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Workshops & Abstracts for VAPRA Website
Unlock Your Potential: “Be the Key”
Presented By: Virginia Psychiatric Rehabilitation Association
With support from: The Department of Behavioral Health and
Developmental Services
December 15-17, 2010
Hyatt Fair Lakes
12777 Fair Lakes Circle,
Fairfax, Virginia, USA 22033
1-703-818-1234
The service delivery system for those recovering from mental illness continues
to transform across our commonwealth. VAPRA is planning an exciting
conference with workshops relevant to both professionals in the mental health
field and persons in recovery. Join us as we continue to face the challenges
of change.
Opening Sessions, Dec. 15, 1:30: Opening Session : We will be honored to
hear from James W. Stewart, III, Commissioner of the Department of
Behavioral Health & Developmental Services. We are also pleased to
have James Martinez, Jr., the Director of the Department of Mental
Health give welcoming remarks at the opening session.
Keynote Speaker: On Thursday morning, Dr. Daniel Fisher will be
our keynote speaker. Dr. Fisher, the co-founder and Executive Director
of the National Empowerment Center, will share his inspirational journey
from an individual with a diagnosis of Schizophrenia to one in recovery.
Dr. Fisher’s life work has been greatly impacted by his experience with
mental illness; from his decision to earn an MD from George Washington
University and receive training as a psychiatrist at Harvard Medical
School to working as the Medical Director of Riverside Community Care
in Wakefield, Massachusetts for over 25 years, his single overarching
goal “is to inspire hope, call forth the voice, and facilitate the connections
that help people recover.”
Workshops Offered:
- Starting and Leading a Dual Recovery Anonymous Group in
Your Community
- Fun Can be Therapeutic
- Mindfulness: Being in the Moment
- Clarendon House Peer Outreach Team
- Faces of Recovery
- Using WRAP to live beyond your diagnosis
- Opening the Doors to Potential Leadership Using the Public
Speaking Key
- Relapse Awareness and Prevention Strategies
- Achieving Wellness and Recovery
- Follow the Yellow Brick Road to Find Your Potential
- Don’t Back Down – The Seven Principles of Effective Self-
Advocacy
- Bringing the New Freedom: Recovery at the VA
- Recovery Through Music
- Peer Provider Advocacy: Regional Networking
- Bounce Back to Recovery
- Your Key to Finding Success
- From Wellness Toolbox to Work!
- Finding and Using Our Empowered Voice to Recover
- How to Start a Best Practice Family Psychoeducation Group
Reservations:
Room reservations must be made by calling the Hyatt Fair
Lakes Hotel at 1-703-818-1234. The room rate cost is $151.51 per night and includes all taxes. To ensure a room reservation
make the reservations as soon as possible and mention the
VAPRA Conference when you call.
Exhibits:
To reserve a space for a business exhibit, and space for program
exhibits, contact Justin Sheets at sheetsj@rbha.org or call
804-780-8635. Space is available for groups and businesses to
feature their program and products during the conference.
Special Events:
Join us for our VAPRA Got Talent
and Fashion Show Wednesday evening.
Persons must apply to participate
through a forthcoming letter.
On Thursday evening, we invite everyone
to attend the ever popular Banquet
and Dance!
Visit the Area:
You can enjoy everything from a fun Metro train ride to the nation’s
capital to experience inspiring monuments and museums
found on the National Mall or take a short stroll to Fair Oaks
Mall for some fun shopping.
To register, please fill out the PDF registration form. |
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