NYAPRS Note: NYAPRS is proud to partner with the NYS Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare in giving case managers a substantive introduction to our DOH-funded Care Managers Training program at the upcoming annual conference of the NYS Case Management Coalition. Stay tuned in the coming weeks for more details about the launch date of our 2-year training initiative.
NYS Case Management Coalition 16th Annual Training Conference
Navigating Care Coordination Through Ever-shifting Seas
May 1-2, 2012 – Holiday Inn – Wolf Road – Albany, NY
in cooperation with New York Association of Psychiatric Rehabilitation Services (NYAPRS)
and the NYS Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare’s (NYSCCBH)
Health Workforce Retraining Initiative
Join your colleagues at the NYS Case Management Conference, May 1-2nd in Albany, NY. A lot is NEW this year! A shorter 1 1/2 day conference, which will allow you and your colleagues less time away from your office to receive the information necessary to keep abreast of the many changes facing the transformation of case management to care coordination. A new location – offering wonderful accommodations, pool and networking area, and a convenient location in the heart of shopping, restaurants and other activities. And, the opportunity to hear national and state leaders on care management.
Register today!
Discount Hotel Registration Deadline April 18, 2012
NEW YORK STATE
CASE Program Agenda
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
8:30am – 9:45am Registration
9:45am – 10:00am Welcome
Jackie Negri, Director, NYS Case Management Coalition
Edye Schwartz, DSW, Director of Systems Transformation Initiatives, New York Association of Psychiatric Rehabilitation Services (NYAPRS)
Lauri Cole, Executive Director, NYS Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare
10:00am – 11:30am The Future Role of Care Coordination in Health Homes & Managed Care
Greg Allen, MSW, Director, Program Development and Management, NYS Department of Health
Robert Myers, PhD, Senior Deputy Commissioner, Director of Adult Services, NYS Office of Mental Health
Douglas Ruderman, LCSW-R, Director, Bureau of Program Coordination and Support, NYS Office of Mental Health
11:45am – 1:00pm Care Coordination and Health Homes: Phase I Providers’ Lessons Learned
Diana Simons, Program Manager, Mental Health Care Coordination, Visiting Nurse Service of New York
Jessica Manuel, Supervisor , Partnership of Hope, Brooklyn
Donnell Simon, MPA, PSCH Coordinator for Blended Case Management Queens
Edward Butz, Managing Director, Rehabilitation Support Services, Inc.
1:00pm – 2:15pm NYS Case Management Coalition Awards Luncheon & Annual Meeting of Corporation
Case Management Public Policy Award
Douglas Ruderman, LCSW-R, Director, Bureau of Program Coordination and Support, NYS Office of Mental Health
Linda Fraser, Director of Coordinated Mental Health Services, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
