ProgrAm

MONDAY APRIL 8
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MONDAY AFTERNOON ‘B’ WORKSHOPS
AFTERNOON ‘B’ WORKSHOPS Monday, April 8, 3:15 PM – 4:15 PM
B1 Pain Management and Prescription
Drug Abuse: A Silent Epidemic
Room: Milano I
Treating chronic pain with escalating doses of opioid
pain medications has become increasingly problematic
― with aberrant medication behaviors, frustrating consumer-provider
encounters, and unsuccessful treatment
outcomes. Delve into the issue of problematic use of prescription
opioid pain medications and analyze approaches
that would provide you additional tools to help your
clients achieve better outcomes.
Track: Addictions and Co-Occurring Disorders
Marc Fishman, Assistant Professor, Johns Hopkins University,
School of Medicine Department of Psychiatry
B2 Integration: Creating High-
Performance Interdisciplinary Teams
Room: Roman II
From strategic vision to sustainment plan, the success of
an integrated primary and behavioral healthcare service
depends on creating high-functioning interdisciplinary
teams. The good news? These teams can be both meaningful
and fun. Learn how you can help develop highperformance
interdisciplinary teams in your organization.
Track: Behavioral Health-Primary Care Integration
Marc Avery, AIMS Center, University of Washington Medical
Center
B3 Board Problems, Board Solutions:
Best Practices from Your Peers
Room: Milano V
Identify the significant challenges boards face and explore
the best practices used by your peers. Return to your or-
ganization with concrete action steps and new ideas to
tackle your organization’s tough problems.
Track: Board Governance
Anne Collier, Arudia Executive Coaching & Development
B4 Collaborative Documentation for
Kids: Yes, You Can!
Room: Milano VI
Collaborative documentation has become a standard
practice for many organizations that see its clinical and
organizational benefits. However, many believe that concurrent
documentation only works for adults ― not children.
Review the concept of collaborative documentation
and how you can use it as a clinical tool in your treatment
practices with children, adolescents, and families.
Expect to learn techniques and approaches to use with
youth and families, as well as how to manage when parents
disagree.
Track: Children and Youth
Katherine Hirsch, MTM Services, LLC
B5 Zero Suicide in Healthcare: The 2013
Update
Room: Milano II
The National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention
launched a taskforce in 2010 to bring suicide care to
the core of behavioral health and primary care systems.
Since then, they released Suicide Care in Systems Framework,
which focuses on leadership commitment, culture
change, and performance improvement; brought nine
states together in a learning collaborative; surveyed
20,000 behavioral health professionals on their readiness
to engage people at risk of suicide; and launched Zerosuicide.com
to create a platform for organizations to commit
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