University of Montana Department of Counseling Workshops
Psychopharmacology for Mental Health Professionals
February 25th and 26th, 2022, 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 REMOTE via zoom link. Description: This course is an overview of psychopharmacology. There will be information about different classes of medication, their side effects, and best uses, along with case studies. This is a two-day face-to-face workshop facilitated by Olin Martin, M.A., MSN, RN, PMHNP-BC. After completing the workshop, attendees should be able to make appropriate client referrals for medication, understand how medications can interact, and what you will expect to see from clients who are on different medications. There will be assessments of knowledge throughout the 2-day workshop.
The cost to participate is $350 for University of Montana students AND for Community Professionals. If you have any questions, please contact Becky Hawkins or call 406.243.5252
Deeper Dive into Risk & Resiliency Workshop Series
Current professionals will receive 13 continuing education units for each of the workshops listed below. Cost is $895 for all three sessions.
Session I: Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST) Friday, February 11 – Saturday, February 12, 2022, 9:00 – 5:00 Phyllis J. Washington College of Education, Room #334 Presented By: Nancy Berg, MSW; & Tyler Steinebach, NREMT AEMT Description: ASIST teaches trainees to provide a skilled intervention and develop a collaborative safety plan to keep someone safe and alive. Trusted by professionals yet learnable by anyone, ASIST is the world's leading suicide intervention model. ASIST is a two-day face-to-face workshop featuring powerful audiovisuals, discussions, and simulations. At an ASIST workshop, you'll learn how to prevent suicide by recognizing signs, providing a skilled intervention, and developing a safety plan to keep someone alive. Two knowledgeable, supportive trainers will guide you through the course, ensuring your comfort and safety. For more information, visit the ASIST website: https://www.livingworks.net/asist Learning Objectives:
The emphasis of the ASIST workshop is on suicide first aid, on helping a person at risk stay safe and seek further help.
Attendees will be able to recognize invitations for help then reach out and offer support.
Attendees will be able to review the risk for suicide by applying a suicide intervention model.
Attendees will recognize the importance of linking people with community resources.
Presenter Bios: Nancy Berg, MSW; Assistant Director at the Montana Safe Schools Center Nancy Berg is a certified master trainer in the Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST) and Suicide Alertness for Everyone (safeTALK) suicide prevention protocols. Ms. Berg has a history of professional work in domestic violence prevention and victim assistance and in this manner worked on the Montana Board of Crime Control funded Montana Victim Advocate Academy grant. She directed and coordinated the annual Academy, which included a five-day training event for victim advocates across Montana and has continued the Academy in a modified version for the Montana National Guard. Additionally, she oversees all fiscal management of grant and non-grant account in accordance with Federal, State and University guidelines, assists with data collection, tracking, and reporting for professional development and grant activities; collaborating on project evaluation including collection of workshop evaluations; collection, storage and aggregation of confidential student and client data; direct data collection and entry. Her current work includes a STOP Violence Technology and Threat Assessment Solutions for Safer Schools Program grant, the Montana Safe Schools Center is working closely with the Department of Counseling in providing a Tele-Mental Health Clinic for K-12 rural Montana public schools. This clinic is operating with the mission of providing high-quality tele-mental health services to children in Montana's rural communities. Tyler Steinebach, NREMT AEMT; President of the Board/Executive Director at Hope Health Alliance Tyler is an emergency care provider with 10 years of Emergency Medical Services experience and is a licensed Advanced Emergency Medical Technician with an instructor endorsement and National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians certification. Tyler has experience as an emergency services director; hospital department manager, mental health and EMS lobbyist, and mental health services advocate. Tyler identifies as a person with lived experience and a family member of those with lived experience.
The cost to participate is $345 for University of Montana students AND for Community Professionals.
