Antibullying & Safe Schools Summit

Date: August 6, 2 - 3:30 p.m. ET | REGISTER
This session will illustrate the power of traditions and cultural practices in healing. For example, many communities hold ceremonies when service members leave for their service and again when they return. Practices like sweat lodges, talking circles, honor songs, and drumming all work to heal the mind, body, and soul.

Event Type: Webinar/Virtual Training | Hosted By: Mountain Plains Mhttc
Date & Time: July 1, 2024, 11:00 AM MT | REGISTER
The mental health fields have long been leaders in understanding and raising awareness of the importance of understanding power and privilege. Multiple critiques in the past decade, however, have suggested that an overly simplistic understanding of these constructs can impede personal and professional development in multicultural awareness and, as such, be detrimental to those with whom we work. Thus, in this presentation, nuanced understandings and analyses of power and privilege will be discussed on the basis of advancements in the anti-oppression and antiracism literature.  

Event Type: Webinar/Virtual Training | Hosted By: Mountain Plains Mhttc
Date & Time: (four sessions starting on) June 27, 2024, 11:00 AM MT | REGISTER
This program aims to equip behavioral health leaders with the essential skills and knowledge to effectively lead teams and foster healthier organizational cultures. Participants will learn strategic and people-focused leadership methods through “Authentic Connection.” The goal of this training series is to enhance their ability to navigate uncertainty, ambiguity, and conflict while maintaining resilience and composure in a rapidly changing behavioral health landscape.

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Date & Time: June 20, 2024, 12:00 PM MT | REGISTER
Join Adolescent Health Initiative and Children's Hospital of Los Angeles for a webinar detailing the Justice for Youth in Schools Sparks+ series, a tool for educators and administrators to spark conversation about racism in schools and promote healing. Through this training, participants will identify the impact of oppression and structural barriers on adolescent physical and mental health, recognize the importance of incorporating healing spaces, services, and systems, and create an action plan to utilize Sparks+ in their school communities. Register today and look for more news on the free Sparks+ resource, available on June 20!

June 20, 2024, 12-1:30pm MT
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Join us for a webinar focusing on the impacts of racism on the social and emotional wellbeing of children from historically marginalized populations, with an emphasis on BIPOC children. Facilitators will discuss a holistic approach to supporting children's wellbeing, including key policy changes to mitigate systemic racism, and bias conscious, culturally sustaining practices.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) finalized long-anticipated changes to the nutrition standards that regulate school meals. Among the changes that attracted the most attention were the first-ever limits on added sugar and a scaled-down plan to reduce salt. Read more.