NEWhorizons

January 2017

Jessica Ramsey becomes

Labette Centers
Behaviorist
Jessica Ramsey, LMSW,
will move into the position of behaviorist
and will be stationed at
Labette Health Family
Practice Clinic, working
hand in hand with the
medical professionals
in that department. Her
first day being stationed
at Labette Health will be on Tuesday January 17th, 2017.
This form of integrated care is a cutting
edge approach to patient care that integrates both physical and behavioral health.
As described by the Sunflower Foundation,
Integrated health care is the systematic
coordination of primary care (medical) and
behavioral health services. Medical and behavioral health problems often occur at the
same time. Simultaneously providing relevant health care services has been shown
to yield the best results and are welcomed
by patients.
Kansas, with the assistance of the Sunflower Foundation, has been a leader in the
integrated care initiative. The process that
Labette Center will use to provide this care
will be to utilize the behaviorist stationed
at Labette Health Medical Office Building
to see patients that may also be in need of
behavioral health care. This person will be
available to see patients as needed when
they visit a provider at the medical facility. This provides the opportunity for two
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Labette Center calls for

Nominations for the
Seventh Annual Care and
Compassion Award

Labette Center for Mental Health

Services (LCMHS) is asking for
nominations for the seventh annual
Care and Compassion Awards. The
Care and Compassion Awards recognize those in the Labette County
community and/or LCMHS staff
members who routinely go above
and beyond to show care and compassion to others.
Nominees can be anyone in the
Labette County community, including employees of LCMHS,
who have gone above and beyond
to show care and compassion to
others. This person does not necessarily have to be someone who
volunteers for a lot of different
things, but someone who is extraordinarily caring and routinely
demonstrates compassion towards
others.
Community members and LCMHS staff may submit entries. All
entries must have the name of the
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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

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systems to work together hand in hand to provide this service to those

in need. By creating this continuum of care, individuals will be able to
receive the care they need while at the doctors office and the opportunity to be referred to the mental health center to further their treatment
if needed.
Originally from Parsons, KS, Ramsey holds a Master of Social Work
from the University of Kansas and is a Licensed Master Social Worker
(LMSW). She began working for Labette Center in July of 2005 as a
Childrens Case Manager and Juvenile Intake worker. She later became the Coordinator for Project Before in 2007, while continuing to
provide childrens case management services. She has worked as a
Crisis Therapist and Outpatient Therapist for the Center since 2014. In
2016 she became the Centers Behaviorist, located at Labette Health
Family Practice Clinic as well as continuing work as a crisis therapist
for the center. Ramsey, who was born and raised in Parsons, graduated
from Parsons High school and then went on to attend Pittsburg State
University. In 2002 she received her Bachelor of Science in Psychology, with emphasis in case management. In 2004 she received her Master of Science in Human Resource Development. In 2014 she went on
to receive her Master of Social Work from the University of Kansas in
2014 Ramsey is excited about her new role as a behaviorist. In preparation for the position she attended and completed training with Cherokee
Health Systems in Knoxville, TN. With the use of the information from
this training and utilizing an integrated care model, Ramsey will be able
to help patients receive better health outcomes.

Williams and Collins Become Master Trainers,

Offer More Classes
Labette Health and Labette Center for Mental Health Services, in partnership with the Kansas Foundation for Medical Care (KFMC,) have
been partnered in an endeavor to provide a free workshop series for
people living with chronic illness, as well as their caregivers. The sixweek workshop series helps people gain self-confidence in controlling
their symptoms, better manage their health and lead a fuller life.
Deb Williams from Labette Center for Mental Health Services and
Shellie Collins from the Labette Health Rector Center have worked together to provide this program to the community for the past two years.
Last fall both became Master Trainers for the Chronic Illness course,
giving them the ability to train new trainers. They have completed a
four day leader training in which they trained a total of six new group
leaders for Labette County. With these new trainers, Williams and Collins have scheduled three workshops for Chronic Illness to begin in
January. All three classes will be held at the Rector Center located on
the Labette Health campus. Zero Meetings, will be held on January
11th at 3pm, January 12th at 2pm and January 14th at 8am. Classes
include six weeks of sessions in addition to the Zero meeting.
Due to the interactive nature of the workshop series, space is limited.
Individuals and caregivers interested in attending should pre-register
by contacting Deb Williams at LCMHS, 620-421-3770 or Shellie Collins at the Rector Center, 620-820-5230.
The workshop series is made possible through partnership with the
Kansas Foundation for Medical Care, Labette Center for Mental
Health Services and Labette Health. For more information, visit leadyourhealthks.org.

