Free Mental Health Webinars, February 2024

This post is part of the monthly series, Free Webinars for Social Workers and Mental Health Professionals, featuring almost 50 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, ADHD, advocacy/anti-racism, aging, child welfare, clinical practice, disability, self-care 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.

February Webinars 2024

Addiction

• Deep Dive into Prevention Ethics: Competency and the SPF – PTTC/Feb 1 at 10:30 AM ET – “focus of this session will be on the principle of Competency and how to apply it to the Strategic Prevention Framework (SPF)”
• Addressing the Recovery Support Needs of Persons with IDD – MHTTC/Feb 13 at 11 AM ET – “help Mental Health and Substance Use providers as well as the Recovery Community at large better understand the potential support needs of people with IDD with or without co-occurring Mental Health and/or Substance Use Challenges”
• Know Your Neuro – NAADAC/Feb 14 at 3-4:30 PM ET -“explores the neuroscience and genetics of addiction in an easy-to-understand, teachable way that focuses on the neurodevelopmental and executive functioning effects of substance use disorders and co-occurring genetic issues.”
• Cannabis and Mental Health – ATTC/Feb 28 at 2 PM ET – “provide current information on research and treatment related to cannabis use and mental health”
• Recovery of Adolescents With SUD Disorders – ATTC/Feb 28 at 2 PM ET – “focus on epidemiology of adolescent substance use before and after the COVID epidemic, and the opportunities for prevention, recovery, and increasing access to treatment”
• The Power of The Brain-First Approach in Recovery Coaching – NAADAC/Feb 28 at 3 – 4:30 PM ET – “help attendees gain deep knowledge and understanding of how the brain drives behavior. Self-destructive choices, substance use, and drifting in life are not about a moral failing or character defect. It is not a lack of willpower—it is all about brain power.”

ADHD

• Squeezed in the Sandwich Generation: How to Manage ADHD in Yourself, Your Children, and Your Elderly Parents – ADDitude/Feb 8 at 1 PM ET – “talk about the challenges that ADHD can present and ways to incorporate self-compassion and other strategies as we navigate caring for our parents and our children simultaneously.”
• How to ADHD: An Insider’s Guide to Working with Your ADHD Brain (Not Against It!) with Jessica McCabe – ADDitude/Feb 13 at 1 PM ET – “The key she has discovered to navigating a world not built for the neurodivergent brain”
• Interrupt the Cycle of Self-Sabotage in the New Year – ADDitude/Feb 15 at 1 PM ET – “you will learn..About the patterns of behavior that hold you back from making progress, including perfectionism, procrastination, people-pleasing, and risk-taking”
• An Educators’ Guide to Fortifying Executive Function – ADDitude/Feb 22 at 1 PM ET – “Executive function (EF) skills are the mental processes that enable us to plan, focus our attention, remember instructions, stay organized, and successfully manage our time…We will provide educators with the tools they need to teach these skills through an academic lens”

Advocacy/Anti-Racism

• Behavioral Health Equity Best Practices for African Americans – SAMHSA/Feb 5 at 1:30 PM ET – ” will learn how collaborations to leverage best practices can advance health equity within African American populations and for underserved communities.”
• Cultural Humility & Motivational Interviewing – Combined to Engage & Retain LGBTQIA People in Care – ATTC/Feb 12 at 1 – 3 PM ET – “combines the perspectives and practices of both Cultural Humility and Motivational Interviewing, inviting participants to consider how these approaches, used in tandem, can enhance engagement and retention of LGBTQIA people.”
• The Connection Between Heart Disease and Mental Health in the Black Community – MHTTC/Feb 15 at 12 PM ET – “will examine how mental health conditions like anxiety and depression can increase risk factors for heart disease within the Black population.”
• Changing the Narrative to Capture the Strength & Resilience of Indigenous Youth in Rural America - MHTTC/Feb 22 at 1 PM ET – “Indigenous people survive and many thrive because of the strength, resilience, and responsiveness to change that our ancestors passed down.  We need to teach the current and generations to come, that we cannot doubt ourselves, we come from a legacy of survival that cannot be questioned (bolojko).”
• Cultural Humility and Responsiveness as a Mental Health Professional – MHTTC/Feb 22 at 1 PM ET – “learn to acknowledge and improve awareness about decisions, actions, and policies that are shaped by their personal cultural perspective”
• Using Cultural Humility to Promote Person-Centered Care – ATTC/Feb 26 at 10 AM – 1 PM ET – “the content will inform and highlight Cultural Humility key components as a means to person-centered care to enhance the opportunities that build trust and rapport”

Aging

• Maintain Your Brain: Reducing the Risk of Dementia – ASAging/Feb 7 at 1 PM ET  – “delve into proactive strategies for maintaining optimal brain health. Let’s explore the steps we can take to support our brains as we age.”
• Activities that Enhance Engagement in Dementia Care – AlzOC/Feb 13 at 2:30 PM ET – “Identify approaches activities that enhance engagement and connection for persons with dementia.”
• Guiding the Way: Navigating Assisted Living and Dementia Care for Your Loved Ones – AlzOC/Feb 21 at 2 PM ET – “After receiving a diagnosis of dementia, it can seem overwhelming for families to navigate care options. This presentation will discuss many of the common questions and concerns that families have”
• Elder Abuse and Neglect – ASAging/Feb 28 at 1 PM ET – “define the various types of abuse and neglect, discuss examples of abuse in the older adult population, and share techniques used to investigate abuse cases.”

