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An electronic circular of the Coalition's Center for Rehabilitation and Recovery
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No. 50, November 2008
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The Center for Rehabilitation and Recovery provides assistance
to the New York City mental health provider community through
expert trainings, focused technical assistance, evaluation,
information dissemination and special projects.
Our New Website for Transition Age Youth Needs a Name The Coalition’s Center is developing an online resource guide designed for transition age youth with Severe Emotional Disturbances (SED) aged 16 to 25 in New York City. It will provide comprehensive information on available resources, services, programs and supports useful to disconnected youth across the five boroughs. Topic areas include Wellness, Employment, Housing, Education and more. Users will also be able to access critical information related to each of these topics, and share feedback on programs. This site needs to be attractive to youth in many ways, and a catchy title is needed! To that end, we would like title suggestions from youth in your programs. The winner will receive a prize and additional recognition.
Center Training: Benefits Management for Transition Age Youth November 12th 9:30am - 4:30pm, The Coalition of Behavioral Health Agencies, Fee: $25 This full day training with Ed Lopez, Esq. will focus on a number of topical issues pertaining to entitlements for youth in transition (aged 16-25) with emotional and behavioral problems. Our expert trainer will carefully review the eligibility requirements for a wide array of Social Security benefits, including SSI and work incentive provisions. Many of the frequently asked questions raised by consumers and their families will be answered. This session will include a hands-on case study to help participants apply what they have learned. Center Training: Recovery-Oriented Connecting and Counseling November 19th 9:30am - 1:00pm, The Coalition of Behavioral Health Agencies, Fee: $25 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 care services working with consumers can benefit from this training designed to facilitate the recovery process. This session will enable staff to gain an understanding of basic dynamics of the therapeutic alliance, increase interpersonal competencies and communications skills, improve engagement abilities, establish trust through active listening, and enhance approaches to working individually with people in recovery. Register now » Center Training: Benefits Management for Individuals with Criminal Justice Involvement December 2nd 9:30am - 4:30pm, The Coalition of Behavioral Health Agencies, Fee: $25 This full day training facilitated by Edwin Lopez-Soto, Esq. will include updates on legislative and policy changes relevant to benefits management. Participants will have the opportunity to discuss their current cases, allowing for both expert guidance and input from colleagues. Participants will also learn how to address the special needs of consumers involved with the criminal justice system. An emphasis will be placed on coordinating care with other service providers, and methods to promote consumer independence in the community.
Education and Training The Coalition of Behavioral Health Agencies’ Professional Learning Center Training: Understanding and Engaging Clients with Co-occurring Disorders: A Harm Reduction Approach December 19th 9:00am – 12:00pm, The Coalition of Behavioral Health Agencies This training will focus on harm reduction and its application to psychotherapy with an emphasis on an integrative approach combining elements of cognitive-behavioral self-management with psychodynamic exploratory interventions. Harm reduction's implications for managing a therapeutic alliance, assessing and addressing ambivalence, goal setting, and working toward positive change will also be discussed. Register Now » Training Resource Network: Job Coaching and Consulting: Job Design, Training and Natural Supports at Work November 11th-24th Fee: $149 This two-week, facilitated online course is focused on instructional and behavioral support strategies, and the development of natural and co-worker supports. Learn how to set up learning strategies using task analysis, systematic instruction, natural learning and reinforcement, and data collection. Learn to develop supports using natural features of the work site, including co-workers. Develop strategies to support workers to interact in socially expected ways to enhance job success. Click here for more information and to register. University of Illinois at Chicago, Center on Mental Health Services Research and Policy: New Curriculum Available, Financial Education for Persons in Recovery This financial education curriculum is designed to be implemented in six, two-hour sessions. Topics include: identifying values and financial goals; tracking and managing income vs. expenses; managing debt; understanding