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Alternatives Conference 2014
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Creating the Future: Change, Challenge, Opportunity The National Mental Health Consumers' Self-Help Clearinghouse announces that Alternatives 2014, the 28th national mental health conference organized by and for mental health consumers/ survivors, will be held in Orlando, Florida, at the Caribe Royale, October 22-26, 2014.
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The STAR Center is one of the five National Technical Assistance Centers funded by SAMHSA to support mental health systems transformation. The purpose of the overall program is to provide technical assistance that facilitates the restructuring of the mental health system by promoting recovery and consumer directed approaches.
Each NTAC is organized by SAMHSA to focus on specific topic areas of concentration that can be offered through virtual training and technical assistance or product development for the whole country while also offering direct training and technical assistance to specific states, territories or tribal governments. The STAR Center is charged with supporting four target states/territories Rhode Island, New Mexico, Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia. read more...
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Engaging People in Services that Support Recovery |
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People vote with their feet and often walk away from services that do not meet their needs. In this webinar, Pat Deegan will draw on her experience in building services that engage and empower people to to live their lives, not their diagnosis. Pat will use examples from her work with OnTrackNY first episode psychosis teams, shared decision making and recovery learning collaboratives, to illustrate principles of successful engagement strategies. |
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Presenter: Patricia E. Deegan, Ph.D |
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Patricia E. Deegan, Ph.D, is a principal with Pat Deegan & Associates, LLC. For over 30 years she has been a thought leader and disruptive innovator in the field of behavioral health recovery. Pat founded a health information technology company run by and for people in recovery. We build web applications that help individuals recover after a diagnosis of mental illness. Our flagship products are an online Recovery Library and a web application that helps individuals, families and psychiatrists engage in shared decision making to find the best treatment for recovery. Pat is an activist in the disability rights movement and has lived her own journey of recovery after being diagnosed with schizophrenia as a teenager. She is an Adjunct Professor at Dartmouth College Geisel School of Medicine and received her doctorate in clinical psychology from Duquesne University. |
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STAR Center Community of Practice on Collaborative Leadership: 
This month's Community of Practice features a new webinar based interview format with Leah Harris, M.A., Director of the National Coalition for Mental Health Recovery. Leah is a mother, storyteller, and activist. She has been a nationally-recognized leader in the mental health consumer/survivor movement for over a decade. Leah is the daughter of two parents who were diagnosed with mental illness, both of whom died young as a result of their disabilities. This depth of her personal experience fuels Leah's commitment to ensuring human rights and recovery for all people who experience emotional distress and crisis. |
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Join the STAR Center Community of Practice on Collaborative Leadership and Action for a featured interview with Leah Harris to hear more about Leah's view of her own leadership style, her personal standards for leadership and how we can best support and develop leadership with each other. Register Now |
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Presentation from June 17, 2014 Download Presentation Provide Feedback |
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Presentation from May 25, 2014 Download Presentation Provide Feedback |
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Presentation from April 29, 2014 Download Presentation Provide Feedback |
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Additional Resources: Watch "Why Diversity is Upside Down"- Andres Tapia from Tedx Indianapolis Watch "Adaptive vs. Technical" - Dr. Ronald Heifetz Part 1 of the video series: Cultural Humility: People, Principles and Practices by Vivian Chavez Tedx Talk on Adaptive Leadership-Leading Change by Marty Linsky Situational Leadership Styles Questionnaire Social Matrix Expanding Our Social Justice Practices Situational Leadership Self-Assessment |
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Hitting the Streets: Engaging People When and Where It's Needed the Most |
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Cultural Activation Prompts (CAPs): A New Consumer Tool to Encourage Consumers to Let Providers Know About What Culturally Matters To Them |
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Webinar Audio Recording Webinar video coming soon Download Presentation Provide Feedback |
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Courageous Conversations: Being Allies to Individuals in Recovery Who Experience Prejudice, Discrimination and Oppression Learning objectives: View Webinar RecordingDownload Presentation Provide Feedback Additional Resources |
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