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 Feb. 15, 2024
The Child and Family Behavioral Health (CFBH) team at Oregon Health Authority (OHA) focuses on children and young people through age 25, and their families.
For youth, families and community: Discover opportunities to give us your thoughts and opinions, get support and training, and connect with each another.
For providers: Find trainings and opportunities to connect with other system providers and peers.
In this issue...
March 1 – Youth and Young Adult Substance Use Disorder (YYASUD) Collaborative
The YYASUD is seeking community engagement to provide input for the Fentanyl Opioid Harm Reduction Toolkit, co-developed by OHA and the Oregon Department of Education. The YYASUD Collaborative strives to empower treatment agencies, youth, young adults, and families. The collaborative will be led be Bernardino De La Torre, CFBH’s youth young adult SUD program policy coordinator.
The overall purpose is to:
- Develop and support existing Oregon youth and young adult SUD peer supports, prevention and treatment services.
- Reduce youth and young adult substance misuse.
- Address needs through policy and environmental change, treatment agency and community education/training, and collaboration.
- Start planning for the YYASUD Prevention Recovery Symposium in August 2024.
The collaborative will be held virtually on March 1 from 1:30 to 3 p.m.
Workgroup: Families in children’s behavioral health policy making
This group is providing feedback for the development of the next version of the children’s behavioral health strategy, or Roadmap. These meetings are held the second Tuesday of each month from noon to 1 p.m. on Zoom.
The next meeting is March 12.
If you are a part of a family group in the community, we welcome your engagement in this work. In the development of the next version, it is especially important to ensure that we hear and center the voices of those who have been historically marginalized and those experiencing developmental disability.
We are happy to come listen to your group’s insights on system needs for both mental health and substance use disorder for young people, from infancy through age 25, or to facilitate a guided conversation.
March 6 – Presentation of recommendations for Medicaid and children’s behavioral health
OHA has been working with the University of Connecticut’s (UConn) Institute for Innovation on a holistic system assessment of Oregon’s current Medicaid State Plan and waiver structure for children, youth, and young adults through age 25.
The review made immediate, medium- and long-term recommendations and looked to identify:
- Barriers to OHA’s goal of health equity by 2030;
- The applicability and understandability of current waiver language;
- Missing components from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services approved authorities which would benefit the children’s system of care;
- The efficiency of transitions between and within authorities, settings, and services;
- Areas where the implementation of waivers by Coordinated Care Organizations (CCOs) do not align between CCOs, or whether CCO implementation of contractual requirements are causing barriers for member transition between CCOs.
The report will be available by early March, and this presentation is an opportunity to hear the findings presented by the UConn team.
The presentation will be held virtually on March 6 from 2 to 3 p.m.
A Time for Families — Help us improve Oregon’s child and family behavioral health system by telling us about your experiences
Weekly drop-in hour for parents and family members
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Questions about finding the right services for your child? Share your questions and concerns about mental health and addiction services for children and young people.
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How can we better support your family? Share suggestions for how OHA can support youth, young adults and their families to help them get the right service at the right time for the duration needed.
The call is hosted by the CFBH Director Chelsea Holcomb and the System of Care Policy Strategist Hilary Harrison. A representative from the Reach Out Oregon Parent Warmline will attend and will be available to follow up with specific immediate concerns.
Join us Thursdays from noon to 1 p.m.
Warmline
Reach Out Oregon, funded by OHA as part of Oregon Family Support Network, has a warm line at 833-732-2467, a website, a chat room for any family member needing support and a weekly virtual support group.
Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST) Training Opportunities
ASIST is a two-day suicide intervention training focused on helping individuals as young as 16. The interactive workshop teaches the skills needed to recognize youth who may be at risk of suicide, including identifying warning signs of suicide, providing a skilled intervention, and developing a safety plan. Below are a series of ASIST training opportunities that are open to the public:
Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) training this spring
OHA and Lifeworks NW are offering an opportunity for PCIT training. The training will be in-person in the Portland area. Erin Sewell and the LifeWorks NW training team will be offering a training on the following dates:
- Monday, March 18 through Friday, March 22 (40 hours of training)
- Monday, April 29 and Tuesday, April 30 (16 hours of training)
To participate, interested clinicians will need to:
- Have a minimum of five families interested in PCIT
- Be available for all dates and times listed above, a total of 56 hours
- Complete and return the following documents to Erin Sewell by Friday, March 1 for a pre-training check in on Friday, March 8:
If you have questions, please reach out to:
UPRISE Collective cultural humility in crisis services workshop series
Join the UPRISE Collective for a free five-part virtual workshop series designed to support Mobile Crisis teams in Oregon.
