Speaker(s):

Joan Becker, AIB

Presentation: As a mother of a son with Paranoid Schizophrenia, I will share our family’s experience (and our son) navigating the maze of the mental health system. I will use a PowerPoint along with my speaking.

Reference and Website Materials:  Website: www.joancbecker.com Sentenced to Life – The Mark Becker Story – Mental Illness, Tragedy, and Transformation (Credo House Publishing-2015)

Objectives:

• Share our family’s story of working through the mental health maze in an attempt to find a diagnosis and treatment plan for our son.
• Discuss the importance of “listening” and “effective communication” with patient and family.
• Expose the breakdown of communication between mental health agencies, law enforcement, hospitals, patient, and families in an individual’s treatment.
• Challenge participants to do their part in closing the communication gap by brainstorming ways to communicate effectively and within the boundaries of HIPPA.

Slides:

Becker_STI2017 PP

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Speaker(s):

Christine White, LPN, CMPS

Presentation:  This presentation will present facts from Christine’s road to recovery. She has BPD, severe anxiety, OCD and Bi-Polar along with manic depression. She will give symptoms of each illness, meds that were effective and non-effective along with treatment approaches. Some treatment approaches she will discuss are therapy 1:1, group therapy, DBT and Shock treatments.

Objectives:

• Identify concepts and emotions while dealing hands on with a mental health diagnosis
• Explain and give rationale towards different behaviors associated with mental illness
• Describe skills that can be utilized to assist with management of a behavioral issues

 

 

 

 

 

 

Speaker(s):

Sara Schwab, MS, LPC and Mirna Herrera, MA

Presentation:  In the past year the Consumer Operated Service Program (COSP) and Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness (PATH) programs have begun to merge, paving the way for revolutionary changes to the way individuals living with mental illness, homelessness, or both, access clinical and peer support services, a safe refuge, and recovery focused resources. This presentation highlights the impetus for the merging of these two programs; the benefits to consumers, staff, and the community; challenges that have arisen and are anticipated, and ways that those challenges have been met.

Objectives:

• Discuss the differences and similarities among the types of drop-in centers including those operated by PATH and COSP.

• Determine strategies for engaging hard-to-reach clients in a nonresidential, nonclinical setting.

• Explain the role and value of peers in recovery and engagement.

Slides:

Schwab_Spring institute presentation17