NYAPRS Note: One of the most transformative approaches available involves putting service dollars in the hands of recovering people, to use in conjunction with a self-directed plan associated with improving one’s health and life. The following webinar features Mental Health America’s Patrick Henry who helped pioneer this approach in Florida around a decade ago, and NYAPRS’ Briana Gilmore who is providing assistance to the NYS Office of Mental Health in the conceptualization and implementation of the program.
Mental Health America and the National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors (NASMHPD) are hosting this webinar in the month of May as part of the Mental Health Block Grant coalition, sponsored by SAMHSA. This webinar is part of a larger series entitled Addressing Serious Mental Illness: Effective Prevention, Treatment and Recovery Strategies. Stay tuned for details about other such webinars.
NYAPRS: Please forgive the SPMI language.
Implementing Self-Directed Care for Adults with Serious and Persistent Mental Illness
Friday, May 29, 2015 1:00pm – 3:00pm ET
Self-Directed Care (SDC) provides adults diagnosed with a serious and persistent mental illness the opportunity to assess their own needs, to determine how and by whom those needs should be met, and to manage the funds to purchase those services. In this way the individual assumes control of their own path to recovery. As people take control of their lives and well-being they build their capacity as contributing members of society.
The self-determination movement and self-directed care programs are shifting the balance of control to the individual and creating a new paradigm for behavioral health services. SAMHSA has included self-directed care as a component of recovery. In this webinar we will explore the successes and challenges of implementing self-directed care as a peer-run program. Our expert panelists will discuss various models of peer-run SDC programs and discuss funding options available for SDC.
Learning objectives:
• Implementing a Self-Directed Care programs.
• Funding Self-Directed Care.
• Self-Directed Care as a peer-run program.
• Collecting appropriate Self-Directed Care outcomes.
Presenters: Patrick Hendry and Briana Gilmore
Register: https://nasmhpd.adobeconnect.com/selfdirected_reg/event/event_info.html