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Keris Myrick, MBA, PhD.cProject Return Peer Support Network,

Commerce, CA

Michael Hogan, PhDNYS Office of Mental Health

Albany, NY

Paolo del Vecchio, MSWCenter for Mental Health Services/SAMHSA

Washington, DC

Chris Hansen, BSW,CQSW, NZASW, ELMP

Shery Mead ConsultingPlainview, NH

John Allen, Jr.NYS Office of Mental Health

Albany, NY

Ceylane Myers-Ruff (invited)NYS Office for Persons With Developmental Disabilities, Albany, NY

Olmstead Plan Town Meeting

Lloyd Sederer, MDNYS Office of Mental Health

Ann Rider, MSW, CPRPRecovery Empowerment

Network, Phoenix, AZ

Many special, cutting-edge presenters & presentationsOver 60 timely workshops & plenary presentations!

Health, Healing & Arts Fair and Multicultural ExhibitionFREE: Shiatsu, Massage, Art Table, Drumming, Yoga, Learn how to Tweet

Conference Announcement & Registration FormNew York Association of Psychiatric Rehabilitation Services

Proudly presents our

30th Annual ConferenceKeeping the Integrity

in IntegrationAt the Hudson Valley Resort & Conference Center

Kerhonkson, NYSeptember 19-21, 2012

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.

Our Keynote Speakers

Our Featured Speakers

Special Wednesday Evening 8:30PMIn the Manhattan Theatre

Lucy Winer, New York, NYDirector of award-winning film:

Kings Park: Stories from an American Institution (See page 14 for more information.)

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New York Association of Psychiatric Rehabilitation Services30th Annual Conference September 19-21, 2012

At-a-GlanceFriday, September 21

AM

7:00 – 8:00

Qigong with Bryon Abrams

7:30 Breakfast

8:00 Registration

9:00 Workshops Round VII

10:15 Break

10:30 Keynote – Chris Hansen, BSW, CQSW, NZASW, ELMP, Shery Mead Consulting, Plainview, NH

11:15 Break

11:30 Workshops Round VIII

PM

12:45 Lunch

1:30 Closing Remarks

Wednesday, September 19AM

8:00 Registration

9:00 NYAPRS

Health, Healing & Arts Fair ongoing throughout conference featuring FREE Shiatsu, Acupuncture and Massage

11:45 Lunch

PM

1:00 Welcome & Opening Remarks

1:15 Workshops Round I

2:30 Break

2:45 Workshops Round II

4:00 Break

5:30 Cultural Diversity Bash

6:30 Dinner

7:30 Keynote – Keris Myrick, MBA, PhD.c, Project Return Peer Support Network, Commerce, CA

9:00 Entertainment

9:00 Dual Recovery Anonymous, LGBTQ Generic Support Meetings, Nightclub, Dancing

9:30 Open Mic with Michael Skinner

Indoor Pool is open until midnight

Thursday, September 20AM

7:00 – 8:00

Tai Chi for Beginners with Bryon Abrams

7:30 Breakfast

8:00 Registration

9:00 Workshops Round III

10:15 Break

10:30 Keynote – Michael Hogan, PhD, NYS OMH, Albany, NY

11:15 Break

11:30 Workshops Round IV

PM

12:45 Lunch

1:30 Keynote – Paolo del Vecchio, MSW, SAMHSA/CMHS, Rockville, MD

2:15 Break

2:30 Workshops Round V

3:45 Break

4:00 Workshops Round VI

5:15 Break

6:00 Our Famous Outdoor Barbeque & Raffles

7:30 Regional Meetings

9:00 Entertainment

9:00 Dual Recovery Anonymous, LGBTQ Generic Support MeetingsNightclub, Dancing

9:00 Open Mic with Michael Skinner

Indoor Pool is open until midnight

We want your input; come to the MAKING NOISE, GETTING RESULTS: THE NYAPRS PUBLIC POLICY AGENDA workshop, on Thursday at 11:30AM.

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Dear Friend of Recovery, Rehabilitation and Rights, On behalf of the NYAPRS Conference Committee, Board of Directors and NYAPRS staff, we are very pleased to present this Conference Announcement, with program details and registration form, for the NYAPRS’ 30th Annual Conference Keeping Integrity in Integration.

