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Are
you interested in getting involved with the Southeast Mental Health
System of Care? Are you interested in getting involved with any
of SEMHSOC initiatives such as Building Blocks or Workforce Development?
Families
have an important role to play in helping set the agenda for SEMHSOC
and Building Blocks in the provision of mental health services to
infants, children and youth. In a truly family-driven system, families
work together side by side and with care coordinators and other
providers of mental health services in identifying unmet needs.
It is through such efforts that they are best able to define the
outcomes that matter most to their children and all members of their
families.
This
is why is so important that you join a community of families, community
members, youth, and providers of care to work collaboratively to
help guide the development and implementation of all activites of
the Southeast Mental Health System of Care. If you are raising
or have raised a child with social or emotional challenges, we invite
you to join us in these discussions.
DISCUSSION
GROUPS
Are
you interested in being part of a discussion group that deals with
specific issues within SEMHSOC? If so, please contact:
WORKGROUPS
Communications
and Outreach Workgroup is responsible for promoting
System of Care (SOC) visibility and comprehensive reach, developing
and implementing the SOC Social Marketing Plan, developing and delivering
SOC's key messages, overseeing the Building Blocks website and developing
new strategic partnerships.
Social
Marketing Goals: (1) To apply a full range of mental health
promotional methods that include research and evaluation, direct
participation programs, organizational and workforce development,
community strengthening, advocacy and system reform. (2)
To use communication and social marketing strategies to reduce stigma
associated with mental health care and increase awareness and utilization
of mental health services for young children and youth in the Southeast
area of Connecticut. (3) To work collaboratively across sectors
and government organizations while creating strong relationships
and referral networks with diverse families, medical providers (pediatricians,
family physicians, primary health care providers, mental health
providers, community health centers, community-based organizations,
faith-based organizations), early care providers, early education
providers, and others working with the birth-to-five population.
(4) To design culturally and linguistically appropriate messages,
materials, and activities/interventions. (5) To focus on
enhancing understanding around protective factors such as coping
capacity, resilience and connectedness of individuals and communities
in order to improve emotional and social wellness. 6. To utilize
an evidence-based approach and logic models in the planning, implementation
and evaluation of activities.
Cultural
and Linguistic Competence Workgroup is responsible
for promoting, reinforcing and improving cultural competency in
mental healthcare services for children and youth in an equitable
and respectful manner. Its goal is to promote an environment of
justice and equality in the provision of quality mental health care
to all, by exposing existing attitudes and prejudices that serve
as obstacles to the implementation of linguistic and cultural competent
interventions, in order to produce true sustainable individual,
as well as organizational, change.
Workforce
Development Workgroup is responsible for increasing
the capacity of families, youth, providers and the medical community,
so they will be able to identify and meet the social and emotional
(mental health) needs of children from birth to five years. We will
accomplish this through a comprehensive infant and early childhood
mental health training structure. All trainings will be infused
with a culturally competent, family-driven and youth-guided curriculum.
We have a Workforce Development Work Group that is meeting once
per month to diligently advance these goals.
The
vision of this group is that families, providers, and the community
will have the knowledge, practice, and experience to identify and
meet the social and emotional (mental health) needs of children,
youth and their families in SECT. The mission is to connect families,
providers and community members in SECT with available trainings
and education about the social emotional wellness of children, youth
and their families.
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