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Conference Program
B E H AV I O R A L H E A LT H V I R T U A L C O N F E R E N C E
Conference
May 19th - 21st
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Conference
May 19th - 21st
Welcome
It’s hard to believe the annual children’s conference has been held every year for
nearly 30 years. In this, our 28th year, we faced challenges unlike any during the
previous three decades. The COVID-19 pandemic changed the way many medical
services including behavioral health services were provided over the past year.
Technology became invaluable in our efforts and undoubtedly will become even
more so in the future. We have expanded our technology footprint to better reach
Oklahomans, both those we currently serve and those underserved by our system,
with the goal of leveraging innovations in technology so that all Oklahomans can
experience behavioral health services within reach. “Powering Through the
Pandemic and Inspiring Hope,” the theme of this year’s conference, hasn’t always
been easy, yet our network of treatment and support services have excelled despite
unprecedented challenges.
This year, several conference workshops explore the link between trauma and
emotional development. Trauma, a very important concept underscoring the
impact of the last year, is just one of the topics to be addressed at this year’s
conference. Our staff has assembled an outstanding collection of educational and
cutting-edge content for all. As we kick off this year’s children’s conference in what
we hope is nearing the final stretch of the pandemic, we hope you are refreshed
and infused with new ideas to better serve future generations of Oklahomans.
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CONFERENCE WEBSITE CONTINUING EDUCATION MOBILE APP
Through the conference website This Conference provides ODMHSAS understands that not
you will have access to Live Continuing Education Units (CEU) all participants will have access to a
Sessions, Pre-Recorded Sessions, hours approved through the desktop or laptop. We will have all
Speakers Bios and Oklahoma State Board of Licensed sessions that are live broadcast
Exhibitors/Sponsors. Social Workers, the Oklahoma and pre-recorded available on our
• The Speakers tab allows you to Board of Examiners of mobile app.
view each speaker’s headshot, Psychologists, the Oklahoma
bio and professional content. Board of Licensed Alcohol and Download the App. On your
Drug Counselors, the Licensed mobile device, click on your app
• The Exhibitors tab will give you Professional Counselors store icon, type in, “ODMHSAS
an opportunity to learn about Committee, and the Licensed Training Institute” and download
your conference Exhibitors/ Marital and Family Therapist the app. Once the app is
Sponsors and a way to connect Committee, Case Managers and downloaded you will need to
with them via their website, Peer Recovery Support Specialists. enter the following code in order
social media, etc.. Also CEU’s have been applied for to access the 2021 Children’s
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the daily live Enforcement Education and Conference. The app code is
streaming sessions. Training (CLEET). Continuing 21CHILDRENS
education has been requested for
• The Streams tab is where you Certified Prevention Specialists. What you need to know. If you
will find the prerecorded You must complete the online download and access the app for
sessions as well as the daily live registration in order to receive any the upcoming conference you
streaming sessions. CEU credit for attending the online will be entered into a drawing to
• The FAQ tab has frequently virtual Conference. win free registration to next
asked conference related year’s Children’s Behavioral
question and answers along Please refer all questions Health Conference.
with reoccurring trouble regarding Continuing Education
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more information on your Training Institute at 405-248-9191.
questions or concerns not
addressed on this portion of
the website, please call the
ODMHSAS Training Institute at
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REFUND AND
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CONFERENCE CERTIFICATE CANCELLATION POLICY FOR MORE INFORMATION:
A Survey will be available on ODMHSAS has a Call the ODMHSAS Human
the conference website and will NO REFUND POLICY. Resources Development Office at
also be sent out via email after 405-248-9191.
May 26, 2021. In order to receive Non-Emergency Cancellations
a certificate with CEU credits If you cannot attend the
included, the survey must Conference or Training, you may
be completed. transfer your registration to
another attendee or transfer your
Session Codes are displayed registration fees back to your
during each session. You must account to be used toward another
record the code for each session Conference or Training at a later
you attend to enter in the survey. date. All fees must be applied no
later than one year from the date
Once the survey has been of cancellation. You must contact
completed the ODMHSAS Training the ODMHSAS Training Institute to
Institute will send the certificate apply these cancellation fees on
with CEU credits included to the your account towards the
address provided in the survey. If Conference or Training for which
you have any questions or you want to register.
concerns, please call the
ODMHSAS Training Institute at Emergency Cancellations
(405) 248-9191. Refunds may be granted at the
discretion of ODMHSAS Training
What you need to know. If you are Institute staff if unable to attend
not registered through the the Conference or Training due to
ODMHSAS Training Institute’s family death or extraordinary
online registration website you will circumstances, such as inclement
not receive a certificate with weather, natural disasters, or if the
CEU credit. Conference or Training is canceled
by ODMHSAS.
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CONFERENCE AT A GLANCE
Day Featured
1 Day 1 of Live Broadcast, May 19, 2021
Keynote
9:00 – 10:00 a.m. AM Keynote Speaker
Speakers
10:00 – 10:30 a.m. Break
10:30 – 11:30 a.m. 1st set of Live Online Sessions
Ross Greene, Ph.D.
11:30 – 12:00 p.m. Intermission Break NYT Bestselling Author of
“The Explosive Child”
12:00 – 1:00 p.m. Lunch Break
1:00 – 2:00 p.m. 2nd set of Live Online Sessions
2:00 – 2:30 p.m. Intermission Break
2:30 – 3:30 p.m. 3rd set of Live Online Sessions
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3:30 – 4:00 p.m.