In keeping with this year’s Conference theme, our program will explore how we can best advance innovations and address issues in assuring that recovery, housing, employment, peer support and rights protections rise to the top in the fast-paced healthcare reform environment in which we live.

Over the course of the 3-day Conference, we will offer over 70 workshops and plenary presentations with a special focus on conference tracks in Administration and Management, Health Homes, BHOs and Managed Care, Advocacy and Empowerment, Community Integration, Cultural Competence, Exemplary or Emerging Practices, Integrated Health & Behavioral Health and Health, Healing & Recovery.

This year’s program will include an expanded Health, Healing & Arts Fair and program to help celebrate National Wellness Week, including a festive Multicultural Exhibition and spirited Cultural Diversity Bash.

This year’s stellar keynote lineup includes Paolo del Vecchio, Acting Director of the Center for Mental Health Services/SAMHSA, Michael Hogan, Commissioner of NYS Office of Mental Health, and noted peer leaders Keris Myrick and Chris Hansen.

Again this year, participants will have the opportunity to enjoy the beauty of two Catskills hotels (Hudson Valley Resort & Spa and Honor’s Haven Resort & Spa), with new amenities and ongoing shuttles between the hotels for the convenience of your stay.

In recognition of these difficult financial times, please note that our rates are the same as they have been for the last two years. Please remember that our rates for the conference program are all-inclusive: one price pays for all conference programs, lodging and meals! See the registration form for rates. We offer scholarships to New Yorkers who have not attended the conference in the past. You can download a scholarship form from our website at www.nyaprs.org or call the office (518) 436-0008 and have one mailed or faxed to you.

If you have any questions, please contact us at 518-436-0008 or via email at [email protected]. We look forward to seeing you in the Catskills this fall and sharing the tools for transformation that bring the promise of recovery into practice!

Maura Kelly Harvey Rosenthal Chacku Mathai Luis Lopez Executive Director Associate Executive Director Conference Co-Chairs

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Special OfferingsSpecial Offerings

Don’t forget to visit Ronda’s Art Table throughout the conference. Be creative with paint, express your inner child.

Health, Healing & Arts Fair (ongoing throughout the conference)

FREE Appointments during the conference for:

AcupunctureSue Batkin, LMSW, Lac, Center for Urban Community Services, New York, NY

ShiatsuDagny Alexander, Guilderland, NY

No appointment necessary

Chair MassageMark Gallagher, LMT, Schenectady, NY

Free

Come celebrate your diversity at the Special Reception/Cultural Diversity Bach on Wednesday night at 5:30PM. We will have a unified get together celebrating the diversity of our NYAPRS Community. Don’t forget to wear your ethnic clothing. If you have any questions, email Magaly at [email protected], or call: 516-263-4141.

And don’t forget to bring your cultural artifacts for the Cultural Exhibition Center.Sponsored by the NYAPRS Cultural Competence Committee.

Come celebrate your diversity at the Special Reception/Cultural Diversity Bach on Wednesday night at 5:30PM. We will have a unified get together celebrating the diversity of our NYAPRS Community. Don’t forget to wear your ethnic clothing. If you have any questions, email Magaly at [email protected], or call: 516-263-4141.

And don’t forget to bring your cultural artifacts for the Cultural Exhibition Center.Sponsored by the NYAPRS Cultural Competence Committee.

Please visit our additional participants at the Health Healing & Arts Fair

Tai ChiBryon Abrams, Independent Living, Inc., Newburgh, NY

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Wednesday, September 19Round 1 ~ 1:15PM – 2:30PM

Track Workshop #A&E 101 An Introduction to SAMHSA: Behavioral Health in the Context of Healthcare Reform Dennis Romero, MA, SAMHSA, New York, NY

A&M 102 Supervision for Peer Service Providers Keris Myrick, MA, PhD.c, Project Return Peer Support Network, Commerce, CA Tanya Stevens, MA, NYAPRS, Albany, NY

A&E 103 The Evolution of Our Movement Bill Gamble, Mental Health Empowerment Project, Albany, NY

BHO/MC 104 Health Homes: What Are They and What Will They Mean to You Harvey Rosenthal, NYAPRS, Albany, NY

