NYS OMH Children, Youth and Families Mental Health Evidence-Based Practice Project

1. Go to the membership page. Click on the "Join" button. This will prompt you to login or create an account. 
   • New accounts: If you are creating an account for the first time, you may create an account with a personal or agency email. The email used to create your account will receive training announcements. 
   • Existing accounts: If you already have an account from taking any of our online self-study programs (including any of our trauma certificate programs), please use the login information you used for these courses.
2. Once you create an account or log into an existing account, you will be able to complete your request to join the OMH group. If you have trouble, go back to the membership page. 
   • NOTE: You have to go through the process as if you were making a purchase and authorize the membership renewal question. There is no cost and you will not be asked to provide any payment information. You know you are done when you select "Click here to complete this order" and receive a confirmation email.
3. All membership requests are reviewed for eligibility and you will be considered "pending" until "approved". You will receive email updates regarding the status of your membership and you can check the status in your account by going to the "Membership" tab.
4. We ask that anyone who changes employers prior to the annual renewal contact sw-ebp@buffalo.edu to determine continued eligibility.
5. All courses can be found on this webpage by clicking on the workshop title below. 
   • NOTE: Courses will not appear in the catalog until the day registration opens. To access the course information prior to registration opening you must use the title links to expand the section and click on the registration button. As in the past, an email notification will be sent the day registration opens with a direct link to register for the workshop in our new system.
   • Once registration opens, you must be signed in to register for courses. You can access trainings open for registration by going to the "Membership" tab in your account, find the OMH membership group, and click on the "Enter Group" button to be taken to a list of all active trainings open for registration. 

Welcome to the 2024 OMH trainings. We hope to see you in person this year, but will continue to have a virtual option for those that need. 

Monday, June 17, 2024: The (not so) Silent Crisis: Understanding and Addressing Youth Suicide Risk with Jonathan Singer, PhD, LCSW
Registration opens 4/29/24

• Youth Suicide Risk Live In-Person
• Youth Suicide Risk Live Online simultaneously

Wednesday, July 24, 2024: Culturally Competent Boundary Setting and Mandated Reporting: Providing Respectful Services to Clients and Families with Wayne Brown, LCSW, EdM
Registration opens 5/29/24

• Boundaries and Mandated Reporting Live In-Person
• Boundaries and Mandated Reporting Live Online simultaneously

Friday, September 13, 2024: From Jinxes to “Just right” to Germs: Applying Exposure and Response Prevention Therapy to Pediatric OCD and Related Disorders with Jessica Bodie, PhD
Registration opens 7/19/24

• Pediatric OCD and Related Disorders Live In-Person
• Pediatric OCD and Related Disorders Live Online simultaneously

Monday, October 28, 2024 (morning): Strategic Patient Diagnosis: Enhancing Therapeutic Alliances, Diagnostic Precision, and Inter-Professional Communication in Clinical Practice with Iustinian Rusu, MD
Registration opens 8/26/24

• Differential Diagnosis Live In-Person
• Differential Diagnosis Live Online simultaneously

Monday, October 28, 2024 (afternoon): Mood Disorders Across Developmental Spectrums: Assessment and Interventions with Iustinian Rusu, MD
Registration opens 8/26/24

• Mood Disorders Live In-Person
• Mood Disorders Live Online simultaneously

Friday, September 8, 2023: Surviving and Thriving in Children's Mental Health Care Settings with Beth Tripi, LCSW-R, PhD Candidate
Registration Opens: 7/14/23

• Surviving and Thriving Live In-Person
• Surviving and Thriving Live Online simultaneously

Thursday, September 21, 2023: Measurement-Based Care: Guiding treatment and improving outcomes using the tools you already have with Ruben Martinez, PhD
Registration Opens: 7/27/23

• Measurement Based Care Live Online Only

Friday, October 6, 2023: Effective Planning, Strategies, and Immediate Techniques: Working with Oppositional, Defiant & Disruptive Behavioral Populations with Jennifer Wilke-Deaton, MA, LPA
Registration Opens: 8/11/23

