• Sat, 6 September 2025

South Southwest MHTTC Resources

  • Engaging American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) Relatives in Psychotherapy

    The materials for this Product originally aired on July 22, 2021. Developing cultural competence is an aspirational journey. This training will support your efforts to increase your understanding of Native culture. The training will also provide clinicians with practical tips for improving engagement with this population, in order to improve clinical outcomes with your American…

  • Career Development is Everyone’s Business: Successfully Integrating Individual Placement & Support (IPS) Supported Employment & Education Best-Practices for Older Youth & Young Adults in your Community Mental Health Center

    This previously recorded webinar aims to provide a foundation for the successful implementation of IPS practice principles in your community mental health center in order to better engage and support the career development of older youth and young adults diagnosed with serious mental health conditions. The presenters will share both direct practice and program management…

  • Peer Support: A Disruptive Innovation with Pat Deegan (Region 6 Peer Support Conference)

    The materials for this product were originally aired and distributed during the South Southwest MHTTC Region 6 Peer Support Conference which took place June 22-24. Systemic racism. Police reform. A global pandemic. These have been challenging times. In this keynote address, Dr. Pat Deegan will reflect on the resilience of the peer support community during…

  • Radical Peer Support: Reimagining Care Systems & Mental Health with Yolo Akili Robinson (Region 6 Peer Support Conference)

    The materials for this product were originally aired and distributed during the South Southwest MHTTC Region 6 Peer Support Conference, which took place June 22-24. What is possible for how peer support can change communities? How can we build systems that support peer support as a viable health care option that don’t dilute or diminish…

  • Positionality Project

    The Positionality Project at the South Southwest MHTTC was created to provide resources for the mental health workforce in Region 6 to understand positionality and how it shapes their work. For mental health providers, it is hoped that such understanding can translate to improved quality of care by identifying social positions that impact relationships, the effects of systems and…

  • Family Member/Support Person Engagement During Care for First Episode Psychosis: Challenges and Strategies to Move Forward

  • “Promoviendo El Bien Estar”: Self-Care Cultural Considerations for Latino/Hispanic Frontline Workers

    A detailed view of self-care techniques specific to Latino/Hispanic frontline workers, as well as cultural implications of what self-care means to Latinos/Hispanics. Learning Objectives: – Identify and differentiate between stress, burnout and compassion fatigue – Increase awareness of stressors and triggers – Identify healthy and unhealthy coping skills (self-nourishment, self-medication & reconnecting) – Learn about…

  • Trauma Informed Work with Asylum-Seeking Youth at the Border

    Providing care and support for children, youth, and families as they navigate the asylum system can be challenging. It can be hard to know how to be as helpful as possible, especially when communication is difficult. In this brief video, two mental health experts with experience within the asylum and immigration systems share their suggestions…

  • Leading Your Team Through Overwhelm: Prevention and Recovery

    While facing the challenges of these times,  leaders may notice that almost everyone is either overwhelmed or on the edge of overwhelm. You may not be sure of what to offer an over-taxed team. Self-care and resiliency training  will help, but it is not enough to reduce and prevent the current state of overwhelm we…

  • Structural Racism and Mental Health: Challenges and Opportunities

    Structural racism is the main driver of mental health inequities and poor mental health outcomes, and yet, few understand the outsized role that structural racism places in the identification, diagnosis, and management of mental illnesses and substance use disorders. This presentation will examine key concepts associated with structural racism, will provide clear examples of how…

  • Trauma and Secondary Trauma: Caring for Yourself and Others

    Your boundaries have one purpose: to take care of you. Understand the four steps of boundary development, how culture shapes boundaries, and how to become a boundaries expert in your life. Learn the seven patterns and how to bring balance to your own patterns. Learn skills for extreme boundary challenges – especially important during the…

  • Developing and Supporting the Boundaries You Need

    Your boundaries have one purpose: to take care of you. Understand the four steps of boundary development, how culture shapes boundaries, and how to become a boundaries expert in your life. Learn the seven patterns and how to bring balance to your own patterns. Learn skills for extreme boundary challenges – especially important during the…

  • School-Wide Screening for Mental Health Concerns

    Schools are in a unique position to screen for social, emotional, and behavioral risks for students. This document provides guidance for schools on planning for school-wide screening activities and organizing their response to student risk through a multi-tiered system of support.