IH & BH 105 Re-Attaching the Body to the Mind and the Heart Mike Stoltz, Clubhouse of Suffolk, Ronkonkoma, NY

IH & BH 106 Center for Practice Innovations Brings Best Practices to NYS: Focus on Integrated Treatment for Co-Occuring Disorders (FIT) Nancy Covell, PhD, Forrest Foster, PhD, Paul Margolies, PhD & Lisa Dixon, MD, PhD, NYS Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY

HH&R 107 Peace Work Noelle Pollet, Heart Circle Consulting, West Camp, NY

HH&R 108 Yoga: Discovering Your True Nature as Bountiful, Beautiful, and Blissful Dagny Alexander, LMY, CYT, Voorheesville, NY

EP 109 Meeting the Needs of Aging People With Psychiatric Disabilities Kimberly Williams, LMSW, Geriatric Mental Health Alliance of New York, New York, NY Marvin Spieler, MHA-NYC, New York, NY

EP 110 Rhythms for Building Community and Wellness: Experience the Healing Power of the Drum Chrys Ballerano, NYS Coalition Against Sexual Assault, Albany, NY

National ThoughtLeader

Workshops

FeaturedNationalWellness WeekWorkshops

Tracks:A&M - Administration and ManagementHH - Health HomesBHO/MC - BHOs and Managed CareA&E - Advocacy and EmpowermentIH&BH - Integrated Health & Behavioral Health

CI - Community IntegrationCC - Cultural CompetenceEP - Exemplary or Emerging Practices HH&R - Health, Healing & Recovery

Bring your poetry, musical instruments, etc., to Open Mic with Mike Skinner on Wednesday and Thursday nights.

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Wednesday, September 19Round 2 ~ 2:45PM – 4:00PM

Track Workshop #EP 111 Environmental Scan of Self-Direction in Behavioral Health

Bevin Croft, MPP, PhD candidate, Human Services Research Institute, in partnership with the Boston College National Resource Center for Participant-Directed Services, Cambridge, MA

HH&R 112 Recover the Joy Within and Then Claim the Joy That’s out There for You Neville Morris, Endwell, NY

A&E 113 How to Meet and Mingle Amy Colesante, BA & Bill Gamble, Mental Health Empowerment Project, Albany, NY

BHO/MC 114 Managing Outcomes & Efficiencies: The Emerging Role of BHOs James Gavin, MSW, Community Care Behavioral Health, Pittsburgh, PA Thomas Lane, Magellan Health Services, Columbia, MD Bill Fishbein, PhD, MBA, NYC BHO Program, OptumHealth, New York, NY Richard Sheola, Public Sector Division, ValueOptions, Boston, MA Clarence Jordan, ValueOptions, Memphis, TN Adele Gorges, The New York Care Coordination Program, Inc., Rochester, NY (invited) Moderator: Harvey Rosenthal, NYAPRS, Albany, NY

CI 115 Clubhouses and Community Colleges: Now that is Integration! David Plotka, LMSW, Danyel Wendroff, MFA & Connie Schwartz, Venture House, Jamaica, NY CI 116 Individual Placement and Support Approach to Supported Employment Paul Margolies, PhD, Gary Scannevin, Jr., MPS, CPRP, Thomas Jewell, PhD, Raymond Gregory & Lisa Dixon, MD, PhD, NYS Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY

A&E 117 Using A Human Rights Framework and the U.N. Declaration of Human Rights & the Convention on the Rights of Persons With Disabilities to Advocate for Change Kathryn Cascio, CPRP & Justin Caywood, BA, The Empowerment Exchange, Troy, NY

HH&R 118 Open Dialogue: An Alternative Approach to Healing Nick Luchetti, MS, Windhorse Integrative Health, North Hampton, MA

A&E 119 Privacy and Health Information in the Era of Healthcare Reform Paul Litwak, Attorney-At-Law, Saratoga Springs, NY

HH&R 120 Making Ointment and Lotion for Health: Hands-on Self-Care Grace Nichols, Albany, NY

7:30PM – 8:15PM Keynote Keris Myrick, MBA, PhD.c, Project Return Peer Support Network, Commerce, CA

Please bring artifacts to be displayed in the Cultural Exhibition Center. For more

information, please call the NYAPRS office at 518-436-0008.

