Schedule
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
9:00 am • Registration Opens
12:00 – 4:00 pm • Affiliate Executive Fundraising Training Session (Additional Fee)
This half-day training
session and luncheon for Mental Health America affiliate executives and their
board members will highlight successful fundraising endeavors in the affiliate
field. National experts will also provide insights that reframe traditional
ideas about fundraising—and offer tools on how to win support for promotion
and prevention efforts.
Speakers: Katya Andresen,
vice president of Marketing, Network for Good; Kristine Sarkauskas, president
and chief executive officer, MHA of Indian River County (Fl.); Betsy Schwartz,
executive director, MHA of Greater Houston, Inc. (Tx.); and Robert Ogrodnik,
secretary, National Kidney Foundation, and vice president International, Emerson
Motor Company (invited)
4:00 – 5:00 pm • Consumer Scholarship Orientation
Don’t miss this
informal meeting for consumer scholarship recipients and all mental health
consumers attending the Conference. Meet, mingle and network with friends,
colleagues, and Mental Health America staff and volunteers.
5:00 – 5:30 pm • First-Time Attendee Orientation
A must-attend event
for those who are attending the Conference for the first time! Learn what Mental
Health America is all about while you meet other first-time attendees who share
your interest in promoting mental health and well-being.
5:30 – 7:00 pm • Welcoming Reception with Hors d’oeuvres
Reconnect with old friends, make new ones. Enjoy the smooth
sounds of a jazz trio, The Wright Touch, while networking with experts and
leadership from mental health groups from across the nation and around the
world.
7:00 pm • Registration Closes
7:30 – 9:30 pm • Night Tour of D.C. (Additional Fee)
Take in the sites,
monuments, and historical spots of our nation’s capitol on a trolley tour of
the city while getting to know other conference attendees.
Thursday, June 5, 2008 — Capitol Hill Day
7:00 am • Registration Opens
7:00 – 8:30 am • Breakfast Buffet
7:30 – 8:00 am • Wellness Session
Prepare yourself
for the day with mindfulness and yoga exercises.
8:30 – 9:30 am • Opening Session
Get inspired and
energized for a day of advocacy activities on Capitol Hill, and hear from our
Legislator of the Year award winners about hot-button mental health issues.
9:30 – 10:30 am • Capitol Hill Prep Session
Whether you’re
a seasoned advocate or a first-time visitor to Capitol Hill, you’ll want to
attend this session to get all the strategies and information you need to make
a positive and lasting impression during your visits with legislators.
10:30 am – 3:00 pm • Capitol Hill Visits
Make yourself heard!
Attendees will head to Capitol Hill and attend pre-scheduled visits with their
senators and representatives to educate them about key issues and urge them
to make mental health a legislative priority in the year ahead
12:00 – 1:30 pm • Class of 2008 Orientation
Geared toward Class
of 2008 members and affiliate executive directors who have been in their positions
for fewer than 12 months, this orientation session offers an opportunity to
make connections while learning about all the conference has to offer.
3:30 – 5:00 pm • Delegate Assembly & MHA Awards
At this annual
meeting of the Members of the Corporation, eligible delegates will elect Mental
Health America’s incoming Board of Directors and vote on other business issues. We’ll
also present Mental Health America affiliate awards that honor innovative programs,
excellence in cultural competency issues and exceptional volunteers.
5:00 – 6:30 pm • CMHS Caucus
Hear about the
Center for Mental Health Services’ current programs and activities, and share
your thoughts and suggestions for the current and future directions..
6:30 pm • Registration Closes
Friday, June 6, 2008 – Summit Day 1
7:00 am • Registration Opens
7:00 – 8:00 am • Continental Breakfast
7:30 – 8:00 am • Wellness Session
Attend to your own wellness this morning! Use complementary
therapies like mindfulness and yoga stretches to de-stress, get balanced, and
start your day out right.
8:00 am • Exhibit Hall Opens
8:30 – 9:30 am • Plenary: No Health Without Mental Health
Mental Health America President and CEO Dr.
