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September 3, 2024 - Healing Through Heritage: A Discussion of Historical Trauma in Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Communities: Listen to Tessa Palafu and Danielle L. Carreira Ching present on Historical trauma (HT) specifically within the context of Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders (NHPI), and its empirically deduced impacts that align with the disproportionate physical and mental health issues faced by NHPI individuals. In addition, the presenters also discuss gaps in the current research and culturally grounded treatment recommendations. A slide deck for this presentation is provided here.
June 4, 2024 - From Empathy to Exhaustion: Recognizing and Addressing Burnout, Compassion Fatigue, and Vicarious Trauma in Mental Health Practice: Listen to Stephanie Campbell, Ph.D., and Lydia Hogan present on the distinctions between three phenomena often experienced by behavioral health professionals: burnout, compassion fatigue, and vicarious trauma. In addition, the presenters also teach practitioners how to recognize and mitigate their effects, and highlight the roles of empathy and compassion in preventative strategies.
March 5, 2024- What to do for youth after a disaster? An Overview from the Grief and Psychological Trauma Treatment Literature: Listen to Anthony Papa, Ph.D., present on evidence-based decision making process in determining when to intervene for individuals who have experienced bereavement and identifying basic processes that differentiate who goes on to experience normal grief from those who have pathological responses.
October 3, 2023 - What Can Hopefulness Tell Us?: A Presentation on The 4-item Ohio Scales, Hopefulness Scale: Listen to Andrea Ng talk about her research on the Ohio Scales, Hopefulness Domain and the implications of assessing hopefulness among youth with mental illness and their caregivers in Hawai‘i.
August 1, 2023 - Treatment Focus Diffusion as an Indicator of Immediate and Long-Term Outcomes in Youth Public Mental Health Care: Listen to Kalyn Holmes, Ph.D., present on treatment focus diffusion (TFD) and its relationship with clinical and system outcomes in Hawai‘i’s Child and Adolescent Mental Health Division (CAMHD).
April 4, 2023 - Using Case Formulation, Monitoring, and Hypothesis-Testing to Get Better CBT Outcomes: Listen to Jacqueline B. Persons, Ph.D., present on how to get better cognitive-behavioral treatment (CBT) outcomes through the usage of case formulation, progress monitoring, and hypothesis-testing.
October 18, 2022 - Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Nightmares: Listen to Kristi E. Pruiksma, Ph.D., present on describing normal sleep and dreaming, identifying symptoms of nightmare disorder, and the relation to posttraumatic stress disorder. Click here to access the slide deck.
July 8th, 2022 - A Transdiagnostic Approach to Sleep and Circadian Challenges Faced by Youth: Listen to Allison Harvey, Ph.D., present on the nature of sleep and ways for promoting healthy sleep for children and adolescents, three evidence-based strategies used to assess disordered sleep for children and adolescents, and three evidence-based approaches to treat disordered sleep for children and adolescents. Click here to access the slide deck.
March 1st, 2022 - Using Local Aggregate and Treatment Research Findings to Guide Clinical Decision-Making: Listen to Puanani J. Hee, Ph.D. present on types of data that can support clinical decision making, a tool to help use research and local data to inform clinical decision making for clients, and occasions during treatment when this tool might be used. Click here to access the slide deck.
December 7th, 2021 - Creating Safe Spaces for Sexual and Gender Minority Youth: Listen to Kimberly Allen and Robin Lee present on the meaning of basic terminology used to describe the LGBTQ+ community, ways in which sexual and gender minority youth experience minority stress, and ways to create a safe and affirming environment for sexual and gender minority youth.
July 13th, 2021 - Hawaiʻi’s Major Child Serving State Agencies: Collaboratively Addressing the Impact of COVID-19 and Steps Moving Forward: Listen to Max Sender, Dr. Tolly Amaxopoulos, Tonia Mahi, Rachel Thorburn, and Theresa Minami present on understanding the impact that the COVID-19 pandemic has had on current agency operations and service utilization rates, collaboratively brainstorming improvement ideas for our child-serving system to better serve the mental health needs of children and families in the state of Hawaiʻi, and identifying potential next steps to support children and families during the COVID-19 pandemic.