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Thursday, September 20Round 3 ~ 9:00AM – 10:15AM

Track Workshop #BHO/MC 121 New York’s Health Homes: A Progress Report Greg Allen, MSW, NYS Department of Health, Albany, NY Robert Myers, PhD, NYS Office of Mental Health, Albany, NY Edye Schwartz, DSW, NYAPRS, Mahopac, NY

CI 122 New York State’s Comprehensive Employment System for People with Disabilities John B. Allen, Jr., NYS Office of Mental Health, Albany, NY

EP 123 Medication/Treatment Optimization: How to Get the Best Out of Your Meds and Treatment or Not… Jody Silver & Pablo Sadler, MD, NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Long Island City, NY Mark Duffy, MSW, ACSW, CPRP, Collaborative Support Programs of New Jersey, Freehold, NJ

A&M 124 Innovations in Care Coordination Grant Mitchell, MD & Christopher John, LMSW, Westchester County Dep’t of Community Mental Health, White Plains, NY Carol Goldman, LMSW, MHA of Westchester, Tarrytown, NY Jim Rye, The Empowerment Center, Mt. Vernon, NY CC 125 Translating the Evidence: Training Service Providers in a Recovery Model to Better Work with Youth and Young Adults Who Self-Identify as LGBTQ Wayne Centrone, NMD, MPH, Center for Social Innovation, Portland, OR Katy Hanlon, RN, MA, Center for Social Innovation, Needham, MA

A&M 126 The Importance of Leadership: Fostering A Flexible Workforce Mike Stoltz & Veronica DeKonig, Clubhouse of Suffolk, Ronkonkoma, NY CC 127 The NYAPRS’ Our Culture Matters Campaign Theresa Hall, West Babylon, NY Luis Lopez, MS, HSBCP, Services for the Underserved, New York, NY

HH&R 128 Learning the Art of Resiliency Sara Goodman, CPRP, Baltic Street AEH, Inc., Brooklyn, NY

HH&R 129 If I Can Do It, You Can Do It: Using Lived Experience to Improve Wellness Jeremy Reuling, LCSW, Linda Carroll, RN, MSN, FCNS & Jeffrey Zitofsky, MHA of Westchester, Tarrytown, NY

10:30AM – 11:15AM Keynote Michael Hogan, PhD, NYS Office of Mental Health, Albany, NY


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Thursday, September 20Round 4 ~ 11:30AM – 12:45PM

Track Workshop #BHO/MC 130 Managed Care for Behavioral Health: What Lies Ahead Margaret Leonard, MS, RN-BC, FNP, Hudson Health Plan, Tarrytown, NY Karen Nelson, MD, Maimonides, New York, NY Joyce Wale, NYC Health & Hospitals Corp, New York, NY Jonas Waizer, FEGS, New York, NY A Representative from Health First (invited) IH & BH 131 Building Collaborations Between Mental Health & Addiction Recovery Movements Tom Hill, Faces and Voices of Recovery, Washington, DC Joe Powell, Association of Persons Affected by Addiction, Dallas, TX Samuel Wiggins, AAS, BA, Friends of Recovery-New York, Albany, NY Chacku Mathai, CPRP, NYAPRS, Webster, NY

A&M 132 SAMHSA’s Bringing Recovery Supports to Scale Technical Assistance Center Strategy Livia Davis, MSW, CSWM, Center for Social Innovation, Neeham, MA Wayne Centrone, NMD, MPH, Center for Social Innovation, Portland, OR

A&E 133 Making Noise, Getting Resuts: The NYAPRS Public Policy Agenda Raymond Schwartz, Venture House, Jamaica, NY Carla Rabinowitz, Community Access, New York, NY

EP 134 Project PEP - People Engaging People: Intentional Peer Support and Its Use With People With Recurrent Psychiatric Hospitalizations

Chyrell Bellamy, PhD, MSW, Kimberly Guy, Yolanda Herring, Victoria Molta & Lloyd Johnson, Yale University, New Haven, CT

