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Mental Health Virtual Training: Peer to Peer Learning Space - June 27, 2024 from 1-2:30 PM ET

Mental Health Virtual Training
Peer to Peer Learning Space

Thursday, June 27, 2024 I 1:00 - 2:30 PM ET

The Family and Youth Services Bureau (FYSB), Runaway and Homeless Youth (RHY) Program, and the Runaway and Homeless Youth Training, Technical Assistance, and Capacity Building Center (RHYTTAC) invite you to join us for an upcoming mental health virtual training. As indicated by participants in the RHYTTAC National Needs Assessment, RHY providers expressed interest in receiving training and technical assistance around mental health needs of youth experiencing homelessness. This training is designed to facilitate a Peer to Peer Learning Space for RHY providers to enhance knowledge and capacity in addressing the mental health needs of youth experiencing homelessness or housing instability.   

Registration is now closed.


Many youth experiencing a housing crisis are also experiencing mental health challenges. It is important for those working with youth who have run away or are experiencing homelessness to understand the basics of mental health and how these co-occurring challenges affect each other. This training will give participants the opportunity to participate in a discussion with their peers about youth mental health facilitated by Wraparound Milwaukee. 

Wraparound Milwaukee contracts with care coordinators who facilitate the delivery of services and other supports to families using a strength-based, highly individualized wraparound approach. Their primary focus is to serve children and adolescents who have emotional disorders and who are identified by the Child Welfare or Juvenile Justice System.

Training Objectives:

  • Concerns for Youth Entering Care 
    • Recognizing signs of a mental health challenge 
    • Quickly building rapport and trust through creating safety from a trauma informed lens 
    • Setting and respecting boundaries 
  • Ongoing Support of Youth in Care 
    • Creatively engaging youth in non-traditional ways to meet youth where they are 
    • Practicing harm reduction when working with minors 
    • Addressing co-occurring challenges and how to build a team to support all needs 
    • Identifying the imitations of program and voucher guidelines and how to still use trauma informed care 
  • Support Networks for Youth  
    • Keeping families involved while balancing goals of youth that might differ from family 
    • Involving parent peers to keep caregivers engaged 
    • Supporting transition back home and preventing re-occurring issues through conflict resolution and addressing underlying needs 

Facilitators:

  • Leanne Delsart, MS, Integrated Services Manager of Strategic Initiatives, Wraparound Milwaukee, and Owner, LND Consulting, LLC.  
  • Teri Bromberek, System of Care Trainer, Wraparound Milwaukee  
  • Jill Clopper, Lead Family Coordinator and a Certified Parent Peer Support, Wraparound Milwaukee

Contributors:

  • Rada Drča, Clinical School Liaison 
  • Rhoda Jordan, Care Coordinator, Supervisor and Program Manager, Wraparound Milwaukee 
  • April Rammer, Youth Advocate, Wraparound Milwaukee

 CEUs:

  • This program is Approved by the National Association of Social Workers (Approval # 886915492-7912) for 1.5 continuing education contact hours. 

Support:

This virtual training will be available to attendees in multiple languages. Check out RHYTTAC's Language Access Guide here. If you have any questions, please contact RHYTTAC at [email protected].