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 July 15, 2025
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 other.
For providers: Find trainings and opportunities to connect with other system providers and peers.
In this issue...
New: Upcoming continuing education opportunities from the Oregon Pediatric Society
The Oregon Pediatric Society is offering a variety of continuing education opportunities from August to November. These sessions are designed to help participants strengthen their skills and expand their knowledge in areas critical to child health and well-being.
Some of the available opportunities include:
- Early Relational Health Series
- Suicide Prevention Skills Booster Trainings
- Social Media & Youth Mental Health ECHO
- Anxiety and Depression ECHO
- Communicating About Vaccines ECHO
- Gun Violence Prevention Advocacy
- Unintentional Injury Among Children
- Child Maltreatment for Medical Providers
For more details and to register, please follow this link.
 Upcoming: DEC Community Summit
This 2-day summit provides essential training for professionals working with drug-endangered children. Participants will gain practical tools, explore current risks, and strengthen their ability to identify, intervene, and respond to drug-endangered children. The training supports early intervention, collaboration and long-term safety for children and families.
- Dates: Aug. 5- 6, 2025, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Pacific Time
- Location: Marylhurst Center, 3055 Furman Dr, Marylhurst
Click here to register
Upcoming: Youth IDD Mental Health Summit
We look forward to seeing many of you at this year’s Youth IDD Mental Health Summit in Corvallis. Founder of Alliance Against Seclusion & Restraint, Guy Stephens will be the keynote speaker and lead with a training titled “Behavior is Biology: The Need for Trauma-Informed, Neuroscience-Aligned, Relationship-Driven, and Collaborative Approaches.”
He will challenge traditional behavior models that rely on rewards, consequences, and exclusion. These approaches often misunderstand and harm children, especially those with disabilities, neurodivergent identities, or trauma histories.
Participants will leave with practical strategies to create safer, more inclusive environments that support the success of every child.
- Date: Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2025, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Pacific Time
- Location: CH2M HILL Alumni Center, Oregon State University, Corvallis
To attend in person, click here to register.
Select sessions will be livestreamed via Zoom. Schedule and access details can be found here.
Workgroup: Families leading children’s behavioral health policy systems
This group provides feedback for the work of the Child and Family Behavioral Health Unit and our strategic plan, or what we have previously been calling our Roadmap.
- Date: Second Tuesday of each month, noon to 1 p.m. Pacific Time
- Upcoming meeting: August 12
If you’re part of a family group, we welcome your input. It’s crucial to center the voices of those who have been historically marginalized and those experiencing developmental disabilities.
Help us improve Oregon’s child and family behavioral health system by telling us about your experiences
Join A Time for Families — OHA’s weekly drop-in hour for parents and family members.
- Have questions about mental health and addiction services for children and young people?
- How can OHA better support youth and families in accessing the right services?
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 attends and is available to follow up with specific immediate concerns.
Warmline
Funded by OHA as part of Oregon Family Support Network, Reach Out Oregon is a warm line available at 833-732-2467. Reach Out Oregon also operates a website, a chat room for any family member needing support and a weekly virtual support group.
Emotional CPR (eCPR) training opportunity
Specialized emotional CPR training is now available for individuals interacting with clients, family, coworkers, or community members. This 12-hour certified course is designed to help individuals assist others through emotional crises, providing essential emotional support and guidance during difficult moments. Participants will learn how to share stories, listen actively and provide emotional support.
Specialized sessions are available for individuals from Black and diverse backgrounds, focusing on mental health challenges, generational trauma and stigma reduction.
What you'll learn in eCPR
eCPR is a three-step process to help others through emotional crisis:
- C = connecting
- P = empowering
- R = revitalizing
For additional details and to register follow this link, or contact Teána Edwards at L8dytee.coaching@gmail.com.
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.
If you have any questions or concerns about accessibility or accommodations, please reach out to TIO by following this link.
Youth Era trainings
Youth Era is a dynamic resource for individuals seeking to build their skills in peer support roles, including Youth Support Specialists (YSS) and Wraparound youth partners. The diverse range of trainings unites the voices of those with lived experience in systems such as mental health, addiction recovery, juvenile justice, foster care, and education. From foundational learning to advanced topics, our programs focus on resilience, self-care, and community engagement. Youth Era empowers participants to make a meaningful impact and drive change in their communities.
Click here to register.
NEW: Focus sessions
Youth Era is offering Advanced Peer Support Training every Tuesday and Thursday, starting March 25. These workshop-style sessions will cover key topics such as peer support skills, recovery peer support, and wraparound, and are open to anyone supporting youth or interested in youth programs.
- Morning session: 10 to 11:30 a.m. Pacific Time
- Afternoon session: 12:30 to 2 p.m. Pacific Time
For more details and to sign up, visit the website or contact yeconnect@youthera.org.
Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) Trainer Learning Collaborative
This space is dedicated to BIPOC instructors, facilitators and other trainers who focus on mental health, suicide prevention and opioid misuse and is hosted by the Association of Oregon Community Mental Health Programs. The collaborative focuses 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.
Contact facilitators Canada Taylor Parker at canada.taylor.parker@multco.us or Angeilea' Yancey-Watson at angeileay@aarth.org with any questions.
Suicide prevention trainings
OHA funds a comprehensive range of suicide prevention trainings occurring regularly across Oregon at low or no cost. These programs equip professionals and community members with suicide prevention, intervention, and postvention skills.
For more details, training dates, and to access these programs, refer to our interactive PDF with all available programs and resources. Simply scroll over each program to be directed to the relevant web page. Each program provides practical, evidence-based approaches, and enhances skills in suicide prevention, intervention, and postvention across a variety of settings and roles.
Metro area training resource link
https://gettrainedtohelp.com/ is a one-stop pathway where anyone who lives and/or works in Clackamas, Multnomah, or Washington counties can access Mental Health First Aid education and suicide prevention classes. It is a collaboration among these three counties to empower community members with skills and information. Classes are free of charge.
System of Care learning collaborative
The System of Care Advisory Council and OHA facilitate a monthly collaborative discussion for people involved in Oregon’s local System of Care (SOC). This is an engaging space to share challenges, explore solutions and build a community with folks across Oregon.
- Date: Second Tuesday of each month, 3 to 4:30 p.m. Pacific Time
- Location: Click here to join the Zoom meeting
- Join by phone: (669) 254 5252 | Meeting ID: 160 202 7419 | Passcode: 031325
OHA is dedicated to strengthening Oregon’s workforce by sponsoring a range of trainings scheduled throughout the year. We will highlight these trainings as they become available and open for enrollment.
Collaborative Problem Solving (CPS) training
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Parent Classes: These sessions are offered at no cost and occur once a week for eight weeks for families across Oregon. For more information, please visit The Riverview Center for Growth.
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Essential Foundations Training (formerly called Tier 1): A 15-hour training on using empathy-driven technique to address challenging behaviors in children. Register here.
Child-Parent Psychotherapy (CPP) learning collaborative
Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy training (TF-CBT)
- Training to support children and adolescents dealing with trauma. Prerequisite Course: $35, 11 Continuing Education Units. Free for OHA-sponsored participants; $500 for others.
- If you have any questions about the training, please contact tfcbt@aliciasplace.org.
Nurtured Heart Approach (NHA) trainings
- NHA is strength-based model for engaging with youth and their families. It is utilized by parents, teachers and therapists as a powerful set of tools to help children with difficult and intense behaviors.
- For additional information, please contact brian.m.pitkin@oha.oregon.gov.
For feedback and suggestions for our newsletter and information: kids.team@oha.oregon.gov.
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