David Shern sets the stage for
the Summit with the premier of the groundbreaking FundaMENTAL Health presentation. Evocative
and informative, this presentation will examine in vivid detail the current
state of mental health. The presentation focuses on proven strategies that
promote wellness and drive down the unacceptably high rates of early death
and co-morbidity among people with mental illnesses.
Speakers: David
L. Shern, Ph.D., president and CEO,
Mental Health America
Hear straight from IOM Committee members about its eagerly anticipated report, to be released this fall, and learn about some of the prevention and promotion issues presented to the IOM committee.
Speakers: IOM committee members: William Beardslee, M.D., academic chairman, Department of Psychiatry, Children’s Hospital Boston; and Carl Bell, M.D., president and chief executive officer, Community Mental Health Council and Foundation, Inc.
11 am – 12:00 pm • Exhibit Hall Break
Connect with businesses
that can help your organization be the best it can be! Don’t miss this opportunity
to learn about new mental health and wellness programs and products.
12:00 – 1:30 pm • Keynote Luncheon
Learn from the strategies that the cancer movement used to
drive down mortality rates while increasing awareness and reducing stigma.
Learn what approaches work, which ones don’t and how the mental health movement
can model its efforts after those of the American Cancer Society.
Speakers: John
R. Seffrin, Ph.D., chief executive
officer, American Cancer Society
1:45 – 3:15 pm • Promotion and Prevention in the Places We Live, Work
and Learn
Participate in a series of breakout sessions that will build
on what you’ve heard during the morning plenary sessions, and learn how to
fund, implement and sustain proven prevention and promotion models in your
community.
Healthcare
— “The Cultural Competency Curriculum Module: Program Overview”
Presenters: Guadalupe Pacheco, M.S.W., special assistant to the deputy assistant secretary, Office of Minority Health; and the 2008 winner of the Betty Humphrey Cultural Competency Award (TBD)Workplace
— “Working with Businesses to Advance Mental Health”
Presenters: Clare Miller, director, Partnership for Workplace Mental Health, American Psychiatric Foundation; and Ben Harrington, executive director, MHA of East Tennessee, Inc.Schools/Youth
— “Building School Mental Health Capacity of State and Local Education”
Presenters: Mark Weist, Ph.D., director and professor, Center for School Mental Health; and Carl Paternite, Ph.D., professor and chair, Miami UniversityWellness
— “Developing a Consumer-Driven Wellness Program”
Presenters: Jane Harris, M.S., director of Wellness, Jefferson Center for Mental Health; and Kathy Baur, Ph.D., wellness clinician, Jefferson Center for Mental HealthCommunity
— “Mental Health First Aid: Identifying Emergencies on Campus and in Communities”
Presenters: Terry Bohrer, president, MHA of Maryland; Kathy Shulman, program director, Mental Health First Aid, MHA of Maryland
3:30 – 5:00 pm • Plenary: Adopting a Prevention and Promotion Framework—Galvanizing the Political and Social Will for Change
The Director
of the Scottish Government’s National Programme for Improving Mental Health
and Wellbeing and other international authorities will discuss the extraordinary
efforts they have undertaken to successfully advance a progressive mental health
agenda. They’ll describe the obstacles they faced and lessons they learned
as they implemented new prevention and promotion mandates for their countries.
Speakers: Gregor
Henderson, M.A., M.S.C., director,
National Programme for Improving Mental Health and Wellbeing; and Helen Herrman,
director of Academic Programs, Australian International Health Institute, University
of Melbourne, and professor of Public Health and Psychiatry, University of
Melbourne (invited)
5:00 – 6:00 pm • Poster Session and Reception
Get a sampling
of top-notch promotion and prevention research and programs across the country
during this event in our Exhibit Hall.
