Current Projects and Schedule of Training

 

Bluebird’s guidebook for hospitals to hire consumers in inpatient settings for NASMHPD is now completed.  This practical guidebook will be helpful to hospitals interested in developing positions for peers, also for persons wanting to fill peer positions.  Individual stories and narratives are written by peers holding unique positions throughout the county accompanied by comments from their supervisors and administrators.  The stories are fun to read and filled with information. Guidelines follow the narratives based on "lessons learned" in the facilities.  This guide does not duplicate other training manuals or articles written about the subject.  This guidebook is alive with stories, simplified steps and how-to information. An extensive resource section is also included.  Currently available on line only at NASMHPD's website: http://www.nasmhpd.org/consumernetworking.cfm Click on this message for a copy in .pdf format. 

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Schedule for 2008-09:

 

August 28-29-National Experts Meeting of Peer Providers, Alexandria, VA

     Sponsored by NASMHPD (National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors)

     Meeting facilitators:  Bluebird and Joyce Jorgenson (NH)

 

September 5-6-NASMHPD Technical assistance team, Delaware State Hospital, Wilmington DE

 

September 19-20-Nebraska State Consumer Conference

     Keynote Speaker on Recovery and the Arts

 

September 21–Consultation at Nebraska State Hospital

 

September 28-29—Intergenerational Dialogue between young and adult mental health consumers

     Washington, DC

 

October 1-Recovery Conference, Staunton, VA

     Keynote Speaker:  From Coercion to Communication to Collaboration

 

October 10-14- Alternatives’ Conference, St. Louis MO 

     Plenary Speaker:  Presenting the Arts as Consumer Movement History, Workshop on Poetry, Art Caucus

Presenting this year’s Howie the Harp Award to Jerome Lawrence, from Atlanta, GA and Sybil Noble, Kansas City, MO as Outstanding Visual Artists.

October 15-Fulton State Hospital, Fulton, MO, Consultation on Comfort Rooms

November 13, 2007-Allentown State Hospital Consultation: Review of Seclusion and Restraint program.

    Presentation on Peer Specialists in Inpatient Settings  

 

November 29-30 -Dorothea Dix Hospital in Bangor, Maine, Consultation with NTAC Review Team

March 16-18, 2009— Center for Mental Health Services Subcommittee, Rockville, MD.  History project for SAMHSA Lobby.

April 1-2, 2009 — NTAC (National Technical Assistance Center)  NASMHPD training in Baltimore, MD.  Meeting scheduled for the new grantee states for reduction of seclusion and restraint.

April 3, 2009 — Shepherd Pratt Health Center:  Consultation re: Peer Specialist Role, Baltimore, MD   

March 23-24, 2009  SAMHSA consumer/survivor subcommittee meeting  Rockville, MD

March 18, 2009--Consultation Trenton State Hospital, Trenton, New Jersey

March 19, 2009--Wellness and Recovery Conference, Edison, New Jersey

April 23-24, 2009 Trauma Conference Baltimore, MD

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Text Box: April 10-- Consultation Florida State Hospital at Chattahoochee, Chattahoochee, FL