Texas Events
PeriPAN ECHO Series: Effective Brief Interventions for Substance Use and Mental Health Conditions
This series explores the intersection of maternal mental health and substance use disorder, sharing strategies to support pregnant and postpartum individuals with comprehensive, trauma-informed care. Sessions include a brief educational presentation, real-world cases, and
group discussion to address challenges and best practices. These expert-led discussions equip providers with the knowledge and tools to support maternal health and recovery.
Virtual | May 6 | 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
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SAFETY-A Suicide Risk Assessment
- The importance of universal screening among children and adolescents in primary care settings
- The use of the Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS) screening tool, an evidence-based assessment of suicidal ideation/behavior
- The identification of youth’s current risk level and corresponding triage guidelines
- Clinical documentation of the risk assessment
Virtual | May 8 | 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
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Restorative Practices for Educators
Restorative Practices helps us to build healthy relationships by identifying core values and establishing consensus around how we relate to one another. Restorative Practices provides a process for effective communication, establishing healthy boundaries, taking responsibility, solving conflict, healing when harm has occurred, and creating accountability for self and others.
In this 6-hour session, participants will first learn about what Restorative Practices is and is not, followed by why Restorative Practices is a proactive and reactive tool that campuses should have in their intervention toolbox. Participants will also learn how to facilitate the restorative process and implement foundational structures from a systems perspective, regardless if your system is one classroom, an entire grade level, or the whole campus.
White Settlement, TX | May 14 | 9:00 am – 4:00 pm CT (FULL)
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2025 Texas Mental Health Arts Contest Reception
We had over 400 submissions to the 2025 Texas Mental Health Creative Arts Contest, and we’re excited to invite you to join us to come see the winning entries and hear directly from some of this year’s featured artists during a special artist panel discussion. Attend in person or join us online!
Austin, TX & Virtual | May 16 | 4:30 pm – 5:30 pm CT
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Trauma Informed Care Workshop for Educators (Elementary)
The Trauma-Informed Care Workshop for Educators focuses on providing an overview of trauma, and its impact on student behaviors in the elementary (K-5) classroom. Attendees will learn about the role of mental health in daily functioning, how trauma impacts the brain, the importance of unrecognized executive function deficits, and the role neuro diverse complexities play in student behavior. Throughout the workshop, participants will be provided with concrete strategies that can be implemented in a school and/or classroom setting to support all learners through a trauma informed lens.
Virtual | May 8 | 10:00 am – 4:00 pm (OPEN)
Virtual | June 5 | 10:00 am – 4:00 pm (OPEN)
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Trauma Informed Care Workshop for Educators (Secondary)
The Trauma-Informed Care Workshop for Educators focuses on providing an overview of trauma, and its impact on student behaviors in the secondary (6-12) classroom. Attendees will learn about the role of mental health in daily functioning, how trauma impacts the brain, the importance of unrecognized executive function deficits, and the role neuro diverse complexities play in student behavior. Throughout the workshop, participants will be provided with concrete strategies that can be implemented in a school and/or classroom setting to support all learners through a trauma informed lens. This training is open to public ISDs, open-enrollment charter schools, junior colleges, school-based law enforcement, and state agencies that support Texas schools.
Virtual | May 15 | 10:00 am – 4:00 pm (OPEN)
Virtual | June 12 | 10:00 am – 4:00 pm (OPEN)
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Community in Crisis: Mental Resilience in Times of Disaster
This virtual session is part of an initiative by Project ECHO to bring together mental health professionals and local advocates for open discussions on mental health, aiming to find actionable solutions and address critical needs. Each month focuses on a different topic.
Virtual | May 20 | 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
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PeriPAN Webinar Series: Maternal Mental Health Conditions and Their Prevalence
PeriPAN offers a collaborative learning experience between 12 medical schools and health-related institutions across Texas focused on perinatal mental health. Participants can expect engaging discussions on evidence-based practice and care.
Virtual | May 20 | 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
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School Behavioral Threat Assessment Manual Training
Behavioral Threat Assessment provides a proactive, evidence-based approach for identifying individuals who may pose a threat and for providing interventions before a violent incident occurs. With the passage of Senate Bill 11, Texas public school districts and open-enrollment charter schools are mandated to establish a threat assessment team to serve at each campus, and each team is required to complete training provided by the TxSSC or a Regional Education Service Center.
Virtual | May 6 | 8:30 am – 4:30 pm (OPEN)
Virtual | May 13 | 8:30 am – 4:30 pm (OPEN)
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Intermediate School Behavioral Threat Assessment Manual Training
This course is part of the School Behavioral Threat Assessment (SBTA) Series. This free full-day work session is geared towards district staff responsible for ensuring the operationalizing of school behavioral threat assessment programming within their district. The training is open to Texas public ISDs, open-enrollment charter schools, junior colleges, school-based law enforcement, and state agencies that support schools.
