Only One Month to Go Till NYAPRS Conference, Rooms are Going Fast!
One Program Focus: 1915.i Home and Community-Based Services
Register Today at https://rms.nyaprs.org/event/?page=CiviCRM&q=civicrm/event/info&reset=1&id=13
Registrations are steadily coming in and, by our calculation, the Hudson Valley will soon be half full. As always, we are once again offering additional accommodations and van transport to and from the nearby Honors Haven in Ellenville.
Additionally, NYAPRS has just released our final program schedule, to be found on our website at http://www.nyaprs.org/documents/NYAPRS2014Program.pdf
This year’s program will include a special focus on the 1915.i services that will be at the heart of the state’s managed integrated Health and Recovery Plan (HARP) initiative.
Offerings include:
The Latest Information on How 1915.i Services Will Transition into the HARP Environment
- How the Move to Managed Behavioral Healthcare Will Affect You! HARPS and Health Homes Update
Robert Myers, PhD, NYS Office of Mental Health, Albany, NY
Greg Allen, MSW, NYS Department of Health, Albany, NY
Robert A. Kent Esq, NYS Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services, Albany, NY
Harvey Rosenthal, NYAPRS, Albany, NY
PEER SUPPORT
- New York State Peer Services Credentialing
Joseph Swinford, NYS Office of Mental Health, Albany, NY
Lureen McNiel, NYS Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services, Albany, NY
- Wellness-Informed Peer Support’s Impact on Social Determinants of Health
Tom Lane, CRPS, Magellan Public Sector Solutions, Ft. Pierce, FL
- The Critical Role of Peers in the ACA Environment
Ron Manderscheid, Ph.D., National Association of County Behavioral Health and Developmental Disability Directors, Washington, DC
- Getting Down to Business: Taking Peer Run Services into Managed Care, Parts I and II
Gene Johnson, Recovery Opportunity Center, Phoenix, AZ
Patrick Hendry, Mental Health America, Alexandria, VA
- Integrating Peer Support in Emerging New Program Designs
Tom Hill, Altarum Institute, Washington, DC
Joe Powell, LCDC, CAS, Association of Persons Affected by Addiction, Dallas, TX
Chacku Mathai, CPRP, NAMI, Rochester, NY
- Supervision of Peer Employees in Peer & Non-Peer Run Programs
Lori Ashcraft, PhD, Recovery Opportunity Center, Phoenix, AZ
Tanya Stevens, NYAPRS, Albany, NY
Kendall Atterbury, LMSW, Community Access, New York, NY
Alison Carroll, LCSW, Putnam Family & Community Services, Carmel, NY
- WRAP and Peer Support
Matthew Federici, Copeland Center, Brattleboro, VT
FAMILY SUPPORT
- Time to Talk About Families!
Debbie Plotnick, MSS, MLSP, Mental Health America, Alexandria, VA
Wendy Brennen, NAMI NYC-Metro, New York, NY
Harvey Rosenthal, NYAPRS, Albany, NY
SELF-DIRECTED CARE
- A Path to Getting What You Really Need: Self-Directed Care
Joe Powell, LCDC, CAS, Association of Persons Affected by Addiction, Dallas, TX
Joseph Rogers, PhD, MHA of Southeastern PA, Philadelphia, PA
Patrick Hendry, Mental Health America, Alexandria, VA
Briana Gilmore, NYAPRS, Albany, NY
- Self-Direction in New York: Piloting the Future of Behavioral Health
Briana Gilmore, NYAPRS, Albany, NY
Representatives of NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
INDIVIDUAL EMPLOYMENT and EDUCATION SUPPORT
- Employment Resource Book – A Tool For Consumers and Service Providers
Thomas Jewell, Ph.D., Gary Scannevin, Jr., MPS, CPRP, Paul Margolies, PhD, Raymond Gregory, Karen Broadway-Wilson, and Lisa Dixon, MD, MPH, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY
- Multiple Pathways to Employment: Discovering and Creating the Job you Love!
Len Statham, MS, CBP, NYAPRS, Rochester, NY
Can Truong, Can Consulting, Dayton, OH
- Working Your Way to Wellness
Maura Kelley, CPRP, WNY Independent Living, Buffalo, NY
- All Hands on Deck for Employment!
John Allen, Jr., NYS Office of Mental Health, Albany, NY
- Education Pays! Academic Credit as a Springboard to Peer Career Development
Jessica Wolf, Ph.D., Decision Solutions, Fairfield, CT
CRISIS INTERVENTION
- ParachuteNYC: A Positive Model for Dealing With Trauma and Stress
Oscar Dimant, and Ondina Miller, Services for the UnderServed, Brooklyn, NY
Sasha Segal, Lou Ramirez, and Kimberly Carter, RMHA – Bronx Crisis Respite Center, Bronx, NY
- Advancing our Practice: Evaluating ParachuteNYC and Learning Learned
David Lee, MPH, and Jonathan P. Edwards, LMSW, ParachuteNYC, NYC Department of Health & Mental Hygiene, New York, NY
- A Review and Update on Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) Programs
Don Kamin, Ph.D., Monroe County Office of Mental Health, Rochester, NY
Approaches that Help Individuals to Embrace 1915.i Related Goals
- Getting Unstuck: Helping Individuals to Move Through Services and Reintegrate into the Community
Jeremy Reuling, LCSW, MHA of Westchester, White Plains, NY
Amanda Saake, LMSW, CPRP, The Coalition of Behavioral Health Agencies, Inc, New York, NY
- The Importance and Value of Taking Personal Responsibility for Ourselves
Sara Goodman, Baltic Street, AEH, Inc., Brooklyn, NY
- The End of the Professional Patient
Daniel Anderson, LMSW, & Donald J. Decker, LCSW, CASAC, NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York, NY
Don’t Miss This Extraordinary Program and Event!
Register Today at https://rms.nyaprs.org/event/?page=CiviCRM&q=civicrm/event/info&reset=1&id=13