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Bullying and Its Affects On Mental Health: A Change Process. (Cherokee Mental Health Institute Staff Training) Jamie Rusch. Cherokee Mental Health Institute. One of four in the state State funded Acute psychiatric, inpatient hospital Short term.
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Bullying and Its Affects On Mental Health: A Change Process (Cherokee Mental Health Institute Staff Training) Jamie Rusch
Cherokee Mental Health Institute • One of four in the state • State funded • Acute psychiatric, inpatient hospital • Short term “Cherokee Mental Health Institute.” Department of Human Services. 2013. March 5, 2014. http://www.dhs.state.ia.us/uploads/Cherokee_MHI_Narrative.pdf. “Cherokee Mental Health Institute.” Department of Human Services. 2010. March 5, 2014. http://www.dhs.state.ia.us/Consumers/Facilities/Cherokee.html.
Cherokee Mental Health Institute • 24 adult beds • 231 Adults • Average- 46-year-old male, involuntary • Average stay- 54 days • 12 children and adolescent beds • 266 children and adolescents • Average- 13-year-old male, involuntary • Average stay- 11 days 46% 54% “Cherokee Mental Health Institute.” Department of Human Services. 2013. March 5, 2014. http://www.dhs.state.ia.us/uploads/Cherokee_MHI_Narrative.pdf. “Cherokee Mental Health Institute.” Department of Human Services. 2010. March 5, 2014. http://www.dhs.state.ia.us/Consumers/Facilities/Cherokee.html.
Deciding On A Change • Completed a research paper on how bullying affects mental health • 90% of children with a mental illness are bullied • Wanted to find a way to incorporate treatment of mental health with bullying • Rusch, J. (2014). “Bullying and How It Affects Mental Health: A Change Process.” • Rusch, J. (2013). “Bullying and its Effects on Adolescent Mental Health.” • http://www.clipart.com/en/
What I Thought Would Happen A therapy group for the children and adolescents who had been bullied. • Rusch, J. (2014). “Bullying and How It Affects Mental Health: A Change Process.” • Rusch, J. (2013). “Bullying and its Effects on Adolescent Mental Health.” • http://www.clipart.com/en/
What I Thought Would Happen A therapy group for the children and adolescents who had been bullied. WRONG • Rusch, J. (2014). “Bullying and How It Affects Mental Health: A Change Process.” • Rusch, J. (2013). “Bullying and its Effects on Adolescent Mental Health.” • http://www.clipart.com/en/
What Actually Happened • Children and adolescents do not stay long • Would not get much progress Back to the drawing board… • Rusch, J. (2014). “Bullying and How It Affects Mental Health: A Change Process.” • Rusch, J. (2013). “Bullying and its Effects on Adolescent Mental Health.” • http://www.clipart.com/en/
What I Thought Would Happen • Talked with my planning committee (social workers) • Came up with several ideas • Substance abuse evaluation • Resource book update • Adding sexuality to intake assessments • Chose adding sexuality to the intake assessments • Rusch, J. (2014). “Bullying and How It Affects Mental Health: A Change Process.” • Rusch, J. (2013). “Bullying and its Effects on Adolescent Mental Health.” • http://www.clipart.com/en/
What I Thought Would Happen • Talked with my planning committee (social workers) • Came up with several ideas • Substance abuse evaluation • Resource book update • Adding sexuality to intake assessments • Chose adding sexuality to the intake assessments WRONG • Rusch, J. (2014). “Bullying and How It Affects Mental Health: A Change Process.” • Rusch, J. (2013). “Bullying and its Effects on Adolescent Mental Health.” • http://www.clipart.com/en/
What Actually Happened • Not something I was passionate about • Too easy • Sister Shirley said no Back to the drawing board…again… • Rusch, J. (2014). “Bullying and How It Affects Mental Health: A Change Process.” • Rusch, J. (2013). “Bullying and its Effects on Adolescent Mental Health.” • http://www.clipart.com/en/
What I Thought Would Happen • Wanted to continue with the bullying concept • Psychiatric Rehabilitation Program (PRP) • Create a PRP class on bullying for the children
What I Thought Would Happen • Wanted to continue with the bullying concept • Psychiatric Rehabilitation Program (PRP) • Create a PRP class on bullying for the children WRONG
What Actually Happened • Wanted the change to carry on after my absence • PRP was already understaffed • PRP only had children for a half hour Back to the drawing board…again…
