[NYAPRS Enews] NYAPRS Releases Details of Sept 16-18 AnnualConference!
Matt Canuteson
MattC at nyaprs.org
Mon Jul 13 16:46:45 EDT 2009
NYAPRS Note: On behalf of our NYAPRS Conference Committee co-chairs
Michelle Jensen and Melissa Firmes, our track leaders (Health, Healing
And Recovery: Allie Middleton, Noelle Pollet and Debbie Whittle; New And
Exemplary Models: Peter Trout and Ruth Pasillas-Gonzalez; Cultural
Competence: Dally Sanchez and Matt Canuteson; Advocacy And Empowerment:
Carla Rabinowitz and Matt Canuteson; Administration And Management: Edye
Schwartz and Judith Jackson; Challenge Forums: Steve Miccio and Steve
Coe; Community Integration: Oscar Jimenez and Mathew Mathai; Integrated
Services: Barbara Tedesco and Harvey Rosenthal And New Challenges: Fred
Levine, Matt Canuteson and Harvey Rosenthal) and Mary McLaughlin, Tanya
Stevens and the rest of our staff, NYAPRS is very pleased to provide the
following program information about this year's annual conference.
Once again, we've put together a information-packed inspirational chance
to re-charge your batteries, network with some of the state's and
nation's leaders in our field and
To see the printed version of the announcement, please go to
http://www.nyaprs.org/PDF/NYAPRS_09_Conf%20Announcement_final.pdf
<http://www.nyaprs.org/PDF/NYAPRS_09_Conf%20Announcement_final.pdf> .
For registration materials, you can go to
http://www.nyaprs.org/PDF/NYAPRS_09_Conf%20Reg_final.pdf
<http://www.nyaprs.org/PDF/NYAPRS_09_Conf%20Reg_final.pdf> . Please note
that most rates cover the full cost of all programs, lodging, meals and
special activities and healing opportunities.
Finally, to help support the conference scholarship fund and the
activities of NYAPRS, you can get sponsor exhibitor information at
http://www.nyaprs.org/PDF/supporter.exhibitor.form.2009A.pdf
<http://www.nyaprs.org/PDF/supporter.exhibitor.form.2009A.pdf> .
New York Association of Psychiatric Rehabilitation Services
27th Annual Conference
A Home, A Job and A Date on the Weekend
September 16-18, 2009 at NEW HOTEL SITES!
Hudson Valley Resort & Conference Center www.hudsonvalleyresort.com
and at the nearby Honors Haven www.honorshaven.com
The NYAPRS Annual Conference is widely regarded as one of the nation's
finest training opportunities promoting the recovery, rehabilitation and
rights
of people with psychiatric disabilities. NYAPRS joins with our many
partners from across New York State and the country
to provide a uniquely rich program advancing the transformation of our
state and local mental health service and support systems.
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Daniel Fisher, MD, PhD, National Empowerment Center, Lawrence, MA
Kareem Dale Special Assistant to the President on Disability Issues
Washington, DC (invited)
Mark Salzer, PhD UPenn Collaborative on Community Integration,
Philadelphia, PA
LaVerne Miller, Esq. Policy Research Associates Albany, NY
FEATURED SPEAKERS
Patricia E. Deegan, PhD Patricia E. Deegan, PhD & Associates, LLC
Byfield, MA
Michael Hogan, PhD Commissioner, NYS Office of Mental Health, Albany, NY
Peggy Swarbrick, PhD, OTR, CPRP, Collaborative Support Programs of New
Jersey, Freehold, NJ
Jacki McKinney, Consultant, Philadelphia, PA
Shery Mead, Shery Mead Consulting, Plainview, NH
Darby Penny, MLS, Advocates for Human Potential, Albany, NY
Lauren Spiro, National Coalition of Mental Health Consumer/Survivor
Organizations, Arlington, VA
Debbie Whittle, National Empowerment Center, Salisbury, MA
And many more special cutting-edge presenters and presentations!
SPECIAL ENTERTAINMENT INCLUDING:
Bryant 'Drew' Andrews and the Energy Dance Company
Canada's Stand Up for Mental Health Comedy Troupe
Over 80 timely workshops & plenary presentations!
