Changing the Conversation

Host Kristen Paquette and Lynda Gargan discuss the importance of tailored family supports and family peer support roles in promoting children's mental health. 

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National Federation of Families for Children’s Mental Health

Lynda Gargan, Ph.D.

National Certification for Parent Family Peers

Local chapters and affiliates, National Federation of Families for Children’s Mental Health

Kristen Paquette and Vicki Steen discuss the opioid epidemic and overdose prevention strategies including harm reduction and medication assisted treatment.

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Praxis: Training for MA Addiction Professionals

Bureau of Substance Addiction Services, MA Department of Public Health

Medication Assisted Treatment, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

Harm Reduction, Harm Reduction International

CDC joins Department of Public Health in investigating HIV cluster among people who inject drugs, Massachusetts Department of Public Health

Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), Centers for Disease Control

Syringe services programs, Centers for Disease Control

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Michael Marquesen of the LA Community Health Center shares tips for reaching and engaging people in health care services with host Kristen Paquette. They discuss ways to tailor services to keep participants connected.

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LA Community Health Project

“Health Care for People Who Use Drugs,” video series

Ricky Bluthenthal, Ph.D., University of Southern California

Richard Rothstein describes how—contrary to national myth—neighborhood segregation was created by government policies. He and host Jeff Olivet discuss how this has led to wealth, achievement, and health disparities experienced by African Americans.

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Richard Rothstein, Distinguished Fellow, Economic Policy Institute

Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America

HOLC “redlining” maps: The persistent structure of segregation and economic equality, National Community Reinvestment Coalition

Housing Segregation in America: A History, Center for Social Innovation

SPARC (Supporting Partnerships for Anti-Racist Communities)

Amanda Andere, CEO of Funders Together to End Homelessness, joins host Jeff Olivet to discuss what is working and challenges ahead in our response to homelessness in the U.S. They share structural change strategies needed to fix systems and make homelessness rare, brief, and one time.

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Amanda Andere

Funders Together to End Homelessness

US veteran homelessness declines 5 percent (AP, 11/1/18)

Community Solutions

SPARC (Supporting Partnerships for Anti-Racist Communities)

Stephanie Wahab, Ali Hall, and host Jeff Olivet give tips for social workers and social work students on the practice of Motivational Interviewing (MI) and letting people take charge. This is the third in a series of episodes on MI.

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Motivational Interviewing: resources from the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT)

The Ruling Class and the Buffer Zone by Paul Kivel

Taking the Lower Place: Motivational Interviewing and Social Dominance by William R. Miller

Learning to Use the MITI (Version 4.2.1) for Coding and Coaching: a live, online course from t3 starting January 11 Stephanie Wahab: MINT profile, website, Portland State University School of Social Work profile

Ali Hall: MINT profile, website

Kristen Paquette talks with Jack Cameron, a mental health advocate calling in from Ohio, about improving outcomes for people with mental health challenges through increased health literacy, patient activation, and peer support.

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Peer Support Workers from SAMHSA

Patient Activation Measure from Insignia

Development and Testing of a Short Form of the Patient Activation Measure in Health Services Research

Federal Multi-Site Study Finds Consumer-Operated Service Programs Are Evidence-Based Programs by Jean Campbell, Ph.D.

Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP)

National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)

Susan Butterworth, Ali Hall, and host Jeff Olivet discuss how Motivational Interviewing (MI) helps providers and case managers focus on strengths to support behavior change. They share tips on staying true to the art and science of MI. This is the second in a series of episodes on MI.

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More on Motivational Interviewing

Motivational Interviewing: Helping People Change by William Miller and Stephen Rollnick

MICA: Motivational Interviewing Competency Assessment

Motivational Interviewing Competency Assessment (MICA): a live, online course from t3 starting November 9

Learning to Use the MITI (Version 4.2.1) for Coding and Coaching: a live, online course from t3 starting January 11

Motivational Interviewing: resources from the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT)

Susan Butterworth: MINT profile

Ali Hall: MINT profile, website

If you have questions about MI or suggestions for topics to be addressed in future episodes, email us at [email protected].

How can you move beyond basic Motivational Interviewing (MI) competency to a more natural, effective conversation? In the first of a series on MI, Ali Hall, Ken Kraybill, and host Jeff Olivet discuss strategies for guiding and going alongside people on their journeys.

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More on Motivational Interviewing

Motivational Interviewing: resources from the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT)

Motivational Interviewing Competency Assessment: a live, online course from t3 starting November 9

Learning to Use the MITI (Version 4.2.1) for Coding and Coaching: a live, online course from t3 starting January 11

Ali Hall: MINT profile, website

Ken Kraybill: MINT profile

If you have questions about MI, email t3 at [email protected].

Host Kristen Paquette talks with Cheryl Gagne and Steven Samra about what health means to people in recovery. They also share strategies for health care providers to use when supporting people in recovery.

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Los Angeles LGBT Center