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21st Annual Seeds of Success Symposium
This year’s conference is designed to educate consumers, social workers, psychiatrists, lawyers and medical practitioners on the mental health court system in Arizona. We have partnered with the Maricopa County Mental Health Court to provide a comprehensive overview of the court system, and will offer sessions on navigating the court system, defendant advocacy, information on becoming a guardian or power of attorney and medical compliance. Attorneys and social workers may be able to earn Continued Education Credits at this workshop.
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
- Increase understanding of
therapeutic jurisprudence and
its potential for improving options
for adults and adolescents living
with serious mental illness who
are involved with the justice
system
- Examine how a mental health
court approach can avoid
unnecessary civil commitments
and arrests and help people with
serious mental illness obtain the
treatment they require
- Explore future opportunities for
community collaborations that
can strengthen and build upon
lessons learned to this point
- Initiate discussion on how to
remain creative in building
program options in times of
financial constraints
- Outline strategies that can help
improve collaborative efforts and
increase communication between
the behavioral health and criminal
justice systems
- Learn strategies for communication
among agencies while respecting
consumer rights in order to coor
dinate care and decrease jail time
for persons with mental illness
- Learn steps to create workgroups
composed of stakeholders who
make a committment to move
beyond territorial disputes and
focus on common goals
Continuing Education Credits
- Certificates of attendance will be issued.
- An application has been submitted for this
conference to be approved by the National
Association of SocialWorkers.
- Continuing Legal Education (CLE) certificates
may be issued for this conference.
- For more information, please call Mental
Health America of Arizona.
Who Should Attend?
- Public and private health care
providers
- Attorneys
- Individuals with a mental illness
Advocates
- Family members
- Policy makers
- Administrators
- Students
- Business leaders
- Anyone affiliated with or interested
in the behavioral health system
MORNING KEYNOTE PANEL
Maricopa County is an innovator producing consumer informed programs in mental health probation, implementation of Comprehensive Mental Health Court, and establishment of a jail-behavioral health system datalink identifying Seriously Mentally Ill inmates at booking. Many Action Steps for Service Level Change outlined in the Sequential Intercept Model have been implemented as a result of 12 years of collaborative work replacing initial dissension and blame placing among critical stakeholders.This panel of experts will relay experiences in collaboration which lead to implementation of the Intercept model.
TIMOTHY J. SCHMALTZ is the coordinator of the Protecting Arizona’s
Family Coalition (PAFCO), a historic and diverse alliance of social and health agencies, faith based groups, and community organizations dedicated to protecting and increasing health and human services funding and setting an agenda of tax reform. He has also been adjunct faculty at the graduate school of social work at ASU West in Phoenix where he teaches advocacy, lobbying and social analysis. Tim has a rare combination of vision, commitment, and courage with a clear focus on howa just society should honor human dignity and the rights of all. He combines this drive with a firm understanding of the facts, and practical and achievable solutions. He is unembarrassed and unapologetic in his advocacy for society’s most vulnerable and disenfranchised.
CHARLES L. ARNOLD is a partner in the law firm of Frazer, Ryan, Goldberg, & Arnold, L.L.P., and specializes in mental health legal issues, serving the developmentally disabled, the mentally ill and the elderly. He is certified as a Specialist in Estate and Trust Law by the State Bar of Arizona, and has also served as a member of the Estate and Trust Advisory Council of the State Bar of Arizona. Mr. Arnold was formerly the Maricopa County Public Fiduciary serving as guardian and conservator of approximately 600 adults within Maricopa County, Arizona. Mr. Arnold has served as a commissioner and judge pro tempore in the Maricopa County Superior Court Probate Division, serves on various Boards of Directors of organization dealing with mental, physical and behavioral disorders.
CONGRESSMAN HARRY E. MITCHELL was elected on Nov. 7, 2006
by the people of Arizona's Fifth District to serve in the U.S. House of
Representatives. As a native Arizonan and former school teacher, Harry
is a strong advocate for Arizona's families. He brings to Congress his
commitment to honoring our veterans, practicing fiscal responsibility,
securing the border, and investing in stem cell research. Harry previously
served as the Mayor of Tempe, Arizona, where he led the efforts to revitalize Tempe's downtown area, including laying the foundation for the Rio Salado Project and Tempe Town Lake.
SHERRI WALTON is a mental health advocate specializing in children’s
mental health care and the public behavioral health system in Arizona. Sherri joined the board of directors of Mental Health America of Arizona in 1998 and currently serves as chairperson of the board’s Public Policy Committee. She is a volunteer lobbyist and as such works with legislators, government officials and other advocacy organizations to promote the mission and legislative prioritiesof MHA–AZ. Sherri is the chair of the Maricopa County Human Rights Committee for the Mentally Ill, the Governors’ Task Force on Juvenile Justice Reform and is working with other advocates to create a curriculum for mental illness sensitivity and awareness training for the police academies in Arizona.
THERAPEUTIC JURISPRUDENCE:
THE ARIZONA EXPERIENCE
8:00 – 9:00 am
Registration & Continental Breakfast
9:00 – 9:30 am WELCOME
Barbara A. Dawson, J.D.Executive Director,
Mental Health America of Arizona
9:30 – 11:30 am KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Implementing the Sequential Intercept Model in Maricopa County –
It’s more than “Kumbaya”
Shelley M. Curran, LPC, Director, Court Advocacy, Magellan Health Services
Dawn Noggle, PhD, Mental Health Director, Maricopa County Correctional Health Services
Greg Dicharry, BA, CPRP, Development Manager, Magellan Health Services
Norma Brasda, MA, SMI, Probation Supervisor, Maricopa County Adult Probation
Rebekah Trexler, MEd, SMI, Probation Supervisor, Maricopa County Adult Probation
11:30 – 11:45 am BREAK
11:45 – 12:00 pm AWARD PRESENTATION
2010 Cheryl Collier Award
Honoree: Timothy Shmaltz, Coordinator, PAFCO
The award will be accepted by his son, Christopher.
12:00 – 1:30 pm LUNCH KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Current Legal Issues in the Mental Health Community
Charles L. Arnold, Esq., Partner,
Frazer, Ryan Goldberg & Arnold L.L.P.
1:30 – 1:45 pm BREAK
1:45 – 3:45 pm AFTERNOON SESSION
Leading Change for Our Community
Harry Mitchell, Congressman District 5
Sherri Walton, Public Policy Chairperson, Mental Health America of Arizona, Board of Directors
3:45 – 4:00 pm BREAK
4:00 – 4:30 pm CLOSING REMARKS
Barbara A. Dawson, J.D.
Executive Director, Mental Health America of Arizona
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