Substance Abuse
Intermission Break
4:00 – 5:00 p.m. PM Keynote Speaker Bakari Sellers
CNN Political Analyst
& Former SC Representative
Day
2
Day 2 of Live Broadcast, May 20, 2021
9:00 – 10:00 a.m. AM Keynote Speakers
10:00 – 10:30 a.m. Break
10:30 – 11:30 a.m. 1st set of Live Online Sessions Tim Wise
Prominent Anti-Racist
11:30 – 12:00 p.m. Intermission Break Author and Educator
12:00 – 1:00 p.m. Lunch Break
1:00 – 2:00 p.m. 2nd set of Live Online Sessions
2:00 – 2:30 p.m. Intermission Break
2:30 – 3:30 p.m. 3rd set of Live Online Sessions
3:30 – 4:00 p.m. Intermission Break
4:00 – 5:00 p.m. PM Keynote Speaker Howard Glasser
Founder of the Children’s
Success Foundation
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Day 3 of Live Broadcast, May 21, 2021
9:00 – 10:00 a.m. AM Keynote Speakers
10:00 – 10:30 a.m. Break
10:30 – 11:30 a.m. 1st set of Live Online Sessions Ryan Hampton
American Political Activist
11:30 – 12:00 p.m. Intermission Break & Author of “American Fix”
12:00 – 1:00 p.m. Lunch Break
1:00 – 2:00 p.m. 2nd set of Live Online Sessions
2:00 – 2:30 p.m. Intermission Break
2:30 – 3:30 p.m. 3rd set of Live Online Sessions
3:30 – 4:00 p.m. Intermission Break
4:00 – 5:00 p.m. PM Keynote Speaker Charles Hunt
Resilience Expert, Adjunct Professor Mental Health &
& Motivational Speaker Substance Abuse
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Day May 19th, 2021
1
LIVE BROADCAST BREAKOUT SESSIONS
9:00 am
Plenary: Creating Collaborative and Proactive Solutions for Challenging Behaviors
Ross W. Greene, Ph.D.
The CPS model is based on the premise that challenging behavior occurs when the demands
and expectations being placed on a kid exceed the kid’s capacity to respond adaptively…and
that some kids are better equipped (i.e., have the skills) to handle certain demands and
expectations. So the emphasis of the model isn’t on kids' challenging behavior, which is –
whether it’s whining, pouting, sulking, withdrawing, crying, screaming, swearing, hitting,
spitting, biting, or worse – just the manner in which they’re expressing the fact that there are
expectations they’re having difficulty meeting. Nor does the model focus on psychiatric
diagnoses, which are simply categories of challenging behaviors. Rather the model focuses on
identifying the skills a person is lacking and the expectations they’re having difficulty meeting. (In the CPS model, those
unmet expectations are referred to as unsolved problems.) Then the goal is to help them solve those problems, rather
than trying to modify their behavior through application of rewards and punishments. In the CPS model, the problem
solving is of the collaborative and proactive variety. This is in contrast to many of the interventions that are commonly
applied to kids, which are of the unilateral and emergent variety. The goal is to foster a problem-solving, collaborative
partnership between adults and kids and to engage kids in solving the problems that affect their lives. As such, the CPS
model is non-punitive and non-adversarial, decreases the likelihood of conflict, enhances relationships, improves
communication, and helps kids and adults learn and display the skills on the more positive side of human nature:
empathy, appreciating how one’s behavior is affecting others, resolving disagreements in ways that do not involve
conflict, taking another’s perspective, and honesty.
10:00 am | BREAK
10:30 am | CONSECUTIVE BREAKOUT SESSION
Ethics: Co-Occurring Disorders in Youth and Young Adults: The Treatment Tornado, Part 1
Susan Bratcher, LCSW, AADC
This workshop will discuss the current statistics on co-occurring disorders and problem areas, review
available assessment tools, give a brief overview of the American Society of Addiction Medicine
criteria, and address treatment planning tips. The twelve-step assessment process and tools that can
be utilized in the process will be examined. Methods of treatment planning and developing
therapeutic relationships will also be reviewed.
The Brazelton Touchpoints™ Approach: Developmental, Relational, and Trauma Frameworks for Understanding
and Addressing Children’s Behavior, Part 1
Jayne Singer, Ph.D.
This full-day institute will provide an overview of the Brazelton Touchpoints™ Approach with an
exploration of both its Developmental and Relational Frameworks; each with a trauma-informed lens
for deeply understanding children’s functioning. The training day will include interactive PowerPoint
presentation material and video content of provider-parent-child interactions as well as small group
skill-building opportunities for discussion, practice and report out to the large group in order to orient
the participants to Touchpoints-informed practice as applied to their daily challenges. These activities
will support workforce skills and well-being in service of capacity to serve young children and
their families.
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10:30 am continued
Clinical CBT Supervision Institute, Part 1
Dr. Leslie Sokol, Ph.D.
Developing CBT proficiency requires specification of knowledge and skills. Multiple authors have
shown that coaching and feedback are essential to acquiring new skills. This experiential workshop is
for anyone who practices, teaches or supervises CBT. Becoming a skilled CBT supervisor is an effective
way to advance one’s individual clinical skills as well as those we train and supervise. Clinicians, trainers,
and supervisors of all levels of proficiency in CBT will find this interactive workshop helpful in
enhancing core competencies in CBT in the professionals we are and the ones we train. BT is the
Cognitive Therapy Rating Scale or CTRS, (Young and Beck, 1988) will be highlighted.