* Cutting-edge plenaries featuring nationally recognized leaders
* Health, Healing & Arts Fair and Multicultural Exhibition
* Employment & Cultural Competence Leadership Summits
* Challenge Forums * Community Integration
* Integrated Health and Behavioral Health
* New Challenges * 3rd Annual Criminal Justice Intensive
CONFERENCE PROGRAM
Workshops Round I Wednesday, September 16 ~ 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM
Workshop #101 New York Makes Work Pay For You! Track: Community
Integration
Gary Shaheen, MPA and Nicole LaCorte-Klein, Syracuse University Burton
Blatt Institute Centers of Innovation on Disability, Syracuse, NY
Workshop #102 Stories of Self-Determination and Recovery Track: Advocacy
and Empowerment
Valerie Fox, Morris County Mental Health Coalition, Inc., Morristown,
NJ; Joann Bettis, Traverse City, MI
Workshop #103 Looking at Innovative Approaches in the Field of Cultural
Competency Track: Cultural Competence
Luis O. Lopez, MS, Services for the UnderServed, New York, NY
Workshop #104 Imagining an Alternate Approach to Recovery and Support
Track: Challenge Forums
Peter Stastny, Baltic Street Mental Health Board, Brooklyn, NY
Workshop #105 Up Against the APA: Advocating for the Rights of Shock
Treatment Patients Track: Advocacy and Empowerment Linda Andre,
Committee for Truth in Psychiatry, Rockaway Beach, NY
Workshop #106 Peer and Consumer Involvement in OMH Criminal Justice
Projects Track: Integrated Services
Valerie Chakedis, NYS Office of Mental Health Forensic Services, Albany,
NY; Ellen Healion, MA, Hands Across Long Island, Central Islip, NY;
Dwayne Mayes, Howie the Harp, New York, NY; Mathew Mathai, CPRP, NYAPRS,
Albany, NY
Workshop #108 Where Governance and Management Meet: Clarifying Roles &
Responsibilities of Board Members and Managers Track: Administration
and Management
Joshua Koerner, CHOICE of New Rochelle, New Rochelle, NY
Workshop #109 How to Use Video as an Organizing Tool Track: Advocacy
and Empowerment
Jennifer Stearns, Coalition of Institutionalized Aged and Disabled
(CIAD), New York, NY; Erica Von Nardroff, CIAD, Rego Park, NY; Gary
Levin, CIAD, Jamaica, NY; Derek White, CIAD, Yonkers, NY
Workshop #110 Let the Fun Shine! Laughter Yoga 101 Track: Health,
Healing & Recovery
Liz Walkden, Rhinebeck, NY
Workshops Round II Wednesday, September 16 ~ 4:00 PM - 5:15 PM
Workshop #111 The Promise of Self-Direction Helping People Buy What
They Need to Recover Track: New and Exemplary Models
Bonni D. Hopkins, PhD, Magellan Health Service-Public Sector Solutions,
Avon, CT; Sharon Hoffman, New York State Advocacy Association and
Network, Pittsford, NY;
Richard Dougherty, PhD, DMA Health Strategies, Lexington, MA; Moderator:
Harvey Rosenthal, NYAPRS, Albany, NY
Workshop #112 Resilience: The Art of Bouncing Back Track: Health,
Healing & Recovery
Neville Morris, Interpersonal Communications Skills Development,
Endwell, NY
Workshop #113 How Social Security is Affected by Work Track: Advocacy
and Empowerment
Michael Spennato, Skylight Center, Staten Island, NY; Linda Speaker,
Goodwill Industries, Brooklyn, NY
Workshop #114 Transforming Psychiatric Emergency Services Track: New
and Exemplary Models
Steve Miccio, PEOPLe Inc, Poughkeepsie, NY; Ruth Pasillas-Gonzales,
NYAPRS, Bronx, NY; Colleen Sheehan, CPRP, NYAPRS, Buffalo, NY; Matthew
Canuteson, NYAPRS, Albany, NY
Workshop #115 WE Can Go to School! Track: Community Integration
Mark Salzer, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; Nicole
