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VOCAL's Mental Health Recovery
News for January 17, 2013
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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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THIS MONDAY! Join Us for Rally and Advocacy Day
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10:30 a.m. at the Bell Tower on Capitol Square, located at the corner of 9th and Banks Street
Hear inspirational speakers, enjoy and sing to live music, meet other advocates from around the Commonwealth, and share your story with your legislator!
For more information, contact Bonnie Neighbour, VOCAL's Advocacy Coordinator toll free at 877.862.5638 or email: bonnie@vocalvirginia.org
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VOCAL's Executive Office Invites Your Questions
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Do you have questions about VOCAL? Is there something you want to know but just don't know how or who to ask? Now there is an easy way to make it happen: it's called the "Ask Will" column. In this column, members can ask questions of VOCAL's Executive Office. The intent of this column is to disseminate information to you - our membership - in a timely fashion. Inquiries can be sent to askwill@vocalvirginia.org. Please include your name and contact information for verification: anonymous submissions will not be accepted. Responses will be published in the VOCAL Network News newsletter which is currently published six times per year. An archive of responses will be made available through VOCAL's website at www.vocalvirginia.org.
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VOCAL Hires New Program Directors
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Go to:
http://www.vocalvirginia.org/#/staff-members/4533894460 |
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Webinar: "Peers as Partners: How England's 'Recovery Colleges' Are Changing the Culture"
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Tuesday, January 22nd
2:00-3:30 p.m.
The Department of Health in England has launched a national initiative to help local mental health services become more supportive of recovery. The initiative is based on the combined expertise of professionals and people with lived experience of mental health problems. It offers consulting services and idea-sharing opportunities to institute the organizational change required to steer away from staff-led mental health services to services 'co-produced' by a full partnership between the people running the services and the people receiving them. The webinar explores strategies that have worked in this groundbreaking initiative such as the establishment of local 'Recovery Colleges,' the introduction of peers into the workforce, and changing risk assessment and management procedures.
This webinar is part of the Behavioral Health World Series brought to you by the National Council and the International Initiative for Mental Health Leadership.
Register free at www2.gotomeeting.com/register/960242874.
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Mental Health America's 2013 Annual Conference
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June 5th -8th, Gaylord National Hotel, National Harbor, Maryland
Go to: Why Wellness Works: Breakthroughs and Pathways to Whole Health
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"Mindfulness Meditation" at "84 Main", Warsaw
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11:00 a.m. - Noon on Thursdays
Call 804.333.3581 for further information on this, and other available programming.
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Friends4Recovery Whole Health Center Offers "Communicating with Family"
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Monday, January 28th from 2:00 - 3:30 p.m.
9511 Hull Street Road, Suite A, Richmond (23236)
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Blacksburg Computer Empowerment Center
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Blacksburg Computer Empowerment Center helps mentally challenged individuals acquire computer hardware and facilitates their personal empowerment as they gain the skills needed to communicate with others and to find critical information via the internet.
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Calendar for Trillium Drop-In Center, Woodbridge (NOVA)
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http://pwdropincenter.org/calendar.php
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Free Webinar, "Peer Specialists in Rural Communities: Promoting Community Inclusion"
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January 24th from 2:00 - 3:30 p.m.
This is the second in a series of free webinars discussing the roles of Peer Specialists in today's mental health systems. January's webinar - sponsored by the Temple University Collaborative on Community Inclusion of Individuals with Psychiatric Disabilities and the National Mental Health Consumers' Self-Help Clearinghouse - focuses on the role of Peer Specialists in promoting community inclusion in rural America.
The four-part free webinar series - jointly funded by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR) and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) - is designed to provide a national platform for the discussion of roles that peer specialists and peer-run programs can play in offering the supports and services that individuals may need to participate more fully in the day-to-day lives of their communities.
This second webinar will focus on the special challenges facing peer specialists in rural America. The webinar, to be presented by Richard Baron, Director of Knowledge Translation at the Temple University Collaborative, and will draw on a national study of rural peer specialists completed a little more than a year ago. It will review the uniqueness of rural America, the innovative approaches used by peer specialists in rural settings, and the challenges they face in promoting community inclusion. Mr. Baron will be joined by a panel of rural peer specialists discussing their experiences in the field.
To register, go to: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/6286266764325374720
After registering you will receive a confirmation email.
Questions? Contact Christina Burkett: cburkett@mhasp.org or 267.507.3811
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"Violence and Mental Illness: The Facts"
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In the wake of recent events, many in the media have drawn a connection between mental illness and violent crime. The facts, however, show that the case for such a connection is actually relatively weak.
Learn more by reading SAMHSA's fact sheet at: http://www.samhsa.gov/mentalhealth/understanding_Mentalllness_Factsheet.aspx
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