Support Groups, Events and Trainings

**Training and Technical Assistance Related to COVID-19**

SAMHSA is committed to providing regular training and technical assistance (TTA) on matters related to the mental and substance use disorder field as they deal with COVID-19.

Their TA programs are delivering great resources during this time. Click here to view the updated available TTA resources to assist with the current situation.

Monthly Events/Meetings/Webinars:

• DBHDD 2x2 Series: Daily Self-Care Tips and Support for Managing Life:  These WebEx events are designed to provide self-care tips and support for managing life during these unprecedented times.  The 2x2 Series is held live twice weekly, on Tuesdays and Thursdays, and each session provides attendees with mental health tips about managing stress, grief, work/life balance, and wellness.  Click here for meeting dates this month.

• Forsyth County Drug Awareness Council Meetings:  Generally these meetings take place the 1st Wednesday of every month.  For more information please contact Mitch Durdle at 770.887.1710

• Forsyth County Mental Health & Wellness Coalition Meetings:  Generally these meetings take place the 3rd Wednesday of each month.  For more information please contact Cindy Henderson at 770.781.2101.

Previous Events/Meetings/Webinars:

• National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

   

  • Advancing Evidence-Based Interventions to Improve Access to Mental Health Services for LGBTQ+ Youth
    September 21, 2021
    Watch the recording: https://youtu.be/kJ5kgk_ZRkQ
     
  • NIMH James Jackson Memorial Award Lecture: “Black Mental Health, Mentoring, and Health Equity: A Love Supreme”
    July 28, 2021
    Watch the recording: https://youtu.be/QcPIlvc8iuE
     
  • Strength in the Face of Challenge: Youth Suicide Prevention Research Among the White Mountain Apache and the Navajo Nation in the Time of COVID-19
    June 29, 2021
    Watch the recording: https://youtu.be/N7mcSQDKgpI
     
  • Gender Differences in Bipolar Disorder Across the Life Span Through an Intersectional Lens
    June 10, 2021
    Watch the recording: https://youtu.be/b_SbzrlwP1k
     
  • Funded Researcher Dr. Barbara Rothbaum Discusses Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
    Thursday, June 17, 2021
    Watch the recording: https://youtu.be/wIcWIbM4hLE
     
  • NIMH Livestream Event:  Bipolar Disorder in Adolescents and Young Adults with NIMH Expert Dr. Mary Rooney
    Wednesday, March 31, 2021
    In recognition of World Bipolar Day, NIMH hosted a livestream event on bipolar disorder in adolescents and young adults on March 30, 2021. Clinical psychologist and chief of the Child and Adolescent Psychosocial Interventions Research Program at NIMH, Mary Rooney, Ph.D., discussed bipolar disorder in adolescents and young adults. Also, Dr. Rooney discussed some of the challenges that the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak has presented for individuals living with bipolar disorder and other mental illnesses.  Watch the recording: https://youtu.be/NcklnY4Knjk
     
  • Experts Discuss Borderline Personality Disorder
    Thursday, May 27, 2021
    Watch the recording: https://youtu.be/qhD9TfYRXs4
     
  • NIMH Livestream Event: Let's Talk About Eating Disorders with NIMH Grantee Dr. Cynthia Bulik
    Thursday, February 25, 2021
    Last week, NIMH hosted a livestream event on eating disorders with NIMH grantee Cynthia Bulik, Ph.D., professor at the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill’s School of Medicine and Founding Director of the UNC Center of Excellence for Eating Disorders. Dr. Bulik discussed signs, symptoms, treatments, and the latest research on eating disorders. She also discussed some of the challenges that the COVID19 outbreak has presented for individuals living with eating disorders and other mental illnesses. Watch the recording: https://youtu.be/rfazgzwzDjw
     
• SAMHSA's GAINS Center
  Click here to access GAINS webinars.

If you have any mental health trainings you would like to include, please let us know by clicking here.

**Training and Technical Assistance Related to COVID-19**

SAMHSA is committed to providing regular training and technical assistance (TTA) on matters related to the mental and substance use disorder field as they deal with COVID-19.

Their TA programs are delivering great resources during this time. Click here to view the updated available TTA resources to assist with the current situation.