The focus for these workshops will be to explore:
- Multiple ways of being, knowing, and existing in the world,
- How our culture impacts our sense of wellness, and
- Strategies for centering community members in times of crisis.
Attend one experience or all. Each workshop is held via Zoom from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
- February 22 – Disability Justice and Body Sovereignty
- March 7 – Indigenized Healing Practices
- March 21 – Acute Care, Now What? Beyond the Moment of "Crisis"
Oregon Department of Education Family Acceptance Project training for schools
The current mental health emergency for children and adolescents has intensified the urgent need for support for all students, especially those that are at high risk for victimization, rejection and bullying.
The Family Acceptance Project has shown that family rejection contributes to health risks for LGBTQIA2S+ youth, including suicidal behavior, depression, illicit drug use and other health risks, while family acceptance helps protect against risk and promotes well-being.
If you work in K-12 schools, no matter what your role, this training is for you and will introduce you to some effective ways to support young people and families with a large range of views and cultural perspectives.
- After attending the training, participants will receive project posters and guidance materials.
- This training will discuss the project’s evidence-based approach to help diverse families to support LGBTQIA2S+ students in the context of their families, cultures and faith communities, including multilingual resources and strategies to increase family connectedness.
- This training is led by the project founder, Dr. Caitlin Ryan. Her research shows that even small changes in family support for LGBTQIA2S+ youth have significant positive health outcomes, including reducing the risk of suicide.
Choose one of two opportunities from 4 to 6 p.m. on February 20 or April 9 to attend this informative and engaging webinar.
In this training you will:
- Learn about the role family acceptance and rejection play in the health and well-being of LGBTQIA2S+ students and
- Be introduced to strategies and multi-lingual resources you can use to help diverse parents and caregivers decrease risk and increase well-being for LGBTQIA2S+ students.
Trauma Informed Oregon (TIO) trainings
TIO is a centralized source of information and resources for trauma informed efforts in multiple networks and systems, including housing, culturally specific care, mental health, education, juvenile justice, substance use treatment, and others.
Micro-Lessons for Trauma Informed Workplaces
Each month, a TIO team member or partner will cover one topic vital to implementation of trauma informed practices in the workplace. They know your time is valuable, so these lessons are only an hour, with concise takeaways offering only the essentials.
- On February 21, 10 to 11 a.m., the topic will be: Co-Regulation, presented by Danielle Grondin.
Centering Health and Wellbeing in Education webinar series
Please join Oregon Department of Education (ODE), OHA and district partners for a virtual learning series on advancing student health and well-being through innovative partnerships and collaborative funding models.
The purpose of this series is to help schools and districts identify funding streams and community partnerships to develop and sustain health and wellness initiatives that support student physical, mental and behavioral health and overall well-being, leading to academic improvements.
Districts will better understand potential partnership and planning strategies in support of Oregon school district (SD) budgeting and alignment for student success. The following districts have graciously agreed to present on their partnerships and strategies: Baker Educational Service District (ESD), Bend-LaPine SD, Dufur SD, Lane ESD, High Desert ESD, Umatilla SD, Gorge ESD and Phoenix-Talent SD.
Webinars will be from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. on:
- February 21
- February 28
- March 6
Save Lives Oregon opioid overdose reversal kits for schools
ODE is sharing a critical resource to help school districts respond to an opioid overdose emergency on or near a school campus.
OHA’s Save Lives Oregon initiative is offering school districts free opioid overdose reversal kits through its Harm Reduction Clearinghouse. Each middle and high school is eligible to receive up to three overdose reversal kits. Each kit includes instructions, emergency medical supplies, and the opioid antagonist Naloxone.
Naloxone reverses an opioid overdose giving time for emergency medical services to arrive. This is a crucial step in providing school staff with the resources necessary to respond to an opioid overdose on or near a school campus.
To be eligible to receive up to three no-cost overdose reversal kits per school through the Save Lives Oregon Harm Reduction Clearinghouse, schools must meet the following criteria:
- Be a public, private, or charter school, college or university, or Tribal Community located in Oregon.
- Serve students grade 7 or higher.
Additional information and resources related to how your school district can prepare to respond to an opioid overdose can be found in the Fentanyl & Opioid Response Toolkit for Schools.
The toolkit is a resource for educators, administrators, school nurses, and students and families in response to a public health crisis related to rising youth and adult opioid overdoses and deaths in Oregon.
