2015 Brochure - North Sound Mental Health Administration

Building Strength & Resiliency
May 12 & 13, 2015
REGISTRATION FEE — $175
Registra on is $175, payable by check or purchase order. We are unable to accept payment by credit card. This fee includes keynote presenta ons, workshops, breakfast and lunch each day. One day registra on is available for either day for $100. Cancella on Policy:  Requests for cancella ons will be accepted through May 7th in wri ng. Name
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given for “no‐shows”.  All registra ons not cancelled and not paid will be due and billed regardless of a
 You may transfer your registra on to another person. City/State/Zip
endance. Please email requests for cancella on/transfers to [email protected] on or before May 7th. Phone
Keynote Speakers
Resilience and Love: The Power of Emotional Memory
Email
Please mail check or PO information* to:
North Sound Mental Health
Administration
117 North 1st St. Ste. 8
Mt. Vernon, WA 98273
*We cannot accept credit card payment
To fax in PO registrations: 360.416.7017
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Registration Fee $175
Graduate Student $50.00
One Day Registration $100
□ Tues. May 12th
□ Wed. May 13th
Session B Tues. May 12 (1:30)
Session A Tues. May 12 (11:00)
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□A-2
□A-3
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Native Transformations Project Witnessing Our Future Statewide Suicide Prevention Plan
Suicide Prevention Strategies
Session C Wed. May 13 (10:45)
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Suicide Prevention County Response to Opioid Abuse Evidence-Based Practice & Practice
Based Evidence
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Native Transformations Project Witnessing Our Future Statewide Suicide Prevention Plan
Suicide Prevention Strategies
LODGING: To reserve a room
please contact the Skagit
Resort directly: 877.275.2448
(Credit card or deposit
required at check-in)
5984 N. Darrk Lane
Bow, WA 98232
A limited number of scholarships will be available for enrolled tribal members or those
affiliated with Tribal Human Services; please email
[email protected] for scholarship application form.
CEUs: Continuing Education Credits will be available from Northwest Indian College
and from NSMHA 9.75 (CEHs) at the conference
(based on final agenda)
Terry Cross (National Indian Child Welfare Association)
Emo onal memory is stored in a part of our brains that does not use words. Trauma and love are both retained there. What we reinforce grows stronger. This presenta on will examine how culture and caring rela onships can help build resilience and how substance abuse trauma in‐
crease our vulnerability. Strategies for addic on recovery and suicide preven on will be dis‐
cussed. 15th Annual North Sound Tribal
Mental Health Conference
Building Strength
and Resiliency
May 12 & 13, 2015
Our Children Will Grow Strong Like the Cedar:
The Lummi System of Care Initiative
Stacy M. Rasmus, PhD (University of Alaska Fairbanks)
This presenta on tells the story of one Tribe’s efforts to bring about transforma onal change in systems to promote healing from within the Na on, to be er serve children, youth and families with complex clinical and cultural needs and to reduce behavioral health dispari es. With the Lummi System of Care, a seed has taken root in the community. This seed carries the vision of a healing past and hopeful future for the children and the Na on. Grown from roots of resilience, Tribal systems and the children within, will grow strong like the cedar. The Lummi System of Care Ini a ve is guided by an indigenous theory of systems change and transforma on repre‐
sented by the Cedar tree lifecycle. The Lummi Na on used digital methods to bring the Cedar Tree Systems Transforma on model to life and the outcome was na onally recognized as an outstanding innova on for Tribal children’s mental health services change. The Lummi System of Care Expansion, Ist‐otel (Pulling Together), builds on the efforts and accomplishments of the Silheng‐otel (Standing Together) System of Care Ini a ve at Lummi Na on that began over six years ago and has led to infrastructure and tribal policy changes and behavioral health out‐
comes for Tribal children and youth receiving services. Outcomes and lessons learned from these efforts will be shared to provide an example of a strengths‐based indigenous systems change ini a ve ongoing in the Pacific Northwest. Workshops - Tuesday
Suicide Prevention Strategies & the Native Adolescent Health Alliance
Celena McCray, Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board (A-4, B-4)
THRIVE‐Tribal Health: Reaching Out InVolves Everyone is the suicide preven on project at the Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board (NPAIHB). NPAIHB serves the 43 federally recog‐
nized tribes in Idaho, Oregon and Washington. THRIVE’s mission and a goal of the Na ve Ado‐
lescent Health Alliance is to reduce suicide rates among AI/ANs living in the Pacific Northwest by increasing tribal capacity to prevent suicide and by improving regional collabora ons. The Alli‐
ance is an inclusive, mul ‐func onal group that meets quarterly in the NW to discuss cross‐
cu ng planning and preven on strategies targe ng AI/AN teens and young adults. In this workshop you can sign up to be part of the Alliance and we will brainstorm and discuss important steps necessary for crisis management protocols around suicide a empts and com‐
ple ons within tribal communi es. Bring some great ideas and examples of crisis response protocols that have worked well for you. pavel_klimenko/Bigstock.com
Skagit Resort, Bow, WA
Presented by the Tribes of the North Sound Region and the
North Sound Mental Health Administration
Presentations
Workshops - Tuesday
Witnessing Our Future Student Coalition: Voice of the Young Natural Helper;
Why Youth Helping Youth is so Vital.
