NYAPRS Note: Health, wellness and healing are integral aspects to an individual’s recovery. This fall’s NYAPRS Annual Conference will offer 17 plenary and workshop presentations on Health, Healing and recovery – in addition to our largest ever Health, Healing and Arts Fair that will feature free acupuncture, shiatsu, t’ai chi, yoga, massage, art and reiki sessions.
There’re only 5 weeks until NYAPRS’ information and inspiration packed Annual Conference will be held this September 10-12 at the Hudson Valley Resort in Kerhonkson, NY!
Registrations are flowing and, once again, priority room arrangements at the Hudson Valley and the nearby Honors Haven will be available on a first come basis.
The NYAPRS conference is only 5 weeks away so please register today at
https://registration.nyaprs.org/?page=CiviCRM&q=civicrm/event/info&id=8&reset=1
NYAPRS 31st Annual Conference:
Keeping the Focus on Recovery and Rights
September 10-12, 2013
Hudson Valley Resort and Conference Center, Kerhonson, NY
HEALTH AND WELLNESS OFFERINGS
Tuesday, September 10
Round 1 ~ 1:15PM – 2:30PM
Wellness Workforce Coalition: Uniting Peer Services across Mental Health and Addiction Recovery Communities
Julie Brisson, Vermont Center for Independent Living, Montpelier, VT
Karen Lorentzon, Vermont Psychiatric Survivors, Rutland, VT
Trauma and Recovery Skills
Mike Dorr, NYAPRS, Phelps, NY
Emily Grossman, MA, NYAPRS, Montclair, NJ
Tuesday, September 10
Round 2 ~ 2:45PM – 4:00PM
Dignity and Recovery Now! Lived Expertise at the Front Lines
as Innovation for Community Health, Wellness and Social Change
Eduardo Vega, MHA of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Wednesday, September 11
Round 3 ~ 9:00AM – 10:15AM
Emotional CPR (eCPR)
Lauren Spiro, MA, National Coalition for Mental Health Recovery, Washington, DC
Wellness Self-Management Plus Program: Empowering People with Co-Occuring
Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders to Define Their Goals and Recovery
Forest Foster, MSW, Nancy Covell, PhD, Paul Margolies, PhD, Luis Lopez, MS, HSBCP
Center for Practice Innovations, Division of Mental Health Services and Policy Research,
New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY
KEYNOTE ADDRESS
10:15AM – 11:00AM
Larry Fricks, Deputy Director, SAMHSA-HRSA Center for Integrated Solutions, Cleveland, GA
Wednesday, September 11
Round 4 ~ 11:15AM – 12:30PM
The Power of Yoga
Dagny Alexander, Voorheesville, NY
Wednesday, September 11
Round 5 ~ 2:30PM – 3:45PM
Healing Stigma Through Trauma Informed Approaches
Patricia Blum, Janet Vlavianos, Lynn Gurkp, CPRP Crestwood Behavioral Health, Sacramento, CA
Care and Maintenance of Your Brain
Sara Goodman, Baltic Street AEH, Inc., Brooklyn, NY
Wednesday, September 11
Round 6 Plenary ~ 4:00PM – 5:00PM
Rhythms for Wellness, Recovery & Connection: Community Experiencing the Power of the Drum
Chrys Ballerano, NYS Coalition Against Sexual Assault, Albany, NY
Thursday, September 12
Round 7 ~ 9:00AM – 10:15AM
The Silence of Suicide
Michael Skinner, Surviving Spirit, Goffstown, NH
The “Peace Work: Liberating our Hopes and Dreams” Curriculum
Colleen Sheehan, CPRP, NYAPRS, Woodstock, NY
Noelle Pollet, Heart Circle Consulting, West Camp, NY
Leisure and Recreation to Support Social and Emotional Wellness
Gretchen Snethen, Gena Bell Vargas, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
Dylan’s Law: Service Dogs Can be Critical to Well-Being
Patricia Feinberg, Coalition of Behavioral Health Agencies, New York, NY
Carla Rabinowitz, Community Access, New York, NY
Thursday, September 12
Round 8 ~ 11:30AM – 12:45PM
How Breath Can Change Your Life! Experiencing the Self-Healing Art of Pranayama
Europa Baker-Brathwaite, Empowerment Exchange, Troy, NY
More Than Just Staying Alive: Wellness Interventions in Clubhouses
Laura Kitterle, Rebecca English, Venture House, Jamaica, NY
Integrating Yoga and Expressive Arts into Community and Mental Health Programming
Allie Middleton, JD, LCSW, RYT, Integrative Leadership Practices, Albany, NY
— Health, Healing & Arts Fair —
Shiatsu with Dagny Alexander
T’ai Chi & Qigong with Byron Abrams
Reiki with Hudson Valley Community Reiki
Ronda’s Art Table with Ronda Jeffer
Acupuncture with Dr. Victor Tulchinsky
Massage with Phil Schulman
Register Today!
https://registration.nyaprs.org/?page=CiviCRM&q=civicrm/event/info&id=8&reset=1