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 Third 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. Michael Hoge, Ph.D., Director, Yale Group on Workforce Development and Senior Science and Policy Advisor for the Annapolis Coalition on the Behavioral Health Workforce will deliver this year’s Gailanne Reeh Lecture: Behavioral Health Workforce: Advocacy and Action.

 May 6, 2016

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.

9:30 - 10 a.m.     Registration and Continental Breakfast

MORNING SESSION

10:00 - 10:15 a.m.   Welcome and Opening Remarks
                                Joan Mikula, Commissioner Massachusetts Department of Mental Health

10:15 - 10:25 a.m.   CBH Knowledge Center Year in Review
                                Kelly English, Director of the CBH Knowledge Center

10:25 - 11:05 a.m.   Gailanne Reeh Lecture: Behavioral Health Workforce: Advocacy and Action
                                Michael Hoge, Ph.D., Director, Yale Group on Workforce Development and Senior Science
                                and Policy Advisor for the Annapolis Coalition on the Behavioral Health Workforce

11:05 - 11:45 a.m.   Massachusetts Perspectives on Workforce Needs and Opportunities

• Nicholas Covino, Psy.D, President, William James College
• Carla Saccone, LICSW, President and CEO Children’s Friend and Family Services
• Jessica Griffin, PhD, University of Massachusetts Child Trauma Training Center
• Ken Coleman, Young Adult Peer Mentor, Community Healthlink

11:45 am - 12:00 p.m.  Audience Q & A


12:00 - 12:45 p.m.   LUNCH


12:45 – 1:00 p.m.    Principles for Building & Retaining a Strong Workforce Exercise (All Attendees)
                                An Introduction to the Afternoon Session
                                Kelly English, Director of the CBH Knowledge Center

1:00 pm to 2:55 pm  AFTERNOON SESSION

Giving MSW Students a Deep Dive in Behavioral Health with Youth (20 minutes)

• Sandee Tisdale, PhD, Program Manager HRSA Behavioral Health Fellowship, Boston College Graduate School of Social Work (BCGSSW)
• Kate Ginnis, MSW, MPH, MS Director of Behavioral Health Advocacy and Policy, Boston Children’s Hospital
• Julia MacMahon, HRSA Behavioral Health Fellow, BCGSSW
•  Fallon Rossi Stapleton, HRSA Behavioral Health Fellow, BCGSSW 

Addressing the Urgent Need for Racial & Ethnic Diversity in Psychology Graduate Training Programs: Developing an Undergraduate Student Pipeline (20 minutes)

• Natalie Cort, PhD, Center for Multicultural and Global Mental Health, William James College

Building Supervisory Skills

Reflective Supervision in Early Childhood Mental Health (20 minutes)

• Lizzie McEnany, PsyD,  Early Childhood Mental Health Consultant
• Rachel Thomas, LICSW, IHT Program Director, New Bedford Child & Family Services

Clinical Supervision, a Multicultural Perspective (20 minutes)

• Deborah Fauntleroy, MSW, Workforce Development Consultant & Instructor
• Lisa Garcia, MA, LMHC, Clinical and Administrative Supervisor, The Gandara Center
• Matthew Peiken, LICSW, Assistant Site Director Children’s Friend & Family Services

2:55  - 3 p.m.   Closing Remarks
                        Kelly English, Director of the Children’s Behavioral Health Knowledge Center

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