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Mental Health Awareness Training in Mendocino County, 631 S. Orchard Avenue, Ukiah, CA (2025)

09/28/2021

It feels like the world is an exhausting place to live in right now. Especially with Covid, and everything associated with Covid, we are not even able to properly begin recovering from the trauma of last year because we are still experiencing ongoing trauma. Many people are experiencing personal crises as well from being isolated, losing their job, their home, their health, or a loved one. Many people have been cut off from their support systems because of lockdowns or political differences surrounding the virus and the vaccine.

It is okay for you to do things at less than your 100% capacity sometimes. Take it easy. Be kind to yourself. You cannot pour from an empty cup.

Our Compassion Fatigue & Self-Care for Professionals training is all about releasing trauma and stress from our bodies before it begins to damage our physical and mental health. To schedule a Compassion Fatigue training at your facility, contact Lindsey Painter at painterl@redwoodcommunityservices.org or Christine Hawley at Hawleyc@redwoodcommunityservices.org.

09/24/2021

Everyone deserves to have their basic needs met. In fact, feeling like their basic needs are threatened is one of the main reasons people have a crisis that leads to violence. In our Crisis Communication curriculum we focus mainly on preventing a crisis, and one of the main ways is to make sure that clients feel their basic needs are met and are secure. That is one of many methods we train to prevent violence and help keep everyone safe.

To schedule a Crisis Communication training at your facility, contact Lindsey Painter at painterl@redwoodcommunityservices.org or Christine Hawley at Hawleyc@redwoodcommunityservices.org.

09/21/2021

Getting help for Mental Health can be an intimidating process. It is not always easy to figure out what you need, or how to get connected to people who can help. That is why we like to take 10-15 minutes from our other trainings to go over how to make a mental health referral in Mendocino County. We help make a confusing process easier to understand. We often get questions such as, how do I get mental health treatment if I have MediCal? What about undocumented people? Can they get mental health care? What about people without insurance? What if there is a crisis?

We answer these and many more questions when we do this quick mental health referral outline for Mendocino County. To schedule a training at your facility, contact Lindsey Painter at painterl@redwoodcommunityservices.org or Christine Hawley at Hawleyc@redwoodcommunityservices.org.

09/17/2021

A big part of preventing a crisis is by understanding the reasons the crisis might be happening in the first place. That requires a level of compassion and trauma-informed care. When we understand what’s happening behind the behavior, it helps us to construct a better intervention to resolve the situation.

For example, a 9 year old child demands that the teacher interrupt class time to give her a granola bar she knows the teacher keeps in his desk. If we think that the child is being deliberately disruptive, avoiding work, or has an entitled attitude, we might refuse her the granola bar. But if we learn that because of a neglectful home situation she has not eaten since the school provided lunch the day before, our feelings change and we gladly offer the food.

Another example, an 8th grade boy refuses to do his work and yells or threatens any adult to tries to force him. If we think he is aggressive or mean we might punish him for his behavior. But if we understand from an assessment that the 8th grader is reading at a 3rd grade level, we can see that his refusal to do his work makes sense. Our intervention could be getting him academic assistance in a number of ways.

These examples help to demonstrate why empathy is so critical to designing interventions that prevent a crisis. The best way to deal with a crisis is to keep it from happening in the first place, and that comes from having empathy and doing the extra work required to dig a little deeper and understand what feeling or need is happening underneath the behavior.

Our Crisis Communication covers this, and many other ways to prevent a crisis. It also addresses how to deal with a crisis when it is happening, and what to do after a crisis to prevent it from happening again. To schedule a Crisis Communication training at your facility, contact Lindsey Painter at painterl@redwoodcommunityservices.org or Christine Hawley at Hawleyc@redwoodcommunityservices.org.

09/11/2021

Today is a day we remember the horrific events that happened 20 years ago on this day. Those events changed the course of the world for all of us. One group of people who have seen their lives altered forever by those events is our Veterans. Our veterans are on the front lines protecting us, and often have to bear the burden of that alone. One of our target populations is veterans, and everyone on our team has a special place in our hearts for those wonderful men and women who serve in the military.

Those who serve shouldn’t have to bear the mental load alone. Mental health is our top priority and it is our dearest wish to help support our veterans by offering these free trainings on mental health to the community.

From our team here at RCS, we want to thank our veterans for all they have given to us these past 20 years. We wish all of you good mental and emotional health.

09/07/2021

Studies done by the QPR Institute show that most of the time people only feel suicidal for a short time. We all experience times when we’re feeling really good about our lives, and times when we’re feeling low.

People who have suicidal thoughts are no different. They also experience some highs and some lows, the risk is that during that low time they may make a permanent decision that will end their life. Part of our Question Persuade Refer (QPR) Su***de Prevention Training is learning how to “Persuade” (the P from QPR) someone to stay alive for a short period of time so they can come out of that low point. Most people who survive their suicidal crisis will never look to su***de again.

These simple skills, Question, Persuade, and Refer teach us that su***de prevention is everybody’s business, and that anyone can be equipped to save the life of their family or friend during a suicidal episode.

