Course Description:

Mental Health First Aid for Adults is an 8-hour, interactive certification course that provides an overview of mental health and substance use conditions as well as their risk factors, warning signs, impact, and common treatments.  Participants will receive a MHFA manual which is a blueprint for providing comfort, promoting recovery, and helping to reduce distress related to stressful situations, trauma and crisis. Mental Health First Aid teaches a 5-step action plan to offer initial help to people with the signs and symptoms of a mental illness or in a crisis, and connects them with the appropriate professional, peer, social, or self-help care.  Participants vary widely and include primary and long-term care professionals, law enforcement and first responders, school personnel and educators, employers, parents, guardians, consumers, faith communities, mental health advocacy organizations, state policymakers, and the general public.

Course Link:
http://www.northernlakescmh.org
CE Value (credits): 8
CE Type: Standard

Sponsor:
Northern Lakes CMH

Contact Information:
Bobbi Hudson
231-935-3173
training@nlcmh.org

Course Description:

Mental Health First Aid for Adults is an 8-hour, interactive certification course that provides an overview of mental health and substance use conditions as well as their risk factors, warning signs, impact, and common treatments.  Participants will receive a MHFA manual which is a blueprint for providing comfort, promoting recovery, and helping to reduce distress related to stressful situations, trauma and crisis. Mental Health First Aid teaches a 5-step action plan to offer initial help to people with the signs and symptoms of a mental illness or in a crisis, and connects them with the appropriate professional, peer, social, or self-help care.  Participants vary widely and include primary and long-term care professionals, law enforcement and first responders, school personnel and educators, employers, parents, guardians, consumers, faith communities, mental health advocacy organizations, state policymakers, and the general public.

Course Link:
http://www.northernlakescmh.org
CE Value (credits): 7.5
CE Type: Standard

Sponsor:
Northern Lakes CMH

Contact Information:
Beth Burke
231-876-3249
mailto:beth.burke@nlcmh.org

Course Description:

Mental Health First Aid for Adults is an 8-hour, interactive certification course that provides an overview of mental health and substance use conditions as well as their risk factors, warning signs, impact, and common treatments.  Participants will receive a MHFA manual which is a blueprint for providing comfort, promoting recovery, and helping to reduce distress related to stressful situations, trauma and crisis. Mental Health First Aid teaches a 5-step action plan to offer initial help to people with the signs and symptoms of a mental illness or in a crisis, and connects them with the appropriate professional, peer, social, or self-help care.  Participants vary widely and include primary and long-term care professionals, law enforcement and first responders, school personnel and educators, employers, parents, guardians, consumers, faith communities, mental health advocacy organizations, state policymakers, and the general public.

Course Link:
http://www.northernlakescmh.org
CE Value (credits): 7.5
CE Type: Standard

Sponsor:
Northern Lakes CMH

Contact Information:
Beth Burke
231-876-3249
mailto:beth.burke@nlcmh.org

Course Description:

This year's CAPE conference will focus on the well being of children and families in our community. With education, early intervention, and community involvement, we can all play a role in creating a safe and nurturing environment for children to grow and thrive. Together, we can help prevent child abuse and ensure that every child has a bright and promising future.Dr. Henry will encourage us to look at environment, history, experience and stressors as key guiding factors when supporting youth experiencing a mental health need. Waja Berarducci will follow with a focus on how trauma impacts the body and how adults can become aware of their own nervous systems before connecting with children who are dysregulated. We will round out the morning with a conversation surrounding concrete supports available to support youth and families in our community.

Course Link:
http://www.upnorthchildabusecouncil.org
CE Value (credits): 3.5
CE Type: Standard

Sponsor:

Child Abuse Prevention and Education Council

Contact Information:
Lisa Clavier
231-838-7724

Course Description:

We will debunk the myths that prevent patients from accessing this valuable resource. The philosophy of hospice is to empower patients and their family to take control of their end-of-life journey. Agreeing to hospice care doesn't mean you've given up; it means you care about quality of life. Hospice care focuses on the management of pain and symptoms so the patient can be as comfortable as possible.

