II International Conference on Community Psychology

Pre-conference Institutes

Community Collaborative Research

Community Coalitions

Preventing Violence Against Women

Promotion of Well-being and Recovery

Preventing Child Abuse and Neglect

Youth and Community Participation

Program Evaluation and Community Organizations

Community Psychology and LGBT Issues

Pre-Conference Institute

Promotion of Well-Being and Recovery for Persons with Mental Illness

2-3 June 2008

PROGRAM
2nd June 2008

New Ways of Thinking about Promoting Mental Health

9.30	*Recovery, Empowerment, & Community Integration* - Contrasting Models of Community Mental Health - The Emergence of Alternative Frameworks to Promote Mental Health - Principles of Recovery - Principles of Empowerment - Principles of Community Integration
10.45	Break
11.00	*Recovery Research & Best Practices* - Promoting Recovery with Individuals - Changing Practice to Promote Recovery - Developing Systems of Care with a Recovery Orientation
12.30	Lunch Break

Promoting Participation in Community Life

14.00	*Supported Housing: Best Practices & Research* - Models of Supported Housing - Supportive Services vs. Housing Services - Working with Landlords
15.45	Break
16.00	*Supported Employment: Best Practices & Research* -Vocational Rehabilitation - Individual Placement & Support Model *Summary of the Day: Community Integration Best Practices & Practices* - Psychological Integration - Social Integration
17.00	Closing

3rd June 2008

Promoting Active Participation in Self Care

9.30	*Mutual assistance as an alternative or supplement to professional care* -Principles of mutual assistance and self-help -Mutual help groups -Mutual help organizations -Mutual assistance research and best practices
10.45	Break
11.00	*Integrating mutual assistance, empowerment, & recovery principles into care* - Motivational Interviewing - Collaborative Treatment Planning - Wellness Contracts - Advanced Directives for Psychiatric Care
12.30	Lunch Break

Implementing New Ways of Promoting Mental Health, Wellness & Recovery

14.00	*Making changes in systems of care* - Strategies for organizational change - Strategies for system change - Addressing resistance in change
15.45	Break
16.00	*Making changes in communities* - Addressing stigma - Creating safe places in community - Nurturing opportunities for participation in community life *Summary of the Institute* - Expanding roles for service providers - New partnerships to promote well-being and recovery - Identifying & Cultivating Resources to Promote Recovery
17.00	Closing

Trainer: Bret Kloos, Ph. D.

Bret Kloos is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at the University of South Carolina. Prior to his training as a clinical-community psychologist, he worked in psychiatric hospitals, residential treatment facilities, and vocational training sites. As a research scientist at the Yale School of Medicine, he conducted research on recovery and resilience of persons with serious mental illness and directed a Supportive Housing Program for persons who had serious mental illness, co-occurring substance abuse, and were homeless. His research interests focus on (a) the facilitation of adaptive functioning in to community settings for persons who have had major life disruptions and (b) contributions of self-help/ mutual support experiences to recovery and resilience. He has particular interests in how the social ecologies of community settings may support or inhibit adaptive functioning and resilience. Currently, he is completing a five-year U.S. National Institute of Mental Health funded study of the relationships between housing environments and adaptive functioning of persons with serious mental illness.

Registration fees:

Members of SCRA, ECPA, SPPC, APS/CCP and other National Community Psychology Associations who might sponsor the event
100€

Non-Members
150€

Students
100€

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