To schedule a QPR training at your facility, contact Lindsey Painter at painterl@redwoodcommunityservices.org or Christine Hawley at Hawleyc@redwoodcommunityservices.org.

09/03/2021

When we are dealing with a child who is dysregulated we will not be able to reason with them. They are not physically or chemically able to understand reasoning when they are upset or in fight/flight mode. We can’t correct behavior when they are in that state. That is why we turn to Regulate, Relate, Reason.

An upset child needs to be able to “regulate” first. We can take steps to help them find a sense of calm. Next is “relate.” Relate is about connecting and forming a relationship with that child. Think about your relationship with a child as a series of deposits and withdrawals. We have to put in a lot of “deposits” or positive, loving, connecting time with kids before we can have the large “withdrawal” of trying to correct their behavior.

Last is “reason”. Reasoning with a child can only happen when the child has had the chance to regulate and built up a supply of trust and connection with you. But once those things have happened, we can work with a child to find solutions to some of the behavior problems that are getting in the way of that child’s success.

Our Collaborative Problem Solving Training is a method in which we can work with kids to problem solve, and build lagging social and emotional skills. The method has three steps: empathy, sharing adult concern, solution generating. Those three steps follow the Regulate, Relate, Reason method, which is why this Evidence Based Practice has proved effective for thousands of children over decades of practice.

To schedule a Collaborative Problem Solving training at your facility, contact Lindsey Painter at painterl@redwoodcommunityservices.org or Christine Hawley at Hawleyc@redwoodcommunityservices.org.

08/26/2021

Trauma is more widespread than most people think. Many people, especially people in helping professions, have trauma either from their childhood or something they have experienced as adults. That is why we train our staff and community in Trauma Informed Care. Because if everyone in the world understood trauma on a deeper level, we would have more empathy and understanding for one another.

The world would be a better place if everyone assumed that challenging behaviors were a result of trauma, and acted accordingly. That goes for the people we serve, our coworkers, our families, and ourselves. Learning to be kind to ourselves may take a lifetime of practice, but the practice is worth it.

Our Trauma Informed Care (TIC) training teaches about the signs and symptoms of trauma, the ACES study about childhood trauma, and how to find resilience in the face of trauma. To schedule a TIC training at your facility, contact Lindsey Painter at painterl@redwoodcommunityservices.org or Christine Hawley at Hawleyc@redwoodcommunityservices.org.

08/24/2021

Finding a therapist, or any mental health professional can be an intimidating and confusing process. We are committed to making mental health care easier to access, and get more help for any who need it. That is why we have a 10-15 minute add-on to help people know the process for making a mental health referral. When we do any other training topic at your facility, we can add on this helpful addition so you will feel confident to make a mental health referral for yourself, or someone you know.

To schedule a training at your facility, contact Lindsey Painter at painterl@redwoodcommunityservices.org or Christine Hawley at Hawleyc@redwoodcommunityservices.org.

08/20/2021

Taking care of yourself in a helping profession is not optional. People need different things at different times. That’s why it’s so important to pay attention to what’s going on inside yourself, recognize the signs of compassion fatigue or vicarious trauma, and take steps to recover, and protect yourself from its harmful effects.

Our Compassion Fatigue and Self-care training teaches about those signs and provides meaningful tools to release trauma from our bodies and recover. We also talk about how to develop a therapeutic community, so that your mental health can be uplifted and supported by your team.

To schedule a Compassion Fatigue and Self-care training at your facility, contact Lindsey Painter at painterl@redwoodcommunityservices.org or Christine Hawley at Hawleyc@redwoodcommunityservices.org.

08/17/2021

Finding resilience from trauma is not a linear process. We may have to do a lot of work overcoming negative behaviors and thoughts. Progress can be slow. It is helpful to remember where we have been, and see how far we have come. Looking back is not for feeling shame, it is for recognizing the progress we have made. The future you, is more important than the past you.

Our Trauma Informed Care training offers ways to cultivate resilience in ourselves, and in those we work with. We can help people find hope and look toward a future that is better than the past.

To schedule a Trauma Informed Care training at your facility, contact Lindsey Painter at painterl@redwoodcommunityservices.org or Christine Hawley at Hawleyc@redwoodcommunityservices.org.

08/13/2021

Success can have many definitions, but one thing it is not, is feeling happy all of the time. When I am processing trauma, battling depression, anxiety, or other mental health challenges, it does not mean I am not “correct.” Feelings are complicated, and shaming ourselves for having any feeling other than happiness will not make them go away. Some of us were raised to believe that happiness is the only “correct” emotion. Then when we are unable to attain a feeling of constant happiness, we feel like failures.

Is someone you know struggling with thoughts of su***de? Our Question Persuade, Refer: Su***de Prevention training (QPR) can provide you with the tools you need to save their life. Su***de prevention is everyone’s business. Asking someone about their su***de struggles can actually reduce their anxiety and open up the lines of communication. That is the first step to intervening with someone who is struggling with suicidal thoughts.

To schedule a QPR training at your facility, contact Lindsey Painter at painterl@redwoodcommunityservices.org or Christine Hawley at Hawleyc@redwoodcommunityservices.org.

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