Leading the Way: Integrating Sexual, Reproductive, and Behavioral Health to Improve Access to Care - Conference

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Objectives:
After this conference, participants will be able to:

* Describe how behavioral health challenges can impact one's sexual and reproductive health

* Discuss strategies to better integrate sexual, reproductive and behavioral health services

* Identify ways to foster multi-disciplinary partnerships between sexual and reproductive health and behavioral health services.

* Describe the interrelation between trauma and behavioral health outcomes such as substance abuse, risky sexual behaviors, eating disorders, depression, and anxiety

Audience:

Clinical, programmatic, and administrative staff working in Title X family planning, HIV, STD, adolescent sexual health, and/or behavioral health agencies or programs. 

Schedule:

7:45 am - 8:30 am REGISTRATION, BREAKFAST and EXHIBITS

8:30 am - 8:45 am WELCOME: Opening Remarks and Program Objectives

8:45 am - 9:30 am PLENARY – Integrating Sexual/Reproductive Health with Behavioral Health to Improve Overall Patient Care - Rachel Levine, MD, Pennsylvania Physician General

9:30 am - 10:15 am PLENARY – Welcoming Trauma into the Conversation – Al Killen-Harvey, LCSW

10:15 am -10:30 am BREAK

10:30 am – 12:00 noon CONCURRENT BREAKOUT SESSIONS 

Linkages and Referrals: Making the Connection

High-quality referrals and linkages are important components of a client-centered continuum of care. In this workshop, participants will discuss the differences between making referrals and linkages, creating and maintaining relationships with referral agencies, examining issues of consent, establishing agency agreements, and developing tracking systems to help monitor patient follow-through.

Taalibah Kariem-White

Trauma is Now Part of the Discussion- What Do I Do Now? (repeated in morning/afternoon sessions)

This workshop will review the concepts of traumatic stress and secondary traumatic stress in the workplace. It will offer strategies on identifying the trauma-related needs of your clients, through screenings and in-depth assessments. This workshop will discuss ways to establish psychological safety for clients and staff, and will offer self-care tips for health care professionals.

 Al Killen-Harvey

Integrating Reproductive Life Planning for Behavioral Health Settings

Reproductive life planning (RPL) is a counseling and educational approach for working with clients to set goals around if and when they plan to have children in the future. It assists clients with identifying their future plans and priorities, selecting appropriate contraceptive methods if needed, and utilizing other family planning strategies, including accessing affordable sexual and reproductive health services that will enable them to achieve their goals. In this workshop, we will review RPL tools and discuss strategies for integrating this conversation into a behavioral health client encounter.

Shannon Criniti, PhD, MPH

Marie McClay

Supporting a Client in a Mental Health Crisis

Healthcare and human services personnel have an important role in supporting clients who are at risk for or are experiencing mental health crises.  This interactive session will help participants build skills in identifying risk factors and warning signs of crisis, and responding to crisis in their practice settings.  

Elizabeth Dailey, MSW

12 noon - 1:15 pm LUNCH

1:15 pm – 2:00 pm PLENARY – The Science of Addiction and the Adolescent Brain - Nzinga Harrison, MD

2:00 pm - 2:15 BREAK

2:15 pm – 3:45 pm CONCURRENT BREAKOUT SESSIONS 

Trauma is Now Part of the Discussion- What Do I Do Now? (repeated in morning/afternoon sessions)

This workshop will review the concepts of traumatic stress and secondary traumatic stress in the workplace. It will offer strategies on identifying the trauma-related needs of your clients, through screenings and in-depth assessments. This workshop will discuss ways to establish psychological safety for clients and staff, and will offer self-care tips for health care professionals.

Al Killen-Harvey

AskableAdults Matter - How to Refer Adolescents for Sexual/Reproductive Services

Adults have a key role in helping adolescents access sexual and reproductive health services. This highly interactive workshop will assist professionals who work with youth to be more approachable and knowledgeable about adolescent sexual and reproductive health, and will include resources and strategies for referring youth to adolescent-friendly health services. 

Kathy Turnowchyk, M.Ed.
Shannon Criniti, PhD, MPH

Sexual and Reproductive Coercion in Adolescent and Young Adult Dating Relationships

This session will empower participants to identify and respond to indicators for sexual & reproductive coercion among teens & young adults.  Research linking sexual & reproductive coercion with health outcomes will be presented.  The scope of controlling/abusive behaviors present within teen dating violence relationships will be discussed.  Participants will gain concrete skills for universal screening for sexual/reproductive coercion as well as targeted approaches to suspicion of teen dating violence.  Participants will practice developing safety planning strategies for sexual & reproductive coercion.  Resources & both prevention and intervention services for teen dating violence will be shared, including the Lutheran Settlement House STAR (Students Talking About Relationships) Program.    

Marcella Slick, LSW
Anna Cibils

Substance Abuse Trends in Adolescents

During this plenary, Dr. Harrison will discuss the neuroscience of sexual and addictive risk behaviors in adolescence. Specifically, current trends in adolescent drug use and the connections to adolescent sexual behavior and decision-making will be addressed. The plenary will focus on strategies for applying knowledge of current trends when designing prevention and intervention strategies for adolescents. 

Dr. Nzinga Harrison, MD

3:45 pm - 4:00 pm EVALUATION AND ADJOURNMENT