2:30pm – 3:45pm Concurrent Sessions
1. Life is a Journey, Not a Destination: The Seas Can Be Rough!
Mary Lee Walawendar, Program Director, MH Residential Programs, Transitional Living Services
2. The Right Services, Right Time: Successfully Working with Hard to Serve Individuals
Chandra Banks, Director of Residential Services, Buffalo Federation of Neighborhood Centers
Renee Parisi, Housing Specialist, Buffalo Federation of Neighborhood Centers
Wayne Barnes, Transitional Case Manager, Buffalo Federation of Neighborhood Centers
3. Person-Centered Care Management Practice
Valerie Way, Consultant, NYAPRS/NYSCCBH Health Workforce Retraining Initiative and Senior Program Associate, New York Care Coordination Program
4. How Care Coordinators Can Stay Abreast of Benefits & Employment Opportunities: Understanding Linkages and Resources
John Allen, Special Assistant to the Commissioner, Director – Bureau of Recipient Affairs, NYS Office of Mental Health
5. Drumming and Recreational Music Making: Activities for Fun & Wellness
Kelly Darrow, LCSW, Vice President, Mental Health Association of Westchester
6. Peer Support: A Bridger’s State of Mind
Sylvia Gonzalez, Program Coordinator and William Brown, Peer Specialist, PSCH
3:45pm – 4:00pm Break
New York State Case Management Coalition
4:00pm – 5:15pm Concurrent Sessions
1. Legal Issues in Agreements Between Behavioral Health Providers and Health Homes & Managed Care Organizations
Whitney Magee Phelps, Of Counsel, Greenberg Traurig
2. Adult Home Supportive Case Management: The Team – Individual Supportive Case Management Combined with Interactive Groups, Gatherings and Events all Promoting a Mindset Toward Wellness
Siobhan DiDato, Supportive Case Manager & Joseph DeMatteo, Assistant Case Manager, Human Development Services of Westchester
3. Recovery-Prevention-Treatment: A New Paradigm
Betty Currier, BA, CASAC-R, CPP-R, Consultant to the Council on Addictions of New York State (CANYS) and a founding Board Member of Friends of Recovery New York (FOR-NY)
4. Critical Time Intervention Skills in Care Management
These panelists are affiliated with NYAPRS/NYSCCBH Health Workforce Retraining Initiative
Tara Karoleski , Coordinator, Adult Single Point of Access & Accountability, Erie County, Department of Mental Health
Julie Notaro, Ms.Ed., CASAC, Director of Care Coordination Services, Spectrum Human Services
Robert Cannata, LCSW, Director of Case Management Services, Buffalo Federation of Neighborhood Centers (Invited)
5. Kings Park – Stories from an American Mental Institution
Moderator: Andrea Kocsis, LCSW, Executive Director, Human Development Services of Westchester
6. Yoga Kathleen Fisk, Yoga Instructor
5:15pm – 8:00pm Dinner Is On Your Own
8:00pm Social Poolside Networking with Music
New York State Case Management Coalition
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Breakfast Is On Your Own
Special Session 9:00am – 12noon
Identification and Reporting of Child Abuse and Neglect
Kelly Darrow, LCSW, Vice President, MHA of Westchester (3 hours)
8:30am – 9:45am
Care Coordination: Role in Promoting Health in Health Homes
Daryl Sharp, PhD, PMHCNS-BC, NPP, NYAPRS/NYSCCBH Health Workforce Retraining Initiative, and Associate Dean of Faculty Development and Diversity, School of Nursing, University of Rochester
10:00am – 11:15am
Peer Services: Anticipating the New Healthcare Environment
Jason Erwin, Director of Peer Services, Onondaga Case Management Services, Inc.
Laura Engels-Elliot, Executive Director, Friends of Recovery New York (FOR-NY)
Thomas Lane, National Director Consumer & Recovery Services, Magellan Health Services
11:15am – 11:30am
Break & Check Out
11:30am – 12:45pm Concurrent Sessions
1. Class Standards – Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services
Elatisha Kirnon, Acting Director, Bureau of Cultual Competence, NYS Office of Mental Health
2. Developing Person Centered Recovery Plans
Valerie Way, Consultant, NYAPRS/NYSCCBH Health Workforce Retraining Initiative and Senior Program Associate, New York Care Coordination Program
3. Motivational-Based Interviewing for Care Coordination
Speaker TBA
4. Understanding What Your Clients Are Recovering From
Andrew O’Grady, LSCW-R, Director of Adult Services
Lisa Connelly, LMHC, Department Manager, Mental Health America in Dutchess County
5. Film – Killing Us Softly 4 – Advertising’s Image of Women
Moderator: Andrea Kocsis, LCSW, Executive Director, Human Development Services of Westchester
12:45pm Adjournment
New York State Case Management Coalition
New York State Case Management Coalition
NEW YORK STATE CASE MANAGEMENT COALITION
194 Washington Avenue, Suite 415, Albany, New York 12210
(518) 436-8712 nycasemanagement@nycap.rr.com www.nyscasemanagementcoalition.org