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person being nominated, an address and if possible a

phone number and/or an email address. It is also helpful to include the name and phone number for the person who is submitting the nomination, although it is
not required. A detailed description of why the person
is being nominated must also be included and should
be at least 250 words in length. For more details on
submitting an entry for the award, individuals can visit
Labette Center's website at www.lcmhs.com, check us
out on Facebook, by calling Monica Simpson at 620421-3770 or 800-303-3770, or by emailing monica@
lcmhs.com. Be sure to like the Center's Facebook page
to receive updates and information about the Care and
Compassion Awards.
The deadline for entries is 5 pm February 24th, 2017.
Entries will then be reviewed, judged, and the award
recipient will be officially announced during the annual Care and Compassion Awards Banquet. Entries
can be mailed to, or dropped off at Labette Center for
Mental Health Services, PO Box 258, 1730 Belmont,
Parsons, KS 67357, attention: Monica Simpson. All
mailed entries should have CCAB on the envelope.
Entries may also be submitted through our website,
www.lcmhs.com or our Facebook page.

Guiding Good Choices Class to Start

The next Guiding Good Choices class held at Labette
Center is scheduled to begin on January 30th, 2017.
This course is designed to help parents of children ages
9-14 learn how to strengthen family bonds, set a clear
family position on drugs, teach children skills they will
need to make healthy choices, and increase children involvement in the family. This is a five week course and
classes are held on Monday evenings from 6pm - 8pm.
Dinner is provided during the course.
This curriculum for the Guiding Good Choices course
was developed by Dr. David Hawkins and Dr, Richard
Catalano to promote healthy behaviors in children and
reduce risks that predict adolescent health and behavior
problems.
For more information about Guiding Good Choices and/
or to sign up for the next course, contact Renee Roberts,
620-421-3770.

For more information on upcoming

classes please contact:
Renee Roberts
620-421-3770
800-303-3770

Labette Center Receives Grant

From the Kansas Health Foundation
Labette Center for Mental Health Services (LCMHS)
is excited to announce that a grant has been awarded from the Kansas Health Foundation to expand
our Mental Health First Aid program to residents of
our surrounding communities, including Altamont,
Bartlett, Chetopa, Edna, Mound Valley, and Oswego.
Through this grant funding, the course can be provided in the surrounding communities and will be able to
be provided free of charge.
Mental Health First Aid is a ground breaking program
geared toward helping individuals who may be in the
midst of a mental health crisis or the onset of a mental
illness. The course uses the same basic principles as
Red Cross First aid and applies them to individuals
suffering from mental illness. In the 8 hour course,
participants learn how to identify when someone may
be suffering from a mental illness and how to get the
person to the professional help they may need. The
course also teaches using self-help strategies to assist
a person suffering from mental illness. A key concept
of the course is to remove stigma associated with mental illness and help individuals understand and accept
mental illness more readily. The Center offers two
main versions of the course, the Adult version and the
Youth version. The adult version is geared towards
adults who work with or could assist other adults who
may be suffering from mental illness. The youth version is geared towards adults who work with or could
assist youth 12-18 who may be suffering from a mental illness. Additionally, LCMHS trainers are certified to teach other versions including Public Safety,
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.

Higher Education, Rural, and Veteran. All versions of the MHFA

program are evidence based and
follow fidelity standards.
Labette Center is very excited and honored to have
received this grant funding from the Kansas Health
Foundation stated Matthew Atteberry, executive director of Labette Center for Mental Health Services,
Inc. We are looking forward to expanding the training we provide to individuals throughout the county
and surrounding areas by coming to where they are.
Labette Centers trainers, Nikkii Rosenstiel and Monica Simpson, will be working towards scheduling the
courses in the communities throughout Labette County. To find out more information about MHFA classes
being held in these communities, or to work on setting up a course in one of these communities, contact
Monica or Nikkii at 620-421-3770 or 800-303-3770.
Interested individuals can also email lcmhs@lcmhs.
com or visit the Centers website, www.lcmhs.com,
for more information on the program.
The Kansas Health Foundation is a philanthropy
dedicated to improving the health of all Kansans. For
more information about the Kansas Health Foundation, visit www.kansashealth.org.
For information regarding this grant from the Kansas
Health Foundation, visit:
http://kansashealth.org/grants/mental-health-first-aid/
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
January 1st, 2017 - February 24th, 2017
Nominations Accepted for Care and Compassion
Awards
January 30th (Cont. for 6wks.) 6:00pm
LCMHS Community Room

Guiding Good Choices
January 12th, 2017
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

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