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Past Events
Upcoming Events
March 2, 2012
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Webinar: Get Social! Using Social Media to Advance Your Mission, Raise Awareness, and Provide Peer Support
Friday, March 2, 2012, 1 pm – 2:30 pm EST (10 am – 11:30 am PST)
Space is limited: Register now by clicking here:
https://www3.gotomeeting.com/register/855686286
Registration will close on February 29. This webinar will be recorded and archived at http://www.power2u.org/information-technology.html
Description
Facebook, Twitter, Blogging, Podcasting, YouTube, LinkedIn, Google Plus. In an ever-growing social media landscape, it is easy to feel lost and not know where to begin. Our presenters will help you find your place on the social media map and head out on your personal or organizational journey. Using real-life stories and anecdotes, each presenter will discuss how their organization developed a social media strategy, the tools they use and how they use them, and the benefits and challenges they have experienced along the way. This webinar is geared towards peers, peer-run organizations, mental health service providers, family members, policymakers, administrators, and all other stakeholders.
Presenters
Julio Brionez heads up social media for Mental Health America (MHA) of Montana.
Jeneé Darden is the media and marketing coordinator for PEERS, Peers Envisioning and Engaging in Recovery Services, in Oakland, CA.
Eric Jensen is executive assistant/communications coordinator with the Project Return Peer Support Network.
Click here for more information (PDF, 151KB, 2 pages)
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April 27, 2012
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SAVE THE DATE for
 Expanding our Vision: Positive Outcomes from around the World
One day conference in Denver, Colorado (with other adjunct activities)
Friday April 27, 2012, 9 am - 4 pm
Location: The Colorado Institute of Mental Health at Fort Logan Auditorium, 3520 W. Oxford Ave., Denver, Colorado
Presenters:
Elizabeth Kenny, actor, writer and teacher, who has been working in professional theater
since 1993. She will perform her play, Sick, which uses her masterful storytelling skills to translate her lived experience of misdiagnosis and over medication. She teaches acting and storytelling workshops that that help participants transform, elevate, and clarify their own stories. (www.shadylaneproductions.org)
Joanne Greenberg,author of 18 books including I Never Promised You a Rose Garden, a fictionalized depiction of Joanne Greenberg's treatment experience at Chestnut Lodge Hospital
in Rockville, Maryland, during which she was in psychoanalytic treatment with Frieda Fromm-Reichmann. ( (www.mountaintopauthor.com)
Robert Whitaker, an award-winning science journalist and the author, most recently, of Anatomy of an Epidemic: Magic Bullets, Psychiatric Drugs, and the Astonishing Rise of Mental Illness in America (2010). (www.madinamerica.com)
Daniel Mackler,documentary filmmaker of Open Dialogue Approach in Finland and Swedish Healing Homes, has visited innovative programs throughout the world. (www.iraresoul.com/dvd.html)
Register after March 03, 2012 at:
www.power2u.org/events.html
Click here to download Event Flyer (PDF, 245KB, 1 page)
For more information, please call
303.751.7511
Sponsored by the National Empowerment Center and Amy Smith
Our co-sponsors include CHARG Resource Center, ClearMind, Inc., Colorado Cross-Disability Coalition, Colorado
Division of Behavioral Health, Colorado Youth Voice, Mindfreedom International, and People House.
Past Events
January 25, 2012
- National Empowerment Center's Peer-Run Respite Webinar Series
Building the Foundation for a Successful Peer-Run Respite: Creating Connections with the Local Community
Peer-Run respites/hospital diversion programs are increasing in numbers and having positive results across the country. Peer-run respites offer an alternative to traditional mental health hospitalization, are operated by peers, and are cost-effective.
The presenters will discuss their first-hand experience with building connections with the community while opening and running a peer-run respite, including how to:
- Lay the groundwork, educate the community, and establish relationships;
- Address common community misconceptions and avoid the “Not in My Backyard (NIMBY)” phenomenon; and
- Maintain positive connections in the local community while operating a peer-run respite.
Building the Foundation for a Successful Peer-Run Respite is the second in a webinar series on peer-run crisis alternatives sponsored by the National Empowerment Center’s Technical Assistance Center. To watch the archive of the first webinar, So You Want to Start a Peer-Run Respite, click here.
Presenters:
Rigel Flaherty
Rigel was born and raised in Santa Cruz, CA, and became familiar with the mental health system during a difficult time when she was 20. She started working as a peer counselor in Mental Health Supported Housing in 2003. Rigel became Program Manager for the SAMSHA funded 2nd Story Peer Run Respite House in January 2011.
Alan Green, M.P.A.
Alan is the Executive Director of the Mental Health Association of Nebraska, Nebraska’s first and only peer-run mental health service provider. Programming includes the HOPE Program (evidence-based practice supported employment), the Keya House (crisis aversion services), statewide wellness/recovery education and advocacy. Mr. Green is a member of the NCMHR Steering Committee.
Clint Taylor
Clint Taylor is the Assistant Director of the Peer Support and Wellness Center in Decatur, Georgia. He is on the steering committee of the Community Health Interfaith Partnership, a coalition working to improve the lives of Georgians with mental health diagnoses. He became a certified peer specialist in August, 2008.
Training Sponsor
This training and the Technical Assistance Center of the National Empowerment Center are funded by:
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Center for Mental Health Services
www.samhsa.gov
December 8, 2011
- Robert Whitaker - MAD IN AMERICA UP TO NOW
Award winning journalist, Robert Whitaker will be discussing the state of contemporary mental health in a free presentation and discussion on Thursday, December 8th from 2-4pm
at 1881 Worcester Road, Framingham.
Downloadable Flyer (PDF,
256KB,1 page)
Special Event - November 3, 2011
- Open Dialogue Approach: Alternative Care for Psychosis
Jaakko Seikkula, Ph.D. and Mary Olson, Ph.D.
Is a ‘psychotic crisis’ inside one person’s mind– or does it happen between people in their relationships? Can helping a person find their voice with important others help resolve such crises and alter their course and severity?
Smith College professor and Fulbright scholar Mary Olson, Ph.D., will present with Jaakko Seikkula, Ph.D., one of the main developers of the Open Dialogue Approach in Western Lapland, Finland. Open Dialogue has achieved remarkable success helping people through extreme states labeled ‘psychosis’ and ‘schizophrenia’ while relying much less on medication and hospitalization.
Sponsored by UMassMemorial, The National Empowerment Center, and University of Massachusetts Medical School. Co-sponsored by: The Transformation Center and the Massachusetts Recovery Learning Communities (RLCs).