Aulicino, Empire State College, Kingston, NY
Workshop #116 Transforming Probation and Parole Responses to Persons
with Psychiatric Disabilities Track: Integrated Services
Kevin Paulsley, Schenectady County Probation, Schenectady, NY; Lynne
Davidson, LCSW, Ellis Hospital, Schenectady, NY; Parole Dedicated
Caseload Officer, NYS Division of Parole, TBD; Consumers/Peers, TBD
Workshop #117 Peer Agencies: It's Not Just About Surviving...It's About
THRIVING Track: Administration and Management
Ellen Healion, MA, Hands Across Long Island, Central Islip, NY
Workshop #118 Are You Listening, Are You There? Track: Cultural
Competence
Lenora Reid-Rose, MBA, Coordinated Care Services, Inc., Rochester, NY;
Jennifer Hernandez, Nathan Kline Institute, Orangeburg, NY
Workshop #119 Preparing for Relationships and Marriage Track:
Cultural Competence
Leah Rokeach, OHEL Children's Home and Family Services, Brooklyn, NY
Workshop #120 Medicare Low Income Programs: Getting Help Paying for
Medicare Track: Advocacy and Empowerment
Sue Batkin, LMSW, Lac, The Medicare Rights Center, New York, NY
Workshops Round III Thursday, September 17 ~ 9:00 AM - 10:15 AM
Workshop #121 Medicare Part D: An In-Depth Look Track: Advocacy and
Empowerment
Sue Batkin, LMSW, Lac, The Medicare Rights Center, New York, NY
Workshop #122 From Incarceration to Community: Peer Run Re-Entry
Supports Track: New and Exemplary Models
Ellen Healion, MA, Hands Across Long Island, Central Islip, NY
Workshop #123 A Transformation Toolkit: The Practical Work of Recovery
for Organizations That Believe In It Track: New and Exemplary Models
Donna Colonna, MS, Luis O. Lopez, MS, Yves Ades, PhD, Wanda Lopez-Cruz,
MS and Jerald Jenkins, Services for the UnderServed, New York, NY;
Meghan Johnston, MSW, Strategic Initiatives, Castleton, NY
Workshop #124 Leadership Summit for People of Color Track: Cultural
Competence
Carlton Whitmore, NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York,
NY
Workshop #125 Recovery Innovations in Care Coordination Track:
Integrated Services
Phillip Endress, LCSW, ACSW, Erie County Department of Mental Health,
Buffalo, NY; Adele Gorges, Coordinated Care Services, Inc., Rochester,
NY; Melissa Staats, Westchester County Department of Community Mental
Health, White Plains, NY
Workshop #126 Exploring Intimacy: Discovering the Inner Lover Track:
Health, Healing & Recovery
Suzann Robins, MALS, CMT, Buffalo, NY
Workshop #127 Phototherapy: Picture Yourself in Recovery Track: New
and Exemplary Models
Michael Cavallaro, LCSW and Tenille Blair-Neff, MS, LCAT, ATR-BC, FEGS
Health and Human Services System, Bronx, NY
Workshop #128 Intentional Care: Factors for Establishing Professional
Boundaries Track: New and Exemplary Models
Heidi Trainor, BA, CPS and Amy Morgan, MSW, Advocates Inc, Framingham,
MA
Workshop #129 How to Meet and Mingle Track: Advocacy and Empowerment
Amy Colesante and Bill Gamble, Mental Health Empowerment Project,
Albany, NY
Workshop #130 It Takes Guts to be Me Track: Health, Healing &
Recovery
Ken Jensen, The Bipolar Eradicator, LLC, Tillson, NY; David Hardy,
Truehope Nutritional Support, Ltd., Raymond Alberta, Canada
Workshop #131 Emotional CPR: Assisting People through an Emotional
Crisis Track: Advocacy and Empowerment
Lauren Spiro, National Coalition of Mental Health Consumer/Survivor
Organizations, Washington, DC; Daniel Fisher, MD, PhD, National
Empowerment Center, Cambridge, MA
Workshops Round IV Thursday, September 17 ~ 11:30 AM - 12:45 PM
