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New York Association of Psychiatric Rehabilitation Services
Proudly presents our
30th Annual Conference
Keeping the Integrity in Integration
At the Hudson Valley Resort & Conference Center
Kerhonkson, NY
September 19-21, 2012
The NYAPRS Annual Conference is widely regarded as one of the nation’s
finest training opportunities promoting the recovery, rehabilitation and
rights of people with psychiatric disabilities. NYAPRS joins with our
many partners from across New York State and the country to provide an
unprecedented program advancing the transformation of our state and
local mental health service and support systems.
Our Keynote Speakers
Paolo del Vecchio, MSW Acting Director, Center for Mental Health
Services, SAMHSA, Washington, DC
Chris Hansen, BSW, CQSW, NZASW, ELMP, Shery Mead Consulting, Plainview,
NH
Michael Hogan, PhD, NYS Office of Mental Health, Albany, NY
Keris Myrick, MBA, PhD.c, Project Return Peer Support Network, Commerce,
CA
Additional Speakers:
John Allen, Jr., NYS Office of Mental Health Albany, NY
Ann Rider, MSW, CPRP, Recovery Empowerment Network, Phoenix, AZ
Tom Hill, Faces and Voices of Recovery, Washington, DC
Joe Powell, Association of Persons Affected by Addiction, Dallas, TX
Dennis Romero, SAMHSA Region II Administrator, New York, NY
Dawn Bauman, United States Psychiatric Rehabilitation Association,
McLean, VA
Lauren Spiro, MA, Vanguard Communications, Kensington, MD
Laurie Curtis, MA, CPRP, Advocates for Human Potential, Middlesex, VT
Darby Penney & Cathy Cave, Advocates for Human Potential, Albany, NY
Livia Davis, MSW, CSWM, Center for Social Innovation, Needham, MA
Chyrell Bellamy, PhD, MSW, Yale University, New Haven, CT
Lloyd Sederer, MD Medical Director, NYS Office of Mental Health
New York, NY
A special viewing of the award-winning film
Kings Park: Stories from an American Institution
and discussion led the film’s director and former Kings Park resident
Lucy Winer
Program Schedule
http://www.nyaprs.org/conferences/annual-conference/documents/ConfAnnoun
cement2012.pdf
Wednesday, September 19
Round 1 ~ 1:15PM – 2:30PM
Green = National Wellness Week Workshop
Orange = National Thought Leader Workshop
1. An Introduction to SAMHSA: Behavioral Health in the Context of
Healthcare Reform
Dennis Romero, MA, SAMHSA, New York, NY
2. Supervision for Peer Service Providers
Keris Myrick, MA, PhD.c, Project Return Peer Support Network, Commerce,
CA
Tanya Stevens, MA, NYAPRS, Albany, NY
3. The Evolution of Our Movement
Bill Gamble, Mental Health Empowerment Project, Albany, NY
4. Health Homes: What Are They and What Will They Mean to You
Harvey Rosenthal, NYAPRS, Albany, NY
5. Re-Attaching the Body to the Mind and the Heart
Mike Stoltz, Clubhouse of Suffolk, Ronkonkoma, NY
6. Center for Practice Innovations Brings Best Practices to NYS: Focus
on Integrated Treatment for Co-Occurring Disorders (FIT)
Nancy Covell, PhD, Forrest Foster, Paul Margolies, PhD & Lisa Dixon, MD,
PhD, NYS Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY
7. Peace Work
Noelle Pollet, Heart Circle Consulting, West Camp, NY
8. Yoga: Discovering Your True Nature as Bountiful, Beautiful, and
Blissful
Dagny Alexander, LMY, CYT, Voorheesville, NY
9. Meeting the Needs of Aging People With Psychiatric Disabilities
Kimberly Williams, LMSW, Geriatric Mental Health Alliance of New York,
New York, NY
Marvin Spieler, MHA-NYC, New York, NY
10. Rhythms for Building Community and Wellness:
Experience the Healing Power of the Drum
Chrys Ballerano, NYS Coalition Against Sexual Assault, Albany, NY
Wednesday, September 19
Round 2 ~ 2:45PM – 4:00PM
Green = National Wellness Week Workshop
Orange = National Thought Leader Workshop
11. Environmental Scan of Self-Direction in Behavioral
Health
Bevin Croft, MPP, PhD candidate, Human Services Research Institute, in
partnership with the Boston College National Resource Center for
Participant-Directed Services, Cambridge, MA
12. Recover the Joy Within and Then Claim the Joy That’s
out There for You
Neville Morris, Endwell, NY
13. How to Meet and Mingle
Amy Colesante, BA & Bill Gamble, Mental Health Empowerment Project,
Albany, NY
14. Managing Outcomes & Efficiencies: The Emerging Role
of BHOs
James Gavin, MSW, Community Care Behavioral Health, Pittsburgh, PA
Thomas Lane, Magellan Health Services, Columbia, MD
Bill Fishbein, PhD, MBA, NYC BHO Program, OptumHealth, New York, NY
Richard Sheola, Public Sector Division, ValueOptions, Boston, MA
Clarence Jordan, ValueOptions, Memphis, TN
Adele Gorges, The New York Care Coordination Program, Inc., Rochester,
NY (invited)
Moderator: Harvey Rosenthal, NYAPRS, Albany, NY
15. Clubhouses and Community Colleges: Now that is
Integration!
