Are you passionate about your health center? Are you attending Advocacy Day for the first time? This 30-minute webinar will teach you the ropes of how to engage your representatives. It’s the prefect preparation tool for anyone interested in advocacy.
We will cover such topics such as:
- What is advocacy?
- Who are the players?
- What is your message?
- What are the best strategies?
The webinar will be hosted by Kevin Lignell, Communications Consultant for the School-Community Health Alliance of Michigan. It will be recorded and available for future use on our website.
The Success is a Spectrum Parent Conference will provide information on today’s best practices, evidence-based treatments and a number of other topics relevant to give parents tools they can use to help their children with autism. Our goal is to share practical tools, strategies, and resources that can be used, immediately. Along with terrific breakout sessions, we’ve developed a dynamic event full of opportunities for conversation and problem solving. Come out to listen, share, network and grow.
Our Opening Session will feature a parent panel of autism heroes whose stories will allow us to look beyond the everyday challenges of raising a child with autism and celebrate success from multiple perspectives. Join AAoM in this unique, uplifting event!
Michigan Benefits Access promotes the use of a multiple benefit application system, called MI Bridges, through community outreach. MI Bridges is a system developed and maintained by the Department of Human Services. The Michigan Association of United Ways provides training to community organizations to enable staff/volunteers to assist persons directly with applying for public benefits on MI Bridges, as well as, informing the community about the availability of the system for anyone to use on-line. An MBA and MI Bridges Trainer will share the goals of initiative, the expanded features of the technology, possible levels of engagement for community based organizations, and how to navigate MI Bridges when assisting an applicant.
An MBA Trainer will share our program goals, the features of MI Bridges, the levels of engagement for Community Partners, and how to teach clients to use the MI Bridges system.
Please register in advance for this training. There is a limit on the number of attendees. If the training fills to capacity, please contact Beth St. John, MBA Integration Coach at bstjohn@uwmich.org to be added to a waiting list.
Please join the University of Michigan Health System’s Adolescent Health Initiative for the second annual Conference on Adolescent Health! This conference is directed to Physicians, Nurses, Social Workers, Registered Dietitians, Health Educators, Public Health Professionals, and all others who work with adolescents in a health care capacity.
We hope that you can participate both days as we transform the landscape of adolescent health in Michigan and across the country.
- The afternoon of Thursday, April 23, we will host skills-building workshop sessions which aim to improve clinical practices in areas that can substantially impact adolescent care. That evening we will enjoy a networking reception as well as a poster-viewing session.
- Friday, April 24, will be an all-day conference filled with exceptional speakers discussing the most cutting-edge topics in adolescent health.
2015 Conference Objectives
- Identify and implement evidence-based adolescent healthcare practices in the arenas of mental health, physical health, and sexual health.
- Understand and utilize the latest advancements in technology and communication with and among adolescents.
- Develop evidence-based communication skills for working with adolescents specific to morbidities prevalent in adolescents (Thursday).
Please note:
- For information regarding pricing, please see the ‘Fees’ page. Be sure to register by March 20, 2015, to receive the early-bird discount!
- For information regarding hotel accommodations, please see the ‘Location’ page.
This conference is made possible through the generous support of the University of Michigan Health System and the Michigan Department of Community Health.
THIS IS NOT A SCHA-MI EVENT. PLEASE CONTACT THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES FOR MORE INFO.
Hosted by the Michigan Department of Human Services, Michigan Department of Community Health, Michigan Association for Suicide Prevention
OPENING REMARKSOPENING REMARKS——Lieutenant Governor Brian Calley
KEYNOTE SPEAKER —— Eric Hipple – Former Detroit Lions quarterback ; Outreach Coordinator at the University of Michigan Depression Center
This FREE conference will include workshops covering topics such as:
- Suicide and Biology
- Bullying
- LGBTQ and Suicide
- Suicide in the Native American Community
- Regional Planning
- SafeTalk (w/certification)
- Signs of Depression
- Secondary Trauma
- Veterans and Suicide
** Registration information to follow; CEU’S AVAILABLE**
This is an opportunity for anyone interested/able to participate and become a certified instructor in either MHFA or YMHFA. This training is free except for your staff time, mileage, meals and lodging. Its an intensive training but can be useful for school staff and others you work with.
Please email Kim Batsche-McKenzie at batsche-mckenziek@michigan.gov potential certified instructor names, complete with the individual’s email addresses and training location preference. This offer will be available on a first come first serve basis until the trainings are filled.
Michigan Benefits Access promotes the use of a multiple benefit application system, called MI Bridges, through community outreach. MI Bridges is a system developed and maintained by the Department of Human Services. The Michigan Association of United Ways provides training to community organizations to enable staff/volunteers to assist persons directly with applying for public benefits on MI Bridges, as well as, informing the community about the availability of the system for anyone to use on-line. An MBA and MI Bridges Trainer will share the goals of initiative, the expanded features of the technology, possible levels of engagement for community based organizations, and how to navigate MI Bridges when assisting an applicant.
For those who work with youth, managing challenging behaviors that interfere with development, learning or success can be both frustrating and exhausting. This workshop will review challenging behaviors related to aggression, non-compliance and attention-seeking, and will provide a framework for intervening with these behaviors. Participants will analyze the effectiveness of their current approach and develop insights into what is happening when attempts at intervention do not work. They will gain a clear understanding of how to structure interactions for positive outcomes and will be provided with a coaching model to bring out the best in youth who exhibit challenging behaviors.
Please note: This workshop does not provide training for clinical therapy or review clinical conditions that may lead to challenging behaviors.
Workshop Outline
- What is Challenging Behaviors?
- Your Response and the Role of Empathy
- When Challenging Behavior Escalates
- Coaching and Providing Direction
- Finding Your Interaction Style
- Positioning Yourself to Coach
- Behavior Guidance
- A Coaching Model for Challenging Behaviors
- Aggressive Reactions
- Key Concepts in Defusing Aggression
- Coaching to Guide Aggression
- Noncompliance
- Key Concepts in Reshaping Noncompliance
- Coaching to Guide Noncompliance
- Attention Seeking
- Key Concepts in Attention Seeking
- Coaching to Guide Attention Seeking
Target Audience
This is an introductory level workshop intended for social service and health care professionals, teachers, parents and anyone working with children and youth who exhibit challenging behaviors.
Method of Delivery
Lecture, video, group exercises, and small group discussion.
Learning Objectives
At the end of this workshop, participants should be able to:
- Recognize the function of challenging behaviors
- Apply a coaching framework for behavior change.
- Evaluate their current intervention style
- Apply a framework for behavior change
- Support children and youth in managing challenging behaviors
Last Day to Register – April 29, 2015
Michigan Benefits Access promotes the use of a multiple benefit application system, called MI Bridges, through community outreach. MI Bridges is a system developed and maintained by the Department of Human Services. The Michigan Association of United Ways provides training to community organizations to enable staff/volunteers to assist persons directly with applying for public benefits on MI Bridges, as well as, informing the community about the availability of the system for anyone to use on-line. An MBA and MI Bridges Trainer will share the goals of initiative, the expanded features of the technology, possible levels of engagement for community based organizations, and how to navigate MI Bridges when assisting an applicant.