The ECHO Colorado Team, in partnership with the Center for Health, Work & Environment and UCHealth, offered a half-day event at the Yampa Valley Medical Center in Steamboat Springs. The day was tailored to local residents with a focus on Mental Health Supports for the Workplace to address challenges, barriers to care as well as provide local and state resources.Â
Participants engaged in a “live” echo simulation, which included a brief presentation by Alex J. Reed, PSYD, MPH. The room divided into “break outs” by gathering in groups to review submitted cases from participants who expressed challenges they currently faced in the workplace. Groups discussed and worked collaboratively on sharing and connecting over similar situations as well as pooling resources and experiences to support and empower handling similar scenarios in the workplace. The room reconvened at the close of the hour and brought together all the collective wisdom and shared solutions to enhance the sense of connection and community in facing similar challenges.Â
Participants will be invited to the upcoming ECHO Series that is being developed from the day’s discussion points as a follow-up resource to the event, “Solutions for Workplace Behavioral and Mental Health Challenges.” The series will also be offered to those who did not participate in the one-day event, but would like to benefit from the connection, community, and resources that will be offered.Â
