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News You Can Use!
VOCAL's Mental Health Recovery
News for June 28, 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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The VOCAL E-Digest Editor...
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will be taking a vacation!
Therefore there will be no e-digests during the week of July 2 - 6.
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Thank you, Anna Mendez!
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VOCAL would like to thank Anna Mendez for her time at VOCAL, and wish her the best in her future endeavors.
REACH activities will be continuing! For questions about REACH, please call the VOCAL Network office at 804.343.1777 or email:network@vocalvirginia.org
See the announcement below for WRAP Facilitator Training information.
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W.R.A.P. Facilitator Training Coming Soon!
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There are plans in the works to hold a W.R.A.P. Facilitator Training by the end of August.
Scholarships will be available. If you are interested in applying, download the application here: http://vocal.groupsite.com/file_cabinet and submit it either electronically to network@vocalvirginia.org or send it by postal mail to:
The VOCAL Network
1904 Byrd Avenue, Suite 111
Richmond, VA 23230
ATT: REACH
If you have applied in the past, please note that we will need for you to reapply now.
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Central Peer Connect To Meet on July 10 at Chester House
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12:30-2:00 p.m.
11814 Chester Road, Chester 23831 |
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New "Drop-In" WRAP Group in Richmond
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Ongoing group, starting on July 7th for anyone facing mental health challenges.
Every Saturday from 10:30 a.m. - Noon at Lakeside House
Lakeside House is located at 5623 Lakeside Avenue in Henrico (23228)
For further information, email: wrapnrecovery@gmail.com or call 804.727.8540/804.727.8555 |
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New MindFreedom Campaign Defies Hopelessness
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Today, MindFreedom International launches the I Got Better campaign with an invitation for you to participate in this Survey on Hope in Mental Health:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/mfi-igb-intro
This brief, confidential introductory questionnaire takes less than five (5) minutes to complete.
I Got Better is an ongoing project defying the all-too-common message that recovery from mental and emotional distress is impossible. The I Got Better campaign will make stories of recovery and hope in mental health widely available through a variety of media.
Your Participation Could Save a Life
Any and everybody with a stake in mental health in our society is welcome to participate, including people who have used mental health services, psychiatric survivors, as well as their friends, family members, colleagues, and mental health workers. Please share the survey link -https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/mfi-igb-intro - freely via email, facebook, twitter, blogs, etc.
Respondents to the survey wishing to share additional knowledge will be invited to take an optional follow-up survey about impressions of hope and hopelessness in mental health care, and successful strategies for recovery. Some survey respondents will be asked to share their story on video.
David Oaks, Director of MindFreedom International, said, "When I was in psychiatric care in college, I was told it was forever. Your experience of hope and hopelessness in mental health care could help youth and young adults receiving a psychiatric diagnosis for the first time. Hope could save a life."
The Story Behind I Got Better
The title of the I Got Better campaign is inspired by the successful It Gets Better viral media effort led by columnist Dan Savage that "shows LGBT youth the levels of happiness their lives will reach." While the I Got Better and It Gets Better campaigns are independent, Dan Savage has enthusiastically endorsed I Got Better.
The I Got Better campaign is funded by a grant from the Foundation for Excellence in Mental Health Care to MindFreedom International. MFI is an independent nonprofit coalition founded in 1986 to win human rights and alternatives in mental health. For more information contact news@mindfreedom.org, or call the MFI office at 541-345-9106.
To take the brief, confidential introductory I Got Better survey, which will be active through 15 October 2012, click here now:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/mfi-igb-intro
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Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance of Falls Church
Announces Job Opportunities
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Part-time volunteer and paid job opportunities available for mental health consumers interested in becoming Peer Support Specialists.
- Three team players wanted to facilitate mental health support groups in Reston/Herndon and Falls Church, Pathways to Recovery, and our Mental Health Recovery Weekend Retreat. Peer Support Specialist training included with a minimum commitment of two years.