In addition to care for the patient, we will discuss the importance and need to also care for the caregivers. Caregivers often need help along the journey as well. We will examine how the various roles of the hospice team meet the needs of the patient and caregivers.

We will explore how hospice brings quality of life to a life-limiting diagnosis - where patient, physician and the hospice team collaborate.

Course Link: 
https://www.vnabwh.org/education

CE Value (credits): 1.5
CE Type: Standard,

Sponsor Name:
Visiting Nurse Association & Blue Water Hospice

Contact Information:
Anne Culling
810-894-4131
info@vnabwh.org

Course Description:

Mental Health First Aid for Youth is an early intervention public education program. It teaches adults who work with youth how to recognize the signs and symptoms that suggest a potential mental health or substance use problem, how to listen non-judgmentally and give reassurance to a person who may be experiencing a problem. Participants will receive a MHFA manual which is a blueprint for providing comfort, promoting recovery, and helping to reduce distress related to stressful situations, trauma and crisis. Mental Health First Aid teaches a 5-step action plan to offer initial help to young people with signs and symptoms of a mental illness or in a crisis, and connects them with the appropriate professional, peer, social, or self-help care. Participants vary widely and include social workers, primary and long-term care professionals, law enforcement and first responders, school personnel, educators, employers, parents, guardians, consumers, faith communities, mental health advocacy organizations, state policymakers, and the general public. The Youth Mental First Aid program helps participants learn to be a better advocate and improve self-care. The actions a Youth Mental Health First Aider takes can be the first steps in a youth's recovery journey.

Course Link:
http://www.northernlakescmh.org
CE Value (credits): 7.5
CE Type: Standard

Sponsor:
Northern Lakes CMH

Contact Information:
Beth Burke
231-876-3249
mailto:beth.burke@nlcmh.org

Course Description:

Throughout this presentation, common clinical complications associated with achondroplasia will be addressed as well as how the role of rehabilitation takes place. In addition, the barriers to patients with achondroplasia and modifications/adaptive equipment will be discussed and how this may be beneficial. By gaining a better understanding of achondroplasia, healthcare providers will know when clinical findings do not match known diagnosis and when they should investigate further.

Course Link:
http://www.maryfreebed.com
CE Value (credits): 1
CE Type: Standard

Sponsor:
Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital

Contact Information:
Bonita Pawloski
616-840-8292
bonita.pawloski@maryfreebed.com

Course Description:

Mental Health First Aid for Adults is an 8-hour, interactive certification course that provides an overview of mental health and substance use conditions as well as their risk factors, warning signs, impact, and common treatments.  Participants will receive a MHFA manual which is a blueprint for providing comfort, promoting recovery, and helping to reduce distress related to stressful situations, trauma and crisis. Mental Health First Aid teaches a 5-step action plan to offer initial help to people with the signs and symptoms of a mental illness or in a crisis, and connects them with the appropriate professional, peer, social, or self-help care.  Participants vary widely and include primary and long-term care professionals, law enforcement and first responders, school personnel and educators, employers, parents, guardians, consumers, faith communities, mental health advocacy organizations, state policymakers, and the general public.

Course Link:
http://www.northernlakescmh.org
CE Value (credits): 8
CE Type: Standard

Sponsor:
Northern Lakes CMH

Contact Information:
Beth Burke
231-876-3249
mailto:beth.burke@nlcmh.org

Course Description:

Many human trafficking victims go unrecognized by medical professionals.  This presentation will discuss the issue of human trafficking and describe many of the signs and symptoms that may indicate a patient is a victim of human trafficking.   It will also discuss the important role a provider plays and the appropriate steps they should take in the assessment and management of a victim.