Child Welfare

• Supporting Your Child with Chronic Illness – WMHC/Feb 1 at 6 PM ET
• Understanding and Addressing Childhood Aggressive Behavior – CTAC/Feb 5 at 2 PM ET – “focus on problems (and solving them) rather than on the modifying behaviors that are being caused by those problems using his CPS approach”
• Nurturing the Neurodivergent: Unique Considerations for Youth Screen Use – Children + Screens/Feb 6 at 12 PM ET – “share the latest academic findings as well as personal lived experience with neurodivergence to provide tips and recommendations for parents and caregivers in navigating and guiding the digital experiences of neurodivergent youth.”
• Addressing and Overcoming Test Anxiety – McLean/Feb 8 at 11 AM ET – “discuss how test anxiety is assessed and treated, offer practical, evidence-based tips for improving studying and test-taking skills,”
• Difficult Conversations: Responding to Problematic Sexual Behavior – CAS/Feb 13 at 11:30 – 1 PM  – “Explore the facts surrounding Problematic Sexual Behavior (PSB) and its trajectory, gaining insights to dispel common misconceptions.”
• Understanding and Preventing Youth Suicide – MHTTC/Feb 13 at 3 PM ET
• Young People’s Experiences and Thoughts on Relationships Today – Dibble/Feb 14 at 4 PM ET – “Participants will be able to: Understand many young people’s outlook on intimate relationships”
• Tap Into the Power of Self-Compassion – McLean/Feb 21 at 12 PM ET – “explains the impacts of self-compassion on our mental health, shares simple ways that we can become kinder to ourselves”
• Eating Disorders for the Non-Specialist: Core Competencies – MHTTC/Feb 22 at 10 AM ET – “provide a foundation of core competencies that all mental health professionals need in order to recognize disordered eating in their clients, make appropriate treatment recommendations, and provide direct support, when appropriate”
• Think, Try, Fix, Share: Inclusive Engineering with Young Children Using Universal Design – ECI/Feb 22 at 2 PM ET – “will explore, model, and share resources to use the engineering process to design learning experiences that support STEM development for children 0-5 in inclusive settings”
• Supporting Young Men’s Mental Health – McLean/Feb 28 at 12 PM ET – “shares ways to create safe spaces for self-expression, explains the signs and symptoms of common mental health conditions in young men and boys”
• Using Learning Stories to Make Learning Visible to Children and Families – ECI/Feb 28 at 2 PM ET – “The learning stories approach assumes teachers’ observations are written for and TO the children and their families.”
• Post-Pandemic Impacts on School-Age Youth Mental Health – MHTTC/Feb 29 at 9:30 AM ET – “Provide an overview of the prevalence of mental health challenges among youth before and after the COVID-19 pandemic”

Clinical Practice

• De-escalation, Basic Tools for Social Workers – ATTC/Feb 6 at 9 AM – 12 PM ET – “designed to equip participants with basic concepts and preparatory actions that can be used to de-escalate a wide range of interactions.”
• Utilizing the Community Response Model (CRM): Supporting the Mental Health of Workers and the Community – Millersville/Feb 9 at 1 – 4 PM ET
• Be Here Now: Present Moment Awareness and Self as Context – MHTTC/Feb 13 at 12 PM ET – “Participants will learn and practice strategies from each tenet of ACT ranging from brief interventions to more in-depth processes”
• The Next Step in Suicide Prevention – NCMW/Feb 13 at 1 PM ET – “represents a significant next step and is based on the same evidence-based protocol used by the 988 suicide prevention lifeline.”
• Open Up: Acceptance and Defusion in ACT – MHTTC/Feb 27 at 12 PM ET – “Participants will learn and practice strategies from each tenet of ACT ranging from brief interventions to more in-depth processes”
• Change Talk, What to Do Once You’ve Evoked It – ATTC/Feb 28 at 10 AM – “we will review how to evoke Change Talk and how to employ it, once it’s spoken by the client/patient”
• Early Stage Psychosis: The Basics and Best Practice Updates – MHTTC/Feb 29 at 12 PM ET – “help mental health providers (and trainees) better understand the early stages of psychosis, including best practices for screening and referral”

Disability

• The ABCs of Disability Benefits: Your Guide to SSDI & SSI in 2024 – OneOp/Feb 7 at 11 AM – 12:30 PM ET – “The Social Security Administration oversees two disability-centric initiatives: Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI). Both programs aim to furnish financial aid to those contending with disabilities, but each has its own criteria for work requirements and financial eligibility”
• Balancing Remote Work & Cancer – Work & Cancer/Feb 7 at 1 PM ET – “The challenges associated with working remotely either full or part-time; How to approach your employer to request the opportunity to work remotely
• 5 FAQs About Working While Receiving Disability Benefits – SSA/Feb 28 at 3 – 4:30 PM ET

Self-Care

• Self-Care & Wellness for ALL – ATTC/Feb 9 at 10 AM – 12 PM ET – “interactive workshop provides an opportunity for providers to review wellness practices and experience the benefits of intentional, micro-structured, self-care interventions.”
• Burnout Recovery: Addressing Provider Burnout in the Mountain Plains Behavioral Health Workforce – MHTCC/Feb 13 at 1 PM ET – “focus on addressing behavioral health provider burnout by enhancing the well-being of those on the frontlines of community based mental health care”

Other

• Must You Choose Between Love and Money? – CFSW/Feb 8 at 2 PM ET – “Dive into the complex relationship between love and money, examining how they coexist and influence our pursuit of happiness and security in both romantic and platonic relationships.”
• Suicide Prevention Summit – Feb 12 – 13 – “The clinician’s guide to advanced assessment, intervention, and treatment”
• Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy Mega Summit – Feb 20 – “Everyone interested in the psychedelic renaissance and the emerging field of psychedelic-assisted therapies including the general public, clinicians, researchers, clients, policymakers, and entrepreneurs.”

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