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What is race? What is racism? How do these concepts influence people’s perceptions of themselves and others? How has racism impacted the implementation of policies and procedures across our socio-economic systems?
This three-part training session explores these and other questions to understand the ways racism impacts socio-economic systems. Participants will learn about the origins of racism and engage in discussions about its four levels: internalized (within individuals), interpersonal (between individuals), institutional (within institutions), and structural (across institutions and society). They will review examples of each and evaluate how the practices of specific institutions – child welfare, education and criminal justice, to name a few – perpetuate disparate outcomes for impacted populations. Participants will also go on a historical journey from slavery and segregation to the violence, mass incarceration and voter suppression, to understand how internalized, interpersonal and institutional racism combine to create power structures that advantage some, while disadvantaging all others.
Through this historical perspective, participants will be challenged to evaluate the racist policies and practices that persist in their fields of work, and to start discussions about dismantling systems of oppression so that equity, inclusion and justice can prevail.
Since 1996, the National Center for School Mental Health has hosted the Annual Conference on Advancing School Mental Health. This premier interdisciplinary conference focuses on school mental health and brings together local, state, national, and international experts to advance knowledge and skills related to school mental health practice, research, training, and policy.
The Annual Conference brings together educators, counselors, nurses, social workers, psychologists, physicians, mental health leaders, policymakers, practitioners, researchers, family members, advocates, and other partners in the school mental health field to share the latest research and best practices. The conference emphasizes a shared school-family-community agenda to promote mental health, prevent issues, and provide interventions for students and families as part of a multi-tiered system of support.
Some states where the conference has been held include Maryland, Virginia, Georgia, Colorado, New Orleans, Pennsylvania, Texas, Ohio, Florida, Arizona, Minnesota, New Mexico, South Carolina, Utah, California, Nevada, and more.
This conference is hosted by the National Center for School Mental Health (NCSMH). If you have any questions, please contact the NCSMH team at 410-706-0980 or ncsmh@som.umaryland.edu or Conference Director Dr. Sylvia McCree-Huntley at shuntley@som.umaryland.edu.
Conference Objectives:
At the end of the conference, attendees will be able to:
- Identify three strategies for effectively implementing a full continuum of integrated school mental health approaches to support students’ academic, behavioral, and social-emotional success.
- List three evidence-based practices in school mental health.
- Identify three action steps to meaningfully partner with youth and families in school mental health.
Specialty Tracks:
- School Climate and Universal Mental Health Promotion
- Prevention and Early Intervention
- Mental Health Intervention and Treatment
- Implementation Drivers
- Education-Mental Health Integration and Collaboration
- Youth and Family Partnerships in Mental Health
- Cultural Responsiveness and Equity
- Advocacy and Policy
- Financing and Sustainability
Parenting is challenging, particularly when you are parenting a child from a hard place. TBRI® Correcting Principles will provide an in-depth look at strategies for correcting behaviors. This multi-disciplinary training is designed to give caregivers, volunteers, and professionals who serve children and families the knowledge and practical skills they need to bring hope and healing.
This multi-disciplinary training is designed to give caregivers, volunteers, and professionals who serve children and families the knowledge and practical skills they need to bring hope and healing. This live, online training has 4 video-conferencing modules, giving participants the opportunity learn in an interactive environment.
Please Note: Participants must attend TBRI Introduction and Overview prior to attending this training.
Module 1: Introduction to Correcting & Nurture Groups
Learning objectives:
1. Gain an understanding of the 4 parenting styles and which one is most effective when caring for children from hard places.
2. Gain an understanding of the importance of a balance between structure and nurture.
3. Gain an understanding that the goal of correction should be connection, contentment, and changed behavior.
4. Gain an understanding of when and how to use proactive correcting strategies
5. Gain an understanding of the importance of play to disarm fear and mentor the capacity of our kids to regulate themselves.
6. Gain an understanding of the different components of nurture groups
Module 2: Responsive Strategies & Correcting Principles in Action
Learning objectives:
1. Gain understanding regarding where to set the behavioral bar for children
2. Gain understanding regarding how to put TBRI Correcting principles into practice in your setting by examining behavioral episodes.
3. Gain understanding that all behavioral episodes should end with these 3 components:
• Child and caregiver feeling more connected to each other
• Child and caregiver feeling content
• Child showing behavioral change
4. Gain understanding of how to be efficient when responding to children’s behaviors
NACC is pleased to announce our new and expanded Infants & Toddlers series. This comprehensive four-session series is tailored for attorneys for the agency, children, or parents, as well as judges and social workers in infant and toddler cases.
Dive deep into the nuances of providing high-quality legal representation in cases involving our youngest and most vulnerable clients. From compassionate advocacy and understanding the unique harms faced by infants and toddlers to navigating the removal decision and fostering collaboration for families, each session is designed to equip you with the specialized knowledge and skills needed to effectively advocate for these young individuals.
Don’t miss this opportunity to enhance your practice and make a meaningful impact in the lives of infants and toddlers. Register now to secure your spot in this essential series. All registrants also receive electronic access to last year’s recordings and materials from the High-Quality Legal Representation for Infants and Toddlers Training Series.
Session One: Compassionate Advocacy in Infant & Toddler Cases
- The Importance of Cultural Humility for Attorneys in Infant & Toddler Cases
- Trauma-Informed Representation
- Engaging w/ infants and toddlers
- Personal/Peer Care and Compassion for Attorneys in Infant & Toddler Cases
Promoting Positive Change in Communities by Confronting Poverty
Louisiana CASA is excited to host our third webinar series. This series is brought to you in partnership with the Louisiana Children’s Trust Fund so we are required to ask participants certain demographic questions during registration. Once you register, an email will be sent to you that includes the link to join the webinar. We hope to see you there!
