Free Mental Health Webinars, August 2023

This post is part of the monthly series, Free Webinars for Social Workers and Mental Health Professionals, featuring over 45 free webcasts that we could find for you this month in the field of social work and mental health.

To make it easier for you to find a webinar that is of interest to you, they are now organized by the following categories: addiction, advocacy/anti-racism, aging/caregiving, career, child welfare, clinical practice, summits and other.

If we’ve missed any free webcasts that you are aware of, please feel free to add them in the comments section below!

Please note:

• Most but not all provide CEs. A few providers may require a nominal fee.
• To register, click on the desired green webinar title link; this will take you to the registration area.
• To ask Qs or confirm CE details, please contact the sponsoring organization of the webinar that is of interest to you.
• To have your free mental health webinar considered for inclusion, please provide details below.

August Webinars 2023

Addiction

• The Wild World of Sports Betting – NYCPG/Aug 2 at 12 – 1 PM ET – “explore the psychological aspects and gambling mechanics common to sports gambling.  Additionally, there will be discussion around the impact on those who play sports, a review of responsible gambling practices, and resources for those impacted by problem gambling.”
• Cultural Bereavement, Trauma and Stress, and Substance Use – ATTC/Aug 8 at 10 AM – 1 PM ET – “use a cultural lens to explore the intersects of grief and trauma and other impacting factors prevalent among communities of color, including immigrants and refugees, and how it can underscore substance use”
• Tobacco Use and Cessation: Opportunities to Drive Improvements in Behavioral Health Care – NAADAC/Aug 9 at 3 – 4:30 PM ET – “discusses systems-level strategies that can be implemented to increase clinical cessation interventions and population-level strategies that promote smoking cessation – both key factors in advancing health equity.”
• Untapped Potential of Extended-release Buprenorphine in Opioid Use Disorder – ATTC/Aug 10 at 10 – 11:30 AM ET – “discuss the use of buprenorphine extended-release injection in the treatment of opioid use disorder and the potential barriers to its use. It will also outline logistics and operational needs for use in clinical settings.”
• Crisis and Hope: Trends, Risk Assessment, and Innovation in Overcoming Overdose – ATTC/Aug 23 at 3 PM ET – “discuss actionable interventions to enhance overdose safety including new medical devices and digital resources, harm reduction strategies, and collaboration with local community organizations.”

Advocacy/Anti-Racism

• Not Invisible Act Commission Hearing – NIWRC/Aug 2 & 3 – “hearing aims to create a forum in which law enforcement, subject-matter experts, organizations, state and tribal task forces, advocates, survivors, families, and other stakeholders may provide testimonies directly to the NIAC”
• Understanding and Responding to Policies that Impact LGBTQ+ Youth Mental Health – MHTTC/Aug 8 at 3 PM ET – “Gain increased awareness of school well-being within a multi-tiered system of school mental health supports and services”
• Why Anti-Racism is an Integral Part of Sexual Violence Prevention – PreventConnect/Aug 9 at 2 PM ET – “if you’re wondering how systemic racism and oppression are connected to sexual violence prevention, and how it shows up in our prevention work. Most importantly, we’ll discuss what we can do about it”
• Empowering People Working with Youth to Understand and Prevent Racism – OJJDP/Aug 10 at 2 – 3:30 PM ET – “provide content about the history of racism and how it drives some individuals to commit acts of hate and identity-based bullying against African Americans”
• Decolonizing Training and Supervision: Supervision Models and Cultural Adaptation – MHTTC/Aug 11 at 11 AM ET – “Critique current supervision models, while discussing their potential to cause harm to supervisees.”
• Extreme Inequities in Maternal Care: The Impact of COVID-19 on Maternal Health Outcomes – NASW/Aug 16 at 1 – 2:30 PM ET – ” understand the intersection between COVID-19 during pregnancy and mental health, lack of resources, and lack of access to necessary health service… identify a pathway forward to addressing inequities and lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic [and] identify strategies for vaccine confidence among pregnant women from a community-based perspective.”
• Child Sex Trafficking: From Suspicion to Disclosure – OJJDP/Aug 22 at 10 AM – 5 PM ET – “Learn basic techniques and strategies to enhance the likelihood of obtaining information from possible victims of child sex trafficking”
• Professional Perspectives of Cultural Awareness and Humility Revisited – NAADAC/Aug 23 at 3 – 5 PM ET – “the presenter will provide insights into certain injustices that are perpetrated by mental and behavioral health professionals, demonstrating our practice of micro and macro aggressions from a professional hierarchical orientation”
• Supporting the Mental Well-being of LGBTQIA+ Youth in Schools: Gender Development and Foundational Terms – MHTTC/Aug 25 at 12 PM ET

