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Friday Morning • May 18, 2012
E-Learning ACT: Building E-Learning and Social Media into Instructional
Design
To be a successful ACT Team, a complex set of competencies must be methodically employed by all team
members. Extensive, and more importantly effective, training is required to equip teams to deliver ACT
services with fidelity to the model and meet the complex psychosocial needs of ACT members. This workshop
will explore a hybridized learning solution that blends e-learning and social media with competency-based
instructional design.
By the end of the session, participants will be able to: 1) Explain how e-learning solutions accommodate the
demanding training requirements; 2) Identify the key steps involved in developing a competency based e-learning
initiative; 3) Formulate a plan of how their organization could integrate online learning communities as a method
of facilitating the development and application of ACT core competencies. CONTENT IS BEST SUITED
FOR PARTICIPANTS AT AN INTERMEDIATE LEVEL; 15% DIDACTIC, 15% PARTICIPATORY, AND 70%
EXPERIENTIAL.
Presenters: Kevin Mehnert, MBA, BS, Professional Development and Education Business Partner, Adult
Behavioral Health Services, NHS Human Services, Mt. Pocono, Pennsylvania; Lorraine Pauley, BS, Regional
Adult Behavioral Health Specialist, NHS Human Services, Pottsville, Pennsylvania
11:00 AM - NOON Closing Plenary
ACT Then & Now:
An Interview with Len Stein Reflecting on the
Genesis & Development of ACT Teams
Sam Tsemberis, PhD
The 28 th Annual ACT Conference will officially close with a plenary address by Dr.
Sam Tsemberis. Dr. Tsemberis serves as CEO of Pathways to Housing, an organization
he founded in 1992 based on the belief that housing is a basic human right. Pathways
developed the consumer driven evidence based Housing First program that provides
immediate access to permanent supportive housing and ACT services to individuals who
are homeless and who have mental health and addiction problems. In addition to his work
at Pathways to Housing, Dr. Tsemberis is on the faculty of the Department of Psychiatry
at Columbia University Medical Center. He is currently participating in national studies
of homelessness, mental illness, and addiction in the US, Canada and Europe and has
published numerous articles and book chapters on these topics. His Housing First manual
was recently published (Nov. 2010) by Hazelden Press.
In providing trainings for ACT Teams, Dr. Tsemberis found that a great deal of attention was being paid to operational
and staffing issues but that team members lacked a broader picture of the mission and vision of ACT. About four
years ago he had the opportunity to interview Dr. Len Stein, on of the founders of the ACT Model, and hear him
reflect on the history and current practice of ACT. This two hour plus conversation was skillfully edited by Sue
Peehl, an Academy Award winning Editor, into a 20 minute DVD. In the words of Dr. Sam Tsemberis, “Len is
engaging, brilliant and wise!” He talks about the genesis of ACT, program fidelity, consumer choice and recovery.
Dr. Tsemberis is excited for the opportunity to show this interview at the 2012 ACT Conference and afterwards will
present a talk on the themes of ACT and recovery. We are confident this plenary address will remind us all of the
innovation, bravery and compassion that embodies the ACT Model and encourage us to continue helping those
diagnosed with serious and persistent mental illness.
NOON - 12:30 PM Closing Comments and Sweepstakes
Promoting Quality Assertive Community Treatment Services & Integrated Systems-of-Care Models ACT Conference 2012