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Provided below is a brief summary of the keynote presentations, workshops and breakout sessions for the 2018 OCEACT Conference. The three keynote presentations provided by Patricia Nemec, Mark Salzer, and Helle Thorning are listed first. Next, the workshops and breakout sessions are presented in chronological order as they appear on the conference schedule. Keynote 1: Cascade Ballroom June 12th {9:45am – 10:45am}The Power of Health and WellnessPresenter: Dr. Pat NemecMany people who use mental health and substance use services experience challenges that are compounded by poor physical health. In addition, many service providers find that work stress and ordinary life events can create challenges for health and wellness. Service providers, including peer providers, are poised to promote health and wellness through engagement in meaningful occupation and support for developing good health habits and routines. This keynote will describe the 8 Dimensions of Wellness Model and examine ways that current services can either impede or promote a wellness lifestyles for both service users and service providers. The 8 Dimensions of Wellness Model is a paradigm for understanding heath, and encompasses eight dimensions: 1) social, 2) emotional, 3) intellectual, 4) occupational, 5) environmental, 6) financial, 7) spiritual, and 8) physical, with six domains in the physical dimension: habits and routines, physical activity, sleep and rest, medical self-care and screenings, healthy food choices, and stress management and relaxation. Service providers also will be introduced to Wellness Coaching, a structured intervention to help service users set and achieve their personal health goals. Keynote 2:Cascade Ballroom June 12th {1:00pm – 2:20pm}Life in the Community Like Everyone Else: Fundamentals of Community InclusionPresenter: Dr. Mark SalzerThis keynote will discuss community inclusion as a rights issue comprising of two societal commitments: first, to ensure that all individuals have an equal opportunity to fully participate in the community; and second, to establish communities that actively seek out and welcome the participation of everyone, including people with serious mental illnesses. Evidence will be provided on community participation as a medical necessity for individuals in recovery, as well as data indicating that people with mental illnesses are not currently living in the community like everyone else. Finally, essential fundamentals for promoting community inclusion and participation will be offered, including the need to see people in recovery as people and not patients, strategies for utilizing natural resources and mainstream resources, and identifying and eliminating environmental barriers to participation. Keynote 3: Cascade Ballroom June 13th {8:45am – 10:15am}Everyone Has to Step In: Family Based Solution to Foster Resilience, Recovery and Community of CarePresenter: Helle ThorningThe dominant narrative across cultures presents people with severe mental illness relying on family for significant assistance and support, rarely engaging in positive adult relationships, unfit to be parents and needing to be protected from themselves. This overriding model of duty to care and risk aversion underlies many treatment approaches while the contributions made by persons with challenges to their families and communities to a large extent have been overlooked. This presentation will discuss family based solutions and reciprocity from a life cycle perspective among ACT participants, family members and natural supporters as a critical component to enhance resiliency and recovery to foster communities of care.June 12th AM Breakout Sessions {11am – 12pm}Breakout 1: Room: Johnson LoungeEIMR Implementation RoundtableFacilitator: Shane Semin and Kevin Hoeper Shane Semin and Kevin Hoeper, both Statewide Trainers for the Oregon Center of Excellence for Assertive Community Treatment (OCEACT) will bring their experience in EIMR and IMR to facilitate a round table discussion with ACT teams. The conversation will be focused on implementation, integration, and barriers teams experience when integrating EIMR into their ACT program. This session will be highly interactive, please come prepared to share your success stories and challenges with using and implementing the EIMR model. Breakout 2: Room: Burlingham/Elle Room - # 111 A/BEIMR Booster TrainingPresenter: CB Mooney, Tom Elliot, and Trish Taylor, Options for Southern Oregon and Compass Behavioral HealthThis workshop will briefly describe the evidence based Illness Management and Recovery model (IMR) and the co-occurring enhanced adaptation (E-IMR), focusing on strategies that have allowed two Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) teams to sustain interest in participation for ACT service participants as well as ACT staff as facilitators.? Breakout 3:Room: Trysting Tree Room - #114 A/BNaloxone TrainingPresenter: Sara Smith and Julia Pinsky, Max’s Mission, Oregon Pail Guidance, La Clinica Health CenterThe opioid crisis is now called "the worst drug epidemic in US history".?We are losing someone every 12 minutes. It's even worse than the losses during the height of the HIV/AIDS epidemic.?Anyone can save the life of another person who is overdosing on opioids regardless of the victim's age.? If you are in contact with people in crisis, naloxone is an essential part of the high quality care you seek to provide.? This session will provide an overview