Web Conferences

Mental Health Recovery Including Wellness Recovery Action Planning (WRAP™)

admin — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 20:00:35 +0000

Date:

Wednesday, May 5, 1:30 PM CST (lasts approximately 1 hour)
Registration Fee:
Free
Program Description:

Mental Health Recovery including Wellness Recovery Action Planning (WRAP) is a self-management and recovery system developed by a group of people who had mental health difficulties and who were struggling to incorporate wellness tools and strategies into their lives. WRAP is designed to:

• Decrease and prevent intrusive or troubling feelings and behaviors
• Increase personal empowerment
• Improve quality of life
• Assist people in achieving their own life goals and dreams.

WRAP is a structured system to monitor uncomfortable and distressing symptoms that can help you reduce, modify or eliminate those symptoms by using planned responses. This includes plans for how you want others to respond when symptoms have made it impossible for you to continue to make decisions, take care of yourself or keep yourself safe.

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Financial Compliance Training

admin — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 16:16:07 +0000

Date:

Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Program Description:

9:30am to 11:30pm
Administrative Staff (those who spend money/pay bills/track expenses/create reports)

Morning session with fiscal administrators – Allowable Costs per A-21: To discuss the compliance costs related to the allowability of what costs can and cannot be charged to a sponsored activity. We will also discuss the responsibilities of the PI and Research Administrator and provide common examples of non-compliance.

Anyone who supports a PI or other research faculty from a fiscal standpoint should attend. (for example, processing PAFs, PCEs, paying invoices) **All Division Secretaries are to attend Session 1.**

1:00pm to 3:00pm
PIs/Research Staff (those who administer the grants/work on projects)

Afternoon session with Principal Investigators and others working on the sponsored programs. – PI Roles and Responsibilities. We will discuss the PI’s roles and responsibilities for sponsored programs including pre and post-award management. This session will provide an overview of the key fiscal compliance requirements and common examples of non-compliance.

Anyone who is a PI or works directly w/the PI on the award, such as other faculty.

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Working with Consumers to Navigate Medicare Part D

admin — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 20:44:52 +0000

Date:

Wednesday, March 31, 1:30 PM CST (lasts approximately 1 hour)
Registration Fee:
Free
Program Description:

This presentation will provide an overview of the Medicare Part D program and how its implementation has affected adults with mental illness. Advantages and disadvantages to Part D, as compared to Medicaid, will be discussed. Participants will learn about the role that social workers and other health professionals have played in helping Medicare beneficiaries with mental illness to utilize this important program. Helpful hints for making sure that mental health consumers get what they need from Medicare Part D, as well as program pitfalls to be avoided, will be discussed.

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Perspectives on Prevention

admin — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 12:58:40 +0000

Date:

Wednesday, March 17, 1:30 PM CST (lasts approximately 1 hour)
Registration Fee:
Free
Program Description:

Powerful examples of effective prevention often involve public policy. For example, increasing the legal drinking age to 21 has saved tens of thousands of lives since it was enacted. Eliminating lead based paint, and lead based fuels, have reduced lead poisoning, thereby improving child cognitive and behavioral outcomes tremendously. What are the next public policy challenges and how can professionals and citizens become more effective in this process? Dennis Trask will share resources about how to be make public policy changes happen.

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Mental Illness, Spirituality and Faith

admin — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 15:33:26 +0000

Date:

Wednesday, February 3, 1:30 PM CST (lasts approximately 1 hour)
Registration Fee:
Free
Program Description:

Research indicates that spiritual resources and a person’s faith are important factors in their healing from mental illness and substance abuse or dependency. Yet clergy and clinicians receive little training in the area of spirituality and mental illness. This presentation describes four basic spiritual issues which individuals raise with caregivers in the course of treatment and recovery. The presenter provides a framework on spirituality which fosters dialogue between clinicians, consumers and clergy. Participants will be introduced to resources developed by Pathways to Promise, a national, multi-faith organization which educates faith groups on mental illness, and promotes models of collaboration and inclusion. Pathways’ Mental Health Training Cooperative pilot project, bringing together faith groups and community mental health providers, will be highlighted.

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Nutrition & Mental Health Important Facts for You and Your Clients

admin — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 18:27:34 +0000

Date:

Wednesday, February 17, 1:30 PM CST (lasts approximately 1 hour)
Registration Fee:
Free
Program Description:

Sherry Aden will present a brief overview of her upcoming live program. She will touch on the human diet and the importance of good nutrition in relation to other health issues mentally ill clients may experience.

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