[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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