Speaking Engagements, Trainings & Webinars

2025

• DFSS Delegate Agency Staff Conference. The Chicago Youth Innovation Hub. City of Chicago Department of Family Support Services (DFSS). UIC, Chicago. (Oct).
• The Role of Peer Specialists in Early Serious Mental Illness Programs, SAMHSA Early Serious Mental Illness Webinar Series (July 29). LaPelusa, B. & Klodnick, V.V.
• SAMHSA’s ESMI TTA Center Coordinated Specialty Care (CSC) Consensus Panel. LaPelusa, B. & Klodnick, V.V. (July).

2024

• Empathy, Alignment & Empowerment: The Secrets behind Effective Continuous Quality Improvement. California Continuous Quality Improvement Conference. Sacramento, CA. (In-person Keynote Speech; 500 participants). Klodnick, V. V. (Mar).
• Integrating Lived Experience & Peer Support into Supported Employment in Certified Community Behavioral Health Centers (CCBHCs). SAMHSA Policy Academy on Supported Employment Implementation in CCHBCs. Rockville, MD. (One 20-min presentation; one 60-minute recorded webinar; 50 participants from 5 state teams). Klodnick, V. V. (Aug).
• Key Philosophies & Best Practices in Transition-Age Youth Mental Healthcare. Texas SAMHSA System of Care Technical Assistance Calls. (3 virtual presentations; 60 participants). Klodnick, V. V. (Feb).
• Peer Approaches to Substances in Early Psychosis Programs (PAS-EPP). 1-day virtual training with Peer Support Specialists across 15 CSC sites. EPINET-TX, The University of Texas at Austin. LaPelusa, B., & Klodnick, V. V. (Mar).
• The Real World: CQI panel. Annual Illinois Continuous Quality Improvement Conference. Champaign, Urbana. (90-minute panel presentation; 350 participants). Curtis, M., Green-Rogers, Y., Townsend, S., Parker, A. W. &Klodnick, V. V.
• Research Panel on Partnering with Individuals with Lived Experience when Conducting Community-based Research. The University of Texas at Austin. (In-person presentation; 40 participants). Klodnick, V. V. (Mar).
• Supported Employment to Foster Recovery: General Trends, Financing, & the “Great Transformation” for Transition-Aged-Youth. National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors (NASMHPD). (45-minute virtual presentation; 125 participants). Klodnick, V. V., Cohen, D. A., LaPelusa, B., & Johnson, R. P. & Mayhue, A.
• Young Adult Peer Mentor Supervision Best-Practice. Massachusetts Department of Mental Health, Center for Behavioral Health Knowledge. (1-day in-person interactive training for 40 licensed master’s level supervisors). Klodnick, V. V. (June). 

2023

• A Training Series to Improve your Effectiveness in Delivering Evidence-based Vocational Services & Boosting Young Person Vocational Outcomes. SAMHSA South-Southwest Mental Health Technology Transfer Knowledge Center (MHTTC), The University of Texas at Austin. (6-part interactive online training series, 12-person mental health professional cohort). Klodnick, V. V. (Jan-June).
• Empathy, Alignment & Empowerment: The Secrets behind Effective Continuous Quality Improvement. Annual Illinois Continuous Quality Improvement Conference. Champaign, Urbana. (In-person Keynote Speech; 450 participants). Klodnick, V. V. (Oct).
• Enhancements to Supported Employment & Education for Transition-Age Youth. SAMHSA Policy Academy, Washington, DC. (In-person presentation; 50 participants across 7 states). Klodnick, V. V. (June).
• Peer Approaches to Substances in Early Psychosis Programs (PAS-EPP). EPINET-TX, The University of Texas at Austin. (90-minute training with 15 sites with 29 CSC teams (60 participants). LaPelusa, B., & Klodnick, V. V. (Mar).
• Skills for Expanding Expertise in Peer Support (SEEPS) Peer Specialist Training. National Coordinated Specialty Care Teams, Portland State University. (Three 3-hour virtual training courses with 8 CSC Peer Support Specialists). LaPelusa, B., & Hermsen, Kritz, M. (May-June). 
• Skills for Expanding Expertise in Peer Support (SEEPS) Supervisor Training. National Coordinated Specialty Care Teams, Portland State University. (Two 2-hour virtual training courses with 12 CSC Supervisors). Klodnick, V. V., Johnson, R. P., LaPelusa, B. (June). 
• Social Roles & Social Support Engagement among Youth with Serious Mental Health Diagnoses Aging Out of Semi-Institutional Settings. Youth Villages Annual Policy Meeting on Transition-to-Adulthood in Child Welfare. Las Vegas, NV. (In-person 20-minute presentation; 50 participants). Klodnick, V. V. (Nov).
• Young Adult Peer Mentor Supervision Best-Practice. Massachusetts Department of Mental Health, Center for Behavioral Health Knowledge. (1-day in-person interactive training for 25 licensed master’s level supervisors). Klodnick, V. V. (April).