Richardson, TX | May 13 | 8:30 am – 4:30 pm (OPEN)
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Texas School Safety Center Bullying and Cyberbullying Training
The Texas School Safety Center, in collaboration with Safer Schools Together, is hosting a no cost, 7-hour Bullying and Cyberbullying training.
Preventing bullying and mitigating its impact begins with a strong understanding of the legal landscape of Texas bullying laws. This virtual training will walk participants through all Texas bullying and cyberbullying laws, including behaviors that may apply to suspected bullying situations, such as assault, harassment, hazing, stalking, sextortion, dating violence, and related federal laws. Participants will explore Texas mandated expectations for campus staff, rights of victims and parents, related penal code, and determining when behaviors go beyond student discipline and into criminal behavior. Participants will also learn about how bullying manifests on and off campus and how to plan and respond with actionable strategies. This training is open to public ISDs, open-enrollment charter schools, junior colleges, school-based law enforcement, and state agencies that support Texas schools.
Virtual | May 22 | 8:30 am – 4:30 pm (OPEN)
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Mitigating Educator Maltreatment Trainings
This comprehensive training will equip administrators with the knowledge, skills, and tools to create and maintain a safe, supportive, and nurturing learning environment for all staff and students. By delving into real-world scenarios and examining TxSSC developed exemplars, participants will explore effective prevention and intervention strategies to address educator maltreatment, which can be defined by incidents of verbal attacks, threats, harassment, and physical aggression. The training will also explore strategies for supporting educators who have experienced maltreatment and processes for returning students to the learning environment. Upon completion, administrators will be equipped to play a crucial role in safeguarding all stakeholders and fostering healthy, positive learning and working environments.
Virtual | May 15 | 8:30 am – 12:30 pm
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Texas School Safety Conference
The Texas School Safety Conference will provide a unique and exceptional platform for educators, administrators, school-based law enforcement, and school safety professionals to collaborate and work together towards creating and fostering a safe and secure learning environment.
San Antonio, TX | June 22 – 26, 2025
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2025 TxSOC & CRCG Conference
The 2025 Texas System of Care (TxSOC) and Community Resource Coordination Groups (CRCG) Conference is an event for children and youth, family members, state and community leaders, and child-serving providers. Topics will focus on strengthening systems integration, enhancing accessibility, amplifying voices of lived experience, and supporting workforce development and wellness.
Virtual and In-Person Austin, TX | July 15 – 17, 2025
National Events
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Youth and Young Adult Support Space (YYASS!) Office Hours
This Office Hours series offers a virtual learning space for those leading and coordinating youth engagement efforts in System of Care and Healthy Transitions grant communities, as well as others who are working in and leading youth-run programs and organizations. This monthly space is designed for informal, in-depth conversations and connection with peers in the workspace to ask questions, share resources, best practices, challenges, successes, and a space to receive coaching support from Youth MOVE facilitators.
Virtual | June 18 | 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
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Peers and Clinicians Together (PACT) Session
Peers and Clinicians Together (PACT) is a free monthly series offering space for clinicians and peer support providers to explore effective ways to collaborate and coordinate in a variety of areas that lead to better partnership with youth and families and positive outcomes for all. Whether you have a question of general nature or you work in the field, PACT is open to anyone hosted virtually by the National Training and Technical Assistance Center for Child, Youth, and Family Mental Health (NTTAC).
Virtual | June 19 | 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm
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Provider Plática Learning Collaborative: Strengthening Mental Health Services in Spanish / Colaborativa de Plática para Proveedores: Fortaleciendo los Servicios de Salud Mental en Español
In response to many requests for a bilingual space for mental health providers, the National Training & Technical Assistance Center (NTTAC) is offering this Provider Plática series, a monthly collaborative space for peer learning and resourcing. This series provides the opportunity for members of the mental health workforce to share common challenges and experiences when providing services to Spanish-speaking communities whose primary language is a language other than English, as well as high-quality resources and innovative solutions.
Virtual | June 24 | 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm
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Family Exchange Series: Peer Networking for Family Leaders who Foster and Support Family Engagement
Whether you are new to your role or you have been in the family movement for many years, the Family Exchange is a peer networking group to share experiences, innovative and effective practices, skills and knowledge, solution to barriers and challenges, and key information supporting your role as family leaders.
The group will be facilitated by experienced family leaders from the Family-Run Executive Director Leadership Association (FREDLA) who will foster peer connections, access to resources and technical assistance, and support family leaders to further family engagement within their agency, community or state.
Virtual | June 25 | 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm
At Your Own Pace Trainings
NTTAC’s Fatherhood & Fathers Curriculum
If we want to ensure infants’ and young children’s healthy development across domains (i.e. cognitive, motor, social-emotional), fathers and father figures are essential. This curriculum highlights stories from communities around the country to illustrate the importance of including fathers from all backgrounds. Additionally, it provides a comprehensive set of resources on father engagement programming. Practitioners, program leaders, advocates, and other professionals working in our early childhood systems of care will walk away understanding the why and the how of authentic father engagement.