It provides information about how schools can create an emergency protocol to administer naloxone. It also includes information accessing, administering, and storing this life-saving opioid overdose prevention medication.
The toolkit has resources to support staff training, prevention education, and other resources essential to developing and implementing school emergency response procedures. Thank you for your work in creating safe and healthy schools.
Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy training
Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) is an evidence-based treatment to help children and adolescents recover after trauma.
- Research shows that TF-CBT successfully resolves emotional and behavioral difficulties associated with single, multiple and complex trauma experiences.
- This is a structured, short-term treatment model that effectively improves a range of trauma-related outcomes in eight to 25 sessions with the child/youth and caregiver.
Dr. Alicia Meyer, a national trainer in TF-CBT and a global trainer in Parent-Child Interaction Therapy, is offering a two-day online for clinicians to become certified.
- The training is free for people sponsored by OHA; for others it is $500.
- OHA-sponsored participants can sign up under the OHA Registration section of the website (scroll to the last section of page).
- To qualify as an OHA sponsored participant you must work in Oregon and hold a license or certification (e.g. QMHP, LCSW, LPC, LPC-A, etc.).
Upcoming training date:
- June 6-7, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days
The prerequisite TF-CBT course costs $35, offers 11 continuing education units and must be completed prior to the two-day training.
System of Care Learning Collaborative
On the second Tuesday of the month, from 3 to 4:30 p.m., Oregon Family Support Network (OFSN), Youth ERA, OHA and the System of Care Advisory Council facilitate a conversation for people involved in Oregon’s local System of Care. The Learning Collaborative is an engaging space for anyone involved with SOC to openly discuss challenges, solutions, and build a community with folks across Oregon. Attendees are encouraged to bring their questions to the collaborative and get support from each other. OHA, Youth ERA and OFSN attend as consultants and trainers to offer additional and specific support outside of the collaborative.
Interdisciplinary Assessment Teams — Expedited Assessment Services for Youth (EASY)
OHA’s EASY demonstration project has already helped support psychological testing for several youth. This new program will respond to goals set out in Senate Bill 1 (2019) to provide rapid access to evaluation, assessment and recommendations for complex youth — especially those who are in child welfare custody and are in temporary lodging, emergency department boarding, shelter care, county juvenile facilities or in the custody of Oregon Youth Authority.
EASY provides quick access to full psychological and assessment services within seven to 10 days of referral. It includes:
- A full review of clinical documents,
- Determination of need for psychological testing,
- Psychological testing,
- Communication with current clinical providers and
- When appropriate, coordination with local Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities intake screening departments.
EASY can be mobile and meet the youth in the community, either in person or via telehealth. In some situations, a full psychological evaluation may be all a youth and family need to get on the right path to the services they need.
Initial results have been very promising. EASY has provided much needed clarity by identifying an emerging mental health condition and recommending appropriate mental health services.
If you would like to learn more about EASY, or if you would like to request this service, please visit the EASY web page. This service is available to all youth, regardless of insurance status. Anyone may fill out the request form, including:
- Youth, family members and representatives,
- Mental and behavioral health providers,
- Medical health providers
Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) Trainer Learning Collaborative
Hosted by AOCMHP, this space is dedicated to BIPOC instructors and other trainers to focus on networking, learning best practices, increasing accessibility to relevant community-based trainings, and learning how to identify and decrease barriers to access. Please fill out BIPOC Collaborative Interest form to learn more.
The BIPOC Trainer Learning Collaborative is a space dedicated to BIPOC instructors, trainers and facilitators who focus on mental health, suicide prevention, and opioid misuse. The collaborative is facilitated by Multnomah County Suicide Prevention Coordinator, Canada Taylor Parker, and African Americans Reach & Teach Health Lead Program Coordinator Angeilea' Yancey-Watson. Learn how to identify and decrease barriers to access to trainings and overall healthcare.
The discussions focus on:
- Best practices for optimizing trainings
- Networking with other BIPOC instructors/facilitator
- Increasing accessibility to relevant community-based trainings
- Other topics and discussions to support Oregon trainers
Contact facilitators Canada Taylor Parker at canada.taylor.parker@multco.us or Angeilea' Yancey-Watson at angeileay@aarth.org with any questions.
To be added to the calendar invite, please email Maria Pos at mpos@aocmhp.org.
Collaborative Problem Solving
OHA funded The Child Center to help families strengthen positive relationships and build the skills needed for success at home, at school, in the community and throughout life.