Further Resources on Open Dialogue
Trailer for "OPEN DIALOGUE," an alternative Finnish approach to healing psychosis - http://www.youtube.com/user/dmackler58#p/a/u/1/aBjIvnRFja4
An interview with Jaakko Seikkula - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywtPedxhC3U
Madness Radio Interview with Mary Olson - http://www.madnessradio.net/madness-radio-mary-olson-open-dialog
November 3-4, 2011
- INTAR (International Network Toward Alternatives for Recovery)
Challenging Our Understanding of Psychosis and Exploring Alternatives for Recovery
University of Toronto, Hart House
For more information: Call Brian McKinnon at 416-285-7996, Ext. 227 or email bmckinnon@alternativestoronto.org
October 28-29, 2011 — Los Angeles, CA
- Alternatives to Biological Psychiatry: If We Don't Medicate, What Do We Do? The annual conference of the International Society for the Study of Ethical Psychology and Psychiatry.
Topics Included: Safe, humane, life-enhancing methods of treating adults, children, families and couples in psychological distress without reliance on psychotropic drugs; Consumer-centered interventions that help people move towards full recovery; What parents and families can do to help children without reliance on psychotropic drugs. [Click to download brochure]
October 26 - 30, 2011
- Alternatives 2011 Was Held in Orlando, FL
Alternatives 2011, the annual national conference organized by and for individuals with psychiatric histories, was held from Oct. 26, 2011, through Oct. 30, 2011, at the Caribe Royale Orlando in Orlando, Fla. Alternatives 2011 was organized by the National Mental Health Consumers' Self-Help Clearinghouse, a peer-run national technical assistance center funded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Center for Mental Health Services. www.alternatives2011.org
October 20, 2011
- Gail Hornstein Spoke about the Hearing Voices Network USA in NYC
This was one of the first opportunities in New York City to hear about the exciting work of the Hearing Voices Network, an international collaboration between professionals, people with lived experience of voices, visions, or other unusual or extreme experiences, and their families to develop an alternative approach to coping with emotional distress that is empowering and useful to people, and does not start from the assumption that they have a chronic illness.
NYU LANGONE MEDICAL CENTER
550 First Avenue
New York, NY
Click here for the flyer (PDF, 108KB, 1 page)
September 28, 2011, 1:00 - 2:30 pm EST
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National Empowerment Center’s Peer-Run Respite Webinar Series: So You Want to Start a Peer-Run Respite? Options and Important Considerations
With Steve Miccio, Daniel Hazen, Dan Fisher, and Rigel Flaherty
Archived presentation and audio-video available now!
The purpose of this webinar was to address specific issues around starting up, maintaining, and sustaining quality peer-run respites. Topics covered included practical tips and suggestions on advocacy, funding, core values and principles, and staffing issues, among others. Click here to view video.
Also available as PowerPoint Presentation and a PDF version:
PowerPoint Presentation (47.2MB)
PowerPoint Presentation as a PDF file (4MB, 48 pages)
September 21, 2011, 10:00 am - 3:00 pm EST
September 18-21, 2011
- The Temple University Collaborative on Community Inclusion of Individuals with Psychiatric Disabilities has now opened online registration for its Second International Research Conference on Community Inclusion Of Individuals with Psychiatric Disabilities
This conference is a must for persons in recovery, researchers, administrators, policymakers, funders, providers, family members, students, advocates and others who are interested in cutting edge research and innovative practices that promote community integration and broaden community participation. A series of plenary presentations, 90- minute workshops, and half-day institutes provide an unparalleled opportunity for participants to connect with others in the field, explore emerging research findings, and discover unique policy, program, and practice strategies for promoting community inclusion. Join us!
This year’s conference spans a wide range of topics: accessing mainstream employment, education, and recreational opportunities in our communities; regaining key social roles of parenting and partnering; promoting citizenship, civic engagement, voting and volunteering; using peer support to strengthen community participation and self-directed services; and developing inclusion-focused services for veterans, rural consumers, LGBTQI groups, and those returning to community life from jails and prisons. Click here for more information on consumer scholarships (PDF, 92KB, 3 pages).
September 7-11, 2011
- NARPA - National Association for Rights Protection and Advocacy
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
More info on the website at: www.narpa.org
August 22-24, 2011
- National Association of Peer Specialists 2011 Conference
Raleigh, North Carolina
More info on the website at: http://www.naops.org/
August 17 - 19, 2011
Speaking of Hope events featuring Young Adults:
Tuesday, August 16
Statewide Young Adult Councel (SYAC)
Tatnuck Bookseller
18 Lyman St, Westboro
Thursday, August 18
STEPS Young Adult Resource Center
12 Prescott St, Arlington
Friday, August 19
Roxbury Community College
Media Arts Building I
1234 Columbus Ave, Roxbury
For more information, please click here for a flyer for the 8/19 event. (PDF, 95KB, 2 pages)
Thursday, July 28, 2011
- SAMHSA 10x10 Wellness Campaign Town Hall Meeting: Joining Together for Wellness & Recovery: Launching the First National Wellness Week - September 19-25, 2011
Join consumer/survivor/peer leaders, advocates, and people in recovery as they share their experiences about incorporating the Eight Dimensions of Wellness into their recovery, work, and lives. These dimensions include: physical, emotional, financial, social, spiritual, occupational, intellectual, and environmental. Learn ways to celebrate and help to promote these Dimensions during the first National Wellness Week held from September 19 to 25, 2011. Participants will have the opportunity to provide feedback and suggestions for National Wellness Week, as well as ask the presenters questions. This Webinar is free and open to everyone.
Presenters: Mary Ellen Copeland, Ph.D., Executive Director, The Copeland Center for Wellness and Recovery (Tentative); Larry Fricks, Director, Appalachian Consulting Group and Deputy Director, SAMHSA-HRSA Center for Integrated Health Solutions; Angélica García, Senior Program Manager, Project Return Peer Support Network; Joe Powell, LCDC, CAS, Executive Director, Association of Persons Affected by Addiction; Peggy Swarbrick, Ph.D., OTR, CPRP, Director, Institute for Wellness and Recovery Initiatives at Collaborative Support Programs of New Jersey
June 28-29, 2011
- Voices of the Heart 2nd Annual Conference: Honoring Rights, Sharing Alternatives -
Glen Falls, NY
The conference focus is to bring our communities together to share in the strategy to honor rights, sharing alternative healing supports and further education around mental diversity. Today, more than ever the paradigm of "mental health" is radically changing. The necessary actions needed are honoring a person's rights and supporting healing alternatives and practices. Speakers include Will Hall, Oryx Cohen, Daniel B. Fisher, and Debbie Louise Trueheart. Click here for complete details.
June 20-21, 2011
- The Second Annual PsychOut Conference
New York City
Speakers included Bob Whitaker, Darby Penney, Jim Gottstein.
www.theopalproject.net
June 18, 2011
- Trauma–Informed Care: An Essential Element of Recovery
Saturday, June 18, 2011
Presented by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
A special full-day training session preceding the 73rd Annual Meeting of the College on Problems of Drug Dependence
This 1-day training session will provide clinicians, clinical supervisors, and administrators with the most up-to-date information and treatment practices on trauma and trauma-informed services, including: an overview of the impact of trauma on behavioral health disorders; a respective description of the elements of trauma-informed care; and interventions for specific populations. Participants will have the opportunity to assess their organizations' readiness to deliver trauma-informed services.