Course Link:
http://www.maryfreebed.com
CE Value (credits): 1
CE Type: Standard

Sponsor:
Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital

Contact Information:
Bonita Pawloski
616-840-8292
bonita.pawloski@maryfreebed.com

Course Description:

Mental Health First Aid for Adults is an 8-hour, interactive certification course that provides an overview of mental health and substance use conditions as well as their risk factors, warning signs, impact, and common treatments.  Participants will receive a MHFA manual which is a blueprint for providing comfort, promoting recovery, and helping to reduce distress related to stressful situations, trauma and crisis. Mental Health First Aid teaches a 5-step action plan to offer initial help to people with the signs and symptoms of a mental illness or in a crisis, and connects them with the appropriate professional, peer, social, or self-help care.  Participants vary widely and include primary and long-term care professionals, law enforcement and first responders, school personnel and educators, employers, parents, guardians, consumers, faith communities, mental health advocacy organizations, state policymakers, and the general public.

Course Link:
http://www.northernlakescmh.org
CE Value (credits): 8
CE Type: Standard

Sponsor:
Northern Lakes CMH

Contact Information:
Beth Burke
231-876-3249
mailto:beth.burke@nlcmh.org

Course Description:

Mental Health First Aid for Youth is an 8-hour, interactive certification course that provides an overview of mental health and substance use conditions as well as their risk factors, warning signs, impact, and common treatments for young people.  Participants will receive a MHFA manual which is a blueprint for providing comfort, promoting recovery, and helping to reduce distress related to stressful situations, trauma and crisis. Mental Health First Aid teaches a 5-step action plan to offer initial help to young people with the signs and symptoms of a mental illness or in a crisis, and connects them with the appropriate professional, peer, social, or self-help care.  Participants vary widely and include social workers, primary and long-term care professionals, law enforcement and first responders, school personnel and educators, employers, parents, guardians, consumers, faith communities, mental health advocacy organizations, state policymakers, and the general public.

Course Link:
http://www.northernlakescmh.org
CE Value (credits): 8
CE Type: Standard

Sponsor:
Northern Lakes CMH

Contact Information:
Beth Burke
231-876-3249
mailto:beth.burke@nlcmh.org

Course Description:

Mental Health First Aid for Adults is an 8-hour, interactive certification course that provides an overview of mental health and substance use conditions as well as their risk factors, warning signs, impact, and common treatments.  Participants will receive a MHFA manual which is a blueprint for providing comfort, promoting recovery, and helping to reduce distress related to stressful situations, trauma and crisis. Mental Health First Aid teaches a 5-step action plan to offer initial help to people with the signs and symptoms of a mental illness or in a crisis, and connects them with the appropriate professional, peer, social, or self-help care.  Participants vary widely and include primary and long-term care professionals, law enforcement and first responders, school personnel and educators, employers, parents, guardians, consumers, faith communities, mental health advocacy organizations, state policymakers, and the general public.

Course Link:
http://www.northernlakescmh.org
CE Value (credits): 8
CE Type: Standard

Sponsor:
Northern Lakes CMH

Contact Information:
Beth Burke
231-876-3249
mailto:beth.burke@nlcmh.org

Course Description:

The conference will focus on the well being of children and families by promoting social and emotional health. This year's main focus will be on social media with break out sessions on suicide prevention, Native American culture, and developing emotional intelligence in children. Please see keynote (below) and break out session sheets (attached) for details.

Course Link:
https://www.upnorthchildabusecouncil.org/events/2019-cape-annual-spring-conf
CE Value (credits): 6.0
CE Type: Standard

Sponsor:
Child Abuse Prevention and Education Council

Contact Information:
Lisa McCullough
231-838-7724
cooiecarp@gmail.com

Course Description:

The Life Participation Approach to Aphasia (LPAA) is consistent with a person-centered treatment model in speech therapy. However, due to current clinical working demands, at times a workbook approach or non-meaningful language therapy is provided to patients with aphasia. This presentation focuses on how the clinical Speech Language Pathologist can use the LPAA in language therapy from Day one, with a focus on treating the language impairment.