17 AND LIFE DOESN’T WAIT Film Screening (58 mins) and
Discussion Panelists: Stacy Barrett and Leslie Hebert, LPC,
LADC with film maker Maureen Judge
17 AND LIFE DOESN'T WAIT paints a
lively, candid and emotionally charged
view of life through the eyes of three
teen girls. The film follows them during their senior year of high school, as they experience the
impact of the outside world, their impending independence, and the conflicting expectations
and often overwhelming anxiety that come with being a girl. It delves into the teens’ attitudes,
actions and goals, as they dream about the future, and discover their passions and anxieties.
While these smart, sassy, and tenacious young women may hail from diverse walks of life, each
has the ambition to continue with her education, and meet her challenges head on, and in her
own way. Shot over nine months, the film captures the girls’ laughter, struggles and victories.
We watch them grapple with family, university acceptances (or rejections) and scholarships,
engage in the perennial primping for senior prom; digest the devastation of the Parkland
massacre; graduate, and confront issues around sexual identity, suicide and assault. Directed
and Produced by Maureen Judge. Attendees will learn the film maker's mission for creating the film and the panel will
explore the similarities youth face in Oklahoma. Panel Discussion will begin at 11:30 am and end at 12:00 pm.
11:30 am | INTERMISSION
Trivia, Jokes, and Fun! Ready for a break? Join us for some entertaining fun trivia, engaging games, and jokes that are
sure to give you the virtual giggles.
12:00 pm | BREAK FOR LUNCH
1:00 pm | CONSECUTIVE BREAKOUT SESSION
Ethics: Co-Occurring Disorders in Youth and Young Adults: The Treatment Tornado, Part 2
Susan Bratcher, LCSW, AADC
This workshop will discuss the current statistics on co-occurring disorders and problem areas, review available
assessment tools, give a brief overview of the American Society of Addiction Medicine criteria, and address treatment
planning tips. The twelve-step assessment process and tools that can be utilized in the process will be examined.
Methods of treatment planning and developing therapeutic relationships will also be reviewed.
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1:00 pm continued
The Brazelton Touchpoints™ Approach: Developmental, Relational, and Trauma Frameworks for Understanding
and Addressing Children’s Behavior, Part 2
Jayne Singer, Ph.D.
This full-day institute will provide an overview of the Brazelton Touchpoints™ Approach with an exploration of both its
Developmental and Relational Frameworks; each with a trauma-informed lens for deeply understanding children’s
functioning. The training day will include interactive PowerPoint presentation material and video content of
provider-parent-child interactions as well as small group skill-building opportunities for discussion, practice and report
out to the large group in order to orient the participants to Touchpoints-informed practice as applied to their daily
challenges. These activities will support workforce skills and well-being in service of capacity to serve young children and
their families.
Clinical CBT Supervision Institute, Part 2
Dr. Leslie Sokol, Ph.D.
Developing CBT proficiency requires specification of knowledge and skills. Multiple authors have shown that coaching
and feedback are essential to acquiring new skills. This experiential workshop is for anyone who practices, teaches or
supervises CBT. Becoming a skilled CBT supervisor is an effective way to advance one’s individual clinical skills as well as
those we train and supervise. Clinicians, trainers, and supervisors of all levels of proficiency in CBT will find this interactive
workshop helpful in enhancing core competencies in CBT in the professionals we are and the ones we train. BT is the
Cognitive Therapy Rating Scale or CTRS, (Young and Beck, 1988) will be highlighted.
The Resilience Film Discussion
Panelists: Leondra Moore, LCSW, Sgt. Corey Nooner, District Judge Kenneth Stoner and
Laura Boyd, Ph.D.
Attendees will view the award-winning documentary film Resilience: The Biology of Stress & the Science of Hope on their
own between Friday, May 14 and Tuesday, May 18. The conference session will feature a moderated panel discussion with
experts from a variety of professional disciplines discussing what can and is being done to mitigate and prevent adverse
childhood experiences (ACEs) in our state along with audience Q & A. Panel Discussion will begin at 1:00 pm and end
at 2:30 pm
2:00 pm | INTERMISSION
Name That Tune! Do you think you have what it takes to Name That Tune in 10 seconds, 20 seconds or 45 seconds?
Come test your music knowledge and have some laughs with your co-hosts to see if you’ve got what it takes to Name
That Tune!
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Day May 19th, 2021
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2:30 pm | CONSECUTIVE BREAKOUT SESSION
Ethics: Co-Occurring Disorders in Youth and Young Adults: The Treatment Tornado, Part 3
Susan Bratcher, LCSW, AADC
This workshop will discuss the current statistics on co-occurring disorders and problem areas, review available
assessment tools, give a brief overview of the American Society of Addiction Medicine criteria, and address treatment
planning tips. The twelve-step assessment process and tools that can be utilized in the process will be examined.
Methods of treatment planning and developing therapeutic relationships will also be reviewed.
The Brazelton Touchpoints™ Approach: Developmental, Relational, and Trauma Frameworks for Understanding
and Addressing Children’s Behavior, Part 3
Jayne Singer, Ph.D.
