Registration: Overcoming Disparities and Barriers to Treatment for Mental Health and Substance Misuse
We look forward to your participation in Montgomery County's 2023 Spring Forum on Thursday May 18 from 6-8PM EST on ZOOM! This year's focus is on access to resources for underserved communities.
All attendees will:
- Hear from speakers Billina R. Shaw, MD, Center for Mental Health Services at SAMHSA, Beth Tabachnick, LCSW-C, Manager, Montgomery County Crisis Center, and Viviana Azar, LCMFT, Manager III, MCDHHS - BHCS- Adult, Child and Adolescent Behavioral Health Services
- Learn about needs within underserved communities
Youth will:
- Discuss the real issues that stop teens from getting help, and ways to bring change.
- Led by Youth Ambassadors in a youth breakout room
- Earn SSL hours for participating!
- Students must stay the full 2 hours to receive SSL hours
- Participants must register at https://bit.ly/3okFGOM
- Parent/Guardian consent form required for student SSL hours: https://forms.gle/j3wi7K7yp9JVcQj17
After you submit this form, you will get an e-mail with the Zoom link 2 weeks before the event.
**If you have any accessibility needs to attend this event (e.g., an interpreter for ASL, Spanish, Chinese, Amharic, or another language), please e-mail Diane Lininger by May 1 to request accommodations: diane.lininger@montgomerycountymd.gov
Please note the following guidelines for student service through live virtual platforms:
- A student’s parent/guardian must provide the nonprofit with written approval of the student’s participation in the virtual platform prior to the student serving/volunteering.
- Students must use personal/private accounts (not MCPS student accounts) to engage in the virtual platform.
- Students will only engage with others under the direct supervision of a nonprofit supervisor. The nonprofit supervisor will be directly present in the virtual space (including any breakout sessions) at all times.
- The nonprofit supervisor will initiate and host all virtual sessions. If the nonprofit supervisor is not available to initiate and host the virtual session, the session will not occur.
- Virtual sessions will not be recorded.
- Students should not share or upload any videos, pictures, or images of themselves, unless the nonprofit organization has obtained a signed form/waiver from the student’s parent/guardian authorizing permission/release.
- Students’ email addresses/home addresses or any personally identifying information will remain protected and not shared.
Student participation in this service project is at the discretion of the student’s parent/guardian. The nonprofit organization is responsible for maintaining student safety and privacy at any time the student is interacting with the nonprofit and its clients. The nonprofit organization will determine the number of SSL hours awarded based on the evidence submitted. Parents/guardians should contact the nonprofit directly with any questions and/or concerns. This service activity is designed to be completed within the safety of the student’s home.