The Native Transformations Project: Exploring Coast Salish Strengths
and Resilience Against Substance Abuse
Chelsea Ross, NW Indian College (Tuesday, May 12th —3:00 pm)
Panel discussion with three Na ve American students, a ending Northwest Indian College (NWIC), who are ac vely involved with the NWIC Center for Health’s Witnessing Our Future (WOF) Suicide Preven on Project Student Coali on, unofficially tled “WOF’Pups.” Peer‐to‐
peer, the students build awareness, create hope, and support and encourage fellow students across campus; always u lizing a ‘strengths based’ centered approach to suicide preven on. The panel presenta on will showcase the voice of three inspira onal youth, members of ‘WOF’Pups,’ as they share their brave stories of trials and triumphs, discovering sources of strength and inner resiliency helping them to be where they are today. Teaching Life Lessons Through Culture
June La Marr, PhD (Wed. May 13th — 1:45 pm) This presentation will describe different ways that culture can effectively be used to teach life lessons. Traditionally, life skills were taught to Native children in the home. It definitely still occurs but not to the extent it once did. The presentation will emphasize culture as the primary tool for teaching culture to the young, as well as, to those who are new to our wonderful culture. Dr. La Marr will discuss the different con‐
cepts and approaches to using culture as a learning tool. She will speak from personal experience as well, what she has learned from other elders. She was honored to have Della Hill as a mentor for many years and she will discuss some of the many things she learned from Della. Dr. La Marr, along with Dr. Alan Marlatt, authored the life skills manual, “Canoe Journey, Life’s Journey” and she will discuss the creation of this manual and how it has been used in communi‐
ties in the U.S. and in many communities in Canada. A Methadone Clinic with no Methadone
Tribal Opiate Treatment Programs (Wed. May 13th — 3:00 pm)
Counseling, urine drug tes ng, and directly observed dosing of Suboxone. An Addic on treatment clinic including Naloxone and Naltrexone. Lummi's Healing Spirit Clinic‐A unique Opiate Treatment Program (OTP). Workshops - Wednesday
Suicide Prevention
Rena Fitzgerald, Volunteers of America (C-1)
Topics covered in this workshop include: * Risk factors and warning signs * How to interact with the crisis line * How to respond to each * How to ask the ques on * Suicide preven on basics * Difference between preven on and interven on * Using a least restric ve approach in safety planning * What clients say about suicide (what happens when they try to get help, etc.) * Crisis plans and safety plans (comparison and when to use) * Crisis alerts (how to write an effec ve document) County Response to Opioid Abuse
Snohomish & Whatcom County Human Services (C-2)
This presenta on will address the epidemiology of opioid abuse in Snohomish County, focusing on the explosion in overdoses and strategies to prevent overdoses and overdose deaths. Whatcom County will present county wide data & strategies around opioid abuse. Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) and Practice-Based Evidence (PBE)
in Behavioral Health
Jeffrey King, PhD (C-3)
This workshop examines the perspec ves of EBT and PBE in the context of Indigenous cultures. It examines the history and underlying dynamics of both approaches and their rela ve impact on the strength of cultural iden ty, as well as behavioral health prac ces. Sugges ons are made for how tribes might consider these approaches rela ve to their future direc on for behavioral health provision and research. Stacy Rasmus, PhD, University of Alaska Fairbanks (A-1, B-1)
The Na ve Transforma ons Project (NTP) explores strengths, protec ons and resilience against substance abuse in three Coast Salish communi es in the Pacific Northwest. The study responds to Tribal community requests to understand more about how Coast Salish people are working towards wellness and the factors that build strength in recovery and protect against the development of substance use disorders. NTP is a community‐based par cipatory research (CBPR) project that is Tribally ini ated and directed. In doing CBPR, researchers join with Tribal community members who take the role of local experts in a collabora ve process that builds local capacity and support for research that services the people. This workshop will present results from life history interviews conducted with 62 Coast Salish adults who had either: 1) never developed a substance use disorder, or 2) had experienced a substance use disorder but have since achieved secure wellness. Results reveal sets of key protec ve factors and strengths contribu ng to life me and secure wellness. We will demonstrate how findings from this study were used to collabora vely develop a Reef Net Wellness Model that repre‐