This full-day institute will provide an overview of the Brazelton Touchpoints™ Approach with an exploration of both its
Developmental and Relational Frameworks; each with a trauma-informed lens for deeply understanding children’s
functioning. The training day will include interactive PowerPoint presentation material and video content of
provider-parent-child interactions as well as small group skill-building opportunities for discussion, practice and report
out to the large group in order to orient the participants to Touchpoints-informed practice as applied to their daily
challenges. These activities will support workforce skills and well-being in service of capacity to serve young children and
their families.
Clinical CBT Supervision Institute, Part 3
Dr. Leslie Sokol, Ph.D.
Developing CBT proficiency requires specification of knowledge and skills. Multiple authors have shown that coaching
and feedback are essential to acquiring new skills. This experiential workshop is for anyone who practices, teaches or
supervises CBT. Becoming a skilled CBT supervisor is an effective way to advance one’s individual clinical skills as well as
those we train and supervise. Clinicians, trainers, and supervisors of all levels of proficiency in CBT will find this interactive
workshop helpful in enhancing core competencies in CBT in the professionals we are and the ones we train. BT is the
Cognitive Therapy Rating Scale or CTRS, (Young and Beck, 1988) will be highlighted.
3:30 pm | INTERMISSION
Battle of Bands! Need a break? Do you love music? And who doesn’t love a good battle? Join our intermission session
break for Battle of Bands Youth Talent. Take a break, refresh your mind, and enjoy some of the best Oklahoma youth
bands perform and battle it out!
4:00 pm
Plenary: My Vanishing Country
Bakari Sellers
Bakari Sellers will discuss his lived experience of family trauma, social unrest issues/civil
rights background, his resilience and how he cultivated his voice as young person to
pursue his ambitious career as a youth while managing his mental health then and now.
Bakari Sellers shares his experience growing up surrounded by civil rights leaders and
living with anxiety.
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9:00 am
Plenary: Not Giving Up: Maintaining Our Commitment to Justice in Unjust Times
Tim Wise
In this new and exciting presentation, Tim Wise explores the importance of staying strong in
difficult times, and committing to the struggle for justice, even when justice seems far away.
Weaving social movement history with contemporary analysis, humor and storytelling, Wise
provides practical tools for movement building, self-care, how to build effective coalitions, and
how to avoid some of the pitfalls that occasionally befall organizers and activists in every
generation. In this talk, Wise also examines the ups and downs of social media as a tool for
movement building; the importance (and potential blind spots) of movement allies; and
understanding the difference between systems of oppression and individuals who
occasionally act in oppressive ways, and how to stay focused principally on the former, as a way to lessen the harms of
both. Additionally, he explores the importance of "radical humility,” in movement work: recognizing our own mistakes,
our own (often slow) process of becoming aware of injustices, and the recognition that we still have much to learn from
one another. This presentation is a great primer for movement building and effective activism, which will help boost the
resilience of those seeking a more just and equitable world, but who find themselves frustrated by the slow—and often
backwards—pace of change.
10:00 am | BREAK
10:30 am | CONSECUTIVE BREAKOUT SESSION
Beyond Diversity: Steps for Uprooting Racism, Privilege and Institutional Inequity
Tim Wise
In this interactive workshop, participants will explore the causes both formal and informal for institutional racial
inequities. By examining the various policies, practices and procedures that exist within educational, employment and
organizational settings and which often inadvertently perpetuate unequal opportunity and treatment, workshop
attendees can develop strategies for shifting their institutional cultures in the direction of greater parity.
Applied Infant Mental Health Ethics, Part 1
Ashleigh Kraft, LPC-S, IMH-E
Attendees will be introduced to ethics specific to clinical work with infants, toddlers and their
caregivers. They will learn about common ethical errors in this field and how to help guard against
ethical missteps. Participants will have the opportunity to practice applying what they learn to
case vignettes.
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Grooming and The Digital Age: Keeping Our Kids Safe From
Potential Perpetrators
Shelby Lynch and Priscila Gurney
In television and movies, inappropriate relationships between adults and children
are highlighted as examples of passionate, forbidden love. Viewers see the adults in these exchanges dote on the child,
noting that they are "special," " more mature," or "different than others." This process, called grooming, is how
perpetrators lure young people into relationships to eventually exploit and abuse them. Join The CARE Center, Oklahoma
County's Child Advocacy Center, as we dive into the grooming process and help professionals learn how to understand,
identify and combat grooming, both in-person and online.
Finding Carlos Film Screening and Panel Discussion
Panelists: Film maker Lance McDaniel and Melissa Scaramucci and Hui Cha Poos, Moderated by Health Hayes
Finding Carlos is a film that features diverse communities across Oklahoma
while illustrating the dynamics of trauma, recovery and well-being. Set up as
a holiday family movie, our hero Carlos discovers what makes him resilient
and that through hope and community, he is not alone in his struggles. Panel
Discussion will begin at 12:00 am and end at 12:30 pm
11:30 am | INTERMISSION
SILENT AUCTION! Join our intermission break sessions to learn all about the silent auction, see auction items, how to bid
on items and to hear from Oklahoma families who have benefited from training funds raised from past auctions. We are
excited to be back again this year in a new and different way to raise funds for families at the Children’s Behavioral Health
Conference! Our online auction is easy, fun to use and we have some really great items to bid on! The funds raised will be
used to develop and support family leaders and young adult advocates by sending them to state and national confer-
ences. The funding enables family leaders to learn to tell their story, learn from others and effect system change so all
with behavioral health conditions can have a good life.
