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An electronic circular of the Coalition's Center for Rehabilitation and Recovery
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No. 49, October 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.
New Program Catalog Now Available Our new Program Catalog describing current workforce development opportunities available to community-based mental health providers in the New York City area is now available. Educational opportunities may involve participating in one of our highly interactive trainings to build new competencies, at the Coalition or at your agency, or it may involve working closely with Center staff to enhance the rehabilitation and recovery-orientation of your program by aligning staff practices and agency procedures and structures with recovery-oriented principles. We encourage you to read through the Catalog and visit our website regularly for announcements of upcoming trainings. To download, CLICK HERE Upcoming Trainings: Introduction to Benefits Management This training will provide staff working in clinical and community support programs with an overview of benefit programs for people with psychiatric disabilities. Participants will learn the difference between SSI, SSDI, Medicaid and Medicare. They will also gain valuable information and tips about how to access resources that can support consumers in their living and working goals. FREE
Introduction to Mental Health, Rehabilitation and Recovery This two day interactive training is designed for staff in various roles who seek basic knowledge of mental health and practices that promote recovery. Participants will explore the value and guiding principles of recovery and how these apply to consumers, practitioners, programs, and mental health systems. Topic areas include psychiatric rehabilitation, wellness self-management, dual-diagnosis treatment, family psychoeducation, and approaches to employment.
Benefits Management for Transition Age Youth This full day training facilitated by Edwin Lopez-Soto, Esq. will focus on a number of topical issues pertaining to entitlements for youth in transition (aged 16-25) with emotional and behavioral problems including eligibility requirements for Social Security benefits such as 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.
Medicaid Buy-in Work Group Update: Staff Provide Testimony to New York State Assembly Task Force on People with Disabilities Since September, 2007, The Center has facilitated a work group focused on ways to increase enrollment in the Medicaid Buy-in Program for Working People with Disabilities (MBI-WPD) among people with psychiatric disabilities. This initiative is being undertaken in collaboration with NYSOMH, NYSDOH, NYCDOHMH, consumers, and providers. On September 15th, 2008, The New York State Assembly’s Task Force on People with Disabilities, Committee on Health held a hearing focused on the Buy-in. Marc Kutner, Director of Special Initiatives, provided testimony on work group suggestions for better promoting and improving access to this vital program. To read the testimony, CLICK HERE. Youth Initiative News and Events: Seminar: Civic Engagement and Youth Development This seminar will focus on the basic concept of youth engagement and its potential for positive social, emotional and intellectual development. For young people who face the challenges of economic hardship, isolation, and emotional or other difficulties, asserting their ideas, making their voices heard, and becoming active citizens are crucial. Youth Initiative Project Manager Amy Smiley will be joined by Remi Holden, Coordinator, and high school students from YouthAction NYC at The Citizens Committee for Children, who will present their projects related to education, research, advocacy at City Hall, and peer training.
Advisory Group: Better Integrating Mental Health and Education for Transition Age Youth The Center’s day-long conference Reading between the Lines: Rethinking Mental Health and Literacy, held at New York University on June 23rd, 2008 addressed the current crisis facing a growing number of transition-age youth, ages 16-25, who are disconnected from school and deprived of the academic foundation necessary to their survival. Emergent from the conference, On October 6th, The Center convened an advisory group of key stakeholders to identify specific goals and objectives for better integrating educational and mental health services. A number of key priorities were discussed, and we hope to publicize advisory group findings and next steps within the coming months. Center Presents on Best Practices in Working with Transition Age Youth at Annual New York State Rehabilitation Association (NYSRA) Training Institute On September 15th, Marc Kutner, Director of Special Initiatives, and Andrea Smyth, Executive Director, The New York State Coalition