- Part time Financial Assistant wanted to keep accounts on Quick Books Online Program, assist with auditing, file necessary reports with Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, pay contractors and bills, and file taxes and licenses. Knowledge of Quick Books, accounting, and taxes required.
Please contact Anne N. Cowley, LCSW, Executive Director DBSAFC, at 703-354-5104 or ANC436@aol.com. E-mailed or attached resumes would be helpful.
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Certified Peer Specialist Position Open In Manassas
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Twenty (20) hours per week at Brandon House, Crisis Stabilization Program, from Monday - Friday, 8 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Responsibilities: Peer Specialists will be responsible for providing support services to adult clients with severe and persistent mental illness in need of short-term crisis stabilization.
Qualifications: High School Diploma or GED and Peer Specialist certification are required. In addition, present or past use of behavioral health services and demonstrated recovery are necessary. Familiarity and experience with local mental health services, and Crisis Intervention experience preferred.
Contact: Forward resume to: acovertbryant@fellowshiphr.org or fax to: 703-335-6522.
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WRAP for Everyday Lives: A Webinar with Gina Calhoun and Dina McFalls
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July 10th at 10:00 a.m.
Gina Calhoun, The Copeland Center's National Director of Recovery and Wellness Education, and Dina McFalls, Director of Philadelphia Coordinated Health Care, present WRAP for Everyday Lives, based on the Wellness Recovery Action Plan, a system developed by Mary Ellen Copeland and a group of people with mental health challenges. This system supports a person to discover/rediscover their skills and strengths, while staying as well as possible on a daily basis.
They will be introducing the infinitely do-able structure of WRAP to adults with distinct learning needs. Through the experience and expertise of several people with various intellectual abilities, they have developed a language for describing the parts of WRAP that accepts each person, as they are, unique, special individuals.
For more details and to register, visit the event page on our new website.
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Northwest Peer Connect to Meet at a New Time on Wednesday, July 11th **************************************************************
2:00 - 4:00 p.m. at the August County Library in Fishersville (right off Rt. 250E/W)
Please be prompt so that we may start on time.
If you have any agenda items, please email to: Clyde.Hoy@dbhds.virginia.gov
Augusta County Library Phone: 540-885-3961
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"Strengthening Our Response for Improved Refugee Mental
Health" in RIC and Hampton
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Holiday Inn Koger Conference Center, 1021 Koger Center Boulevard, Richmond 23235
August 14th 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Register here- http://tinyurl.com/6rj3g6h
Although refugees benefit from protective factors such as spirituality and strong family support, they face enormous social and economic factors that expose them to higher levels of stress and disadvantages due to poverty, unemployment, lack of English proficiency, discrimination and the trauma associated with the immigrant experience. As many states become more diverse, it challenges providers in the mental health system to adopt culturally and linguistically competent ways to prevent, diagnose, treat and address barriers to appropriate and timely mental health services.
DBHDS is hosting a free training for mental health providers, refugee staff, volunteers dedicated to exploring critical topics in refugee mental health. This conference is ideal for all professionals providing service, formally or informally, to immigrants and refugees. These professionals include health care practitioners, policymakers, settlement practitioners, volunteers, sponsorship agreement holders, educators, general practitioners, psychiatrists, multicultural liaison workers, translators, other human-related service providers, immigrants, refugees and consumers interested in the practice of Mental Health.
This conference will be offered for FREE under the Office of Newcomer Services -Virginia Refugee Health Prevention Grant and hosted by the Virginia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services. Six contact hours will be provided by DBHDS.
IMPORTANT NOTE- please do not register for this conference if you are not sure that you can attend. Although this conference is offered free of charge, we make seating and refreshment plans based on the number of people registered. You will receive a confirmation email the day of the registration deadline. Please let us know if you are not able to make it once you have registered.
REGISTRATION DEADLINE IS AUGUST 6th. For questions, contact Cecily Rodriguez at
This one day conference will also be available on Monday, August 13th from 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. at: Crowne Plaza Hampton Marina
700 Settlers Landing Road
Hampton, VA 23669
Register here- http://tinyurl.com/6v4aswf
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