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This webinar introduces NCSACW’s new publication, Building Hope for Families Affected by Substance Use and Mental Health Disorders: A Blueprint for an Effective System of Care to Promote Lasting Recovery and Family Well-Being. Join us as we discuss concrete strategies collaboratives can use to improve outcomes for families affected by substance use and mental health disorders. Learn more about • Lessons and strategies sites use to implement the pillars of an effective system of care while promoting hope and recovery for families • Children and Family Future’s 10 Essential Pillars of an Effective System of Care—and corresponding strategies for practitioners/policymakers • Regional Partnership Grants and in-depth technical assistance initiatives

Public health language is constantly evolving to better meet the needs of the community and address problems more effectively, because using more inclusive language can help build relationships and create safety and comfort for historically marginalized peoples. When inclusive language is lacking, it can create friction during budding relationships with communities. This training will address the use of language in the field of public health, and how actively working to use inclusive language is a necessity in equity work. The trainers will provide a framework for interrogating our language using hands-on activities and small group discussion, to push participants to consider the language they use in their work, and where there might be gaps.

This training utilizes a combination of didactic presentation and interactive case studies and focuses on problem gambling and suicide prevention concepts and terminology, the similarities and differences between problem gambling and suicide prevention, how to assess if an individual has a problem gambling disorder or is at risk for suicide, and questions and strategies to ask to get the individual the support they need.