for Children's Mental Health Services co-presented Recommendations for Developing Service Models for 18-25 Year Olds. This presentation highlighted the systemic challenges facing youth, 18-25, with Serious Emotional Disturbance (SED) and recommendations for improving programs, service delivery systems, and relevant policies. Center and Agency Staff Co-Present at NYAPRS Conference On September 25th, our Center for Rehabilitation and Recovery, along with agency staff, facilitated workshops focused on aligning program operations with recovery best practices. Drawn from The Center’s Youth Initiative experiences, Center Director Alysia Pascaris, Tammy Samms, Director, Taish Guzman, Peer Educator, and Marcus Maddux, Peer, from The Brooklyn Bureau of Community Service’s Adolescent Employment and Education Program (AEEP) co-presented Supporting Youth Voice and Self-Direction in Transition-Age Programs. Their presentation detailed innovative ways for programs to utilize evidence-based practice and foster meaningful youth participation in program-level decision making. Marc Kutner, The Center’s Director of Special Initiatives, alongside Institute for Community Living representatives David Kamnitzer, Acting Sr. Vice President Adult Mental Health Services Brooklyn, Tracy Coit, Treatment Apartment Program (TAP) Director, Jeanine Williams, TAP Case Manager and TAP residents presented Working on Recovery: The Role of Consumer Leadership in Improving Mental Health Programs. This interactive session focused on how peers in partnership with program staff and senior management can work together to build program identity and a greater sense of community through peer-to-peer support. Center Presents AOT Training to ACT Teams The Center recently contributed its expertise in person-centered practice during an educational event on Assisted Outpatient Treatment (AOT) organized by the ACT Institute in New York City. Aaron Vieira, The Center’s Director of Education and Training, delivered an interactive training called, From Compliance to Alliance: Supporting Recovery for Individuals with AOT Orders. ACT Team providers learned to use collaborative approaches that create opportunities for client empowerment within a mandated context. Studies suggest that collaborative approaches are essential for supporting a person’s long-term recovery. The event also included an informational session in which Susan Schilling, the OMH Director of AOT, and Liza Bowers, the Associate Director of the Brooklyn/Staten Island AOT Program, explained important administrative procedures for AOT orders.
Education and Training The Coalition of Behavioral Health Agencies: Professional Learning Center Online Training Available Through E-Learning The Coalition is pleased to partner with Essential Learning to offer web-based continuing education and training opportunities in the areas of behavioral health, developmental disabilities, substance abuse and child welfare. Essential Learning has a library of more than 300 accredited online courses in key topic areas. Coalition members receive a 10% discount on courses and the Organizational Learning Management System. Please email [email protected] or call 212-742-1600 x103 to request the discount code to use when purchasing individual courses. For more information, go to: http://www.coalitionny.org/prof_learn_ctr/e-learning/ Medicare/Medicaid Billing Series
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: Series of 5 Sessions This series facilitated by Dr. Petros Levounis the Director of The Addiction Institute of New York (formerly Smithers) and Chief of Addiction Psychiatry at St. Luke's and Roosevelt Hospitals in New York will look at the basic principles of CBT and a number of ways to apply this modality in work within the context of co-occuring disorders. More info » Register now »
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA): Self-Employment: One Road to Recovery, An Avenue for Transformation This webinar will discuss how entrepreneurship is related to recovery and the supports needed for successful consumer entrepreneurship. The training will also provide an overview of a successful program for emerging entrepreneurs, and how to use Supported Employment to help consumers start their own businesses.
United States Psychiatric Rehabilitation Association (USPRA) Webinar: Dealing with Stigma and Disclosure of Psychiatric Disability in the Workplace This webinar will review potential sources of stigma, the benefits and risks to disclosure, and present procedures for deciding about disclosure and handling disclosure in the workplace. Attendees will learn how to describe potential sources of stigma affecting disclosure, identify the benefits and risks to disclosure, describe a process for deciding about disclosure, and identify strategies for disclosing. For more information and to register, CLICK HERE.
