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Wednesday Evening • May 16, 2012
Family Peer Support
Integrating families into ACT teams promotes skill development needed to provide healthy support for a family
member living with mental illness and addictions. This interactive session will ACT to provide the tips needed to
implement a co-operative peer support setting for clients and their families to build family strength despite mental
illness and addictions. The program concentrates on having measurable results that model healthy relationships and
clients taking charge of their own health and wellness.
By the end of the session, participants will be able to: 1) Explain 3 key elements to a successful peer support
setting; 2) Identify 5 skill sets needed to provide healthy support for an ill family member; 3) Design a program for
the family system to take charge of their own situation. CONTENT IS BEST SUITED FOR PARTICIPANTS AT
ALL LEVELS; 20% DIDACTIC, 70% PARTICIPATORY, AND 10 % EXPERIENTIAL.
Presenter: Mona Cooley, Coach U Graduate, Peer & Family Support Specialist, The Alex – Pathways to Housing &
CMHA, Calgary and Missing Children Society of Canada, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
The Team Leader & Psychiatrist’s Relationship on an ACT Team: Two
Views, One Vision
This presentation will discuss the significance of the relationship of the Team Leader and Psychiatrist on a team,
including the importance of collaboration, role modeling, team cohesion, and dialogue over debate. The presenters
will discuss their own working relationship, which spans nearly 10 years, and more importantly, the lessons related
to the impact this relationship has had on team cohesion and clinical effectiveness for the consumers, both in positive
and possibly negative ways.
By the end of the session, participants will be able to: 1) Explain the role of the Team Leader and Psychiatrist as lead
clinicians and role models for team cohesion and therapeutic treatment; 2) Examine the positive and possibly negative
ways in which the Team Leader/ Psychiatrist relationship can impact the effectiveness of the ACT team. CONTENT
IS BEST SUITED FOR PARTICIPANTS AT ALL LEVELS; 80% DIDACTIC, AND 20% PARTICIPATORY.
Presenters: Chris Blough, MS, LPC, ACT Team Leader; Holly Karalus, LSW, MS, Director of ABH Services; Lou
Picchio, MD, MA, ACT Psychiatrist, all of NHS of Capitol Region, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Using DBT with ACT Consumer to “Create a Life Worth Living”
This workshop will discuss the integration of two Evidenced Based Practices, Dialectical Behavior Therapy and
ACT, to help consumers diagnosed with personality disorders, trauma, and/or overwhelming emotions. Individual
and Group Approaches to Skills Training will be discussed, as well as how to educate your team about DBT
principles to provide consistent therapeutic support, prevent crises, impact treatment interfering behaviors, and
reduce staff burnout. By the end of the session, participants will be able to: 1) Describe the four skill areas of DBT;
2) Identify 3 ways DBT can reduce treatment interfering behavior, self-injurious behaviors, and crisis situations; 3)
Examine at least 3 resources for education and implementation of DBT in an ACT program. CONTENT IS BEST
SUITED FOR PARTICIPANTS AT THE INTERMEDIATE LEVEL; 60% DIDACTIC, 20% PARTICIPATORY AND
20% EXPERIENTIAL.
Presenters: Raymond McManamon, MA, LPC, ACT Director/Team Leader; Deena Rudolph, MSN, RN, ACT
Psychiatric Nurse, both of Lenape Valley Foundation, Doylestown, Pennsylvania
5:00 - 5:45 PM Assertive Community Treatment Association Annual Meeting
The Assertive Community Treatment Association (ACTA) promotes, develops, and supports high quality assertive
community treatment services that improve the lives of people with serious and persistent mental illness. ACTA
is incorporated as a non-profit organization governed by a Board of Directors. The Board conducts its annual public
meeting and elections each year at the conference. A public report of the organization’s activities is given and plans for
the upcoming year are discussed. Conference attendees are encouraged to attend and participate; only dues-paid ACT
Association members may vote.
Steve Harrington, MPA, JD, Founder, National Association of Peer Specialists, Owner, Recovery Resources, Postdoctoral
Fellow, Boston University Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation and Board President, ACT Association, Revere,
Massachusetts
Promoting Quality Assertive Community Treatment Services & Integrated Systems-of-Care Models ACT Conference 2012