Aging/Caregiving

• Spousal Caregiving – ASAging/Aug 2 at 1 PM ET – “Understand the challenges unique to spousal caregivers; Discover support and resources for spousal caregivers”
• Managing Loss of Appetite in Older Adults – AlzOC/Aug 8 at 2:30 ET – “Strategies will be provided on how to meet nutrient needs in meal planning, food enhancers and creative food ideas, which improve nutritional intake, health and longevity.”
• Geriatric Care Ethics: Understanding Autonomy, Capacity and Personal Bias – ASAging/Aug 23 at 1 PM ET – “explores ethical considerations around autonomy, informed consent and mental capacity to help promote a person-centered culture of empathy, respect and dignity”

Career

• Balancing Work & Cancer – Cancer + Career/Aug 2 at 6 PM ET – “will focus on ways to manage working during, or after, treatment”
• Grief Surrounds Us: Coping with Grief in the Workplace in the Modern Era – MHTTC/Aug 9 at 2 PM ET – “identify the ways in which grief presents in the workplace in behavioral health and primary care, the barriers to responding well to grief, and how to develop more compassionate and responsive approaches to managing grief. “
• The Art of Interviewing: Translating School Social Work Micro Skills to Macro Practice – SPS/Aug 10 at 1 PM ET – “Discover how micro and mezzo skills may be translated into macro practice.”
• 2023 Credit Score Updates – CFSW/Aug 10 at 2 PM ET – “What you need to know now about credit scores personally and professionally.”
• Conferences and Networking – SAGE/Aug 23 at 11 AM ET – “we will discuss why it is worth attending conferences and how to prepare for them, as well as provide tips on networking and presenting at academic events.”
• 5 Frequently Asked Questions About Working While You Receive Benefits – SSA/Aug 23 at 3 – 4:30 PM ET
• Long COVID and Return-to-Work – WWI/Aug 29 at 12 PM ET

