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NYAPRS/NYSCCBH Care Management Training Preview at May Case Management Coalition Conference (2)

March 29, 2012 by Chris Liu-Beers

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

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