5th Annual Mental Health & Substance Abuse Services Training Conference:
Celebrating Strengths During Challenging Times
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Mark your Calendars!
Tuesday and Wednesday, Oct. 27 & 28, 2009
Radisson Paper Valley Hotel, Appleton, WI
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Presented by:
Bureau of
Prevention, Treatment and Recovery
Division of Mental Health and
Substance Abuse Services
WI Department of Health Services
Who Should Attend?
- Professionals, consumers, and families in the areas of substance abuse and mental
health
- Clinicians in the criminal and juvenile justice systems
- Domestic violence service providers
- Adolescent treatment professionals and educators
- Interested others
Conference Objectives
Learn
how to promote prevention, treatment, recovery, best practice, and
continuous quality improvement with the use of evidence-based practices
across the lifespan within Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services.
Promote meaningful involvement and inclusion of people and families
participating in MH/SA Services in recovery planning, services, supports,
and system change.
Learn about peer supports, peer run programming and topics related directly
to Peer Specialists in
Wisconsin.
Increase knowledge and skills regarding special topics in Mental Health,
Substance Abuse, and Co-Occurring
Treatment.
Topic Areas
- Prevention
- Adolescent Treatment
- Older Adult Treatment
- Cultural Competence
- Recovery
- Seclusion and Restraint
- Working with Peer Specialists
- Substance Abuse Treatment for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Individuals
- Psychopharmacology
Earn UWSP Credit
A one-credit UWSP course may be available in conjunction with the
5th Annual
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services Conference-Recovery: Promoting Dreams
Through Evidence Based Practice. Full Tuition must be paid at the time of course
registration, and is in addition to the workshop registration fee. Print the course
syllabus here.
Check back for a full conference workshop schedule in mid-August.
The conference brochure will be mailed around Aug. 30; if you have already received
the save-the-date postcard, you will receive the brochure shortly. If you haven’t
received the postcard, please click the link below and you will receive one in approximately
two weeks.
Click here to receive a hard copy
of the brochure in the mail.
Interested in Exhibiting?
Exhibit Space is available. Contact Wayne Sorenson at wsorenso@uwsp.edu or at 800-898-9472 for more information.