Seeds of Success Symposium
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Our 20th Annual Symposium, Quality of Life Across the Lifespan was completed on April 23, 2008. This year's symposium covered a number of core issues as they relate to four stages of life: Childhood and Adolescence, Transitional Aged Youth, Adulthood and Older Adults.
The Seeds Symposium's Brochure
The Brochure is broken up into the following eleven categories:
1. MHAAZ's Mission Statement
2. Learning Objectives
3. Continuing Education
4. Who Should Attend?
5. Keynote Speaker, Elyn R. Saks
6. Conference Speakers
7. Pre-conference Event
8. Conference Schedule for Tuesday, April 22, 2008
9. Conference Schedule for Wednesday, April 23, 2008
10. Mesa Convention Center Location
11. Registration
MHAAZ's Mission Statement
The mission of Mental Health America of Arizona is to promote good mental health and work on behalf of all people living with mental illness by advocating, educating, andshaping public policy.
Learning Objectives
- Raise awareness regarding mortality and morbidity among individuals with mental healthconditions versus the general public.
- Initiate ongoing dialogue between consumers, their families and medical professional on the importance of collaborative health care for individuals living with a mental health disorder.
- Identify obstacles to collaborative health care for individual with mental health conditionsand how to overcome them.
- Develop strategies to improve the quality of relationships for individuals and family members living with a mental illness.
- Clarify the importance of having a balanced life for individuals with mental health conditions by having healthy relationships and participation in leisure activities.
- Initiate discussion on how to balance risk/benefit ratio of utilizing psychotropic medicationsthat can increase the risk of cardiovascular morbidity, diabetes, and weight gain.
- Enrich the lives of individuals living with a mental illness by exposing them to new ways of enhancing their quality of life in work, play, health and relationships.
Continuing Education Credits
Who Should Attend?
- Behavioral health care professionals
- Business and community leaders
- Mental health care consumers
and family members
- Policy makers and law enforcement
- Community advocates
- Educators and students
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
ELYN R. SAKS – Keynote Speaker
Orin B. Evans Professor of Law, Psychology, and Psychiatry and the
Behavioral Sciences, University of Southern California Law School,
Associate Dean for Research, USC Law School, Adjunct Professor
of Psychiatry
Mental Health America of Arizona has the privilege to announce Elyn R. Saks as the keynote speaker of our 20th Anniversary Seeds of Success Symposium. Her newest book, The Center Cannot Hold: My Journey Through Madness, has been heralded in Time and Newsweek magazines as well as in newspapers all over the country as one of the best memoirs ever written by a person living with schizophrenia. Time Magazine named her one of the top ten non-fiction authors of 2007. Ms. Sacks specializes in mental health law, criminal law, and children and the law. Her recent research focused on ethical dimensions of psychiatric research and forced treatment of the mentally ill. Additionally, she teaches at the Institute of Psychiatry and the Law at the Keck School of Medicine at USC and is an adjunct professor of psychiatry at the University of California, San Diego.
CONFERENCE SPEAKERS
CHARLES G. CURIE, ACSW
Principal/Owner of the Curie Group, LLC
Former Administrator, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Service, Charlies Curie now leads the Curie Group, a consulting firm which specializes in working with leaders of the healthcare field, particularly the mental health and substance abuse arenas, to facilitate the transformation of services to attain increasingly positive outcomes in the live of people worldwide. Clients include business, managed care organizations, national and state government, providers of services consulting firms and various trade and professional associations.
DAVID L. SHERN, Ph.D.
President and CEO of Mental Health America
As President and CEO of Mental Health America since 2006, Dr. Shern brings national experience in the field of behavioral health. With more than 30 years of distinguished service in mental health services research and system reform, he is one of the nation’s leading mental health experts. Prior to coming to NMHA, he served as dean of the Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute (FMHI) at the University of South Florida, one of the largest research and training institutes in behavioral health services in the United States.
DALE P. SVENDSEN, M.D.
Staff Psychiatrist, Riverside Methodist Hospitals in Columbus, and Associate Professor Clinical Psychiatry, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry in Columbus
After 35 years of service, Dr. Svendsen recently retired as Medical Director, Ohio Department of Mental Health, Columbus, Ohio. His work has focused on wellness for people with serious mental illness, as well as morbidity and mortality rates in persons with mental illness.
PRE-CONFERENCE EVENT
MONDAY, APRIL 21, 2008, 7:00 p.m.