12:00 pm | BREAK FOR LUNCH
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1:00 pm | CONSECUTIVE BREAKOUT SESSION
Applied Infant Mental Health Ethics, Part 2
Ashleigh Kraft, LPC-S, IMH-E
Attendees will be introduced to ethics specific to clinical work with infants, toddlers and their caregivers. They will learn
about common ethical errors in this field and how to help guard against ethical missteps. Participants will have the
opportunity to practice applying what they learn to case vignettes.
From Burnout to Resilience: Science-Backed Tools for Thriving in the Face of Stress
and Turbulence
Laurie Ellington, MA, LPC, BBC, MCC, HMCT, RYT, NBC-HWC
Resilience is the capacity to prepare for, recover from and adapt in the face of stress, challenge and
adversity. For healthcare practitioners, this requires emotion regulation capacities that allow them to
get the most out of higher order thinking resources. When clinicians can optimize their cognitive
resources, they increase their ability to solve problems with insight, deepen self-regulation and build
social cognition essential for collaboration and helping people facilitate positive change. Not only does emotion
regulation play a fundamental role in developing resiliency, research illustrates that the ability to regulate is essential for
building trust, maintaining high levels of motivation and having the capacity to be flexible and adaptive in the face of
turbulence and on-going flux. Findings in neuroscience and the physiology of stress resilience shine light on the
biological underpinnings of the grit and persistence involved in navigating challenging situations that hold uncertainty,
providing a fresh perspective on what it takes to learn and develop personal resilience in dynamic healthcare contexts.
This evidenced-based program is highly interactive and is based on cutting-edge research from the Institute of
HeartMath® and the physiology of stress resilience. It teaches practical tools for strengthening resiliency, improving
decision-making, enhancing creativity and increasing productivity. The tools taught in this program are utilized by
surgeons, elite athletes, fortune 100 executives, military and educations systems to build stress resilience and improve
human performance levels. Participants walk away with a greater capacity to navigate rapidly changing, high-pressure
environments. A biofeedback demonstration will be included to demonstrate the effects of the practice.
Identifying and Treating the Factors That Can Lead to Suicide Attempts in
Latino Youth
Daniel Santisteban, Ph.D. and Maite Mena, Psy.D.
The purpose of this webinar is to present what is known about risk of suicide in
Latino adolescents and how culturally informed and family-based treatment can
prevent adolescent suicide and self-harm.
2:00 pm | INTERMISSION
SILENT AUCTION! Join our intermission break sessions to learn all about the silent auction, see auction items, how to bid
on items and to hear from Oklahoma families who have benefited from training funds raised from past auctions. We are
excited to be back again this year in a new and different way to raise funds for families at the Children’s Behavioral Health
Conference! Our online auction is easy, fun to use and we have some really great items to bid on! The funds raised will be
used to develop and support family leaders and young adult advocates by sending them to state and national
conferences. The funding enables family leaders to learn to tell their story, learn from others and effect system change so
all with behavioral health conditions can have a good life.
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2:30 pm | CONSECUTIVE BREAKOUT SESSION
Applied Infant Mental Health Ethics, Part 3
Ashleigh Kraft, LPC-S, IMH-E
Attendees will be introduced to ethics specific to clinical work with infants, toddlers and their caregivers. They will learn
about common ethical errors in this field and how to help guard against ethical missteps. Participants will have the
opportunity to practice applying what they learn to case vignettes.
Changing ACEs Where You Are: Oklahoma Has the Highest ACE Scores in the Nation, But You Can Change That
Jeremy P. Elledge, LCSW
Attendees of this workshop will learn an improved understanding of ACEs and impacts of trauma on
brain and body development. About the facts of how early trauma is harming our state and our future.
They will also explore evidence-based strategies for how various people and roles can help to IDENTIFY,
CHALLENGE & CHANGE injured patterns and outcomes for our kids and ourselves.
Promoting Children's Resiliency and Hope After a Crisis: Opportunities for Growth and Recovery
Dr. Erika Olinger Ph.D.
Participants will learn about how children and youth experience traumatic reactions as a function of
crises characteristics as well as individual developmental considerations, risk factors, warning signs and
protective factors. Best practice approaches for prevention, intervention and postvention will be
introduced for a robust approach to addressing crisis management to reduce negative traumatic
impact. Specifically, participants will learn practical, developmentally appropriate techniques to
facilitate youth resiliency, hope and growth after experiencing crises. Participants will be introduced to
the National Association of School Psychologists PREPaRE (Prevent, Reaffirm, Evaluate, Provide and Respond, Examine)
crisis response and intervention curriculum, designed by and for school mental health professionals. The curriculum
provides a multi-tiered system of supports (MTSS) framework for crisis response including evidence-based interventions,
resources and supports for school mental health professionals, caregivers and others charged with responding to youth
reactions to crises. The presentation will also include information on “caring for the caregiver” as an integral part of crisis
response. The presenter will conclude with information about how the Oklahoma State Department of Education
Student Support Division and Crisis Team can provide direct crisis response, support, resources and training to
school-based and community mental health providers.