of the opioid crisis and the benefits of knowing about, accessing, and using Naloxone to potentially save a life. Because the time between the moment the victim loses consciousness and the time EMS arrives can be many minutes, the victim needs your help as soon as possible.? Much about the opioid crisis is overwhelming.? Getting naloxone and saving a life is something you can do to help. Sara and Julia will also cover overcoming stigma, which often stops us from talking directly about who's affected by opioids and what we can do to help.Breakout 4: Room: Willamette Room- #115 APre-contemplation GroupsPresenter: Wendy Esther, Columbia Community Mental HealthEngaging with a client in pre-contemplation and contemplation is an important first step on the path to recovery. Wendy Esther is currently facilitating a pre-contemplation/contemplation group in Columbia County. She will be speaking about using tools such as motivational interviewing and seeking safety to engage with clients. She will be discussing possible road blocks in starting a pre-contemplation group such as resistance from the clients and the agency. She will also share successes that she has experienced while facilitating this group. She will also be speaking to session structure and billing a pre-contemplation group while maintaining the importance of a holistic approach to client care. Breakout 5:Room: Willamette Room - #115 BTrauma Informed Approach with Older Adults with Complex Medical NeedsPresenter: Nirmala Dhar, LCSW Oregon Health AuthorityThis session will explore core concepts of trauma informed care and a socioecological model for trauma. It will look at how aging, medical complexities, increased ADL needs and cognitive compromise can be a catalyst for re-traumatization of the clients we serve. We will understand how to put trauma-informed care into practice with our clients. Lastly, we will briefly look at the importance of self-care and supervisory support in providing trauma informed ACT services.Breakout 6:Room: Cascade Ballroom - CPromoting Wellness: The Practice of Wellness CoachingPresenter: Dr. Pat Nemec, Nemec ConsultingFollowing the introduction to Health and Wellness from the keynote, this breakout session will describe the principles, process, and practices of Wellness Coaching in more detail. Wellness Coaching emphasizes collaboration by exploring the person’s current health behaviors, with an emphasis on strengths and on the person’s own perspective on his/her preferences, needs, motivations, and potential processes for change. Because a wellness lifestyle must be self-defined, practitioners must have the attitudes, knowledge, and skills needed to patiently and fully explore and define what is important to each individual. During this interactive workshop, participants will have an opportunity to use some of the tools and techniques described to explore their own wellness.June 12th First PM Breakout Sessions {2:30p – 3:30p}Breakout 1:Room: Burlingham/Elle Room- #111 A/BPrescriber and Nurses: Roundtable DiscussionFacilitator: Ben Yoder, OCEACTBen Yoder, State Trainer for OCEACT will facilitate a session for ACT Prescribers and Nurses. This breakout session will provide an opportunity for ACT Prescribers and Nurses to meet, share resources and participate in a roundtable discussion about topics impacting their work. Breakout 2: Room: Trysting Tree Room - #114 A/BPeer Support Specialist Workbook: ACT VersionFacilitators: Jason Morrow and Sierra Morgan, Marion County Mental Health and Linn County Mental HealthJason Morrow started the journey of writing an interactive workbook several years ago by putting his job description and fidelity review topics into a pamphlet. The workbook evolved into an ACT Team version by adding topics including ACT goals from the OCEACT website and ACT Team graduation criteria. Now, Jason uses this workbook to improve his performance as a member of an ACT Team. In this session, Jason will review the workbook and Sierra Morgan will provide participants with the general steps and considerations in an East Linn County Assertive Community Treatment Team (ACT) peer support intake. Tools used to provide ongoing highly individualized support will be presented, along with examples of when and how these might be used. A resource page with links to the tools available in the public domain will be provided as a handout.Breakout 3: Room: Willamette Room - #115 ASupported Employment Specialists: Roundtable DiscussionFacilitator: Kevin Hoeper, OCEACTKevin Hoeper, State Trainer for OCEACT will facilitate a session for ACT Supported Employment Specialists. This breakout session will provide an opportunity for ACT Supported Employment Specialists to meet, share resources and participate in a roundtable discussion about topics impacting their work. Breakout 4: Room: Willamette Room - #115 BSubstance Abuse Specialists: Roundtable DiscussionFacilitator: Shane Semin, OCEACTShane Semin, State Trainer for OCEACT will facilitate a session for ACT Substance Abuse Specialists. This breakout session will provide an opportunity for ACT Substance Abuse Specialists to meet, share resources and participate in a roundtable discussion about topics impacting their work. Breakout 5:Room: Cascade Room – AMental Health Clinicians And Case Managers: Roundtable Discussion Group 1Facilitator: Jeff Krolick, OCEACTJeff Krolick, Director of Special Projects for OCEACT will facilitate a session for Mental Health Clinicians and Case Managers. This breakout session will provide