Child Welfare

• FLIP IT! Transforming Challenging Behavior – NCWWI/Aug 1 at 2 PM ET – “hear all about the creation of the FLIP IT strategy, which is designed to help young children (ages 3-8) learn about their feelings, gain self-control, and reduce challenging behavior”
• Making Peace with War Play: Exploring Consent and Power in the Preschool Classroom – ECI/Aug 3 at 2 – 3:30 PM ET – “early childhood expert and author Mike Huber will help us step back and look at war play to appreciate how it can be an important mode of self-expression for some children”
• Narrative Therapy with Families – CTAC/Aug 4 at 12:30 PM ET – “review how narrative practice in family therapy attends to both the larger societal discourse as well as family intricacies at the most local level. The narrative family therapy approach brings the family or networks together to counter the problem as they see it”
• Coparenting After Divorce: How to Manage ADHD Consistently Across Households – ADDitude/Aug 8 at 1 PM ET – “coparenting and managing ADHD across households”
• What Can Families (and Other Adults) Do to Maximize Youth Well-Being – OneOp/Aug 10 at 11 AM – 12:30 PM ET – “Military family factors that promote and challenge youth well-being during military transitions (PCS, deployment, and reintegration)”
• Identifying Solutions to School-Based Prevention Programming Resistance – PreventConnect/Aug 16 at 2 PM ET – “a conversation on how they are finding solutions and moving prevention forward, while staying true to health equity and anti-oppression frameworks. “
• Respectful, Evidence-Based Care for Children with Elevated BMI – OneOp/Aug 17 at 11 AM – 12 PM ET – “Describe weight bias and understand how this and other structural inequalities impact pediatric health and healthcare.”
• Avoiding & Recovering from 2e Burnout: Support for Gifted Students – ADDitude/Aug 17 at 1 PM ET – “In class, 2e children may perform above average in some areas and below average in others. The strengths and challenges can be unpredictable, making life feel chaotic and overwhelming for some students.”
• From Resistance to Resilience: Strategies for Addressing School Refusal – MHTTC/Aug 17 at 3 PM ET – “discuss practical approaches to embedding interventions that foster resilience and promote continuous school attendance. Additionally, you will learn how to identify key risk and protective factors contributing to school refusal, equipping you with valuable knowledge to address these challenges more effectively.”
• Ready, Set, Smartphone: A Guide for Families – Children + Screens/Aug 23 at 12 PM ET – “provide best practices and strategies for evaluating child readiness, integrating smartphone screen time into family life, and preparing children to safely engage with the new supercomputer in their pocket, as well as discuss specific considerations for smartphone use by neurodivergent youth and youth with disabilities”
• The College Application Guide for Neurodivergent Students – ADDitude/Aug 31 at 1 PM ET – “navigating the college application process for neurodivergent students”

Clinical Practice

• An Open Conversation with Temple Grandin – Autism Expert, Author, and Scientist – ADDitude/Aug 1 at 1 PM ET – “Learn about how understanding of and perceptions about autism have changed through the years, and how she helped to break the stigma”
• Trauma-Informed Care 101: Understanding Your Role in Creating a Trauma-Informed Environment – Caltrin/Aug 3 at 1 PM ET – “provide an overview of trauma-informed care and how it can be applied across child and family-service settings”
• Core Principles of Addiction Counselor Ethics – ATTC/Aug 10 at 10 AM – 1 PM ET – “explore the origins of the “Do No Harm” concept, misinterpretations, and implications for practice. The content will review the application of core principles within the context of the 12 core functions of addiction counseling, and with sample case scenarios”
• Understanding and Supporting the Grief Process – PT/Aug 11 at 1 PM ET – “offer an overview of the grief process, describe signs and symptoms of grief, typical trajectories and strategies for supporting those who have experienced loss. Variations of grief including ambiguous loss, disenfranchised grief and considerations for identifying prolonged grief disorder will also be discussed.”
• The Diagnostic Classification of Mental Health and Developmental Disorders of Infancy and Early Childhood (DC:0-5) – CTAC/Aug 14 at 12 PM ET – “90-minute webinar will serve as an overview of DC:0-5™ … to provide a foundation of this diagnostic classification system for professionals who work with infants and young children.”
• Trauma Informed Interventions for Eating Disorders: An Introductory Guide – Envision/Aug 17 at 11 AM – 1:15 PM ET – “intended to enhance the attendees overall understanding of comprehensive treatment of eating disorders, honoring the need for a collaborative, culturally sensitive, trauma-informed, Health at Every Size and weight-inclusive approach”
• Unlocking the Future of ADHD: Advances in Research, Diagnosis, & Treatment – ADDitude/Aug 23 at 1 PM ET – “the current research involving genetic influences and environmental factors associated with ADHD”

Summits

• Financial Education and Innovation – NEFE/Aug 1 at 11 AM ET
• Biology of Trauma Summit/Aug 1 – 7
• Trauma Super Conference/Aug 14 – 20

Other

• Securing Devices: Maintaining Digital Privacy, Safety and Emerging Technology – APIGBV/Aug 3 at 1 PM ET – “provide an overview of the most common security and privacy risks survivors are exposed to and what they could do to protect their online accounts and devices from abusive (ex)partners. We will also talk about the role AI is/can play to empower survivors.”

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