credit; using financial institutions; and building savvy consumer skills. Lessons involve hands-on budgeting activities, small group activities, and homework. The curriculum meets the requirements for financial training of individuals wishing to start Individual Development Accounts. To order a copy and to learn about other curricula and resources, click here. The curriculum is listed under the employment section. To download a related PowerPoint presentation, “Effectively Managing Your Illness and Finances,” click here. United States Psychiatric Rehabilitation Association (USPRA) Webinar: What if there was Nothing to Recover? The promise of Early Intervention November 19th 3:00-4:30 pm $129 for USPRA organizational members, $189 regular price Early Intervention programs provide services that focus on helping the individual to maintain or restore life role functioning as quickly as possible. With the passage of the Mental Health Services Act, California has the opportunity demonstrate how Early Intervention programs can not only improve the quality of life for individuals experiencing the first onset of psychoses, they can also serve to spur systems change towards a comprehensive recovery focus. This workshop will review this approach and the literature describing its effectiveness. Click here for information and registration. Webinar: Planning for Inclusive Psychiatric Rehabilitation Programs: Embracing Multiculturalism December 10th 3:00pm-4:30pm $129 for USPRA organizational members, $189 regular price The goal of this webinar will be to introduce multicultural principles as a way to help psychiatric rehabilitation practitioners improve responsiveness to cultural and gender differences, and to reduce prejudices, stigma, and discrimination in their communities. Presenters will discuss the skills that psychiatric rehabilitation practitioners can utilize to effectively embrace multiculturalism in their programs. Click here for information and registration. Online Training for Individuals Unlike USPRA’s webinars, which are designed for group learning, these new online courses offer an opportunity to participate in psychiatric rehabilitation training at an individualized pace. Training topics include: Creating a Recovery-Based Mental Health Plan; Establishing Benchmarks For a Recovery Oriented MH System Assessing Wellness and Recovery Skills for Practice; How Do We Use Self-Direction, Person-Centered Planning and Shared Decision-Making to Facilitate Recovery in Our Program?; and many others. Click here for more information.
Funding and Grant Opportunities Lilly Reintegration Scholarship: 2009-2010 Application Now Available Deadline: All applications must be postmarked by January 23rd, 2009 The Lilly Reintegration Scholarship helps people with bipolar disorder, schizophrenia and related schizophrenia-spectrum disorders acquire the educational and vocational skills needed to reintegrate into society. To that end, the scholarship offsets tuition, book and lab fees associated with a number of degree and trade school programs. Click here for more information, Click here to download a 2009-2010 application. New York City Department of Youth and Community Development (DYCD): Summer Youth Employment Program (PIN# 26009SYEPRFP) Deadline: November 19th, 2008 DYCD is seeking appropriately qualified organizations to administer the SYEP. The program serves youth ages 14-21 throughout New York City by providing opportunities to become familiar with the world of work, gain employment experience, and identify educational pathways that support career and life goals. SYEP participants are placed in a summer job and take part in focused educational activities that integrate life skills, life-long learning, and career planning. For more information, go to: http://www.nyc.gov/html/dycd/html/resources/contracting_opportunities.shtml, email [email protected] , or call 212-513-1820. Out of School Time Initiative Concept Paper (PIN# to be determined) Deadline: December 15th, 2008 The Out of School Time Initiative (OST) supports programs for youth of all ages, including high school students. The initiative’s goals reflect the following youth development principles: to provide a healthy and safe environment; foster high expectations; foster consistent and positive relationships with adults and peers and a sense of community; support healthy behavior and physical well-being; and support the exploration of interests and the development of skills and creativity. DYCD intends to release a new RFP in the coming months that will seek qualified not-for-profit organizations to provide OST programs for high school youth that focus on the challenges around the transition to high school and on skills needed for success in college and the labor market. For more information, contact Daniel Symon: 212-513-1820 or [email protected] New York State Developmental Disabilities Planning Council (DDPC): Project SEARCH Youth Transition and Employment Demonstration Grants Deadlines: Letter of intent due by February 2nd, 2009; proposal