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The Center Announces February-April 2007 Trainings

For more information and to register for any of the below trainings, please visit the Center’s webpage, http://www.coalitionny.org/ccrr/ .

*All Center trainings can be used toward CPRP and CRC credentialing.

Benefits Training Series

a. Self Employment and Plans for Achieving Self Support (PASS)

Based on expressed training needs of practitioners, this one day training will focus on issues pertaining to Self-Employment and Plans for Achieving Self Support (PASS).  The morning will cover: Who’s a good candidate for a PASS?  What can a PASS be used for?  How long can a PASS continue?  The afternoon will focus on self-employment issues. Specifically: benefits, income disregards, business planning and application of work incentives to support self-employment outcomes.   Case studies will be utilized to reinforce the day’s learning.

 Fee: $25 per person

b. Introduction to Benefits Management

A half day training offered in various locations across the city designed for clinicians and other staff new to benefits, to:

• Understand the fundamentals of the Social Security System 
• Comprehend the difference between SSI, SSDI, Medicaid and Medicare
• Gain specific knowledge of resources that support consumers in their living and working goals
• Enhance the ability of consumers to participate in their recovery process
• Fee: None

c. Intensive Benefits Management

Positioned as an in-depth follow up to our introductory training, this 2 day course is designed for staff delivering benefits counseling in various mental health settings to both expand existing knowledge and acquire effective strategies to better assist consumers: Learn the skills necessary to utilize SSA work incentives towards career development, understand the effects of income and resources on SSI eligibility, obtain knowledge on how legislative changes affect consumers, acquire the fundamental skills to act as an advocate in your current role, enhance the ability of consumers to participate in their recovery process, and apply newly acquired systems knowledge through case studies. 

Fee: $50 per person

Core Competencies Training Series

a. Core Competencies: Introduction to Mental Health, Rehabilitation and Recovery

This 2 day training is designed for front-line staff working in community support programs requiring basic knowledge in psychiatric rehabilitation, the role of treatment, and evidence-based practices. The two-day module includes: an overview of mental health and mental illness, history of mental illness treatment

Information on psychiatric rehabilitation, recovery and resilience, discussion of the values and guiding principles of psychiatric rehabilitation and recovery and how these translate for individual consumers, service providers, programs and mental health systems

Fee: $50 per person

b. Core Competencies: Recovery-Oriented Connecting and Counseling

Engagement and counseling skills constitute the foundation of therapeutic relationships, be they in formal clinical settings or in the context of focused service delivery, such as housing, case management or employment. All mental health staff in direct contact with consumers-individually, in groups or in other modalities-can benefit from this full-day session designed to facilitate the recovery process.  This training will enable staff to gain an understanding of basic interpersonal dynamics; increase interpersonal competencies and communications skills; improve engagement skills; establish trust through active listening; enhance approaches to working individually with consumers; facilitate groups.

 Fee: $25 per person

Center’s Youth Initiative

a. New Training Series: Developing Employment Solutions for Seriously Emotionally Disturbed Adolescents and Young Adults

Consistent with our ongoing focus on rehabilitation and recovery, we are pleased to present a new and dynamic workshop series for New York City providers serving Seriously Emotionally Disturbed adolescents and young adults.

Training Series Topics

This series of 6 trainings composed of workshops developed by WAVE (Work, Achievement, Values and Education, Inc.), a national youth development organization, is designed to help practitioners enhance programs and staff skills. Although each session can be regarded as a stand-alone training, we urge those who wish to develop comprehensive youth employment services to attend the entire 6 part series:

*We are no longer accepting registrations for WAVE trainings as enrollment limits have been reached. If you have additional questions, contact Marc Kutner at mkutner@coalitionny.org.

b. January Youth Initiative Work Group Meeting

The next meeting of our Youth Initiative Work Group, Psychiatric Issues: Engagement, Medication, and Stigma will take place on January 24th, 2007, from 9:30am - 11:30am at the Coalition’s 90 Broad St. offices, 8th floor conference room. We are very fortunate that three experts in this area have agreed to participate in the session:

Myla Harrison, MD, Assistant Commissioner, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Office of Child and Adolescent Services.

Reese Abright, MD, Chief, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Service, St. Vincent's Hospital – Manhattan, Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, New York Medical College.

Susan M. Deakins, MD, Associate Director, Fellowship in Public Psychiatry, New York State Psychiatric Institute and Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry.

If you would like to attend this session, please contact Ms. Deborah Short at dshort@coalitionny.org or at 212-742-1600, ext. 235. If you have questions, please contact Amy Smiley, Ph.D., the Center’s Youth Consultant  at asmiley@coalitionny.org .

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Education and Training

The Coalition of Behavioral Health Agencies:

a. IDDT Training Series

The Coalition’s Professional Learning Center is excited to announce a new, four-part IDDT training series. This initiative presented by Dr. Petros Levounis, Director of The Addiction Institute of New York, is designed to educate chemical dependency and mental health staff on the principles of psychopharmacology as applied to consumers who suffer from mental illness and substance abuse disorders.  This will be the first of several, multi-part training initiatives geared for small groups.  Other trainings scheduled include “Integrating Motivational Interviewing: Overcoming Barriers in Mental Hygiene Regulations”, and “Cognitive Behavioral Counseling for Dual Disordered Consumers”.  For more information including dates/times and to register, please visit our website at www.coalitionny.org, click on 2007 IDDT Training Series button.  

If you have any questions, please contact Pat Gallo Goldstein, The Coalition’s Deputy Executive Director, at patgg@coalitionny.org

b. Medicare Part D Breakfast

To learn more about the latest 2007 changes to the Medicare Part D benefit, the Coalition is offering a Medicare Part D Breakfast on Tuesday, January 23rd, 2007, 9:00am-10:30am. Following a quick review of what Medicare Part D is about and updates on the latest news, this is an opportunity to discuss issues of concern to you and your clients.  A light breakfast will be served.  If you would like to attend, please contact Karyn Krampitz at kkrampitz@coalitionny.org. 

To learn more about future training opportunities through the Coalition’s Professional Learning Center, please go to: www.coalitionny.org

Training Resource Network (TRN): Online Training, Career Development: Using Principles of Discovery and Career Enhancement

This 2 week online course being offered on February 28th - March 14th, 2007 will focus on principles of career planning, vocational assessment, career development, and how to develop vocational profiles.  Job developers and other staff working in vocational settings would find this training of particular interest.

To learn more and to register, please go to: http://www.trninc.com/entry/welcome2.asp

United States Psychiatric Rehabilitation Association (USPRA) Training Series: “Redefining Community… Discovering the value and gifts of every citizen”

This training is focused on developing greater understanding of the importance of “community” in recovery, how and why our services get in the way, as well as understanding the implications of shifting service paradigms, from the Medical Model of the Institution, to the Maintenance Model of Deinstitutionalized Services, to a Community Membership Model of Interdependence. Training presenters will share examples of their community-building projects that can help agencies become better corporate citizens while assisting individuals to fight isolation and build their own social networks. 

Intended Audience: Program Administrators and Program Managers

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