ACEs Are Not Your Destiny

Partner: National Council for Mental Wellbeing

  • Session 1: This is part 1 of a two-part session. Participants will need to enroll in Session 2 to receive the full training.
  • Session 2: This is part 2 of a two-part session. Participants will need to enroll in Session 1 to receive the full training.
  • Trauma overview, impact and effect 
  • Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) overview
  • Population health and social determinants of health
  • Trauma and the human stress response
  • Trauma and addictions 
  • Incorporating trauma-informed concepts into our daily work
  • Compassion in our work and world 

Addressing Trauma, Racism and Bias in Care Pathways

Partner: National Council for Mental Wellbeing

  • Understand barriers to and during care for racial and ethnic groups
  • Discussion of organizational strategies for decreasing trauma, racism, bias and stigma in service delivery
  • Focuses on marginalized communities which continue to face disproportionate challenges around access

Anti-Ableism in Healthcare Settings

Partner: New Mexico LEND

There are persistent health disparities and outcomes for individuals with disabilities in New Mexico. In this session, we will discuss the experiences of disabled people in medical settings and how our intrinsic biases impact patient care. As medical providers, we can advocate for change to support people with disabilities in our systems of care.    

Antiracism in Perinatal Settings

Partner: Black Health New Mexico

  • Learn about perinatal historical trauma
  • Identify harm of not including lived experience in decision-making around health policy
  • Impact of perinatal health inequalities in New Mexico
  • What is trauma-informed care and how to use it in perinatal care 
  • How do we create a healing space 
  • List ways to identify white supremacy and antidotes 

Busting the Binary in the English Language

Partner: Transgender/Nonbinary Education and Trainings

In this session, participants will learn to:

  • Determine when and how to use chosen names and pronoun sets based on guidance from the trans/nonbinary people to which they apply.
  • Construct gender-neutral forms of address based on specific details of situations.
  • Use sentence-structure-based concepts to speak and write about groups and individuals of unknown or mixed gender without using gendered language.

Domestic Violence 101

Partner: Esperanza Shelter

  • Trauma-informed 
  • What is domestic abuse 
  • Forms of abuse
  • The cycle of abuse 
  • Safety planning

Domestic Violence 201

Partner: Esperanza Shelter

Participants will build on their knowledge gained in Domestic Violence 101 and learn how to apply an action plan to situations involving domestic violence or interpersonal violence in clinical and non-clinical settings.

Equitable Access to Lactation Care 

Partner: New Mexico Breastfeeding Task Force

  • Understand barriers to lactation support, care and duration
  • Impact that lactation care has on familial health outcomes and lactation goals 
  • Participants are able to identify their role in the lactation ecosystem

Ethics: Multicultural Issues in New Mexico

Partner: Serna Solutions, LLC

Presbyterian Healthcare Services - Community Health Department and Serna Solutions are partnering to provide this important training service on Health Equity. This online training is focused on northern New Mexico – the confluence of cultural exchange since time immemorial. This workshop will give participants an opportunity to explore how multiple waves of colonization have impacted issues that affect clients today. Experiential exercises will provide participants with insights into historical trauma, applied attachment theory and cross-cultural counseling competencies. A working camera and microphone are required for this training, and the training will include a one-hour (MST) noon lunch break. (6 CEUs)

Gender-Affirming Care

Partner: Molly McClain

In this session, participants will learn to: 
•    Recognize the impact of social and economic exclusion/inclusion on health outcomes for gender-expansive people.
•    Identify three important drivers of improved health outcomes for gender-expansive people.
•    Determine whether someone would benefit from pubertal blockade or hormone therapy.
•    Identify effects or side effects of pubertal blockade and hormone therapy.
•    Recognize gender-affirming communication and preventive medicine techniques.

Gender-Affirming Care

Partner: Molly McClain

In this session, participants will learn to: 
•    Recognize the impact of social and economic exclusion/inclusion on health outcomes for gender-expansive people.
•    Identify three important drivers of improved health outcomes for gender-expansive people.
•    Determine whether someone would benefit from pubertal blockade or hormone therapy.
•    Identify effects or side effects of pubertal blockade and hormone therapy.
•    Recognize gender-affirming communication and preventive medicine techniques.

Harm Reduction 101 and 201

Partner: Presbyterian Community Health

Harm Reduction 101: This training aims to empower participants with a comprehensive understanding of harm reduction principles, equip them with tools to recognize the significance of trauma-informed care, and enable them to implement best practices in delivering trauma-informed care. 