Workshop #132 WE Can Own! Strategies to Advance Self-Owned Community
Housing Track: Community Integration
Michael Newman and John Donohue, NYS Office of Mental Health, Albany,
NY; Nicole Aucilino, Kingston, NY; Mathew Mathai, CPRP, NYAPRS, Albany,
NY
Workshop #133 Emerging Models of Integrated Health and Behavioral Health
Care Track: Integrated Services
Andrew Cleek, PsyD, The Urban Institute for Behavioral Health, New York,
NY; Sue McKenna and Steven Rutter, FEGS Health and Human Services
Systems, New York, NY; Danika Mills, Institute for Community Living, New
York, NY
Workshop #134 A Look at Project PREPARE (People in Recovery Engaging
People through Advocacy, Respect, and Encouragement) Track:
New/Exemplary Models
Bruce Weems, Luis O. Lopez, MS, Annette James and Eugene Eason, Services
for the UnderServed, New York, NY
Workshop #135 Marketing Plans: A Strategy for Local Labor Market
Development Track: Administration and Management
Lauren Gates, PhD and Sarah Gowtham, MSW, Workplace Center, Columbia
University School of Social Work, New York, NY
Workshop #136 Tap into Your Own Healing Energy Track: Health, Healing
& Recovery
Nancy Plumer, New Visions, Kingston, NY
Workshop #137 An Integrated Mind, Body, Spirit Approach for Working
with Trauma Track: Health, Healing & Recovery
Grace Coolidge, Energy Medicine Centers, LLC, Newburyport, MA
Workshop #138 Doing More with Less Track: Administration and
Management
Alan Krieger, Krieger Solutions, LLC, Duanesburg, NY
Workshop #139 Shared Decision-Making: Talking Together about What's
Important Track: New and Exemplary Models
Laurie Curtis, MA, CPRP, Advocates for Human Potential, Inc., Middlesex,
VT; Darby Penney, MLS, Advocates for Human Potential, Inc., Albany, NY
Workshop #140 Envisioning a Life beyond Services Track: Challenge
Forums
John B. Allen, Jr., NYS Office of Mental Health, Albany, NY; Harvey
Rosenthal, NYAPRS, Albany, NY
Workshop #141 Development of New Programs to Support Recovery by a
Managed Care Organization Track: Integrated Services
Pat Deegan, PhD, Patricia E. Deegan, PhD & Associates, LLC, Byfield, MA;
Carole Taylor, BSN, MSN and James Schuster, MD, MBA, Community Care
Behavioral Health Organization, Pittsburgh, PA
Workshop #142 Move Your Whole Self - A Body-Centered Exploration
Track: Health, Healing & Recovery
Allie Middleton, RYT, MHA of Columbia-Greene Counties, Inc., Hudson, NY;
Howard Moody, Omega Institute, Rhinebeck, NY
Workshops Round V Thursday, September ~ 17 2:45 PM - 4:00 PM
Workshop #143 Setting the Agenda for 2010 Track: Advocacy and
Empowerment
Ray Schwartz, Venture House, Inc, Jamaica, NY; Carla Rabinowitz,
Community Access, New York, NY; Matthew Canuteson, NYAPRS, Albany, NY
Workshop #144 What's Love Got to do With It? Track: Health, Healing &
Recovery
David Kamnitzer, Institute for Community Living, Brooklyn, NY
Workshop #145 Capabilities: Research about Real Opportunities to Do
and Be What You Value Track: Challenge Forums
Mary Jane Alexander, PhD and Kim Hopper, PhD, Nathan Kline Institute,
Orangeburg, NY; Joshua Koerner, CHOICE of New Rochelle, New Rochelle,
NY; Ellen Healion, MA, Hands Across Long Island, Central Islip, NY;
Jacki McKinney, Consultant, Philadelphia, PA; Isaac Brown, Lauren
Tenney, Mental Health Empowerment Project, Albany, NY
Workshop #146 Recovery for People with Psychiatric Disabilities in the
Long-Term Health Care System Track: New Challenges
Michael Friedman and Kimberly Williams, Geriatric Mental Health