Georgia Commission on Family Violence

• Suicide and Domestic Violence:  "What You Need to Know" - Please join us for a virtual Suicide Prevention Training hosted in partnership with the Georgia Commission on Family Violence (GCFV) and DBHDD. "Suicide and Domestic Violence: What You Need to Know" will explore the strong connection between suicide and domestic violence homicide risk. Training participants will be given an overview of warning signs of domestic violence as well as information for how to tell if the situation is escalating. Basic safety planning tools will be provided. Participants will also learn where to refer someone who is experiencing domestic violence and ways to become more engaged in community efforts to address domestic violence.  REGISTER TODAY!

  Training Dates:

  • May 19, 2021  (2:00 PM - 3:30 PM)
  • June 2, 2021 (10:00 AM-11:30 AM)
  • June 9, 2021 (2:00 PM - 3:30 PM)
  • July 7, 2021 (10:00 AM-11:30 AM)
  • July 21, 2021 (2:00 PM - 3:30 PM)
  • August 4, 2021 (10:00 AM-11:30 AM)
  • August 18, 2021 (2:00 PM - 3:30 PM)

Georgia Mental Health Consumer Network (GMHCN)

• Respect Institute of Georgia - The RESPECT Institute of Georgia (RI), created by mental health advocate Joel Slack, supports participants in developing the skills necessary to transform their experiences of mental health and substance use challenges, and cross disabilities, into educational and inspirational presentations. The RESPECT Institute of Georgia supports participants in organizing, constructing and customizing their personal stories of recovery and independent living so they can share their stories in diverse venues such as management meetings, legislative meetings, employee orientations, university classrooms, civic meetings, and continuing education programs.

• Ready4Reentry Forensic Peer Mentor Training Program - The Ready 4 Re-Entry training is creating opportunities for those involved with the criminal justice system to use their lived experience to support others with behavioral health concerns to live full, rewarding, and productive lives.

• Wellness Recovery Action Plan - The Georgia Mental Health Consumer Network is pleased to provide basic Wellness Recovery Action Plan® workshops to groups across the state. These workshops are provided at no cost to participants or hosting facilities. The workshop is an introduction to a personalized wellness and recovery plan which helps people to:
  • ​Decrease and prevent intrusive or troubling feelings and behaviors
  • Increase personal empowerment
  • Improve quality of life
  • Address the need for support during crisis
  • Achieve life goals and personal ambitions
• Georgia Peer Support Institute - The Georgia Peer Support Institute (GPSI) is a three-day immersion in peer support designed to:
  • Teach the principles of recovery from behavioral health challenges
  • Teach characteristics of peer-directed, peer-run, and recovery-oriented behavioral health services; and
  • Teach skills to take an active role in one’s own recovery, and the creation of a meaningful life

• Mental Health First Aid - The Georgia Mental Health Consumer Network is pleased to provide Mental Health First Aid Trainings to groups across the state. The training teaches:
  • Risk factors and warning signs of behavioral health problems.
  • Information on depression, anxiety, trauma, psychosis, and substance use disorders.
  • A 5-step action plan to help someone developing a behavioral health problem or in crisis.
  • Where to turn for help — professional, peer, and self-help resources.

• Whole Health Action Management -  The primary goal of Whole Health Action Management (WHAM) training is to teach skills to support peers to better self-manage chronic physical health conditions and behavioral health challenges to achieve whole health.  There are two major components to the WHAM training. The first component uses a person-centered planning process with 10 health and resiliency factors to assist a person with creating a concise whole health goal to begin the self-management process. The second component of the training focuses on developing mind-body resiliency to promote self-management skills.

NAMI Georgia 2021 Training Dates

• NAMI Family to Family Teacher Training
  2021: September 18-19

• NAMI Connection Recover Support Group Facilitator Training
  2021: August 7-8

• NAMI Ending the Silence Presenter Training
  2021: May 22
  2021: November 6

• NAMI In Our Own Voice Presenter Training
  2021: June 5
  2021: August 14
  2021: November 6

• NAMI Peer to Peer Mentor Training
  2021: September 18-19

All applications can be found here

Questions? Email programs@namiga.org

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

• Practitioner Training - SAMHSA's practitioner training offers tools, training, and technical assistance to practitioners in the fields of mental heath and substance use disorders.  Click here for more information