2022 Substance Use/Mental Health Events
MAY
- May is MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH
- May 2nd 7-8 VIRTUAL Sieze the Awkward – Talking with your kids about substance misuse: Parents, grandparents, and mentors of teenagers, learn practical ways to prevent risky behaviors that lead to misuse of alcohol, drugs, and nicotine.
Contact: prevention@regionten.org
Register HERE - May 3rd 7-8 VIRTUAL Suicide – Supporting Those At Risk: designed to provide you with information and resources on how to support someone in your life who attempts suicide or experiences suicidal thoughts.
Sponsored by: AFSP Virginia
Register HERE - May 4th 12-3 VIRTUAL ACEs Training: ACEs Training (Adverse Childhood Experiences) When children experience traumatic events, it can have lasting effects on their mental health and wellbeing. These events are called ACEs. This important training helps raise awareness and provide resources in an effort to reduce ACEs, foster resilience, and improve the overall health of our communities.
Sponsored by: Rappahannock Area Community Services
Contact: Jennifer Bateman 540-374-3337 xt 7521, or jbateman@rappahanockareacsb.org
Register and find more dates HERE - May 5th 7-8pm VIRTUAL Invitation to Change Talk – Family Information and Resource Session: This is a 1 hour talk for families and loved ones on the Invitation to Change approach to substance use disorders. The Invitation to Change Approach draws from CRAFT (Community Reinforcement and Family Therapy), MI (Motivational Interviewing), and ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy). The Invitation to Change Approach works to reduce shame and stigma, while providing tools to foster growth and promote change.
Presented by: CMC Foundation for Change
Register HERE - May 6th 10am VIRTUAL Saving Lives Together: Are there people in your family or community struggling with suicidal thoughts? Would you be able to recognize those signs? Learn the warning signs of suicide, how to offer hope, and how to get help and save a life. Together we can prevent suicides and save lives.
Register HERE - May 10th 10-11am VIRTUAL Stimulant Use Disorder: Signs & Symptoms: learn about types of stimulants, their effect on the brain and the signs and symptoms of stimulant use disorder.
Sponsored by: Rappahannock Area Health Education Center
Register HERE - May 10th 5-6pm VIRTUAL REVIVE Opioid Overdose and Naloxone Training: learn how to recognize an opioid overdose, respond to an opioid emergency, and administer life-saving naloxone. All attendees will receive two free doses of Narcan by mail.
Register HERE
Facebook event page - May 11th 10-12 VIRTUAL Supporting our Community’s Mental Wellness: a conversation on the state of mental wellness in our community, current services available, and what we can do to create a healthier community in the future.
Presented by: Mental Health Association of Fauquier County
Register at https://bit.ly/CommunityMHMay11 - May 14th 9-3:30 Mental Health First Aid – Rappahannock: Learn how to assist someone experiencing a mental health or substance use–related crisis. Learn risk factors and warning signs for mental health and substance use concerns, strategies for how to help someone in both crisis and non–crisis situations, and where to turn for help. Lunch will be provided. Requires 2 hours of online preparation (videos, reading) prior to the class.
Location: The Rappahannock Center for Education, 12018 Lee Hwy, Sperryville
Contact: Bridget Downey at mhafc1@gmail.com or 540–341–8732
Register HERE - May 16th 7pm Survivors For Life Suicide Support Meeting – CULPEPER: a support group for those affected by the unique grief associated with the loss of a loved one to suicide. Meetings are held on the third Mondays of each month in the Rappahannock Rapidan Community Services building. The meetings provide a safe place for grieving, and a place to talk and get support. Meetings are held on the 3rd Monday of each month.
Sponsored by: Team Jordan
Location: 15361 Bradford Rd Culpeper
Contact: Alan Rasmussen at 434-825-8913 or arasmussen@rrcsb.org - May 17th 7-8pm VIRTUAL Talk Saves Lives: An Introduction to Suicide Prevention: a community-based presentation that covers common risk factors and warning signs associated with suicide, and how to keep themselves and others safe.
Sponsored by: AFSP Virginia
Register HERE - May 17th 8:30-3:30 VIRTUAL CRI Community Resilience Initiative Trauma Informed Training (Course 1): open to parents, teachers, medical professionals, mental health practitioners, and any community member interested in learning more about toxic stress and how individuals and communities can build resiliency. This course covers NEAR Science (Neuroscience, Epigenetics, the ACE Study, and Resilience), Brain States, and ROLES strategies for individuals seeking a trauma-informed certification.
*Must take Course 2 (June 14th) to complete training: training flyer
Presented by RegionTen
Contact: MHFA@regionten.org
Register HERE - May 20-22nd VIRTUAL Children’s Challenging Behaviors Workshop: CCB is a six-hour workshop for parents of children and youth with mental health needs. In this workshop, parents learn typical behaviors versus challenging behaviors that require intervention. when and how to seek help, develop parenting strategies, learn the ins and outs of special education and other educational supports, and discover community resources available to families and youth. With this class, you’ll find out that you’re not alone. Learning to cope with your child’s mental health condition is a journey, and there is hope.
Presented by: NAMI Virginia chapters
Contact: Nicole Anjum nanjum@namivirginia.org
Register and find more info HERE - May 23rd 9-12:30 safeTALK Training on Suicide Alertness – Charlottesville: Learn how to identify persons who may be thinking of suicide, four basic steps to begin the helping process and how to activate a suicide alert that connects the person who is thinking about suicide with resources who can complete the helping process. Everyone should know how to activate a suicide alert.
Location: The Center at Belvedere 540 Belvedere Blvd, Charlottesville
Register HERE - May 23rd 7-8 VIRTUAL Suicide – Supporting Those At Risk: designed to provide you with information and resources on how to support someone in your life who attempts suicide or experiences suicidal thoughts.
Sponsored by: AFSP Virginia
Contact: jputkoski@afsp.org
Register HERE - May 27th 9-12 VIRTUAL ACEs Training: ACEs Training (Adverse Childhood Experiences) When children experience traumatic events, it can have lasting effects on their mental health and wellbeing. These events are called ACEs. This important training helps raise awareness and provide resources in an effort to reduce ACEs, foster resilience, and improve the overall health of our communities.
Sponsored by: Rappahannock Area Community Services
Contact: prevention@rappahannockareacsb.org
Register and find more dates HERE - May 27th 12:30-1:30 VIRTUAL REVIVE Opioid Overdose and Naloxone Training: learn how to recognize an opioid overdose, respond to an opioid emergency, and administer life-saving naloxone. All attendees will receive two free doses of Narcan by mail.
Register HERE
Facebook event page
JUNE
- June 7th 9-2 VIRTUAL Youth Mental Health First Aid: teaches how to help an adolescent (age 12-18) who is experiencing a mental health or addictions challenge or is in crisis. The course introduces common mental health challenges for youth, and teaches a 5-step action plan for how to help young people in both crisis and non-crisis situations. Topics covered include anxiety, depression, substance use, disorders in which psychosis may occur, disruptive behavior disorders (including AD/HD), and eating disorders.
Presented by: Rappahannock Area Community Services
Register HERE - June 7th 5pm VIRTUAL REVIVE Opioid Overdose and Naloxone Training: learn how to recognize an opioid overdose, respond to an opioid emergency, and administer life-saving naloxone. All attendees will receive two free doses of Narcan by mail.
Presented by: Northwestern Prevention Collaborative
Register HERE - June 11th 8:30-12:30 Community Mental Health Conference – Sperryville: Topics will include anxiety and depression, suicide, addictions, the learning gap caused by Covid, and much more. Attendees will choose from breakout sessions. Community resources will be available.
Sponsored by: Reynolds Memorial Baptist Church
Location: RMBC 3748 Sperryville Pike, Sperryville
Contact: Margaret Wiese mamawiese555@gmail.com - June 11th 8:30-12:30 VIRTUAL Communication Skills that Facilitate Change: 4-hour workshop with CMC: Foundation for Change psychologist Dr. Josh King who will teach several evidence-based communication and behavior strategies that can help you and your loved one who struggles with substance use. These strategies will help you open a dialogue and improve your relationship with your loved one; create an environment that makes them more likely to choose to change; and encourage them to seek treatment for their substance use.
*NOTE: There is a $40 fee for this workshop
Presented by: Illume Family Recovery
Register HERE - June 15th 9-12 VIRTUAL ACEs Training: ACEs Training (Adverse Childhood Experiences) When children experience traumatic events, it can have lasting effects on their mental health and wellbeing. These events are called ACEs. This important training helps raise awareness and provide resources in an effort to reduce ACEs, foster resilience, and improve the overall health of our communities.
Sponsored by: Rappahannock Area Community Services
Contact: prevention@rappahannockareacsb.org
Register and find more dates HERE - June 20th 7pm Survivors For Life Suicide Support Meeting – CULPEPER: a support group for those affected by the unique grief associated with the loss of a loved one to suicide. Meetings are held on the third Mondays of each month in the Rappahannock Rapidan Community Services building. The meetings provide a safe place for grieving, and a place to talk and get support. Meetings are held on the 3rd Monday of each month.
Sponsored by: Team Jordan
Location: 15361 Bradford Rd Culpeper
Contact: Alan Rasmussen at 434-825-8913 or arasmussen@rrcsb.org - June 22nd 1-4 VIRTUAL ACEs Training: ACEs Training (Adverse Childhood Experiences) When children experience traumatic events, it can have lasting effects on their mental health and wellbeing. These events are called ACEs. This important training helps raise awareness and provide resources in an effort to reduce ACEs, foster resilience, and improve the overall health of our communities.
Sponsored by: Rappahannock Area Community Services
Contact: prevention@rappahannockareacsb.org
Register and find more dates HERE - June 24th 12:30pm VIRTUAL REVIVE Opioid Overdose and Naloxone Training: learn how to recognize an opioid overdose, respond to an opioid emergency, and administer life-saving naloxone. All attendees will receive two free doses of Narcan by mail.
Presented by: Northwestern Prevention Collaborative
Register HERE
AUGUST
- Aug 27th 8-12 5K to End Overdose – Fredericksburg: Come run or walk to help end overdoses in our community. Participants receive a goodie bag with 2 doses of lifesaving Narcan, the overdose reversal drug. Registration cost is $25. Children 12 and under are free.
Presented by: Zoe Freedom Center
Location: Mary Washington University
Register HERE - Aug 31st International Overdose Awareness Day: Global event whose purpose is to raise awareness of overdoses, reduce the stigma of drug-related deaths and acknowledge the grief felt by families and friends. www.overdoseday.com
SEPTEMBER
- September is National Recovery Month: SAMHSA sponsors Recovery Month to increase awareness and understanding of mental and substance use disorders and celebrate the people who recover. www.recoverymonth.gov
- Sept 17th Come As You Are 5K- Culpeper: Save the Date! Details to follow.
OCTOBER
- Oct 8th Tee Up Fore Freedom Golf Tournament – Fredericksburg: Save the Date! Details to follow.
