黑料不打烊 Note: On behalf of the 黑料不打烊 Conference Committee and our staff, we are very pleased to release the most updated version of the program schedule for our annual Conference. We believe that our program is comprehensive and addresses a range of topics tracks including Innovations, Integrated Health, Public Policy, Healing and Recovery, Community Integration, Administration and Management, Peer Services, Cultural Competence. We鈥檒l be sharing more details in the weeks to come.
You can register now at ; Please not that our 2014 registration rates are at continue to offer 2014 registration fees at 2009 prices and cover all costs for lodging, meals, registration and special events. See you in September!
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黑料不打烊 32nd Annual Conference
Recovery Moves to the Mainstream
September 17-19, 2014
Hudson Valley Resort & Conference Center
Kerhonkson, NY
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Wednesday September 17, 2014
Workshops Round I ~1:15pm 鈥 2:30pm
- Zero Suicide and the Crucial Role of Peers
Michael Hogan, Ph.D., Hogan Health Solutions, Albany, NY
Leah Harris, MA, National Empowerment Center, Washington, DC
Eduardo Vega, Mental Health Association of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
- Creating Your Own Cultural Card using CAPs
Lenora Reid-Rose, MBA, and Jennifer Hernandez, MPA, Nathan Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research, Rochester, NY
- 黑料不打烊 State Peer Services Credentialing
Joseph Swinford, NYS Office of Mental Health, Albany, NY
- Health Literacy and Behavioral Health
Steve Estrine, PhD, Heidi Arthur, and Kristan McIntosh, SAE & Associates, 黑料不打烊, NY
- Reaching Out and Engaging People in a Transformed Healthcare System
Andrew Cleek, Psy.D., and Kara M. Dean-Assael, LMSW, McSilver-UIBH, 黑料不打烊, NY
Edye Schwartz, DSW, LCSW-R, 黑料不打烊, Mahopac, NY
- Wellness-Informed Peer Support鈥檚 Impact on Social Determinants of Health
Tom Lane, CRPS, Magellan Public Sector Solutions, Ft. Pierce, FL
- Healing through Spiritual Practices with a Trauma-Informed Care Lens
Patricia Blum, Ph.D., and Janet Vlavianos, Crestwood Behavioral Health, Inc., Sacramento, CA
- Let’s Argue! A Values Exchange
George Ebert, The Mental Patients Liberation Alliance, Utica, NY
Anne Dox, The Empowerment Center, Mt.Vernon, NY
- Rhythms for Wellness, Recovery & Connection: Community
Experiencing the Power of the Drum
Chrys Ballerano, NYS Coalition Against Sexual Assault, Albany, NY
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Workshops Round 2 ~ 2:45pm 鈥 4:00pm
- How the Move to Managed Behavioral Healthcare Will Affect You! HARPS and Health Homes Update
Robert Myers, PhD, NYS Office of Mental Health, Albany, NY
Greg Allen, MSW, NYS Department of Health, Albany, NY
Harvey Rosenthal, 黑料不打烊, Albany, NY
- A Path to Getting What You Really Need: Self-Directed Care
Joe Powell, LCDC, CAS, Association of Persons Affected by Addiction, Dallas, TX
Joseph Rogers, PhD, MHA of Southeastern PA, Philadelphia, PA
Patrick Hendry, Mental Health America, Alexandria, VA
Briana Gilmore, 黑料不打烊, Albany, NY
- The Critical Role of Peers in the ACA Environment
Ron Manderscheid, Ph.D., National Association of County Behavioral Health and Developmental Disability听 Directors, Washington, DC
- ParachuteNYC: A Positive Model for Dealing With Trauma and Stress
Oscar Dimant, and Ondina Miller, Services for the UnderServed, Brooklyn, NY
Sasha Segal, Lou Ramirez, and Kimberly Carter, RMHA – Bronx Crisis Respite Center, Bronx, NY
