Professional education workshops through AMITA health

https://www.amitahealth.org/behavioral-medicine/professional-education/workshops-programs

This is a list of professional education workshops and programs offered this fall through AMITA health. It came highly recommended by my supervisor who has attended many of their events in the past few years.  These programs are offered as part of a Back-To-School education series for mental health professionals and teachers who are interested in learning more about issues that affect adolescents. The programs range from a more medical focus to treatment techniques for particular groups of children. Some of the offerings would be extremely helpful for those who are going to be working with at-risk, self-injurious, and depressed and suicidal students.

The workshops and webinars are presented by professionals of the mental health field. They cover current relevant issues affecting our youth and offer CEU credits to help practitioners stay on top of current evidence-based practice. The majority of these classes would be placed under “providing evidence-based education, behavior, and mental health services” practice feature. They offer training in individual assessment and interventions for students. 

Just an additional note, the webinars are free!

Bounce back
https://bouncebackprogram.org

Bounce Back is a school-based group intervention for elementary students who were exposed to stressful and traumatic events Designed to be administered by clinicians, Bounce Back is based on Cognitive Behavioral Intervention for Trauma inn Schools or CBITS. Bounce back trainings can be done completely online; the training offers multiple lectures that outline the curriculum in specific details. Once you complete all lessons you have access to all the material, resources, and activities all planned out and ready to use with students specifically in the school setting and dealing with trauma. This program is laid out in 10 sessions, which include individual, parent and group sessions. The purpose of Bounce Back is to teach students ways to cope with and recover from traumatic events, helping them go back to their routine of doing what they want and need to do. The Bounce Back program is appropriate for children and families of diverse ethnic and social backgrounds.  The training is intended to teach the adult the process of the program from the initial interview and screener, to the lessons and activities and eventually “graduating” from the program.  The program is free; however, it will take you a couple of hours to complete the whole training, and it can be done in more than one sitting. I encourage everyone to check it out and complete the training to help build your social work resources. 


https://bouncebackprogram.org

Simple Thought Record

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Simple Thought Record

 A simple thought record is one of the main tools used in Cognitive Behavior Therapy. This Tool Can be used for individual or group sessions. It is used to help break down a problem or situation into smaller parts. First it is important for the client/student to understand the connection between thoughts and feelings: “How the way we think can affect our actions and mood”. Students often need help and practice at identifying the link between thoughts and emotions before they move on to challenging these negative thoughts and replacing them with more helpful/positive thoughts. Some clients might find it helpful to practice identifying Negative Automatics Thoughts using a Simple Thought Record before introducing the process of evidence-gathering and thought challenging. The simple thought record will ideally help identify triggers for anxiety, depression, stress, etc. and help connect thoughts with these feelings. The next steps for a more complex thought record would include alternative and positive ways of thinking and ways you can include them in your life.

Simple thought record

Situation Who, what, when, where?	Thoughts What was going through your mind as you started to feel this way? (thoughts or images)	Feelings What did you feel? Rate your emotions 0-100%