Nieisha Deed is a powerful emerging voice and leader in Boston's mental health and wellness space. She works fiercely to advocate for mental wellness in Boston’s Black community. She is the visionary and creator behind PureSpark, an organization committed to instilling hope for those who experienced mental disturbance by introducing traditional and nontraditional mental health therapy options. As a person living with bipolar disorder, Nieisha understands all too well how important access to holistic support services and community are to one’s mental wellness. As a Black woman, Nieisha is a community builder and disruptor in the mental health and wellness space. During this session, attendees learn from a lived experience perspective about how someone may develop a mental health disorder, and how, with proper treatment and community support, they are able to overcome. Attendees will be able to explore various treatments including, but not limited to, psychiatric inpatient, group … [Read more...] about An Ex-Corporate Professional Turned Wellness Advocate. A Lived Experience Perspective.
National Training & Technical Assistance Center for Child, Youth, & Family Mental Health (NTTAC)
Mindful Journeys: Navigating Young Adult Mental Wellness
This mental health workshop is a structured and interactive session designed to address the mental health needs of young individuals. The primary goal is to promote awareness, provide education, and offer practical strategies for managing mental health challenges among young adults. Learning Objectives:•Dispel myths about young adult mental health challenges.•Understand the various ways that young adults are uniquely impacted and affected by mental health.•Increase awareness of the signs and symptoms of the most common mental health challenges among young adults.•Identify holistic wellness strategies that support young adults in coping and emotional regulation. Intended Audience: youth and young adults, youth and young adult program staff, peer support, coordinators, interns/volunteers, supervisors, parents, and caregivers. … [Read more...] about Mindful Journeys: Navigating Young Adult Mental Wellness
Intimate Partner Violence Series 5: Best Practices for Mental Health Clinicians
This session will focus on the intersection of trauma, mental health, and intimate partner violence, and the best practices for mental health clinicians working with children, youth, and families to ensure their help does not create harm. This session will be led by a panel of 3 clinicians with experience working with IPV survivors and children exposed to violence. … [Read more...] about Intimate Partner Violence Series 5: Best Practices for Mental Health Clinicians
Family Exchange: Peer Networking for Family Leaders who Foster and Support Family Engagement (Topic of Focus: Early Childhood Mental Health)
In this recorded session, Dawn Yazzie and Michael Rovaris will present on Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Care. Their presentation will focus on the strength, resilience, and expertise of the caregivers, and will include information regarding early brain development training and how parents/caregivers/parent peer support providers can support their young and older children. The presentation will also include small group breakouts to discuss the challenges and solutions to working with this population, real stories from a parent’s perspective, and resources to support your learning. … [Read more...] about Family Exchange: Peer Networking for Family Leaders who Foster and Support Family Engagement (Topic of Focus: Early Childhood Mental Health)
Intimate Partner Violence Series 4: Supporting Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence
This session will share the ways systems help and harm survivors and the relationship between the system of care approach and the coordinated community response to domestic violence. This content will be followed up with an engaging panel discussion with three IPV subject matter experts on ways to design equitable and coordinated systems of care to support survivors of intimate partner violence and their children. … [Read more...] about Intimate Partner Violence Series 4: Supporting Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence