School-Based Mental Health 2025-26 ECHO: Advancing Prevention Initiatives for Kansas Youth
About the Series
- This series will include 14 courses on the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of each month, beginning September 10th, 2025 through April 22nd, 2026.
- All courses will be held via Zoom from 9:00 – 10:00 AM CST.
- The School-Based Mental Health 2025-26 ECHO series aims to advance prevention initiatives for Kansas youth. This series will support school-based professionals in developing and implementing youth substance use prevention initiatives in Kansas schools, school districts, and communities. Gain key insights, strategies, and resources on harm reduction, screening, vaping prevention, opioid use prevention, and other valuable topics. This series is designed for school counselors, school nurses, school psychologists, school social workers, school and school district administrators and leadership, prevention specialists, law enforcement, and community mental and behavioral health professionals.
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Funding for this project was provided by a grant approved and awarded by the Kansas Fights Addiction Grant Review Board with grant administration support from the Sunflower Foundation: Health Care for Kansans.
- September 10, 2025 – Vaping Prevention in Schools
- Teresa Denk Smajda, MN, RN, APRN, FNP-BC, Student Wellness Specialist, Shawnee Mission School District, Shawnee, KS
- September 24, 2025 – Understanding the Adolescent Brain
- Sarah L. Gilliland, DNP, Director of Health Services, Olathe Public Schools, Olathe, KS
- October 8, 2025 – Substance use and discipline in schools
- Kenda Fischer, EdS, School Psychologist, Southeast Kansas Interlocal #637, Pittsburg, KS
- October 22, 2025 – Opioid and Fentanyl Prevention Initiatives in Schools
Sarah L. Gilliland, DNP, Director of Health Services, Olathe Public Schools, Olathe, KS - November 12, 2025 – KCTC Dashboard and Youth Substance Use Data Trends
- Carey Bush, Program Evaluator, Greenbush, Girard, KS
- Jeremy Johnson, Program Evaluator, Greenbush, Girard, KS
- December 10, 2025 – Implementing Naloxone Naloxone in Your School District
- Sarah L. Gilliland, DNP, Director of Health Services, Olathe Public Schools, Olathe, KS
For Series
In support of improving patient care, University of Kansas Medical Center is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Nursing: ANCC Contact Hours
The University of Kansas Medical Center designates this activity for a maximum of 14 ANCC contact hours. Nurses should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Nursing: LPN
The University of Kansas Medical Center Area Health Education Center East is approved as a provider of CNE by the Kansas State Board of Nursing. This course offering is approved for 14 contact hours applicable for LPN relicensure. Kansas State Board of Nursing provider number: LT0056-0749. Karen Aufdemberge, BSN, RN, Coordinator.
Psychology
The University of Kansas Medical Center designates this live activity for a maximum of 14 APA Continuing Education Credit. Psychologists should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE)
This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team, and learners will receive 14 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credit for learning and change.
Social Work
The University of Kansas Medical Center Area Health Education Center East, as an approved provider of continuing education by the Kansas Behavioral Sciences Regulatory Board presents this offering for a maximum of 14 hour credit applicable for relicensure of LASWs, LBSWs, LMSWs and LSCSWs. Kansas Provider Number 12-002. Karen Aufdemberge, RN, BSN, Coordinator.