an opportunity for ACT Clinicians and Case Managers to meet, share resources and participate in a roundtable discussion about topics impacting their work. Breakout 6: Room: Cascade Room - BMental Health Clinicians And Case Managers: Roundtable Discussion Group 2Facilitator: Heidi Herinckx, OCEACTHeidi Herinckx, Director of OCEACT will facilitate a second session for Mental Health Clinicians and Case Managers. This breakout session will provide an opportunity for ACT Clinicians and Case Managers to meet, share resources and participate in a roundtable discussion about topics impacting their work. Breakout 7: Room: Cascade Room - CEffective Leadership of the ACT TeamPresenter: Charlene Phipps, Innovative Human DynamicsCharlene Phipps, consultant for Innovative Human Dynamics will facilitate the ACT team leaders workshop focusing on effective leadership, supervision, and building teamwork. The ACT team leader plays several important roles in leading the team, such as directing the team’s clinical operations and providing regular group and individual supervision. Team leaders also go beyond these roles to lead the individual members and team as a whole to rise to a higher level of performance. In this session we will explore a three-part ACT team leadership model that includes:Observation: learning to observe and name individual behavior and team dynamics. 2) Coaching: intervening when necessary to lift individual and team performance to a higher level.3) Validating: Noticing and appreciating stellar individual work and team dynamics.June 12th Second PM Breakout Sessions {3:40p – 4:40p}Breakout 1:Room: Burlingham/Elle Room - #111 A/BSuccessful Group ImplementationPresenter: Dena McMillen and Linn County ACT teamThis session will be a roundtable discussion of how the group facilitators on the Linn County ACT team are able to consistently have high turnout for treatment/skills training groups. They will offer tips, suggestions, and recommendations to increase group treatment attendance. There will be a time for a question and answer session with other ACT teams about successful group implementation and attendance. Breakout 2:Room: Trysting Tree Room - #114 A/BIPS and ACT CrosswalkPresenter: Jeff Krolick and Heidi Herinckx, OCEACTThe essential practice guidelines of the ACT and IPS supported employment models will be presented. Similarities and differences between these models in terms of organization and service delivery will be discussed along with recommendations for how best to provide IPS as a part of the ACT service array. The most recent Oregon Administrative Rules governing the incorporation of IPS into ACT will also be highlighted along with employment outcome disparities between ACT teams using good fidelity IPS and those not using IPS.Breakout 3:Room: Willamette Room - #115 AAccessing HousingPresenter: Caroline Anderson & Dina Eldridge, Jackson County & Community Services ConsortiumThis session will be a panel discussion of resources and programs available for the homeless and those at risk of losing their housing in Oregon. Dina Eldridge is the Housing Services Manager at the Community Services Consortium in Albany Oregon. She will be speaking about services available in Linn, Benton, and Lincoln Counties. She will also discuss what a community action organization is and what types of housing programs they may offer. Carolyn Anderson is a case manager/housing specialist for Jackson counties ACT team. She will be speaking about the role of a housing specialist. Different skills our clients need to find and maintain housing, and the importance of being an advocate for our clients during the housing process. Breakout 4:Room: Willamette Room - #115 BStreet Outreach and Safety: Reducing Risk and Promoting Safe Community Outreach Presenter: Ashley Noseworthy, Ary Bryce, and David Shultis, Cascadia FACT team and Outside In ‘RISE’ ACT teamWith ACT services being primarily conducted in the community, engaging with individuals by ‘meeting them where they are’ has inherent risks that all staff must learn to mitigate in order to meet the needs of the individuals, staff members, and the community at large. A primary goal of this breakout session is to explore principles of safety, discuss tools to reduce harm and review policies and protocols implemented by the Forensic ACT Team at Cascadia FACT and the RISE ACT team at Outside In in order to reduce risk and promote safety for all during community outreach.Breakout 5:Room: Cascade Ballroom - A/B How ACT is introduced in the State Psychiatric Hospital: An Opportunity for Communication and Collaboration with PartnersPresenter: Cheryl Meyers, Oregon State HospitalThe focus of this breakout session is to provide community ACT teams with information on the role the state hospital plays in introducing and offering ACT services to patients as well as specific inpatient interventions used to engage patients in willingness to participate in ACT on discharge. The discussion component will provide an opportunity for community partners to ask questions and help collaborate so that there is a smooth transition from hospital to community patient participation in ACT services. Breakout 6:Room: Cascade Ballroom - C Supported, Individualized Participation Planning (SIPP) Process and Evaluating Community Participation Interests and Program OutcomesPresenter: Dr. Mark Salzer, Temple UniversityAssessing community participation, which participation areas are most important, and sufficiency of participation, are essential for