  • Gender Diversity in a New Decade: Affirmative Care with Transgender and Non-Binary Persons

    This previously recorded webinar aims to increase participants’ understanding of the diversity of gender expression, gender identity, and biological sex. We will strive to expand attendees’ knowledge beyond the gender binary by providing an overview of community experiences, identity markers and meanings, research related to the construct of gender minority stress, and potential differences in…

  • Fostering Resilience: Responding to the Needs of School-Age Children

    Schools serve a critical function in supporting the resilience of students. The effects of social distancing include disruption in school, interrupted social connections, and upending of regular routines for children and families. The loss of these social connections and daily routines, which provide opportunities for connection, as well as emotional, social, and academic skills, can…

  • Cultural and Linguistic Responsiveness in Telehealth – Spanish

    This brief identifies issues to consider when conducting mental health services and supports through telehealth with culturally diverse communities and provides strategies to ensure that the national Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) standards continue to drive efforts towards culturally competent care.

  • Cultural and Linguistic Responsiveness in Telehealth – English

    This brief identifies issues to consider when conducting mental health services and supports through telehealth with culturally diverse communities and provides strategies to ensure that the national Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) standards continue to drive efforts towards culturally competent care.

  • Recognizing and Responding to Trauma in the Wake of Mass Violence

    This resource is a list of evidence-based and best practice interventions utilized in the training and consultation opportunities the South Southwest MHTTC provides to address the trauma needs of individuals impacted by incidents of mass violence. This list may be best understood as a sampling of interventions that are best employed simultaneously, as part of…

  • I’m Not Invisible: Envisioning Rights-Centered Care with Leah Giorgini

    First-episode psychosis can strip away one’s identity, obscure one’s history, and shatter one’s vision for the future. And often, this process happens through contact with the mental health system, rather than the condition itself. At just 17 years old, Leah Giorgini found herself navigating a descent to invisibility after a traumatic childhood marred with violence,…

  • Ruth Shim: Social Determinants of Mental Health & First Episode Psychosis

    Although there is increasing awareness of the social determinants of mental health, the intersection of social determinants and first-episode psychosis is still a developing field. This presentation will highlight the growth in the field and the increasing complexity that must be considered as it relates to structural racism and oppression. Evidence of the role of…

  • Amanda Bowman & Amy Pierce: Connecting Across Realities

    In this 60-min session we will explore the common challenges providers face when supporting people who see, hear, and otherwise experience things that others around them do not. Tasked with time-sensitive concrete requirements, such as completing an eligibility assessment or person-centered recovery plan (PCRP), professionals may struggle to meet the needs of the behavioral health…

  • Bring on the Fear! Maximizing Exposure in the Treatment of Anxiety Disorders for Youth

    This workshop introduces the dominant theoretical model of anxiety disorders and the best-established treatment: exposure-based CBT. Strategies for making the most of exposures to achieve optimal outcomes for anxious youth will be illustrated, and practical application discussed. The training will include didactics, experiential activities, video modeling and behavioral rehearsal of exposure strategies.

  • Mindful Self-Compassion Series

    Self Compassion Series Pt. I: Interrupting Compassion Fatigue: In this session, we talked about how caring for others, as mental health practitioners do, can cause exhaustion and compassion fatigue. We will present self-compassion as a way in which we can replenish our own emotional energy reserves while caring for others. Exercise Worksheet Self Compassion Series…

  • Creating Supportive Environments for LGBTQIA2+ Students and Staff In Schools

    This webinar series brings professionals from the school mental health field to share knowledge, lived experiences, affirming practices and resources to create supportive spaces for the LGBTQIA2+ community in schools in our region.

