This presentation introduced the SOAR child curriculum developed to increase access to Supplemental Security Income (SSI) for children and youth under the age of 18 with disabling conditions. Participants learned about the SAMHSA SOAR TA Center tools and resources for using the SOAR model with SSI for children, and ways that you can get involved in the initiative. This cross-TA Center session was hosted through NTTAC and delivered by SAMHSA's SOAR TA Center. … [Read more...] about Introducing SOAR (SSI/SSDI Outreach, Access, and Recovery) for Children and Youth
Program Development
Public Health State Agency Actions – Preventing Adverse Childhood Experiences and Uplifting Positive Childhood Experiences
Join DeAndre Cain and Grace Morrow from the Georgia Department of Public Health, as they share information regarding adverse childhood experiences/positive childhood experiences program development and evaluation from a state agency perspective. … [Read more...] about Public Health State Agency Actions – Preventing Adverse Childhood Experiences and Uplifting Positive Childhood Experiences
Family Exchange – Family Peer Support in School Mental Health
Working from the wisdom of our lived experience as peer-support providers can be one of our strongest assets, operating from a deep vested interest such as this also runs the risk of severely compromising our ability to metabolize stress, create or maintain boundaries and prioritize our own wellness over the needs of our communities.Join us in honest conversation that acknowledges the unique strengths and experience of being a peer care-provider in effort to maximize the ways in which we build relationships with students, families and other stakeholders to navigate the systems our families wade through in service of their children. Together we will Increase our personal and collective capacity to serve families and students in a healing centered manner that meets the full range of families identified needs.Objectives:1. Explore effective tenets of a healing centered school.2. Navigating the systems of care within a school ecosystem.3. Explore perspectives and frameworks that strengthen … [Read more...] about Family Exchange – Family Peer Support in School Mental Health
Building Trauma-Resilient Educational Communities (TREC) in Schools Across the Nation
Join Dana Brown and Craig Beswick as they share best practices in delivering trauma-resilient educational resources and programs in school settings, dedicated to equitable-practices and healing-centered relationships that increase resilience and sustainable overall wellness in individuals and organizations. … [Read more...] about Building Trauma-Resilient Educational Communities (TREC) in Schools Across the Nation
Oklahoma’s Family, Youth, & Young Adult Developed Measure of Family Dynamics & Functioning
Oklahoma Systems of Care (OKSOC) provides services to children, youth, and young adults experiencing serious emotional disturbance. Evaluation is an integral part of the Systems of Care movement in Oklahoma and provides information on program effectiveness for children and families. OKSOC engages families and youths in the evaluation in multiple ways—including developing assessment questions and interpreting data. The OKSOC State Family Coordinator, Gerri Mullendore, and the OKSOC evaluators with the E-TEAM at the University of Oklahoma worked with several family members and youth, as well as family advocacy organizations, to develop the OKSOC Family Assessment, a 10-item survey with family members, youth, and young adults as an integral driver in the process. The OKSOC Family Assessment is administered at baseline and every 6-months during enrollment to measure caregiver and youths/young adult perceptions of various family dynamics. Only youths aged 9 and above are asked to complete … [Read more...] about Oklahoma’s Family, Youth, & Young Adult Developed Measure of Family Dynamics & Functioning