Youth Mental Health Training Day
Thursday, October 10, 2024
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Online via Zoom
Join the Blue Cross® and Blue Shield® of Minnesota Center for Rural Behavioral Health for a day focused on youth mental health!
Cost: $89 (early bird price of $79 if registered before September 15th)
Earn 6 CEUs including 3 cultural competency!
This training has been approved for 6 CEUs by the Minnesota boards of Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy, Behavioral Health and Therapy, and Psychology as well as licensing boards in SD, ND, and WI. (Awaiting approval from all boards.)
Morning Session | 9:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
Wendy Lorenz-Walraven, MSW, LICSW, LSSW, K-12 Principal's License
This deep dive will explore how a deeper understanding of the self can create more space for the spectrum of difference. Our interactive experience will elevate the invaluable wisdom participants bring into our shared learning space. In our time together, we will get curious about the assumptions we make and discover how they impact our daily behavior. This training utilizes key concepts of Culturally Proficient School Systems, Restorative Practice and Trauma Responsiveness to build more equitable connections with young people and the adults who love them.
- Deepen understanding of how our beliefs, values and experience drive our daily behavior.
- Build connections between cultural proficiency, restorative practices and trauma responsiveness in order to provide more equitable support of young people and family systems.
- Build capacity for self-examination and self-compassion so we can make more space for the spectrum of difference and minimize harm during our interactions.
Afternoon Session | 12:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Dr. Joshua Stein, MD
In a 2023 Gallup poll 4 in 10 teenagers noted they spend too much time on social media. Families describe feeling disconnected and uncertain of the dangers and exposures from this technology. Social media is here to stay but its ramifications are complex. In this lecture Dr. Stein will walk through how clinicians can supports families in creating dialogue while providing direct resources of managing the risks of social media. Topics will include a review of common social media sites, how to monitor, cyber bullying and a breakdown of the 2023 Surgeon General’s advisory on social media in teenagers.
- Identify the benefits and risks of common social media sites
- Define why digital health should be part of every clinic visit
- Review indications for care based on the 2023 Surgeon General's recommendations
- Offer ways to help teens build upon their own awareness to care better for themselves
- Provide resources that can immediately be utilized in the clinic setting to restore balance for families
Meet Your Speakers:
Wendy Lorenz-Walraven is a Clinical Social Worker and the Director of Equity and Diversity at Minnesota Transitions Charter School. She has over 20 years of experience serving youth in educational and artistic settings and offers training on Trauma Responsiveness, Restorative Practice, and Culturally Proficient School Systems. She believes that with deep self-knowledge we hold the capacity to create space for the spectrum of difference. She meets all people where they are at with genuine curiosity and dedication to deepening connection and her own understanding. Breathing life into our whole selves creates space for the whole self of others. This is the space where stories can be shared, vulnerability is welcomed, and our potential for growth lies. Her hope is to offer some invitations and practical frameworks to guide your personal and professional journeys in order to create space for all of us.
Dr. Joshua Stein was raised in the Twin Cities area and is a lifelong MN sports fan. After completing his Bachelors in Science at Cornell University in Ithaca, NY, he returned to MN to attend the University of MN for medical school and once again cheer for the Gophers in person. In medical school, his interest in the field of psychiatry deepened and he went on to complete a General Psychiatry residency and then a Child Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship at the University of Minnesota. He has settled in the Twin Cities area in efforts to serve the mental health needs of young people and their families.
Dr. Stein is the clinical director and an attending clinician at Prairie Care’s Brooklyn Park Partial Hospital Program (PHP) and operates a clinic out of the Brooklyn Park Medical Office Building. The clinic is used as a bridge for patients leaving PHP until they can see their outpatient provider. A common goal for the PHP and clinic site is patient-centered care that focuses on increasing functioning at home and functioning in school, including extracurricular activities and in social settings. The focus for care is not just on immediate obstacles and gains, but improving long-term trajectory as well.
In addition, as the president of the Minnesota Society for Child Adolescent Psychiatry, he focuses on local and national advocacy for children’s mental health with a goal to increase access to quality care.
Not able to attend October 10th?No problem. Register for the recorded session and a link to view it will be emailed to you after the October 10th training.
Registration Questions: Email workforce@mnsu.edu or call 507-389-1094
Training Questions: Email elizabeth.harstad.3@mnsu.edu
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