• Disruptive Behaviors Live In-Person
• Disruptive Behaviors Live Online simultaneously 

Thursday, November 2, 2023: The Power of Showing Up: Clinical Application of Interpersonal Neurobiology, and Practical Parenting with the Brain in Mind with Tina Payne Bryson, PhD, LCSW
Registration Opens: 9/7/23

• The Power of Showing Up Live In-Person
• The Power of Showing Up Live Online simultaneously

We hope you enjoyed the 2022 Family Therapy Series! See you next year. Missed a course? Check the links to see if there is a self-study available (if there is you will see the listed course as not active but a note on the side for other formats and self-study will be listed)!

August 2022:

• Tuesday, August 2, 2022: Effectively Engage Parents in Treatment: Teaching Parent Skills to Improve Child Outcomes with Francyne Zelster, PsyD and Ariel Kornblum, PsyD, BCBA, LBA. 
  
  • Parent Skills In-Person at GCC
  • Parent Skills Live Online simultaneously
• Wednesday, August 10, 2022: Functional Family Therapy: An evolving Evidence-Based treatment for contemporary family issues with Thomas Sexton, Ph.D. and Marta Anderson, LCSW. 
  • FFT In-Person at GCC
  • FFT Live Online simultaneously

September 2022:

• Wednesday, September 14, 2022: Passing It Along: Family Coping with Continuous Stress & Trauma with Laurel Kiser, Ph.D., MBA. 
  • Passing it Along In-Person at GCC
  • Passing it Along Live Online simultaneously
• Friday, September 23, 2022:  Parenting the Rainbow: Supporting Families of Transgender Youth with Misty Ginicola (She/They), Ph.D., LPC, CYA-RYT-200. 
  • Transgender Families In-Person at GCC
  • Transgender Families Live Online simultaneously        

October 2022:

• Friday, October 14, 2022: A Family and Developmentally based CBT Model for Treating Anxiety in Youth with Anne Marie Albano, PhD, ABPP. 
  
  • Anxiety In-Person at GCC
  • Anxiety Live Online simultaneously
• Tuesday, October 25, 2022 (morning): Understanding, Identifying, and Using Countertransference with Families with Laura Rivela, LCSW-R, BCD, BCTP-II. 
  
  • Countertransference In-Person at GCC
  • Countertransference Live Online simultaneously
• Tuesday, October 25, 2022 (afternoon): Countertransference Skills for the Clinical Supervisor: A Spotlight on Family Therapy with Laura Rivela, LCSW-R, BCD, BCTP-II. 
  
  • Supervisors In-Person at GCC
  • Supervisors Live Online simultaneously       

Missed a course? Check the links to see if there is a self-study available (if there is you will see the listed course as not active but a note on the side for other formats and self-study will be listed)!

Friday, July 23, 2021: Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) and Youth Anxiety in the Era of COVID with Omar Gudiño, Ph.D., ABPP
Due to the nature of this training, it is limited to 100 participants.

August 2 and 4, 2021 (2 Half-Days): Foundations of Anti-Racist Clinical Practice: Examining Biases and Harmful Thinking, with Lyrica Fils-Aimé

Friday, August 20, 2021 (Half-Day): Therapeutic Crisis Intervention (TCI): Individual and Organizational Criteria That Lead to a Successful Response to Stressful Incidents with Mary Ruberti, LMSW

Monday, September 27, 2021: Grief Wisdom for Youth and Families: Understanding the journey of loss and accessing the wisdom of grief with Charlene Ray, LICSW 

Wednesday, October 20, 2021: Advances in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: Positive Psychology Interventions to Promote Resilience, Positive Emotions & Personal Growth in Youth with David Pratt, Ph.D., MSW. 

Friday, December 3, 2021: Strengths-based strategies for reducing substance use and mental health in urban Black youth and families with Ijeoma Opara, Ph.D., LMSW, MPH