A&M 135 Developing Practitioner Competencies: How Do We Get More Consumer and Family Involvement In Professional Training? Lisa Dixon, MD, PhD, NYS Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY Jody Silver, NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Long Island City, NY Chacku Mathai, CPRP, NYAPRS, Webster, NY

EP 136 Veterans and Trauma Luis Lopez, MS, HSBCP, Services for the Underserved, New York, NY

A&M 137 Developing an Alternative Crisis Diversion Program Steven Miccio, PEOPLe, Inc., Poughkeepsie, NY

1:30PM – 2:15PM Keynote Paolo del Vecchio, MSW, Center for Mental Health Services, SAMHSA, Rockville, MD

Be sure to bring your drumming instruments for the Drumming

Workshop, Wednesday at 1:15PM. Outside, weather permitting.

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Thursday, September 20Round 5 ~ 2:30PM – 3:45PM

Track Workshop #BHO/MC 138 Can Behavioral Health Organizations Improve Services? Harvey Rosenthal, NYAPRS, Albany, NY

A&E 139 USPRA: The State of the Association from Its New Director Dawn Bauman, United States Psychiatric Rehabilitation Association, McLean, VA

A&E 140 What is the Role of Antipsychotic Medication in My Recovery Plan? Exploring the New SAMHSA Decision Aid on Antipsychotic Medication Laurie Curtis, MA, CPRP, Advocates for Human Potential, Middlesex, VT

EP 141 Engaging Women in Trauma-Informed Peer Support: A Guidebook Darby Penney & Cathy Cave, Advocates for Human Potential, Albany, NY

HH&R 142 Tobacco Dependence Treatment and Recovery: The New York State Partnership Teresa Armon, RN, PMHNP-BC, Gregory Miller, MD & Lorraine Washington, NYS Office of Mental Health, Albany, NY

EP 143 A Peer Led Resource Center: Promoting Education, Opportunity, and Community Connection Neil Harbus, LCSW, CPRP, Cecelia White Hopkins & Albert Wilson, Pathways to Housing, New York, NY

CI 144 Setting the Stage for Successful Integration into the Workforce Saya Krebs, PhD, CLC & Nancy Parrotta, MA, LPC, NCC, Community Care Behavioral Health Organization, Pittsburgh, PA Darlene Karpaski, Turtle Creek Valley MH/MR, INC., Homestead, PA A&M 145 Building a Management Team to Drive High-Performance Peer Service Results Skip Weisman, Weisman Success Resources Inc., Poughkeepsie, NY

Be part of transforming mental health, substance addiction, and health care services by getting involved in SAMHSA’s National Wellness Week — September 17-23, 2012.

September is National Recovery Month.


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Thursday, September 20Round 6 ~ 4:00PM – 5:15PM

Track Workshop #EP 146 Peer Support and Medicaid: Thriving in a Marriage of Convenience Anne Rider, MSW, CPRP, Recovery Empowerment Network, Phoenix, AZ

CI 147 Give Your Input on New York’s Olmstead Plan! Ceylane Myers-Ruff, NYS OPWDD, Albany, NY (invited) Doug Hovey, Independent Living, Newburgh, NY Harvey Rosenthal, NYAPRS, Albany, NY

A&M 148 New York’s Academy of Peer Services John B. Allen, Jr., & Joseph Swinford, NYS Office of Mental Health, Albany, NY (invited) Yumiko Ikuta, MBA, & Ken Gill, PhD, University of Medical & Dentistry New Jersey, Scotch Plains, NJ (invited) Tanya Stevens, MS & Kelly Stengel, MPH, NYAPRS, Albany, NY

BHO/MC 149 Promoting Community Participation: Peer Support, Self-Determination, and Wellness Thomas Lane, CRPS, Magellan Health Services, Columbia, MD

IH & BH 150 SAMHSA Wellness Initiative: A Call to Action Lauren Spiro, MA, Vanguard Communications, Kensington, MD Carlton Whitmore, NYC Department for Health and Mental Hygiene, New York, NY

A&E 151 Integrating Mental Health, Physical and Other Health Care Challenges into an Advance Directive: Empowering Ourselves to Maintain Our Wellness and Recovery Margo McMahon, Massachusetts Department of Mental Health, Northampton, MA

CI 152 The Housing First Model: Flexibility with Fidelity Neil Harbus, LCSW, CPRP, Georgia Boothe, MS & Linda Parrish, Pathways to Housing, New York, NY

IH & BH 153 Integrating the Role of the FCNS to Promote Recovery: What’s it All About? Linda Carroll, RN, MSN, FCNS, Mental Health Association of Westchester, Tarrytown, NY

IH & BH 154 NYS Department of Health Integration Project with Primary Care Lloyd Sederer, MD, NYS Office of Mental Health, New York, NY

Don’t forget our Thursday evening - fantastic -

renowned barbeque! Bring a sweater, it may be chilly!

