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Raising Calm Minds: Mindfulness Techniques for Home and Schools
Apr
30

Raising Calm Minds: Mindfulness Techniques for Home and Schools

From classrooms to living rooms, kids today face more distractions and stressors than ever before. Mindfulness practices can offer children and teens simple, powerful tools to calm their minds, regulate their emotions, and stay focused. This training will share easy-to-use strategies that parents, caregivers, and educators can apply right away.

Why This Training Matters

Children and teens benefit from learning mindfulness skills early in life, as mindfulness can improve focus, build resilience, and strengthen emotional regulation. Adults play a critical role in modeling and supporting these practices at home and in schools.

What You’ll Learn

  • The science behind mindfulness and child development

  • Simple practices kids can use to stay calm and focused

  • Strategies for integrating mindfulness into classrooms and family routines

  • Resources to keep mindfulness practices consistent and fun

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Teens, Trees, & Mindfulness
May
2

Teens, Trees, & Mindfulness

  • 6701 Lakewood Drive Austin, TX, 78731 United States (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

This nature-based workshop blends gentle movement, mindfulness, and group reflection in a way that feels approachable, not awkward or forced. Teens will have the opportunity to step away from daily pressures, connect with nature, and learn simple strategies to feel more grounded and in control.

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CALM Conversations
May
7

CALM Conversations

Join us for a free training on Conversations on Access to Lethal Means (CALM Conversations)—a nationally recognized, evidence-based training that equips you to support someone in crisis with knowledge, confidence, and compassion. Through interactive instruction and hands-on safety planning exercises, you’ll learn to navigate difficult conversations, reduce risk, and offer meaningful support.

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Chronic Illness Symposium
Apr
17
to Apr 18

Chronic Illness Symposium

Attend to gain practical tools, learn from experts and lived experience, and connect with a supportive community working toward better understanding and care for people living with chronic illness.

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NAMI Bridges To Care Orientación (En Espanol)
Apr
6

NAMI Bridges To Care Orientación (En Espanol)

Esta sesión de una hora está diseñada para quienes son nuevos en NAMI-Bridges to Care o tienen preguntas sobre nuestros programas. Le explicaremos POR QUÉ ofrecemos formación gratuita en salud mental, QUÉ se requiere para obtener las certificaciones de Wellness Champions y Youth Mental Health Champions, y CUÁNDO y DÓNDE se imparten los cursos.

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Not All Harm Is Risk: Differential Assessment of Harm OCD, Suicidal Ideation, and NSSI
Apr
3

Not All Harm Is Risk: Differential Assessment of Harm OCD, Suicidal Ideation, and NSSI

Not all thoughts of harm signal risk—and not all risk presents as intrusive thoughts. This talk will examine the clinical distinctions between harm-related obsessive–compulsive disorder (Harm OCD) and genuine suicidal ideation (SI) and non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) urges, with emphasis on accurate assessment and differential formulation.

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Risky Behaviors in Adolescents
Mar
24

Risky Behaviors in Adolescents

This CPAN ECHO session focuses on “Risky Behaviors in Adolescents” and is designed to help primary care providers better recognize and manage youth mental health conditions. The webinar addresses screening, diagnosis, and treatment approaches for adolescents experiencing behavioral or mental health challenges, while also exploring strategies to support families and apply mental health screening tools in clinical practice.

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Trauma-Informed Parenting Intervention
Mar
24

Trauma-Informed Parenting Intervention

This virtual seminar explores how trauma and stress can affect parenting within military-connected families and highlights research linking parental trauma, mental health, and child well-being. Participants will learn about Parenting-STAIR, an evidence-based, trauma-informed intervention designed to strengthen parent-child relationships and build resilience among military families.

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Understanding Depression in Young People
Mar
23

Understanding Depression in Young People

Depression in children and teenagers is often undiagnosed and untreated because symptoms are mistaken for normal emotional changes. Learn what factors contribute to youth depression, common signs and symptoms to watch for, and practical ways caregivers, educators, and professionals can support young people and promote mental well-being.

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Resiliency Workshop & Self-Care Toolkit
Mar
23

Resiliency Workshop & Self-Care Toolkit

This workshop focuses on building resilience and developing practical self-care strategies to help individuals navigate life’s challenges. Participants will learn tools that support emotional well-being and help them respond to difficult situations in healthier, more constructive ways.

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Tackling Safety Together
Mar
19

Tackling Safety Together

In this session, you’ll learn about safety planning intervention—a simple, evidence-based approach designed to prevent suicide by reducing immediate risks and offering clear, actionable steps to follow during a crisis.

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More Than a Mood: Unpacking the Misdiagnosis of Mania
Mar
13

More Than a Mood: Unpacking the Misdiagnosis of Mania

Mania can be misunderstood—even by experienced clinicians. It’s often confused with symptoms of trauma, ADHD, substance use, or personality disorders. But when mania is missed or mislabeled, treatment can go off course, delaying recovery and increasing distress.

In this 60-minute session, clinician and educator Kelly Scanlon, LICSW, explores how mania presents, why it’s often misdiagnosed, and what to look for when symptoms overlap with other mental health conditions. Participants will gain both clinical insight and a compassionate perspective on helping patients find the right diagnosis and care.

Why This Training Matters

Bipolar disorder affects millions, yet many individuals spend years without an accurate diagnosis. Mania—one of its defining features—is often overlooked or mistaken for another issue: impulsivity from ADHD, emotional reactivity from trauma, or rapid mood shifts tied to borderline personality disorder.

This training sheds light on how and why misdiagnosis happens, the real-world consequences for patients, and how clinicians can improve diagnostic accuracy through careful assessment, open dialogue, and empathy.

Understanding mania isn’t just about labeling symptoms—it’s about seeing the full human experience beneath them. With awareness and precision, clinicians can prevent unnecessary suffering and guide individuals toward the care they truly need.

What You’ll Learn

  • How mania manifests across the spectrum—from hypomania to full manic episodes—and how it can be mistaken for other conditions

  • Overlapping features between mania and disorders such as ADHD, trauma-related disorders, borderline personality disorder, and substance-induced mood changes

  • How cultural context, stigma, and gender bias contribute to diagnostic confusion

  • Strategies for improving diagnostic accuracy through collaborative assessment and longitudinal observation

  • Approaches to compassionate, clear communication that reduce shame and build trust with patients navigating confusing or shifting diagnoses

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