More information - http://conferences.jbsinternational.com/cpdd2011/index.htm
June 15, 2011
- What does health reform mean for people in recovery from addiction, consumers of mental health services, and their families?
The second Webinar in the series will cover state and local advocacy approaches to health reform implementation. It will take place on Wednesday, June 15, 2011 at 3:00 p.m. EDT. Please look for registration information for the June Webinar soon. This Webinar series is coordinated by Affirma Solutions, Inc., under a contract with SAMHSA. Click here for more information.
June 13-17, 2011
- USPRA (U.S. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Association)
36th Annual Conference
Boston, Massachusetts
Registration deadline: May 31, 2011
Scholarship deadline is past
More info on the website at: http://bit.ly/lugCE2
Special Event - June
10-12, 2011
June 9-11,2011
- MHA (Mental Health America) Annual Conference
Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill,
Washington, D.C.
Scholarships no longer available
More info on the website at: http://www.mentalhealthamerica.net
May 21, 2011
- Laughter is the Best Medicine
The National Asian American Mental Health Association (NAAPIMHA) and
Asian Pacific Islanders with Disabilities of California (APIDC) hosted the first annual "Laughter is the Best Medicine" benefit
program.
Laughter is the Best Medicine brought together people who are
passionate about improving the quality of life for Asian Americans,
Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders.For more information, visit www.naapimha.org/Node/41 or contact jrkuo@naapimha.org, (626)848-4189.
May 20-22, 2011
May 20-21, 2011
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NADA Conference: Communities of Recovery and Psychological First Aid
May 20-21, Kansas City, MO
Interested in bringing NADA ear acupuncture protocol into your community?
Want to become more involved in NADA policy making and legislative advocacy?
Meet and network with NADA advocates, recovery activists, and community health practitioners from around the world... See the premiere showing of Brian Lindstrom's new documentary on NADA in psychiatric hospitals and social psychiatric clinics in Europe...Click here for the full conference overview, registration and more.
May 9, 2011
- SAMHSA ADS Center FREE Training Teleconference
Social Inclusion in Action:
Innovative Community Programs
Monday, May 9, 2011
3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time (ET)
The SAMHSA ADS Center invites you to a free teleconference training to learn about three innovative community programs that are improving lives, changing communities, and transforming systems through social inclusion. The training — "Social Inclusion in Action: Innovative Community Programs" — will highlight the promising practices of the 2010 Campaign for Social Inclusion Award recipients, including SC SHARE's Dream Team, Heartland Consumer Network's Poetry for Personal Power, and Advocacy Unlimited, Inc. All three programs are focused on reaching young adults aged 18-25. "Each of our presenters has a wonderful, inspiring story to tell of how they are changing lives, communities, and systems within their states," said ADS Center manager Ruth Montag. "We believe these program presentations can serve as a touchstone to inspire other organizations to bring projects like these to their states." Participants will also learn how they can apply for the 2011 Campaign for Social Inclusion Awards. Registration will close on May 8. Information about the presenters and their projects and a link to register can be found on the SAMHSA ADS Center website at http://promoteacceptance.samhsa.gov/teleconferences/default.aspx.
May 5, 2011
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The National Empowerment Center and The Metro Suburban RLC present:
Bruce E. Levine, author of Get Up, Stand Up!
Wednesday, May 5, 2011, 6:00 – 8:00 pm
Arlington Town Hall, 730 Massachusetts Ave., Arlington, MA
American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation will be provided.
Bruce E. Levine is the author of Surviving America’s Depression Epidemic and Commonsense Rebellion. He is a regular contributor to the Huffington Post, CounterPunch, AlterNet, and Z Magazine, and his articles and interviews have been published in Adbusters, The Ecologist, High Times, and numerous other magazines. Dr. Levine, a practicing clinical psychologist often at odds with the mainstream of his profession, also gives talks and workshops.[Website – www.brucelevine.net] [Download Flyer (PDF, 121KB, 1 page)] [Download Press Release (PDF, 109KB, 1 page]
Why have Americans stopped fighting back against government-corporate policies that polls show they clearly oppose?
We’ve simply been so beaten down by decades of abuse at the hands of the corporatocracy that many of us no longer have the energy to fight back. We have lost confidence that genuine democracy is possible.
While other books will leave you wringing your hands about the state of the world, Levine offers fresh insight into the ways in which we can take back control of our lives.
With this book, Bruce Levine reinvents the old saw ‘the personal is political’ . . . Get Up, Stand Up is full of both hope and practical solutions.
—Anya Kamenetz, author of DIY U and Generation Debt
The talk is free and open to the public. American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation will be provided. To RSVP or for more information, call or email the National Empowerment Center, 800-POWER2U (800-769-3728), info4@power2u.org
May 4, 2011
- NAMI STAR Center - Teleconference on Spirituality
Wednesday, May 4, 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. ET
The NAMI STAR Center will offer a teleconference on "Diverse Religious and Spiritual Perspectives on Mental Distress/Illness, Mental Wellness, and Healing." The session will cover the following questions: How is the experience of mental or emotional distress, commonly called "mental illness," understood from diverse religious and spiritual perspectives? What can we learn from these perspectives about mental wellness and the healing process? How may cultural competence, social inclusion, diversity, and self-help and program/service practices be enhanced for greater effectiveness? Presenters will include a Tibetan Buddhist assisting mental health consumers in community and inpatient settings to connect with their spirituality, an indigenous Shaman from Ecuador, and a Christian Pastor leading a ministry to serve people living on the streets of Oakland, California.
To register, write to star@nami.org with your name, e-mail address and phone number, or call 866-537-7827 and leave a message with your name and phone number. After you register, you will be provided with call-in information. Source: www.consumerstar.org
April 19, 2011
- Recovering Sanity: Together Even the “Hopeless” Can Heal
Featuring Daniel B. Fisher, M.D., Ph.D.
Executive Director, National Empowerment Center
With introductions by Jennifer Constantine, President of South Dakota United
and Oryx Cohen of the National Empowerment Center
Tuesday, April 19, 2011 at 7:30 pm
Dakota Wesleyan University
East Main Dining Room
1200 West University Ave.
Mitchell, SD
Dan Fisher is a person who has recovered from the once thought hopeless diagnosis of schizophrenia. He was hospitalized several times prior to becoming the well-known psychiatrist he is today. He is one of the few psychiatrists in the country who publicly discusses his recovery from "mental illness." He is a role model for others who are struggling to recover, and his life dispels the myth that people cannot recover, even from the most severe diagnoses. His recovery and work in the field were recognized by his selection as a member of the White House Commission on Mental Health.
Sponsored by the National Empowerment Center and South Dakota United
March 30, 2011
- Peer Support Wellness Respite Centers
Free Webinar, Wednesday, March 30, 2011
1:00 pm - 2:30 pm eastern
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER *Space is Limited
ABOUT THE WEBINAR
Eight states currently fund Peer Support Wellness Respite Centers promoting mind-body wellness, whole health, and resiliency. Join us for this free webinar that will address how these innovative Centers are supporting wellness and demonstrating outcomes that include reduced hospitalization for people in recovery from addiction and mental illness.
