Virtual workshops: Grief, Trauma-Informed practices and Mental Health Leadership

Passing along workshop offerings on grief, trauma informed practices and mental health leadership in schools.

See below.

Kathy

Kathy Wilson-Fey  

Mental Health & Wellness Manager/Coordinator (she/her)

503-431-4038  |  kwilson-fey@ttsd.k12.or.us

Mental Health Blog  |  Mental Health Resources Webpage

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From: Pacific Southwest Mental Health Technology Transfer Center <cccsmh@cars-rp.org>
Date: Tue, Feb 20, 2024 at 8:16 AM
Subject: PS MHTTC School Mental Health Newsletter | February 2024
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View This Newsletter as Webpage Fostering Grief Ready Workplaces: A Starter Kit for Mental Health and School Mental Health Leadership A Four-Part Study & Discussion Series March 5, 12, 19, & 26, 2024 • • • • • Our workplaces experience loss, bereavement, and grief: whether it is an employee who is anticipating or healing from the death of a family member or friend, staff mourning the loss of a colleague, or a team experiencing losses in clients and community, our workplace wellness is predicated on how grief ready we are.   Fostering Grief Ready Workplaces: A Starter Kit for Mental Health and School Mental Health Leadership (2023) aims to provide essential ingredients to guide you and your organization through the basics of supporting a grieving workforce. The Pacific Southwest MHTTC welcomes you to this unique four-part “text study series” in which we dive into the starter kit and, through dialogue, discourse, and discussion, explore ways in which we can become more grief ready. We’ll spend time with the practical activities and strategies you can employ as well as reflection questions to drive the work. Find out more & register for the series! Learn More & Register School is In-Session: A Series of Workshops on Trauma Informed Approaches & Practices to Steer into and Through This School Year March 20 - April 24, 2024 We’re back! In August & September of 2023, we hosted a Back-to-School Trauma Informed Practice Series. Now that the school year is midway, join the Pacific Southwest MHTTC for Trauma-Informed Approaches & Practices to Steer Into and Through This School Year, a special six-part workshop series designed to offer deep dives into what it means to be trauma-informed in this moment, future directions for the work, and ways to deepen our praxis (theory into action) for our school communities.  Throughout March and April 2024, our region offers six learning opportunities through diverse and dynamic workshops:   A text study (SAMHSA’s new practice guide for trauma-informed work!) A workshop on designing and implementing trauma informed bullying interventions  Trauma-informed school counseling practices (for pre-service students and in-service providers)  An exploration of Narrative Exposure Therapy Partnering with families and caregivers for student mental health and wellness  Equity-centered coaching so that we as adults experience the support and care we hope to offer our students  Find out more about each workshop and register for one, some or all.  Learn More & Register Our region will be offering a special one-day symposium on harm reduction and mental health approaches on May 7 (International Harm Reduction Day). The symposium will feature an opening speaker, a workshop, a panel, and a moderated discussion.  Please hold May 7, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. PT, in your calendars! Registration is coming your way soon. Archived programming & content (In Case You Missed It) from our center The following programming and archived content can be found on our school mental health webpage: • • • • • » New Virtual Learning Opportunities & Resources From and For the Field » Learning Corner (archived content organized in the following categories): » Emerging Needs - Innovation in the School Mental Health Field to Serve » Our Region » Suicide Prevention » Crisis, Loss, Grief & Bereavement in Schools » Leading School Systems through and for Collective Healing and Wellness » Designing and Implementing Comprehensive School Mental Health » Systems and Services » Highlighted Resources (Networks, Initiatives, TA Centers) » What We’re Reading & Listening To (archived research and resources we send out via all our newsletters in one spot)  From the Mental Health Technology Transfer Center Network The following events are highlighted programs offered by our fellow MHTTCs nationwide; for more information, check out the full training and events calendar. • • • • •   »