Mental Health Series: First Episode Psychosis

Noticing and supporting mental health is important, this can be especially true during adolescence and adulthood. The sooner you (or someone you care about) seek support and treatment, the better. Join our Insight team to learn about the importance of early intervention.

As a result of this presentation, attendees will:

Gain knowledge to help the community identify early psychosis
Come away with hope in treating first episode psychosis
Learn about Insight program and referral process

About the trainers:

Sydney Wagner, LCSW, CSAYC is the Team Leader for Insight and Clinical Supervisor for TIP and Wrap Around Services at Oaklawn. She is a graduate of Washington Township High School, Purdue University Northwest, and Indiana University of South Bend. She is a licensed clinical social worker and has been working in community mental health for 8 years at Oaklawn Psychiatric Center. Sydney has had several roles at Oaklawn starting as a case manager working through graduate school, therapist, and now team leader. She has experience working with parents, child and adolescents, and transition aged youth.

Emily Robinson Johnson is the Director of Community Based Partnerships at Oaklawn. She is a graduate of Riley High School and Indiana University of South Bend. She has worked in community mental health for over 25 years. She has been a part of the system of care work in Indiana since 2002 creating system change in our mental health systems. Currently she leads the work to build a trauma informed system of care in St. Joseph County, and manages the following programming: Community Based Teams (Department of Child Services programming), Wraparound Services (Child and Family Team Process for youth with serious emotional disturbance that are at risk of removal from home or returning home from residential services), Transition to Independence Program for Transition Age Youth (programming for young people ages 15-25 transitioning from child and adolescent to adult services), and the STAND program in collaboration with South Bend Community School Corporation (a drug and alcohol prevention program with a student assistance component in middle and high schools), Insight (programming for those experiencing a first episode of psychosis. Her experience includes working with DCS contracted services, grant writing and implementing grant funded programing, system reform, and working in Residential and Day Treatment settings. Emily has been a part of the Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative in St. Joseph County, United Way of St. Joseph County’s Poverty Strategies committee, Elkhart County’s The Source Access workgroup, and SJC CARES Executive Committee.

Schedule:

8-9:15 a.m. Presentation

9:15-9:30 a.m. Q&A

Attendees who complete this training will receive 1.0 CEU. Training is free, but registration is required. For questions or more information, email drew.thomas@oaklawn.org.