NEWhorizons

October 2016

Rebecca Gray Receives Licnesure

Labette Center would like to congratulate Rebecca
Gray on acquiring her clinical level licensure for social work. She is now a Licensed Specialist Clinical
Social Worker (LSCSW) in the State of Kansas.
Gray joined the LCMHS team on October 10th, 2011.
She was born and raised in Labette County. She attended Bartlett Grade School through the 8th grade,
and then continued through high school at Labette
County High School in Altamont, KS, graduating in
1992. She went on to receive her Associates degree
in Sociology in 2008 from Labette Community College, her Bachelors in Social Work from Pittsburg State University in 2010
and in 2011 her Masters in Social Work from Washburn University. Gray
received her practicum experience at the Childrens Advocacy Center in Pittsburg, KS and Four County Mental Health Center in Independence, KS, where
she worked as a Victim Services Intern for the Domestic Violence Survivors
Program. She has been a member of NASW (National Association of Social
Workers) since 2009.
For more information about Labette Center for Mental Health Services call 620-421-3770, check out
our website at www.lcmhs.com, or follow us on Facebook, LinkedIn, Google+ and Twitter!

Problems do not go away. They must be worked through or else they remain, forever a barrier to the
growth and development of the spirit. M. Scott Peck

THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS!

Labette Center for Mental Health Services would like to thank all
of the companies and organizations in our community that sponsored or donated to our annual Recovery Month Event, An Evening of Recovery!

Silver Level Sponsors

Bronze Level Sponsors

Bleacher Gear
Hannahs Promise
Moores Liquor
Parsons VFW
The Blair Agency

Other Donations & Door Prizes

Bartlett Co-op
Hortons Pizza
John Dhooghe - Proforma
My Family Labette
Parsons Chamber of Commerce

Parsons Recreation Commission

Southeast Kansas NAMI
Stand Self-Advocacy Group
Upscale Country
Wrights Signs

Special Recognition for Grant Funding

SAMHSA Town Hall Grant

www.lcmhs.com

When: Thursday October 13th, 2016

5:30 - 7:00pm
Where: @ Labette Center for Mental Health
Services
1730 Belmont, Parsons
Community room
Enter through the west door on 18th St.
For questions or more information please call
our Message Phone: 620-240-3740!
Or E-mail: seknami@gmail.com.
Check our web: www.namikansas.org or www.
nami.org & our NAMI Southeast Kansas Facebook page
YOU ARE NOT ALONE
We provide Hope for Recovery!

New My Family Labette Coordinator

Labette Center welcomed Melanie Chappel to
our team as the new My Family Labette Coordinator. Melanie has been staying busy in
the community and working with families to
further the development of children ages prenatal to five years old. Melanie can be found at
the WIC clinics each month, as well as various
other functions the promote the development
of children. In the month of August Melanie
was able to enroll
seven new families and eight new
families in September! On September 30th she
participated in a
Community Baby
Shower where expectant or new mothers and fathers came to gain information for
caring for their new infants. For more information about the My
Family Labette program visit: http://www.lcmhs.com/my-familylabette.html or call Melanie at 620-421-3770!

Active Parenting of Teens Course Being Held at

LCMHS
Labette Center will be holding an Active Parenting of Teens course
starting on Monday October 10th, 2016 from 6pm-8pm and continuing every Monday evening for 6 weeks. This course will be held in
the Centers community room. Dinner will be provided for all of those
who attend. The course is provided FREE to the community due to
grant funding. Interested individuals should contact Labette Center at
620-421-3770 or 800-303-3770 and ask for Renee Roberts or Virginia
Standley.
The Active Parenting Teens program is an interactive approached
program designed for small groups of 10 to 20 participants at a time.
Groups meet for six 2 hour sessions on a weekly basis. Parents received a comprehensive model for parenting teens and preteens. As a
model program it contains information and skills for parents including:
Understanding of parenting styles and the role of Active Parenting
Understanding and application of recent brain research on teen
development
Emphasis on character development as a means of equipping
teens to survive and thrive
Parenting skills necessary for developing qualities of courage,
cooperation, respect, responsibility and self-esteem and at the
same time how to handle behavioral problems.
Explanation of how to apply the model for the goal of prevention in the areas of substance use, sexuality, and violence.

Now find us in even more places on the web!

Labette Center can be found on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google+, and Google Blogspot.
And dont forget to check out our website as well!

Labette Center Receives Grant

From the Community Foundation of Southeast Kansas
Labette Center for Mental Health Services (LCMHS)
is excited to announce that a grant has been awarded
from the Community Foundation of Southeast Kansas to provide Mental Health First Aid to community
members free of cost.

gram are evidence based and follow fidelity standards.

