In the next few weeks, the federal Substance Abuse and Mental
Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) will be hosting webinars
of interest to CSAC members. More details on the webinars are
below:
September 6 – Supporting Families Affected by Opioid and Other
Substance Use Disorders
SAMHSA and the Administration on Children, Youth, and Families,
Children’s Bureau will be presenting information on current data
on the opioid crisis and child welfare services, changes the
Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act and Plan of Safe Care
Provision made to the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act,
strategies for strengthening collaboration between systems
working with pregnant women with opioid and other substance use
disorder, and lessons learned and best practices for addressing
prenatal substance exposure. Registration information is
available
here .
September 11 – Designing an Infant and Early Childhood Mental
Health Consultation Approach
This is part one of a two-part webinar series presented by
SAMHSA’s Centers for Excellence for Infant and Early Childhood
Mental Health Consultation (IECMHC), which together will provide
a sequential deep dive into components of the Models Section
of the IECMHC Toolbox. Part One will provide a broad overview of
the main parts of the Models Planning Guide and highlight the
steps involved in designing an IECMHC approach. Register by
September 8
here .