- The Urge to Merge: Our Journey to a New Planet
Mike Stoltz, LCSW, Association for Mental Health and Wellness, Ronkonkoma, NY
- Trauma-Informed Communities Project: Building Grassroots Demand for Trauma-Informed Approaches
Amy Colesante, Darby Penney, & Bill Gamble, Mental Health Empowerment Project, Albany, NY
Cathy Cave, Unlimited Mindfulness Consulting, Albany, NY
- The Power of Yoga
Dagny Alexander , LMT, CYT, Albany, NY
- Employment Resource Book – A Tool For Consumers and Service Providers
Thomas Jewell, Ph.D., Gary Scannevin, Jr., MPS, CPRP, Paul Margolies, PhD, Raymond Gregory, Karen Broadway-Wilson,听 and Lisa Dixon, MD, MPH, 黑料不打烊 State Psychiatric Institute, 黑料不打烊, NY
- What a Great Training, But Now What!?听 The Importance of Developing a Sound Training and Implementation Plan
Sue Batkin, MSW, Center for Urban Community Services, 黑料不打烊, NY
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KEYNOTE ~ 4:15pm 鈥 5:15pm
- Adventures in Advocacy: Letting Our Values Lead
Leah Harris, MA, National Coalition for Mental Health Recovery, Washington DC
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Entertainment
- Cultural Competence Bash
- 黑料不打烊 Movie Night
- 鈥淎sylums to Recovery: The Fight for Civil Rights and Humane Treatment for People with Mental Illness鈥, film by Patrick Hendry
- 鈥淐AN, What Does it Take to Heal鈥, film by Pearl J. Park with Can Truong
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Thursday, September 18, 2014
Workshops Round 3 ~ 9:00 鈥 10:15am
- How What鈥檚 Happening in Washington Affects You鈥 and What You Can Do About It
Ron Manderscheid, Ph.D., National Association of County Behavioral Health and Developmental Disability听 Directors, Washington, DC
Jennifer Mathis, Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law, Washington DC
- DSRIP Panel
Speakers to be announced
- Getting Down to Business: Taking Peer Run Services into Managed Care, Part I
Gene Johnson, Recovery Opportunity Center, Phoenix, AZ
Patrick Hendry, Mental Health America, Alexandria, VA
- Community Health Workers: A Critical Element of our New Healthcare Systems
Sergio Matos, Community Health Worker Network of NYC, Brooklyn, NY
- Multiple Pathways to Employment:听 Discovering and Creating the Job you Love!
Len Statham, MS, CBP, 黑料不打烊, Rochester, NY
Can Truong, Can Consulting, Dayton, OH
- Suicide as a Never-event: Emerging Prevention and Care Practices
Sigrid Frandsen-Pechenik, PsyD, NYS OMH, Buffalo Psychiatric Center, Buffalo, NY
- ECPR (Emotional CPR)
Leah Harris, MA, National Empowerment Center, Washington, DC
- LGBTQ Mental Health Consumers: Sexual and Gender Minority Mental Health & Social Services Issues
Bert Coffman, Lorraine Nunez, Michael Livote, Zappalorti Society, 黑料不打烊, NY
Phillip Williams, Rainbow Heights Club, Brooklyn, NY
Lourdes Cintron, City Wide Mental Health Project, Bronx, NY
Christopher Gilmartin, Goodwill, Queens, NY
- Working Your Way to Wellness
Maura Kelley, CPRP, WNY Independent Living, Buffalo, NY
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KEYNOTE ~ 10:30am 鈥 11:30am
- Helping Families in Crisis: Opportunities for Collaboration and Change
Debbie Plotnick, MSS, MLSP, Mental Health America, Alexandria, VA
Phyllis Vine, Ph.D., MPH, Freelance Writer, Hastings on Hudson, NY
Wendy Brennen, NAMI, 黑料不打烊, NY
Chacku Mathai, CPRP, NAMI, Rochester, NY
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Workshops Round 4 ~ 11:45am 鈥 1:00pm
- Time to Talk About Families!