  • Sustaining Comprehensive School Mental Health Systems

    Developed by the National Child Traumatic Stress Network, this resource guide presents a tiered approach to creating a trauma-informed school environment that addresses the needs of all students, staff, administrators, and families who might be at risk for experiencing the symptoms of traumatic stress. 

  • Human Trafficking and Trauma-Responsive, Healing-Centered Care: A learning opportunity for educators, professionals, and those who comprise school communities

    The South Southwest MHTTC hosted this presentation on April 8, 2024. The program, facilitated by Dr. Heather Curry and Dr. Marianne Thomas, provided the foundations of identifying human trafficking, exploring trauma-informed and trauma-responsive interventions with victims and survivors, as well as techniques used when providing healing-centered care.

  • Person-Centered Recovery Planning: Consultation Corner

    The Consultation Corner featured a monthly webinar series on the “FAQs” of PCRP while also offering practical tools and resources to support quality PCRP at the levels of individual service delivery and organizational systems change. Webinars and tools were offered for a diverse audience of stakeholders, including direct support providers, agency and state leadership, peer…

  • Trauma-Informed Care Training for Caregivers

    In collaboration with the Children’s Commission and the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC), this document has been created to provide trauma-informed care training resources for caregivers (LMHA, CASAs, etc.)

  • Trauma-Informed Care Training for School Professionals

    In collaboration with the Children’s Commission and the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC), this document has been created to provide trauma-informed care training resources for schooling professionals.

  • Trauma-Informed Care Training for Juvenile Justice Professionals

    In collaboration with the Children’s Commission and the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC), this document has been created to provide trauma-informed care training resources for juvenile justice professionals.

  • Trauma-Informed Care Training for Legal Professionals

    In collaboration with the Children’s Commission and the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC), this document has been created to provide trauma-informed care training resources for legal professionals.

  • Trauma-Informed Care Training for Mental and Behavioral Health Professionals

    In collaboration with the Children’s Commission and the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC), this document has been created to provide trauma-informed care training resources for mental and behavioral health professionals.

  • Trauma-Informed Care Training for Child Welfare Professionals

    In collaboration with the Children’s Commission and the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC), this document has been created to provide trauma-informed care training resources for child welfare professionals and advocates.

  • Trauma-Informed Care Training for Victim Services Professionals

    In collaboration with the Children’s Commission and the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC), this document has been created to provide trauma-informed care training resources for victim services professionals.

  • Transforming Our Culture: Embracing Lived Experience and Evidence

    In this presentation, Nybelle Caruso, Dr. Nikolas Buekea, and Tamara Sale, from the EASA Center, build on research about first episode psychosis to discuss how early intervention programs have been established nationally focusing on the needs of young people and their families. Participants learn about the evolution of these national initiatives and the support, assessment,…

  • Building a Learning System of Care Using Data & Outcomes

    The 2020 Southwest First Episode Psychosis Conference took place virtually on August 3rd through the 5th. In this session, Drs. Annette Crisanti, Molly Lopez and Deborah Cohen, along with Bess Friedman, MSc, discuss evaluating early psychosis programs, measuring fidelity, and establishing a framework for a learning healthcare system.

  • Recovery After Incarceration: The Role of Peers in the Reentry Process

    Increased attention to the overrepresentation of individuals with behavioral health challenges in prisons and jails across the country has led policymakers to establish reforms aimed at reducing the number of people in custody. According to the Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), access to community-based supports and services is critical to promoting recovery throughout…

  • Broken Borders: Responding to Trauma in Hispanic and Latino Immigrants and Refugees

    A webcast event hosted by the South Southwest Mental Health Technology Transfer Center (a SAMHSA-funded initiative) at the Texas Institute for Excellence in Mental Health.