This webinar will help Health Centers understand what Peer Support Centers are and how they support meeting the behavioral health care needs of their patients/consumers. Peer Support Centers also offer collaborative care for patients with behavioral health concerns and the resources and links to help primary care providers learn more about these Centers.
WEBINAR OBJECTIVES
• Better understand core components and key outcomes of peer respite centers
• Gain insight into the day to day operations of centers in Georgia and New York
• Understand core operational features including start up, funding, training, and operational elements
AUDIENCE
Peer leaders, program and administration staff of community behavioral health organizations will especially benefit from this webinar. In addition, this webinar will help community health centers understand what Peer Support Centers are and how they can help meet the behavioral health care needs of their patients/consumers.
PRESENTERS
George H. Brice, Jr., MSW
Margaret Swarbrick, Ph.D., OTR, CPRP
Steve Miccio
Sharon Jenkins Tucker
ABOUT The CENTER
The SAMHSA-HRSA Center for Integrated Health Solutions, run by the National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare under a cooperative agreement from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is funded jointly by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration and the Health Resources Services Administration. The CIHS promotes the development of integrated primary and behavioral health services to better address the needs of individuals with mental health and substance use conditions, whether seen in specialty behavioral health or primary care provider settings.
March 22, 2011
- Bad Things That Happen To You Can Drive You Crazy! Understanding Abuse, Trauma, and Madness and Working Toward Recovery
The medicall model of human suffering sees experiences like voices and visions as symptoms of serious mental illness requiring treatment and eradication. But a growing body of evidence reframes experiences like these as meaningful responses to overwehelming events, capable of being understood and integrated into a person's life. Learning how voices and visions function as techniques of survival can be crucial to developing coping strategies and aiding full recovery.
Jacqui Dillon is a writer, campaigner, speaker and trainer specializing in hearing voices, psychosis, trauma and dissociation. She is a leading figure in the Hearing Voices Network -- an international collaborative organization of patients and professionals -- and a Director of Intervoice: The International Network for Training, Education and Research into Hearing Voices. Along with Professor Marius Romme and Dr. Sandra Escher, she is co-editor of Living with Voices, an anthology of 50 voice hearers' stories of recovery, and of the forthcoming Demedicalizing Misery: Psychiatry, Psychology and the Human Condition. She is also a voice hearer.
TUESDAY, MARCH 22, 7.30pm - MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE, DWIGHT 101
Free and Open to the Public.
Accessible parking and entrance at rear of building, with elevator to venue.
Co-sponsored by the Mount Holyoke College Department of Psychology and Education, the Western Massachusetts Recovery Learning Community, and Freedom Center. [Click to download flyer (PDF, 110KB, 1 page)]
February 16, 2011
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The National Coalition for Mental Health Recovery sponsored a teleconference: "Visionary C/S/X Leadership: Leaders who are Committed to Building Consensus, Community and Collaborations"
The speakers were asked to focus on an aspect of leadership that that they believe is essential for current and developing leaders. The National Coalition recognizes that C/S/X organizations and movements face some special challenges, but there are issues that are universal in developing as a leader. Click here for complete details, including speakers and call-in information.
February 9, 2011
- Consumers Mental Health Legislative Panel - at the Boston Public Library, Boston Room
Moderator: Representative Ruth Balser
Representative Liz Malia
Senator James B. Eldgrige
Representative James O'Day
Daniel Fisher, MD, PhD. and Howard D. Trachtman, BS, CPS
Presented by: NAMI GB CAN (www.namigbcan.org), National Empowerment Center
(www.power2u.org) & M-Power (www.m-power.org )
January 25, 2011
- Teleconference to Commemorate the First Anniversary of Judi Chamberlin's Passing, and to Celebrate her Legacy
 January 16, 2011, marked the first anniversary of the passing of Judi Chamberlin, psychiatric survivor leader, author and international disability rights activist. This special teleconference offered a way to share our thoughts and memories of her, and to discuss the ways in which we are working to keep her vision alive. Marty Federman, Judi's partner, also participated.
We also invite you to view the short film "Her Life, Our Movement," which was created to honor Judi's life and work. You may view the film, read a selection of her articles, and also add comments at her Virtual Memorial website: http://tinyurl.com/4rd24zs.
The teleconference was co-sponsored by the:
National Mental Health Consumers' Self-Help Clearinghouse, www.mhselfhelp.org,
and the National Empowerment Center, www.power2u.org
P.S. Judi's Book, On Our Own (links to the NEC Store), is now available in Braille. Please call the National Empowerment Center to obtain the book on loan.
800-POWER2U, 800-769-2728
January 20, 2011
- Spiritual Emergency with Tim Ness - As part of the Inner
Working Series. Sponsored by the Western Massachusetts Recovery Learning
Community at the Recovery Annex, Greenfield MA.
Tim Ness recounted the 2009 events which he refers to as his Spiritual
Emergency. These experiences have also been called psychic opening,
shaktipat, unitive consciousness, and religious conversions.
January 12, 2011
- Lessons Learned from Improving Emergency Care – Larry Phillips,
DCSW, Program Manager, SSM Oklahoma City, OK, and Stuart Buttlaire, PhD,
MBA, Regional Director of Inpatient Psychiatry & Continuing Care, Kaiser
Foundation Health Plan Northern California, Oakland, CA - Shared learning
from the results of IHI’s initial learning collaborative on Improving Care
for Behavioral Health Clients in Emergency Departments. The collaborative,
stimulated by concern raised by hospital EDs, reviews flow, triage and
assessment and other approaches that reduce overall time in the ED and
improve staff morale and effectiveness. [For more info visit the IBHI web site
at iswww.ibhi.net]
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January 11, 2011
- The Next Step to Sustainability: Expanding Our Family/Consumer Run
Organization’s Impact By Joining A Managed Care Organization Network was a full day pre-conference institute geared for administrators of
consumer and family run organizations. This institute offered
participants an explanation of how managed care works, it helped assist
participants to identify what programs they currently offer that might be
funded through a managed care contract, clarified the pros and cons of
working within a managed care network, and taught the necessary steps
to take to move forward in seeking a contract. The Pre-conference Institute
was held in Austin TX and was sponsored by the State of Texas Chapter of USPRA.
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December 8, 2010
- New Hope of Recovery from Mental Illness - Personal
experiences as well as history show that recovery is possible AND probable
Presented by the National Empowerment Center and The Metro Suburban RLC
Rediscovering an Optimistic Vision of What Is Possible: Innovative
Programs in Europe and the US that are producing good long-term outcomes - Robert Whitaker and Daniel Mackler, Moderator: Debbie Whittle
Recovery is Possible AND Probable - Daniel Fisher and Suzanne Beachy
Flyer (PDF, 48KB, 1 page), Large Print Version of Flyer (PDF, 47KB, 2 pages)
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November 3-4, 2010
- Raising Our Voices Speaking Our Truths: 2nd World Hearing Voices
Congress & Festival. Center Parcs Holiday Village, Sherwood Forest,
Nottinghamshire.
