Friday, July 22, 2011
8:30 – 10:00 a.m.
Plenary: Behavioral Health
15 Strategies for Building “Heart,” an Indomitable Spirit and Resilience with At-Risk Youth
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Mark Sanders, LCSW, CADC, On The Mark Consulting
This workshop will first provide information on which youth are most vulnerable to addiction, suicide, mental illness, medical complications and substance-use disorders — that is, those who have had traumatic experiences in the home or in the community. The workshop will then provide 15 strategies for building internal and external assets that youth can call on when they are severely challenged by life.
Plenary: Mental Health
Treating the Multi-System, Multi-Problem Client: Habilitation or Rehabilitation
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Cardwell C. Nuckols, Ph. D., Cardwell C. Nuckols & Assoc. LLC
Over the last 20 years, emerging populations of younger and more chronic individuals have been entering the addiction, criminal justice and mental health treatment settings. Often called “young chronics” or “multi-system, multi-problem” clients, these individuals are difficult to understand and to treat. Often in need of habilitation, they present with personality immaturity, early alcohol/drug usage histories and a high incidence of early-life developmental trauma. This skills training event will help the clinician not only to understand the client’s needs but also to look at current treatment technology and community-based trends that are helpful in the habilitation of these clients.
Plenary: Community
Risky Business: What Every Parent & Health Professional
Should Know About Children, Adolescents & the Media
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Vic Strasburger, M.D., Univ of New Mexico School of Medicine
Do the media merely “reflect” the real world — as Hollywood and network executives would have us believe — or do they cause real-life problems as well? Children and teenagers spend an average of seven hours a day with media: how much of an impact does that have on their attitudes and behavior? Seventy percent of babies in the United States are parked in front of a TV set for at least an hour a day — does it help their language development? The answers lie partly in voluminous, complicated media research and partly in the realm of common sense. This talk will try to illuminate what we know about the impact of the media on children and adolescents, what we don’t know and what we need to do to find out. The topics of infant videos and child development, violence, advertising, obesity, sex and sexuality, drugs and new technologies will be explored, along with videotaped clips to illustrate the problems and some of the solutions. Several suggestions for parents and for schools will be presented.
Plenary: Workforce
The Future of the Field: Preparing for the New DSM-V
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Patrick DeChello, Ph.D., LCSW, MSW, RPH, D & S Associates
The DSM-V promises to be the greatest change in diagnosis since the DSM-III. Moving from diagnostic classifications based on differential diagnoses to the use of dimensional descriptors to clarify diagnosis based on empirical research could well change mental health practice as we have known it.
10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. – Closing Sessions
A Recovery Revolution in Texas
Ben Bass, El Paso Alliance, Inc.
Michaelanne Hurst, Communities for Recovery
Kathryn Jones, MSSW, LCSW, Center for Health Care Services
Leonard Kincaid, MBA, MS, LPC, LCDC, The Council on Alcohol and Drug Abuse Houston
Joe Powell, LCDC, CAS, Association of Persons Affected by Addiction
Kerby Stewart, M.D., Department of State Health Services
This session will present a panel representing Texas Recovery-Oriented Systems of CARE (ROSC) Initiatives in the five metro areas of Texas. The Texas Recovery Initiative(TRI), led by the DSHS/ Mental Health and Substance Abuse Division, provided support and a collaborating forum for these initiatives. Each panel member will provide a brief thumbnail sketch of their respective initiatives, including their target populations and participating programs. In closing, the moderator will provide a summary of the discussion.
How to Develop a Recovery-Oriented System of Care
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Mark Sanders, LCSW, CADC, On The Mark Consulting
This workshop focuses on helping clients achieve long-term recovery by shifting from an acute-care model to a recovery-oriented system of care. Other topics include: three phases of recovery management, strategies for improving retention and decreasing dropout rates, helping clients develop recovery capital as a recovery strategy, and multiple pathways to long-term recovery.