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The Power of Connection: Youth Peer Support in Texas
Youth Peer Support Specialists (YPSS) draw upon their own lived experiences of behavioral health challenges and service use to connect, support, and inspire hope in young people who are experiencing similar struggles. YPSS are near-age peers who occupy non-clinical roles and utilize their specialized training and personal and professional experiences of coping with, recovering from,…
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Micro-Lesson Series: Strengths-Based Approach
The Texas System of Care team is happy to share this self-paced video series on Strengths-Based Approaches for professionals who work with children or families. If you have any questions about the content or supporting materials, please feel free to reach out. Strengths-based approach: A practice centered around the idea that the person seeking help is…
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National Perspective: Best Practices in Integrated Care for Young People with Co-Occurring Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders with Dr. Shepler
Texas System of Care hosted the 2020 Policy Roundtable on Serving Youth with Co-Occurring Disorders in July of 2020. Dr. Richard Shepler, Ph.D., LPCC-S, Director of the Center for Innovative Practices at Case Western Reserve University, presented his keynote. National Perspective: Best Practices in Integrated Care for Young People with Co-Occurring Mental Health and Substance…
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ABC’s of CLC: African American Community
Learn the foundations of cultural and linguistic competence in our webinar series. In this episode, you’ll gain core knowledge for effective work with African-American communities. This episode is part of a series of webinars that will discuss cultural competence in working with specific populations.
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ABC’s of CLC: Hot Topics
In this webinar series, we define and explain foundational terminology and concepts of cultural and linguistic competence. This episode will address a number of “hot topics” that are especially relevant today and often widely misunderstood as they relate to various populations. This episode is part of a series of webinars that will discuss cultural competence…
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ABC’s of CLC: Persons Living with Disabilities
In this webinar series, we define and explain foundational terminology and concepts of cultural and linguistic competence. The purpose of this episode is to provide core knowledge that may be beneficial for a deeper understanding of concepts related to working with persons living with disabilities. This episode is part of a series of webinars that…
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ABC’s of CLC: LGBTQ+ Communities
In this webinar series, we define and explain foundational terminology and concepts of cultural and linguistic competence. The purpose of this episode is to provide core knowledge that may be beneficial for a deeper understanding of concepts related to working with the LGBTQ+ community. This episode is part of a series of webinars that will…
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ABC’s of CLC: Latino Communities
In this webinar series, we define and explain foundational terminology and concepts of cultural and linguistic competence. The purpose of this episode is to provide core knowledge that may be beneficial for a deeper understanding of concepts related to working with the Latino community. This episode is part of a series of webinars that discuss…
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ABC’s of CLC: This vs That
The purpose of this webinar is to provide core knowledge that will be beneficial during other training opportunities as you gain a deeper understanding of concepts around cultural competence. The ABC’s of CLC is the first in a series of webinars that discuss cultural competence in working with specific populations.
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Loralei’s Story (Texas Building Bridges Initiative) | Part 7: Texas System of Care Video Series
An estimated 545,000 children and adolescents experience severe mental health conditions every year. In 2014, the Texas Health and Human Services Commission was awarded a grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration supporting a collaboration between agencies, communities, families and youth. The goal of the grant was to weave mental health supports…
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Building Bridges Initiative: Building Outcome-Driven Cultures of Care
In this webinar provided to Texas residential and state oversight agency leaders, Sherri Hammack, the national coordinator for BBI, offers the guiding principles and priority practices within the BBI framework for family-driven care practices with residential interventions. Laura Heintz, CEO, and Ebony Chambers, Family and Youth Partnership Director, both from Stanford Youth Solutions, California, share…
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Building Bridges Initiative: Working with Families in Their Homes and Communities
This webinar is for residential program executive and program leaders, clinical staff, and lead direct-care staff who work or will work with families in their homes and communities, as well as for state oversight agency leaders and staff, family and youth peer mentors/advocates, family members and older youth. This webinar offers a foundation for successfully engaging…
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Building Bridges Initiative: Successfully Engaging and Partnering with Families
In this webinar for residential leaders and clinical staff and oversight agency leaders and staff offers a foundation for successfully engaging and partnering with families, and implementing and/or improving family-driven care practices. This webinar provides an opportunity to learn from leaders who have extensive expertise in working with families in their homes and communities. The webinar…
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Building Bridges Initiative: Residential and Child Welfare Partnerships towards Ensuring Permanent Connections
In this webinar for Texas residential stakeholders and their community counterparts, a brief overview of BBI provides information regarding why state agency and residential leaders across the country are transforming practices, inclusive of the use of permanency practices, to align with the research on improving sustained positive outcomes for youth and families post-residential discharge. The Plummer…
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Building Bridges Initiative: Partnering with Families through Family-Driven Practices
This webinar for Texas residential intervention providers and state agency leaders is the second of several webinars and other technical assistance activities that BBI is providing for Texas leaders. In this webinar, Sherri Hammack, the national coordinator for BBI offers the values and guiding principles within the BBI framework for family-driven care practices with residential…
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Building Bridges Initiative: Moving From Controlling Practices to Collaborative Practices
This webinar for Texas residential intervention providers and state agency leaders is the first of several webinars and other technical assistance activities that BBI is providing for Texas leaders. The first webinar features CEOs, a Clinical Director, and a youth representative from Youth Development Institute (YDI). YDI is a residential program that has made significant…