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An electronic circular of the Coalition's Center for Rehabilitation and Recovery
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No. 54, June 2009
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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.
Courtenay Harding, Ph.D. to Become the New Director of Center for Rehabilitation and Recovery
Dr. Harding is a highly esteemed clinician, researcher, and teacher with over 30 years experience in the field of rehabilitation and recovery. Indeed, she is considered a key player in the history of the recovery movement. This is due, in part, to her classic studies of schizophrenia and other serious mental illnesses with patients from the state hospitals in Maine and Vermont. Throughout the course of her distinguished career, she has consistently conveyed a strong message of hope of recovery for people living with serious mental illness. In so doing she has helped promote rehabilitation and recovery best practices among innumerable patients, families, service providers, policy makers and clinicians. Dr. Harding comes to us from Boston University where she is serving as the Director of the Institute for the Study of Human Resilience and Senior Director of the Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation. In 2007, she was appointed Professor of Psychiatry at the Boston University School of Medicine. Prior to Boston, Dr. Harding held faculty appointments at the University of Colorado School of Medicine Yale School of Medicine, Cornell Medical School, University of Maryland, and the Smith School of Social Work. Dr. Harding has been an invited participant, faculty member, and organizer in over 500 local, state, national and international meetings and conferences, as well as author of 80 contributions to scientific journals, books and governmental technical reports. She is the recipient of numerous awards. The Coalition is very excited to have Dr. Harding join our organization. Please join us in welcoming her to the Center. Center Staff to Provide Training for ACT Providers at Regional Meeting Aaron Vieira, the Center’s Director of Education and Training will be presenting a workshop on ‘Building Effective Teams’ on June 12th at a New York State ACT Regional Meeting entitled “ACT Supporting Recovery.” The meeting, which is organized by the ACT Institute and the New York State Office of Mental Health, will be held at Lighthouse International, The Sol and Lillian Goldman Building in New York City. Aaron’s contribution to this meeting is part of an extended to effort to bolster the capacity of ACT providers to deliver recovering enhancing services for people with AOT orders. For more information about the Center and our activities, go to: http://www.coalitionny.org/the_center/
The Coalition’s 25th Annual Leadership Awards Reception Date/Time: June 25th, 2009, 5:00pm (award presentations at 6:30pm)
To buy tickets or advertise in our commemorative journal, visit our website, www.coalitionny.org for more details. We look forward to seeing you on June 25th.
Education and Training The Coalition’s Center for Rehabilitation and Recovery: Title: Peer Specialists in New York City: A Change We Can Believe In Description: Co-sponsored by the Coalition’s Center, New York City’s third annual peer conference will emphasize the accomplishments, experience, knowledge and expertise of people working as Peer Specialists throughout NYC. Note: This year’s conference will include a Mental Health Provider Intensive track. Training Specialist, Marie Sabatino, and Peer Educator, Pat Feinberg will be facilitating the workshop, “Leading the Way to Recovery: Promoting Peer Integration in the Workplace.” For more information about Center training, projects, and events go to: http://www.coalitionny.org/the_center/ The Coalition’s Professional Learning Center: Title: Fourth Annual Advanced Management Training Institute - Preparing for Survey and Financial Audits Title: Fourth Annual Advanced Management Training Institute - Behavior in the Workplace Other Community Educational Opportunities and Events Organizations: Independent Living Inc., the Orange County Department of Mental Health and the Orange County Wellness Task Force Organization: Georgetown University National TA Center for Children’s Mental Health Organization: Campaign for Mental Health Recovery (CMHR) Organizations: The Center for Alternative Sentencing and Employment Services (CASES) and the Legal Aid Society Organizations: United States Department of Health and Human Services Organizations: Supportive Housing Network of NY
Boston University’s Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation New video, Beyond the Shadows of Stigma. ttp://www.bu.edu/cpr/research/ongoing/rtc2009/photovoice/photovoice-load.html New Book, Voices of Recovery, personal accounts of the process of recovery as experienced by individuals with serious mental illnesses. http://www.bu.edu/cpr/products/books/titles/voices.html Mental Health News New summer 2009 edition, Recovery and The Consumer Movement. www.mhnews.org New York Association of Psychiatric Rehabilitation Services New resource, WE Can Work! The Employment Tool for People with Psychiatric Disabilities in NYS! Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration (SAMHSA): New report, Major Depressive Episode and Treatment among Adults http://www.samhsa.gov/newsroom/advisories/0905184956.aspx New resource, Transformation Tracker Explorer. Learn about activities States are pursuing as a result of the SAMHSA Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS) Mental Health Transformation State Incentive Grants (MHT SIG). http://mhtsigdata.samhsa.gov/ Source: National Council Technical Assistance Update United States Departmetn of Health and Human Services New resource, Action Steps for Improving Women’s Mental Health. A compilation of recent research on mental health issues in women and explores the role gender plays in diagnosing, treating and coping with mental illness. http://www.womenshealth.gov/ Source: National Council Technical Assistance Update |
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Join us with leaders in government, behavioral health, and the corporate and civic communities as we bestow our Leadership Awards. Among the individuals receiving awards this year are the Honorable David A. Paterson, Governor, New York State; Honorable Peter M. Rivera, Chair, Committee on Mental Health, New York State Assembly; Honorable G. Oliver Koppell, Chair, Committee on Mental Health, Mental Retardation, Alcoholism, Drug Abuse and Disability Services, New York City Council, and Patricia Feinberg, Peer Educator, The Coalition’s Center for Rehabilitation and Recovery The Coalition Home | Center for Rehabilitation and Recovery | Site Map
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