Mental Health Summit Will Focus on Crisis and Preventative Services

The Alverno College graduate program in Community Psychology is hosting a mental health summit focused on crisis and preventative services. Participants will learn from a panel of Milwaukee-based experts about topics including parenting support, stress reduction, trauma and substance use, and youth crisis care. Several of the sessions qualify for National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC) continuing education credits.

The keynote speaker, Dr. Steven Dykstra, PhD, is a licensed psychologist with over 30 years of experience serving children, adolescents, young adults and their families. He will draw on principles of human development, his experience responding to thousands of crises in the community, and the lessons he learned from the children he met to guide thoughts and attention where crisis, and particularly repeated crisis, is concerned.

In addition to the opening session and keynote, the summit includes breakout sessions and a resource fair. The objectives for the day include:

• Recognize and celebrate the ways that community organizations and structures support and promote mental health
• Foster cross-cultural connections among mental health practitioners, students and community leaders
• Provide opportunities for mental health providers, health providers and school personnel to interact around important topics such as crisis prevention and management

The Alverno College Mental Health Summit is an annual event that brings together mental health practitioners, community leaders, and students to explore a relevant topic in the field of mental health. The summit, which will take place on November 5 from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., is free and open to mental health practitioners, community leaders and students. For more information or to register, visit alverno.edu/Mental-Health-Summit.

Sponsors of the Alverno College Mental Health Summit include Wraparound Milwaukee, Catalyst Construction, Children’s of Wisconsin, Rogers Behavioral Health, Community Medical Services, and Centers for Independence.