Workshops/Plenary Events
The links below provide information for workshops and plenary events scheduled during the 2010 conference. Please note that some scheduling changes have occurred since the program was printed. The most up-to-date information is in these links. Changes are clearly marked within the text. In September, copies of presentations and handouts will be added to these pages.
Workshop Tracks
A two-page outline of all workshops by assigned
track are available from the aove link.
Workshop Descriptions
The linked 15-page file above includes
all workshop
descriptions.
Workshop Session A - Tuesday, 1:00 - 3:00 p.m.
Workshop Session B - Tuesday, 3:15 - 5:15 p.m.
Workshop Session C - Wednesday, 9:00 - 10:30 a.m.
Workshop Session D - Wednesday, 10:45 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
Workshop Session E - Wednesday, 2:15 - 4:15 p.m.
Workshop Session F - Thursday, 9:00 - 10:30 a.m.
Workshop Session G - Thursday, 10:45 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
Workshop Session H - Thursday, 1:30 - 3:30 p.m.
Tuesday Plenary
Hope – Who has it? Where is it?
October 11, 5:30 – 7:00 p.m.
Wintergreen Room
Hope is a belief in a positive outcome related to events and circumstances in one's life. It is the feeling that what is wanted can be had or that events will turn out for the best (Webster's New World Dictionary, 1986).
Hope. We know it to be an essential element for overcoming difficulty, adversity, or challenge and healing. We know that the individuals who seek our help and support need to have it. We also know that when they come as “hopeless” we are called upon to hold hope for them – to encourage it – inspire it. What sounds so simple – this thing called “hope” – can be very elusive. In a system committed to addressing the challenges of mental illness, staffed by dedicated practitioners who believe recovery is possible, we can get in the way of hope. At times we struggle to inspire and share hope for those in service and, often unwittingly, even crush it. What is it about our actions, words, and the thoughts we bring to our work that get in the way? Why does hope “go?” What must we do to continually support/inspire it?
Join your colleagues for this special stand-alone session where leaders will host a facilitated dialogue and interactive discussion with the audience about hope; what it is, how it is inspired, how it is defeated, and what we do – despite our best intentions – to get in the way of hope. This session is not a didactic presentation; plan to be engaged if you attend!
Space is limited for this event and pre-registration required. Instructions on how to pre-register to reserve a seat will be sent to guests after completing the conference registration process. When pre-registering, attendees will be provided with pre-conference reading to set the stage for this session. Mark your calendar when making conference plans to be sure not to miss this dialogue!
Friday Plenary
Successful Implementation of Health Care Reform
Friday, October 14, 9:30 – 11:30 a.m.
Convention Hall
Presentation Slides
George J. Kimes, PCPA, Moderator
David R. Lloyd, MTM Services
Charles Ingoglia, MSW, National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare
Enthusiasm for national health reform is evolving quickly into a practical commitment to successful implementation to position providers to participate in each wave of reform as it moves across the health care landscape. Providers require useful tools to accomplish this work and will need to make new partners on this journey.
A clear, tactical plan for implementing reform is needed. Reform has many working parts including insurance, coverage, quality, payment, and information technology. Providers must be aware of each part and ready to address all of them in order for reform to be successful. Behavioral health providers must be a part of the planning instead of reacting to what others create.
Our speakers will provide information about the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and health care reform. Mr. Ingoglia will offer a “political update” on health care reform from Washington, DC. Mr. Lloyd will focus on operational activities providers should engage in to better prepare for each part of reform implementation including a readiness assessment, understanding how to be part of a health care neighborhood, and activities being undertaken in other states. Working partnerships with organizations and groups with whom we have only occasionally interacted must be developed and improved, including newly developing Accountable Care Organizations. “Going it alone” will no longer be effective. We need to address collaboration, integration, co-locating, and other contexts and structures.
Join PCPA Executive Director George Kimes and our speakers as they address the policy and practical, operational steps and timelines of health reform. Keep abreast of the challenges and changes that need addressed which affect every aspect of providing essential services and supports and allow community providers to continue serving as America’s safety net.