DSAMH 37th Summer Institute 2008 Workshops

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The Summer Institute will feature several special interest tracks. Because several workshops overlap in interest and focus, they may be listed more than once. For more information regarding each listed course, please consult the Workshop pages at the bottom of this page.

Highlighted Workshops

[Leading Groups] [Text-Only Version]

[Meet Charles Barber] [Text-Only Version]

[Optimize Recovery Through Diversity] [Text-Only Version]

[Trauma & Addiction] [Text-Only Version.]

[Direct Response] [Text-Only Version]

Adolescents

The Adolescents track is perfect for clinicians, direct care staff, parents, or any interested person. The workshop topics are varied but cover a hot topics in the field and ALL workshops at the Institute allow for further questions.

• Understanding Links Between Adolescent Trauma and Substance Abuse
• Voices: A Program of Self Discovery and Empowerment of Girls
• Bring Out the Best in Challenging Clients - Brain Gym® - [Text-Only Version of Bring Out the Best in Challenging Clients]
• Beyond Talk Therapy: Brain Gym ® - A Key to Resiliency
• The 'Art' of Counseling

Cultural Competency

As our world grows more culturally aware, is it important that we, as individuals and as organizations become culturally competent. The Cultural Competency track helps to meet those needs

• The Active Ingredients of Positive Change: Personal and Professional
• Providing Recovery-Oriented Care to Diverse Populations - [Text-Only Version of Providing Recovery]
• Ethical Issues in Recovery-Oriented Programs and Practices
• The New Psychology of Men - [Text-Only Version of The New Psychology of Men]
• Phenomonology of Male Veterans - [Text-Only Version of Phenomonology of Male Veterans]
• Providing Recovery-Oriented Care to Diverse Populations
• Helping Women Recover - [Text-Only Version of Helping Women Recover]

Gender Informed Care

The Gender-Informed Track covers workshops that meet the current needs of clinicians and direct care staff on how to respond as a gender-informed care-giver. This track would also be of interest to persons wanting to gain perspective on gender-informed issues.

• Helping Women Recover
• Beyond Trauma: A Healing Journey for Women
• The New Psychology of Men
• Phenomonology of Male Veterans
• Voices: A Program of Self Discovery and Empowerment of Girls

Holistic Treatment Strategies

Recovery encompasses an individual's whole life, including mind, body, spirit, and community. The Holistic Treatment track offers workshops that discuss and, in some cases, demonstrate, strategies and methodologies, toward recovery. A great starting point as well as a great continuing point!

• Strengths-Based, Person-Centered Planning: Toward Efficient and Effective Community Practice
• Forgiveness, Remorse, and Reconciliation: Lessons Learned
• Bring Out the Best in Challenging Clients - Brain Gym® - [Text-Only Version of Bring Out the Best in Challenging Clients]
• Beyond Talk Therapy: Brain Gym ® - A Key to Resiliency - [Text-Only Version of Beyond Talk Therapy]
• Accupuncture: An Acient Art Becomes a Counseling Practice
• Express Yourself! A Shake Your Soul ® and Process-Based Art Experience

Leadership/Management

The Leadership/Management Track is geared toward those in Leadership or Management positions that want to motivate and inspire their employees and coworkers to provide customer service excellence

• Strengths-Based, Person-Centered Planning: Toward Efficient and Effective Community Practice
• Increasing Staff Performance
• The Essence of Interdependence - [Text-Only Version of Building a Community]
• Beyond Differences - Building a Community for All - [Text-Only Version of Building a Community]
• Ethical Issues in Recovery-Oriented Programs and Practices

Person Centered Treatment Planning & Strengths

In order for an individual to recovery, they must take a personal interest and involvment in their treament. This track includes workshops for clinicians to improve their skills, as well as workshops to pick up new skills and techniques to engage clients.

• Helping People Change: Motivating, Engaging and Attracting Clients into Treatment
• Strengths-Based, Person-Centered Planning: Toward Efficient and Effective Community Practice
• The 'Art' of Counseling
• Group Counseling: Process & Techniques - [Text-Only Version of Group Counseling]
• Bring Out the Best in Challenging Clients - Brain Gym®
• Beyond Talk Therapy: Brain Gym ® - A Key to Resiliency

Trauma Informed Care

The Trauma Informed Care track is just that -- a series of workshops that help clinicians, direct care, parents, friends, community members, neighbors, anyone, respond meaningfully and helpfully to a crisis or trauma-related event.

• NOVA: Basic Crisis Response Training - [Text-Only Version of Crisis Response Training]
• Mental Health First Aid - [Text-Only Version of Mental Health First Aid]
• Understanding Links Between Adolescent Trauma and Substance Abuse
• The 'Art' of Counseling
• Helping Women Recover
• Beyond Trauma: A Healing Journey for Women
• After an Attempt: Using Cognitive Therapy to Prevent Subsequent Suicide Attempts
• Phenomonology of Male Veterans

Veterans

As more and more veterans seek treatment, it is important to have current information and perspective on how to treat their needs. The Veterans track does just that -- explains how the Veteran is likely to respond to treatment and how to help them most effectively.

• The New Psychology of Men
• Phenomonology of Male Veterans
• Navigating the VA Administration

For more detailed information for the Summer Institute workshops, please visit the Workshop Descriptions Document:

• Workshop Descriptions - PDF
• Workshop Descriptions - Text