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The American School Health Association's (ASHA)
94th Annual School Health Conference
Registration is open for
ASHA's 94th Annual School Health Conference
. School health professionals are facing tremendous challenges to ensure that students are healthy and ready to learn. Now more than ever it is critical that we work together. The Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child (WSCC) model of coordinating efforts with students as the central focus can prepare us to work together. ASHA's 94th Annual School Health Conference will be a virtual event with the engaging and informative content that ASHA is known for. This virtual conference is designed to provide support for school health professionals. By using the WSCC model, school health professionals can coordinate efforts for maximum impact on student health and learning.
Read more here.
Equity, Hidden Bias, and Cultural Competency Resources
Indiana Afterschool Network recently presented several best practices and professional development resources and tools related to cultural responsivity, racial achievement gaps and responding to diverse experiences. The resources include: ToolKit: A Guide to Equity and Antiracism for Educators
A toolkit with links to additional resources related to current events and a guide for educators on how to fight racism in their communities. Videos: Culturally Responsive: Educator Mindset and Action
Short videos of educators that describe what it means to have a culturally responsive mindset with examples of specific culturally responsive practices in action. Personal Reflection: Test Yourself for Hidden Bias
Information about stereotypes and prejudices and the impact they have on students. It includes a link to "Project Implicit", a test to identify your implicit biases. Research: Focusing on Cultural Competency in STEM Education
White paper that provides an overview of cultural competency in STEM education. Video: Gloria Ladson-Billings Reframes the Racial Achievement Gap
G. Ladson -Billings gave a talk at the 2007 Urban Sites Network Conference where she discusses the term "racial achievement gap" as a construct that considers students as defective and lacking.
Article: The Role of Stress, Trauma, and Negative Affect in
Alcohol Misuse and Alcohol Use Disorder in Women
Alcohol Research: Current Reviews is a peer-reviewed journal produced by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAAA). This article is a timely topic of stress and trauma as alcohol misuse among girls and women is on the rise. The article reviews sex differences in emotional and biological factors associated with alcohol use suggests that stress and trauma play a significant role in the development of AUD among women.
Read the full article by Maria Isabel, Barros Guinle, and Rajita Sinha here.
Funding Opportunity: Disbursement of State Opioid Response Grant Funding
The Indiana Division of Mental Health and Addiction is granting funds to support up to 15 community mental health centers and other providers of substance use disorder treatment in effectively utilizing evidence based practices for the treatment and assessment of substance use disorders in adults and adolescents. DMHA is offering two opportunities for this initiative.
The first opportunity required of each of the 15 participating sites involves training and implementation of motivational enhancement therapy plus cognitive behavior therapy. Also, each of the 15 sites will participate in the computer adaptive testing assessments. Each organization will receive compensation for MET/CBT and CAT participation and completion up to $42,500.
The other opportunity requires up to five of the 15 agencies to participate in the Leadership and Organizational Change for Implementation training. LOCI focuses on creating an organizational climate to support MET/CBT implementation and sustainment by engaging participants in a leadership and organizational change development program. This opportunity will also require CAT participation. This opportunity will provide each organization the option to receive compensation for LOCI and CAT participation and completion up to $50,000.
This grant will be funded beginning September 30, 2020, through September 29, 2021.
Additional details and how to apply are available by clicking here. Please contact Michael Tomlinson if there are any questions at michael.tomlinson@fssa.IN.gov.
