Children's Mental Health
MACMH Trainings
SoWashCo has access to four On-Demand Trainings from Minnesota Association for Children's Mental Health.
There is one login for all district staff (see instructions below). This login will give all district staff access to all four of the trainings (more details on courses below).
SoWashCo will have access to these courses until February 24, 2022.
Login Instructions
Go to macmh.org and click the blue User Login button on the right side of the homepage
Click on the blue log in link in the statement, "To access your on-demand training profile, please log in"
Username: SWTrainings
Password: SOWA2021!
If you lose this password or it is not working, do not use the lost your password link. Please email Rachael Jacques at rjacques@macmh.org for password help
After logging in, you will be directed to your account profile. Locate the Active On-Demand Trainings, and click Click to view
You will then be directed to your active trainings page. Select the training you would like to view
MACMH SoWashCo Login Instructions.pdfAvailable Courses
Key Warning Signs for Early-Onset Mental Illness in Children & Adolescents and Suicide Prevention Best Practices
Studies estimate that at least 20 percent of children and youth will have a mental health disorder during any given year. Additionally, a 2016 Centers for Disease Control (CDC) report shows that suicide is the leading cause of death for young people ages 15-24 in Minnesota. The first part of this presentation will teach signs and symptoms of common mental health disorders in young people. Guidance will be given regarding appropriate interventions and accommodations to assist a young person during a mental health crisis, and resources to help them thrive will be discussed. The second half of the presentation will examine best practices for suicide awareness, prevention and intervention in young people, including learning to recognize suicidal ideation, understanding how to support youth in crisis, and exploring appropriate professional self care.Deborah Cavitt, MS, Project Dir. – Minnesota Association for Children’s Mental Health
Worry Gone Viral: Supporting Youth with Anxiety and OCD During Uncertain Times
This training focuses on specific techniques that clinicians and parents can use to help support children and adolescents with anxiety and OCD during trying times, with an emphasis on parenting, communication, and clinical strategies designed to anchor anxious youth during periods of deep uncertainty such as major transitions (e.g. switching schools, moving), significant life changes (e.g. divorce, serious illness), major disruption in routine (e.g. distance learning, job loss), and threat of catastrophic events (e.g. risk of natural disaster, pandemic). Current research on pediatric anxiety and stress is discussed, including normative youth responses to stressors, how anxiety develops and is maintained, and evidence-based techniques for addressing worries despite an unpredictable future. Specific topics also include how to field difficult or “unanswerable” questions, the hidden costs of reassurance, and what caregivers, clinicians and other caring adults can do to help anxious youth thrive amidst the unknown.Kathryn Hecht, PhD, Licensed Psychologist – Anxiety Treatment Resources
Permission to Grieve: Supporting Children & Adolescents After Loss
Grief is a unique experience for each individual, and even more complex for children and adolescents. Grief experienced in childhood changes over the lifespan and can require different support at each monumental milestone. This presentation addresses ways to talk to children and adolescents about death, grief and funerals in language they can understand and relate to. Nuances in grief based on cause of death will be identified. Theoretical models for understanding grief along with evidenced based approaches will be presented.Learning Objectives:+ Identify nuances in bereavement for children and adolescents based on type of death including anticipated losses, disenfranchised losses, sudden losses, and suicide.+ Demonstrate how grief experienced in childhood changes over the lifespan.+ Discuss theoretical approaches to understanding and conceptualizing grief in children and adolescents. + Review and apply strategies and best practice when working with grieving children and adolescents.
Brittany Trauthwein, PsyD, FT, Founder – Bridgepoint Psychology Center
How Do I Help Them? Fostering ‘Ordinary Magic’ of Resilience in Children Experiencing Trauma
During this training, the presenters will showcase relationship-based therapeutic techniques for working with children who have experienced trauma. The first 1.5-hour session will highlight research and practice surrounding the use of therapeutic techniques. Then, using brief video role-play examples from their Resilience Toolkit, the presenters will discuss what works and why, using examples from live-webinar attendees. In the second 1.5-hour session, the presenters will lead discussion of scenarios gathered from live-webinar attendees, and discuss ways to incorporate trauma-sensitive strategies into working with young children.Sara Langworthy, PhD, Consultant, Author, Speaker & Tracy Schreifels, MS, LMFT, IMH-E® (III), Infant Mental Health Specialist – Reach-Up Inc.
