NYAPRS Note: On behalf of the NYAPRS 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’ll be sharing more details in the weeks to come.
You can register now at https://rms.nyaprs.org/event/?page=CiviCRM&q=civicrm/event/register&id=13&reset=1; 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!
NYAPRS 32nd Annual Conference
Recovery Moves to the Mainstream
September 17-19, 2014
Hudson Valley Resort & Conference Center
Kerhonkson, NY
Wednesday September 17, 2014
Workshops Round I ~1:15pm – 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
- New York 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, New York, NY
- Reaching Out and Engaging People in a Transformed Healthcare System
Andrew Cleek, Psy.D., and Kara M. Dean-Assael, LMSW, McSilver-UIBH, New York, NY
Edye Schwartz, DSW, LCSW-R, NYAPRS, Mahopac, NY
- Wellness-Informed Peer Support’s 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
Workshops Round 2 ~ 2:45pm – 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, NYAPRS, 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, NYAPRS, Albany, NY
- The Critical Role of Peers in the ACA Environment
Ron Manderscheid, Ph.D., National Association of County Behavioral Health and Developmental Disability 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, and Lisa Dixon, MD, MPH, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY
- What a Great Training, But Now What!? The Importance of Developing a Sound Training and Implementation Plan
Sue Batkin, MSW, Center for Urban Community Services, New York, NY
KEYNOTE ~ 4:15pm – 5:15pm
- Adventures in Advocacy: Letting Our Values Lead
Leah Harris, MA, National Coalition for Mental Health Recovery, Washington DC
Entertainment
- Cultural Competence Bash
- NYAPRS Movie Night
- “Asylums to Recovery: The Fight for Civil Rights and Humane Treatment for People with Mental Illness”, film by Patrick Hendry
- “CAN, What Does it Take to Heal”, film by Pearl J. Park with Can Truong
Thursday, September 18, 2014
Workshops Round 3 ~ 9:00 – 10:15am
- How What’s Happening in Washington Affects You… and What You Can Do About It
Ron Manderscheid, Ph.D., National Association of County Behavioral Health and Developmental Disability 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: Discovering and Creating the Job you Love!
Len Statham, MS, CBP, NYAPRS, 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, New York, 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
KEYNOTE ~ 10:30am – 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, New York, NY
Chacku Mathai, CPRP, NAMI, Rochester, NY
Workshops Round 4 ~ 11:45am – 1:00pm
- Time to Talk About Families!
Debbie Plotnick, MSS, MLSP, Mental Health America, Alexandria, VA
Wendy Brennen, NAMI, New York, NY
Harvey Rosenthal, NYAPRS, 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., New York, NY
Hillel Hirshbein, LMSW, MPH, JBFCS Care Management Services, New York, 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, New York State Psychiatric Institute , New York, 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, NYAPRS, Albany, NY
- Shopping For a Person-Centered Integrated Treatment Program That Promotes Dual Recovery
Forrest Foster , MSW, Luis Lopez, MH, HSBCP, Nancy Covell, PhD, & Paul Margolies, PhD, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, 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, New York, NY
KEYNOTE ~ 2:15pm – 3:15pm
- Looking Back, Moving Forward
Celia Brown, NYS Office of Mental Health, New York, 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
Workshops Round 5 ~ 3:30pm – 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, NYAPRS, Albany, NY
- Supervision of Peer Employees in Peer & Non-Peer Run Programs
Lori Ashcraft, PhD, Recovery Opportunity Center, Phoenix, AZ
Tanya Stevens, NYAPRS, Albany, NY
Kendall Atterbury, LMSW, Community Access, New York, 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, New York, 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, NYAPRS, 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, New York, NY
Entertainment
- Comedy Night with David Granirer
Friday, September 19, 2014
Workshops Round 6 ~ 9:00am – 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’s Recovery Story
Debbie Plotnick, MSS, MLSP, Mental Health America, Alexandria, VA
Ashley Quinn, RN, Certified Rolfer™, 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, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY
- What Has Our Advocacy Meant? Legal Rights Advocacy Hot Topics
Jota Borgmann, JD, MFY Legal Services, New York, NY
Megan Crowe-Rothstein, LMSW, Urban Justice Center, New York, 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
KEYNOTE ~ 10:30am – 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, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY
Carlton Whitmore, NYC Department of Mental Health & Hygiene, Queens, NY
Workshops Round 7 ~ 11:45am – 1:00pm
- Recover the Joy Within and Then Claim the Joy That’s Out There for You
Neville Morris, Interpersonal Communication Skills & Development, Binghamton, NY
- Looking at Trauma and the Culture of Healing
Luis Lopez, MH, HSBCP, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY
Mike Dorr, BS, CPRP, NYAPRS, Phelps, NY
Theresa Hall, NYAPRS Board of Directors, New York, 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’s 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, New York, NY
- Pet Access
Kurt Sass, and Carla Rabinowitz, Community Access, New York, 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, NYAPRS, Woodstock, NY