Course Link:
http://www.maryfreebed.com
CE Value (credits): 1
CE Type: Standard

Sponsor:
Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital

Contact Information:
Bonita Pawloski
616-840-8292
bonita.pawloski@maryfreebed.com

Course Description:

Many children and families face stressful situations, including parental depression or other mental illness, community violence, and poverty. Adversities such as these can be difficult and painful for all involved. This interactive session will give time for participants to explore how resilience can be recognized and fostered at four levels: the individual, the family, the school and caregiving systems, and the larger community and discuss current research in developmental psychology to include how to “be” with children.

Course Link:
http://www.mi-aimh.org
CE Value (credits): 3
CE Type: Standard

Sponsor:
Michigan Association for Infant Mental Health

Contact Information:
Jennifer Kraus
231-631-1080
Jennifer.Kraus@nlcmh.org

Course Description:

Being seen and understood by a person we care or and who cares for us is one of our most powerful desires, for adults and children alike. For a young child, this understanding helps develop the mind and a sense of self. This interactive session will explore ways adults can continue to be interpreters of children’s experiences as a way of supporting them to recognize and manage strong emotions, build protective factors, think more clearly, and learn new ways to adapt and take part in a social world.

Course Link:
http://www.mi-aimh.org
CE Value (credits): 4.5
CE Type: Standard

Sponsor:
Michigan Association for Infant Mental Health

Contact Information:
Jennifer Kraus
231-631-1080
Jennifer.Kraus@nlcmh.org

Course Description:

Mental Health First Aid for Youth is an 8-hour, interactive certification course that provides an overview of mental health and substance use conditions as well as their risk factors, warning signs, impact, and common treatments for young people.  Participants will receive a MHFA manual which is a blueprint for providing comfort, promoting recovery, and helping to reduce distress related to stressful situations, trauma and crisis. Mental Health First Aid teaches a 5-step action plan to offer initial help to young people with the signs and symptoms of a mental illness or in a crisis, and connects them with the appropriate professional, peer, social, or self-help care.  Participants vary widely and include social workers, primary and long-term care professionals, law enforcement and first responders, school personnel and educators, employers, parents, guardians, consumers, faith communities, mental health advocacy organizations, state policymakers, and the general public.

Course Link:
http://www.northernlakescmh.org
CE Value (credits): 8
CE Type: Standard

Sponsor:
Northern Lakes CMH

Contact Information:
Beth Burke
231-876-3249
mailto:beth.burke@nlcmh.org

Course Description:

This one day conference will assist social workers and other behavioral health practitioners to obtain diverse and well-rounded knowledge regarding the topic of suicide, including awareness, assessment, prevention and survivor stories. The varied backgrounds of the speakers will present information about community projects and community responses to the increases in suicide; the prevention of suicide with the zero suicide project, the affects of suicide on families, friends and other survivors and society's responsibility to the devastating impact of suicide.

Course Link:
http://www.wmcmhs.org
CE Value (credits): 5.0
CE Type: Standard

Sponsor:
West Michigan Community Mental Health

Contact Information:
Kim Goodrich
231-843-5400
kimg@wmcmhs.org

Course Description:

For 2019's conference, we're focusing on supporting recovery - providing treatment and recovery options for those struggling, strategies aimed at family supports, and creating resources and infrastructure to better provide for those in our community who need a place to turn during recovery and beyond.

Course Link: http://www.rethinkingaddiction.org

CE Value (credits): 76
CE Type: Standard

Sponsor Name:
Addiction Treatment Services

Contact Information:
Maggie Smith
231-922-4810
mailto:maggies@addictiontreatmentservices.org

Course Description:

Mental Health First Aid for Youth is an 8-hour, interactive certification course that provides an overview of mental health and substance use conditions as well as their risk factors, warning signs, impact, and common treatments for young people.  Participants will receive a MHFA manual which is a blueprint for providing comfort, promoting recovery, and helping to reduce distress related to stressful situations, trauma and crisis. Mental Health First Aid teaches a 5-step action plan to offer initial help to young people with the signs and symptoms of a mental illness or in a crisis, and connects them with the appropriate professional, peer, social, or self-help care.  Participants vary widely and include social workers, primary and long-term care professionals, law enforcement and first responders, school personnel and educators, employers, parents, guardians, consumers, faith communities, mental health advocacy organizations, state policymakers, and the general public.