March 2, 2021 - Disruptive Behavior Treatment Progress as a Function of Practices Derived from the Evidence Base for Disruptive Behavior and Depression: Listen to Daniel Wilkie, Ph.D.’s presentation on understanding the background of disruptive behavior problems in youth, irritability, comorbid depression, and their associated treatment practices derived from the evidence-based treatment research. Objectives include understanding the associations between disruptive behavior treatment progress and treatment practices derived from the evidence-based literature and identifying potential implications for disruptive behavior treatment effectiveness within community-based mental health care systems in Hawai’i.
October 6, 2020 - Recommendations for Increasing Rapport and “Telepresence” During Telemental Interactions with Youth and Families: Listen to Tristan Maesaka, M.A. and Austen Taylor Matro, B.A.’s presentation on various telepractice recommendations, how to incorporate these recommendations into one’s own practice, and how to feel more feel more confident in using telemental health with youth and families.
July 7, 2020 - Media and the Developing Brain and Body: Listen to Jeffrey Okamoto, M.D.’s presentation on how media use can affect the brain development, behavior, and physical health of children. How to recognize and address problematic media use in children and how to promote smart and safe media use for families.
June 2, 2020 - A Psychometric Investigation of the Ohio Scales, Short Form, Problem Severity Domain, Youth-and Caregiver-Report Versions: Listen to Tommie Laba, M.A.’s presentation on the psychometric performance of the Ohio Scales as it relates to the CAMHD client population. Identify how the study findings intersect with existing work done with youth and families in Hawai’i and identify potential implications for ongoing utilization of the Ohio Scales. Discussants include Madeleine Hiraga-Nuccio, Keli Acquaro, and Ben Ogles, PhD.
February 2020 - A History of Youth Psychosocial Treatment Through the Distillation Lens: Looking Back to Move Forward: Listen to Kelsie Okamura, PhD. and Geniel Hernandez Armstrong, PhD discuss the framework and definition of practice elements and how they relate to evidence-based treatment. Identify problem areas that may need more efficacy and effectiveness research. Compare historical practice element trends to existing CAMHD reports and metrics.
March 5, 2018 – Everybody Counts: Assessing and Serving the Needs of Gender and Sexual Minority Youth in Hawai`i: View Lance Ching, PhD and Thaddeus Pham from the Hawai`i Department of Health’s presentation of the following: current health disparities and social determinants of health among heterosexual, cisgender, sexual minority, and gender minority youth in Hawai`i, as well as ways to apply such knowledge to practice to support and improve the lives of gender and sexual minorities in Hawai`i.
November 8, 2018 – Multisystemic Therapy (MST): Who We Are; What We Do; And, Real World Applications: Listen to Georgina Mollica LCSW., MST Systems Supervisor, PACT Hawaii discuss the following: the basics of the MST Model including the principles and process which guide our treatment; how research is reflected in family treatment; as well as common family, peer, school, individual and social support assessment and intervention strategies and how they are used in MST through real-world presentations.
July 11, 2018 – Keeping the Child’s Mind in Mind: Enhancing Mentalizing Approaches in Foster Parents: Listen to Richard Delaney, Ph.D. and Tracy Lewis discuss the nature of reflective capacity and mentalization, how relational trauma impacts parental capacity in birth parents, how trauma impacts children, and discuss how to enhance a mentalizing approach in foster and birth parents.
April 11, 2018 – OnTrack Hawaii: Listen to David Cicero, Ph.D. talk about OnTrack Hawaii, a speciality early onset psychosis clinic developed in collaboration with the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Division.
