Where
Worcester Recovery Center and Hospital (WRCH)
309 Belmont Street
Conference Center
Worcester, MA 01604
Driving Directions
Directions to the building and parking information will be emailed to registrants prior to the event
Children’s Behavioral Health Knowledge Center Symposium and Gailanne Reeh Lecture
The Department of Mental Health invites you to join us for the Children’s Behavioral Health Knowledge Center’s Second Annual Symposium in celebration of Children’s Mental Health Week.
The Gailanne Reeh lecture honors the legacy of a woman who worked across organizational and disciplinary boundaries with skill and grace and whose deep commitment to improving the lives of children continues to guide our work today. Secretary of Health and Human Services, Marylou Sudders will deliver this year’s Gailanne Reeh Lecture: Imagining the Future for Children’s Behavioral Health. Attendees will also have the opportunity to hear Allison Metz, Ph.D. Co-Director of the National Implementation Research Network, describe how attention to implementation is critical to the success of any initiative.
May 6, 2015
Registration begins at 9:30 a.m.
Program begins at 10:00 a.m.
Worcester Recovery Center and Hospital
Conference Center
309 Belmont Street
Worcester, MA 01604
Continental breakfast and lunch will be provided
The Symposium and Gailanne Reeh Lecture are sponsored by the Department of Mental Health and its Children’s Behavioral Health Knowledge Center.
Program
Registration & Continental Breakfast Begins at 9:30
Morning Session
Welcome and Opening Remarks
Joan Mikula, Interim Commissioner, Department of Mental Health
Active Implementation Frameworks: The Key to Improving Outcomes for Children and Youth
Allison Metz, Ph.D., Co-Director of the National Implementation Research Network (NIRN), and Senior Scientist at the Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Implementation in Action in Massachusetts: Lessons Learned from the Children’s Behavioral Health Initiative
- Laura Conrad, Program Manager, Office of Behavioral Health, MassHealth
- Anthony Irsfeld, Director, Families and Communities Together, Community Healthlink
- Melinda Kneeland, Statewide Wraparound Coach, Brockton Area Multi-Service Agency
- Jill Lack, Director of Behavioral Health, Neighborhood Health Plan
- Emily Sherwood, Director of Children’s Behavioral Health Interagency Initiatives, EOHHS
Audience Q & A
Lunch - Lunch will be provided
Afternoon Session
Raising Our Voices: Supporting Transition Age Youth
Alicia Anzaldi, Young Adult Peer Mentor, The Home for Little Wanderers, Community Service Agency
Marylou Sudders, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Audience Q & A
Closing RemarksKelly English, Director of the Children’s Behavioral Health Knowledge Center