3:30 pm | INTERMISSION
SILENT AUCTION! Join our intermission break sessions to learn all about the silent auction, see auction items, how to bid
on items and to hear from Oklahoma families who have benefited from training funds raised from past auctions. We are
excited to be back again this year in a new and different way to raise funds for families at the Children’s Behavioral Health
Conference! Our online auction is easy, fun to use and we have some really great items to bid on! The funds raised will be
used to develop and support family leaders and young adult advocates by sending them to state and national
conferences. The funding enables family leaders to learn to tell their story, learn from others and effect system change so
all with behavioral health conditions can have a good life.
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Plenary: Transforming the Difficult Child: The Nurtured Heart Approach
Howard Glasser
A child’s intensity is a gift that needs to be nurtured. Unfortunately, many parents, mental
health professionals and educators find themselves struggling with the intensity of a
challenging child. Faced with uncontrolled anger, aggression, defiance and disrespect from
an intense child, most adults react by increasing the severity of normal methods and ways of
interacting. Despite the best of intentions, the more adults attempt common theories and
practices with a challenging child, the worse the situation becomes. Faced with escalating
acting out, the intense child is often diagnosed as ADHD or more at a first evaluation and
prescribed medications that risk serious lifelong physical, psychological and social side effects
- simply because there has not been an approach that consistently helps them to use their intensity successfully. Until
now. The culprits are the methods most people have at their disposal…not the parents, therapists, teachers or the child.
Approaches designed for the average child are not powerful or encompassing enough to have a transformative effect on
children with behaviors involving opposition, defiance or inability to manage strong impulses or emotions. The Nurtured
Heart Approach has been proven to create the transformational impact and change people have been searching -
quickly and in inspiring and enduring ways. All involved gain a sense of positive influence and confidence by way of the
success that flows, and they come to experience that the very same intensity that seemed so distressing and
problematic is actually the fuel for a child’s greatness.
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9:00 am
Plenary: American Fix: Inside the Opioid Addiction Crisis and How to End It.
Ryan Hampton
Ryan Hampton discusses his personal journey to advocacy and how the recovery community
can come together to pull ourselves out of the greatest public health crisis's in a generation.
Hampton describes his personal struggle with addiction, outlines the challenges that the
recovery movement currently faces and offers a concrete, comprehensive plan of action
towards making America’s addiction crisis a thing of the past. Ryan will discuss cultural
barriers that have kept people suffering in silence and is inspiring a new generation of people
recovering out loud through his Voices Project. His keynote addressing his lived experience
with substances and addiction, the impact of the opioid crisis on the American family and
shedding light on cultural barriers to recovery, in addition to how to find and use our voice to
eliminate stigma in order to normalize treatment and recovery in our communities.
10:00 am | BREAK
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A Time to Rebuild: A Discussion of the Impact of Adverse Childhood Trauma on a Family
Joey Clifton, Ph.D.
This workshop will give an overview of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and its impact on the
family through a collaborative discussion with the author of a book called A Time to Rebuild. A Time to
Rebuild is a redemptive story of a family that brings the impact of adverse childhood experiences to life.
This workshop will be a forum to share family stories and reflections from what you learned from the
book, ask questions and to garner insight from the author.
Leveraging Technology to Help in the Healing Process of Children and Families
Jeff Harlin, LCSW & Jeremy Hume
During this session, participants will learn the basics of utilizing mobile technology
and data mining to measurably improve outcomes and provide critical services when
and where needed most.
Psychotropic Medication Guidelines for Young Children, Part 1
Tessa Chesher, D.O.
What all providers need to know. The number of young children on psychiatric medications continues
to increase across the nation yearly. This presentation will look at the rates of use of polypharmacy of
psychotropics in young children as well as examine the dangers of polypharmacy of psychotropics. We
will also discuss some reasons for polypharmacy of psychotropics, discuss viable solutions to this issue
and look at a case example. Current recommendations regarding use of psychotropics, especially with
young children, will also be discussed.
11:30 am | INTERMISSION
Laughs and Talent Showcases! Join this intermission to get your lunch time kicked off on a high note! This relaxing time
will include performances from Oklahoma youth, adult performance acts, and some kid conversations sure to leave you
rolling with belly laughs.
12:00 pm | BREAK FOR LUNCH
1:00 pm | CONSECUTIVE BREAKOUT SESSION
Dad Cave: Family Voice Panel
Rev. Allen Carson and Parent Panel
Dads have a difficult role when a child in the household has significant needs such as behavioral health
concerns. The panelists of the this workshop are a diverse group of fathers who are and have
experienced parenting children who have significant struggles to overcome. These dads will share
stories of resilience, how they overcame struggles and how they lead their children and family. The
panelists of this workshop will take us through their vulnerable journey of adversity to resilience
and wellness.
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Marginalized Voices in the Recovery Community
Shauntelle Hammonds, CPRSS, CSAC-1 and Peter Place RVA
The focus of this presentation is to support marginalized individuals in recovery. This presentation has
been developed by two queer women of color, who are members of the Richmond recovery
community. They have participated as board members for a collegiate recovery association and
continue to advocate for equitable access to recovery support to marginalized populations. They
acknowledge that the world is unequal and that disparities exist across many cultures and identities.
This presentation will acknowledge those challenges through a lens of social equity, and honor those
within low socioeconomic class, Black and Indigenous race identities, LGBTQIA+ affiliation, disability and recovery status.