Disproportionality and Poverty
Poverty intersects with other social determinants, such as racism and classism, creating structural vulnerabilities and evidence indicates impoverished children are disproportionately affected by maltreatment. Poverty, especially when combined with factors like parental depression, substance use, and social isolation, significantly increases the risk of child maltreatment. The presentation will discuss how these low-resource conditions contribute to disparities and why children from lower socioeconomic backgrounds, race, and ethnicity face closer scrutiny and affect child maltreatment reports.
NACC is pleased to announce our new and expanded Infants & Toddlers series. This comprehensive four-session series is tailored for attorneys for the agency, children, or parents, as well as judges and social workers in infant and toddler cases.
Dive deep into the nuances of providing high-quality legal representation in cases involving our youngest and most vulnerable clients. From compassionate advocacy and understanding the unique harms faced by infants and toddlers to navigating the removal decision and fostering collaboration for families, each session is designed to equip you with the specialized knowledge and skills needed to effectively advocate for these young individuals.
Don’t miss this opportunity to enhance your practice and make a meaningful impact in the lives of infants and toddlers. Register now to secure your spot in this essential series. All registrants also receive electronic access to last year’s recordings and materials from the High-Quality Legal Representation for Infants and Toddlers Training Series.
Session Two: Understanding the Harm in Infant and Toddler Cases
- Developmental Considerations in Cases of Suspected Maltreatment: Physical Injury, Sexual Abuse, Medical
- Poverty vs Neglect in Cases Involving Infants and Toddlers
- Intimate Partner Violence in Homes with Infants amd Toddlers
- Infant and Toddler Substance Exposure Cases
- Expert Witnesses in Infant and Toddler Cases
Parenting is challenging, particularly when you are parenting a child from a hard place. TBRI® Connecting Principles will provide and in-depth look at connection and attachment and will give you strategies and skills for helping children and families heal. This multi-disciplinary training is designed to give caregivers, volunteers, and professionals who serve children and families the knowledge and practical skills they need to bring hope and healing.
This multi-disciplinary training is designed to give caregivers, volunteers, and professionals who serve children and families the knowledge and practical skills they need to bring hope and healing. This live, online training has 4 video-conferencing modules, giving participants the opportunity learn in an interactive environment.
Please Note: Participants must attend TBRI Introduction and Overview prior to attending this training.
Module 1: Introduction and Insight
Learning objectives:
1. Gain knowledge & insight about infant attachment that will build a foundation for awareness of your own attachment history as well as how to build secure connections with children.
Module 2: Attachment (when things go wrong) and Mindfulness Strategies ( May 15)
Learning objectives:
1. Gain knowledge regarding the effects of insecure attachment on the ability to regulate behavior.
2. Gain insight on how our own attachment styles and histories influence the relationships we have with others.
Module 3: Engagement Strategies
Learning objective:
1. Gain strategies and techniques that make it easier to relate to children in the ways they communicate best – non verbally and through playful interaction.
Module 4: Building Trust by Giving Voice
Learning objectives:
1. Gain understanding and compassion regarding the fact that children from hard places often crave control of their environments, which is a product of having no control over their past.
2. Gain strategies that teach children that their words have power and safe adults will listen to their needs.
The National Federation of Families is the nationwide advocacy organization with families as its sole focus, playing an important role in helping parents, caregivers, and families of children—of any age—whose lives are impacted by mental health and substance use challenges during their lifetime. This important work is supported largely by generous sponsors, supporters, and donors like you who contribute to our cause. Additionally, the National Federation of Families (NFF) provides the only National Certification for Family Peer Specialists™ (CFPS).
For the last 35 years, the NFF has brought families, parents, community leaders, providers, partners, and legislators together at our Annual Conference where we work to leverage our lived experience and learned solutions for the support and advancement of families impacted by mental health and/or substance use challenges during the lifetime of their children.
To accomplish this, we welcome a diverse array of voices of those with lived experience for attendees to learn from and alongside. We look forward to celebrating our 35th anniversary in Orlando, FL with you this year!
Join us for a free webinar to learn about effective approaches for implementing your child welfare system’s diligent recruitment plan. Hear specific tips and strategies for creating an implementation plan that will help guide your work, including ideas for prioritizing and sequencing your efforts and ways to connect your diligent recruitment efforts to other relevant priorities and initiatives in your child welfare system.
Learning objectives
- Actionable approaches for implementing your diligent recruitment plan
- The value of connecting your diligent recruitment plan implementation to other priorities in your system
- How other child welfare systems approach implementing diligent recruitment strategies and activities
- The value of tracking progress and measuring impact as part of your implementation efforts
- Ways to engage people with lived experience in diligent recruitment plan implementation
Presenters
Alicia Groh
Consultant
National Center for Diligent Recruitment
Margarita Assink
National child welfare advisor
National Center for Diligent Recruitment
This webinar is tailored for systems that serve American Indian and Alaskan Native (AI/AN) families affected by substance use. It provides specific strategies and tools to equip the workforce to deliver culturally appropriate services for AI/AN families. Attendees will
- Receive information on the history of policies and practices that separated AI/AN families
- Learn about legislation, such as the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA), developed in response to the policies and practices
- Gain access to newly developed tools focused on improving outcomes for AI/AN families affected by substance use
Join the webinar to receive the newly published NCSACW resource The Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) Active Efforts Support Toolkit (IAST)
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