2010 Washington Behavioral Healthcare Conference
Partnering for Recovery
June 23-25, 2010
Yakima, WA
Come join us for the 21st annual Washington Behavioral Healthcare Conference!
Registration is underway! Go to www.wbhc.org to register!
This year the conference will include 35 workshops on a broad variety of mental health topics, including evidence-based & promising practices, corrections and re-entry to the community, health, wellness & integrated care, housing & employment, older adult services, child & family services, youth in transition, substance abuse & co-occurring disorder treatement, and consumer recovery & resiliency. Continuing Education credits will also be available.
Keynote speakers will include:
- Victoria Maxwell, who will perform her one-woman play on going back to work after dealing with mental illness
- Scott Miller, PhD, a national expert on improving client-directed care
- Pete Earley, a journalist whose son experienced mental illness leading to interactions with the criminal justice system, and the status of mental healthcare in prisons
Pre-conference activities will include Law & Ethics, training on a promising program to identify and help reduce the onset of psychosis in young people, and a consumer Town Hall meeting.
Click here to download a pdf of the registration brochure. Ready to register? Visit www.wbhc.org today! For consumer and advocate scholarships, please visit the registration website, click on Want to Know More? and then choose Scholarship Information from the list on the left of the screen.
Questions? Please contact Alison Avery, Education & Project Manager for WCMHC, at (206) 628-4608 x12, or aavery@wcmhcnet.org.