Registration closes Friday, March 29th!
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Location: Social Sciences & Business Building, 150 West Dr, St. Louis, MO 63121, Room 133.
Conference Agenda
8:30 AM: Registration Opens
breakfast pastries and refreshments provided
9:00 am - 12 pm: Morning Session
The Resilience and Coping Intervention
12 pm- 1pm: Lunch provided for full day registrants
Sandwiches, Salad and Dessert
1:00 pm- 4:00 pm: Afternoon session
988 Suicide Prevention Training + Comprehensive School-Based Mental Health Systems
Morning Session, 9 am - 12 pm
The Resilience and Coping Intervention
Alejandra Martinez, LCSW and Evette Bean, LPC
The Resilience and Coping Intervention RCI is a group coping exercise that is appropriate for children, adolescents, adults, and families. RCI encourages group members to share their thoughts and feelings about their experiences and to identify appropriate and successful coping strategies. It engages group members in dialogue about issues that are difficult to discuss, and it is skill-enhancing. RCI sessions can focus on disasters, community trauma, or other challenges. This interactive workshop will equip caring adults to deliver the RCI program and will allow participants the opportunity to practice delivering the RCI model.
Learning Objectives:
1). Participants will describe the concepts of stress, coping, and resilience and will be able to name three ways that their students may be impacted by stress.
2). Participants will understand the structure and flow of the RCI model and will have greater confidence using the intervention with children in their buildings.
3). Participants will demonstrate their increased knowledge of the RCI model by practicing their facilitation skills within the model.
4). Participants will gain information regarding next-steps and how to begin implementing the RCI model within their buildings.
Alejandra Martinez, MSW, LCSW, is the grant’s manager for Project ASSIST and one of the program developers for the Project ASSIST Mentorship Program for Underrepresented Professionals (AMP-UP). She is trainer and consultant for the Missouri Academy for Child Trauma Studies and a FORECAST simulations facilitator. As a bilingual Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Alejandra works with children and adolescents impacted by trauma, such as sexual abuse, physical abuse, domestic violence, migratory stress and traumatic grief. Over the course of her career, she has gained expertise in working with Latino immigrant communities. Alejandra is the founding and current co-chair of CASGSL’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Change Force.
Evette Bean, M.Ed., LPC, is trainer and consultant for the Missouri Academy for Child Trauma Studies and a FORECAST simulations facilitator, as well as one of the program developers for the Project ASSIST Mentorship Program for Underrepresented Professionals (AMP-UP). In addition, Evette is involved in trauma-informed schools work in both urban and rural settings. As a Licensed Professional Counselor, she provides individual psychotherapy and other clinical services for children and adolescents through CASGSL, serving children who have been exposed to various trauma, including sexual abuse, domestic violence, bullying and traumatic loss.
Afternoon Session, 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
988 : What Does It Really Do and How Can I Help
Lauren Moyer, LCSW and Michelle Horvath, M.A., LP
By the end of the session, participants will be able to:
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Explain an overview of the 988-crisis continuum of care
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Review the current data on the volume and response time of 988 calls, chats, and texts
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Learn how to locate and utilize the 988 resources that are available when calling, texting or chatting 988.
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Be able to identify those at risk for suicide and how to intervene in the moment and handoff for ongoing care.
Lauren Moyer, LCSW, is the Executive VP of Clinical Innovation for Compass Health Network. She is a visionary servant leader with over 20+ years’ experience in the behavior health field, especially around shaping patient-centered approaches and filling gaps within our system of care. She is the current chair of Missouri’s 988 Taskforce and former chair of Missouri’s Suicide Prevention Network. Ms. Moyer’s multi-faceted experience has equipped her with a comprehensive understanding of the intricate complexities surrounding behavioral health and the transformative potential for change.
Michelle Horvath, M.A., LPC, is the Senior Director of Access and Urgent Care Services at Compass Health Network. Michelle oversees ACI/988 services including a 24/7 crisis line, mobile crisis response teams, 911 diversion, and EMS partnerships for 26 counties in the state of Missouri.
Comprehensive School-Based Mental Health Systems (CSBMH) to Support All Students in Missouri
Lisa Dierking, LMSW and Jamie Fuelling, MSW
Objectives:
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Participants will learn how DESE is collaborating with Mid-America MHTTC, other state agencies, Universities, LEAs, and SBMH Professional Organizations to strengthen state-level capacity for SBMH
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Participants will learn about and know where to find additional resources for the eight components of the Comprehensive School Mental Health Curriculum
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Participants will understand the importance of the SHAPE system in strengthening their CSBMH systems
My name is Lisa Dierking. I am a Licensed Master Social Worker and the Coordinator of School-Based Mental Health for the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. My experience as a School Social Worker, School-Based Therapist, and Parent Educator have brought immense value to my newly created position with the department. I have a Bachelor’s in Psychology, Master’s in Social Work, and Educational Specialist’s degree in Educational, School, and Counseling Psychology with an emphasis in Mental Health Practices in Schools. On a more personal note, I have an awesome husband and five rock star kids ages 10-17 and my youngest two were adopted through kinship/foster placement. I am very passionate about school-based mental health!
Jamie Fuelling, MSW is the Director of School-Based Mental Health for the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education in Jefferson City, Missouri. She earned her MSW from the University of Missouri-Kansas City and has spent many years in the social work field, working with different populations.
