NYAPRS Note: It’s not too late to register for the two webinars advertised below! One is this afternoon and focuses on community partnerships. And on 9/30, listen to Erme Maula discuss the elements of self-direction that work to change the lives of consumers. You can prepare for that event by learning about self-direction at the NYAPS conference where experts Patrcik Hendry, Joseph Rogers, and Joe Powell will join me in discussing the various successes and tenets of implementation on 9/17, with a special evening roundtable after the workshop to offer feedback on NY’s model. Only one week left; join us at the conference!
STAR Center Community of Practice on Collaborative Leadership:
Featuring an Interview with Khatera Aslami
Date: Wednesday, September 10, 2014
Time: 2 – 3:30 p.m. ET
Every day we are faced with opportunities to make a real difference in our communities. Do we offer our unique contribution or just keep it to ourselves?
This month’s Community of Practice features a new webinar based interview format with Khatera Aslami. Khatera is Consumer Empowerment Manager for Alameda County Behavioral Health Care Services. Formerly Executive Director of Peers Envisioning and Engaging in Recovery Services (PEERS), she is a consumer, trauma survivor, and a representative of an underserved immigrant community (Afghan-American), as well as an Advanced Level WRAP Facilitator. Khatera specializes in forging community partnerships and alliances in an effort to spread WRAP and its values and ethics, end stigma and discrimination, promote wellness, recovery, resiliency, and social inclusion throughout the Oakland Bay Area and California.
Join the STAR Center Community of Practice on Collaborative Leadership and Action for a featured interview with Khatera Aslami to hear more about Khatera’s view of her own leadership style, her personal standards for leadership and how we can best support and develop leadership with each other.
The Life Changing Power of Self Directed Care and Peer Support
Date: Tuesday, September 30, 2014
Time: 2 – 3:30 p.m. ET
Presenters: Erme C. Maula, RN, MSN, CPS, WRAP Facilitator, Mental Health Association of Southeastern Pennsylvania (MHASP) and Julie Schnepp and John Hamm, Consumer Recovery Investment Funds (CRIF) Self Directed Care (SDC) Program Participants
Self-Direction is a well-recognized practice, and was recently highlighted as a key initiative in a landmark guidance letter by the Secretary of Health and Human Services. The opportunity to design, implement and offer self-directed care and peer support to people with mental health conditions in our communities has never been greater. The presenters in this webinar will offer an overview of self-directed care, offer personal and professional experience with implementing self-directed care and peer support, identify the lessons learned for implementation and systems advocacy as well as important strategies for moving forward and improving the impact of self-directed care in underserved communities.
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The STAR Center is funded by a grant from the Center for Mental Health Services, Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
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