Session II: An Introduction to Child Trauma and Trauma-Informed Systems of Care with an American Indian Perspective Friday, March 11 – Saturday, March12, 2022, 9:00 – 5:00 Phyllis J. Washington College of Education, Room #334 Presented By: Maegan Rides at the Door, PhD, LCPC Description: This session is designed to help participants build a foundational understanding of child trauma. Topics presented on the first day include: trauma types, historical and intergenerational trauma and implications for practice, ACE studies, resiliency, protective factors, developmental impacts, and developing a trauma lens. Topics presented on the second day will include: trauma screening and assessment, trauma treatments and cultural adaptation of trauma treatments, strategy sharing of feelings identification, self-regulation, and coping strategies to support youth who have been impacted by trauma, secondary traumatic stress and self-care, and trauma-informed systems of care. These topics will be presented with an accompanying American Indian perspective. For example, ACE studies with American Indian populations will be presented and case studies of American Indian youth will be used to support learning. Material presented will come from a variety of sources including but not limited to the National Child Traumatic Stress Network, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, and the National Native Children’s Trauma Center. Learning Objectives:
The focus of this workshop will be on building a basic foundational understanding of trauma (all types of trauma) with a particular focus on historical and intergenerational trauma of American Indian and Alaska Native populations.
Attendees will recognize the impact of trauma (i.e. child development, secondary trauma).
Attendees will explore efforts to identify and treat various types of trauma in different settings.
Attendees will review efforts to achieve trauma-informed systems of care.
Presenter Bio: Maegan Rides at the Door, PhD, LCPC; Executive Director of the National Native Children’s Trauma Center Dr. Maegan Rides at the Door is an enrolled member of the Assiniboine-Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Reservation and a descendant of the Absentee Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma and has served as the NNCTC’s Director since 2015. She has been central to the design and implementation of a range of training and technical assistance initiatives in tribal communities, including projects focusing on the development of trauma-responsive systems of care with tribal, private, federal, and state partners; the implementation of cross-system youth suicide prevention programming; and the expansion of child advocacy centers’ capacity to meet the needs of tribal communities.
The cost to participate is $300 for University of Montana students AND for Community Professionals.
Session III: The Art and Science of a Well-Lived Life: A Crash Course for Improving the Lives of Counselors and Those They Serve. Friday, April 8 – Saturday, April 9, 2022, 9:00 – 5:00 Phyllis J. Washington College of Education, Room #334 Presented By: Dan Salois, PhD, LCPC Description: Research indicates that across the U.S. children, adolescents, adults, and seniors are experiencing less happiness, more depression, and higher rates of suicide. The benefits of this workshop are two-fold. First, practitioners will learn about and apply the evidence-based interventions to promote their own wellbeing to better serve individuals and groups. Second, we will focus on how evidence-based wellness interventions can be implemented in the treatment of clientele. Together, we will learn about the history and current trends of evidence-based interventions pulled from cognitive theory, positive psychology, and strengths-based psychoeducational content aimed at boosting multiple dimensions of human life. To facilitate learning throughout the two days, we will be using short instructional clips, applied learning, and group discussion. Learning Objectives:
The workshop will offer instruction on client conceptualization from a holistic perspective, as well as evidence-based wellness interventions to implement in individual and group settings.
Attendees will learn how to implement tools aimed at promoting your own levels of well-being to better serve clientele.
Attendees will gain knowledge in the application of evidence-based wellness interventions in group counseling.
Attendees will be able to use creative approaches while working with clinical and non-clinical populations.
Attendees will learn about how adapting evidence-based wellness interventions across the lifespan.
Presenter Bio: Dan Salois, PhD, LCPC: Dr. Salois is a Counselor Educator at the University of Montana. He is also a Clinician and Clinical Supervisor specializing in Grief at Tamarack Grief Resource Center. He is passionate about working with burgeoning counselors and practitioners interested holistic and creative counseling approaches. Informed by his own research on wellness and current trends in counseling, he will emphasize both the art, and the science, behind current wellness practices.
The cost to participate is $300 for University of Montana students AND for Community Professionals.
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