From Innovations to Practice: The Promise and Challenge of Achieving Recovery for All
April 14, 2008 8:00 AM
until April 15, 2008
Cambridge, MA
Hyatt Regency Hotel, Cambridge, MA
http://www.bu.edu/cpr/conference/index.html
This conference will address a number of topical areas through pre-conference institutes, workshops, and panels. Listed below are a few of the topical areas and a sample of issues addressed under each topic.
Conference Topic Examples
Theme 1: Moving Systems Forward
• Leadership: The critical element in shifting the system paradigm
• Systems transformation: U.S. and international initiatives
• Changing the landscape: Policies and practices that support equal access for all
• No force first: Promoting rehabilitation and reducing coercion
Theme 2: Moving Programs Forward
• Effective leadership—growing consumer advocacy
• Integrating health and wellness in rehabilitation and recovery services
• Implementing evidence-based and value-based services
• Culturally competent services for minorities with psychiatric disabilities
Theme 3: Reaching Across Diverse Communities
• Understanding the power of culture in the recovery journey
• Consumer studies: Examining perspectives and cultural diversity
• Family, healers, and spiritual influences on recovery
• Reaching out to new immigrants, refugees, and other marginalized groups
Theme 4: Reaching Across the Workforce and Other Stakeholders
• Recovery training using a consumer-driven approach
• Workforce transformation: Making it a reality
• Diversity within the workforce: Recruiting, training, and retaining staff
• Strategies for combating stigma
Conference Speakers
William A. Anthony
A. Kathryn Power
Steven Tingus
Henry Acosta
Judi Chamberlin
Judith Cook
Marianne Farkas
Sandra Forquer
Piedad Garcia
Courtenay Harding
Dori Hutchinson
Kathy Muscari
Maria E. Restrepo-Toro
E. Sally Rogers
Zlatka Russinova
David Shern
and many others
Invited:
Senator Edward Kennedy, Massachusetts
Terry Cline, SAMHSA, Director
Poster Session Submissions
Poster Submission Deadline: October 30, 2007
Abstracts for poster sessions are being accepted.
Type or print a 100 to150 word abstract describing your poster session and include the following information:
• Name of the session
• Name of the theme to which the session relates (i.e., Moving Systems Forward, Moving Programs Forward, Reaching Across Diverse Communities, Reaching Across Workforce and Other Stakeholders)
• Name, title/position of the author(s) and presenter(s).
• Full address with postal code.
• Telephone number, fax number, and e-mail address if possible.
Mail your submission to:
Marianne Farkas, Chairperson
Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation
Boston University
940 Commonwealth Avenue West
Boston, MA 02215
Or e-mail to:
mfarkas@bu.edu or joanrapp@bu.edu
If you submit by e-mail, please also send a hard copy by regular postal airmail.
Phone: 617/353-3549 Fax: 617/353-7700
Cost
Registration Fees (In USD)
Conference only (11⁄2 days)
(Postmarked on or before 2/8/08) $175
(Postmarked after 2/8/08) $200
Pre-conference Institutes (1⁄2 day)
Monday morning, April 14 $ 50
Conference & Pre-conference Institute (2 days)
(Postmarked on or before 2/8/08) $200
(Postmarked after 2/8/08) $250
Individuals with Psychiatric Disabilities
& Students $125
Location
The conference will be hosted at the Cambridge Hyatt Regency directly across the Charles River and only minutes from the main campus of Boston University. The conference has a special room rate at the Hyatt Regency available for attendees.Hotel Accommodations
Hotel accommodations are available ranging from approximately $100 (Boston/Brookline) to $169 (Hyatt) per night plus taxes. April is one of the peak hotel times in the Boston area so early reservations are recommended.
For more information, please contact:
Joan Rapp, Conference Manager
Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation
Boston University
940 Commonwealth Avenue West
Boston, MA 02215
USA
Phone: 617/353-3549
Fax: 617/353-7700
E-Mail: joanrapp@bu.edu
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This conference is sponsored by the Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation at Boston University, Consumer Organization and Networking Technical Assistance Center, the American College of Mental Health Administration and the National Resource Center for Hispanic Mental Health, New Jersey Mental Health Institute, Inc. in collaboration with the World Association for Psychosocial Rehabilitation.
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