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Friday, September 21Round 7 ~ 9:00AM – 10:15AM

Track Workshop #CI 155 “We Can Save” Campaign: Improving Our Financial Fitness Kelly Stengel, MPH, NYAPRS, Albany, NY

HH&R 156 The Power and Principles of Intensional Peer Support Chris Hansen, BSW, LQSW, NZASW, ELMP, Sherry Mead Consulting, Plainview, NH

IH & BH 157 Wellness Coaching: An Emerging Practice in Integrated Behavioral and Physical Health Tracy Carney, CPRP, CPS, Columbia, Montour, Snyder, Union County Behavioral Health Services, Danville, PA Susan O’Toole, PhD, PMHCNS-BC, Community Care Behavioral Health Organization, Pittsburgh, PA

IH & BH 158 Collaborating Toward Recovery Martha Ehlert, Onondaga Case Management Services Outpatient Behavioral Clinic, Syracuse, NY Jason Erwin & Joan Conley, Onondaga Case Management Services Inc., Syracuse NY

BHO/MC 159 Integrating Physical Health Into Recovery Plans Lyndra Bills, MD, MBA, Community Care Behavioral Health Organization, Pittsburgh, PA

A&M 160 Support for Peer Supporters – Lessons from a Community of Practice Rita Cronise, MS, Monroe Association of Recovery Specialists (MARS), Victor, NY Julie Desfosses, Creative Wellness Coalition, Rochester, NY

CC 161 Infusing Cultural Competence Into Health Homes and Managed Care Hextor Pabon, NYS Office of Mental Health - Centers of Excellence, Albany, NY

10:30AM – 11:15AM Keynote Chris Hansen, BSW, LQSW, NZASW, ELMP, Sherry Mead Consulting, Plainview, NH

FREE chair massage from Mark Gallagher, LMT Wednesday and Thursday during the conference.

FREE acupuncture from Sue; come to the NYAPRS Registration Desk for an

appointment time.

FREE Shiatsu from Dagny; come to the NYAPRS Registration

Desk for appointment times.


Workshops



CI - Community IntegrationCC - Cultural CompetenceEP - Exemplary or Emerging Practices HHR - Health, Healing & Recovery

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Friday, September 21Round 8 ~ 11:15AM – 12:30PM

Track Workshop #CI 162 Parenting with a Psychiatric Label: Where We Stand in 2012 Lorraine McMullin, MHA of New York State, Albany, NY George Badillo, Sound Beach, NY Tracy Puglisi, MHA in Suffolk County, Lindenhurst, NY

HH&R 163 Self-Discovery Through Theatre – Empowering Clients to Take an Active Role in Their Recovery

Kathleen Flynn-Bisson, MA, MCHES & Lisa Koop, Clubhouse of Suffolk County - Synergy Center PROS, Riverhead, NY

CI 164 Assessment for Employment Steven Duke, LCSW-R, CPRP & Taina Martinez, Baltic Street AEH, Inc., Brooklyn, NY

HH&R 165 Elephant Bites David Morgenstern, Rochester, NY Julie Desfosses, Creative Wellness Coalition, Rochester, NY

HH&R 166 The 3 Steps to a Quiet Mind Brett Cotter, BA, Stress is Gone, LLC, Bayside, NY

HH&R 167 Healthy Living: An Approach Toward Self-Management and Wellness Integration Marcia Prescott, Institute for Community Living, Inc., New York, NY

HH&R 168 NYSILC 2012 Statewide Needs Assessment & State Plan Formulation Brad Williams, MA, NYSILC, Albany, NY