Elyn R. Saks: The Center Cannot Hold: My Journey Through Madness
Book signing and talk at Changing Hands Bookstore located at
6428 S. McClintock Dr., Tempe, 85283. 480-730-0205 for more
information or www.changinghands.com
CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
7:00 a.m. Registration and Continental Breakfast
Networking and Viewing of Displays
8:00 a.m. Welcome
Ann Marie Berger, Executive Director, Mental Health America of Arizona
Jim Chappell, President, Board of Directors, Mental Health America of Arizona
Parity & PTSD: How’s It Going in Washington?
Harry Mitchell, Congressman, 5th Congressional District
Awards & Recognition
Ann Marie Berger, Executive Director, Mental Health America of Arizona
Story of the Bell
Patsy J. Kelly, Mental Health America of Arizona Board of Directors,
Mental Health Guild Advisor
8:45 a.m. KEYNOTE PRESENTATION
The Center Cannot Hold: My Journey Through Madness
Elyn Saks, Orin B. Evans Professor of Law, Psychology, and Psychiatry and
the Behavioral Sciences, University of South California Law School, Associate Dean for Research, USC Law School, Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry
9:45 a.m. Networking Break
10:00 a.m. Concurrent Sessions
Ron’s (Stolen from Everywhere) Rules for Optimal Relating:
Practical Tools for Being with Another Person
Ron Wright, M.D., University of Arizona, Department of Psychiatry
Offer people some practical ways to reach out to each other and
understand things about ourselves and the other people who might
interfere with our connecting.
Sleep and Aging
Patricia Haynes, Ph.D., clinical psychologist and research assistant
professor at UofA and the Southern Arizona VA Heatlhcare System.
Dr. Haynes will discuss common difficulties that older adults have with
sleep and how sleep patterns change with age.
Healthy Lifespan for People with SMI: What Does the Research Say?
Meenoo Mishra, MPH, Evaluation Coordinator, and Michael Berren,Ph.D.,
Director of Systems Development and Evaluation, Community Partnership
of Southern Arizona (CPSA)
Explore the latest research findings on the mortality rate of people with
mental illness. Examine practicial steps for supporting and encouraging
improved physical health among consumers.
Primary Care in the Behavioral Health Model
Bill Rosenfeld, M.C., L.P.C., Vice President, Mountain Park Behavioral
Health Center
With some of the multidisciplinary team from Mountain Park Health
Center, Bill Rosenfeld will show how they have effectively integrated the
collaborative treatement model of behavioral health and diseases such
as Diabetes, Cardiovascular disease, Asthma, and Cancer.
10:45 a.m. Networking Break
11:00 a.m. CONCURRENT SESSIONS
(These sessions will rotate, 20 minutes each with additional 30 minutes to
visit vendors and displays)
Through Our Eyes. The Faces of Recovery: Picturing the Quality of Life Across Our Lifespan
Kathy Bashor, MC, Director of Peer Supports and Community Integration: PSA,and Alicia M. Brown, Director of Community Relations, Triple R Behavioral Health
The premiere showing of a statewide traveling Art/Photo exhibit produced by Kathy Bashor and Alicia Brown specifically for this Seeds event, showing through art and photography the strengths in recovery of those who have a mental illness.
Web Based AV Presentations
Michael Berren, Ph.D., Director of Systems Development and Evaluation,&
Neal Cash, MA, CEO, Community Partnership of Southern Arizona (CPSA)
Reviews topics available online at the CPSA AV Library for anyone
who wants to learn about mental health issues. Have an opportunity to
provide feedback about future topics to include in the AV Library.
Diabetes/CVD Panel
Representatives of the Mountain Park Behavioral Health Team
Will include information about smoking cessation and blood
pressure screening.
12:30 p.m. CELEBRATORY LUNCHEON/KEYNOTE PRESENTATION
Recovery as The Basis for Innovation
Charles G. Curie, former Administrator of SAMHSA, Principal/Owner,
The Curie Group, LLC
With experience in the public and professional world, Mr. Curie works
with leaders in the healthcare field, focusing on transformation services
that facilitate positive outcomes.
Awards & Recognition
Ann Marie Berger, Executive Director, Mental Health America of Arizona
1:45 p.m. CONCURRENT SESSIONS
Connections Between Humans and Other Animals
Dr. Christine Risley-Curtis, MSSW, Fellow, Oxford Centre for Animal
Ethics, Associate Professor & Co-Director, Child Welfare Training Project,
School of Social Work Affiliate, Women and Gender Studies Program, ASU
PTSD and Sleep
Patricia Haynes, Ph.D.. clinical psychologist and research assistant
professor at UofA and the Southern Arizona VA Heatlhcare System
Dr. Haynes will review how insomnia and nightmares are common,
comorbid symptom of PTSD that warrant separate clinical treatment.
