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Thursday Afternoon • May 17, 2012
Noon - 1:15 PM Luncheon
(Prepaid Admission Only)
1:30 - 5:00 PM Institutes D - F
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Reducing Staff Turnover and Burnout: Tips for Team Leaders
Staff turnover and burnout are serious problems for mental health programs across the nation, including for many
ACT teams. This workshop will describe nine principles and eighteen corresponding low-cost actions that ACT
team leaders and managers (and other staff taking a leadership role) can use to reduce staff turnover and burnout
while also improving employee satisfaction. Participants will also develop a core set of simple skills to prevent
their own personal burnout.
By the end of the session, participants will be able to: 1) Describe four or more principles for reducing turnout
and burnout; 2) Describe four or more actions that team leaders and managers can employ to reduce burnout and
turnover; 3) Demonstrate and use three or more simple skills to manage stress and reduce burnout. CONTENT IS
BEST SUITED FOR PARTICIPANTS AT THE ALL LEVELS; 35% DIDACTIC, 30% PARTICIPATORY, AND
35% EXPERIENTIAL.
Presenters: Gary Morse, PhD, Associate Executive Director, Places for People, St. Louis, Missouri; Angela
Rollins, PhD, Research Health Scientist, Center of Excellence on Implementing Evidence Based Practices,
Richard L. Roudebush VAMC, Assistant Research Professor, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
Department of Psychology, Research Director, ACT Center for Indiana, Indianapolis, Indiana; Michelle Salyers,
PhD, Clinical Psychology, Associate Professor, Department of Psychology Indiana University-Purdue University
Indianapolis, Co-Director, ACT Center for Indiana, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, Indiana
Creating Recovery-Centered Service Plans and Progress Notes
Creating recovery-oriented documentation is a universal challenge for service providers who must work within a
deficit-oriented reimbursement system. This workshop is designed for staff that document direct services and want
to improve the quality of their documentation in support of recovery. A unique approach to documentation and
language as an application of the recovery philosophy will be explored.
By the end of the session, participants will be able to: 1) Describe the connection between language and recovery; 2)
Identify the standards of quality of writing as they pertain to clinical documentation; 3) Integrate a documentation
process based on good writing into client care services. CONTENT IS BEST SUITED FOR PARTICIPANTS AT
THE INTERMDIATE LEVEL; 50% DIDACTIC, 25% PARTICIPATORY, AND 25% EXPERIENTIAL.
Presenter: Annette M. Cañeda, EdD, Director of Organizational Learning, Telecare Corporation, Alameda,
California
Shortcut to Starting a DBT Skills Group in an ACT Program
Intrigued by the potential of Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), but intimidated by the variety and unfamiliarity
of the skills? This workshop provides a brief introduction to the hows and whys of starting a DBT skills group in
Assertive Community Treatment, demonstrates the expertise necessary to do so, with special emphasis on Core
Mindfulness and Radical Acceptance techniques.
By the end of the session participants will be able to: 1) Explain the concepts of DBT Core Mindfulness, Emotional
Regulation, Distress Tolerance, and Interpersonal Effectiveness skills to ACT consumers using the DBT Skills
Training Manual; 2) Structure DBT Skills Training Groups in ACT programs. CONTENT IS BEST SUITED
FOR PARTICIPANTS AT THE INTERMEDIATE AND ADVANCED LEVELS; 20% DIDACTIC, 20%
PARTICIPATORY, AND 60% EXPERIENTIAL.
Presenters: Emmalee Agostini, ACT Team Mental Health Professional; Jennifer Pasternack, MD, PhD, ACT
Team Psychiatrist, both of Stairways Behavioral Health, Erie, Pennsylvania
Promoting Quality Assertive Community Treatment Services & Integrated Systems-of-Care Models ACT Conference 2012