November 2, 2010
- Intervoice Meeting (Organized and sponsored by Asylum Associates,
HVN England and INTERVOICE)
- Peer Employment Networking Event
- The second Peer Employment Networking Event was held at the Worcester
Public Library.
This networking event was geared to support people with various cross
disabilities and employment. There were many opportunities to meet new
people and discuss the employment opportunities and options, including
diversity and reasonable accommodations. A light meal
was provided.
- Guest Speakers from:
- Central Mass Recovery Learning Community
- Everyday Miracles
- Center for Living & Working
- Any questions please call Mike or Jen at the Central Mass Recovery
Learning Community (508) 751-9600
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October 1, 2010
- National Coalition for Mental Health Recovery (NCMHR) Annual Open
Meeting - From Dreams to Reality: Implementing Our Vision on Both the Local
and National Levels
September 30, 2010
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September 29 – October 3, 20100
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 Alternatives 2010, the national mental health conference
organized by and for mental health consumers and survivors, was a
spectacular success, with over 1,100 attendees from across the US and around
the world. The conference provided an invaluable opportunity for attendees
to connect, share skills and ideas, express their creativity, and return to
their communities brimming with strategies for implementing positive social
change. We want to keep the momentum going, as well as to disseminate
information from the conference from those who were not able to attend. Click here for
updated content, including speaker presentations, handouts, and more!
September 8-11, 2010
- 2010 Rights Conference: Choice, Not Force. Sponsored by
the National Association for Rights Protection and Advocacy
(NARPA) - Three Conference Tracks include:
Guardianship/Forced Treatment/Restraint; Recovery and Peer Run Programs;
Force and Coercion: Beyond the Institutional Setting. Featured Speakers
include:
Robert Whitaker, Science Journalist and Author of Mad in America and
Anatomy of an Epidemic Magic Bullets, Psychiatric Drugs, & the Astonishing
Rise of Mental Illness in America
Sue Jamieson, Attorney and Plaintiff Counsel, L.C. and E.W. v.
Olmstead
Held at the Hilton Atlanta. [Additional
Information and Registration Form (Word doc., 302KB, 4 pages), or visit www.narpa.org]
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August 13-14, 2010
- Honoring Our Past, Building Our Future, the first Annual
Conference of the Ohio Empowerment Coalition, a Statewide
Consumer Advocacy and Recovery Education Organization.
June 14, 2010
-
 Dan Fisher Discusses Self-Managed
Health Care on VoiceAmerica Radio
Dan Fisher was a guest on the VoiceAmerica Variety Channel with host Clint Maun, CSP. The topic of the radio show was: How to Manage Your Own Health Care. Managed care is designed to reduce unnecessary healthcare costs through a variety of incentives, review programs and selective provider contracting. Whereas managed care plans may benefit many consumers, there are serious concerns that cost controls may be denying medically necessary services to some categories of patients or providing low quality care. Our guest, Dr. Daniel Fisher, is an advocate of empowering individuals to “self-manage their own care.” Dr. Fisher believes that consumers can participate in the implementation of their healthcare decisions and outcomes. He’s here to provide insight as to what steps we can take to assure we receive the timely quality care we need. [To listen, click here]
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June 10, 2010
- The STAR Center Teleconference Series presented: The New Health Care Law: What Does It Mean for People Living with Mental
Illness and Mental Health Challenges? With Speaker Andrew
Sperling, NAMI Director of Legislative Affairs.
The new health care reform law creates enormous opportunities to expand access to insurance
coverage and treatment for children and adults living with mental illness.
In addition to expanding coverage with insurance and primary-care treatment,
the new law also presents a range of specific provisions designed to improve
coverage of mental illness treatment in both private health plans and
publicly funded coverage.
This session will help inform and clarify what this legislation is about,
and provide an opportunity to learn in-depth details.
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May 18, 2010
- Debbie Whittle presented “Living Into Wholeness” as part of the Women Transforming Communities’ Tapping Spirit Series at
the YWCA at 140 Clarendon St., Boston, MA.
Living into Wholeness is an innovative non-pathological, wholeness-based
approach, which proposes that at our very core is a state of wholeness that
can be accessed in any moment. We will learn the skills and principles of
wholeness as well as simple practices to look beyond appearances, access
innate wisdom, learn to re-frame "mental illness," and learn to be with
"what is" so as to transform habitual thought and behavior patterns to
experience an intrinsic state of wholeness.
May 1, 2010
- Dan Fisher was the keynote speaker at "A Celebration of Hope and
Mental Health Recovery" sponsored by Recovery In Action
International (RIA) in El Segundo,
California which included a musical performance by Nathaniel Ayers.
April 21, 2010
March 25, 2010
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March 23, 2010
- STAR Center Teleconference Series - The Difference Between “Opposite”
and “Backward” Medicine and its Application to Mental Health Treatment. Please join us for a discussion around “Forward Motion”, “Opposite Motion”
and “Backward or Contrary Motion” as well as the psycho-social view of these
models. This session will present some ideas, information, resources for
consideration and discussion with the intention of supporting our learning
together, encouraging self- and community-empowerment, and affirming or
discovering helpful thoughts and practices. For more information and to
register please click here.
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- Teleconference on History of Mental Health Consumer Movement - What does the mental health
consumer movement have in common with other civil rights movements? How have
mental health consumers and our society at large benefited from the
pioneering advocacy of early mental health rights activists? What work
remains to be done? This free teleconference explored the history of the
self-help and advocacy movement organized by individuals with psychiatric
histories. Hosted by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration’s ADS Center (Resource Center to Promote Acceptance, Dignity
and Social Inclusion Associated with Mental Health). [Click
for
more information]
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December 4, 2009
- Dan Fisher and Cathy Levin presented on Hope and Recovery through
Alternatives to Hospitalization at the Massachusetts Psychiatric
Rehabilitation Association (MassPRA) Conference in Worcester, MA.
December 2, 2009
- CMHS Regional Consumer/Survivor Meeting in Boston, MA
The Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS) leads national efforts to
improve prevention and mental health services for all Americans. As part of
its efforts, CMHS convened a Regional Consumer/Survivor Meeting on
December 2, 2009, 9 am - 5 pm at the Omni Parker House, Boston, MA. The focus of the meeting was
about the following states: Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire,
Maine, Rhode Island, and Vermont.
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November 23, 2009
- The International Network Toward Alternatives and Recovery (INTAR)
Presented: Rethinking Psychiatric Crisis: Alternative Responses To "First
Breaks". at The Kimmel Center at New York University.