Alliance, New York, NY
Workshop #147 The Road to Reentry - Offender Workforce Development
Issues Track: Advocacy and Empowerment
Elaine Kost, NYS Department of Labor, Albany, NY
Workshop # 148 It's All About You: One Agency's Person- Centered
Transformation Journey Track: New and Exemplary Models
Doris Schwartz, MA, LCSW-R, Amy Kohn, DSW and Barbara Bernstein, PhD,
MHA of Westchester, Elmsford, NY
Workshop #149 Recovery Centers - The Wave of the Future? Track: New
and Exemplary Models
Jack Guastaferro, CRC, CPRP, Restoration Society, Buffalo, NY; Howard
Trachtman, BS, CPS, Metro Boston Recovery Learning Community & Boston
Resource
Center, Boston, MA; Robert Myers, PhD and Gary Weiskopf, MPA, NYS Office
of Mental Health, Albany, NY; Moderator: Harvey Rosenthal, NYAPRS,
Albany, NY
Workshop #150 Peer Support as Social Change Track: Challenge Forums
Darby Penney, MLS, Advocates for Human Potential, Albany, NY; Shery
Mead, Shery Mead Consulting, Plainview, NH
Workshop #151 Improving Quality of Life for People with Disabilities
Track: Advocacy and Empowerment
Mindy Becker, NYS Commission on Quality of Care & Advocacy for Persons
with Disabilities, Schenectady, NY
Workshop #152 We Can Work and Save Track: Community Integration
Peggy Swarbrick, PhD, OTR, CPRP, Collaborative Support Programs of New
Jersey, Freehold, NJ; Mathew Mathai, CPRP and Oscar Jimenez, MPH,
NYAPRS, Albany, NY
Workshop #153 Self Nurturing, Resiliency and Empowerment: Moving
Beyond Our Trauma Track: Health, Healing & Recovery
Lorraine McMullin, Mental Health Association in New York State, Albany,
NY; Chrys Ballerano, BA, NYS Coalition Against Sexual Assault, Albany,
NY
Plenaries Round VI Thursday, September 17 4:15 PM - 5:30 PM
Workshop #154 Wellness Coaching: A Holistic Approach to Promote
Well-Being Track: New Challenges
Peggy Swarbrick, PhD, OTR, CPRP, Collaborative Support Programs of New
Jersey, Freehold, NJ
Workshop #155 Training Consumers as Self-Advocates: A First Step in the
Integration of Behavioral Health & Primary Health Care Track: Advocacy
and Empowerment
Jack Carney, MD, FEGS Health and Human Services System, Brooklyn, NY
Workshop #156 OMH's Strategic Plan Track: Advocacy and Empowerment
Michael Hogan, PhD and Betty Pease, NYS Office of Mental Health, Albany,
NY; Marcia Fazio, NYS Office of Mental Health, Poughkeepsie, NY
Workshop #157 Being Part of Something Greater than Ourselves Track:
Advocacy and Empowerment
Lauren Spiro, National Coalition of Mental Health Consumer/Survivor
Organizations, Washington, DC
Workshop #158 Yoga and Wellness Track: Health, Healing & Recovery
Allie Middleton, RYT, MHA of Columbia-Greene Counties, Inc., Hudson, NY
Workshops Round VII Friday, September 18 ~ 9:00 AM - 10:15 AM
Workshop #159 Community Defined Evidence Track: Cultural Competence
Lenora Reid-Rose, MBA, Coordinated Care Services, Inc., Rochester, NY
Workshop #160 Step by Step: The Road to a Healthier Lifestyle Track:
Health, Healing & Recovery
Michelle Jensen and Nancy Glover, Arbor Development, Bath, NY
Workshop #161 DBT: We're Not in Kansas Anymore Track: New and
Exemplary Models
Krista Zanfarcino, MSW, Kristen Juachon, Putnam Family & Community
Services, Carmel, NY; Beverly Blair, LCSW-R, Rochester Rehabilitation
Center, Rochester, NY
Workshop #162 Moving the Employment Agenda Track: Community
Integration
Robert Myers, PhD, NYS Office of Mental Health, Albany, NY; Thomas
Golden, MS, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Workshop #163 The Human-Canine Connection Track: Health, Healing &
