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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.
Working on Recovery is the Center for Rehabilitation and Recovery's new approach to training and technical assistance designed to address the workplace learning and organizational development needs of New York City’s mental health provider community. Our support will be delivered on-site at your agency.
Fundamental to this initiative is a value-based approach to both management and clinical practice emphasizing hope, personal power, choice and self-responsibility, and meaningful roles for both staff and service recipients. It is the foundation upon which recovery is built, and the basis upon which evidence-based and promising practices emerge.
Training: Agencies will select from among 10 half-day modules in recovery, person-centered practice and psychiatric rehabilitation – all designed to promote recovery-based partnerships. This training requires an investment of time and staff resources.
Training and Technical Assistance: Combined training with technical assistance involves an in-depth partnership with agencies interested in more fully incorporating rehabilitation and recovery practices. Technical assistance supports leadership in aligning program and administrative dimensions with practice. Agency leaders – whether they are management, line-staff or consumers – will benefit from support in leadership development, team building and the implementation of rehabilitation and recovery-facilitating services, offered at your agency. This more intensive service will be limited to select agencies demonstrating need, capacity and commitment; it requires a significant investment of time and staff resources.
For more information, including details on training and technical assistance requirements, visit our website, www.coalitionny.org/ccrr , or contact Alysia at either (212)742-1600 ext. 201 or [email protected]
We are now accepting online registrations for the following trainings. As space is limited and registration is ongoing, we urge you to enroll online at your earliest convenience. Please note, agencies will be assessed a $50 cancellation fee if a training registration is not cancelled one business day prior to the training date. This policy helps ensure that those who are interested in attending will be able to attend, space allowing. For the latest training updates and to learn more about the Center, please visit our website, www.coalitionny.org/ccrr. All Center trainings qualify for credit hours toward the Certified Psychiatric Rehabilitation Practitioner (CPRP), an increasingly important credential in our field.
The Coalition is located in downtown Manhattan at 90 Broad Street, 8th Floor. Recommended transportation: 1 to Rector St., 2/3 to Wall St., 4/5 to Bowling Green, J/M/Z to Broad St., R/W to Whitehall St. All Center trainings are conducted at the Coalition unless otherwise noted.
Benefits Management Series: Ask The Expert & Benefits Management for Individuals with Criminal Justice Involvement
This highly interactive full day training facilitated by Edwin Lopez-Soto, Esq., nationally recognized benefits expert will give participants the opportunity to learn about legislative and policy changes relevant to benefits, and pose related questions drawn from their work, allowing for both expert guidance and input from colleagues. Ways to meet the specific benefits and entitlements needs of consumers involved with the criminal justice system will also be covered. An emphasis will be placed on coordinating care with other service providers, and methods to promote consumer independence in the community.
Tuesday, January 15th, 2008 9:30am-4:30pm: Register now
Fee: $25 per person
Introduction to Mental Health, Rehabilitation, and Recovery
This two day interactive training is designed for direct care staff working in community support programs requiring basic knowledge of mental health, psychiatric rehabilitation and evidence-based practices that promote recovery. Participants will explore the value and guiding principles of recovery and how these translate for consumers, practitioners, programs and mental health systems. The facilitator will use a combination of training techniques that encourage staff to become actively involved in the learning process.
Wednesday, January 16th and Thursday, January 17th, 2008 9:30am-4:30pm: Register now
Fee: $50 per person
Youth Initiative Work Group
This work group is being held in conjunction with our ongoing Youth Initiative and Transition to Independence (TIP) trainings and technical assistance for the purpose of sharing ideas and perspectives on the challenges facing transition age youth. For more information about the work group, contact Alysia Pascaris at either (212) 742-1600, ext. 201, or [email protected]
Creating and Enhancing a Youth-Led Leadership Association
This two-part training with intersession technical support delivered in partnership with WAVE – Work, Achievement, Values & Education – will focus on implementation of the Leadership Association. The Leadership Association is a youth empowerment group that develops skills in leadership, problem solving and decision making, organizing, communication, teamwork, and confidence through youth-led/staff-coached, meetings, activities and projects. Register now for this program
Establishing a Youth-Led Leadership Association Workshop Tuesday, December 18th, 2007 9:30am-4:00pm.
Maintaining and Enhancing the Leadership Association Thursday, March 6th, 2008 9:30am-4:00pm.
Fee: $100 per person (this includes both seminars and intersession technical support)
Monthly Youth Initiative Seminar Series: Diversion Programs for Youth Involved with the Criminal Justice System
This seminar will focus on treatment options for young people at risk of, or involved with, the criminal justice system. Dr. Amy Smiley, facilitator of the seminar series, will be joined by Evan Elkin, from the Vera Institute of Justice, and creator of Adolescent Portable Therapy (APT). Dr. Elkin will discuss his particular approach to working with adolescents and young adults with a forensic background.
