NYAPRS 30th Annual Conference 2012
Save the Date!
NEW YORK ASSOCIATION OF PSYCHIATRIC
REHABILITATION SERVICES
Is pleased to announce
Our Very Special
30th Annual Conference!
September 19-21, 2012
Keeping the Integrity in Integration
at the Hudson Valley Resort & Conference Center
and the nearby Honors Haven
The NYAPRS Annual Conference is widely regarded as one of the nation’s finest training opportunities promoting the recovery, rehabilitation and rights of people with psychiatric disabilities. NYAPRS joins with our many partners from across New York State and the country to provide an unprecedented program advancing the transformation of our state and local mental health service and support systems. Make your contribution to the knowledge and skills of others by submitting a proposal!
See the attached forms.
Again this year we will offer the Health, Healing & Arts Fair and Multicultural Exhibition
FREE - Reiki - Shiatsu - Massage - Art Table - Karaoke - Drumming - and more!
Please look to our website www.nyaprs.org for more information
and the Call for Presentations form.
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2011
New York Association of Psychiatric Rehabilitation Services
29th Annual Conference Presentations
Bringing Recovery Home for All
September 14-16, 2011
For more pictures of our Annual Conference go to our new facebook page at: www.facebook.com/NYAPRS.
- NYAPRS 2011 Conference Program
2011 Conference Presentations
- Advances in Self-Directed Care,
Judith Cook, PhD, Professor, University of Illinois at Chicago Psychiatric Institute
-Recovery in an Era of Health Reform Building for the Future, Arthur C. Evans, PhD Commissioner, Department of Behavioral Health & Intellectual DisAbility Services
-The Future of Recovery, Rehabilitation and Rights, Harvey Rosenthal, Moderator, NYAPRS
- Innovations in the Delivery of Peer Services by OptumHealth, Peter Ashenden, OptumHealth Behavioral Solutions, Sandra Forquer, OptumHealth
- Moving Through not to Recovery Centers, John B. Allen, Jr., and Joseph Swinford, NYS Office of Mental Health, Amy Colesante, Mental Health Empowerment Project, Dwayne Mayes, Howie T Harp, Isaac Brown, Baltic Street AEH, Inc., Jack Guastaferro, Restoration Society/Western NY Empowerment Network, Adrian Wright, MHA of Rochester
- Yoga: Discovering Your True Nature as Bountiful, Beautiful and Blissful, Dagny Alexander
- Improving Function and Quality of Life Through Occupation: The Role of Occupational Therapy in Recovery, Sean Getty, Central Nassau Guidance & Counseling Services, Inc.
- Service: Integration Recovery From The Ground Up, Donna Colonna, Yves Ades, Wanda Cruz-Lopez and Nancy Southwell, Services for the UnderServed
- Understanding Regional BHO/ Managed Care Initiatives , Harvey Rosenthal, NYAPRS
Engaging Women in Trauma-Informed Peer Support: A Guidebook, Darby Penney, Advocates for Human Potential
- (Adele Gregory Gorges) Health Homes: What They Are They and What Might They Look Like (Harvey Rosenthal) Health Homes: What Are They and What Might They Look Like Adele Gorges, Coordinated Care Services, Inc., Kenn Dudek, Fountain House, Harvey Rosenthal, NYAPRS
- How Peer Specialists can help Consumers reach Wellness and Health Goals, James Schuster, Community Care behavioral Health Organization, Margaret Park, M.Div, Allegheny County Office of Behavioral Health
- Recover the Joy Within and then claim the Joy that’s out there for you, Neville Morris, ICCD
- New Perspectives on Disability Rights and Community Integration, Douglas Hovey, Independent Living, Roger Bearden, NYS Commission on Quality of Care and Advocacy for People with Disabilities, Harvey Rosenthal, NYAPRS
- Using Person-Centered Planning as a Roadmap for Care Coordination and Better Outcomes in an Integrated Treatment Setting, Diane Grieder, M.Ed, AliPar, Inc.