Psychotropic Medication Guidelines for Young Children, Part 2
Tessa Chesher, D.O.
What all providers need to know. The number of young children on psychiatric medications continues to increase across
the nation yearly. This presentation will look at the rates of use of polypharmacy of psychotropics in young children as well
as examine the dangers of polypharmacy of psychotropics. We will also discuss some reasons for polypharmacy of
psychotropics, discuss viable solutions to this issue, and look at a case example. Current recommendations regarding use
of psychotropics, especially with young children, will also be discussed.
2:00 pm | INTERMISSION
Puzzles and Brain Teasers! Are you good at solving puzzles? Join us for some fun brain teasers and see how many you
can figure out!
2:30 pm | CONSECUTIVE BREAKOUT SESSION
Listen Up Oklahoma: My Journey, My Experience
Oklahoma Youth and Yong Adult Panel with Moderator Clifford Sipes
Youth and young adults will share their personal experiences of living with mental health disorders and
their journeys navigating the systems that serve children and young adults. Attendees will be able to
hear directly from the population they serve, and walk away with a better understanding of how to serve
the young people they come in contact with more effectively.
Walking the Walk: Cultural Humility in Work with Children and Families
Angela Keyes, Ph.D.
Our society as a whole is grappling with the issue of injustice, which impacts us all and can be
uncomfortable. As a result, it may be difficult to determine how best to support clients who have many
intersecting identities that oftentimes differ from our own. This workshop is designed to assist service
providers on a journey towards a more culturally humble approach to working with clients. Participants
will learn ways to create space for clients to openly share their experiences, examine their contributions
to those experiences and think about how to provide culturally sensitive care.
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Got Support? Parenting Children with Trauma Histories is Hard Work and Parents Need to Lean on Each Other
Barb Clark
Foster, adoptive and kinship parents can often feel very isolated and struggle with understanding their
children’s behaviors and how to respond to them. Support groups can help parents find new tools to
deal with behaviors, alleviate isolation, bring hope and allow parents to find humor in some of the
challenging moments. Parents and professionals are invited to learn effective ways to provide adoptive,
foster and kinship families with information and support through in-person groups. Friends and family,
cannot understand some of the unique situations you will find yourself in while raising children with a
trauma history (including in-utero trauma). One of the most important tools to help you succeed and thrive, is to find
support from people with lived experience. Come learn some of the basics on how to start up support groups, how to
keep them going and how to find and give support on this journey. Support groups are a great form of self-care which is
crucial to successful parenting.
3:30 am | INTERMISSION
Music, Skits, and Parodies! This last intermission of the day is sure to give you a dose of pep in your step before heading
into the Keynote Session. It will include music tunes created by an Oklahoma teen along with funny kid skits and jaw
dropping parody songs filmed during the pandemic!
Plenary: Building Unbreakable Spirits
Charles Hunt
Resilience is at the core of the work we do. Defined as the capacity to adapt to and recover
from negative change, resilience is critical to our success and happiness. The presentation will
cover the “P's of Resilience”, 9 principles that can be applied to our CLEAR Resilience
framework encompassing the 5 major areas resilience is exercised in - Career, Life, Economic,
Academic and Race.
Thank you for attending
this year’s conference!
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Pre-Recorded Sessions
May 17th - June 11th
Bed, Bath, and Beyond: How to Talk to Your Kids About Body Autonomy
Rachele Eskridge
Attendees will learn current best practices on how to best talk to teens and children about sex and safe boundaries. This
workshop will focus on building parents toolbox's on how to navigate these conversations and teaching the importance
of having this important discuss early and often.
Building Shame Resilience In Children
Susan Bratcher, LCSW, AADC
This training is focused on the development and impact of shame and the methods for assisting children and adults to
develop the necessary coping skills to improve resilience.
Cannabis Use Disorder: From In-utero Through Adolescent Exposure -What Does the Research Really Say?
Cardwell C. Nuckols, Ph.D.
This skills training will reveal how cannabis (especially THC and CBD) interfaces with the endocannabinoid system (ECS)
to produce its myriad effects. Special emphasis will be placed on the most current research regarding in-utero through
adolescence exposure. For example, prenatal cannabis exposure is negatively associated with child sleep outcomes and
increased risk of neurodevelopmental disorders in offspring by age 10 years. Frequent marijuana use during adolescence
is associated with changes in the areas of the brain involved in attention, memory, decision-making, and motivation.
Chronic use is linked to declines in IQ and school performance. Integrating patient clinical care scenarios into the above
will give the presentation a "hands on" feel based upon the presenters greater than 40 years of clinical experience.
DHS Child Welfare Clinical Team: A Collaborative Partnership to Address the Unique Mental Health Needs of
Children and Adolescents in Child Welfare.
Sara Coffey, D.O., Panelists: Joshua Farmer, Bonni Goodwin, Ph.D., and Carisa Wilsie, Ph.D.
The Department of Human Services Division of Child Welfare is committed to the emotional, behavioral and physical
health needs of the youth that it serves. More recently DHS Child Welfare has created a Clinical Team to address the
emotional, behavioral and physical health needs of youth in child welfare. The team consists of licensed therapists,
psychologist, psychiatrist and nurses to support the youth, families and child welfare staff across the state. Youth in child
welfare often have unique needs due to their history of traumatic experiences, lack of continuity of care and effects of
displacement and disruption in care. This webinar is aimed to educate participants on the unique health needs of youth
in child welfare. Additionally, we will explore ways in which the clinical team is engaging in youth, families and child
welfare staff and effective community partnerships to promote the overall health of youth in child welfare.