About the Conference: First-person accounts consistently show that
treatment can compound the ordeal of early psychiatric crisis- especially
those resulting in hospitalization. In addition to the disorientation of
psychosis, or the bleak depths of depression, treatment itself can be an
ordeal. Key Note Speakers: "Why do we need Alternatives?" --
Will Hall, Sue Estroff. "Alternatives, Capabilities and System
Transformation" -- Robert Whittaker, Andy Blanch, Ron Bassman, Ken
Thompson. [More info at: www.intar.org]
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November 12, 2009
- Introduction to Shared Decision Making in Mental Health Creating Dialogue, Promoting Choice, Supporting Recovery
Featured: Patricia Deegan, Pat Deegan Ph.D. & Associates, LLC.; Laurie
Curtis, Advocates for Human Potential, Inc.
An informative and lively introduction to SAMHSA’s initiative to support Shared Decision Making in mental health
services. Sponsored by
The Office of the Associate Director for Consumer Affairs Center for Mental
Health Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
An archive of the November 12 webinar and subsequent webinar held January
21, 2010 is available at http://mentalhealth.samhsa.gov/consumersurvivor/shared.asp
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November 10, 2009
- Free Webinar Series on Organizational Development
and Business Management for Peer-Run Organizations. The National
Consumer Supporter Technical Assistance Center (NCSTAC) is pleased to
announce that registration for a new series of webinars on Organizational
Development and Business Management for Peer-Run Organizations. This five
part participatory series will begin in October of this year and will be
broadcast every other month as part of ongoing technical assistance to
consumer-run organizations and services.
Leading authorities on:
• Consumer-Run Nonprofit Basics,
• Governance: The Role of the Board,
• Management: The Role of the Staff,
• Fundraising and Capacity Building
• Sustaining Your Consumer-Run Nonprofit Organization
will present live via teleconference and web interface. These 90 minute
modules will provide ample time for questions and discussion. Participation
will be available through registration. In order to register please email phendry@mentalhealthamerica.net and include your name, how many people
will be attending, contact information, and please put Webinar Registration
in the subject line. There is no cost for participation and copies of
the course information will be available on our website. For detailed
information on the first webinar please see below.
November 4-5, 2009
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October 28 - November 1, 2009
October 28, 2009
- Transforming Lives Through the Arts - A specially designed
training institute for Peer Specialists/Peer Providers. Omaha
Nebraska
Keynote Speakers:
- Deb Whittle, National Empowerment Center
- Steve Harrington, National Association of Peer Specialists
Multi-dimensional arts activities training especially planned to provide
arts training for Peer Specialists and Peer Providers. The activities were
simple hands-on arts exercises including painting, poetry, performance,
dance, humor, collage and fabric art—all practical for use in peer support
work. No experience or special talent was required.
For
additional information contact Gayle Bluebird at gaylebluebird@aol.com or check
the Altered States of the Arts web site at www.alteredstatesofthearts.com. [Click
to view/download Flyer (PDF, 1 page, 85KB)
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October 22, 2009
- Teach-in with Dr. Dan Fisher - Hope and Recovery through Alternatives
to Hospitalization
Daniel B. Fisher, MD, PhD is a role model for people with lived
experience with mental health issues, extreme states, and/or trauma. His
personal experience alone dispels the myth that people do not recover. Dr.
Fisher described his own recovery from a diagnosis of schizophrenia and
offer innovative ideas to help others do the same. The Peer Support Model he
endorses includes community-based programs like peer-run respites, warm
lines, and peer-run self-help groups like the Wellness Recovery Action Plan
(WRAP). This model works well in other states and is just beginning to gain
momentum in Massachusetts. Held at Holyoke Community
College, Holyoke, MA.
September 23-24, 2009
- Debbie Whittleoffered a
workshop - Living Into Wholeness, at the 2009 New Mexico Consumer Wellness Conference, Albuquerque, NM at First Presbyterian Church,
215 Locust NE by I-25 and Central (Click to view flyer - PDF)
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September 21-22, 2009
September 16-18, 2009
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September 11, 2009
- First Annual North Carolina Recovery Conference. North
Carolina: One Community in Recovery. Keynote Speaker: Dan Fisher,
National Empowerment Center "Revitalization Through Recovery Relationships". Click to view the conference brochure (PDF, 9 pages, 1.3MB).
September 9-12, 2009
- NARPA's (National Association for Rights, Protections and Advocacy)
Annual Conference, "Advocacy for Rights in a New Era" Phoenix, AZ - www.narpa.org
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August 18, 2009
- Debbie L. Whittle (The TAC at NEC)
Co-facilitated the STAR Center Summer Teleconference Series: Mental
Health and Wellness: Self-Help Tools and Practices to Support Your Personal
Recovery and Growth with Kerrie Fallon and Marina Colonas (Transformation Center),
Stephen Kiosk (STAR Center). Sponsored by the STAR Center and the National
Empowerment Center
July 13, 200999
- Dan Fisher led a Teach-In at the Central Mass Recovery Learning Community, a
peer-run program at 91 Stafford Street in Worcester MA. Hope for Recovery
Through Alternatives to Hospitalization. Dr. Fisher spoke of innovative,
community-based programs that use the Mental Health Peer Support Model
including peer-run respites, warm lines, and self-help groups to reduce
hospitalizations and support people in their recovery.
May 18, 2009
- Dan Fisher offered a Teach-In - Hope for Recovery Through Alternatives to Hospitalization. Dr. Fisher spoke of innovative, community-based programs that use the Mental
Health Peer Support Model including peer-run respites, warm lines, and
self-help groups to reduce hospitalizations and support people in their
recovery.
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May 3-5, 2009
- Dan Fisher presented at the International Conference Center on Self-
Determination at the Benton Convention Center, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
- www.centerforself-determination.com
April 20-24, 2009
- Considering Outcomes for Peer-Run Crisis Alternatives by Shery Mead and
Eri Kuno, The Inn at Essex, Burlington, VT - www.mentalhealthpeers.com
March 18-19, 2009
- Dan Fisher presented at the Center for Self-Determination Training,
"Inventing the Future: Implementing Self-Determination Across Disability and
Aging" at the BWI Comfort Inn Conference Center, Baltimore, MD - www.centerforself-determination.com
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October 29-November 2, 2008
- National Alternatives Conference
The National Empowerment Center sponsored Alternatives 2008, the national mental health conference organized by and for mental health consumers and survivors,
in Buffalo, New York www.power2u.org/alternatives-2008
September 10, 2008
August 9, 2008
- Saturday, August 9, 2008, 8:30 - 9:30 a.m. Dan Fisher presented on "Peer Services in Rural Mental Health" at the National Association for Rural Mental Health Conference, Changing Practices-Changing Rural Environment in Burlington, VT, August 6-9, 2008, www.narmh.org/conferences/2008
August 2, 2008
- Dan Fisher presented on "Citizenship: The Pathway to Recovery," Saturday, August 2, 2008, at the American Sociological Association 103rd Annual Meeting
in Boston. For more information go to www.asanet.org
June 15-19, 2008
- US Psychiatric Rehabilitation Association's annual conference was held in Chicago, Illinois. The conference's learning opportunities
offered the newest innovations and the best of the “tried and true” practices of psychiatric rehabilitation training. Conference tracks featured: innovative services, system change, interventions, administration and management, assessment, planning and outcomes, research, and sessions for professional educators and trainers. For more information, visit www.uspra.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=3571
June 4-7, 2008
- 2008 Mental Health America Conference & National Mental Health Promotion & Prevention Summit - Each year, the Mental Health America Conference draws together hundreds of advocates from across the country in Washington, D.C. to learn about critical issues in the behavioral health field and strategies for collective action. Attendees primarily include executives, volunteer leaders, frontline staff, and members of our 320 state and local affiliates. Many of these people are also mental health consumers, family members and providers. The meeting also brings together other consumer advocates, policymakers and individuals who believe in our public health and social justice vision.
