Mental Health and Adult Literacy Webinars in Feb

Group: Disabilities in Adult Education Discussion Topic: Mental Health in Public Schools Laura Weisel's comment on the Discussion Mental Health Issues in Adult Education Greetings!   I wanted to promote a NAASLN webinar that I will be hosting in February that should be very interesting to adult educators in light of all of the crisis situations occurring through out the US related to mental health issues going untreated. Mental Health Issues - What to Look For, How to Manage, and When to Call for Help - Two Parts February 3 & 4, 4:00 PM to 5:30 PM EST This double session will first offer a basic understanding of mental health:  categories of symptoms, treatment, general overall approach to working with individuals with mental health and addiction issues. The second session will target what to do when students demonstrate mental health issues, disclose mental health concerns or conditions, resources, and specific responses to specific situations.  Here is a link to the registration page for this two-part webinar:  https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mental-health-issues-what-to-look-for-how-to-manage-and-when-to-call-for-help-two-parts-february-3-registration-10192759819 As part of the next edition of KET's Adult Learning Quarterly that will be out soon - you may want to look up their interview with me on the topice of Emotions and Learning.  This piece is very informative piece and for individuals interested in how emotions effect learning the article will be very helpful in better understanding what impacts a persons learning - or lack thereof. In addition, NAASLN is also offering a session as a follow-up to the Mental Health Issues webinar: Academic and Personal Counseling Techniques for Adults with Learning Challenges February 19, 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM EST Richard Cooper will be doing a follow-up session on counseling individuals with special learning needs:  Academic and Personal Counseling Techniques for Adults with Learning Challenges.  In this session, Dr. Cooper will be pooling his counseling experiences of working with individuals struggling with learning.  Dr. Cooper will give real life examples of students that he has and is currently working with along with their academic, social, and personal challenges that are typical in the adult population we serve.  Most importantly, Dr. Cooper will offer a set of recommendations and techniques for knowing how to listen, align, identify underlying issues, and ways to begin resolution while building insight. Here is a link to register for Dr. Cooper's webinar:  https://www. eventbrite.com/e/academic-and-personal-counseling-techniques-for-adults-with-learning-challenges-registration-10203162935 Laura Weisel, Ph.D., Research and Innovation The TLP Group, Columbus, OH dr.weisel@powerpath.com 614.850.8677 - Laura Weisel Reply to this comment Original text from the Discussion: Mental Health in Public Schools School officials around the U.S. are searching for the best way to offer mental health services in an underfunded system. "We have schools screening for all kinds of rare infectious diseases, and then we don't screen for common behavioral disorders that are costly to the individual, the family and society," said Mike Dennis, of Chestnut Health Systems. He teaches clinicians in 49 states how to assess and treat patients with mental illness and substance abuse. The U.S. Surgeon General reports that 10 percent of children and adolescents suffer from serious emotional and mental disorders that significantly affect their daily lives. A decade ago, federal health officials recommended universal mental health screenings for students, but it's still not required. An Associated Press review of policies around the nation shows screenings vary widely. There's no consistency on whether the schools screen, at what age they screen and what they screen for. The federal government does not keep track of school mental health screening, so it's all but impossible to say how many schools offer it. The offerings vary from intensive services to virtually none at all. "No state is providing high-end services in all of their schools," said Sharon Stephan, co-director of the Center for School Mental Health, a national organization that provides training for schools and mental health providers. Mental health issues typically start during adolescence, but many people are not diagnosed until later in life when they don't have access to services because they don't have health insurance or their insurance doesn't cover it. However, offering mental health screening in schools can raise other complex issues. Some warn that mass screenings will over-diagnose students and stigmatize them with a life-long label. Some say mass screenings could uncover mental health problems that schools lack resources to treat. "Once we screen and assess and discover the need, I think it's our responsibility to have the resources in place to service every one of those needs that are uncovered," said Denise Wheatley-Rowe, of Behavioral Health System Baltimore. The organization developed a system that has gained national recognition using a team of school officials and community mental health experts to target students most in need. The program helps nearly 7,000 children a year. The team identifies children who may need help based on factors like whether they have a parent in prison or who struggles with substance abuse. It also scans data for those struggling academically and behaviorally, including those with high truancy or suspension rates, and then offers individual counseling or family therapy based on the student's need. What do group members think about the possibility of mental health testing for adult education programs? Do any of you work in programs that offer such services? Rochelle Kenyon, SME -- Comment on this Discussion This is an automatic message from the LINCS Community. Manage your email subscriptions