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This one-year competency-based training program enhances practitioner capacity and knowledge in: rehabilitation readiness, personalized vocational assessment, achieving vocational placements, and meeting the needs of culturally diverse service recipients. For complete information and to download an application, Click here.
Early application deadline: December 14th, 2007 (a $200 tuition discount applies to applications received by 12/14)
Final application deadline: February 15th, 2008
Program starts: June 2nd, 2008
Advanced Management Training Series: Preparing for Surveys and Financial Audits
This training will provide managers with a fundamental understanding of the regulatory requirements faced by behavioral health organizations as well as strategies to ensure successful outcomes for both programmatic surveys and financial audits. This training is free.
Monday, December 17th , 2007 9:00am-4pm Register now
Motivational Learning Series: Introduction to Motivational Interviewing
Motivational Interviewing (MI) is an approach to counseling that helps clients to enhance their motivation to reach their personal goals. This approach is used to increase client motivation in both mental health and substance abuse treatment settings, and particularly helpful in working with dually-diagnosed consumers.. This session will address the key MI concepts and interventions. This training is free.
Wednesday, January 9th, 2008 9:00am-12:00pm Register now
All three trainings profiled below qualify for Six hours of NASW accreditation (CEU credits) and will be held at JBFCS, 120 West 57 Street between 6th and 7th Avenues. For more information and to register, Click here.
Fee: $110 per workshop
Helping Groups and Systems Cope After a Crisis
December 6, 2007, 9:30 am to 4:30 pm
Race, Culture and Other Aspects of Social Identity: Implications for Mental Health Practitioners in Relation to Self, Clients and Other Workers
December 21, 2007, 9:30 am to 4:30 pm
Hard to Reach, Hard to Treat: Engaging Adolescents in Treatment
January 17, 2008, 9:30 am to 4:30 pm
This web-based training will provide an overview of DBT and examine how it converges with core principles of recovery and Psychiatric Rehabilitation, with an emphasis on the importance of hope, empowerment, and skill development in both recovery and DBT. Opportunity will be provided to discuss how to best integrate DBT with an existing Psychiatric Rehabilitation program. Click here for full details
Wednesday, December 12th, 2007, 3:00pm-4:30pm
Fee: $129 USPRA members/$189 non-members
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The Lilly Reintegration Scholarship was established to help people with severe mental illness offset their tuition, books and lab fees. The program is designed to help persons with bipolar disorder, schizophrenia and related schizophrenia-spectrum disorders acquire the educational and vocational skills needed to reintegrate into society. Click here for more information. Click here to download a 2008-2009 Lilly Reintegration Scholarship application.
Application Deadline: Must be postmarked by January 25, 2008.
DHS seeks to contract the operation of two city owned Mental Health/MICA shelter facilities, in the boroughs of Brooklyn and Manhattan. DHS' overall goals and objectives with respect to this procurement is to provide facilities that will enable the City to meet its obligation in providing safe and cost-effective emergency shelter where an episode of homelessness is unavoidable; and to assist clients who become homeless to move rapidly towards permanency. To view the complete RFP, Click here. This RFP will be available online until January 3rd, 2008. Any questions should be addressed to Kayona Wall, Associate Staff Analyst, 33 Beaver St., 13th Floor, New York, NY 10004, (212) 361-8439, [email protected].
Application Deadline: January 3rd, 2008 no later than 2:00pm at DHS, 33 Beaver St., 13th Floor, Room 1313. Attn: Kayona Wall, Associate Staff Analyst.
The Department of Small Business Services is seeking a contractor to operate a Work Advancement and Support Center (WASC), to be located in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn, that will provide employer-based retention and advancement services to low-income workers throughout New York City. There will be a site visit to the proposed WASC site on December 13, at 2:00 p.m. at the Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Plaza, 1368 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, NY 11216. Attendance at the site visit is optional. Please contact Dorris Hoyte no later than December 10, 2007 at 718-636-6931, if you plan on attending the tour. Any questions should be addressed to Sheridan Ameer, Agency Chief Contracting Officer by December 26, 2007. She can be reached at (212) 618-8731 (telephone); or via e-mail at [email protected]. To download the complete RFP, Click here
Pre-proposal conference: December 19th, 2007, at 2:30pm, 110 William Street, 4th Floor, New York, NY 10038. Attendance at the pre-proposal conference is optional but very strongly recommended. Due to space limitations, no more than two representatives of each organization may attend the conference.