Keynote Addresses:September 19, 7:30PM – Keris Myrick, MBA, PhD.c Project Return Peer Support Network, Commerce, CA

September 20, 10:30AM – Michael Hogan, PhD NYS Office of Mental Health, Albany, NY

September 20, 1:30PM – Paolo del Vecchio, MSW SAMHSA/CMHS, Rockville, MD

September 21, 10:30AM – Chris Hansen BSW, LQSW, NZASW, ELMP Shery Mead Consulting, Plainview, NH

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Upcoming Notable Dates:NYAPRS 3rd Annual PROS Academy

November 15-16, 2012 Holiday Inn Wolf Rd., Wolf Rd, Albany, NY

15th Annual NYAPRS Legislative Day

January 29, 2013The Egg, Albany, NY

9th Annual Executive Seminar on Systems Transformation

April 25-26, 2013Hotel Albany (formerly Crowne Plaza), State & Lodge Streets, Albany, NY

check our website www.nyaprs.org for more information!

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Wednesday Evening 8:30PM

Movie and Q & A’s ~ Kings Park: Stories from an American Mental Institution

Hailed by critics as a breakthrough documentary, Kings Park: Stories from an American

Mental Institution offers an inside look at public mental health care in America by

focusing on the story of this now abandoned institution. On June 21, 1967, at the

age of 17, Lucy Winer was committed to the female violent ward of Kings Park State

Hospital following a series of failed suicide attempts. Over 30 years later, now a veteran

documentary filmmaker, Lucy returns to Kings Park for the first time since her discharge.

Her journey back sparks a decade-long effort to face her past and learn the story of the

now abandoned institution that once held her captive. Her meetings with other former

patients, their families, and the hospital staff reveal the painful legacy of our state hospital

system and the crisis left by its demise. For further information about this movie please go

to http://kingsparkmovie.com/ or email us at [email protected]

Director Lucy Winer outside Kings Park State Hospital. Photo by Jason D. Brown

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Participants will have the opportunity to enjoy the beauty of two Catskill hotels, with great amenities and ongoing shuttles between the two hotels for your convenience during your stay. Headquarters, conference workshops and activities will be at the Hudson Valley Resort & Spa, set amid 400 acres of majestic landscapes and surround-ed by the fabled Shawangunk Mountains and adjacent to Minnewaska State Park. The Hudson Valley Resort & Spa offers a perfect balance of charm and comfort (www.hudsonvalleyresort.com). NYAPRS is also offering accommodations at the Honor’s Haven Resort & Spa, as another hotel for NYAPRS conference attendees. The Honor’s Haven, with breathtaking views of the Catskill and Shawangunk Mountains, offers participants the perfect setting for golf, scenic walks, as well as, a full-course breakfast to start the day before taking a short shuttle ride to NYAPRS activities (www.honorshaven.com). Both hotels have undergone major renovations to offer you the comforts necessary to enjoy your stay.

Remember: rates always include full conference registration, hotel lodging, all meals and a host of entertainment and social activities.

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samHsa’s Wellness Initiative

Our goal is to improve quality of life and increase years of life for people with mental health and substance addiction challenges by engaging in community activities that include at least one of the Eight Dimensions of Wellness:

Paolo del Vecchio, NYaPRs, and inspiring thought leaders from across the U.s. are pleased to celebrate samHsa’s 2nd

annual National Wellness Week during the NYaPRs 2012 Conference. Working together we are making samHsa’s

Wellness Initiative more visible to both the consumer/survivor grassroots and to the broader national audience.

Be part of transforming mental health, substance addiction, and health care services by getting involved in National Wellness Week—september 17–23, 2012—and

National Recovery month in september.

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are creating! • Emotional• Environmental• Financial• Intellectual

• Occupational• Physical• Social• Spiritual

More than 100 organizations in 2011, from behavioral health and primary care providers to peer-run, faith-based, and other communityorganizationsin36states,participatedinthefirstNational Wellness Week. Let’s make 2012 even bigger!

Visit www.samhsa.gov/wellness to take thePledgeforWellnessandaccess Wellness tools and community resources for your National Wellness Weekactivities.ShareyourNational WellnessWeekplanswithSAMHSA via email at [email protected].

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