Texas Events
Texas Mental Health Creative Arts Contest
Children and adults are invited to share their mental health journey through art! This year introduces a new theme: ‘What does mental health and well-being mean to you? Hurt. Healing. Hope.’ Participants may enter one of four age groups: elementary school, middle school, high school and adult. The art categories this year are Traditional Artwork, Digital Artwork, Writing, Multimedia, and Photography. Submissions close on March 1, 2025.
Open for submissions | November 1st – March 1st, 2025
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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.
El Paso, TX | February 6 | 9:00 am – 4:00 pm MT (OPEN)
Corpus Christi, TX | February 13| 9:00 am – 4:00 pm CT (OPEN)
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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 | February 6th | 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 | February 13th | 10:00 am – 4:00 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 | February 20th| 8:30 am – 4:30 pm (OPEN)
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Say Something Training
Sandy Hook Promise is partnering with the Texas School Safety Center to bring Say Something, the proven violence prevention program to middle and high schools in Texas. Say Something is a no-cost, easy-to-implement, and life-saving program that will help school personnel and/or school-based law enforcement to teach students how to recognize warning signs of potential violence or self-harm and act immediately to intervene. The training will take 2.5 hours with a wide range of activities and resources to ensure training integration within the school culture, supported by student-led SAVE Promise Clubs.
Virtual | February 4th | 9:30 am – 12:00 pm (Closed)
Virtual | April 1st | 9:30 am – 12:00 pm (Open)
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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 22nd – 26th, 2025
National Events
Partners in Care: Nurturing Identity and Healing in the Foster System
This three-part webinar series by the National Training & Technical Assistance Center focuses on the holistic needs of youth in the child welfare system, emphasizing the importance of collaboration, identity, and tailored support. Sessions will explore the unique challenges faced by foster youth, including maintaining a sense of belonging and identity, as well as the critical role of therapy and mental health supports. Attendees will learn strategies for building effective partnerships between child welfare and mental health professionals, ensuring cohesive and coordinated care.
Session 1 | Virtual | February 4th | 11:00 am – 12:30 pm
Session 2 | Virtual | February 11th | 11:00 am – 12:30 pm
Session 3 | Virtual | February 27th | 11:00 am – 12:30 pm
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National Advisory Mental Health Council Open Policy Session
The National Advisory Mental Health Council (NAMHC) Open Policy Session provides an opportunity for the mental health research and advocacy communities to stay informed about current National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) programs and priorities.
Virtual | February 11th | 12:00 – 4:00 pm ET
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Youth and Young Adult Support Space (YYASS!) January 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 | February 19th | 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 | February 20th | 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 | February 25th | 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm
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Community Wellness & Peer Support Training Academy: Facilitating Culturally Responsive Discussions about Psychotropic Medications
In this seminar, Dr. Williams will discuss the most common culturally-informed beliefs and misconceptions, and participants will reflect on culturally humble approaches to empower their clients to make informed decisions regarding psychotropic medications.
Virtual | February 6th | 12:00 pm – 2:00 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.