2022

• Discovery-Oriented Services for Young Adult with Mental Health Needs. Transition Planning Committee, A.E.R.O. Special Education Cooperative. (virtual; 30 participants). Fagan, M. A., & Klodnick, V. V. (March).
• Sharing Successes: Celebrating FEP Transformation in the South-Southwest Region. South Southwest MHTTC First Episode Psychosis Conference. (75-minute panel moderator; 200 online; 200 in-person participants). Klodnick, V.V., & Several Coordinated Specialty Care Providers. (June).
• The Time for Change is Now: Transforming Youth Mental Health by Integrating Youth Peer Support in Ohio. Ohio Annual Youth Peer Conference (75-minute virtual keynote speech; 100 participants). Klodnick, V. V. (July).

2021

• Building & Retaining an Effective CSC Peer Workforce: The Vision, the Reality, & the Solution. Third National Early Psychosis Conference, American Psychiatric Association. (Virtual Delivery due to COVID-19; 590 participants). Klodnick, V. V., Duke, A., & Caruso, N. (Nov).
• Effective Leadership in Youth Residential Care Settings. The Jewish Board of New York. (10-part virtual training & learning collaborative experience; 20 participants). Fagan, M. A., Klodnick, V. V., & Spencer, E. (Winter/Spring).
• Improve Your Effectiveness in Engaging & Supporting Young Adults with their Career Goals by Leveraging Individual Placement & Support (IPS) Supported Employment & Education Best-Practices. SAMHSA South-Southwest Mental Health Technology Transfer Knowledge Center (MHTTC). (1.5 day interactive online training experience; 25 participants). Klodnick V. V., Spencer, E., Stevens, L. (June).
• Introducing the Virtual Best-Practice Guidebook. Transitions to Adulthood Center for Research, The University of Massachusetts (Virtual delivery due to COVID-19; 40 participants). Klodnick, V. V., & Johnson, R. P., LaPelusa, B. (June).
• Successfully Engaging Young Adults with Serious Mental Health Needs in Individual Placement & Support (IPS) Supported Employment & Education. Tennessee Department of Mental Health & Substance Use Services. (3-part virtual training series; 25 participants). Fagan, M. A., Klodnick, V. V., & Spencer, E. (Spring/Summer).
• Successfully Integrating Individual Placement & Support (IPS). Supported Employment & Education Best-Practices for Older Youth & Young Adults in your Community Mental Health Center. SAMHSA South-Southwest Mental Health Technology Transfer Knowledge Center (MHTTC). (Virtual 1-hour webinar; 100 participants; recorded for future training purposes). Klodnick V. V., Spencer, E., Stevens, L. (June).

