Abatement Quick-Takes: Materials from Healthy Minds' opioid abatement learning sessions
March 11, 2024
Healthy Minds is hosting a series of short learning sessions to help communities preparing applications for opioid settlement grant funding select strategies tailored to their local needs. We'll update this page with meeting materials after each session.
March 13: Medications for opioid use disorder
This learning session included presentations from:
- Teresa Stephenson, senior director of adult and family-centered substance use treatment and recovery services at the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services
- Barbara O’Brien, director of the Oklahoma Perinatal Quality Improvement Collaborative
- Michael Walker, deputy chief of operations at the Oklahoma City Fire Department
March 7: Overdose prevention strategies
This learning session included presentations from:
- Megan Wurzer, prevention program manager at the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services
- Justin Lemery, director of emergency medical services at the Tulsa Fire Department
- Juli Skinner, director of behavioral health for the Cherokee Nation
March 1: School-based strategies
This learning session included presentations from:
- Katelyn Wilson, prevention program field representative at the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services
- Lisa Daniel, district counselor, and science teacher Shanna Willis of Hollis Public Schools
- Beth Whittle, prevention services coordinator at Norman Public Schools
- Samantha Bowman, clinical director of children's services at CREOKS Health Services
