Tentative Recovery Partnerships Conference Schedule

May 29, 2008
Fairview Marriott Hotel - Falls Church, VA

8:00am-8:50am Breakfast, Welcome and Registration
8:50am-9:00am Opening Remarks - James Reinhard, MD
9:00am-10:15am Creating Trauma Informed Cultures for Consumers, Families and Providers - Sarah Yanosy, LCSW-Director of the Sanctuary Institute
10:15am-10:30am Break
10:30am-11:30am Person-Centered Planning: More than Just a Concept - Janis Tondora, Psy.D., Yale Program for Recovery and Community Health
11:45am-12:30pm Lunch
12:30pm-1:45pm Breakout sessions

Room 1 — Calming Rooms and the use of Sensory Modalities — April Massick, Audrey Sigurdson & Violet Taylor

Room 2 — The Role of Peer Specialists - Working Together to Decrease Aggression — Derrick Abney, Mary Beth Ault & Virginia Kelly Belcher

Room 3 — Dispute Resolution - Practical Tools — Diane Engster

Room 4 — Caring for Self: Key to trauma-informed services and supporters — Mary Blake

Room 5 — Healing Not Hurting Environments for Children and Adolescents — Kathy Regan, RN, MHA, CAN, BC

Room 6 — The Vicarious Incarceration of Families — Mattie Palmore, Advocate, Fairfax, VA

1:45pm-2:00pm Break
2:00pm-3:15pm Breakout sessions

Room 1 — Calming Rooms and the use of Sensory Modalities — April Massick, Audrey Sigurdson & Violet Taylor (Repeat)

Room 2 — The Role of Peer Specialists - Working Together to Decrease Aggression — Derrick Abney, Mary Beth Ault & Virginia Kelly Belcher (Repeat)

Room 3 — Dispute Resolution - Practical Tools — Diane Engster (continuation of session)

Room 4 — Unmasking Trauma: Why prejudice in mental health treatment settings matters to trauma screening, assessment, and service delivery — Mary Blake

Room 5 — Healing Not Hurting Environments for Children and Adolescents — Kathy Regan, RN, MHA, CAN, BC