Recovery
Denise Ranaghan, EdM, PEOPLe Inc, Lake Hill, NY; Rebecca Stowe, MHA of
Columbia-Greene Counties, Inc., Craryville, NY
Workshop #164 From Dual Recovery to Wholeness: Integrating Mental
Health and Addiction Recovery in Our Lives and Systems Track:
Integrated Services
Stanley Sacks, PhD and JoAnn Sacks, PhD, National Development and
Research Institutes, New York, NY; Carlton Whitmore, NYC Department of
Health and Mental Hygiene, New York, NY; Mathew Mathai, CPRP, NYAPRS,
Albany, NY
Workshop #165 Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Mental Health
Consumers: Sexual and Gender Minority Issues Track: Cultural Competence
Bert Coffman, Center for Urban Community Services, Inc., New York, NY
Workshop #166 Discussing the Impact of New CATIE Research on
Psychiatric Medicine Track: Challenge Forums
Pablo Sadler, MD, Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York, NY
Workshop #167 Will Work, Will Recover, Will Maintain Sanity Track:
Community Integration
Marcie Kelley and Leslie Saunders, The Western NY Independent Living
Project, Buffalo, NY
Workshop #168 Systems Advocacy 101 Track: Advocacy and Empowerment
Debbie Plotnick, MSS, MLSP, LSW, Mental Health Association of
Southeastern Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; Kathryn Cascio, CPRP,
Federation of Organizations, Patchogue, NY
Workshops Round VIII Friday, September 18 ~ 11:30 AM - 12:45 PM
Workshop #169 National Policy Summit on the Elimination of Disparities
in Mental Health Track: Cultural Competence
Frances Priester, NYS Office of Mental Health, Albany, NY
Workshop #170 Innovations in Crisis Diversion: Peer Run Crisis Respite
and First Break Residences Track: New Challenges
Steve Coe, Community Access, New York, NY; Steve Miccio, PEOPLe Inc,
Poughkeepsie, NY
Workshop #171 An Update on Personalized Recovery Oriented Services
(PROS) Outpatient Clinic and Ambulatory Services Restructuring Track:
New and Exemplary Models
Robert Myers, PhD, David Bucciferro and Gary Weiskopf, MPA, NYS Office
of Mental Health, Albany, NY
Workshop #172 Youth in Transition: Sharing Models and Experiences
Track: New Challenges
Glenn Liebman, Mental Health Association in New York State, Albany, NY;
Jackie Negri, Negri Management LLC, Albany, NY; Youth Representative
Workshop #173 Improving Local Police Response to People with
Psychiatric Disabilities Track: New Challenges
Fred Levine, Esq., New York, NY; Matthew Canuteson, NYAPRS, Albany, NY
Workshop #174 Skills in Negotiation Track: Advocacy and Empowerment
Bill Gamble, Mental Health Empowerment Project, Albany, NY
Workshop #175 NYWRAC Peer Advocacy: 15 Years Later Track: Advocacy
and Empowerment
Elaine Levin, James Rye, Gina DeLuca and Anne Dox, The Empowerment
Center, Mt Vernon, NY
Workshop #176 How to Develop a CPRP Study Group While Engaging in a
Recovery Culture Track: Administration and Management
Lorraine Luongo, Lakeview Mental Health Services, Inc., Geneva, NY;
Colleen Sheehan, CPRP, NYAPRS, Buffalo, NY
Workshop #177 Embracing the Role of Job Seeker: A Skills-Based
Curriculum Track: Community Integration
Mira Bowin, Gateway Community Industries, New Paltz, NY
Workshop #178 WE Can Parent! Track: Community Integration
Elizabeth Stone, MA, CASAC-T, NYAPRS, Rocky Point, NY; Lorraine
McMullin, Mental Health Association in New York State, Albany, NY;
Charlyne Brumskine-Peay, Urban Justice Center, New York, NY
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