Join Scott Gagnon, Director of the New England PTTC as he interviews Dr. Anne Helene Skinstad and Sean Bear 1st during this one-hour special. This engaging hour-long discussion will focus on The National American Indian & Alaska Native Prevention Technology Transfer Center's (NAIAN-PTTC) training and technical assistance services to the substance abuse prevention field including professionals, paraprofessionals, organizations and others in the prevention community focused on American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) communities.
This is your opportunity to submit your questions for Anne Helene and Sean and they will respond to your questions live during the webinar!
The NAIAN PTTC services are focused on developing and disseminating culturally appropriate tools and strategies needed to improve, strengthen and promote systematic behavioral health practice improvements for Native providers in order to honor and contribute to the health and well-being of tribal and urban Indian communities, as well as training non-Native providers using culturally informed practices so that communities have the resources to care for their people in the most culturally informed and knowledge-based way and Native providers can determine how to integrate western practices into their traditional methods.
This webinar is intended for professionals in HHS Region 1 (Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont).
Guests
Anne Helene Skinstad, PhD Director at the National American Indian and Alaska Technology Transfer Centers, Iowa College of Public Health
Dr. Anne Helene Skinstad is a clinical professor in the Dept. of Community & Behavioral Health, College of Public Health, University of Iowa. She is the Project Director of the National American Indian & Alaska Native Addiction, Mental Health and Prevention Technology Transfer Centers. Previously, Dr. Skinstad was the chief psychologist for the first in-patient treatment unit for alcoholic women at the Hjellestad-Clinic in Bergen. As an ATTC director she has overseen the development of different training curricula on treatment of substance use disorders with different special populations, like women, clients identified as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Individuals with substance use disorder, clients with co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders, and Native Americans with substance use disorders. She has also overseen the cultural adaptations of different curricula to Native American tribal communities, such as motivational interviewing and clinical supervision. She received her Ph.D. and her PSY.D, from the College of Psychology, University of Bergen in Norway.
Sean A. Bear, 1st , BA Meskwaki Co-Director at the National American Indian and Alaska Native Technology Transfer Centesr, Iowa College of Public Health
Sean A. Bear earned his B.A. from Buena Vista University in 2002, majoring in psychology/human services. He also studied mental health counseling at Drake University for 2 years. He is a member of the Meskwaki Tribe, in Tama, Iowa, and has worked with Native Americans with Substance Use disorders for many years. He is an Army Veteran of 9 years, honorary discharged from the 82nd Airborne. He has worked as an Administrator/Counselor in EAP, a counselor in adolescent behavioral programs, substance abuse, and in-home family therapy. He has experience in building holistic, Native American based curriculum, and implementation with substance abuse clientele. He was the training coordinator for the National AI/AN ATTC from 2013-present, where he currently serves as co-director to the National AI/AN PTTC, ATTC and MHTTC.
His passion is to assist people in overcoming their substance use issues as well as other issues, and to return to the spiritual ways of their ancestors. It is his hope that one day, people of all nations will co-exist and live in peace and harmony, not just with each other, but within themselves, as well as to come to the realization of what our ancestors of long ago already knew, “that we are all brothers and sisters under one Creator.” His passion is the life-long education of Spirituality, particularly in Native American Spirituality.