Course Link:
http://www.northernlakescmh.org
CE Value (credits): 8
CE Type: Standard

Sponsor:
Northern Lakes CMH

Contact Information:
Beth Burke
231-876-3249
mailto:beth.burke@nlcmh.org

Course Description:

Restoration Place presents Human Trafficking Education Seminars to inform professional and community groups on how to identify and respond to human trafficking.  Seminars are open to all who wish to expand their understanding of what human trafficking is, what it is not, and how to respond when suspected.  We take a deeper look into what fuels human trafficking and how vulnerabilities in young people can be identified early, resulting in early prevention, protection, and recovery.

Course Link:
https://www.restorationplace.org/training.html
CE Value (credits): 3
CE Type: Standard

Sponsor:
Restoration Place

Contact Information:
Amy Rouleau
810399-9713

mailto:amy@restorationplace.org

Course Description:

Restoration Place presents Human Trafficking Education Seminars to inform professional and community groups on how to identify and respond to human trafficking.  Seminars are open to all who wish to expand their understanding of what human trafficking is, what it is not, and how to respond when suspected.  We take a deeper look into what fuels human trafficking and how vulnerabilities in young people can be identified early, resulting in early prevention, protection, and recovery.

Course Link:
https://www.restorationplace.org/training.html
CE Value (credits): 3
CE Type: Standard

Sponsor:
Restoration Place

Contact Information:
Amy Rouleau
810399-9713

mailto:amy@restorationplace.org

Course Description:

This clinical seminar will zoom right into the clinical reality of infant mental health practitioners who are faced with risk evaluation of parents with mental health, trauma, and substance abuse, and its consequences to parenting, and the infant’s wellbeing.  How to manage the task of “double scooping” – keeping the parents’ own histories and hurts in mind an supporting their recovery and healing, while also “speaking for the babies” and keeping their wellbeing a priority.  Using case vignettes, both brought by the speakers and also open to reflection on cases and from the audience, we will discuss ports of entry in therapy, and elaborate on how to enhance parental reflective capacity, self-regulation, recovery, trauma healing, and responsiveness to the needs of the infant. 

Course Link:
http://www.mi-aimh.org
CE Value (credits): 3
CE Type: Standard

Sponsor:
Michigan Association for Infant Mental Health

Contact Information:
Jennifer Kraus
231-631-1080
Jennifer.Kraus@nlcmh.org

Course Description:

For twelve years Dr. Maté was the staff physician at a clinic for drug-addicted people in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, where he worked with patients challenged by hard-core drug addiction, mental illness and HIV, including at Vancouver Supervised Injection Site. In his most recent bestselling book , "In The Realm of Hungry Ghosts, " he shows that their addictions do not represent a discrete set of medical disorders; rather, they merely reflect the extreme end of a continuum of addiction, mostly hidden, that runs throughout our society. In The Realm Of Hungry Ghosts draws on cutting-edge science to illuminate where and how addictions originate and what they have in common. Contrary to what is often claimed, the source of addictions is not to be found in genes, but in the early childhood environment where the neurobiology of the brain’s reward pathways develops and the where the emotional patterns that lead to addiction are wired into the unconscious. Stress, both then and later in life, creates the predisposition for addictions, whether to drugs, alcohol, nicotine, or to behavioral addictions such as shopping or sex.