6:00 pm • Exhibit Hall Closes
6:30 – 8:30 pm • Dinner and Awards Ceremony
Dine with new and
old friends as we honor a group of young people with mpower awards for speaking
out about mental health issues, and bestow our highest honor, the Clifford
W. Beers Award, for lifetime achievement in mental health consumer advocacy.
7:00 pm • Registration Closes
Saturday, June 7, 2008 - Summit Day 2
7:00 am • Registration Opens
7:00 – 8:00 am • Continental Breakfast
7:30 – 8:00 am • Wellness Session
Mentally prepare yourself for the day with mindfulness and
yoga exercises.
8:00 am • Exhibit Hall Opens
8:30 – 9:15 am • Plenary: The Cutting Edge: Research on Early Intervention & Prevention of Schizophrenia
Hear about the
extraordinary and pioneering research of Dr. William McFarlane, who’s working
to change the trajectory of schizophrenia in young people. Dr. McFarlane’s
inspirational work is bringing hope to families and opening doors to a promising
future for people who have or are at risk for schizophrenia.
Speakers: William
McFarlane, M.D., professor of Psychiatry, University of Vermont, director, Center
for Psychiatric Research, Maine Medical
Center
9:15 – 10:15 am • Plenary: Breakthroughs in Genetics and Neuroscience and What they Mean for Prevention
Hosted by Susan
Dentzer of “The NewsHour With Jim Lehrer,” this panel of leading
experts will examine recent advances in understanding of the human brain—from
neuroscience and behavioral research to genomics—and explore the implications
for prevention.
Speakers: Susan
Dentzer, on-air correspondent, The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, Public Broadcasting
Service and leading experts in the field (TBD)
10:15 – 11:00 am • Exhibit Hall Break
11 am – 12:30 pm • Promotion and Prevention in the Places We Live, Work and
Learn
Breakout sessions in four tracks will elaborate on the topics
discussed in the morning plenary sessions. You’ll take away funding and implementation
strategies for prevention and promotion in the places we live, work and learn.
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Healthcare
— “Promoting Holistic Care for People with Serious Mental Illnesses”
Presenters: Evelyn Bromet, Ph.D., professor of Psychiatry and Preventive Medicine, State University of New York at Stony Brook; Dori Hutchinson, Sc.D., director of Services, Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation, Boston, Ma. (invited); and David Shern, Ph.D., president and CEO, Mental Health America
Workplace
— “WRAP in the Workplace”
Presenters: Cindy Mataraso, Psy.D., administrator, Crestwood Healing Center; and Lynn Gurko, director of Recovery Services, Crestwood Behavioral HealthSchools/Youth
— “Removing Barriers to Learning: Linkages to Learning, a Comprehensive Model of School-Based Mental Health Service Delivery”
Presenters: Colleen Fee, M.S.W, program manager and private provider representative, Linkages to Learning; and Allison Stearns, M.S., M.P.H., L.C.P.C., director, Kensington Wheaton Youth Services, Mental Health Association of Montgomery CountyWellness
— “Supporting Parents Toward Mental Wellness”
Presenters: Martha Rasmus, M.S.W., L.C.S.W., president and chief executive officer, Mental Health America of Wisconsin; and Kristina Finnel, M.S.W., supervisor, Invisible Children’s Program, Mental Health America of WisconsinCommunity
— “Making a Difference for Families with Depression”
Presenters: William Beardslee, M.D., academic chairman, Department of Psychiatry, Children’s Hospital Boston (invited); Gail F. Ritchie, M.S.W., public health analyst, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration; and Diana Morales, M.P.H., vice president, Public Education, Mental Health America
12:30 pm • Exhibit Hall Closes
12:30 – 2:00 pm • Media Awards Luncheon and Conference Closing
This perennial
highlight of the Conference will recognize the best media coverage of mental
health issues in 2007 by journalists in television, print, radio, online, wire,
photography and entertainment. You’ll be inspired by each of the Mental Health
Media Award recipients as they discuss how their stories took shape, and the
people and issues that were a part of them
Questions?
Contact Danielle Fritze, Project Manager, Public Affairs, Mental Health America at dfritze@mentalhealthamerica.net