What I Thought Would Happen • Spoke with Kathy (supervisor) • Discussed giving a staff training on bullying • Taking a step back and helping the staff understand • Rusch, J. (2014). “Bullying and How It Affects Mental Health: A Change Process.” • Rusch, J. (2013). “Bullying and its Effects on Adolescent Mental Health.” • http://www.clipart.com/en/
What I Thought Would Happen • Spoke with Kathy (supervisor) • Discussed giving a staff training on bullying • Taking a step back and helping the staff understand RIGHT! • Rusch, J. (2014). “Bullying and How It Affects Mental Health: A Change Process.” • Rusch, J. (2013). “Bullying and its Effects on Adolescent Mental Health.” • http://www.clipart.com/en/
What I Thought Would Happen Each department would have an opinion Staff would already know the basics of bullying I would struggle to compile everyone’s ideas • Rusch, J. (2014). “Bullying and How It Affects Mental Health: A Change Process.” • Rusch, J. (2013). “Bullying and its Effects on Adolescent Mental Health.” • http://www.clipart.com/en/
What I Thought Would Happen Each department would have an opinion Staff would already know the basics of bullying I would struggle to compile everyone’s ideas WRONG • Rusch, J. (2014). “Bullying and How It Affects Mental Health: A Change Process.” • Rusch, J. (2013). “Bullying and its Effects on Adolescent Mental Health.” • http://www.clipart.com/en/
What Actually Happened Staff offered 3 suggestions Gave complete autonomy Staff members knew little about bullying • Rusch, J. (2014). “Bullying and How It Affects Mental Health: A Change Process.” • Rusch, J. (2013). “Bullying and its Effects on Adolescent Mental Health.” • http://www.clipart.com/en/
What I Thought Would Happen Putting together the training would be easy The presentation could be completed within a day • Rusch, J. (2014). “Bullying and How It Affects Mental Health: A Change Process.” • Rusch, J. (2013). “Bullying and its Effects on Adolescent Mental Health.” • http://www.clipart.com/en/
What I Thought Would Happen Putting together the training would be easy The presentation could be completed within a day WRONG • Rusch, J. (2014). “Bullying and How It Affects Mental Health: A Change Process.” • Rusch, J. (2013). “Bullying and its Effects on Adolescent Mental Health.” • http://www.clipart.com/en/
What Actually Happened Took a week to complete Difficult to create Hours of information into fifty minutes No time for an activity Struggle to include personal stories along with research based material • Rusch, J. (2014). “Bullying and How It Affects Mental Health: A Change Process.” • Rusch, J. (2013). “Bullying and its Effects on Adolescent Mental Health.” • http://www.clipart.com/en/
Training Contents Types of bullying Bullying Myths Mental Illnesses most commonly associated with bullying How to treat children who have been bullied • Rusch, J. (2014). “Bullying and How It Affects Mental Health: A Change Process.” • Rusch, J. (2013). “Bullying and its Effects on Adolescent Mental Health.” • http://www.clipart.com/en/
What I Thought Would Happen The training would be well received Participants would do better on post-test Personal stories would supplement the research Staff would leave prepared to more effectively interact with children/adolescents would had been bullied. Children and adolescents would be impacted • Rusch, J. (2014). “Bullying and How It Affects Mental Health: A Change Process.” • Rusch, J. (2013). “Bullying and its Effects on Adolescent Mental Health.” • http://www.clipart.com/en/
What I Thought Would Happen The training would be well received Participants would do better on post-test Personal stories would supplement the research Video and poem would be impactful Staff would leave prepared to more effectively interact with children/adolescents would had been bullied. RIGHT! • Rusch, J. (2014). “Bullying and How It Affects Mental Health: A Change Process.” • Rusch, J. (2013). “Bullying and its Effects on Adolescent Mental Health.” • http://www.clipart.com/en/
Change Change is a process. It’s not an event or something that happens over night.
References “Cherokee Mental Health Institute.” Department of Human Services. 2013. March 5, 2014. http://www.dhs.state.ia.us/uploads/Cherokee_MHI_Narrative.pdf. “Cherokee Mental Health Institute.” Department of Human Services. 2010. March 5, 2014. http://www.dhs.state.ia.us/Consumers/Facilities/Cherokee.html. Rusch, J. (2014). “Bullying and How It Affects Mental Health: A Change Process.” Rusch, J. (2013). “Bullying and its Effects on Adolescent Mental Health.” http://www.clipart.com/en/