She will also provide some recommendations about how patients with
PTSD can learn to improve their sleep.
The Enhanced Medical Home
Randal Christensen, M.D., MPH, FAAC, Medical Director, Crews’n
HealthMobile, Phoenix Children’s Hospital; CNN Heroes Award Recipient
Examines stratgies for fostering collaborative care in the community
for the underserved population of youth from birth to age 24. Learn
about exciting, innovative and forward looking programs.
Peer Support and Recovery Conversation Skills
Terrence Smithers, BA, CSAT, and Michael Zeeb, BA
How Peer Support Specialists in the behavioral health system achieve
“win-win” outcomes. Learn recovery conversation skills for anyone who
wants to inspire self-empowerment in another person.
2:30 p.m. Networking Break
2:45 p.m. Concurrent Sessions
Intimacy: Uncovering Truths and Myths
Steven T. Bushman, B.A., Mental Health America of Arizona, David’s
Hope Advocacy Volunteer
Learn how to evaluate components of true intimacy including its makeup
and contributing factors. Additionally understand significant barriers to
true intimacy.
Older Adults and Behavioral Health Issues
Rebekha Velo, MSW, and Bianca McDermott, LPC
Learn how behavior health issues mimic physical health problems and
may put seniors at risk for depression and or suicide. National statistics
for seniors and community resources availability included.
Understanding Power to Create Environments Where People Thrive
Stephen T. Wilson, M.D., Medical Director, Telecare Corporation
By increasing our awareness of the types of power we use in our
relationships, we can create opportunities for people to have the
personal power to thrive in their life’s journey.
* Dr. Wilson’s session will last 60 minutes. If you attend one of the other breakouts, please feel free to visit the art gallery.
CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
8:30 a.m. Registration and Continental Breakfast
Networking and Viewing of Displays
9:00 a.m. Welcome, Awards & Recognition
Ann Marie Berger, Executive Director, Mental Health America of Arizona
9:15 a.m. KEYNOTE PRESENTATION
No Health Without Mental Health
David Shern, Ph.D., President & CEO, Mental Health America
“Mental Health America believes that integration must involve the
entire medical community and include the full continuum of mental
health care services. Providers on both sides of the mental and general
health care interface should receive full and timely information and
should follow evidence-based protocols in order to identify and treat
the whole person.”
– From Position Statement 13: Integration of Mental and General Health Care
10:00 a.m. Networking Break
10:15 p.m. Concurrent Sessions
Being In by Coming Out
Laurel-Heather Milden MA, LISAC, CODAC
LBGTQ Behavioral Health Coalition presents the challenges of
relationships in a world of diversity and strategies for strengthening
those relationships at all levels.
Housing & Mentoring for TAY (Transitional Aged Youth):A Good Fit
Jill Rowland, Vice President, Direct Services Transition, Magellan of
Arizona, and Heather Genovese, MC, LISAC, Clinical Director, Child &
Family Support Services
Learn about services for this unique population from the people who
created the program, and those that service it.
Consumer Quality of Life Attitudes in Maricopa County
Jose B. Ashford, Professor ASU and Associate Director of the School of
Social Work Ph.D., Nancy Diggs, Office of the Monitor, Blythe Fitzharris,
Doctoral Candidate ASU School of Social Work
Examine the results of a survey administered to consumers by consumers
about perceptions of quality of life and predictors of their quality of life
obtained from the 2006 Court Monitor’s audit.
11:00 a.m. Networking Break
11:15 a.m. Concurrent Sessions
The Power of Presence: What Horses Can Teach Us About
Being More Fully Human
Paul Smith, M.A., Director of Prescott College Centaur Leadership Service
Learn some of the ways people are partnering with horses to catalyze
personal growth and healing.
Bent But Not Broken: Resiliency in LGBTQ Youth and Their
Relationships
Kimberly A. Brown, MSW, CODAC
Adolescence has historically been a challenging development stage.
However, in our communities, and in our experience, there are no
one-size-fits-all approaches. From their programming in Southern
Arizona, Kimberly will share some of the “good fit” strategies they have
found to be effective.
