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“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

January 2016

Labette Center calls for Nominations for theSixth Annual Care and Compassion Awards

Labette Center for Mental Health Services (LC-MHS) is asking for nominations for the sixth an-nual Care and Compassion Awards. The Care and Compassion Awards recognize those in the Labette County community and 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 employ-ees of LCMHS, who have gone above and beyond to show care and compassion to others,” LCMHS Executive Director Matthew Atteberry said. “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 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 500 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 620-421-3770 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 26th, 2016. Entries will then be re-viewed, judged, award recipients 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.

Now find us in even more places on the web! Labette Center can be found on Facebook, Twit-ter, LinkedIn, Google+, and Google Blogspot. And don’t forget to check out our website as well!

Labette Health and Labette Center for Mental Health Services, in partnership with the Kansas Foundation for Medical Care (KFMC,) will offer a free workshop series for people living with diabetes as well as their caregivers. The six-week workshop series helps people gain self-con-fidence in controlling their symptoms, better manage their health and lead a fuller life.

The workshops are highly interactive and promote the de-velopment of skills necessary to lead a healthy life with diabetes. The workshop series is designed to complement medical treatments and education provided by healthcare providers. People living with diabetes and their caregivers who attend the workshop series will receive a free copy of the book, Living a Healthy Life With Chronic Conditions.

Class will be starting in January. An informational meeting for the for the workshop, called a Zero Meeting, will be held on January 12th at 2pm at Belmont Towers, 1900 Bel-mont Ave. Parsons KS. The workshop will then run from

January 19th through February 23rd. This workshop will be presented by Melissa Lunsford and Tricia Forbes. The informational meetings are an opportunity for interested participants to learn more about the program and register for the workshop series to be held at the library.

Due to the interactive nature of the workshop series, space is limited. Individuals and caregivers interested in attend-ing should pre-register by contacting Melissa Lunsford or Tricia Forbes, located at Labette Center’s Health Home lo-cation, at 620-423-8004 for a registration packet and ad-ditional information.

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.

Upcoming Lead Your Health Workshops

For more information on up-coming classes please con-tact:

Renee Roberts620-421-3770800-303-3770

Upcoming Guiding Good Choices Class to Start

The next Guiding Good Choices class held at Labette Center will be beginning in late January. This course is designed to help parents of children ages 9-14 learn how to strenthen family bonds, set a clear family position on drugs, teach children skills they will need to make healthy choices, and increase children’t 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. The start date for this session will be determined through the month.

This curriculum for the Guiding Good Choices course was developed by Dr. David Hawkins and Dr, Richard Catalano to promote healthy behaviors in chil-dren and reduce risks that predict adolescent health and behavior problems. For more information and/or to sign up for the next course, contact Renee Roberts, 620-421-3770.

APRN Joins Staff Through Use ofTelepsychiatry

Kristin Antony joined the staff of LCMHS on December 3rd, 2015. Kristin is an APRN and will be providing psychiatric medical services to adult clients of Labette Center through the use of telemedicine. This form of care is provided using video capabilities for the practitioner and client to work to-gether from different locations.

Kristin joins Dr. Mark Haslett, children psychiatrist/medical director and Elizabeth Garton, APRN in Labette Center’s medical department. Kristin will be seeing adult cli-ents on Thursdays. Liz Garton sees adult clients on Tuesdays and Dr. Haslett is in the office on Monday, Wednesday and Thurs-day.

To find out more about our medical depart-ment visit our website at www.lcmhs.com/medical-services.html, call 620-421-3770 or 800-303-3770.

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 Cen-ter 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 organi-zation 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 indi-

viduals 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 Hopec/o Labette Center for Mental Health Services

PO Box 258Parsons, 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.

LCMHS Welcomes New My Family Labette Resource Specialist

Labette Center welcomes Kimber Martinez to our staff as the new My Family Labette Resource Specialist! Kimber began working with the Center on January 5th, 2016. The My Family Labette program is now in its third year and continues to grow and expand, helping the youth in La-bette County.

This program was made possible through the use of grant funding, which has been awarded by U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration and the support of the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE). This funding provides the Center monies to continue the My Family Labette Program, which is a Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) Program for families within Labette County.

The purpose of this program is to provide families a centralized process that will identify family’s needs and wants, and connect them to community re-

sources and services. “I am excited that LCMHS is able to be a part of a program that is only offered in three other counties in Kansas. Our My Family Resource Specialist will be able to outreach to families in our community so that they are more aware of the services available.” stated Misti Mustain, Director of Specialty Services at Labette Center for Mental Health. The My Family Program assists families with children birth to five years of age, as well as women who are pregnant, to assure they have the education, skills, resources, and opportunities to succeed. This is a collaborative effort with Early Head Start, Healthy Families American, and Parents as Teachers programs.

Kimber will be spending time seeing clients in both the office, in the community and during visits to homes.

For more information on the My Family Labette program, please call 620-421-3770. Individuals may also visit our website at http://www.lcmhs.com/my-family-labette.html.

Labette Center for Mental Health Services, Inc.PO Box 258

1730 BelmontParsons, KS 67357www.lcmhs.com

Celebrating Over 35 Years of Serving Labette County!Mental Health First Aid Course

February 2nd, 2016

Labette Center for Mental Health Services will be holding a Adult Mental Health First Aid course on Tuesday February 2nd, 2016 from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm. The course will be held at Labette Center’s main facility located at 1730 Belmont Parsons KS in the multi-pur-pose room. Participants must register prior to the course. Materials, lunch, snacks and a light breakfast are provided. Cost may vary depending on availablity of grant funding.

This program covers information about how to help an adult who may be expierencing a mental health crisis or at the onset of a men-tal illness. The program is excellent for anyone, regardless of their knowledge of mental illness. Through this course individuals will learn skills and information to help a adult in need.

For more information contact Monica Simpson or Nikkii Rosenstiel at 620-421-3770 or 800-303-3770 or visit www.lcmhs.com.

Also, please check into our Youth Mental Health First Aid Course!!!! Next class is on April 5th, 2016. For more informa-tion about the Mental Health First Aid program, visit: http://www.mentalhealthfirstaid.org

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

Calender of Upcoming Events

January 4th, 2016 Anytime Begin accepting nominations for the 6th Annual Care and Compassion Awards.

January 12th, 2016 2:00pmBelmont Towers Lead Your Health - Chronic Conditions Informational Meeting

Jan. 19th - Feb. 23rd 2:00pmBelmont Towers Lead Your Health - Chronic Conditions

February 2nd, 2016 8:00am - 5:00pmLCMHS Community Room Mental Health First Aid - Adult

February 26th, 2016 5:00 pmDeadline for Care and Compassion AwardsNominations

March 12th, 2016CCAB Recipients Announced

April 5th, 2016 8:00am - 5:00pmLCMHS Community Room Mental Health First Aid - Youth

For more information on upcoming events - call:620-421-3770 or 800-303-3770 or visit us at:

www.lcmhs.com