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SUMMARY:CBHL Leadership Community | Supporting the Uptake of Behavioral Health Apps and Technology  
DESCRIPTION:Members-Only \n\n\n\n\n\nAre you grappling with how to address unmet or undermet needs among specific population groups in your community or organization? Have you considered the possibility of integrating behavioral health apps or new technologies into services?  Do you feel stuck by how to choose the right technology\, or how to implement successfully?   \n\n\n\nThursday\, March 6\, 202511:00 am PT / 12:00 pm MT / 1:00 pm CT / 2:00 pm ET \n\n\n\n\nRegister Now\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe increasing demand for behavioral health services\, coupled with challenges in the workforce\, creates a compelling reason to take a closer look at forward-thinking solutions.  Behavioral health apps and other technologies have the potential to supplement existing services by increasing access and engagement among specific communities or population groups. This quarterly CBHL Leadership Community series is designed for any CBHL member interested in the successful integration of behavioral health apps and technology as a complement to existing practices. You are encouraged to register and join the full series.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGuest Speaker\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLaura Galbreath\, MPP\, is the director of behavioral health and workforce at the National Academy for State Health Policy (NASHP). In her role\, Laura collaborates with state and federal policymakers to design evidence-based initiatives that enhance mental health and addiction prevention\, treatment\, and recovery services. With a focus on bridging policy and practice\, Laura advises state health leaders on integrated care delivery models\, workforce strategies\, and financing solutions for behavioral health initiatives. With years of experience in technical assistance and stakeholder engagement\, Laura is passionate about fostering research-driven policies that can positively impact state health systems across the nation. As a skilled health care executive\, Laura has dedicated her career to improving access to behavioral health services for individuals across the nation. Prior to joining NASHP\, she was a consultant and vice president at the National Council for Community Behavioral Health\, where she led the nation’s first national center providing knowledge and technical assistance to support the integration of primary and behavioral healthcare. Laura holds a Master of Public Policy from George Mason University and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Central Florida. \n\n\n\n\n\nLeadership Community Hosts\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDr. Gastfriend is an addiction psychiatrist. At Harvard Medical School\, he directed addiction research at Massachusetts General Hospital and was an investigator in the NIDA Cocaine Collaborative Study\, NIAAA’s COMBINE Study and NIDA’s Clinical Trials Network. As Vice President at Alkermes\, Inc.\, he directed scientific publications on Vivitrol in clinical\, criminal justice and health economics research. \n\n\n\nHis research led most states to endorse the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) Criteria. His 150 scientific publications include the books The ASAM Criteria and Addiction Treatment Matching. His ASAM CONTINUUM – The ASAM Criteria Decision Engine ® and ASAM’s CO-Triage ® tools are being adopted nationwide. \n\n\n\nIn 2016\, he co-founded DynamiCare Health\, a nationally-scalable technology for Contingency Management and predictive analytics\, winning awards from HarvardBusiness School\, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts\, the Governor of Ohio\, and the New York Times. He has consulted to governments in Belgium\, China\, Iceland\, Israel\, Norway\, Russia and the U.S. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGarrett E. Moran\, Ph.D.\, serves as the the Principal Investigator for the Academy for Integrating Behavioral Health and Primary Care\, a program sponsored by the federal Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)\, and served as Project Director of the Academy from 2010 until 2018. He is deeply committed to advancing holistic\, person-centered health care. Dr. Moran retired in 2021 from his role as the Associate Director of Services and Policy Innovation in the Rockefeller Neurosciences Institute\, and Professor in the School of Public Health and the Department of Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry at West Virginia University (WVU). Before coming to WVU he was a Vice President and Associate Director at Westat where he worked for 29 years. \n\n\n\nDr. Moran has more than 50 years of experience in public policy\, program evaluation\, research\, and management. His career has included key leadership roles on projects for the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE)\, as well as consulting roles with states working on health reform and care integration. His major areas of substantive expertise include integrated healthcare delivery\, health care financing\, health information technology\, and program evaluation. Dr. Moran directed the consultant support and writing contract for the President’s New Freedom Commission on Mental Health in the early 2000s\, and subsequently served as an Advisor and Consultant to the States of Maryland and Ohio as they developed mental health transformation plans. \n\n\n\n\n\nBackground: \n\n\n\nSignificant interest in our November 2023 webinar\, Revolutionizing Behavioral Health: The Role of Behavioral Health Apps in Addressing the Workforce Crisis\, sparked a follow up roundtable dialogue where CBHL members delved into the potential of behavioral health apps as a transformative technology supporting both mental and physical wellbeing. Participants explored challenges faced by organizations in determining how to select the right technology\, considerations for how to implement as a complement to existing services\, and additional support members might need to feel more informed and better equipped to successfully integrate behavioral health apps and technology into existing practices.   \n\n\n\nWhat is a CBHL Leadership Community?  \nCBHL Leadership Communities connect leaders\, organizations\, and systems eager to learn and work across sectors in pursuit of a shared goal.  \n\n\n\n\nWhat is the purpose of a CBHL Leadership Community? \nCBHL leadership communities are created based on member interest with a focus on a specific topic or leadership population. They are recurring over a specific period of time and open to all CBHL members.  \n\n\n\n\nTo improve knowledge and skills of behavioral health leaders through collaboration\, the exchange of ideas\, and professional dialogue. \n\n\n\nTo facilitate informed and collaborative leadership for improved individual\, organizational\, and community outcomes.\n\n\n\nEncourage organic connections among CBHL members through ongoing collaboration around a shared interest. 
