PreventionTalKS

Join Janell, Heather and Michelle as they talk about lessons learned in the unprecedented year of 2020 and where they would like to go in 2021. They explore some protective factors like gratitude and resilience and delve into what those might look like in 2021.

From the entire PreventionTalKS team, we have enjoyed walking through 2020 with you and look forward to jumping into 2021 with you. We are always looking for ways to better serve you. Reach out to us if you have comments or suggestions at [email protected].

2020 has been a crazy year. We have all been learning to navigate new normals and manage the stress we experience just by being alive today. Join Janell, Heather, and Michelle as they discuss the 4 indicators of stress and some trauma-informed and evidence-based practical things you can do to help implement self-care strategies to ease these stressors.

This is list is from Dr. Bruce Perry. You can watch him discussing these things here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcDTXJpCMiY

Here is where you can find more information on Dr. Bruce Perry: https://www.bdperry.com/

As always feel free to reach out to us if you have questions or comments at [email protected]

Join us for this great conversation with Sheri Hall as she shares her expertise from years of experience as a certified peer specialist. Sheri Purpose Hall also shared with us one of her poems that gave Janell chills and left Heather speechless.

Sheri Hall is a goal-oriented manager, a certified peer specialist in Kansas and Missouri, and an artistic creative with over ten years of experience in non-profit operations, arts administration, advocacy, community organizing, and team development. She has extensive experience with Fortune 500 and international companies in user acceptance testing (UAT), vendor management, and business analytics.

She is the Interim CEO of Poetry for Personal Power. Sheri started with P3 as a Sponsored Artist in 2012. During her time with the agency, she has worked to solidify relationships with community partners, developed a peer support program for the organization with an agency certification curriculum; developed agency processes; and assisted in writing grants that have yielded over $750,000 in agency funds.

Artistically, Sheri Purpose Hall is a highly decorated writer and performance artist and founder of East of Red ArtHouse. She has four books: “Mélange du Femme Noir” (2019), "Black Girl Shattered" (2017); “Chosen for Both” (2015); and a workbook "Writing Wrongs: Writing to Heal" (2016) which won an award from Bike for the Brain. She is the 2020 National Spoken Word Awards Female Artist of the Year, 2019 Charlotte Street Generative Performing Artist Awardee and previous 2-year Studios Resident, and an Arts KC Inspiration Grant recipient (2017/2019). She has also represented Kansas City at the Women of the World Poetry slam (2017/18), at the National Poetry Slam (2015/16/17/18), and most recently at Rustbelt Poetry slam (2019).

For more information check out:

https://www.poetryforpersonalpower.org/

https://www.spokenpurpose.com/

Join us for a great conversation with Erica Smith from Kansas Suicide Prevention Headquarters.

Erica started volunteering at Kansas Suicide Prevention Headquarters in the Spring of 2014 and it's been a home ever since. She is a Licensed Master Social Worker who really enjoys working with victims/survivors of sexual trauma, people with eating disorders, and folks of all different identities and backgrounds. Erica has been employed at KSPHQ for a little over a year, working as the Senior Coordinator for the Core Chat Program and providing therapy services in the mental health clinic.

If you need to talk to someone call 1-800-273-8255 or as we mention you can chat with someone by visiting https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/chat/.

Join us for an enlightening discussion of how to manage the stress of parenting during these difficult times.

Dr. Dan Lord is a Licensed Clinical Marriage and Family Therapist. He lives here in Wichita with his wife and extended family that includes two young granddaughters. He taught in the Friends University Marriage and Family Therapy graduate program for 25 years and now is retired, as a professor emeritus.

He shares from the wealth of his own parenting experiences as well as years of teaching. This was a great conversation with topics ranging from attachment and security bonds, attunement, relationships, and self-care.

If you would like to contact us email us at [email protected].

Join us for a conversation with Katrina Breeden. We talk about BIPOC mental health month, some common barriers in finding mental health care, and ways to take action in your own mental health care.

Katrina has received her Master’s of Science degree in Marriage and Family Therapy and a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology. She has over 11 years of clinical experience, working in a variety of settings including private practice, school-based treatment, a nursing and rehabilitation facility, a residential treatment facility for adolescent girls and providing in-home family therapy for families involved in the child welfare system.

Katrina’s mission is to aid and assist the healing process one relationship at a time. Katrina specializes in survivor-centered treatment and values the importance of healing in order to strengthen individual and family connections. Katrina is most passionate about working with survivors of trauma, as well as individuals and families struggling to manage the symptoms of borderline personality disorder. Obtaining healthy and effective coping skills can mean reclaiming your joy and sense of balance in your life.

Katrina and her husband started ROSE(Reach Out 2 Someone Else)an organization to join the fight against the common pattern of managing mental health issues alone and suffering in silence

ROSE, Inc has established a net­work of therapists who are willing to donate up to 6 sessions of emotional support to community members to assist in grieving and overcoming trauma.

For more information on ROSE email [email protected].

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For more information on Robin Diangelo and White Fragility visit https://robindiangelo.com

Join us for this excellent conversation with Lydia Fuqua. Lydia is a Prevention Specialist with DCCCA. Lydia was the mastermind behind this year's KYC3 conference. She shares what it was like to transfer the conference to a virtual format and the amazing youth that were involved. She also shares some tips and tricks she has developed to combat Zoom fatigue and navigate the world through this pandemic.

For more information on the Kansas youth coalition check out https://www.facebook.com/ksyouthconnect/. They are also on Twitter and Instagram @ksyouthconnect

We had an inspiring conversation with Dave Closson from The Mid-America Prevention Technology Transfer Center(Mid-America PTTC).

The Mid-America PTTC is designed to serve as a prevention catalyst, empowering individuals and fostering partnerships to promote safe, healthy, and drug-free communities across Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska and Kansas. Their services are evidence-based, culturally competent, and locally focused. They provide intensive technical assistance to support organizations' and systems' efforts to implement evidence-based prevention strategies.

Dave also hosts his own podcast that can be found here: https://pttcnetwork.org/centers/global-pttc/pttc-podcasts

Reach out to us with questions or comments at [email protected]!

Join the Prevention Team for a conversation about how quarantined life looks for them. There are a variety of experiences from living alone to living with children. Share with us what you all are doing to practicing self-care while social distancing. If you have ideas you would like to see on the podcast let us know at [email protected].

This month we had the chance to have a great conversation with Dave Sotelo the Youth Program Coordinator at Rise Up Reno Prevention Network. Join us to hear Dave's compelling story of how he ended up in working in Prevention. Dave's story reminds us why Prevention Matters! Thanks Dave for sharing your why with us!