The Help Group will be hosting its first annual Mental Health Matters Breakfast honoring LACDMH’s Director, Lisa Wong, PsyD, with the Spirit of Hope Award in observance of National Mental Health Awareness Month. With a longstanding track record of disseminating evidence-based best practices to clinicians, The Help Group’s breakfast is designed to increase awareness and communal collaboration to address some of the key issues impacting mental health in our schools and communities.

Join us for a morning of insightful presentations led by mental health experts as we delve into strategies to foster resilience in trauma-informed care; identify, assess, and respond to early warning signs of suicide risk in adolescence; and support clinicians and educators who are impacted by trauma with strategies for self-care in order to develop psychological resilience.

When: Thursday, May 9, 2024
8:30 AM – 9:00am – Check in
9:00 AM – 12:00 PM – Program
Where: The Help Group’s Autism Center – 13164 Burbank Blvd, Sherman Oaks, CA 91401
Cost: Free
Continuing Education: 2.5 hours of continuing education programming is available for Psychologists, LMFTs, LPCCs, LEPs and/or LCSWs, Speech-Language Pathologists and Occupational Therapists.

Speakers & Program to include:

Audra Langley, PhD, UCLA Semel Institute & DMH + UCLA Prevention Center of Excellence – “Culturally-Responsive, Trauma-and Healing-Informed Schools” + Q&A
Danielle Farmer, MSEd, LCSW, DMH + UCLA Public Mental Health Partnership – “Adolescent Suicide Assessment and Early Steps in Prevention and Intervention” + Q&A
Full Service Partnership Family Story – Program Strategies and Takeaways
Spirit of Hope Award Presentation to Lisa Wong, LACDMH Director
Stephen Hydon, EdD, MSW, USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work – “Secondary Trauma and the Importance of Taking Care of Ourselves” + Q&A