual Learning Community.
This series on Understanding, Going Through, and Managing Loss, Grief, and Bereavement takes a critical look at
how Latino men manage and go through loss, grief, and bereavement during this Covid-19 pandemic.
Learning Objectives:
Understand the overall impact of loss and differentiate between grief and bereavement
Describe the pandemic in regard to the type of deaths (unattended, for example), social changes, the sheer volume, and displacement (new roles imposed on people due to loss)
Understand the specific ways that Latino men are affected by death and loss in the context of cultural expectations that they must be strong and evaluate their own (or loved ones) behavior in this regard
Having a different perspective on the “the fear of death”
Integrate the possibility that Latino men can apply lessons from understanding their own grief journeys in order to play a proactive role (and find heroic meaning) by becoming grief leaders for their families, loved ones, friends, and society at large.
Draw from the information given, options to identifying their personal losses and identify options on how to manage their experience.
About the Presenter:
Elizabeth Robles, LPC, CT, EOLD
Elizabeth Robles works in the El Paso region as a behavioral health care professional specializing in life changes, trauma, grief, and loss. Elizabeth is Certified in Thanatology: Death, Dying & Bereavement through the Association of Death Education Counseling (ADEC). Her treatment approach offers patients the hope and strategies to facilitate continuous emotional renewal in the face of life’s constant changes. In addition to her private practice, Elizabeth serves as Clinical Director for the MYC Institute of Integrative Health, an El Paso nonprofit organization which advocates for body/mind/spirit approaches to wellbeing. In 2020, Elizabeth became a Certified End of Life Doula.
Published: August 11, 2022
Multimedia
Click Here to Download Webinar Handouts
This was Part 2 of a 3-Session Virtual Learning Community.
This series on Understanding, Going Through, and Managing Loss, Grief, and Bereavement takes a critical look at
how Latino men manage and go through loss, grief, and bereavement during this Covid-19 pandemic.
Learning Objectives:
Understand the overall impact of loss and differentiate between grief and bereavement
Describe the pandemic in regard to the type of deaths (unattended, for example), social changes, the sheer volume, and displacement (new roles imposed on people due to loss)
Understand the specific ways that Latino men are affected by death and loss in the context of cultural expectations that they must be strong and evaluate their own (or loved ones) behavior in this regard
Having a different perspective on the “the fear of death”
Integrate the possibility that Latino men can apply lessons from understanding their own grief journeys in order to play a proactive role (and find heroic meaning) by becoming grief leaders for their families, loved ones, friends, and society at large.
Draw from the information given, options to identifying their personal losses and identify options on how to manage their experience.
Additional Resources
Spanish Translation
Portuguese Translation
About the Presenter:
Elizabeth Robles, LPC, CT, EOLD
Elizabeth Robles works in the El Paso region as a behavioral health care professional specializing in life changes, trauma, grief, and loss. Elizabeth is Certified in Thanatology: Death, Dying & Bereavement through the Association of Death Education Counseling (ADEC). Her treatment approach offers patients the hope and strategies to facilitate continuous emotional renewal in the face of life’s constant changes. In addition to her private practice, Elizabeth serves as Clinical Director for the MYC Institute of Integrative Health, an El Paso nonprofit organization which advocates for body/mind/spirit approaches to wellbeing. In 2020, Elizabeth became a Certified End of Life Doula.
Published: August 11, 2022
Multimedia
Click Here to Download Webinar Handouts
This was Part 3 of a 3-Session Virtual Learning Community.
This series on Understanding, Going Through, and Managing Loss, Grief, and Bereavement takes a critical look at
how Latino men manage and go through loss, grief, and bereavement during this Covid-19 pandemic.
Learning Objectives:
Understand the overall impact of loss and differentiate between grief and bereavement
Describe the pandemic in regard to the type of deaths (unattended, for example), social changes, the sheer volume, and displacement (new roles imposed on people due to loss)
Understand the specific ways that Latino men are affected by death and loss in the context of cultural expectations that they must be strong and evaluate their own (or loved ones) behavior in this regard
Having a different perspective on the “the fear of death”
Integrate the possibility that Latino men can apply lessons from understanding their own grief journeys in order to play a proactive role (and find heroic meaning) by becoming grief leaders for their families, loved ones, friends, and society at large.
Draw from the information given, options to identifying their personal losses and identify options on how to manage their experience.
Additional Resources
Spanish Translation
Portuguese Translation
About the Presenter:
Elizabeth Robles, LPC, CT, EOLD
Elizabeth Robles works in the El Paso region as a behavioral health care professional specializing in life changes, trauma, grief, and loss. Elizabeth is Certified in Thanatology: Death, Dying & Bereavement through the Association of Death Education Counseling (ADEC). Her treatment approach offers patients the hope and strategies to facilitate continuous emotional renewal in the face of life’s constant changes. In addition to her private practice, Elizabeth serves as Clinical Director for the MYC Institute of Integrative Health, an El Paso nonprofit organization which advocates for body/mind/spirit approaches to wellbeing. In 2020, Elizabeth became a Certified End of Life Doula.
Published: August 11, 2022
Presentation Slides
These are the handouts for the ESAS event that took place on August 3rd, 2022.
The presenter for this event was Steven G. Steine.
Published: August 5, 2022
Multimedia
This event took place on August 3rd, 2022, presented by Steven G. Steine.
Published: August 5, 2022
Print Media
The term “Gender Diverse” encompasses a broad universe of gender identities and expressions. “Transgender” is often used as an umbrella term for the community, though not all gender expansive individuals consider themselves to be Transgender. Other terms in common use include Nonbinary, 2Spirit (used by Indigenous people only) Enby, Genderqueer, Gender Fluid, Agender, and Pangender, among many others.
This infographic factsheet provides statistics and prevalence of SUD diagnoses among U.S. Transgender and Cisgender adults, risk factors, steps organizations can take to be welcoming to gender diverse individuals, and recommendations for treatment programs.
Published: July 22, 2022
Presentation Slides
Slides from the session TOR Webinar: Contingency Management: What it is and how it works in SUD treatment. This event took place on July 27, 2022.
Published: August 3, 2022
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