5th Annual Mental Health & Substance Abuse Services Training Conference:
Celebrating Strengths During Challenging Times

5th Annual Mental Health and Substance Abuse Training Conference Brochure
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Mark your Calendars!

Tuesday and Wednesday, Oct. 27 & 28, 2009
Radisson Paper Valley Hotel, Appleton, WI

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.