Telehealth ROCKS

12/23/2025

⏰ Time is running out to apply!

Transform your workplace through digital wellness. Our 11-week certification program equips you with research-based tools, resources, and an official credential.

Ideal for educators, counselors, health workers, and community professionals ready to integrate digital wellness into their work with families and youth.

Apply by January 16th.

Apply today: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfw_JIu9Ind2hz5WWrrEVkRKak1_uQiZRtWZn3cQLxRovo_1Q/viewform

See attached flyers for details or email telehealthrocks@kumc.edu

12/18/2025

Don't miss this opportunity! 🌟

Sponsorships are available for the Digital Wellness Educator Certificate Program. Learn to prevent digital burnout and become a workplace wellness champion.

Perfect for professionals working with children, youth, and families — including school staff, CHWs, telehealth coordinators, and family support organizations.

📅 Deadline: January 16th

📎See flyers for full program details

Apply today: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfw_JIu9Ind2hz5WWrrEVkRKak1_uQiZRtWZn3cQLxRovo_1Q/viewform

Questions? Email telehealthrocks@kumc.edu

12/17/2025

Build strong bonds with the children in your life 💙

Our new video breaks down CARE (Child Adult Relationship Enhancement) training. Check it out to discover simple, trauma-informed strategies that any parent, educator, or caregiver can use.

Learn the "3 Qs to Avoid" and "3 Ps to Practice" that can help strengthen relationships between adults and children.

In this video, learn about the 3 Qs and 3 Ps of CARE training with Board Certified Behavioral Analyst Dr. Alice Zhang and Dr. Leni Swails.

12/17/2025

Thank you to everyone who joined us for our Better Behavior Together training series! We learned about challenging behaviors in schools and how to create supports that help preschool and elementary-aged kids be their best.

Find the resources from this series and all of our other trainings on our website: https://www.telehealthrocks.org/better-behavior-together

Missed it? In need of a recap?

Check out the recording on our YouTube: https://youtu.be/PaLu9xCEl4k?si=18cL_s9P_mg10Dnd

About: Join Telehealth ROCKS for this 3-part series to better understand challenging behaviors in schools and create supports to help preschool and elementary-aged kids be their best. We'll use the Project ECHO model designed to create virtual communities of learners. We'll draw expertise from beha...

12/15/2025

🚀 Applications are NOW OPEN!
Ready to become a certified Digital Wellness Educator? Our 11-week program starts soon and sponsored spots are available through our partnership with the Digital Wellness Institute.

Calling school counselors, social workers, nurses, teachers, community health workers, behavioral health providers, and child and parent facing professionals interested in learning digital wellness skills in Kansas, Missouri, and northern Oklahoma!

You'll receive:
✅ Certified Educator Resource Toolkit
✅ 1-year access to Digital Wellness Resource Hub
✅ Official Certificate + Digital Wellness Educator Badge

The application deadline is January 16th. Find additional details in the attached flyers.
Apply today: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfw_JIu9Ind2hz5WWrrEVkRKak1_uQiZRtWZn3cQLxRovo_1Q/viewform

Contact us at telehealthrocks@kumc.edu with questions!

12/15/2025

🌟 Thank you to everyone who joined our webinar on using the Science of Hope as a framework for action!

Take a look at the resources shared in the webinar:

📋 Hope Measurement Tools:
Adult Hope Scale:https://ppc.sas.upenn.edu/sites/default/files/hopescale.pdf
Children's Hope Scale:https://ospi.k12.wa.us/sites/default/files/2023-08/explanation-childrens-hope-scale-2021.pdf

📊 Research Highlights:
Gallup on hope & leadership: https://www.gallup.com/workplace/655817/people-need-leaders.aspx
Gallup Schools data: https://www.gallup.com/services/176723/measuring-hope-engagement-wellbeing-america-students.aspx

Stay tuned for updates on new trainings and more resources!

12/12/2025

✨ Ready to make a difference in your community?

Join DCCCA for free, interactive Train-the-Trainer workshops that prepares you to teach QPR Gatekeeper Training, CALM Su***de Prevention Training, or Youth Mental Health First Aid. Each training program is evidence-based in helping to prevent su***de.