URL:https://www.leaders4health.org/event/cbhl-leadership-community-supporting-the-uptake-of-behavioral-health-apps-and-technology-march/
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SUMMARY:CBHL Leadership Community | Synergy in Action: Bringing Concepts Beyond DEI into the Mental Health Workplace
DESCRIPTION:Members-Only \n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us to learn how to integrate DEI with wellbeing into the very fabric of mental health workplaces through the powerful concept of “Synergy”. Synergy is the energy that we feel when we just know that healing is happening. According to Dr. Richard Katz\, “Synergy is out there. The universe is synergistic. We just haven’t learned to open ourselves to it.”Join us for 3 follow up opportunities for CBHL members to practice the skills learned in the Synergy in Action: Bringing Concepts Beyond DEI into the Mental Health Workplace webinar.  These consultation sessions (50 minutes) will be held once per month for the next three months (February\, March\, April). \n\n\n\nTuesday\, March 11\, 202510:00am PT / 11:00am MT / 12:00pm CT / 1:00pm ET \n\n\n\n\nRegister via Zoom\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWe invite participants to bring conundrums or areas of need to the sessions and be ready to practice these skills in their workplaces and lives. The sessions will be informed by a 2 question participant interest survey and each subsequent session will be co-designed to the unique needs and challenges the participants are facing in their current contexts.   \n\n\n\nWhen registering for the session\, please answer the following questions:  \n\n\n\n\nWhat challenges are you currently facing with regards to diversity\, equity\, inclusion and/or workforce culture?\n\n\n\nWhat would you like to see as a result of participating in these sessions?\n\n\n\n\nParticipants will be able to ask questions\, receive feedback\, and support one another to better apply each of the synergy strands on individual\, interpersonal\, and collective levels in their particular workplace and lives. \n\n\n\n\nRegister via Zoom\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhat is a CBHL Leadership Community? \nCBHL Leadership Communities connect leaders\, organizations\, and systems eager to learn and work across sectors in pursuit of a shared goal.  \n\n\n\n\nWhat is the purpose of a CBHL Leadership Community? \nCBHL leadership communities are created based on member interest with a focus on a specific topic or leadership population. They are recurring over a specific period of time and open to all CBHL members.  \n\n\n\n\nEncourage organic connections among CBHL members through ongoing collaboration around a shared interest. \n\n\n\nTo improve knowledge and skills of behavioral health leaders through collaboration\, the exchange of ideas\, and professional dialogue. \n\n\n\nTo facilitate informed and collaborative leadership for improved individual\, organizational\, and community outcomes.\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nLeadership Community Hosts\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDr. Gillian Berry\, Senior Advisor of Culture & Workforce Development \n\n\n\nDr. Gillian Berry is Senior Advisor of Culture & Workforce Development at Stepped Care Solutions. She is a published author and a clinical social worker\, with over 35 years of experience as an educator and practitioner. She has overseen the counseling and psychological services at George Washington University\, leading a multidisciplinary team of mental health professionals through the implementation of the Stepped Care 2.0 approach into their service delivery. She has been a faculty member at the University of Botswana’s Department of Social Work Southern Africa and the University of Maryland School of Social Work. Her clinical interests are strongly influenced by her grandfather’s Indigenous philosophy\, and she provides short-term solution-focused services/therapy from this perspective. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDr. Catie Greene\, Faculty of Culture & Workforce Development \n\n\n\nCatie Greene\, PhD\, LPC is a counselor educator and supervisor.  Catie has worked as a clinician in college counseling centers and group practice\, and an educator in Clinical Mental Health Counseling graduate programs for over 11 years and joined Stepped Care Solutions as a faculty consultant on synergy\, beyond diversity\, equity\, and inclusion in 2020. Catie’s research and practice is grounded in Relational Cultural Theory.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Stepped Care Solutions \n\n\n\nStepped Care Solutions (SCS) is a mission-driven not-for-profit organization\, and the creators of Stepped Care 2.0 (SC2.0©) – an innovative and transformative model that leverages collaborative efforts and technology to transform mental health and substance use health systems for better access and outcomes. SCS exists to help organizations and communities reframe\, rethink\, and redesign the delivery of mental health care services. \n\n\n\nBolstered by principles and driven by evidence\, SCS collaborates with government\, business\, health care\, and more\, to promote and implement an equitable and visionary approach to mental health care\, and ensure every individual receives care that is uniquely suited to their needs. \n\n\n\nRecommended reading:  \n\n\n\nStepped Care 2.0: The Power of Conundrums 1st ed. 2023 Edition \n\n\n\nIndigenous Healing Psychology: Honoring the Wisdom of the First Peoples 2017 \n\n\n\nSynergy\, Healing\, & Empowerment: Insights from Cultural Diversity \n\n\n\nDefining Synergy | Dr. Gillian Berry (video)
