NowMattersNow.org Expert Navigator Certification

Using the Website & Other Free Resources

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What Is This Course?

This is a 1 hour class providing an in-depth overview of the NowMattersNow.org website. A free resource with ideas for building emotional resilience.

Best Online Experience

Please use Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox for best course experience (Internet Explorer or Edge can cause problems). See FAQ for more info.

Who Should Participate?

Healthcare service providers, those who struggle with mental health and substances, and their loved ones are welcome to take the course. However, you do not have to be personally impacted to take this class.

Objectives
At the end of this course, participants will be able to:

  • Name the major sections of the NowMattersNow.org website (e.g., Welcome page, Home/Skills Page, Tools and Training, Emergency Help)
  • Differentiate tools from training resources (e.g., Diary Card vs. Micro-Interventions Course)
  • Explain the history and goals of the NowMattersNow.org to a colleague, a friend or family member, or someone you provide services to
  • Teach the Stop, Drop, and Roll for managing being "On Fire" emotionally

Completion Requirements

Students are asked to complete the online class, as well as complete a Final Exam and Course Evaluation with attendance attestation. As part of participation you also agree to complete a 1-month and 3-month follow-up assessment sent via email [under development].

Educational Hours Certificate

All students who successfully complete the course will receive a free certificate of participation.

Quality Improvement and Research

As part of this course your data will be used to inform course improvements. Your de-identified data may be used for research purposes (i.e. to evaluate the impact of the training). Data Examples: surveys results, engagement and participation descriptives, and demographic information


Course Curriculum


  Part 1: Welcome and Introduction
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  Part 2: Website Overview
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  Part 3: TOOLS & TRAINING
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Frequently Asked Questions


Login Tips: Bookmark Course
Save or bookmark this link so you can easily return to the course: https://bit.ly/NMNnavigator Also, this is a link to the lecture on Technology Challenges: https://training.ursulawhiteside.org/courses/nmn/lectures/35536963
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Login Tip: I logged in, but now I get an Button saying "Log Into Teachable". What do I do?
Weird, I know. If you are asked to "Log Into Teachable" or "Log In with School Account", do not use these.
Login Tip: Forget password? Request it to be reset.
The email will be titled "Reset Password Instructions" (check your junk mail if you can't find it).
Tech Tip: I'm hung up and can't progress (or can't see a quiz or video), but it's not because Part 2 or 3 are not yet available (see above).
The online course platform doesn't love Internet Explorer or Edge. It does love Chrome. One in 100 people get trapped in the course, usually around a quiz. Restart computer and internet browser and log in. If this doesn't work try again the next day and/or install Chrome or Mozilla Firefox. Chrome internet browser from Google works 100%.

Your Instructor


Dr. Ursula Whiteside
Dr. Ursula Whiteside

Dr. Ursula Whiteside is a licensed clinical psychologist, CEO of NowMattersNow.org and Clinical Faculty at the University of Washington. As a researcher, she has been awarded grants from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) and the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. NowMattersNow.org is a website she developed with colleagues that includes skills for managing suicidal thoughts based on Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) and paired with Lived Experience stories.

Clinically, she began her training with Dr. Marsha Linehan in 1999 and later served as a DBT-adherent research therapist on a NIMH-funded clinical trial led by Dr. Linehan. Dr. Whiteside is a group and individual certified DBT clinician. Now, she treats high-risk suicidal clients in her small private practice in Seattle using DBT and caring contacts.

Dr. Whiteside is national faculty for the Zero Suicide initiative, a practical approach to suicide prevention in health care and behavioral healthcare systems. This program was recently described by NPR on a segment titled “What Happens If You Try to Prevent Every Single Suicide?” Dr. Whiteside serves on the faculty of the National Action Alliance Zero Suicide Academy. She is also a founding board member of United Suicide Survivors International.

As a person with Lived Experience, she strives to decrease the gap between "us and them" and to ensure that the voices of those who have been there are included in all relevant conversations: nothing about us without us.


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