QPR – Question, Persuade, Refer
🗓️ Wednesday, January 21st, 2026
🕘 9AM-5PM (CST)
🧑💻 Virtual via Zoom
**📋 Limited spots available – **

What you’ll learn:
✅ How to recognize suicidal communications
✅ Who is most at risk and how QPR can help
✅ The history and science behind su***de prevention
✅ How to deliver effective Gatekeeper training
✅ Evidence-based and emergency strategies that save lives
✅ How QPR aligns with national prevention efforts

CALM – Counseling on Access to Lethal Means
🗓️ Monday-Tuesday, February 9-10th, 2026
🕘 8:30AM-4:30PM (CST)
🧑💻 Virtual via Zoom
**📋 Limited spots available – **

What you’ll learn:
✅ Why talking about safe storage of fi****ms and medications is crucial to preventing su***de
✅ Ways to increase the safety of firearm and medication storage
✅ How to effectively lead both CALM trainings with hands-on practice
✅ How to use local su***de data to strengthen your presentations
✅ Get access to CALM-SAFE, a fi****ms safety training to better understand fi****ms

Youth Mental Health First Aid
🗓️ Wednesday-Friday, March 18-20th, 2026
🕘 9AM-5PM (CST)
🧑💻 Virtual via Zoom
**📋 Limited spots available – **

What you’ll learn:
✅ Common signs and symptoms of mental health challenges in youth
✅ Common signs and symptoms of substance use challenges in youth
✅ How to interact with a child or adolescent in crisis
✅ How to connect a youth to help
✅ Expanded content on trauma, substance use, self-care, and the impact of social media and bullying

Register now: https://form.jotform.com/253366599806170

Priority will be given to participants who work or live in the following counties: Allen, Bourbon, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Crawford, Elk, Greenwood, Labette, Montgomery, Neosho, Wilson, Woodson, Wyandotte.

Help create safer, more supportive communities – become a lifesaving leader.
Questions? Contact Ariel at acohn@dccca.org

12/10/2025

🌟Invest in Your Digital Wellness🌟

We're thrilled to announce that Telehealth ROCKS and the Digital Wellness Institute are partnering to offer sponsorship opportunities for the Digital Educator Certificate Program!

In our always-connected world, digital wellness is essential. The Digital Wellness Institute defines it as the optimum state of health, personal fulfillment, and social satisfaction that each individual using technology is capable of achieving. It's a way of life that promotes optimal wellbeing where body, mind, and spirit are integrated across human, natural, and digital communities.

We're seeking professionals who work directly with children, youth, and families in Kansas, Missouri, and northern Oklahoma. Ideal candidates include school-based professionals (counselors, social workers, nurses, teachers), community health workers, behavioral health providers, telehealth coordinators, and staff from family support organizations who are ready to integrate digital wellness principles into their daily work. Applicants should be able to identify concrete ways to apply what they learn — whether through parent education, classroom guidance, CHW visits, or organizational policies around technology use.

Applications open December 15 for this transformative 11-week certification program. 30 slots are available.

The certification includes:

- Certified Educator Resource Toolkit (graphics, templates & more)
- 1-year access to Digital Wellness Resource Hub
- Official Certificate + Digital Wellness Educator Badge

Questions about the program? Contact us at telehealthrocks@kumc.edu to learn more.

12/08/2025

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12/04/2025

Happy Wednesday! Take 10 minutes for yourself today.

Try this mind-body meditation to relax, recharge, and boost your well-being.

Try this 10-minute mind-body meditation to improve your well-being.

12/01/2025

Learn how to help your kids thrive in a digital world. 🧠💙

Trish Backman, school mental health coordinator for KSDE, shares practical strategies for managing screen time – from setting boundaries, to using monitoring tools, to creating tech-free zones that actually work. Discover how to navigate the who-what-when-where-why of devices, and why partnering with other parents and schools can make all the difference.

Kansas Department of Education school mental health coordinator Trish Backman shares practical advice for parents on managing children's screen time. Learn w...

11/28/2025

⏰ ONE WEEK AWAY! ⏰

Join us next Thursday for The Science of Hope as a Framework for Action!

✨ Evidence-based strategies to cultivate hope
✨ Practical tools for personal & professional growth
✨ Certificate of attendance

📅 Thursday, December 4 | 9-10 AM
💻 Zoom

🔗 Register now: https://redcap.kumc.edu/surveys/?s=MM9DLXY9DTDC9Y43