- Peer Run Housing Innovations, Joe Woodward, Housing Options Made Easy
- Courageous Conversations: Facilitating Dialogue on Prejudice, Discrimination and Oppression in Recovery, Maria Restropo-Toro, Boston University Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation, Chacku Mathai, NYAPRS
- Full Recovery vs. In Recovery, Cindy Peterson-Dana, MHA Westchester, Dwayne Mayes, HTH Training and Advocacy Center, Community Access, Elizabeth Bloch, MHA of Westchester, Joann Greenberg, Author
- Getting to Capable: Status of New York's OMH and OASAS Outpatient Services in Providing Integrated Care, Stanley Sacks, PhD, CIRP and Mike Chaple, PhD, CIRP, NDRI, Chacku Mathai, CPRP, NYAPRS
- Living in Wholeness, Deborah Trueheart
- Center for Practice Innovations Brings Best Practices to NYS: Focus on Integrated Treatment for Co-Occurring Disorders (FIT), Nancy Covell, PhD, New York State Psychiatric Institute, Paul Margolies, PhD and Forrest Foster, New York State Psychiatric Institute
- Tools for Enhancing Self Determination, Judith Cook, PhD, Professor, University of Illinois at Chicago Psychiatric Institute
- WE Can Work Save- ESS Provider Guide-Participant Workbook, Oscar Jimenez, MPH, Kelly Stengel, MPH and Leslie Kuhn, MPH, NYAPRS
- Implementation Solutions for The NYS Medicaid Buy-In for Working People with Disabilities, John B. Allen, Jr., NYS Office of Mental Health, Pat Dowse, NYS Rehabilitation Association, Susan Dooha, JD, NY Association on Independent Living (NYAIL) & Center for Independence of the Disabled NY (CIDNY), Oscar Jimenez, MPH, and Kelly Stengel, MPH, NYAPRS
- The Clubhouse as an Evidence-Based Practice Model, David Plotka, Venture House, Michael G. Spennato, Sky Light Center
- Making the Ticket Work for Your Program: A Provider's Perspective on Lessons and Challenges in Utilizing the Ticket-to-Work Program, Joshua Carpenter, Clubhouse of Suffolk, Jason Vandewater, Federations of Organizations, Oscar Jimenez, MPH, & Kelly Stengel, MPH, NYAPRS
- Developing a Wellness Center on a Shoestring Budget, Bryon Abrams and Emanuel Hemsi, Independent Living Inc.
- The Peer Wellness Program: Collaborating On Recovery, Neil Harbus, Pathways to Housing
- The Role of Wellness Recovery Action Planning in Integrated Care, Matthew Federici, Copeland Center for Wellness and Recovery, Ruth Pasillas-Gonzales, NYAPRS
-Self-Directed Psychiatric Rehabilitation Activities, Sue McNamara and Debbie Nicolellis, Boston University Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation
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2010 Conference Presentations
Carol Clarke & Barbara Crumb - Healing Through Expression
Christina Pratt - Radical Community Integration
Dan Abreu - Addressing Re-entry Issues for People with Psychiatric Disabilities Leaving Prison
Darby Penney and Cathy Cave - Peer Engagement Guide for Women Trauma Survivors
Diane Grieder - Person-Centered Planning: The Top Ten Implementation Issues
Fran Geene - The Top Ten Flirting Tips of all Time
Jack Guastaferro - Recovery Center Development
Jennifer Tripp and Erme C. Maula - CRIF: Self Directed Care, Delaware County, PA
Jody Silver - The Mind Your Health Peer Coaching Programs 1 & 2
John Catalino - Becoming Client Directed and Outcome Informed
John Challis - Integrating Mental Health and Addiction Recovery into our Lives and Systems
John Jost, Stacy Matuza, Aaron Levitt - Informed Tenant Choice of Case Manager in Supportive Housing
Lauren Gates, and James M. Mandiberg - Who Controls Disclosure at Work for Peer Providers?
Leonard Liguori - Person Centered Approach to Independent Living
Lorraine McMullin - Supporting Parents with Psychiatric Disabilities
Nathan Arnold - Ticket to Work & Work Incentives - Understanding the Ticket: What's in It for Me?
Neil Harbus - Making Work Possible for the Reluctant Person
Neville B. Morris - Resilience, The Art of Bouncing Back
Paul Margolies, Carlos Jackson, Nancy Covell, Dan Herman - Center for Practice Innovations Brings Best Practices to NYS: Focus on Integrated Treatment (FIT) and ACT Institute
Peggy Swarbrick - Putting Wellness into Action!
Robert Myers - Mental Health Clinic Restructuring Update
Rosemarie Sultana-Cordero - Diabetes Co-Morbidity Initiative (DCI)
Saya Krebs, Deb Wasilchak, Martin Baiada - Development of Consumer Leadership
Steve Miccio - PEOPLE, Inc: Where Recovery is the Expectation and Hope greets you at the Door
Tanya Stevens, Elizabeth R. Stone, Coleen Mimnagh - This is Our Time! Taking Peer Wellness Coaching to New Groups and New Partners