The 2008 Conference included a full day of advocacy on Capitol Hill, skill-building sessions, an exhibit hall and other events. Additional information available online at www.mentalhealthamerica.net/go/conference
No Health without Mental Health
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May 27-29, 2008
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 The Center for Self Determination presented the International Conference on Self-Determination, in Detroit, Michigan. Additional information available online at www.communitydrive.org/Conference.html
April 29, 2008
April 27-28, 2008
April 14-15, 2008
- Psychiatric Rehabilitation Conference, Cambridge, MA. An outstanding collection of leaders from the US and around the globe presented at the Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation's State-of-the-Science Conference, "From Innovations to Practice: The Promise and Challenge of Recovery for All".
Conference attendees were shown innovative and effective ways to move systems, programs and practices toward a recovery-orientation. Each track explores the challenges facing the field, such as "Moving Systems Forward", including a pre-conference institute, "Shifting to a Rehabilitation and Recovery Paradigm: Facilitating Change" and presentations such as:
- Fostering Leadership in the Transformation of Systems: Perspectives on Directing Innovations
- Moving the System: Sustaining the Change Process Moving Towards a Recovery Orientation
- No Force First: A Comprehensive Approach to Eliminating Coercion
- Global Perspectives on Rehabilitation and Recovery
- Working as Peers: The Pearls and Perils of Shared Responsibility for Mental Health Programs
- Effective Leadership in Consumer Advocacy Networks
Learn more about the depth of offerings each track provides and the 90+ presenters, all on the Conference website at www.bu.edu/cpr/conference/presentations/.
November 14-17, 2007
- NARPA: National Association of Rights, Protection and Advocacy, Annual Rights Conference,
Los Angeles, California - www.narpa.org
October 10-14, 2007
- National Alternatives Conference - Spanning the Recovery Movement: Consumer Control and Choice, St. Louis, Missouri - www.alternatives2007.org
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October 3-5, 2007
July 12-14, 2007
July 11, 2007
- Dan Fisher gave a public address in Santa Ana, California, on the topic of recovery, "Recovery: From Dream to Reality". Presented by the Orange County Behavioral Health Services, Delhi Center 505 East Central, Santa Ana, CA. Three continuing education credits for LCSWs, MFTs and psychologists were approved.
June 12-14, 2007
- Debbie Whittle presented at the VOCAL Annual Statewide Consumer Conference - "Embracing Wellness", Richmond, Virginia.
Workshop: Living Into Wholeness,
Evening offering: Sacred Circle Dance, http://vocalnetwork.org/conference.htm
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June 11th-13th, 2007
June 6-8, 2007
- Judi Chamberlin was a keynote speaker at a conference called "Coercive Treatment in Psychiatry: A Comprehensive Review," sponsored by the World Psychiatric Association in Dresden, Germany. Further information at www.wpa2007dresden.org/frs_index.asp
April 15, 2007
- Judi Chamberlin appeared at a panel on "Women, Mental Health, and the Law" at the Syracuse University College of Law, Center on Human Policy, Law, and Disability Studies
February 23-25, 2007
- Judi Chamberlin was the keynote speaker at the COMHCO Conference in Long Branch, NJ (NJ statewide organization)
February 7, 2007
- Region IV (Richmond VA area) Recovery Workshop. Daylong workshop with key stakeholders (including consumers, clinicians, and policymakers) to develop a Virginia-based recovery definition and workplan. Richmond, VA Feb. 7. Judi Chamberlin - workshop leader.
November 16 - 17, 2006
- Dr. Dan Fisher presented at The New Jersey Psychiatric Rehabilitation Association (NJPRA) Annual Conference - "We see a future when everyone will recover from metal illness".
November 5-8 2006
- 48th Annual Southern Regional Conference on Mental Health Statistics (SRCMHS) Conference - Mental Health Responses to Disasters: Problems Confronted, Lessons Learned - A Dialogue on Behavioral Healthcare. Dr. Dan Fisher presented.
October 25-29, 2006
- Alternatives Conference, Blazing the Trail to Recovery through Transformation, Portland, Oregon. Information at: www.alternatives2006.org.
September 27-29, 2006
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Judene Shelley presented at the 24th annual NYAPRS Conference: From Promise to Practice: Sharing the Tools for Transformation in Ellenville, New York. Judene also presented a workshop: "Choices in Recovery: Follow Your Bliss" and participated in a panel presentation: "Helping the Consumer Movement Grow and Prosper." More information is available at: www.nyaprs.org.
September 19, 2006
- Dr. Dan Fisher presented at the Washington State DASA Conferences in Yakima, WA - Building Unified Service Systems if Not Now, When? Embracing Evidence Based Practices to Support Recovery. For more information, please visit http://casat.unr.edu/ dasa/.
September 14-19, 2006
- Dr. Dan Fisher presented at the 11th International Conference on Violence, Abuse and Trauma, September 14-19, 2006 in San Diego, CA - the topic of the presentation was "Mental Health Transformations." For more information, please visit www.ivatcenters.org.
August 1, 2006
- Judi Chamberlin was the Plenary Speaker at the VOCAL (Virginia Organization of Consumers Asserting Leadership) Statewide Conference. Richmond, Virginia
July 21-23, 2006
- Dan Fisher spoke on How to Create a Culture & Practice of Recovery at the 2nd Annual Comprehensive Review of Psychiatry Conference, Niagara Falls, New York Conference Center.
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July 11, 2006
- Judi Chamberlin spoke at the Book Launch program of Shunned: Discrimination Against People with Mental Illness, Kings College, London, England.
June 22 and 29, 2006
As part of the SAMHSA Summer Teleconference Series, Dr. Pat Deegan explored effective strategies for supporting consumer involvement at the systems/policy level and at the level of the psychopharmacology consultation. [more details and a link to the archived version]
- Part One: Overcoming Barriers to Effective Consumer/Survivor Participation in Policymaking
- Part Two: Beyond Compliance: Shared Decision-Making About Psychiatric Medications
June 28, 2006
- Judi Chamberlin presented: “Understanding Consumer Initiatives” at the Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Recovery Regional Conference, Philadelphia, PA, Department of Veterans Affairs Employee Education System.