David Plotka, LMSW, Danyel Wendroff, MFA & Connie Schwartz Venture
House, Jamaica, NY
16. Individual Placement and Support Approach to
Supported Employment
Paul Margolies, PhD, Gary Scannevin, Jr., MPS, CPRP, Thomas Jewell, PhD,
Raymond Gregory & Lisa Dixon, MD, PhD, NYS Psychiatric Institute, New
York, NY
17. Using A Human Rights Framework and the U.N.
Declaration of Human Rights & the Convention on the Rights of Persons
With Disabilities to
Advocate for Change
Kathryn Cascio, CPRP & Justin Caywood, BA, The Empowerment Exchange,
Troy, NY
18. Open Dialogue: An Alternative Approach to Healing
Nick Luchetti, MS, Windhorse Integrative Health, North Hampton, MA
19. Privacy and Health Information in the Era of
Healthcare Reform
Paul Litwak, Attorney-At-Law, Saratoga Springs, NY
20. Making Ointment and Lotion for Health: Hands-on
Self-Care
Grace Nichols, Albany, NY
7:30PM – 8:15PM
Keynote: Keris Myrick, MBA, PhD.c
Project Return Peer Support Network, Commerce, CA
Thursday, September 20
Round 3 ~ 9:00AM – 10:15AM
Green = National Wellness Week Workshop
Orange = National Thought Leader Workshop
21. New York’s Health Homes: A Progress Report
Greg Allen, MSW, NYS Department of Health, Albany, NY
Robert Myers, PhD, NYS Office of Mental Health, Albany, NY
Edye Schwartz, DSW, NYAPRS, Mahopac, NY
22. New York State’s Comprehensive Employment System for
People with Disabilities
John B. Allen, Jr., NYS Office of Mental Health, Albany, NY
23. Medication/Treatment Optimization: How to Get the
Best Out of Your Meds and Treatment or Not…
Jody Silver & Pablo Sadler, MD, NYC Department of Health and Mental
Hygiene, Long Island City, NY
Mark Duffy, MSW, ACSW, CPRP, Collaborative Support Programs of New
Jersey, Freehold, NJ
24. Innovations in Care Coordination
Grant Mitchell, MD & Christopher John, LMSW, Westchester County Dep’t of
Community Mental Health, White Plains, NY
Carol Goldman, LMSW, MHA of Westchester, Tarrytown, NY
Jim Rye, The Empowerment Center, Mt. Vernon, NY
25. Translating the Evidence: Training Service Providers
in a Recovery Model to Better Work with Youth and Young Adults Who
Self-Identify
as LGBTQ
Wayne Centrone, NMD, MPH, Center for Social Innovation, Portland, OR
Katy Hanlon, RN, MA, Center for Social Innovation, Needham, MA
26. The Importance of Leadership: Fostering A Flexible
Workforce
Mike Stoltz & Veronica DeKonig, Clubhouse of Suffolk, Ronkonkoma, NY
27. The NYAPRS’ Our Culture Matters Campaign
Theresa Hall, West Babylon, NY
Luis Lopez, MS, HSBCP, Services for the Underserved, New York, NY
28. Learning the Art of Resiliency
Sara Goodman, CPRP, Baltic Street AEH, Inc., Brooklyn, NY
29. If I Can Do It, You Can Do It: Using Lived Experience
to Improve Wellness
Jeremy Reuling, LCSW, Linda Carroll, RN, MSN, FCNS & Jeffrey Zitofsky,
MHA of Westchester, Tarrytown, NY
10:30AM – 11:15AM
Keynote: Michael Hogan, PhD NYS Office of Mental Health,
Albany, NY
Thursday, September 20
Round 4 ~ 11:30AM – 12:45PM
Green = National Wellness Week Workshop
Orange = National Thought Leader Workshop
30. Managed Care for Behavioral Health: What Lies Ahead
Margaret Leonard, MS, RN-BC, FNP, Hudson Health Plan, Tarrytown, NY
Karen Nelson, MD, Maimonides, New York, NY
Joyce Wale, NYC Health & Hospitals Corp, New York, NY
Jonas Waizer, FEGS, New York, NY
A Representative from Health First (invited)
31. Building Collaborations Between Mental Health &
Addiction Recovery Movements
Tom Hill, Faces and Voices of Recovery, Washington, DC
Joe Powell, Association of Persons Affected by Addiction, Dallas, TX
Samuel Wiggins, AAS, BA, Friends of Recovery-New York, Albany, NY
Chacku Mathai, CPRP, NYAPRS, Webster, NY
32. SAMHSA’s Bringing Recovery Supports to Scale
Technical Assistance Center Strategy
Livia Davis, MSW, CSWM, Center for Social Innovation, Needham, MA
Wayne Centrone, NMD, MPH, Center for Social Innovation, Portland, OR
33. Making Noise, Getting Results: The NYAPRS Public
Policy Agenda
Raymond Schwartz, Venture House, Jamaica, NY
Carla Rabinowitz, Community Access, New York, NY
34. Project PEP – People Engaging People: Intentional
Peer Support and Its Use With People With Recurrent Psychiatric
Hospitalizations
Chyrell Bellamy, PhD, MSW, Kimberly Guy, Yolanda Herring, Victoria Molta
& Lloyd Johnson, Yale University, New Haven, CT
35. Developing Practitioner Competencies: How Do We Get
More Consumer and Family Involvement In Professional Training?