Funding and Grant Opportunities New York State Department of Health: Creating Tobacco Free Systems of Care for People with Serious and Persistent Mental Illness RFA Deadline: December 3rd, 2008 For more information, go to: http://www.health.state.ny.us/funding/ New York City Children’s Services is seeking qualified vendors to operate Preventive, Family Foster and Residential Care services for families residing in all five boroughs. The agency is also seeking qualified vendors to act as Community Coalition contractors for 19 New York City child welfare community coalitions. The Coalition of Behavioral Health Agencies, Conference: The Medicaid Crystal Ball: Behavioral Health Transformation in New York 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, David A. Rosin, MD, Executive Deputy Commissioner, 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. 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 » Congress Passes Mental Health and Substance Abuse Parity On October 3rd, the House of Representatives approved the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act, of which the Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 is a part. President Bush immediately signed the bill into law. For the first time, Federal law will provide parity between medical-surgical and mental health and addiction benefits in plans that offer mental health coverage. It will prohibit health insurance plans sponsored by businesses with 50 or more employees from imposing day and visit limits or applying different deductibles, co-payments, out-of-network charges and other financial requirements for treatment. New Money for Supported Employment This spring the Social Security Administration (SSA) revamped its Ticket to Work, which provides consumers with vouchers to purchase employment support services from the provider of their choice. The new regulations substantially improve the program by providing more money to providers up front and allowing providers to be reimbursed when consumers work part-time. These changes should make the program more economically viable for providers, thereby attracting more Employment Networks into the program and giving consumers greater choice. For more information on the Ticket, go to: http://www.cessi.net/ttw/index.htm . New York State Office of Mental Health (OMH): Final New York City Region Clinic Forum OMH, community partners, local governments and service providers are involved in several initiatives to integrate and improve care for persons who suffer from co-occurring mental health and substance abuse disorders. Additionally, OMH is leading a clinic restructuring effort that is intended to improve services and supports for persons with serious mental illnesses. As part of its effort to promote quality care, OMH is sponsoring a series of Regional Clinic Forums. These interactive Forums provide current information and guidance on clinic operations in the areas of co-occurring disorders, clinical standards of care, and fiscal and regulatory budget initiatives for expanding outpatient treatment. The focus will be on outpatient services for adults. The Forums are designed for each licensed program’s Chief Executive Officer, Chief Fiscal Officer, and Chief Clinical Officer. Included among the licensed programs are the State Psychiatric Center clinics. All three licensed program officers (or designees) should plan on attending. County Directors or their designees have also been invited to attend. Thursday, October 23, 2008. 9:00am-5:00pm. Registration begins at 8:30. Association of the Bar of the City of New York, 42 West 44th Street, New York, NY. To register, go to: http://www.omh.state.ny.us/omhweb/regional_clinic_forums/form.html, or call Deb Czupil at (518) 473-7612. Online registration is preferred. OMH & Eight Other NYS Child-Serving Agencies Jointly Submitted New York’s First Children’s Plan Michael F. Hogan, PhD, Commissioner of the Office of Mental Health, and the heads of eight other New York State child-serving agencies have jointly submitted to Governor David A. Paterson and members of the Legislature New York's first Children's Plan. The goal of the plan is to improve the social and emotional well being of New York's children and their families. The plan was written in accordance with the Children's Mental Health Act of 2006. To download the new Children’s Plan, CLICK HERE. Save the Date! Supportive Housing Network of New York 2008 Gala This year’s event will take place on October 22nd, 6:00pm-9:00pm at Cipriani 23rd Street, 200 Fifth Avenue. More information will become available at www.shnny.org within the coming months. Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA): New Report, Mental Health Service Use Among Youths Aged 12 to 17: 2005 and 2006 As we know, mental health services for children and youth are provided in a variety of settings, including community mental health centers, schools and general medical practice settings. As a result, many leading youth mental health service delivery models call for the coordination of care and adopting a “no wrong door” approach to accessing mental health services. This report examines data on youth mental health service utilization from the 2005 and 2006 National Surveys on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), within the context of a variety of settings commonly used to deliver youth mental health services CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD World Health Organization (WHO): New Report on Mental Health On October 5th, WHO and the World Organization of Family Doctors released a joint report that aims to help people who are affected by mental disorders but cannot receive the care and treatment they need. Integrating mental health in primary care - a global perspective shows that through detailed examples of best practices from 12 nations, integration can be successfully achieved in a variety of socio-economic contexts. The report outlines 10 broad principles to guide countries in their efforts to successfully integrate mental health into primary care. For more information, go to: http://news.balita.ph/2008/10/06/who-releases-new-report-on-mental-health/ |
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