This is a free gathering of seniors who meet on the third Friday of each month to discuss various topics relevant to promoting healthy aging. Everyone welcome.
Topic: Year End Mindfulness
Speaker: Candis Desselle-Boily, LPC
This is a free gathering of seniors who meet on the third Friday of each month to discuss various topics relevant to promoting healthy aging. Everyone welcome.
The Northland Coalition is hosting a Youth Mental Health First Aid Training on January 25. This training is excellent for anyone who has direct contact with youth. Training is basic and is not designed to provide new information for trained clinicians (counselors, therapists, social workers).The training will start at 8 am and go to 5 pm (with lunch provided) at Maple Wood Community College (2601 NE Barry Road, KCMO 64156) in the Campus Center Building, Room 110. Seating is limited. Nationally this course is valued at $170, but because of generous sponsorship by Missouri’s Department of Mental Health, you have the opportunity to attend at a reduced cost of $25. Email Maggie to register: maggiez@tri-countymhs.org
Topic: Information for care takers in regards to hospitalization
Speaker: Brande Rash, Crisis QMPH, Hospital Liaison
Brande is both a crisis clinician and the hospital liaison. She meets with individuals whom come into the office in crisis or at the hospital to evaluate for safety, or safety plan with them. She also meets with local hospitals to build relationships to open better communication to improve resources for our clients.
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IndieFlix, a leading independent online streaming platform, along with its non-profit arm, the IndieFlix Foundation, is sparking a global conversation about anxiety through screenings of its brand-new documentary, “Angst: Raising Awareness Around Anxiety”. On February 6th, Kearney-Holt CAN in conjunction with Kearney School District will hold a special screening of the documentary at Kearney High School Auditorium, 715 East 19th Street, Kearney Missouri 64060 to open up a dialogue between local families, community leaders and experts. The event will feature a viewing of the 56-minute film, followed by a brief follow up discussion.
Producers Scilla Andreen and Karin Gornick have one goal: to start a global conversation and raise awareness around anxiety. Through candid interviews, they utilize the power of film to tell the stories of many kids and teens who discuss their anxiety and its impacts on their lives and relationships, as well as how they’ve found solutions and hope. The film also includes a special interview with Michael Phelps, a mental health advocate and one of the greatest athletes of all-time. In addition, the documentary provides discussions with mental health experts about the causes of anxiety and its sociological effects, along with the help, resources and tools available to address the condition.
Free tickets are now available and space is limited! The screening will be held at Kearney High School Auditorium at 6:30 pm. RSVP on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/
Part of the beauty of this film is the openness of the children and young adults featured; for some of them, the “Angst” project marks the first time they are publicly sharing their experiences with anxiety. Our hope is that their candidness and bravery will inspire our community to do the same.
While “Angst” documents the struggles some people have with anxiety, it also reveals their hope for the future. Noah, a teenager in the film, describes it this way: “Anxiety doesn’t define me. It’s not just a curse; it also gives me strength.”
“Everybody needs to know that anxiety disorders are real, common and treatable instead of viewing them as a personal choice or something to be ashamed of,” said Dr. Jerry Bubrick, Senior Director of Anxiety Disorders Center, Child Mind Institute. “Getting help early is crucial in giving people the tools they need to feel better. We just need to start the conversation.”
“We felt it was important to make a movie that could raise awareness to open up the conversation and provide hope,” said Andreen, IndieFlix CEO and “Angst” Producer. “So many people struggle with anxiety and have trouble talking about it. We want to change that.”
Anxiety disorders are the most common mental health challenge in the U.S., impacting 54 percent of females and 46 percent of males, with age seven being the median age of onset, according to the World Health Organization. While anxiety disorders are highly treatable, only one-third of those suffering receive treatment. Everyone involved in the development of “Angst” has a personal experience with anxiety – from the producers to the interviewees.
“The conversation surrounding mental health really hits home for me,” said Michael Phelps. “Many people don’t understand how debilitating mental illness truly can be, and even more than that, how common it is, yet people are afraid to have the serious discussions about it. I welcomed the opportunity to be a part of ‘Angst’ to further the dialogue around mental health and to help people understand the impact anxiety has on our mental state and encourage people, especially kids, to ask for help.”
“Angst” screens in schools and communities across the world. The IndieFlix original film is expected to reach more than three million people around the world, through 25,000 community and school screenings
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The Northland Coalition and Tri-County Mental Health Services will host the annual Northland Prevention Conference on Friday, March 1st, 2019 at Platte Woods United Methodist Church (7310 NW Prairie View Rd., Platte Woods, MO 64151). Registration cost is $25 and includes breakfast and lunch.
Conference Schedule
8:00-8:30 am ● Registration and Breakfast
8:30-9:00 am ● Welcome and Awards
9:00-9:30 am ● Keynote by Heather Harlan
9:30-10:15 am ● Keynote by Pete Hall
10:30-11:15 am ● Workshop Session 1
11:30 -12:15 pm ● Workshop Session 2
12:15-1:15 pm ● Lunch (provided to registrants)
1:15-2:00 pm ● Workshop Session 3
2:15-3:30 pm ● Resilience Summit by Pete Hall
Featured Presenters and Keynote Presentations:
Pete Hall, international speaker, author of Fostering Resilient Learners and consultant for Strive Success Solutions. Hall is a former school principal, authoring multiple books on leadership and working with individuals and organizations across the globe. He is a thought leader in education and trauma and will help individuals turn our lens around to build self-awareness, investigate the power of relationships and embrace grace to build a culture of safety for our youth.