Lisa Dixon, MD, PhD, NYS Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY
Jody Silver, NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Long Island
City, NY
36. Veterans and Trauma
Luis Lopez, MS, HSBCP, Services for the Underserved, New York, NY
37. Developing an Alternative Crisis Diversion Program
Steven Miccio, PEOPLe, Inc., Poughkeepsie, NY
1:30PM – 2:15PM
Keynote: Paolo del Vecchio, MSW Center for Mental Health
Services, SAMHSA, Rockville, MD
Thursday, September 20
Round 5 ~ 2:30PM – 3:45PM
Green = National Wellness Week Workshop
Orange = National Thought Leader Workshop
38. Can Behavioral Health Organizations Improve Services?
Harvey Rosenthal, NYAPRS, Albany, NY
39. USPRA: The State of the Association from Its New
Director
Dawn Bauman, United States Psychiatric Rehabilitation Association,
McLean, VA
40. What is the Role of Antipsychotic Medication in My
Recovery Plan Exploring the New SAMHSA Decision Aid on Antipsychotic
Medication
Laurie Curtis, MA, CPRP, Advocates for Human Potential, Middlesex, VT
41. Engaging Women in Trauma-Informed Peer Support: A
Guidebook
Darby Penney & Cathy Cave, Advocates for Human Potential, Albany, NY
42. Tobacco Dependence Treatment and Recovery: The New
York State Partnership
Teresa Armon, RN, PMHNP-BC, Gregory Miller, MD & Lorraine Washington,
NYS Office of Mental Health, Albany, NY
43. A Peer Led Resource Center: Promoting Education,
Opportunity, and Community Connection
Neil Harbus, LCSW, CPRP, Cecelia White Hopkins & Albert Wilson, Pathways
to Housing, New York, NY
44. Setting the Stage for Successful Integration into the
Workforce
Saya Krebs, PhD, CLC & Nancy Parrotta, MA, LPC, NCC, Community Care
Behavioral Health Organization, Pittsburgh, PA
Darlene Karpaski, Turtle Creek Valley MH/MR, INC., Homestead, PA
45. Building a Management Team to Drive High-Performance
Peer Service Results
Skip Weisman, Weisman Success Resources Inc., Poughkeepsie, NY
Thursday, September 20
Round 6 ~ 4:00PM – 5:15PM
Green = National Wellness Week Workshop
Orange = National Thought Leader Workshop
46. Peer Support and Medicaid: Thriving in a Marriage of
Convenience
Anne Rider, MSW, CPRP, Recovery Empowerment Network, Phoenix, AZ
47. Give Your Input on New York’s Olmstead Plan!
Ceylane Myers-Ruff, NYS OPWDD, Albany, NY (invited)
Doug Hovey, Independent Living, Newburgh, NY
Harvey Rosenthal, NYAPRS, Albany, NY
48. New York’s Academy of Peer Services
John B. Allen, Jr., & Joseph Swinford, NYS Office of Mental Health,
Albany, NY (invited)
Yumiko Ikuta, MBA, & Ken Gill, PhD, University of Medical & Dentistry
New Jersey, Scotch Plains, NJ (invited)
Tanya Stevens, MS & Kelly Stengel, MPH, NYAPRS, Albany, NY
49. Promoting Community Participation: Peer Support, Self
Determination, and Wellness
Thomas Lane, CRPS, Magellan Health Services, Columbia, MD
50. SAMHSA Wellness Initiative: A Call to Action
Lauren Spiro, MA, Vanguard Communications, Kensington, MD
Carlton Whitmore, NYC Department for Health and Mental Hygiene, New
York, NY
51. Integrating Mental Health, Physical and Other Health
Care Challenges into an Advance Directive: Empowering Ourselves to
Maintain Our
Wellness and Recovery