URL:https://www.leaders4health.org/event/cbhl-leadership-community-synergy-in-action-bringing-concepts-beyond-dei-into-the-mental-health-workplace-march/
CATEGORIES:Members Only
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SUMMARY:Candid Conversations with Marcy Melvin and Fran Silvestri | Leadership in Motion: Adapting to a Changing Political Landscape
DESCRIPTION:Members-Only \n\n\n\n\n\nJoin CBHL Board members Marcy Melvin and Fran Silvestri for a discussion focused on navigating leadership challenges in today’s dynamic political landscape. This facilitated open dialogue will explore the implications of the new administration and emerging opportunities in our field. This interactive session\, developed in response to member feedback\, provides a unique opportunity to share experiences and insights with peers who understand the complexities of behavioral health leadership. Connect with colleagues and contribute to a meaningful discussion about the future of behavioral health in this changing environment. \n\n\n\nLeadership in Motion: Adapting to a Changing Political LandscapeThursday\, March 20\, 202511:00am PT / 12:00pm MT / 1:00pm CT / 2:00 pm ET \n\n\n\n\nRSVP via Zoom\n\n\n\n\nPlease note: this conversation is open to CBHL members. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCBHL Board Member\, President-Elect \n\n\n\n\n\nMarcy Melvin\, MA is a pivotal executive with over 25 years of experience in behavioral health policy\, training\, and clinical practice. As a Licensed Professional Counselor in Texas her experience includes providing direct clinical and supervisory services to children\, youth\, parents\, and young adults in various clinical settings including residential\, in-home\, outpatient\, private practice\, primary\, secondary\, and post-secondary locations. Marcy is extremely passionate about advancing health equity and reducing disparities and disproportionality; this has been a culmination of her life’s work in various clinical\, organizational and systems settings.  \n\n\n\nMarcy has a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from Xavier University of Louisiana and a Master of Arts in Clinical Psychology from Fisk University. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCBHL Board Member\, President \n\n\n\n\n\nFran Silvestri\, MBA\, recently left the role as founding President and Chief Executive Officer of the Global Leadership Exchange (GLE)\, formerly the International Initiative for Mental Health Leadership (IIMHL) and International Initiative for Disability Leadership (IIDL)\, which he helped organize in 2003. GLE is jointly funded by ten countries\, to build partnerships between mental health leaders in order to rapidly exchange knowledge of best and promising practices internationally.    \n\n\n\nBefore his work with GLE (formerly IIMHL)\, Fran was CEO of Monadnock Family Services (MFS) in Keene\, NH.  In this role he looked internationally to identify\, and then replicate\, innovative services that promote recovery and social inclusion for consumers of mental health services. Such services have included the Wyman Way Cooperative\, an independent\, non-profit corporation managed and operated by consumers of mental health services (based on the Trieste model). He was a founder of a state wide Integrated MH network in New Hampshire owned by six hospitals\, 10 MH centers and the largest physician practice in the state.   \n\n\n\nThrough his work with GLE\, he has assisted in building international collaborations resulting in the rapid transfer of innovations and creative practices from one country to another.  \n\n\n\nThe unique week long GLE Leadership Exchange is held every two years and is a unique global experience for key MH leaders to meet international colleagues\, share knowledge and build partnerships. GLE also has facilitated a series of ongoing collaborations on specific topics and has partnered with the WHO on their Special Initiative working with 10 low and middle income countries to link key national mental health leaders to support developments.  \n\n\n\n\n\nWhat are CBHL Candid Conversations? \nCBHL Candid Conversations provide an informal platform for connecting and networking with other CBHL members\, fostering an environment where we can learn from one another’s experiences.  Led by a CBHL member or partner\, these sessions are designed to facilitate the exchange of valuable leadership insights\, skills\, and support.  Occurring at least once a month\, Candid Conversations are open to all CBHL members.    \n\n\n\n\n\nThe purpose of CBHL Candid Conversations is to:  \n\n\n\n\nNetwork and Collaborate: Meet and engage with fellow CBHL colleagues in an informal\, small group environment that encourages collaboration and the building of meaningful connections \n\n\n\nLearn and Innovate: Acquire new skills and exchange fresh ideas with experienced leaders in a supportive and trusting environment\, fostering personal and professional growth \n\n\n\nShowcase Success: Highlight successful member programs or best and promising practices that demonstrate potential for scaling and broader application. 
URL:https://www.leaders4health.org/event/candid-conversations-with-marcy-melvin-and-fran-silvestri-leadership-in-motion-adapting-to-a-changing-political-landscape/
CATEGORIES:Candid Conversations,Members Only
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