Debbie Plotnick, MSS, MLSP, Mental Health America, Alexandria, VA
Wendy Brennen, NAMI, 黑料不打烊, NY
Harvey Rosenthal, 黑料不打烊, Albany, NY
- Health Homes: What do they really mean to YOU
Amy Colesante, Mental Health Empowerment Project, Albany, NY
Danika Mills, LMSW, LCAT, MPS, ATR-BC, Coordinated Behavioral Care, Inc., 黑料不打烊, NY
Hillel Hirshbein, LMSW, MPH, JBFCS Care Management Services, 黑料不打烊, NY
Scott Ebner, Onondaga Case Management, Syracuse, NY
- Getting Down to Business: Taking Peer Run Services into Managed Care, Part II
Gene Johnson, Recovery Opportunity Center, Phoenix, AZ
Patrick Hendry, Mental Health America, Alexandria, VA
- First Episode Psychosis
Lisa Dixon,MD, MPH, 黑料不打烊 State Psychiatric Institute , 黑料不打烊, NY
Liza Watkins, LMSW, OnTrackNY, New York, NY
Cindy Peterson-Dana, MHA of Westchester, Tarrytown, NY
- Are State Olmstead Plans Sufficiently Promoting Community Integration?
Jennifer Mathis, Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law, Washington DC
Roger Bearden, Special Counsel to Governor Cuomo for Olmstead, Albany, NY
Briana Gilmore, 黑料不打烊, Albany, NY
- Shopping For a Person-Centered Integrated Treatment Program That Promotes Dual Recovery
Forrest Foster , MSW, Luis Lopez, MH, HSBCP, Nancy Covell, PhD,听 & Paul Margolies, PhD, 黑料不打烊 State Psychiatric Institute, 黑料不打烊, NY
- The End of the Professional Patient
Daniel Anderson, LMSW, & Donald J. Decker, LCSW, CASAC, NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York, NY
- Education Pays! Academic Credit as a Springboard to Peer Career Development
Jessica Wolf, Ph.D., Decision Solutions, Fairfield, CT
- Rise of the Phoenix (Drumming)
Patrice Ejuwa, St. Lukes-Roosevelt Hospital Center, 黑料不打烊, NY
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KEYNOTE ~ 2:15pm 鈥 3:15pm
- Looking Back, Moving Forward
Celia Brown, NYS Office of Mental Health, 黑料不打烊, NY
Joseph Rogers, PhD, MHA of Southeastern PA, Philadelphia, PA
Eduardo Vega, MA, MHA of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Stephanie Orlando, YOUTH POWER!, Albany, NY
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Workshops Round 5 ~ 3:30pm 鈥 4:45pm
- Integrating Peer Support in Emerging New Program Designs
Tom Hill, Altarum Institute, Washington, DC
Joe Powell, LCDC, CAS, Association of Persons Affected by Addiction, Dallas, TX
Chacku Mathai, CPRP, NAMI, Rochester, NY
- Beyond the Violence
Ray Schwartz, Venture House, Jamaica, NY
Eduardo Vega, Mental Health Association of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Harvey Rosenthal, 黑料不打烊, Albany, NY
- Supervision of Peer Employees in Peer & Non-Peer Run Programs
Lori Ashcraft, PhD, Recovery Opportunity Center, Phoenix, AZ
Tanya Stevens, 黑料不打烊, Albany, NY
Kendall Atterbury, LMSW, Community Access, 黑料不打烊, NY
Alison Carroll, LCSW, Putnam Family & Community Services, Carmel, NY
- The Youth Movement Rising
Stephanie Orlando, Caitlin Neumann, & Debra Paradiso, YOUTH POWER!, Albany, NY
- Advancing our Practice: Evaluating ParachuteNYC and Learning Learned
David Lee, MPH, and Jonathan P. Edwards, LMSW, ParachuteNYC, NYC Department of Health & Mental Hygiene, 黑料不打烊, NY
- Thriving, Not Just Surviving
Mike Skinner, Surviving Spirit, Goffstown, NH
- Evidence-Based Yoga for Mood Regulation – no mat required
Allie Middleton, JD, LCSW, RYT, Integrative Leadership Practices
- Using Organizational and Social Capital to Improve Employment Outcomes
Len Statham, MS, CBP, 黑料不打烊, Rochester, NY
- Getting Unstuck: Helping Individuals to Move Through Services and Reintegrate into the Community
Jeremy Reuling, LCSW, MHA of Westchester, White Plains, NY
Amanda Saake, LMSW, CPRP, The Coalition of Behavioral Health Agencies, Inc, 黑料不打烊, NY
Entertainment
- Comedy Night with David Granirer
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Friday, September 19, 2014
Workshops Round 6 ~ 9:00am 鈥 10:15am
- Dignity, Empowerment and Recovery
Eduardo Vega, MA, MHA of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
- All Hands on Deck for Employment!