Margo McMahon, Massachusetts Department of Mental Health, Northampton,
MA
52. The Housing First Model: Flexibility with Fidelity
Neil Harbus, LCSW, CPRP, Georgia Boothe, MS & Linda Parrish, Pathways to
Housing, New York, NY
53. Integrating the Role of the FCNS to Promote Recovery:
What’s it All About?
Linda Carroll, RN, MSN, FCNS, Mental Health Association of Westchester,
Tarrytown, NY
54. NYS Department of Health Integration Project with
Primary Care
Lloyd Sederer, MD, NYS Office of Mental Health, New York, NY
Friday, September 21
Round 7 ~ 9:00AM – 10:15AM
Green = National Wellness Week Workshop
Orange = National Thought Leader Workshop
55. “We Can Save” Campaign: Improving Our Financial
Fitness
Kelly Stengel, MPH, NYAPRS, Albany, NY
56. The Power and Principles of Intentional Peer Support
Chris Hansen, BSW, LQSW, NZASW, ELMP, Sherry Mead Consulting, Plainview,
NH
57. Wellness Coaching: An Emerging Practice in Integrated
Behavioral and Physical Health
Tracy Carney, CPRP, CPS, Columbia, Montour, Snyder, Union County
Behavioral Health Services, Danville, PA
Susan O’Toole, PhD, PMHCNS-BC, Community Care Behavioral Health
Organization, Pittsburgh, PA
58. Collaborating Toward Recovery
Martha Ehlert, Onondaga Case Management Services Outpatient Behavioral
Clinic, Syracuse, NY
Jason Erwin & Joan Conley, Onondaga Case Management Services Inc.,
Syracuse NY
59. Integrating Physical Health Into Recovery Plans
Lyndra Bills, MD, MBA, Community Care Behavioral Health Organization,
Pittsburgh, PA
60. Support for Peer Supporters – Lessons from a
Community of Practice
Rita Cronise, MS, Monroe Association of Recovery Specialists (MARS),
Victor, NY
Julie Desfosses, Creative Wellness Coalition, Rochester, NY
61. Infusing Cultural Competence Into Health Homes and
Managed Care
Hextor Pabon, NYS Office of Mental Health – Centers of Excellence,
Albany, NY
10:30AM – 11:15AM
Keynote: Chris Hansen, BSW, LQSW, NZASW, ELMP Sherry
Mead Consulting, Plainview, NH
Friday, September 21
Round 8 ~ 11:30AM – 12:30PM
Green = National Wellness Week Workshop
Orange = National Thought Leader Workshop
62. Parenting with a Psychiatric Label: Where We Stand in
2012
Lorraine McMullin, MHA of New York State, Albany, NY
George Badillo, Sound Beach, NY
Tracy Puglisi, MHA in Suffolk County, Lindenhurst, NY
63. Self-Discovery Through Theatre – Empowering Clients
to Take an Active Role in Their Recovery
Kathleen Flynn-Bisson, MA, MCHES & Lisa Koop, Clubhouse of Suffolk
County – Synergy Center PROS, Riverhead, NY
64. Assessment for Employment
Steven Duke, LCSW-R, CPRP & Taina Martinez, Baltic Street AEH, Inc.,
Brooklyn, NY
65. Elephant Bites
David Morgenstern, Rochester, NY
Julie Desfosses, Creative Wellness Coalition, Rochester, NY
66. The 3 Steps to a Quiet Mind
Brett Cotter, BA, Stress is Gone, LLC, Bayside, NY
67. Healthy Living: An Approach Toward Self-Management
and Wellness Integration
Marcia Prescott, Institute for Community Living, Inc., New York, NY
68. NYSILC 2012 Statewide Needs Assessment & State Plan
Formulation
Brad Williams, MA, NYS Independent Living Council, Albany, NY
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