sents a Coast Salish specific process and theory of change leading to wellbeing. Using this model, Tribal communi es can iden fy strong spots in the net along with gaps in the line in need of mending. Finally, we will show how tribes can use findings from this study to develop, support and evaluate community preven on and recovery services that build Coast Salish strengths and protec ons against substance abuse. Agenda
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TUESDAY, MAY 12
8:00 Registration & Breakfast
9:00 Opening Blessing
Welcome - Marilyn Scott-Upper Skagit
Introduce Keynote Speaker - Rudy Vendiola
9:30 Keynote Speaker - Terry Cross
10:45 Break
11:00 Session A Workshops
A-1 Native Transformations Project
A-2 Witnessing Our Future Project
A-3 Statewide Suicide Prevention Plan
A-4 Suicide Prevention Strategies
1:30
Witnessing Our Future Suicide Prevention Project
Bill Connor, NWIC & Sharon Coss, Lummi Behavioral Health (A-2, B-2)
The Witnessing Our Future (WOF) is a suicide preven on project for youth 10‐24 years old, both in the Lummi community and at Northwest Indian College (NWIC). The project is being developed to address a community need and was approved by the Lummi Indian Business Council and NWIC. WOF is in the second year of a three year Garre Lee Smith Grant, funded by SAMHSA. This presenta on will describe each step in the process‐to‐date, from grant submission to current efforts. Presenters will discuss: engaging members of the community and the college in a coali on; consul ng with Elders regarding best ways to approach suicide preven on; awareness building efforts; and training sessions with community members and providers. We will examine use of: best prac ces for suicide preven on using models developed in Alas‐
ka and White Mountain Apache communi es; working with the Lummi community toward a Coast Salish adapta on of best prac ces; developing a NWIC student workgroup; and increas‐
ing screening and referral of at‐risk youth. Emphasis will be placed on the community‐based, networking and indigenous components of the project, as well as, on efforts toward building strengths and resilience among youth, using Coast Salish culture and the concept of witness‐
ing. In Coast Salish tradi onal beliefs, the role of witnesses is an essen al part of collec ve, community process and healing and this project comes from a vision of “for every youth, a witness”.
The Statewide Suicide Prevention Plan: Where Your Work Fits In
Karyn Brownson, WA State Department of Health (DOH) (A-3, B-3)
In this workshop, we will discuss how to make the new statewide, across‐the‐lifespan suicide preven on plan work for tribal communi es. You will learn what the State of Washington is doing to confront the problem of youth suicide and hear about some other suicide preven on work happening across the state. We’ll talk about the origin of the Statewide Suicide Preven‐
on Plan in the Legislature’s passage of House Bill 2315 and what the Department of Health and its community partners have done on the plan so far, then break into small groups to discuss how our communi es’ strengths and needs can best be reflected in the plan. We will end with a conversa on about where behavioral health care and youth programming fit into comprehensive suicide preven on and what we can do now to prevent suicide in our commu‐
ni es. 3:00
4:15
12:15 Blessing & Lunch Buffet
Session B Workshops
B–1
Native Transformations Project
B-2
Witnessing Our Future Project
B-3
Statewide Suicide Prevention Plan
B-4
Suicide Prevention Strategies
2:45 Break
Witnessing Our Future Student Coalition
Wrap up Day One - Closing Blessing
WEDNESDAY, MAY 13
8:00
9:00
Breakfast Buffet
Opening Blessing
Welcome & Introduce Keynote Speaker Rudy Vendiola
9:15
Keynote Speaker—Stacy Rasmus
10:30 Break
10:45 Session C Workshops
C–1
Suicide Prevention
C-2
County Response to Opioid Abuse
C-3
Evidence-Based Practice & Practice Based Evidence
12:00 Blessing & Lunch Buffet
1:15
DVD -The Wellbriety Journey to Forgiveness
1:45
Teaching Life Lessons Through Culture
2:45 Break
3:00
A Methadone Clinic with No Methadone
4:00
Closing Ceremonies - Closing Blessing
Thank you to the Tulalip Tribes for their continued support!