OMHSAS Lunch and Learn Seminars

Archive

• Child

  • Youth Resilience, Prosocial Behavior and Trauma Informed Care
    Speaker – Gordon Hodas
    
  • PA Systems of Care Partnership
    Speakers – Stan Mrozowski and Karen Mallah
    
  • Efforts to Prevent Youth Suicide
    Speaker – Denise Short
    
  • Early Childhood Mental Health
    Speakers – Dr. John Beiver and Hariet Bicksler
    
  • Developing the Youth Voice in Systems Change
    Speaker – Doris Arena
    
  • OMHSAS Respite Allocation
    Speaker – Crystal Doyle
    
  • Creating Sanctuary in PA
    Speaker – Scott Courtney Coover & Deb Hardy
    
  • School Wide Positive Behavior Supports
    Speaker – Sherry Peters
    
  • Student Assistance Program
    Speaker – Denise Short
    
  • High Fidelity Wraparound:
    Transforming the Children's Behavioral Health System
    Speaker – Stan Mrozowski
    

  Adult

  • Advocacy with Policy Makers
    Description:
    This session is designed to demystify legislative and administrative processes and to encourage people to participate in the policy making process. It will use practical examples to demonstrate how participants can be more effective at communicating with elected and appointed officials. Information will be shared about the players and the process and how to gather and update such information. Finally, it will explore fundamental advocacy ground rules.
    
  • Domestic Violence: Identification and Intervention
    Description:
    PA Coalition Against Domestic Violence
    A private non-profit organization working at the state and national levels to *Eliminate domestic violence *Secure justice for victims *Enhance safety for families & communities *Create lasting systems & social change PCADV coordinates these efforts with a statewide network of sixty community-based organizations
    
  • COOP, Continuity of Operations
    Speakers – Mr. Devon Heberlig, Emergency Management Specialist, with the Office of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services.
    About:
    - Provide an understanding of COOP, COOP terms, and benefits of COOP planning.
    - Explain elements of a viable COOP capability.
    - Provide information about how an OMHSASCOOP event might affect you, your organization, and your family.
    
  • Clubhouses and The Pennsylvania Clubhouse Coalition
    About:
    Using The Pennsylvania Clubhouse Coalition (PCC) as background for this session, participants will gain an understanding, not only of the Clubhouse Model, but also the importance of Evidence Based Practice and of “coalition building” in moving forward this highly successful model of psychiatric rehabilitation throughout the Commonwealth.
    
  • Community Support Plan (CSP)
    Speakers – Edna McCutcheon, Angela Harris and Larry Gehres
    
  • Positive Practices Resource Team (PPRT)
    Speakers – Gretchen Hathaway
    
  • Brain Injury; Information for Providers of Mental Health Services; Part 2
    Speakers – Deb Delgado and Jack Poplar
    
  • Healthcare Reform
    Speakers – Mike Jeffrey
    
  • Behavioral Health Services for LGBTQI Consumers
    Speakers – Virginia Dikeman and Rita Cisneros
    
  • Supporting a Person through a Crisis Situation
    Speakers – Pamela Williams and Phil Diorio
    
  • Mental Health Advance Directives
    Speakers – Carol Horowitz & Sue Walther
    
  • Documentation for CPS and PRS
    Speakers – Beth Ricker and Ginny Dikeman
    
  • Consumer Satisfaction Team Alliance of PA
    Speakers – Danny Wildasin
    
  • Speaking Landlord
    Speaker – Jeff Sattler
    
  • Developing Your Wellness Recovery Action Plan
    Speaker – Gina Calhoun and Steven Polochak
    
  • State of the State for Individuals Involved in the Criminal Justice System
    Speaker – Robbie Altenor and Jessica Reichenbach
    
  • PATH
    Speaker – Amanda Pearson
    
  • Culture and Recovery
    Speaker – Mike Tickner
    
  • Intentional Peer Support and Crisis Alternatives
    Speakers – Matthew Federici & Gina Calhoun
    
  • Managed Care & Health Choices Overview
    Speaker – Ray Klabe
    
  • Introduction to Psychiatric Rehabilitation
    Speakers – Scott Heller, Bill Boyer, Carol Colasante
    
  • Recovery Committee: Recovery in our Mental Health System
    Speaker – Elwyn's Clubhouse (David Young)
    

  Older Adult

  • Substance and Medication Abuse/Misuse in Older Adults
    Speaker – Linda Shumaker
    
  • Department of Aging and Long Term Living
    Speaker – Jack Vogelsong
    
  • Dementia and Psychiatric Complications
    Speaker – Linda Shumaker
    
  • Share the Care
    Speaker – Cynthia Zubritsky
    
  • Compeer Overview
    Speakers – Joe Cruice & Gretchen Kelly
    
  • Bridging the Aging and Mental Health Gap
    Speaker – Lynn Patrone
    
  • QPR Gatekeeper Training - Suicide Risk Assessment
    Speaker – Heidi Bryant
    
  • Outreaching to Older Adults
    Aging / Depressive Disorder in Older Adults
    Speaker – Linda Shumaker
    

  Recovery

  • 2010 Statewide Certified Peer Specialist Survey
    PA Certified Peer Specialists: Initial Outcomes, Results, Successes and Lessons Learned.
    –Discuss at least three key findings from the 2010 Certified Peer Specialist survey.
    –Summarize and give examples of trends in peer support services utilization.
    
  • Brain Injury; Information for Providers of Mental Health Services
    Speaker – Deb Delgado and Jack Poplar
    
  • In My Own Words; Reducing Stigma of Addiction
    Speakers – Jaime Davis; RASE Project
    
  • Eating Disorders
    Speaker – Wendy Cramer and Lynn Patrone
    
  • Community Support Program
    Speaker – Tom Newman and Joseph Martin
    
  • Designing a Healthy You
    Speaker – Dr. Mary Diamond
    
  • Personal Recovery
    Speaker – Natalie Shaffer
    
  • Peer Support Services
    Speaker – Panel Discussion
    
  • Culture and Recovery
    Speaker – Mike Tickner
    
  • Personal Stories
    Speaker – Dan Craig, Matthew Groff & Rachel Calhoun
    
  • Spiritual Supports Facilitation
    Speakers – Bob Manrodt & Rev. DeWayne White
    
  • The Dauphin Clubhouse
    Speaker – Dauphin Clubhouse
    
  • Pandemic Influenza: Planning & Response
    Speakers – Jane Bishop
    
  • The Transformative Power of Peer Support
    Speaker – Nicole Darr
    
  • Introducing ITE
    Speakers – Kim Maldonado & Tom Newman