Welcome to the Center for Applied Research Solutions (CARS)!
We are a California-based nonprofit dedicated to enriching the behavioral and public health field by promoting evidence-based practice and workforce development. We provide training, consultation, and coaching to individuals, organizations, and initiatives. In all our work, our mission is to foster safe, healthy, and engaged persons and communities.We're moved to announce the launch of The Parents' Network, a global community for parents and caregivers impacted by online harm, created in partnership with The Archewell Foundation. CARS is proud to play a key role in this initiative by providing programming design, facilitation, and resources that support parents in bereavement, trauma recovery, and leadership development.
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This month, we are raising awareness about suicide prevention and how to seek help if you or someone you know is experiencing suicidal thoughts.
Help is near. Help is available. Please reach out—mental health professionals are here to listen.
Learn how you can participate in mental health and wellness events happening throughout Orange County this month by visiting www.ocmentalhealthevents.org.
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🎧 Introducing Tangled Routes: Episode 2 !
Tangled Routes is a new podcast exploring the complex world of youth and family support systems.
In this episode, we’ll hear from Lisa, as she reflects on the impact of labeling children with special needs, the importance of community support, and how her experiences in early childhood education have shaped her approach to advocacy.
Listen to discover:
- Powerful stories of transformation and resilience
- Unique perspectives on diverse systems
- Practical insights for making a difference
Plus, each episode includes a guide with evidence-based practices, community-centered solutions, and actionable steps to support children and families.
🎧 Listen today and learn with us! bit.ly/nttac-tangled-routes
#MentalHealth #FamilySupport #Podcast #YouthMentalHealth #ChildWelfare #FamilySupport #CommunitySupport #SocialWork #MentalHealthAwareness #SocialJustice #Advocacy
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👋 It's been a journey, but the Pacific Southwest MHTTC is sunsetting on September 29th. We're SO grateful for the incredible work we've done together!
❤️ Thank YOU for your participation, feedback, and dedication.
Before we close, we'd love to hear from YOU! Take our final survey to share your reflections on our work and what resources you need moving forward. 👉 bit.ly/mhttc-closing-survey
Stay connected: Our resources and expertise will continue to be available through our organizations, Center for Applied Research Solutions - CARS (CARS) and Change Matrix, LLC. Check out our collection of recorded webinars on our YouTube channel! 👉 bit.ly/psmhttc-youtube
Check out our full goodbye newsletter here 👉 bit.ly/psmhttc-goodbye-newsletter
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Although it may be towards the end of the month, September is still one of the key months for us to recognize National Recovery Month. Learn how you can participate in no-cost mental health and wellness events happening across Orange County by visiting www.ocmentalhealthevents.org ... See MoreSee Less
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Join us for Enhancing Behavioral Intervention Teams for a Safer, More Supportive Campus Environment, a series of learning sessions led by Monique Mendoza, PhD.
Bias and Risk Perception Factors in Threat Case Management
October 31, 2024 at 10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Register Now: bit.ly/2024CCC-BIT-Registration
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In recognition of Suicide Prevention and Awareness Month, we want to remind you that you are not alone, and help is available. Learn more about what the Orange County Health Care Agency is doing this month.
To find out how you can participate in wellness events happening throughout Orange County this month, please visit:
www.ocmentalhealthevents.org
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New Community of Practice! 🌿🌿🌿 Liberated School Suicide Postvention Study & Inquiry Series
🗓️October 9, 2024 • December 4, 2024 • February 5, 2025 • April 2, 2025
⏰10 :00 a.m. – 11:30 p.m. PT / 12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. CT / 1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. ET
✨ How might we guide ourselves and the field toward community-responsive and critically reflexive liberated school postvention policy development and practice implementation? ✨
In this iteration of our community of practice, we want to engage in shared meaning-making by holding space for lived experiences and reviewing research and articles from experts in the field. This series is designed to hold conversations and co-create resources for liberated school suicide postvention policy and practice.
We will use a “Socratic style” conversation to facilitate rich discussion, two of our sessions will be dialogue driven by lived experiences of school support staff navigating postvention from a liberated lens, and two sessions will center on a critical reflection around current research.
Find out more and register at: bit.ly/SCRR_PostventionStudy #schoolcrisishealing #educatorhealing #freeprofessionaldevelopment #suicidepostvention
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System of Care Innovators: We Want Your Ideas! 📣
The 2025 Virtual Summit is calling for your expertise. Submit your proposal today! 💡🗓️
Theme: Empowering Communities and Transforming Systems Together.
Submit by October 4, 2024 ⏳
Join us to:
- Showcase best practices and innovations in system of care.
- Learn from leaders across the field.
- Build connections and collaborate on solutions.
Five tracks to choose from:
- Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
- Cross-Sector Partnerships
- Youth Partnership
- Family Partnership
- Emerging Topics
Be a part of building a brighter future for all communities! 🌍
Submit your proposal today: bit.ly/2025-SOC-Summit-CFP
#systemofcare #mentalhealth #community #innovation #collaboration #nttac
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NEW RESOURCE! 🍊🍊🍊 Leading with Courage, Care, & Connection: A Reflection Guide for School Leaders Navigating Recovery & Renewal After Student Deaths by Suicide
Throughout 2021-2024, the School Crisis Recovery & Renewal project gathered educators, crisis responders, suicide prevention and postvention leaders, youth advocates, and other community leaders to explore how to hold space to honor students’ lives years after they die by suicide, how practices of commemoration and memorialization collaborate or collide with school postvention, and to name some of the challenges that arrive with creating space and place to honor students’ deaths by suicide equally and equitably.
✨✨✨Using a fruit tree as a meatphor, this guide is a “conversation capture” of dialogues and communities of practice and seeks to add clarity and context for future conversations in the field. It curates lived experiences and actions taken by people in your shoes – leaders through postvention, offering reflective questions to support anyone in the school community supporting young people after a death by suicide. ✨✨✨
📖 Check it out here: bit.ly/SCRR_LeadingPostvention
#schoolcrisishealing #educatorhealing #freeresourcesforeducators #freeprofessionaldevelopment #suicidepostvention
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