DMH + UCLA Prevention Center of Excellence


2022 UCLA Cultural North Star Award Winner

The Prevention Center of Excellence was recognized by the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine as a 2022 UCLA Cultural North Star Award winning program.

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About


The DMH + UCLA Prevention Center of Excellence (COE) is committed to improving the wellbeing of Los Angeles County by creating a robust continuum of workforce development programs. Its offerings aim to support the development and sustainment of prevention networks that are both trauma and resilience informed. The COE capitalizes on DMH’s service delivery experience and footprint alongside UCLA’s interdisciplinary expertise in mental health prevention training, education, and implementation support to improve both the provision of care and wellbeing in the workplace. The COE’s goal is to optimize and sustain trauma and resilience informed programs that leverage community platforms to create a robust continuum of workforce development programs. Its offerings aim to support the development and sustainment of prevention networks that are both trauma and resilience informed.

  • Creative Wellbeing Spring 2024 Virtual Retreat 3-Part Training Series: Infusing Arts Into Child Welfare

    This training series will focus on infusing the Creative Wellbeing approach and healing-centered arts education into the child welfare system. The three experiential sessions will provide tangible strategies and tools to support child welfare system-impacted children, youth, transitional age youth (TAY), and the adults who support them. Across the three sessions, our goal is to uplift and center culturally relevant and healing-centered arts approaches as strategies to nurture cultures of wellbeing that support both youth and adults. Participants can expect ...  View more

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  • Promoting Secure Attachments: Strategies for Supporting Youth and Families

    This course is designed to equip providers with essential knowledge and skills to support youth and families affected by trauma and relational ruptures. Using attachment principles, participants will explore the effects of trauma and relational ruptures on youth development, brain function, and behaviors across the lifespan. The course teaches practical strategies for fostering healthy relationships, including relational repairs, trauma sensitive communication, and emotion regulation. Through experiential learning, providers will practice implementing strategies that strengthen relationships and build resilience, enhancing the ...  View more

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Training Calendar


Check out our calendar below for upcoming trainings!

Resource Collections

Building Resilience in the NICU

 Resource Collection
 18 items

Crisis Response Tools

 Resource Collection
 28 items

Support for Working With Veterans

 Resource Collection
 7 items

Digital Wellbeing for Youth

 Resource Collection
 16 items

Strategies to Manage Stress in School

 Resource Collection
 25 items

Support After Tragedy

 Resource Collection
 11 items

Managing Grief and Loss

 Resource Collection
 12 items

Recursos para los miembros de la comunidad

 Resource Collection
 7 artículos

COVID-19 Resources for the Autism Community

 Resource Collection
 7 items

Supporting Youth Experiencing Worry and Anxiety

 Resource Collection
 22 items

Building Connection in Foster Families

 Resource Collection
 37 items

Telehealth Tips for Providers

 Resource Collection
 12 items

Caregiver/Parent Self-Care

 Resource Collection
 24 items

Strategies to Manage Adult Stress

 Resource Collection
 52 items

Wellbeing in the Workplace

 Resource Collection
 54 items

Reducing the Impact of Trauma

 Resource Collection
 13 items

Promoting Family Resilience

 Resource Collection
 25 items

Helping Children Manage Stress

 Resource Collection
 28 items

Courses

Trainings

Other Resources

Building Resilience in the NICU

 Resource Collection
 18 items

Prevention in Practice

 Article Series

Menstruation Cycle

 Printable Tool

Crisis Response Tools

 Resource Collection
 28 items

Highly Sensitive Families

 Podcast Episode

Prizing Our Children

 Podcast Episode

Understanding Teens

 Podcast Episode

Emotion-Focused Parenting

 Podcast Episode

Building Resilience

 Podcast Episode

Neurodiversity

 Podcast Episode

Anxiety in Teens

 Podcast Episode

Connecting Through Play

 Printable Tool

Addressing Bedwetting

 Printable Tool

Managing Holiday Blues

 Printable Tool

Digital Wellbeing for Youth

 Resource Collection
 16 items

Support for Working With Veterans

 Resource Collection
 7 items

Strategies to Manage Stress in School

 Resource Collection
 25 items

Sensory Toolkit Ideas

 Printable Tool

Low Anxiety Desk Space

 Printable Tool

Sensory Kit on the Go

 Printable Tool

Support After Tragedy

 Resource Collection
 11 items

Be PREPARED

 Printable Tool

Managing Grief and Loss

 Resource Collection
 12 items

Tokens

 Printable Tool

Role Cards

 Printable Tool

Rules

 Printable Tool

Feel-Think-Do Grid

 Printable Tool

Recursos para los miembros de la comunidad

 Resource Collection
 7 artículos

Mis herramientas

 Printable Tool

Establecer límites

 Printable Tool

RESPIRE

 Printable Tool

Distorsión cognitiva

 Printable Tool

Estableciendo METAS

 Printable Tool

¿Cómo te sientes?

 Printable Tool

COVID-19 Resources for the Autism Community

 Resource Collection
 7 items

Responses to Coming Out

 Printable Tool

Supporting Youth Experiencing Worry and Anxiety

 Resource Collection
 22 items

Box Breathing

 Printable Tool

Getting to Green

 Printable Tool

Feeling Thermometer

 Printable Tool

Building Connection in Foster Families

 Resource Collection
 37 items

Helping Children Manage Stress

 Resource Collection
 28 items

Promoting Family Resilience

 Resource Collection
 25 items

Reducing the Impact of Trauma

 Resource Collection
 13 items

Wellbeing in the Workplace

 Resource Collection
 54 items

Strategies to Manage Adult Stress

 Resource Collection
 52 items

Caregiver/Parent Self-Care

 Resource Collection
 24 items

Telehealth Tips for Providers

 Resource Collection
 12 items

FOCUS on the Go!

 Mobile Tool

Action Plan

 Printable Tool

Behavior Plan

 Printable Tool

Setting Boundaries

 Printable Tool

Butterfly Breath

 Printable Tool

CALMR Worksheet

 Printable Tool

Daily Play

 Printable Tool

Family Statements

 Printable Tool

Labeling Feelings

 Printable Tool

Learning I Statements

 Printable Tool

My Toolbox

 Printable Tool

READ Worksheet

 Printable Tool

SMART Goal Setting

 Printable Tool

Straw Art

 Printable Tool

Taking Care of You

 Printable Tool

The Gifts I Bring

 Printable Tool

Understanding Psychosis

 Printable Tool

Navigating Uncertainty

 Printable Tool

Team


Ana Amador, LCSW

Hilary Aralis, PhD

Claudia Avalos-Garcia, LMFT

Alyssa Ayon, MSW

Eraka Bath, MD

De'Nisha Beasley, MSW

Helen Chen, MSW

Megan Cox, MA

Sophie de Figueiredo, PsyD

Miguel Drayton, MFA, MS

Casey Estorque, EdM, MA

Susan Finley, EdD

Norweeta G. Milburn, PhD

Daisy Gomez, EdD

Christina Harrison, LCSW

Roya Ijadi-Maghsoodi, MD, MSHPM

Jessica Jeffrey, MD, MBA, MPH

Sung-Jae Lee, PhD

Lauren Marlotte, PsyD, ABPP

Charles Martin, EdD

Ruben Martinez Jr., MS, LMFT

Laura McMullin, PhD

Catherine Mogil, PsyD

Rebecca Morgan, LCSW

Elizabeth Ollen, PhD

Natalie Ramos, MD, MPH