Trauma is a Word, Not a Sentence: Childhood trauma is real, and it is more prevalent than we might believe. In this engaging, relevant, and practical session, learn from Pete Hall, former school principal and co-author of the best-selling and award-winning Fostering Resilient Learners – ASCD, 2016 and Relationship, Responsibility, and Regulation – ASCD, 2018, about the importance of implementing trauma-invested practices to support our youth. Incorporating research, building a common vocabulary, and exploring the impact of stress on brain development begins our exploration. As many of us continuously look outward to help others, we’ll turn our lenses around to build self-awareness, investigate the power of relationship, examine our belief systems, and embrace the concept of grace as we collaboratively build a Culture of Safety for our community. If we’re going to be good to others, first and foremost we’ve got to be good to ourselves.
Heather Harlan has been on the front lines offering resources and treatment to adolescents and their families for nearly 20 years in Illinois and Missouri. As a Certified Reciprocal Prevention Specialist, she’s been active in community coalitions. As Treatment Engagement Specialist and Adolescent Counselor at Phoenix Health Programs in Columbia, she’s worked with youth, young adults, and their loved ones to create positive family relationships and encourage healthy interactions necessary for family recovery. Missouri professionals recognize Heather as a passionate presenter and advocate, who grasps effective prevention and treatment. She is also a co-facilitator for National Alliance on Mental Illness and a professional storyteller!
What Gets Rewarded, Gets Repeated: After this entertaining presentation, Heather will leave you with a simple explanation for the way substance use disorders rewire the brain and create a chronic mental health situation. You don’t have to be a neuroscientist to understand adolescent brain pathways and Heather’s strength is explaining it in a way that you can remember, draw, sing or explain to anyone and everyone so they too will have passion and the solution to protecting vulnerable teen brains!
Workshop Sessions:
Overcoming Mental Health Challenges in Today’s Youth: A review of the inherent, generational, and new challenges coupled with strategies to best protect young people.
Presented by Dr. Ram Chettier, Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, Children’s Mercy Kansas City
Engaging Policymakers 101: Come learn the three most important things to do when engaging with policymakers, as well as a few tips of what not to do!
Presented by Jessica Hembree, Principal Officer, Platform Civic Strategies
TRI-CIT: Innovation, training, and collaboration between law enforcement and mental health in the Northland.
Presented by Peggy Gorenflo, Community Mental Health Liaison, Tri-County Mental Health Services
Building the Fence: The vulnerability and threats to today’s youth and what we can do to prevent the fall.
Presented by Sherri Miller, Youth Prevention Specialist, Tri-County Mental Health Services
Up In Smoke: The truth about Vaping and Marijuana. What is a JUUL? What do we make of this marijuana legislation? How do we keep our kids safe? Come and learn the answers to these questions and more!
Presented by Heather Craig, Community Strategist, NCADA
The Mindful Way: Improving mental health, relationships, and self-regulation through the inexpensive and effective practice of mindfulness.
Presented by Elise Bennett, MS, LMFTM Adolescent, Individual, and Family Therapist
EVERFI- Free, effective and innovative resources for equipping youth, students, and employees with the tools they need to make healthy lifestyle decisions.
Presented by Heather Miller, Senior Schools Manager, Everfi
Taking Meds Seriously: The evolution of the opioid problem and responses.
Presented by Kristen T. DeHart, Chief Executive Officer, Excelsior Springs Hospital
Resilience Summit:
Following the workshops sessions, attendees will reconvene for the Resilience Summit, a powerful and practical workshop with Pete Hall.
Using the New 3 R’s to Address Youth Needs
In this continuing exploration of #TraumaInvested practice, rejoin Pete Hall as he shares keen insights into the practices of empathy and attunement and discusses a communication strategy built to strengthen connection and understanding. Learn the characteristics of a Culture of Safety, and implement timely interventions for our students by addressing the “New 3 R’s” in education: Relationships, Responsibility, and Regulation. Using scenarios, research, and a bank of strategies, collaborate with your colleagues to brainstorm approaches to meet our students’ needs. Attendees will leave refreshed and excited about meeting the challenges awaiting them, with tools in the tool belt and the energy and optimism needed to use them!
A special thank you to our event sponsors: the Platte County Health Department, Platte Valley Bank, Signature Psychiatric Hospital, and Synergy Services.
Topic: Consumer and RESPECT Speaker
Speaker: Elizabeth Wilson, Day Program, Kitchen Manager
Elizabeth is a day program member and a TCMHS staff member. She will be here to tell her story and journey through the behavioral health system.
Free two day reverse career fair sponsored by Northland Career Connections where candidates create a booth showcasing their skills and work experience. Employers meet with candidates to learn about them and even some interviewing on the spot. The first day the candidates will create their booths, practice resume development, and practice interview skills. The second day the candidates will meet with employers.
Free two day reverse career fair sponsored by Northland Career Connections where candidates create a booth showcasing their skills and work experience. Employers meet with candidates to learn about them and even some interviewing on the spot. The first day the candidates will create their booths, practice resume development, and practice interview skills. The second day the candidates will meet with employers.