Enriched Environment: A Development Essential-Helping the Neglected Child
Cardwell C. Nuckols, Ph.D.
This evidence-based presentation explores the current research as it relates to enriched and nonenriched environment
(neglect, emotional abuse, etc.) and its impact on childhood and adolescent neurological development. Helping
strategies such as positive affirmations, energy communication, hope and expectation, enriched environment-social
support, naturalistic environment and physical exercise will be discussed using case presentations.
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May 17th - June 11th
High in Plain Sight: Current Youth Alcohol and Drug Trends & Culture
Tall Cop: Officer Jermaine Galloway
This sessions will cover various over the counter drugs, drug potentiators, marijuana concentrates, marijuana vapes, drug
psychosis, drugs used to increase the high of opioids and in place of opioids. Popular over the counter drugs that are
used by individuals of all ages to avoid drug testing and help with withdrawal symptoms. This session will provide a 360
view of today's trending drug culture by providing national and local Oklahoma exiles of drug products.
IEPs: Helping Families and School Communicate Effectively
Jo Ann Blades, J.D.
Speaker will inform on the importance of the relationship between school districts and families in developing an
appropriate IEP for a student with a disability and that this process is on-going and involves differing opinions and ways
to find solutions. It's human nature that individuals will not always be in agreement. However, disagreement can open
opportunities for deeper discussion and creative problem-solving. When individuals take the chance to look at a
situation more closely and listen to different points of view, it has a positive impact on everyone involved and helps with
effective resolution. This workshop will inform conference attendees about the importance of the relationship between
school districts and families; how to develop an appropriate IEP for a student with a disability and that this process is
on-going and involves differing opinions and ways to find solutions.
Mental Health's Role in Solving Adolescent Delinquency
Paul Shawler, Ph.D.
Youth who come to the attention of law enforcement and the court are likely to exhibit one if not more mental health
conditions. These youth are vastly similar in profile to youth served within child welfare. Mental health providers play a
pivotal role in the prevention and response to adolescent illegal behavior. This presentation will highlight the foundation
of what works in juvenile justice, break down the different between punishment and habilitation and emphasize the
promise of all adolescents. Specific focus will be on how state systems (e.g., child welfare, OJA, ODMHSAS, OSDH) play in
assisting youth and families in the community.
Missed Opportunities: Prevention and Treatment of NSSI and Suicidal Behavior
Cardwell C. Nuckols, Ph.D.
Every clinician should know what to do in case a patient exhibits suicidal or self-injurious behavior. This skills training
event will help clinicians sharpen their skills in the areas of identification, prediction and assessment. Emphasis will be
placed on clinical prevention strategies. Suicide like violence is not an all or nothing phenomenon. Generally, there are a
number of risk factors. Think of them as you would a rheostat. Reducing these factors lessens the risk as does increasing
positive capital. Suicide is not so much about wanting to die, but about a powerful need for pain to end. People choose
suicide because they feel unable to cope with feelings of pain, hopelessness, helplessness, shame, loneliness, isolation,
and uncertainty.
Neuroception and the Polyvagal System: Safety, Danger or Life Threatening Environmental Safety vs threat
Triggering Mental Health Disorders
Cardwell C. Nuckols, Ph.D.
Participants will learn how the Autonomic Nervous System adapts to early life challenges. How these
adaptations can manifest in the developing child and adolescent. They will also understand what can
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May 17th - June 11th
Recognizing and Responding to Opioid Overdose
Betsy Barron
Opioid overdose remains an urgent issue in Oklahoma. In this session, participants will learn about opioid overdose in
Oklahoma, how to recognize and respond to overdose and about programs to prevent and reduce the number of opioid
overdose deaths.
Supporting Children with Challenging Behavior at Home and in the Community
Rene’ Daman, PT, MS, BCBA, LBA
Let’s face it, challenging behavior often gets in the way of opportunities to participate in meaningful activities within the
home and community. Participants in this training will gain a general knowledge in use of a behavioral framework for
understanding and addressing challenging behavior.
The Importance of Self-care
Kendra Burkhalter
This presentation will provide insight on how important it is to practice self-care, and focus on areas of self-care. If we can
look at self-care as a way of keeping our inner light strong, the investment of developing our personal tools of care will
grow and our capacity to serve and teach will be abundant. My Intention for this presentation, is to invite the exploration
of self love and self compassion. In order to increase awareness around our own personal tools of self-care.
Using Social Media to Support Your Community Work
Katie Lenhart
"Using Social Media to Support Your Community Work" will help simplify social media for nonprofits and providers with
limited time and resources. The goal of this training is to learn about free tools available, best practices across platforms,
and what the difference is between GOOD social media and not-so-good social media. I want attendees to feel
empowered to use social media to enhance their community work and connect with partners near and far. I also want
to serve as a resource for continued learning and questions as attendees take these learning objectives back into their
day-to-day work.
Wellness Coach Training for Kids
Bayley Rhoades, M.Ed. & Courtney Rhone, M.A.
This workshop will focus on wellness services for children as well as their families. It will explore different techniques as
well as new tools to help serve this population.
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