Harm Reduction 201: This training focuses on helping individuals gain a comprehensive understanding of harm reduction concepts, develop a clear understanding of person-first language, identify best practices for providing trauma-informed care, and gain a profound insight into underlying factors driving polysubstance use.  

Hearing Loss and Sensitivity Training for Medical Staff

Partner: New Mexico Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing

Our objective is to help participants become culturally sensitive when it comes to engaging with people/patients who are deaf, deaf/blind, hard of hearing, late deafened or speech disabled.

Participants will:

  • Understand the basics of deaf culture
  • Learn tips for effectively communicating with people with hearing loss within the public setting and the hospital setting
  • Learn what technologies are available for people with hearing loss

Mental Health First Aid

Partner: Presbyterian Community Health

Mental Health First Aid for Adults teaches people how to recognize signs of mental health or substance use challenges in adults ages 18 and older, how to offer and provide initial help, and how to guide a person toward appropriate care if necessary. Topics covered include anxiety, depression, psychosis, and addictions.

Polysubstance Use 101

Partner: Presbyterian Community Health

This training focuses on providing education and awareness on the meaning of polysubstance use, the risks associated with polysubstance use, and being able to recognize the signs and symptoms of polysubstance use and overdose. The training provides a brief overview of harm reduction services and resources available, and what Presbyterian is doing to address these issues.

Polysubstance Use 201

Partner: Presbyterian Community Health

This training focuses on the prevalence and changing patterns of polysubstance use, helping people identify polysubstance use trends in New Mexico while increasing their awareness and knowledge about Illegally manufactured pills, teaching people how to recognize and respond to the signs of an overdose, promoting the understanding and adoption of patient-first language by healthcare professionals and the public, and fostering a more empathetic approach to communication for people who use substances.

Primeros Auxilios en Salud Mental 

Partner: Presbyterian Community Health

Este entrenamiento de Primeros Auxilios en Salud Mental te ensenan a identificar, entender y responder a los signos de enfermedad mental y trastorno por abuso de substancias. Esta formacion de 8 horas te capacitara para proporcionar apoyo inicial a personas que esten sufriendo problemas mentales o de abuso de sustancias y ponerlos en contacto con un profesional adecuado.

Recognize and Respond

Partner: Presbyterian Community Health

This training will give you an insight on harm reduction theory and practice. The training discusses the significance of Naloxone and the relevant statutes and allows individuals to gain basic knowledge of overdose mortality data. In addition, this training will help individuals understand opioids and their mechanism of action and how you can prevent an overdose by recognizing the signs of an opioid overdose, how to respond to an overdose and accessing 911 emergency medical care, rescue breathing, COVID-19 precautions, administering naloxone, and post-resuscitation recommendations.

Stigma Reduction

Partner: Serna Solutions, LLC

Presbyterian Healthcare Services - Community Health Department and Serna Solutions are partnering to provide this important training service on health equity. This workshop will help participants recognize the negative outcomes that stigma has on getting people into treatment for mental health and substance use disorders. It will also help participants to recognize the importance of using non-stigmatizing language, as well as relational approaches, for mental health challenges, substance use, and people with MHD and SUD. Participants' ideas about stigma will be explored with curiosity during the training. (4 CEUs.)

Transgender Cultural Fluency 

Partner: Transgender Resource Center of New Mexico

  • Identify terminology used by the transgender community
  • Differentiate between an individual’s gender, sex and sexual orientation
  • Describe appropriate ways to discuss healthcare-related topics with transgender patients 
  • Summarize the measurable imperative of providing culturally-informed care to transgender individuals
  • Explain the common barriers to care for transgender patients

Unconscious Bias

Partner: Presbyterian Community Health

Unconscious bias lives in all of us. We can address it to challenge thoughts and behaviors that can impede our ability to connect with others and cause negative health outcomes. In this session, we will:

  • Summarize unconscious bias and its impact on healthcare.
  • Discuss the importance and value of challenging unconscious bias.
  • Practice skills and approaches to challenging unconscious bias.
  • Introduce tools and resources to help you challenge unconscious bias within yourself, in your teams and in healthcare settings.

Youth Mental Health First Aid

Partner: Presbyterian Community Health

Youth Mental Health First Aid is designed to teach parents, family members, caregivers, teachers, school staff, peers, neighbors, health and human services workers, and other caring citizens how to help an adolescent (age 12-18) who is experiencing a mental health or addictions challenge or is in crisis. Youth Mental Health First Aid is primarily designed for adults who regularly interact with young people. The course introduces common mental health challenges for youth, reviews typical adolescent development, and teaches a 5-step action plan for how to help young people in both crisis and non-crisis situations.