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An electronic circular of the Coalition's Center for Rehabilitation and Recovery
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No. 32, December 2006
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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.
Center Launches New Youth Initiative Training Series: Developing Employment Solutions for Seriously Emotionally Disturbed Adolescents and Young Adults Consistent with our ongoing focus on rehabilitation and recovery, The Center is 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:
Location: All trainings will be conducted at The Coalition’s 90 Broad Street offices, 8th Floor Conference Room. For more information and to register, please go to: http://www.coalitionny.org/ccrr/seminars/youth_initiative.html *All Center trainings can be used toward CPRP and CRC credentialing.
Core Competencies Training Series: Best Practices in Employment This interactive 2 day training is designed for front-line staff and supervisors who want to learn best practices in employment. The training will provide staff with the opportunity to:
Emphasis will be placed on the supported employment model and other services in New York City. By the end of the training, staff will acquire the core competencies they need to better serve consumers who are pursuing employment. Date/Location: January 9th-10th, 2007, 9:00am-4:00pm at The Coalition’s 90 Broad Street offices, 8th Floor Conference Room. Fee: $80 per person If you would like to register, please download a registration form at: http://www.coalitionny.org/ccrr/seminars/documents/CCRRTrainingOverviewFallWinter2006.pdf, and fax to 212-742-2132, attn: Ms. Deborah Short. *All Center trainings can be used toward CPRP and CRC credentialing.
Visiting Legal Scholar Presents at the Center
On December 12th, 2006 the Center hosted John Tobin, Esq., a Visiting Professor at the Center for Human Rights and Global Justice, NYU School of Law and Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Law at the University of Melbourne, Australia. John’s interactive presentation, Thinking of Ways to Improve Mental Health Service Delivery: How Can a Rights-based Approach Help? was attended by over 40 organizational leaders and policy makers from a wide array of organizations and government agencies. Attendees had a unique opportunity to learn how to improve mental health services through the incorporation of rights-based principles such as equality, self determination, accountability and burden sharing. The Center hopes to provide additional opportunities for multidisciplinary learning in the future and we thank all those that attended this innovative event.
Youth Initiative Work Group Update On January 24th, 2007, 9:30am-11:30am the Center will conduct the next monthly Youth Initiative Work Group meeting. January’s focus will be on Psychiatric Medication Management for Seriously Emotionally Disturbed Youth. Reese Abright, M.D., head psychiatrist, child and adolescent program, St. Vincent’s Catholic Medical Center, will be presenting to the group. To register for this meeting, please email Deborah Short at [email protected]. For more information about the work group, please contact the Center’s youth consultant, Dr. Amy Smiley, at [email protected]
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