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.

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The Coalition has Changed it’s Name

To more accurately reflect our membership and to better serve them, we have changed our name to The Coalition of Behavioral Health Agencies, Inc.  The Center for Rehabilitation and Recovery’s name remains unchanged.  Our new web address is www.coalitionny.org. Email has also changed: [email protected].

Coalition’s Center: Comprehensive Benefits Training

We are still accepting registrations for the November 14th-17th training to be held at the Coalition’s 90 Broad Street offices from 9am-4pm. This training is designed as an in-depth follow up to our Basic Benefits Training.

This intensive 4 day training with Ed Lopez, Esq. 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 work incentives towards career development
• 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
• Apply newly acquired systems knowledge through case studies

*Fee: $160 per person (Reduced from $205)

*Should this cost prove prohibitive to your agency’s participation, please contact Alysia Pascaris, the Center’s Director at 212-742-1600, ext 201 (the fee for this training represents the Centers $40 per day training fee).

To view all of our Fall/Winter 2006-2007 trainings and to download a registration form, please visit: http://www.coalitionny.org/ccrr/seminars/documents/CCRRTrainingOverviewFallWinter2006.pdf

Coalition’s Center: Core Competencies Training: Introduction to Mental Health, Rehabilitation and Recovery

We are still accepting registrations for the November 1st-2nd training to be held at the Coalition’s 90 Broad Street offices from 9am-4pm.

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: $80 per person

*Should this cost prove prohibitive to your agency’s participation, please contact Alysia Pascaris, the Center’s Director at 212-742-1600, ext 201 (the fee for this training represents the Center’s $40 per day training fee).

To view all of our Fall/Winter 2006-2007 trainings and to download a registration form, please visit: http://www.coalitionny.org/ccrr/seminars/documents/CCRRTrainingOverviewFallWinter2006.pdf

Coalition’s Center: Youth Initiative Update

Our Youth Initiative Workgroup held its inaugural meeting on September 27th.  We are happy to share that the 15 participants represented a wide-array of youth services providers and government agencies each with a strong vested interest in the welfare of SED transition age youth.  This work group is being held in conjunction with our ongoing Youth Initiative and Transition to Independence Process (TIP) trainings for the purpose of sharing ideas and perspectives on the challenges facing this population.  The Coalition’s Center is thrilled to be the first to offer this cutting-edge, evidence-based approach to the New York City provider community. For more information about the work group, contact Dr. Amy Smiley, the Center’s Youth Consultant at [email protected].

On October 17th, 18th, 19th, and 20th, the Center will deliver the final phase of our TIP trainings: Problem Solving and Decision making to approximately 100 participants. Registration is closed for these trainings.

Following the conclusion of our TIP trainings, the Center will provide on-site technical assistance to a maximum of six agencies seeking to implement the TIP system. Thank you to all the agencies that submitted proposals. Site selections will be announced shortly.  For more information about our Youth Initiative, please visit: http://www.coalitionny.org/ccrr/seminars/youth_initiative.html

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