Creative Educational Solutions, LLC

Women and Girls Awareness Day:
Substance Use Disorders and Mental Health Conference
"Renewal, Recovery & Resiliency"
Addressing the Opioid Epidemic, Mental Illness, and Trauma


Focusing on Women's Wellness
Location: Crystal Gardens
16703 Fort Street, Southgate, MI 48195
Pre-registration is required.
Date: Monday, July 28, 2025

Time: 9:30am – 10:00am (Check-In/Network)

10:00am – 2:00pm (Program)

Training Description

Research indicates that women are twice as likely to develop PTSD, experience a longer duration of posttraumatic symptoms and display more sensitivity to stimuli that remind them of the trauma.

Although women are at greater risk for negative consequences following traumatic events, many often hesitate to seek mental health treatment. Survivors often wait years to receive help, while others never receive treatment at all.

Untreated posttraumatic symptoms not only have tremendous mental health implications, but can also lead to adverse effects on physical health. Female survivors may encounter physical symptoms including headaches, gastro-intestinal problems and s*xual dysfunction.

Learning Objectives

Participants will be able to:

Learn effective steps to help identify opioiate abuse trauma
Learn how to address opioiate abuse and trauma
Understand the prevalence of HIV and mental illness
Suggested Participants:

WOMEN AND GIRLS 13 & UP, Community members, case-managers, social-workers, and treatment professionals responsible for facilitation of treatment plans for persons receiving mental health, substance use, and developmental disabilities.

Registration Policy

Pre-registration is required. Participants are welcome to attend the training as a walk-in (someone that did not pre-register), however, walk-ins will NOT be guaranteed seats or materials. Walk-ins will be asked to wait until the training begins in order to receive training materials and be seated to assure that there is enough room. Plan to pre-register to ensure your attendance.

You will receive a confirmation of your registration via e-mail. If you do not, please contact the DWC Message Center at [email protected].

In honor of mental health month we are talking about a subject that nobody likes to discuss and that is su***de. We are highlighting a tool that any and everyone that works in the mental health field can use. From case managers, peer recovery coaches to psychiatrists; this tool that is offered by the substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), can help you properly refer anyone in need to the appropriate level of care they need to keep them safe. Please review it and remember the protective factors, because those are what keep people from completing successful su***de attempts.

You may be familiar with the term Domestic Violence. However we are not all familiar with the term Intimate Partner Violence. Intimate partner violence refers to behavior within an intimate relationship that causes physical, s*xual or psychological harm; including acts of physical aggression, s*xual coercion, psychological abuse and controlling behaviors. This definition covers violence by both current and former spouses and partners, siblings, parents, distant relatives, and friends. Whatever you have an intimate relationship with. (Remember intimacy does not always include s*x)

In Honor of Mental Health Awareness month. Please share this and post this with anyone you know that may be a victim of Intimate Partner Violence it does not have to be a boyfriend or girlfriend, it can be a family member, a friend, a neighbor, a coworker. Please like and share.

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Think about this in the relation to how you manage your emotions when interacting with someone else. When in conflict, remember you are responsible for managing yourself and not someone else.

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Post from Professor T. Williams Think about this in relation to how you manage your emotions when interacting with someone else. When in conflict, remember you are responsible for managing ...

May is mental health month. There will be daily posts about relationships, depression, different interventions, strategies and situations that will assist you or someone you know with managing your own mental health or assisting someone with understanding the mental health community. I ask that you like our page, read and share the posts; they may help someone in need, you never know the power if sharing a post. Please share with anyone working in the Human Services field that works with people the Special Needs population as well.

✂️ Randall Goes Rouge 48 seconds · Clipped by Brigitte Brown Jackson · Original video "March 19, 2025" by Professor T. Williams