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Focus Friday Training Series: Exploring Behavioral Health Equity

Focus Friday



Join us for the Focus Friday Training Series: Exploring Behavioral Health Equity. This series is designed to equip human service professionals with the knowledge and skills needed to address disparities in behavioral health care. Our goal is to enhance awareness, understanding, and culturally responsive care for historically underserved populations. By understanding the impact of social determinants, implicit biases, and cultural factors, participants will learn how to provide equitable care to diverse communities.

What You’ll Learn

  • Foundations of Health Equity: Address disparities in access to care. Implement strategies to reduce barriers for underserved populations.
  • Cultural Humility: Learn strategies to apply cultural humility in person-centered care for marginalized groups.
  • Resources and Tools: Gain access to valuable research, tools, and resources.

Who Should Attend

Human service professionals, clinicians, and anyone passionate about promoting equity in behavioral health.

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Location: Virtual via Zoom
Fee: $10 full members; $25 partial members and nonmember
Trainer(s): Sherronda Jamerson, MA, CDP
Continuing Education Hours: 2.0

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Course Description

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8:30 - 10:30am CST

Location: Virtual via Zoom
Fee: $10 full members; $25 partial members and nonmember
Trainer(s): Sara Kohlbeck, PhD, MPH
Continuing Education Hours: 2.0

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Course Description

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Growing Our Spiritual and Emotional Intelligence

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8:30 - 10:30am CST

Location: Virtual via Zoom
Fee: $10 full members; $25 partial members and nonmember
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Continuing Education Hours: 2.0

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Course Description

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Considerations When Providing for American Indians

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8:30 - 10:30am CST

Location: Virtual via Zoom
Fee: $10 full members; $25 partial members and nonmember
Trainer(s): Mark Powless, Ph.D.
Continuing Education Hours: 2.0

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Course Description

This session will provide some general history from pre-contact to the present, including how the Native Nations that are in what's now known as Wisconsin came to be here. Read more »

Housing First

Housing First: Using Motivational Interviewing to Support Harm Reduction and Healing

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8:30 - 10:30am CST

Location: Virtual via Zoom
Fee: $10 full members; $25 partial members and nonmember
Trainer(s): Kim Davidson, LCSW
Continuing Education Hours: 2.0

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Course Description

When working with clients that face many barriers, it can overwhelming to navigate the helping process. This training will support providers in utilizing motivational interviewing to truly meet clients where they are at, evoking and guiding instead of using a more directive style. Read more »

Boundary and Ethical Awareness

Boundary and Ethical Awareness When Working with Geriatrics

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Location: Virtual via Zoom
Fee: $10 full members; $25 partial members and nonmember
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Continuing Education Hours: 2.0

Course Description

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Veteran Suicide Prevention Through a Recovery Oriented Lens

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8:30 - 10:30am CST

Location: Virtual via Zoom
Fee: $10 full members; $25 partial members and nonmember
Trainer(s): Joshua Andreini, MSW, LCSW
Continuing Education Hours: 2.0

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Course Description

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Creating Safe Spaces: Cultivating Mental Wellness in the Community

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8:30 - 10:30am CST

Location: Virtual via Zoom
Fee: $10 full members; $25 partial members and nonmember
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Continuing Education Hours: 2.0

Course Description

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April 11, 2025
8:30 - 10:30am CST

Location: Virtual via Zoom
Fee: $10 full members; $25 partial members and nonmember
Trainer(s): Denise Johnson, BSW
Continuing Education Hours: 2.0

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Course Description

Wisconsin has a significant lack of accessible mental health (MH) and substance use (SU) services for people who are deaf, hard of hearing, and deafblind. In this workshop, participants will learn valuable information about the unique MH/SU needs of this marginalized community. Read more »

Native American Womanhood

Native American Womanhood: Examining the Role of Colonization to Legitimize a more Accurate and Meaningful Conceptualization of Wellbeing and Balance Across Family and Community Systems

May 9, 2025
8:30 - 10:30am CST

Location: Virtual via Zoom
Fee: $10 full members; $25 partial members and nonmember
Trainer(s): Pilar Gauthier, LPC
Continuing Education Hours: 2.0

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Course Description

Native American women play a pivotal role in unraveling patriarchal influences, which have far-reaching gender implications in their traditional social systems and organized labor. Much of what is understood about Native American women’s life roles is in the context of Western mental health...Read more »

Racial Trauma and the Nervous System

Racial Trauma and the Nervous System

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8:30 - 10:30am CST

Location: Virtual via Zoom
Fee: $10 full members; $25 partial members and nonmember
Trainer(s): Sherronda Jamerson, MA, CDP
Continuing Education Hours: 2.0

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Course Description

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