developing recovery-oriented supports. This interactive workshop will introduce participants to a six step process involving the use of the Temple University Community Participation measure as a recovery supports planning tool to develop an individualized plan to achieve participation goals. We will also discuss how this measure can be used in program evaluation, including assessing current levels of participation, gaps in participation that can lead to programmatic efforts to promote participation, and assess outcomes in increasing sufficiency of participation.June 13th AM Breakout Sessions {10:30am – 11:30am}Breakout 1: Room: Burlingham/Elle Room - #111 ABilling is a Clinical Issue: Sustainability through FundingPresenter: Michael Oyster, Oregon Health AuthorityBilling is a clinical issue because there are no services without funding. In fact, funding is often the first barrier to services for each client. These solutions are not found in coding but in problem solving strategies through knowledge of the funding system.This interactive workshop will explore strategies together to bill for ACT services. Although ACT is covered through Medicaid, many clients have unique challenges due to their insurance coverage such as Medicare, Veterans and Private Insurance, as well as blends of coverage such as Medicare-Medicaid (Medi-Medi). Some ACT clients still have no coverage and are paid for through Choice Model funds or other sources. Only through adequately billing can ACT programs maintain financial stability in order to sustain services for their clients. Breakout 2: Room: Burlingham/Elle Room - #111 BOutreach Strategies for ACT TeamsPresenter: Christina Lindsey, Tirsa Sparr, and Denise Ramirez, Laurel Hill ACT team and Wallowa County ACT teamThis breakout is intended to assist clinicians and staff with identifying effective ways to utilize outreach practices to ensure long term success. It will look at barriers to engagement and various ways to overcome them, including goal development and other creative outreach strategies. We will explore directions of services such as when to pull back, continue working with participants, and when to discontinue.Breakout 3: Room: Trysting Tree Room - #114 A/BGrieving and Healing: What Grief and Loss Can Teach Us About Ourselves and OthersPresenter: Susan Isaacs, DIRECTION for Employee AssistanceLarge and small group discussion related to grief and loss, death (expected and unexpected), the cumulative effect of loss and how one’s reaction to grief impacts relationship with others, especially when working in a team environment. The value of self-care and how to maintain emotional and physical well-being will be discussed. Breakout 4: Room: Willamette Room - #115 AThe Role of Occupational Therapy in Assertive Community TreatmentPresenter: Emily Piper, Yamhill County ACT TeamIndividuals with serious mental health challenges often experience a disruption in ability to engage in activities they want or need to do as a result of their illness. Occupational therapy (OT) provides a unique approach to supporting occupational engagement and mental health recovery through evaluation, remedial and compensatory intervention, and consultation. This breakout session will provide a brief overview of occupational therapy (OT). It will describe the role of OT in Assertive Community Treatment (ACT), and how OT has been beneficial for Yamhill County Health and Human Services ACT participants and team members. Participants will also have the opportunity to experience and understand common OT interventions.Breakout 5: Room: Willamette Room - #115 BContingency Management: An Evidence-Based Approach to Improving Treatment AdherencePresenter: Dr. John Mahan and Rhonda Spath, Jackson County ACT TeamSome clients may perceive the benefits (such as better health, improved relationships, and social productivity) of adhering to treatment plan recommendations (such as meeting with clinicians, medication adherence, or abstinence from methamphetamine use) as remote and uncertain. As a result, engagement can be sub-optimal at times. Contingency Management is an evidence-based approach that brings positive consequences forward in time and makes them more immediate, salient, and predictable. Participants will learn more about Contingency Management, including how the ACT team at Jackson County Mental Health in Southern Oregon has implemented such a program. Breakout 6: Room: Cascade Ballroom - C Engaging Families and Natural Supports in Care and Care Planning on the Road to RecoveryPresenter: Dr. Helle Thorning, Columbia UniversityIt is well documented that family/natural supports' involvement in care facilitates community integration and recovery for individuals with behavioral challenges. Yet, engaging families/natural supports in care and care planning often presents challenges for providers due to varying expectations for treatment and interpretations of recovery and wellness, challenging family dynamics and limited inter-agency collaboration to manage family related issues. In this workshop, strategies for understanding family systems, the family life-cycle, inter-agency collaboration and how to create opportunity for collaboration among individuals with behavioral health concerns, their family/natural supports and providers will be presented through presentations of vignettes. The workshop will provide amble opportunity for knowledge exchange among workshop participants. ................
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