Application Deadline: January 22nd, 2008 |
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CQC has issued Access to Mental Hygiene Records in New York State: A Guide for Individuals Receiving Services and Other "Qualified Persons." This document was prepared in response to the requirements of "Jonathan's Law," and offers guidance for individuals receiving services, their families and other persons legally authorized to obtain records. For more information, Click here.
This workshop will focus on psychiatric medications, and how some side effects may affect health. Participants will learn medication strategies aimed at reducing undesirable side effects and will learn various ways to manage them, including diet, exercise, the use of the lowest effective dose, and the use of antidotes. Additionally, medication alternatives and other strategies consistent with a holistic approach to wellness, prevention, and recovery will be emphasized. For more information please call (212) 219-5393.
Fee: None
Tuesday, December 18th , 2007, 3:00pm – 5:00pm. No pre-registration required. Refreshments will be served. Identification is required to enter the building.
Location: 80 Centre Street, 1st floor training room (side entrance)
Presenters: Antonio A. Abad, MD-Secretary, American Association for Psychosocial Rehabilitation, Elizabeth Vargas-Peer Counselor, Bellevue Hospital Latino Program
Advisory About Bipolar Disorder in Children and Adolescents
OMH Commissioner Michael F. Hogan, PhD, and OMH Medical Director Lloyd Sederer, MD, have coauthored an advisory for parents and caregivers, addressing Bipolar Disorder in children and adolescents. To read this advisory, Click here.
Additional Wellness Self Management (WSM) Phone Informational Sessions
OMH is offering several 90 minute phone conferences about the WSM statewide initiative. An accompanying presentation will be viewable on the OMH website. Call-in informational forums will take place on: Thursday, December 6th, 1:30pm -3:00pm; Friday, December 7th, 10:30am-12:00pm; Tuesday, December 11th, 10:30am-12:00pm; Friday, December 14th, 10:30am-12:00pm. The call-in number is: 1-888-232-3870, Access Code: 979854. If you plan to participate, email Cathy Bieg at [email protected].
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Critical Time Intervention for Reentry From Prison for Persons With Mental Illness [Abstract]
Cultural Competence, Evidence-Based Medicine, and Evidence-Based Practices [Abstract]
Does Stigma Keep Poor Young Immigrant and U.S.-Born Black and Latina Women From Seeking Mental Health Care? [Abstract]
Ethnocultural Variations in Mental Illness Discourse: Some Implications for Building Therapeutic Alliances [Abstract]
Horizons of Context: Understanding the Police Decision to Arrest People With Mental Illness [Abstract]
Initiation and Use of Public Mental Health Services by Persons With Severe Mental Illness and Limited English Proficiency [Abstract]
Measuring Trends in Mental Health Care Disparities, 2000–2004 [Abstract]
Predictors of Timely Follow-Up Care Among Medicaid-Enrolled Adults After Psychiatric Hospitalization [Abstract]
Service Use and Cost in 2002 Among Clients in Community Settings Who Were Discharged From a State Hospital in 1989 [Abstract]
State Mental Health Policy: "We Never Used to Do Things This Way": Behavioral Health Care Reform in New Mexico [Abstract]
To read these abstracts follow the above links. To view all articles in the current issue and to subscribe, Follow This Link
Mental Health America has released "Ranking America's Mental Health: An Analysis of Depression Across the States," a study examining state and national data for statistical associations between access-to-care factors and a state's mental health status and suicide rate. Included in the study is a ranking of the 50 states and the District of Columbia based on rates of depression and suicide. To view this report, Click here
Mental Health News is a free, up-to-date source of mental health news, illness information, treatment options, and resources in the community. Coalition staff members regularly contribute to Mental Health News. To view the current issue and past issues go to: http://www.mhnews.org
Health E-News bulletins detail health issues important to all New Yorkers. All Health Bulletins are available in English, Spanish, and Chinese, and many are available in other languages. To sign up for these e-mail updates, Follow This Link and select the Health Department updates you'd like to receive.
New York City Voices is a peer journal for mental health advocacy. It is a place where mental health consumers, ex-patients/survivors, family members, and professional helpers can let their voices be heard, providing mutual support for living the most empowered and independent lives possible. To read the current issue and past issues, go to: www.nycvoices.org
Child and Youth Mental Health Fact Sheets
SAMHSA has issued a number of fact sheets on mental health issues facing children and youth including depression, ADHD, Bipolar, oppositional, and defiant disorders. To view these fact sheets, Click here
Report Examines How Medicaid Agencies Administer Mental Health Services
Administration of Mental Health Services by Medicaid Agencies provides a state-by-state analysis of how Medicaid agencies are exercising their responsibilities for mental health services. The report explores how state Medicaid agencies are addressing the organization, funding, policy, management and data issues that arise from increased responsibility for mental health services. To read this report, Click here. |
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