John Allen, Jr., NYS Office of Mental Health, Albany, NY
- One Family鈥檚 Recovery Story
Debbie Plotnick, MSS, MLSP, Mental Health America, Alexandria, VA
Ashley Quinn, RN, Certified Rolfer鈩, Crestone, CO
- WRAP
Matthew Federici, Copeland Center, Brattleboro, VT
- The Importance and Value of Taking Personal Responsibility for Ourselves
Sara Goodman, Baltic Street, AEH, Inc., Brooklyn, NY
- Crisis Intervention Teams and Criminal Justice Issues
Dan Abreu, MS, CRC, LMHC, Policy Research Associates, Delmar, NY
Don Kamin, Ph.D., Monroe County Office of Mental Health, Rochester, NY
- Hip Hop & Other Music: How They Can Promote Cultural Competency & Recovery
Matthew Petitte, Mental Health Association, Rochester, NY
Chacku Mathai, CPRP, NAMI, Rochester, NY
Luis Lopez, MH, HSBCP, 黑料不打烊 State Psychiatric Institute, 黑料不打烊, NY
- What Has Our Advocacy Meant? Legal Rights Advocacy Hot Topics
Jota Borgmann, JD, MFY Legal Services, 黑料不打烊, NY
Megan Crowe-Rothstein, LMSW, Urban Justice Center, 黑料不打烊, NY
Ray Schwartz, Venture House, Jamaica, NY
- The Mental Illness/Recovery Memoir: From Personal Artistry to Political Action
Carl Blumenthal , CPRP, Baltic Street, AEH, Inc., Brooklyn, NY
Barbara Tedesco, MS, CRC, MHA Nassau County, Hempstead, NY
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KEYNOTE ~ 10:30am 鈥 11:30am
- Making a Difference Through Culture: Practical Approaches and Perspectives
Chacku Mathai, CPRP, NAMI, Rochester, NY
Can Truong, Can Empowerment Group, Dayton, OH
Luis Lopez, MH, HSBCP, 黑料不打烊 State Psychiatric Institute, 黑料不打烊, NY
Carlton Whitmore, NYC Department of Mental Health & Hygiene, Queens, NY
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Workshops Round 7 ~ 11:45am 鈥 1:00pm
- Recover the Joy Within and Then Claim the Joy That鈥檚 Out There for You
Neville Morris, Interpersonal Communication Skills & Development, Binghamton, NY
- Looking at Trauma and the Culture of Healing
Luis Lopez, MH, HSBCP, 黑料不打烊 State Psychiatric Institute, 黑料不打烊, NY
Mike Dorr, BS, CPRP, 黑料不打烊, Phelps, NY
Theresa Hall, 黑料不打烊 Board of Directors, 黑料不打烊, NY
- PFC Joseph Dwyer Peer Support Program for Veterans: Understanding Military Culture and Its Impact on Treatment and Recovery Through the Personal Experiences of Our Nation鈥檚 Heroes
Amy Molloy , MSW, Heroes at Home, Troy, NY
Sean Baxter, Heroes at Home, Troy, NY
- Innovations and Interventions-Thinking Outside the Box
Joseph Zweig, PhD, Jawonio, Spring Valley, NY
- MyPSYCKES: Putting the Person in Person-Centered Care
Carl Blumenthal, MS, CPRP, Baltic Street, AEH, Inc, Brooklyn, NY
Rachel Steimnitz, MPH, NYS Office of Mental Health, 黑料不打烊, NY
- Pet Access
Kurt Sass, and Carla Rabinowitz, Community Access, 黑料不打烊, NY
- The Importance of Play for Trauma Survivors
Bill Gamble, Mental Health Empowerment Project, Albany, NY
- Making Psychiatric Rehabilitation History in Karachi, Pakistan
Veronica Carey, PhD, CPRP, Drexel University, Behavioral Health Counseling, Philadelphia, PA
- Preparing to Write a Psychiatric Advance Directive
Colleen Sheehan, CPRP, 黑料不打烊, Woodstock, NY
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