Trainings

Proudly partnering with Meraki Institute on Learning, the ECR is offering the following webinar series for the remainder of this fiscal year:

Thursday, Feb 23, 2023 12:00 PM CST     Brain(Mental) Health 101-FREE WEBINAR 

Thursday, Mar 30, 2023 12:00 PM CDT    Understanding Youth Brain (Mental) Health--FREE WEBINAR 

Thursday, Apr 27, 2023 12:00 PM CDT     Supporting Clients with Dual Diagnosis (FREE WEBINAR)

Thursday, May 25, 2023 12:00 PM CDT    Responding to Complex & Challenging Behaviors(FREE WEBINAR) 

Thursday, Jun 22, 2023 12:00 PM CDT     Supporting Brain(mental) Health for Clients with ID --FREE WEBINAR 

Meraki Institute of Learning FY 2023 Webinar Series

Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) is an interactive 8-hour certification class that introduces participants to risk factors and warning signs of mental health problems, builds understanding of their impact, and overviews common treatments.

Specifically, participants learn:

• The potential risk factors and warning signs for a range of mental health problems, including: depression, anxiety/trauma, psychosis and psychotic disorders, eating disorders, substance use disorders, and self-injury,
• An understanding of the prevalence of various mental health disorders in the U.S. and the need for reduced stigma in their communities,
• A 5-step action plan encompassing the skills, resources and knowledge to assess the situation, to select and implement appropriate interventions, and to help the individual in crisis connect with appropriate professional care,
• The appropriate professional, peer, social, and self-help resources available to help someone with a mental health problem.

Similar to CPR, you will become certified as a Mental Health First Aider.

Participants for each training vary, but include hospitals and federally qualified health centers, state policymakers, employers and chambers of commerce, faith communities, school personnel, state police and corrections staff, nursing home staff, mental health authorized support staff, young people, families, and the general public.

For more information on this evidence based class, please visit the Mental Health First Aid website or contact Jan Heidemann.

The MH/DS of the East Central Region is proud to provide Trauma Informed Care Training.

Trauma Informed Care training will cover the impact trauma has on your biology, the effects of trauma in a person’s life, how behavior is a learned defense to protect oneself from their previous trauma, and the foundation of looking at clients from the focus of “What happened to you?” as opposed to “What’s wrong with you?”.

Over the course of 2015, 17 people from various agencies within the Region have attended classes on trauma informed care.  These classes have been conducted by Dr. Robert Macy and Frank Grijalva of the International Trauma Center.  They also provided the TCI training that is used at Tanager Place and the training for the Pediatric Mental Intensive Care centers in Iowa.

The 17 students were recruited from various provider agencies throughout the Region and are available to provide information and instruction in trauma informed care for your staff.  Because the Region financed the training at no cost to the various agencies, the training will be provided to everyone within the Region at no cost.

The training is designed to fit your agency’s needs.  We will work to ensure that the class fits within your time frame.  The amount and depth of the material can be adjusted to match the needs of the attendees and the time allotted.

If you would like to have someone present a class on Trauma Informed Care to your staff, please send the following information to Jan Heidemann.

• The name of your agency or group
• Your name and contact information
• The time and date of the training
• The location of the training
• The availability of computer equipment
• The length of the training
• The approximate number of attendees

ASIST is a two-day interactive workshop in suicide first aid. ASIST teaches participants to recognize and work with individuals having thoughts of suicide. For more information or to schedule a training, please contact Jan Heidemann.

The University of Iowa has been granted the contract to provide Peer Support Specialist and Family Peer Support Specialist training. For more information, please visit their website at the Iowa Peer Workforce Collaborative.