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2023 Recovery and Rehabilitation Academy

Day 1: November 8, 2023

KEYNOTE: Why You Do What You Do: Reflections from a Man Whose Life You Saved
David Woods Bartley

Workshops Round 1

1. Skills Teaching: Teaching Skills is a Skill. Stephen Nawotniak, David Merlo

2. Inspiring Action for Employment. Len Statham, Karen Broadway-Wilson, Paul Margolies

3. To Disclose or Not to Disclose: A Balancing Act of Using Lived Experience in CORE & PROS. Lilly Prado, Pam Rivera, Monique Davis, Lana Rumore, Valerie Mendoza, Cornelius Delaney, Amanda Saake, Danielle Lopez

General Sessions:

If You Connect, They Will Thrive; Three No-Cost Ways to Connect with People
David Woods Bartley

The Importance of Leadership in Building Strong Psychiatric Rehabilitation Teams
Anthony Salerno, Paul Margolies

Workshops Round 2

1. Utilizing Group Curricula to Optimize Success. Natalie Lleras

2. So, You Learned Psychiatric Rehabilitation. Now What? Boris Vilgorin, Daniella Labate-Covelli, Anthony Morano, Zachary Johnson

3. Thriving Despite Challenges: Overcoming Overwhelm and Workforce Issues Britt Higgins, Kirk Cooper-Johnson, Lisa Turnquist

General Session:

Breaking Barriers: Confronting Social Injustice and Oppression
April Aycock, Lenora Reid-Rose

Day 2: November 9, 2023

General Sessions:

Using Psychiatric Rehabilitation to Transform Lives
Kathryn Murphy, Sarah Nelson, Laura Best-Macia, Tara Larkin-Fredericks, Len Statham

Ask OMH Anything
Stacey Hale, Denise Balzer, Shannon Buckley, Emily Masterson, Jaimie Terelo, Mike Miller, Amanda Saake, Andy Sink

Workshops Round 3

1. Skill Building Tangibly by Connecting Virtually. Christine Linkie

2. Reconnecting, Revitalizing, and Reintegrating In-Person Services. Trisha Tuttle, Jeffrey Malone

3. Collaboration for Community Success: How Peer Support Services Collaborate with Rehabilitation Services. Dan Roman, Maria Kavouras, Shannon Higbee

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