due by March 20th, 2009. The New York State Developmental Disabilities Planning Council (DDPC) is announcing the availability of funding in the amount of $100,000 per year for each of two years, to implement two Project SEARCH youth transition and employment demonstration grants (at $50,000 each per year). The intent of these model projects is to demonstrate the efficacy of implementing a business sector employment approach in increasing the quality and quantity of school-to-work transition outcomes for students with developmental disabilities. Project SEARCH is a high school transition program which provides training and education leading to employment for individuals with disabilities. It is a “business/employment sector” focused approach, targeting careers in a growth industry, such as the health care, environmental, technology and higher education business sectors. For more information and to read the full grant, click here. United States Department of Labor, Education and Training Administration: YouthBuild Grants (SGA/DFA PY 08-07) Deadline: Jan 15th, 2009. Applications must be successfully submitted at http://www.grants.gov no later than 11:59:59. The U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration announced the availability of approximately $47 million in grant funds for YouthBuild Grants. Grant funds will be used to provide disadvantaged youth with: the education and employment skills necessary to achieve economic self-sufficiency in occupations in high demand and postsecondary education and training opportunities; opportunities for meaningful work and service to their communities; and opportunities to develop employment and leadership skills and a commitment to community development among youth in low-income communities. As part of their programming, YouthBuild grantees will tap the energies and talents of disadvantaged youth to increase the supply of permanent affordable housing for homeless individuals and low-income families and to help youth develop the leadership, learning, and high-demand occupational skills needed to succeed in today’s global economy. For more information and to read the full grant, click here. The Coalition of Behavioral Health Agencies’ Conference: The Medicaid Crystal Ball: Behavioral Health Transformation in New York November 20th 9am - 4:30pm, HIP Corporate Headquarters - 55 Water St., corner of Old Slip, NYC. Breakfast and registration begin at 8:00am. Lunch will be served. Register Now » Medicaid is a major source of financing behavioral health services. This conference will address the changing face Medicaid funding for behavioral health services in light of new and changing regulations. Keynote Address: Medicaid: Is It a Matter of Mission?, Charles G. Curie, MA, A.C.S.W. Principal, The Curie Group, former Administrator of SAMHSA. Featured Speakers: Michael Hogan, PhD. Commissioner, NY State office of Mental Health; Deborah Bachrach, JD, Deputy Commissioner, NY State Department of Health; Representative TBA, NYC Department of Health & Mental Hygiene. Presentations: Medicaid Rule Changes and Moratoria: Impact on Community Mental Health Services, Jeffrey Crowley, Health Policy Institute, Georgetown University; New Horizons in Medicaid: Linking Quality of Care and Compliance, Mary Thornton, Principal, Mary Thornton and Associates. FEGS Conference: Leading a Full Productive Life December 2nd 8:30am-4:30pm, McGraw-Hill Conference Center, 2nd fl., 1221 Avenue of the Americas at 49th Street Register now Traditionally, developmental disabilities (DD) service providers have looked at people with a dual diagnosis through a DD lens and mental health (MH) providers through an MH lens. This conference aims to widen the lens through which providers view individuals in order to best meet the needs of each person. Through morning and afternoon workshops, conference participants will learn about best practices, resources and service delivery models that best serve people living with developmental and psychiatric disabilities. Keynote Speakers: Michael Hogan, Ph.D. Commissioner, NY State office of Mental Health; Diana Jones-Ritter, Commissioner, NY State Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities; Julie P. Gentile, M.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Wright State University. NAMI-NYC Metro Workshop: Bipolar Disorder Children and Adolescents: Diagnosis and Treatment, Parenting, Pharmacologic care, Psychotherapies November 15th 10:00 am to 12:00 pm NAMI-NYC Metro - 505 Eighth Avenue, Suite 1103 at 35th Street Part of NAMI’s free Saturday workshop series for parents of children, adolescents and young adults with mental illness, this workshop will be facilitated by Gregory T. Lombardo, M.D., Ph.D., the author of Understanding the Mind of Your Bipolar Child. To RSVP, call 212-684-3264; a light breakfast will be served. PSYCKES Forum: Improving Psychotropic Prescribing Practices November 12th 6:00 pm Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP — 1177 Avenue of the Americas at 45th Street This forum presents