Mental Health Summit
In-Person Schedule
8:30 – 9:45 a.m.: Welcome and Keynote Presentation
Keynote Presenters:
Maggie Sutton, CSW, City Case Manager
Dan Weber, Assistant Chief, Community Risk Reduction, Greenfield Fire Rescue
CE Hour: 1
Since the late 1960’s, the 911 system has been used to call for help in a true emergency. Today, not so much. The majority of 911 utilization is now used for low acuity, non-emergency situations. In this session, we will explore a different approach Greenfield Fire-Rescue uses to leverage community paramedics and case management to reduce 911 utilizations and risk throughout the community.
10 – 11 a.m.: Concurrent Sessions – Round 1
Presented by:
Michelle Maloney, PhD, NCSE, ICS and Lauren Scaletta, PsyD, from Rogers Behavioral Health
CE Hour: 1
Various professional organizations have incorporated concepts of harm reduction into best practice guidelines. Due to the updates in research and professional standards, clinicians are tasked with adapting their understanding of interventions for substance use disorders. A challenge for clinical supervisors is balancing evidence-based practice with organizational philosophy, developmental stage of their supervisees, the immediate needs patients, and their own perspectives. This session will examine how the intersection of these dynamics impact clinical supervision. We will use motivational interviewing as a framework for this discussion, particularly considering increased demand for services, needs of the communities we serve, workforce shortage, and compassion fatigue.
Presented by:
Luci Staudacher, MSW, LCSW of Alverno College and Aaliyah Torres, BSW, of UMOS
CE Hour: 1
This session will go in depth describing the approach at UMOS for tobacco prevention and education, particularly with the Hispanic/Latinx Community. We will define macro social work and how this work is impacting the Hispanic/Latinx community regarding tobacco and vaping in Milwaukee, WI.
Come away from this session with the ability to identify the prevention and harm reduction strategies that are being implemented at UMOS to help benefit the Hispanic/Latinx Community. Learn and understand specific tobacco and vaping prevention resources that are available and understand what research states about the importance of macro social work.
Presented by:
Robert Rehberger, Dave Polachowski and Amy Molinski from the Milwaukee Fire Department
CE Hour: 1
This session will explore the Milwaukee Overdose Response team’s approach of pairing peer support specialists with paramedics following a non-fatal overdose. Participants will learn to understand and recognize the benefits of a collaborative approach, identify signs that a person is experiencing a current crisis, and implement strategies to create open communication to meet a client where they are. This session will provide an inside view of how our team uses a brief interaction to make a significant impact.
11:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.: Concurrent Sessions – Round 2
Presented by:
Samantha “Sammi” Schams, PhD, LP, CSAC, from North Shore Center, LLC
CE Hour: 1
If done is better than perfect, is safer better than perfectly safe? We will investigate applying harm reduction strategies to youth and adolescent substance use. We will work toward understanding why this population receives less harm reduction informed treatment and how to effectively apply harm reduction strategies to adolescents. Clinical examples will be provided with time and space for questions throughout the presentation.
Presented by:
W. Matthew Drymalski, PhD, LP, SAC and Jeremy Triblett of Milwaukee County
Behavioral Health Services
CE Hour: 1
In this session, we will introduce participants to BHS’s socioecological-based continuum of care, adapted from the Socioecological Model and the SAMHSA’s Continuum of Care. They will demonstrate how BHS uses this framework as a tool to categorize BHS’s current prevention and harm reduction activities, strategically select and implement future prevention efforts, and adopt a public health model for our prevention work. Finally, several prevention strategies implemented by BHS will be highlighted to demonstrate how the model is helping BHS to implement a diverse, multi-level portfolio of prevention activities.
12:30 – 1:30 p.m.: Resource Fair and Networking with Optional Lunch
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