2020

• Leveraging Mutuality to Build Strong Working Alliances. Workshop at Wisconsin Annual Individual Placement & Support Supported Employment Conference. (Virtual delivery due to COVID-19; 30 participants). Klodnick, V. V. (Oct).
• Leveraging Technology & Social Media to build Vocational Identity. Keynote at Wisconsin Annual Individual Placement & Support Supported Employment Conference. (Virtual delivery due to COVID-19; 330 participants). Klodnick, V. V. (Oct).   
• Preparing Young Adult Peer Navigators for Success in Community Mental Health, hosted by UT-Austin & Integral Care. (Virtual delivery; 12 participants). Klodnick, V. V., Fagan, M., & Spencer, E. (July).
• Rethinking & Boosting Community-Based Multidisciplinary Team Engagement for Young Adults with Serious Mental Health Needs. South-Southwest MHTTC First Episode Psychosis Monthly Mentor Call. (Virtual delivery; 30 participants). Klodnick, V. V. (Sept).
• Serious Mental Illness in Emerging Adulthood: Thresholds Multidisciplinary Approach. AON Staff Training (100 young adult staff). Fagan, M.A., & Klodnick, V.V. (August).
• Strengthening the Working Alliance between Young Adult Peer Mentors & their Supervisors, hosted by Massachusetts Department of Mental Health, Boston, MA. (In-person; 80 participants). Klodnick, V. V., Bissett, K., Hernandez, E., & Dansforth, J. (Dec 2019 & June 2020).

2019

• Engaging transition-age youth effectively through leveraging evidence-based practices and building effective partnerships. Two-day training to multiple programs within the Jewish Board of New York. New York, New York. (In-person delivery; 25 participants). Klodnick, V. V., Fagan, M., & Spencer, E. (May).
• Engaging Young People through Enhanced Evidence-Based Practices & Improved Team Communication & Cohesion. Two-day training to transition-age youth serving teams at the Heart of Texas & Integral Care, Austin, TX. (In-person delivery; 20 participants). Klodnick, V. V., Fagan, M., & Spencer, E. (July).
• Enhancing IPS Supported Employment for Youth & Young Adults. Two-day training to multiple programs within Tennessee’s SAMHSA Healthy Transitions, Coordinated Specialty Care, & Clinical High Risk for Psychosis Initiatives. Nashville, TN. (In-person delivery; 25 participants). Fagan, M. A., Klodnick, V. V., & Spencer, E. (September).   
• Invited Retreat Facilitator, UT-Austin Center for Youth Mental Health, hosted by Dell Foundation & the University of Texas Medical School, Austin, TX. (In-person delivery; 25 participants). Klodnick, V. V. (Dec).
• Re-Conceptualizing & Boosting Community-Based Multidisciplinary Team Engagement for Young Adults with Serious Mental Health Needs. Webinar for UMASS Transitions to Adulthood Center for Research (Virtual delivery; 400 participants). Klodnick, V. V. (Nov).

2018

• Effective Supervision for Young Adult Peer Mentors Part 2. One-day training for Supervisors who had completed previous training. The University of Massachusetts Medical School, Transitions to Adulthood Center for Research in partnership with Department of Mental Health SAMHSA-funded STAY Project. (In-person delivery; 22 participants). Klodnick, V. V. (June).
• Engaging transition-age youth effectively through leveraging evidence-based practices and building effective partnerships. Two-day training to multiple programs within the Jewish Board of New York. New York, New York. (In-person delivery; 25 participants). Klodnick, V. V., Fagan, M., & Spencer, E. (October).
• Engaging transition-age youth effectively through leveraging evidence-based practices: Transition to Independence Process, Individual Placement & Support Supported Employment & Education, & Strategic Use of Self. Two-day training to transition-age youth serving teams at the Heart of Texas & Integral Care, Austin, TX. (In-person delivery; 20 participants). Klodnick, V. V., Fagan, M., & Spencer, E. (July).
• OMG! What is going on with Young Adults? Providing Psychiatric Rehabilitation to Young Adults. Full Day Preconference Training at the Annual Psychiatric Rehabilitation Association Conference. Denver, CO. (In-person delivery; 45 participants). Ellison, M., Mullen, M., & Klodnick, V.V. (June).
• Online Learning Community Facilitator for Massachusetts Department of Mental Health Initiative to train Young Adult Peer Mentor Supervisors. (Virtual delivery; 20 participants). Klodnick, V. V. (January, March & May).  
• Transition-Age Youth Best-Practice: Engagement, Vocational Services & Peer Support. 3-day training to SAMHSA-funded “Bridging the Gap” Peer Advocate Program. Jewish Board of New York. New York, New York. Klodnick, V.V., Fagan, M., & Spencer, E. (February).