an opportunity to discuss PSYCKES, a web-based computer program developed by NYSOMH designed to improve the quality and safety of psychopharmacology treatment in New York State. You will hear about decreasing the risk of heart disease, diabetes, and other medical problems and watch a PSYCKES demonstration. For more information on PSYCKES, go to: http://bi.omh.state.ny.us/psyckes. This forum is sponsored by NAMI-NYC Metro, New York State Office of Mental Health (NYSOMH), NYAPRS, and the Coalition of Behavioral Health Agencies. Call 212-684-3264 to RSVP. New York State Education Department, VESID: Potential Employment Opportunities for Disabled People Through 55-b and 55-c Programs The New York State Education Department (SED) is now accepting resumes for potential employment with VESID and other areas of the Department. All individuals with disabilities submitting resumes must be certified as 55-b or 55-c. The 55-b program is for individuals with disabilities and 55-c program is for veterans with disabilities. Individuals with disabilities who do not have either 55-b or 55-c certification may download the application from the New York State Department of Civil Service website and submit the application to Civil Service. The website address is http://www.cs.state.ny.us . Potential employment opportunities are entry-level positions with VESID at its Central Office located in Albany, the Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) District Offices, and in the Special Education Quality Assurance (SEQA) Regional Offices. Qualified candidates should send a cover letter indicating desired position(s) and location(s); a resume; and a copy of their 55b/c eligibility letter to: Ms. Gayle Bowden, Director, Human Resources Management, Box VES-55b/c, New York State Education Department, 89 Washington Avenue, Room 528B, Albany, NY 12234, Fax (518)486-5631. For more information, contact Shelly Wang at (518) 474-5215 or by e-mail at [email protected] . Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) 2009 "Voice Awards:” Accepting Nominations to Honor Individuals Making a Difference for Mental Health The "Voice Awards" honor individuals in the entertainment industry, as well as mental health consumers, who have made a positive difference for people with mental health problems. Nominations are currently being accepted for the 2009 awards scheduled to be presented in Los Angeles in October 2009. To be eligible, writers and producers must have worked on a film or TV show released after October 1, 2007 that presented mental health problems in a dignified and accurate light. These nominations will remain open until March 15, 2009. Mental health consumer community leaders may be nominated for promoting social inclusion, demonstrating that recovery is possible, or making a positive impact on their workplaces, communities, or schools. Additional consideration will be given to individuals that have made a positive impact within a special population. Mental health consumer nominations will remain open until May 15, 2009. For more information, go to: http://www.samhsa.gov/newsroom/advisories/0810224550.aspx. Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law: New Guide for College Students Seeking Mental Health Service "Campus Mental Health: Know Your Rights!" is a guide for college and university students seeking mental health services. The guide informs students about their legal rights and offers guidance on topics including where to seek help; academic accommodations; and hospital care. The guide was developed by the Leadership21 Committee, a group of young adults advising the Bazelon Center. It is available for free at: www.bazelon.org/l21/rightsguide.htm. Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS): Self-Disclosure and Its Impact The stigma associated with mental illness is one of the most persistent problems people face. It is fundamental to discrimination in housing, employment, and health insurance. It prevents treatment, and it impedes recovery. This monograph: examines the role self-disclosure plays in reducing stigma and discrimination associated with mental illness; examines current literature related to self-disclosure; and provides the findings from a series of key informant interviews to examine the factors that promote or hinder self-disclosure. Download a free copy at http://download.ncadi.samhsa.gov/ken/pdf/SMA08-4337/SelfDisclosure_50p.pdf National Alliance on Mental Illness' (NAMI) Multicultural Action Center: Multicultural Presentations Available from 2008 Conference The Multicultural Action Center hosted a series of workshops and sessions at NAMI’s annual convention focusing on new research and initiatives addressing the needs of diverse groups. Presentations covered a range of topics, including multicultural outreach, GLBT mental health issues, evidence based practices in multicultural contexts, and NAMI's African American Faith-Based Initiative. To download presentations and handouts, click here. |
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