Monday, May 18, 1-2:30 p.m. ET

Join the Center of Excellence for Integrated Health Solutions on Monday, May 18, 1-2:30 p.m. ET, for a dynamic webinar on integrated care strategies to strengthen community‑based services for children with co‑occurring serious emotional disturbance and neurodevelopmental needs. This session will explore how children’s behavior serves as communication, how to work effectively across complex systems of care, and how to deliver coordinated, high‑quality treatment within bidirectional primary and behavioral health care integration settings.

Featured expert speakers will include Stacy L. Nonnemacher, PhD, director of cross‑system strategies at the National Association for State Directors of Developmental Disabilities Services; Nancy Thaler, MS, project lead at The Link Center; and Tyrome Launderville, steering committee member at The Link Center.

This webinar is ideal for providers, mental health providers, governmental employees, educators and researchers seeking practical insights to enhance collaboration, improve outcomes and better support children and families.

After this session, participants will be able to:

• Recognize the co-occurring physical and neurodevelopmental needs of children and youth with complex behavioral health conditions and why integrated care is essential
• Understand how the behavior of children and youth with neurodevelopmental conditions serves as communication
• Identify components of a treatment paradigm focused on safety, healing, and growth

This virtual event is hosted by the Center of Excellence for Integrated Health Solutions, funded by a grant award from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. If you have questions about this session, please contact Integration@TheNationalCouncil.org.

Join us Wednesday, May 20, 1-2 p.m. ET, for Collaborative Care Model (CoCM) Billing: Financial Modeling to Real-world Results, the first session in the Center of Excellence for Integrated Health Solution’s 2026 Action Series. The session will focus on translating integrated behavioral health financial models into real-world outcomes. This dynamic panel discussion is presented in partnership with the Center of Excellence for Integrated Health Solutions (CoE-IHS) at the National Council for Mental Wellbeing, and funded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.

Register for this panel to:

• Hear from national experts on identifying key state- and system-level levers that support the financial and operational sustainability of integrated behavioral health care.
• Explore the key inputs needed to develop a CoCM financial pro forma tailored to your health system.

Register for this panel to:

• Sulamita Camargo, Vice President of Finance, Health System Integration, Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute
• Virna Little, PsyD, LCSW-r, MBA, CCM, SAP, Cofounder, Concert Health; Cofounder and Chief Operating Officer, Zero Overdose

This virtual session is supported by the CoE-IHS, funded by a grant award from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. If you have questions about these sessions, please contact Integration@TheNationalCouncil.org.  

Join the Providers Clinical Support System – Medications for Alcohol Use Disorder (PCSS-MAUD) and the National Council for Mental Wellbeing on May 21, 3:30-5 p.m. ET, for a case-based discussion exploring the intersection of gambling disorder and alcohol use disorder (AUD), featuring experts from The Gambling Clinic at the University of Memphis. This webinar will equip behavioral health professionals with strategies to better identify, assess and treat individuals experiencing these co-occurring conditions.

Problem gambling and alcohol use disorder (AUD) frequently co-occur, amplifying risk, severity and barriers to recovery for both conditions. Individuals experiencing one condition are significantly more likely to experience the other, and high comorbidity rates are commonly reported in both clinical and population studies. As access to gambling, including sports betting, continues to expand across the U.S., behavioral health professionals are increasingly encountering clients who are navigating both conditions simultaneously.

Despite the overlap, gambling disorder and AUD are commonly treated in isolation from one another. This treatment gap can limit effective care for both conditions, ignoring the fact that the two exacerbate and reinforce one another (for example, using alcohol to cope with gambling losses or gambling under the influence of alcohol).

Through interactive case discussions, webinar participants will apply key concepts to real-world clinical scenarios, exploring triggers, coping strategies and values-based behavioral substitutions.

What You’ll Learn:

• The prevalence of problem gambling and its comorbidity with AUD
• Evidence-based psychotherapeutic approaches and emerging pharmacological options for gambling disorder
• Practical strategies for assessment, treatment planning and relapse prevention