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News You Can Use!
VOCAL's Mental Health Recovery
News for March 12, 2012
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Dear Reader,
You are receiving the VOCAL Network Digest because you are on our email list. The Network Digest is a twice-weekly update of mental health announcements throughout Virginia and the nation. If you prefer not to receive these updates, please click the "unsubscribe" button at the bottom of this email. Thank you!
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Call for Workshop Proposals for VOCAL's Statewide MH Consumer Conference
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All those interested in presenting a workshop/break-out session at our conference, "Strength in Diversity and Purpose" must submit your topic/name, outline, and educational/learning goals to Yolande Long:
yolande@vocalvirginia.org
Outlines are due no later than Monday, April 16th for consideration.
Each workshop will be given a one hour and thirty minute (1.5 hour) time slot. You must be able to provide your own handouts if you will use them.
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Peerlink National Technical Assistance Center Webinar
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Thursday, March 15th from 2:00-3:00 p.m.
"Negotiating Medications Concerns" / "Talking With Your Healthcare Provider"
with Beckie Child
Beckie will discuss tools and strategies to use when talking with healthcare providers about mental health challenges and medication concerns. She talks about how difficult and hard feelings are survivable and that not every bad feeling requires a pill.
Beckie will discuss the principles of informed consent, strategies and tools, different ways to say "No!", and strategies for dealing with embarrassment when talking to your healthcare provider.
This webinar will be presented live via teleconference and web interface.
WEB ACCESS:
www.readytalk.com
CODE: 8200138
PHONE ACCESS:
1.866.305.2467
CODE: 518298#
You must log into both the web interface and teleconference to see and hear the presentation.
To register for this webinar, visit: http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1109494588693&s=7579&e=0010w5Nk1yxVZU7p3Ccw3RX2V5CcCcPujTPZJXmEIeoAkR4dyLtnvQXCra7ryDymRLJor2gIE7_jLlS2z1mGPsk2rTdKygfJub0GM4vLgFrlr00OI0cLJrJPvtpA-t_FQyN_9UM_xauz6Qfzq41OjtREkGMHU6qMuCI and click "Register Now"
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Paolo del Vecchio Scheduled to Give Keynote Address at VOCAL Conference!
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VOCAL is pleased to announce that Mr. Paolo del Vecchio will give the keynote address at this year's conference, " Strength in Diversity and Purpose".
Mr. del Vecchio is Acting Director of the Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS). Paolo currently serves as the CMHS Associate Director for Consumer Affairs and in this capacity he manages SAMHSA's precedent-setting activities addressing consumer participation and education, issues of discrimination and prejudice, consumer rights, wellness, recovery, trauma, access to treatment, and other issues affecting persons with mental health conditions.
Paolo was the first Consumer Affairs Specialist hired in 1995 by SAMHSA. In this capacity, he promoted consumer participation in all aspects of the Center's policies and operations ranging from public education to developing evidence-based treatment and recovery practices to address the needs of persons with mental illnesses. Prior to joining SAMHSA, Paolo worked for the Philadelphia Office of Mental Health in the areas of policy formulation and the planning of a comprehensive system of community-based mental health services addressing homelessness, HIV/AIDS, and many other issues. He graduated summa cum laude with a master's degree in social work from Temple University. Paolo has been involved for over 40 years in behavioral health as a consumer, family member, provider, advocate, and state and federal policy-maker.
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Central Peer Connect to Meet at RAFT House in Ashland
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Central Peer Connect will meet tomorrow, Tuesday, March 13 at RAFT House, 14433 Washington Hwy in Ashland (23005). RAFT House will provide a light lunch for Central Peer Connect and RAFT House members at 12 noon. The meeting will follow from 12:30- 2 p.m.Come join us, and listen to our special program, "Optimizing Your Support System: Information You Can Use to Build or Repair Relationships with Family Members, Peers, Peer Support Specialists, and Other Professionals" with Betsy Brown, Carla Beck and Ruby Fitzgerald.
RAFT House telephone number is 804.798.4587.
PLEASE RSVP to Yolande Long at 804.343.1777 or to yolande@vocalvirginia.org RAFT House needs an accurate head count to plan lunch.
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Firewalkers and Arm Wrestling?
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Firewalkers in gearing up for a great fundraiser and outreach event!
CLAW (Charlottesville Ladies Arm Wrestling http://www.clawville.org/) is a hoot and a holler. People line up around the block to get into the circus tent, listen to We are Star Children and watch this incredible, theatrical sporting event like no other! (Well, to be fair, it has gone national. It is just that cool.) It is a wonderful spectacle and all for a good cause!
March 24th at the Blue Moon Diner 8pm, doors at 7pm. General Admission tickets at the door are $5.
Ringside VIP seats are $75. This money will go directly to The Firewalkers Project at VOCAL. Maybe you know someone who would love these tickets? Please put them in touch with malaina@vocalvirginia.org.
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Deadline for "Network News" is This Wednesday, March 14th**************************************************Please email your news and contributions NO LATER THAN this Wednesday to yolande@vocalvirginia.orgI look forward to hearing from you! |
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Survivors of Sexual Abuse Co-Ed Group
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SAARA Center 306 Turner Road, Suite P
Richmond, Virginia 23225
Every Monday beginning April 2nd
Further questions or concerns contact:
Hallie at (804) 971-1777 or
halliehartman@rocketmail.com
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Register for the RTP Webinar: Understanding and Building on Culture
and Spirituality in Recovery-Oriented Practice
********************************************************** The next RTP Webinar will describe three components of culture and spirituality in recovery-oriented care: cultural and spiritual assessments, culturally appropriate interventions, and ways in which spirituality and culture can shape an individual's recovery journey. Our presenters will introduce a range of strategies that ensure care is responsive to a person's cultural identity and discuss approaches for fostering cultural strengths and spirituality in care planning and recovery practices. An important facet of culture and spirituality in recovery-oriented care addresses the aging process-how can practitioners be cognizant of person- and family-centered culturally specific needs?
April 4th from 3:00-4:30 p.m.
Description
Three multidisciplinary specialists will share their perspectives. Reverend Laura Mancuso, M.S., CRC/CPRP, will describe practical tools for making assessment culturally and spiritually oriented. Dee Bigfoot, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, will discuss recovery-oriented interventions that have spiritual and cultural components. Finally, National Association of Peer Specialists President Gladys Christian will address how spirituality and culture have affected her recovery journey.
Registration
Click here to register.
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VOCAL's Warm Line Up and Running Again!
************************************VOCAL has an email warm line for people who like to chat and would like a friendly response within a few days. Emails are answered once or twice weekly. This is not a HOT LINE nor CRISIS LINE, but more like a pen pal who can also connect folks with statewide and local resources.
For warm line questions:
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************************************ Exciting News from the Firewalkers Project!
************************************ Spiritual breakthroughs. Mad gifts. Visionary meltdowns. Do these themes resonate with you? We are publishing an anthology of creative non-fiction about what is called mental illness and mystical experiences, shifts in consciousness and unexpected blessings. Deadline is June 21, 2012. Please see full details at www.thefirebook.org
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