2017

• Adapting IPS for Transition-Age Youth.” Illinois IPS Monthly Statewide Technical Assistance Call (35 IPS teams). Spencer, E., & Klodnick, V.V. (October).
• Effectively Employing Young Adult Peer Providers: A Toolkit. Copeland Center Doors to Wellbeing Program. (499 participants; 256 watched online post-live webinar). Delman, J., & Klodnick, V.V. (October).
• Effective Supervision for Young Adult Peer Mentors. The University of Massachusetts Medical School, Transitions to Adulthood Center for Research in partnership with Department of Mental Health SAMHSA-funded STAY Project. Klodnick, V.V. (December).
• Engaging Young Adults Diagnosed with Psychiatric Conditions in Supported Employment Programs. Webinar for GAINS Center Learning Collaborative for SAMHSA IPS Expansion Project. Klodnick, V.V., Spencer, E., & Delman, J. (July).
• Slowing Psychosis in its Tracks: Understanding the Coordinated Specialty Care Movement to Change the Lives of Young Adults Experiencing First-Episode Psychosis. Haymarket Summer Institute. Elmhurst, IL. Fagan, M., & Klodnick, V.V. (June).

2016

• Doing Real-World Program Evaluation in Coordinated Specialty Care. International Consortium on Hallucination Research & Related Symptoms; Chicago, IL. Klodnick, V.V. (September).
• “Effective Clinical Supervision for Young Adult Therapeutic Peer Mentors.” A two-part Webinar Training Series sponsored by the Massachusetts Department of Mental Health in conjunction with the Transitions RTC at UMASS Medical School. Klodnick, V.V. (February).
• Increasing Engagement of transition-age youth thru being young-adult informed; leveraging peer support & integrating Supported Employment & Education. A 3-Day Training sponsored by a Texas System of Care Grant in conjunction with the University of Texas Institute for Excellence in Mental Health. Klodnick, V.V., Fagan, M., & Spencer, E. (January).
• Increasing engagement of transition-age youth thru being young-adult informed; leveraging peer support, and integrating supported employment & education. A Webinar sponsored by a Texas System of Care Grant in conjunction with the University of Texas at Austin Center for Mental Health Excellence. Klodnick, V.V., Fagan, M., & Spencer, E. (December).
• Stopping Psychosis in its Tracks: Understanding the National Coordinated Specialty Care Movement. Inaugural Brookstone Conference; Northwestern University; Chicago, IL. Fagan, M., & Klodnick, V.V. (September).

2015

• Thresholds Homeless Youth & Young Adult Services. Homeless Action Committee Resource Fair & Informational for Service Providers, Persons with Lived Experience, Community Stakeholders, Healthcare Providers, &Federal/State/City/Local Partners. Madden Mental Health Center, Maywood, IL.  Malina, C., & Klodnick, V.V. (July)
• “Adapting IPS for Transition-Age Youth: The Thresholds Study,” Webinar sponsored by the Transitions RTC. Ellison, M., Bond, G., & Klodnick, V.V.
• “Engaging Transition Age Youth in Community Mental Health Services, including First Episode Psychosis Coordinated Specialty Care” – Wisconsin Individual Placement & Support Model of Supported Employment Annual Meeting. Viruet J., & Klodnick, V.V. (July)