Course Link:
http://www.northernlakescmh.org
CE Value (credits): 6
CE Type: Standard

Sponsor:
Northern Lakes CMH

Contact Information:
Cynthia Peterson
231-935-3099
mailto:cindy.peterson@nlcmh.org

Course Description:

Mental Health First Aid for Youth is an 8-hour, interactive certification course that provides an overview of mental health and substance use conditions as well as their risk factors, warning signs, impact, and common treatments for young people.  Participants will receive a MHFA manual which is a blueprint for providing comfort, promoting recovery, and helping to reduce distress related to stressful situations, trauma and crisis. Mental Health First Aid teaches a 5-step action plan to offer initial help to young people with the signs and symptoms of a mental illness or in a crisis, and connects them with the appropriate professional, peer, social, or self-help care.  Participants vary widely and include social workers, primary and long-term care professionals, law enforcement and first responders, school personnel and educators, employers, parents, guardians, consumers, faith communities, mental health advocacy organizations, state policymakers, and the general public.

Course Link:
http://www.northernlakescmh.org
CE Value (credits): 8
CE Type: Standard

Sponsor:
Northern Lakes CMH

Contact Information:
Beth Burke
231-876-3249
mailto:beth.burke@nlcmh.org

Course Description:

Mental Health First Aid for Adults is an 8-hour, interactive certification course that provides an overview of mental health and substance use conditions as well as their risk factors, warning signs, impact, and common treatments. Participants will receive a MHFA manual which is a blueprint for providing comfort, promoting recovery, and helping to reduce distress related to stressful situations, trauma and crisis. Mental Health First Aid teaches a 5-step action plan to offer initial help to people with the signs and symptoms of a mental illness or in a crisis, and connects them with the appropriate professional, peer, social, or self-help care. Participants vary widely and include primary and long-term care professionals, law enforcement and first responders, school personnel and educators, employers, parents, guardians, consumers, faith communities, mental health advocacy organizations, state policymakers, and the general public.

Course Link:
http://www.northernlakescmh.org
CE Value (credits): 8
CE Type: Standard

Sponsor:
Northern Lakes CMH

Contact Information:
Beth Burke
231-935-3249
mailto:beth.burke@nlcmh.org

Course Description:

Diversity is an understanding that each individual is unique, and assumes recognition that our individual differences are an integral part of each and every one of us. From before birth, our experiences wire our brains – forming templates about how we should view the world and our places in that world, i.e., our reality (Ghosh Ippen, 2012).

The process of honoring diversity begins as we learn to value the experiences of others by suspending judgment and sitting with the tension of acknowledging others’ behaviors as both meaningful and necessary (Stroud, 2010). Honoring diversity is an ongoing process of continuous self-awareness, and provides both motivator and vehicle for re-considerations about ourselves, others, and our work with others (Lewis, 2014).

Placing relationship development at the very core of child-centered, family-focused professional practice, the presenters will encourage participants to consider essential steps toward more culturally informed practice. Four guiding principles of diversity wellness will be introduced and discussed (Ghosh Ippen, Norona, & Thomas, 2012). Each principle will focus on understanding the uniqueness of our wholeness and how our understanding of our uniqueness can help us to see the same in others. Through the process of self-reflection and guided discussion, we will look closely at how our own unique view of ourselves, of others, and of the differences between us, i.e., our own diversity “package,” gets constructed, and how we carry that package with us, how it continues to evolve as we ourselves evolve, and how we unconsciously apply our unique and ever evolving “package” whenever we attempt to engage and search for ways to form connections with others. The reality of inequality, discrimination and intersectionality in our lives and the world in which we live and work will be considered through group discussions of two case vignettes.

Our goal is to promote the broadening our individual and collective cultural lenses in order to strengthen interventionists’ skills in providing culturally rich support to vulnerable families with infants, toddlers, and young children who are just beginning their experiential journeys in our very diverse society.

Course Link:
http://www.mi-aimh.org
CE Value (credits): 5
CE Type: Standard

Sponsor:
Michigan Association for Infant Mental Health

Contact Information:
Nikki Sheehan
231-922-6229
smailto:nsheehan@tbaisd.org