The Mental Health First Aid

Course is an amazing tool for any
person to have when interacting with persons who
Mental Health First Aid is a ground breaking pro- may be suffering from mental illness stated Execugram geared toward helping individuals who may be tive Director Matthew Atteberry. We are very exin the midst of a mental health crisis or the onset cited that we can continue to offer it to the commuof a mental illness. The course uses the same basic nity for an extended period of time free of charge.
principles as Red Cross First aid and applies them to
individuals suffering from mental illness. In the 8 The Community Foundation of Southeast Kansas
hour course, participants learn how to identify when hosts individual charitable funds, created by donors
someone may be suffering from a mental illness and who have a passion for giving back to their commuhow to get the person to the professional help they nity. Grants from the funds assist people throughout
may need. The course also teaches using self-help Southeast Kansas and many charities beyond Kanstrategies to assist a person suffering from mental ill- sas. Call the Foundation, 620-231-8897, with quesness. A key concept of the course is to remove stigma tions about the Community Foundation and its many
associated with mental illness and help individuals services available for donors. For more information
understand and accept mental illness more readily. on the Community Foundation of Southeast Kansas,
The Center offers two main versions of the course, visit their website at www.southeastkansas.org.
the Adult version and the Youth version. The adult
version is geared towards adults who work with or Individuals who are interested in taking the Mencould assist other adults who may be suffering from tal Health First Aid Course can contact either of
mental illness. The youth version is geared towards the Centers trainers, Nikkii Rosenstiel and Monica
adults who work with or could assist youth 12-18 Simpson, at 620-421-3770 or 800-303-3770. Interwho may be suffering from a mental illness. Addi- ested individuals can also email lcmhs@lcmhs.com
tionally, LCMHS trainers are certified to teach other or visit the Centers website, www.lcmhs.com, for
versions including Public Safety, Higher Education, more information on the program or to register for
Rural, and Veteran. All versions of the MHFA pro- the next course.
The
Labette
Center for Mental Health Service, Inc. Foundation for Help
and Hope is an
entity governed
by a Board
of
Trustees,
which is jointly
shared with Labette Center for
Mental Health Services. The foundation creates opportunity for individuals in the community and surrounding
areas to be able to give to a local non-profit organization
whose mission is to create hope and opportunity for life
change by providing education, support, consultation,
and therapeutic behavioral health services to the people
and communities of Labette County.

The foundation enables us to grow and expand the hope

and help we are able to provide. The Foundation for Help
and Hope provides a tax deductible entity for individuals
or organizations to be able to donate to.
To give to the Foundation, donations can be mailed to or
dropped off at:
Labette Center for Mental Health Service, Inc. Foundation for Help and Hope
c/o Labette Center for Mental Health Services
PO Box 258
Parsons, KS 67357
To make a donation by Credit/Debit card by phone,
individuals may call:
620-421-3770 or 800-303-3770
Labette Center for Mental Health Service, Inc Foundation for Help and Hope is a 501 (c) 3.
Any donations are considered tax deductible.

Celebrating Over 35 Years of Serving Labette County!

Mental Health First Aid Course

Labette Center for Mental Health Services will be holding a Youth Mental
Health First Aid course on Tuesday January 31st, 2017 from 8:00 am to
5:00 pm and an Adult Mental Health First Aid course on April 4th, 2017.
These courses will be held at Labette Centers main facility located at 1730
Belmont Parsons KS in the community room. Participants must register
prior to the course. Materials, lunch, snacks and a light breakfast are provided. At this time the cost of the course is covered through grant funding
so no fees will apply.
For more information contact Monica Simpson or Nikkii Rosenstiel at
620-421-3770 or 800-303-3770 or visit www.lcmhs.com.
For more information about the Mental Health First Aid program, visit:
http://www.mentalhealthfirstaid.org

NEWLY RELEASED AND AVAILABLE!!!!!

Have you already taken the Mental Health First Aid Course! Great news! You can now recertify online with a 90 minute course. Certification in Mental Health First Aid is valid for three years. Now,
instead of retaking the class, individuals needing to recertify can go online to:
http://www.mentalhealthfirstaid.org/cs/re-certification/

Labette Center for Mental Health Services, Inc.

PO Box 258
1730 Belmont
Parsons, KS 67357
www.lcmhs.com
Calender of Upcoming Events
October 10th (Cont. for 6wks.) 6:00pm
LCMHS Community Room

Active Parenting of Teens
October 13th, 2016
LCMHS Community Room

NAMI Meeting

5:30pm

January 31st, 2017

8:00am-5:00pm
LCMHS Community Room

Youth Mental Health First Aid
April 4th, 2017
8:00am - 5:00pm
LCMHS Community Room

Adult Mental Health First Aid
For more information on upcoming events - call:
620-421-3770 or 800-303-3770 or visit us at:
www.lcmhs.com

Check out our new website! Same website address but with a new and improved look! Now pay your bill online!!!