Rebounding from the pandemic. What’s our groove, and how do we get it back?
Please note that the recorded version of this event will total 11 hours. As some of the live Summit workshops ran concurrently, this event is approved for 8 CEHs by the Minnesota Board of Social Work. [/thim-image-box]
Covid: The mental health challenges and the path to healing. Karyn Harvey.
This training will provide participants with an overview of the unique mental health challenges of covid, the collective impact and trauma, and the key ingredients to healing. Resiliency and tools for moving forward will be discussed. Participants will learn the unique mental health challenges of covid, and be able to access and use the happiness assessment for staff.
Crisis response when there is substance use. Todd Ostertag.
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on substance use and mental health for every segment of the population over the course of the past 16 months. This presentation looks at the current risk factors associated with co-occurring disorders and how they may impact calls to crisis responders. The symptoms of substance intoxication and withdrawal can often mimic or exacerbate mental health symptoms and it can be helpful to have tools to better understand a caller’s presentation. This presentation will also look at locational trends related to substance use disorders and the role the pandemic has played in elevating overdose risk.
Lessons from the field. Crisis responder panel moderated by Ashley Spore. Mandy Strong, Marbel Lih and Kirsten Craft.
Current crisis team members discuss what they have learned over the course of the pandemic, how they have had to adapt their practices, and what they find works best in the field.
Values, ethics and mandated reporting. Macarre Traynham
What judgments do we make when we enter a home? What happens when CPS is called or a child is expelled from school? How are racial disparities baked into each decision point? How do our values help or get in the way as we assess a situation? Anaïs Nin said, “We see the world not as it is, but as we are.” Join me in exploring how our values and beliefs impact and influence how we see, understand, interact and make sense of the world around us. And how our values and beliefs inform and sustain our conscious and unconscious bias which can inadvertently taint the way we see, understand or respond to any given situation.
So Many Challenges! So Many Meetings! – Aligning Efforts to Redesign the Crisis System. Roger Meyer
The session will explore the various strategies being developed by partners to fill in the gaps in responding to mental health crises. Participants will be asked to weigh in on potential new ideas.
Keynote–Surviving compassion fatigue: staying healthy and hopeful.
Beverly Kyer
Traumatic stress is inherent in our work as human service providers and is significantly compounded by the multiple issues resulting from COVID-19. This current crisis has escalated Compassion Fatigue AKA Secondary and Vicarious Trauma, burnout, frustration, empathetic strain and emotional exhaustion. Beverly Kyer is providing training on mitigating Compassion Fatigue to build emotional and mental resilience so Providers can attend to their own well-being and continue providing critical services. This training is designed to address the self-care needs of those serving children, youth and adults facing and impacted by traumatic life events. Participants are encouraged to verbalize their understanding and connectedness to the multiple aspects of compassion fatigue. By taking a self-inventory, participants will see first-hand, the levels of stress they experience. The group will look at several tools and techniques to circumvent the most challenging aspects of compassion fatigue and to be able to regain a state of neuro-physiological (mind-body) regulation, recovery and resilience.
Lessons from the field. Consumer panel, moderated by Jason Rodrigues. Sarah Washington, Sara Danielson and Laurie Moe-Greer
Parents of people who have had mental health crises discuss what is like; what it takes to call for help. They will share tips on what works best when crisis teams respond.
Holding Up the Mirror: How we make collective progress by identifying systemic biases. Sidney Frye II
One of the most important steps toward developing a more equitable system involves taking an inward look at how current policies and practice might contribute to embedding racism. Learn highly effective strategies to review your own practices toward the goal of ensuring they better reflect being anti-racist and culturally responsive.
Keynote—Finding Your New Groove: Sustaining Our Wellbeing from the Pandemic. Brandon Jones
This session will provide participants a learning opportunity on how to sustain themselves, given our new agile society. We are regularly exposed to circumstances that impact our community, affecting our ability to continue our road to wellbeing. Due to the demands and difficulties, we are currently facing, it is not uncommon to question our abilities to help ourselves and other community members move forward. We will explore the link between adjusting to COVID-19, racial injustice, youth development, and mental wellness challenges in our schools, homes, workplace, and communities. How do we walk away from this summit in the groove? Stronger and more ready to be a force for good in our communities?