December 5, 2017 – Examining the Usage and Outcomes of Exposure Therapy for Anxious Youth in our Child and Adolescent Mental Health Division: Listen to Matthew Milette-Winfree Ph.D., Kurt Humphrey M.D.. and Shellie Niles MSCP, LMHC speak about the usage and outcomes of exposure therapy for anxious youth in the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Division.
Sep 05, 2017 – Effects of Workshop Trainings on Practice Element Utilization among Therapists in Hawaii’s Child and Adolescent Mental Health Division (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3): Listen to Priya McLennan’s presentation on longitudinal knowledge, attitudinal, and behavioral changes among CAMHD therapists in response to EBP trainings focused on practice elements derived from the evidence base.
June 06, 2017 – Hawai’i Child Welfare Services (CWS) Overview: Listen to Rachel Thornburn, Theresa Minami, Kathryn Boyer, and Laurie Jicha provide an introductory overview to Hawaii’s Child Welfare Services system.
February 07, 2017 – Homebuilders: An Evidence-Based Model to Reduce or Eliminate the Unnecessary Placement of Children in Foster Care in Hawaii: Listen to Mimari Hall from the Title IV-E Waiver Project and Cheryl Mendez and Lisa Peck from Catholic Charities Hawaii discuss the Homebuilders model and their local implementation work for families here in Hawaii.
December 6, 2016 – Disruptive Behavior Treatment Progress as a Function of Youth Diagnosis: Listen to Daniel Wilkie from the University of Hawaii at Manoa discuss disruptive behavior treatment progress as a function of depression and ADHD diagnoses for a sample of youth within Hawaii’s Child and Adolescent Mental Health Division.
September 6, 2016 – Using What We Know: Therapist Knowledge of and Attitudes Toward Youth Psychosocial Treatment: Listen to Kelsie Okamura, Koreen Garcia, and Liane Filipo, discuss therapist knowledge of and attitudes toward youth psychosocial treatment.
June 7, 2016 – Project Laulima: Toward an Evidence-Based Approach to Helping Youth with Co-Occurring Intellectual Disabilities and Mental Health Challenges: Listen to Pratima Musburger, Ada Demleitner, Susan Emley, and Kathleen McLeod discuss Project Laulima and its evidence-based approach to helping Hawaii’s youth with mental health challenges.
October 6, 2015 – The Hawaii Youth Interagency Performance Report (HYIPR): A Collaborative Effort of Hawaii’s Child Serving State Agencies: Listen to representatives from various HI-SYNC (Hawaii Interagency State Youth Network of Care) agencies discuss their efforts and challenges toward increasing interagency collaboration for the improvement of our child-serving system.
Department of Education (DOE) System Analyses: Listen to Dr. Jason Schiffman Ph.D.’s discussion on improving the DOE.
Child and Adolescent Mental Health Division (CAMHD) Data Presentation: Listen to Dr. Scott Keir Ph.D.’s discussion on the future directions of CAMHD.
Developmental Disabilities Division (DDD): Listen to Ms. Mary Brogan’s and Ms. Jenny Gong’s discussion on Developmental Disabilities Division.
Child Welfare Services: Listen to Ms. Rachel Thornburn’s discussion on Child Welfare Services.
Early Intervention Section (EIS): Listen to Ms. Stacy Kong’s discussion on the Early Intervention Section.
June 2, 2015 – Early Intervention for Psychosis in Hawaii: The Coordinated Specialty Model: Listen to Dr. David Cicero from the University of Hawaii at Manoa discuss child psychosis and the newly developed Hawaii child psychosis treatment center OnTrack Hawaii.
March 1, 2015 – Challenges & Opportunities of Providing a Mindfulness-Based Intervention for Juvenile Justice Involved Youth: Listen to Thao Le, Associate Professor of Family & Consumer Services from the University of Hawaii at Manoa, and Nicholas Liulamaga, Youth Correctional Officer and Trainer at Hawaii Youth Correctional Facility, discuss mindfulness-based intervention and its application to youth services.
