ProgrAm

Tuesday APRIL 9
60
TUESdAy TEdTAlkS
Evidence-based Practices: Is Being
Unfaithful Really a Sin?
Tuesday, April 9, 10:45 AM – 11:15 AM
Room: Pompeian I
AnThony J. SAlERno, McSilver
Institute for Poverty Policy and
Research, Silver School of Social
Work, New York University
Fidelity to evidence-based practice
has become the moral equivalent to relationship fidelity.
Don’t stray, cheat, or fool around! Stay true ― even when
carrying out practices that present daunting, even insurmountable,
challenges. Explore the thorny issue of practice
fidelity and analyze critical questions such as: If we
can’t implement without adaptations, should we just forget
it? What’s the point of a practice if it’s too difficult for
the real world? Why can’t researchers develop practices
for current realities? Is there such a thing as practice-toscience?
How do we distinguish active ingredients from
inactive filler that we can alter?
Track: Clinical Practices
Can We Predict or Prevent Violence?
TED Talks are riveting 18-minute sessions that take you on a journey into the future
of behavioral health with the people creating it. These greatest minds spark
curiosity and engage you to think beyond your day-to-day work, focusing on the
important issues in our field today. Expect dimmed lights to spotlight succinct,
original, and engrossing talks on a range of research and practice topics.
Tuesday, April 9, 11:15 AM – 11:45 AM
Room: Pompeian I
FREd oShER, Council of State
Governments Justice Center
Recent high profile, violent community
tragedies have resurrected the
association between mental illness
and violence. The behavioral health system has been
alternatively vilified as a dysfunctional part of the problem
and championed as a potential agent for preventing
these events. The truth lies somewhere in between. Explore
the relationship between behavioral health disorders
and violence, our ability to predict violent acts, and
the critical role providers can play in helping people stay
out of trouble and making our communities safer.
Track: Criminal Justice
A Tale of Two Families
Lloyd Sederer will host a book signing
immediately following his TED Talk.
Tuesday, April 9, 11:45 AM – 12:15 PM
Room: Pompeian I
lloyd SEdERER, New York State
Office of Mental Health
Step into a portrayal of two families:
one “typical” (the Blue Family) and
one “possible” (the Green Family).
When a family member develops a mental illness, the
Blue Family gets lost in understanding and navigating a
confusing mental health system; they struggle with the
loved one who fights the very care that could change
the trajectory. The Greens knows where to turn, whom
to trust, what good care looks like and how to advocate
for it, and how to help their loved one engage and stay in
treatment. Now more than ever, families can be more like
the Greens. Learn how to foster more of these “possible”
families.
Track: Promotion, Prevention, Peers, and Recovery
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