2009 NAMI‐Vermont Annual Conference
Capitol Plaza Hotel & Conference Center, Montpelier, VT
Registration Deadline: Friday October 23, 2009
Friday November 6, 2009:
8:00 am Registration & Continental Breakfast Begins
9:00 am Welcome & Introduction
9:30 am Workshops
- Evaluation & Management of Chronic Insomnia
Dr. Joseph Lasek—Assoc. Medical Dir. Mental Health & Substance Abuse Services Howard Center - Where do Personality Traits End & Psychiatric Disorders Begin? An Update on New Research
Dr. David Rettew—Associate Professor of Psychiatry & Pediatrics, UVM - “The Suicide Epidemic of the Innocents,” The re‐Institutionalization of the mentally ill to the Penitentiaries
Patricia Lawrence—family member and advocate
11:00 am Break & Networking
11:15 am Dr. Thomas Simpatico—Director, Division of Public Psychiatry, UVM
- Video on the fragmented system of care for persons with serious mental illness & the fact that the criminal justice system has become the “treater of last resort”
12:15 pm Lunch
12:55 pm Supported Employment Presentation
1:15 pm Presentation on new NAMI Connection Peer Recovery Support Groups
1:30 pm Dr. Jaskanwar Batra – Medical Director, Vermont State Hospital and Assistant Professor at the University of Vermont
- Genes, Our Life Experiences and Their Role in Development of Mental Illnesses
3:00 pm Closing Remarks
Saturday November 7, 2009:
8:00 am Registration & Continental Breakfast Begins
9:00 am Welcome & Introduction
9:30 am Presentation on new NAMI Connection Peer Recovery Support Groups
9:40 am Workshops
- Guardianship: Should We Travel That Road?
George Belcher– Probate Judge, Laura Gans—Attorney, James Caffry—Attorney - When and How to Disclose Your Disability
Robert Appel—Executive Director, VT Human Rights Commission - A Brief Overview of Dialectical Behavioral Therapy
Susan Swindell—Director DBT Program, WCMHS
11:15 am Break and Networking
11:30 am Awards & Annual Business Meeting
12:00 pm Lunch
12:25 pm Supported Employment Presentation
12:45 pm Live Auction
1:30 pm Charles Barber— Author, Lecturer in Psychiatry, Yale University
- Recovery: One Writer’s Journey
3:00 pm Closing Remarks
3:30 pm Volunteer Recognition Ceremony, NAMI‐Vermont Teachers, Support Group Facilitators, Consumer Council members and other volunteers are invited to join us in the Governor’s Ball Room.
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