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June 14, 2006
- Judi Chamberlin participated in the Opening Cross Disability Plenary Panel at the Society for Disability Studies 19th Annual Conference, Bethesda, MD
June 5, 2006
- Judi Chamberlin offered a workshop, “People Encountering People Project,” and Judene Shelley led a workshop, “Overcoming Nicotine Addiction in the Recovery Process,” at the USPRA Annual Conference, Recovery: Reaching New Heights in Psychiatric Rehabilitation, in Phoenix, Arizona.
May 31, 2006
- Judi Chamberlin led a Workshop, “Measurement of Recovery,” at the Joint National Conference on Mental Health Block Grants and Mental Health Statistics, Washington DC.
May 17-18, 2006
- Dan Fisher presented “Resiliency and Recovery" at the Spring Mental Health Conference, Park City, Utah.
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May 8, 2006
- Judi Chamberlin presented “Evaluation 101: The Whys and Hows of Evaluation Research for Non-Researchers” and “Drop-In Centers in the Era of Evidence-based Practices” at the “Faces of Recovery” annual drop-in center conference at Nittany Lion Inn, State College, PA.
December 12, 2005
November 17-20, 2005
- Judi Chamberlin will be one of the keynote speakers for the National Association for Rights Protection and Advocacy (NARPA)’s 23rd Annual Rights Conference: Reclaiming Freedom: A Call To Action at the Sheraton Hartford Hotel, East Hartford, CT. For more information go to www.narpa.org
November 9, 2005
June 9/10, 2005
- Daniel Fisher conducted a two-day training for 19 emerging leaders from California. The training was organized by Carol Ford, director of the office of Self-help for the California Network of Mental Health Clients. The Meeting was led off by Sally Zinman who described the need to pass the baton of leadership on to a new generation. Full story
June 7, 2005
- The Olalla Center for Children and Families in Newport Oregon hosted a symposium where Dr. Fisher was the keynote speaker. The symposium was open to all mental health professionals, law enforcement personnel, religious leaders, parents of children with mental health disorders, consumers of mental health services, physicians, child welfare workers, and anyone interested in Dr. Fisher's unique approach.
June 3, 2005
- Consumers and families attended a workshop with Dr. Fisher on Recovery from a Psychiatrist's Perspective at Norristown State Hospital, Norristown, PA.
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May 23, 24, 25, 2005
- NEC Staff presentations at USPRA Conference, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania:
- Judene Shelley and Daniel Fisher offered a workshop on: Recovery Through Peer Support
- Which included a discussion of recovery principles and ways that community and peer support can facilitate recovery. Workshop participants explored common principles of recovery and practiced applying peer support in ways that promote achievement of desired roles in society.
- Amy Long presented: If Services and Programs Don't Heal - What Does
- Services and programs provide structure not healing. Recovery informed systems go beyond the "personal recovery" to include social action which involves a new language and views. Current research tools were presented. Participants explored necessary ingredients in establishing healthy communities.
- Amy Long and Ken Schlosser offered an all-day Institute: Recovery-Oriented Practice.
- There is growing appreciation for approaches that promote recovery for mental health consumers. This Institute focused on teaching new concepts and skills to effectively support client empowerment. It drew upon 'Recovery-Oriented Practice', a curriculum developed by Pat Deegan, a leading consumer advocate. The Institute offered skill teaching in two domains - Expanding Client Choice and Enhancing Respectful Communication with consumers. It utilized small group exercises, choice scenarios, participants' work experience, and role plays.
May 24, 2005
- Dr. Fisher spoke about Schizophrenia & Recovery, hosted by the Mental Health Association in Jefferson County, Beaumont Texas, in partnership and underwritten by with Memorial Hermann Baptist Hospitals and Spindletop MHMR Services. View flyer (jpg image)
May 5, 2005
- Dr. Fisher lectured at St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton, Ontario as part of Mental Health Week. "Creating Positive Change in Mental Health with Recovery". It was an opportunity for consumers, family members, clinicians, students, psychiatrists and policy makers alike to come together to explore their role in creating culture change and improving mental service.
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April 26, 2005
- Dr. Fisher gave a workshop entitled "RECOVERY: Transforming Mental Health Clinical Practices To Implement Recovery" at the North Chicago VA Medical Center. Hosted by the Day Treatment Center and Mental Health Intensive Case Management Programs. Brochure (PFD)
April 24, 2005
- Dr. Fisher spoke about “Recovery Through Education: Making Your Dreams Come True” at the NAMI, Michigan 2005 Conference, Kalamazoo MI.
April 14, 2005
- Dr. Fisher spoke at Atascadero State Hospital, Atascadero, CA on "How to Create a Culture of Recovery."
April 13, 2005
- Dr. Fisher lectured about "The Principles of Recovery and how they can Improve Clinical Practice" at a conference called "The Individual with Psychosis: Evidence based Practices for Recovery" hosted by Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA.
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April 12, 2005
- Dr. Fisher spoke at the Highland Drive VA in Pittsburgh, PA on “How to Create a Culture of Recovery”.
April 6, 2005
- Hartford’s No-fee “Volunteers in Psychotherapy” Program and University of Hartford Psychology Programs hosted Dr. Fisher who spoke on "How Human Connections Nourish Recovery from ‘Mental Illness." Co-sponsored by the University of Hartford’s Graduate Institute of Professional Psychology, Department of Psychology and Honors (Psi Chi) program.
March 16, 2005
- At the SAMHSA Training series on Mental Health Self-Direction, presenters Tom Nemey, Judi Chamberlin and Jean Tuller presented information on the principles and tools of self-direction as well as what has been learned that supports self-direction in mental health.
October 16, 2004
- Dr. Fisher gave a keynote address to the Fort Francis, Ontario, branch of Canadian Mental Health Association¹s 6th Annual Consumer and Family Conference.
October 14, 2004
- Dr. Fisher spoke at Alternatives 2004, in Denver, CO, in a plenary session with Joseph Rogers on the topic of the New Freedom Commission and carried out a workshop, "You Too Can Recover from Mental Illness".
October 13, 2004
- Dr. Fisher spoke at the University of New Mexico Wellness 2004 Consumer/Survivor Conference, at the University of New Mexico Continuing Education Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
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September 30, 2004
- Dr. Fisher was part of a Keynote Panel at the 22nd Annual New York Association of Psychiatric Rehabilitation Services, entitled, "The Recovery Revolution: How Far Have We Come?" which took place at the Nevele Grand Resort, Ellenville, NY.
September 9, 2004
- Dr. Fisher presented "Nothing about Us Without Us" in which he highlighted the importance of participation in planning one's own treatment and one's system's mental policies at the 20th Annual Fairweather Lodge Conference in Erie, PA, . The conference was sponsored by Stairways Behavioral Health.
August 19, 2004
July 6-7, 2004
- The Vancouver/Richmond Mental Health Network and The Canadian Mental Health Association Vancouver-Burnaby Branch presented A Lecture & Workshops by Dr. Dan Fisher, MD , PhD, Psychiatrist.
November 11-13, 2003
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