SMART Recovery (Self-Management & Recovery Training)
Ken Rogers, CRSS, CPRP, CAN, Vice President, Arizona Psychiatric
Rehabilitation Association
Learn to understand the relationship between thoughts, feelings and
behaviors, how to identify irrational patterns of thinking, tools for
building motivation, coping and problem solving skills.
Bringing Wellness Home: A Call To Action
Dale Svendsen, M.D., Staff Psychiatrist, Riverside Methodist Hospitals,
Columbus, and Associate Professor Clinical Psychiatry, The Ohio
State University College of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, Columbus
Examine ways to promote wellness in people with serious mental illness.
The session also explores implications of morbidity and mortality rates
on service delivery for persons with serious mental illness.
12:00 p.m. Networking Break
12:15 p.m. LUNCHEON/KEYNOTE PRESENTATION
Current Issues in Arizona
Charles "Chick" Arnold, Esq., Attorney, Frazer Ryan Goldberg Arnold
& Gittler
Awards & Recognition
Ann Marie Berger, Executive Director, Mental Health America of Arizona
1:30 p.m. Concurrent Sessions
Experience Counts: Programs with a Recovery Twist
Rich Beeman, Charles Simmons, Andy Dzorinko – Independent Consumer
Advocates
Learn about why experience is critical to developing consumer run
initiatives for promoting quality of life using a proven program
designed to improve the physical health of persons diagnosed with
serious mental disorders.
Discovering Needs for Youth to Succeed: Improving Quality
of Life for Youth and Families through Creating Opportunities
for Partnership with Professionals
Adam C. Armstrong, Youth Partner & Youth Services Coordinator;
and Kenneth R. Dobbs Jr., Youth Partner, Family Involvement Center
This session examines how to help youths discover needs that result in
quality lives.
Beyond Stabilization: Empowering Adults to Independently
Live and Prosper in the Community
Courtney Penniman, MSW, LISAC, CADAC, and Christina Dye, MPH,
President and CEO, Recovery Innovations of Arizona
Learn about a highly effective approach for independent living that
empowers people to recover and improve their quality of life.
Abandon Ship, Abandon Conventional Wisdom, or Abandon
Unfulfilled Expectations—You Choose!
Kate McLaughlin, Advocate and Author of Mommy, I'm Still in Here:
One Family's Journey with Bipolar Disorder
The session explores how to live the life you’ve always dreamed of and
why you may need to redefine your dream. Learn to embrace what is,
move forward, and find joy.
2:15 p.m. Networking Break
2:30 p.m. Concurrent Sessions
Case Management Service Delivery: If Only We Had Time
for the Client
Alan Bergen, MA
Learn about the case management time study conducted at COPE
Community Services in Tucson, Arizona. Discuss direct client care and
whether administrative requirements can compromise optimal levels of
the quality of client care.
Saving Others/Drowning Ourselves
Valerie Chapman Gale and Roger S. Gale, Life Skills Educators, Trainers and Coaches
For parents of adult children who struggle with how much help to give
their floundering offspring. What do we “owe” our adult children?
Learn the difference between assisting and enabling. How to say “no”
without feeling guilt.
Making the Mind-Body Connection
Tom Kelly, Clinical and Recovery Serivces: Recovery, Resilency &
Wellness; ADHS/Behavioral Health Services
A presentation originally created by Larry Frisk, Board of Directors, Mental Health America & Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA). Learn the challenges to achieving overall health for people with mental illnesses and introduces emerging peer-led strategiesto counter these challenges.
Freedom to Work: Incentives and Supports
Erik M. Jensen, Rhonda Webb, Arizona Bridge to Independent Living (ABIL)
Strategies for what programs are available to aid consumers who want
to return to work. Learn about AZ Freedom to Work, Work Incentives
Planning and Assistance, and AHCCCS Freedom to Work.
Topics and speakers are subject to change
Mesa Covnention Center Location
The Mesa Convention Center is located at 201 North Center Street,
Mesa, AZ 85211. For information about hotel accommodations, please
call Beth at Mental Health America of Arizona, (480) 994-4407 or
(800) 642-9277 (outside Maricopa County).
Hotel Accomidations
Mental Health America of Arizona would like to express our gratitude for all the sponsors, friends and advisors who helped to make this celebratory symposium a reality.
Sponsors & Supporters
Design contributed by Lori Lieber Graphic Design, Inc.
Registration
Please contact Mental Health America of Arizona at (480) 994-4407 or (800)MHA.9277 (outside of Maricopa County), fax: (480) 994-4744, or email: bsummers@mhaarizona.org
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