Collaborative Problem Solving (CPS) is a philosophy based on the understanding that youth with challenging behaviors may be having delays in the development of skills in five different areas which are needed to adaptively solve problems and make life decisions. CPS works to strengthen existing skills and teach them skills to do better in their environment; the philosophy is that “Kids do well if they can.”
The Child Center:
- Offers free CPS classes to people throughout Oregon. Sessions are once a week for eight weeks.
- Is focused on providing services to seven regions in Oregon that have limited mental health provider resources.
Suicide Prevention workshop in the Latine Community: offered in Spanish
Raíces de Bienestar will be hosting Spanish-language suicide prevention trainings this spring. These workshops are completely free and will be offered in Spanish. Traditional health workers (THWs) and community leaders are invited to attend. They will use popular education methods to create a fun, dynamic, and intentional learning environment. Cultural adaptions to the training and to the curriculum will reinforce skills and interventions for preventing suicide among Latines.
These trainings are eligible for continuing education units (CEUs) for THWs, fulfilling the requirement for suicide prevention education for recertification.
Both sessions will be from 9a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
- The first session will occur virtually (via Zoom), on March 13.
- The second session will be in-person on May 22 at the Beaverton Resource Center.
Anyone interested in attending should contact their promotora Yemaly Alexander at (971)471-9100.
Please share the flyers in Spanish and in English with your networks.
Course option: Suicide Prevention — Responding with Care
A course designed to equip anyone working with clients to recognize warning signs for suicide, ask directly about suicidal thoughts, perform basic safety planning, refer clients to help, and follow up with clients later.
- Three hours long
- Online, on-demand
- No cost (sponsored by OHA)
- Continuing Education Units available
- Course is most applicable to Traditional Health Workers (THW) and Qualified Mental Health Associates (QMHA) but is open to all providers.
The course meets suicide prevention training requirements in Oregon Revised Statutes (ORS) 675.140, 675.597, 675.805, 676.860 and 676.863 for the behavioral health workforce. These requirements were added to ORS through House Bill 2315 (2021).
Oregon Counseling on Access to Lethal Means
Oregon Counseling on Access to Lethal Means (Oregon CALM) is an Oregon-adapted curriculum of the national CALM course. This is a six-hour training developed to assist health care and direct service providers. It covers who needs lethal means counseling and how to work with people at risk for suicide — and their families — to reduce access.
Oregon CALM has been adapted from the National CALM curriculum to incorporate components of Addressing Firearm Safety with Patients at Risk of Suicide: A Couse for Healthcare Providers in Rural Areas and research with Oregon rural firearm owners. Oregon CALM is a suicide prevention training that is neither anti-gun nor anti-medication.
After completing this course, you will:
- Understand why means matter, as evidenced by local and national data and current relevant research.
- Know the most effective and culturally appropriate ways to address lethal means with firearms owners.
- Have increased confidence in conducting lethal means counseling related to firearms, medications, and other means with clients at risk of suicide.
Audience: This training is not intended for the general public. Oregon CALM is developed to assist health care and direct service providers who work with individuals who may be at risk of suicide:
- Primary care and physical health providers
- Mental and behavioral health providers
- Peer support workers
- Case managers
- Social service professionals
These trainings are being offered as part of OHA’s Comprehensive Suicide Prevention Grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Learn more about Oregon CALM training:
Question Persuade Refer (QPR):
Lines for Life is now accepting applications for their April QPR training for trainers (T4T). Please apply to be considered for the upcoming T4T opportunity. Everyone is encouraged to apply.
You may complete the application by following this link: QPR Training for Trainers Application.
March QPR T4T Logistics:
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Date: Tuesday, April 9
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Time: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. (with a 30-minute lunch)
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Location: Online over Zoom
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Cost: Free! The $495 cost is covered by the OHA Big 6 Grant.
If you are selected to attend a T4T:
- You will be asked to complete a 2-hour, self-paced module online prior to the start of the T4T.
- You will need technology necessary to attend a live webinar and have your video on during the T4T.
- If you drop out without proper notice, you or your organization will be responsible for paying for the materials or covering the shipping charge to return the materials that are sent to you.
- Lines for Life and OHA are unable to support the ongoing costs of being a QPR trainer. As a trainer, you are required to provide future participants with QPR Institute’s training materials (approximately $3 per person). Please ensure that you and/or your organization are prepared to cover these costs.
The application window will remain open until March 1. All applications will be reviewed following the application deadline, and applicants will be notified of their status by March 11. There will be more opportunities to become a QPR trainer.
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