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2021 Recovery and Rehabilitation Academy

Day 1: November 16, 2021

Keynote:

Becoming A Changemaker
Samantha Clarke, Happiness Consultant, Global Changemaker, Ted X Speaker & Author

Workshops Round 1

1.Changemaker Challenge Session: Supporting Changemaking
Facilitated by Daniella Labate-Covelli

2.Virtual/Hybrid Skill Building Practice: How Does it Work?
Evan Feuer, Marlo Pasion

3.Moving Beyond the “Check-In”: Overcoming Barriers to Reaching Goals in Challenging Times
Lauren Scupp, Heather Sanford

Workshops Round 2

4. Let’s Do It! Partnering on Person-Centered Service Plans
Tara Meade, Kelly Sutton, Jason Boye, Paul Margolies

5.Strategies for Equity: Leveraging Social Determinants of Health to Achieve Behavioral Health Equity
Matt Canuteson, Merrill Rotter

6.Promoting Staff and Participant Wellness
Doug Meyer, Paula Fries

Day 2: November 17, 2021

Plenary:

Transforming OMH Services to Advance Recovery and Rehabilitation
Bob Myers, Nicole Haggerty, Christopher Smith, Amanda Saake

Town Hall:

w/NYS Office of Mental Health
Nicole Haggerty, Christopher Smith, Facilitated by Edye Schwartz

Workshops Round 3

7.Working with Family & Natural Supports in PROS
Susan Friedlander, Steve Vroman

8.Understanding the Impact of New Crisis Diversion and Support Services
Denise Balzer, Katerina Gaylord, Steve Miccio, Shannon Higbee, Moderated by Harvey Rosenthal

9.Promoting an Anti-Racist and Anti-Oppressive Culture in Your Organization
Ruth Colon-Wagner, Lenora Reid-Rose, James Rodriguez, Clinton Green

Workshops Round 4

10.Making the Connection: Addressing Substance Use in Times of Trauma
Nancy Covell, Noah Lipton, Forrest “Rusty” Foster, Nicole Skinner

11.Addressing the Accumulated Grief of Our Workforce
Natalie Lleras, Ronit Shemi, Alicia Milchin, Patricia Grable

12.Engaging in Virtual Supervision to Help Your Team Thrive
Margy Meath

Day 3: November 18, 2021

Plenary:

Burnout to Breakthrough: How Behavioral Health Organizations Build Resilience to Refuel
Jeff McQueen, Michaela Wilbur, Timothy Lockwood, Facilitated by Yves Ades

Workshops Round 5

13.Changemaker Challenge Session:
How Do We Build Resilience During a Pandemic? Lessons Learned and Opportunities for the Future

Facilitated by Ruth Colon-Wagner

14.Lessons Learned on Deploying and Supervising Peers
Shannon Higbee, Tye Pope, Len Statham

15.Providing CORE Services: What you Really Need to Know
Katie Merrill, Stephanie Rodriguez, Amanda Pullmain, Daniella Labate-Covelli, Boris Vilgorin

Workshops Round 6

16.Taking Control and Making Choices: The Role of Health Literacy
Mary vanLieshout

17.Using PSR in CORE to Advance Employment and Education Goals
Steve Vroman, Paul Margolies, Len Statham

18.Are We Running this Group Again?! How to Provide Services People Need Now
Isabel Restrepo

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