2024 Agenda
8:30 am | Lobby 2-3 | Start of Conference/Pre-Conference Registration Opens |
9:00 am – 12:00 pm | A/B | Session A: Ethics Track, Gina Dick The presenters will cover the Counselor’s Code of Ethics, laws governing counseling and ethical decision-making, and the ethical decision process. The training is interactive with trainees’ participation and discussion. Clinicians are required to be trained on Ethics and the Law. This course will cover what is the meaning and reason for ethics and we will cover ethics from different professions. We will practice making ethical decisions and cover unprofessional conduct when not adhering to professional ethics. We will also cover the Revised Code of Washington (RCW), Washington Administrative Codes (WAC) that guide treatment and professionals.
Session B: Suicide Track, Jim Pinnell, Diego Mendoza This course will review risk and protective factors for suicide including discussing populations at high risk for suicide. Risk factors specific to clients engaged in behavioral health treatment services will receive special attention. Assessment skills for determining overall risk versus imminent risk for suicide will be presented. Participants will learn to recognize potential risk signs and signals, as well as access clinical and natural referral resources to promote recovery. Safety planning and other clinical interventions to reduce risk will also be discussed. Opportunities will be provided for interactive discussions, small group dialog, role plays and skills practice. This training meets Washington State requirements for 6 hours of training for behavioral health clinicians. |
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm | C/D | Lunch |
1:15 pm – 2:30 pm | A/B | Session A: Ethics Track,Gina Dick
Session B: Suicide Track, Jim Pinnell, Diego Mendoza |
3:00 pm – 5:00 pm | Lobby 3 | Early Registration Opens |
4:00 pm | End of Preconference |
7:30 am | Lobby 3 | Registration Opens |
7:30 am – 8:30 am | C/D | Breakfast |
8:00 am – 8:30 am | E/F | Welcome to Conference |
8:30 am – 9:30 am | E/F |
Keynote: A Story of Perseverance and Rediscovery, Brenda Coombs |
9:30 am – 9:45 am | Break | |
9:45 am – 11:00 am |
Workshop 1 Sessions Can You See Us: The Erasure & Invisibility of Black Girls & Women, Taylor Bass Families in Recovery: multi-systemic treatment and health integration, Olivia Gonzales The Evolution of Polysubstance Use in America’s Fentanyl Crisis Kelly Olson Enhancing Mental Health Care through Electronic Psychiatric Advance Directives, Kiran Sahota Supporting Caregivers in OUD Recovery and Promoting Prevention for Youth, Jim Leighty Where there is Hope, Jerry Blackburn Bridging Healthcare Prison to Community, Amy Brooke Creating the Profession of Certified Peer Specialist, Shor, Shelly |
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11:15 am – 12:15 pm | Plenary Session 1: Awkward to Awesome, Andy Vargo | |
12:15 pm – 1:15 pm | C/D | Lunch |
1:15 pm – 2:30 pm |
Workshop 2 Sessions Neurodivergent Care, Jax Bayne Growing Your Mindset, Raymond Gregson Witness to Addiction, Michele Gerber What is Occupational Therapy, Jennifer S. Pitonyak Behavioral Addictions Among Teens, David Flack Comeback 2 Success: Strategies and Mindsets, Brandon Burbank Pro Bono Services, Sherese Ezelle Promoting and Supporting Mental Health with Peer Support, Willard Derouen |
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2:30 pm – 2:45 pm | Break | |
2:45 pm – 3:45 pm |
Plenary Session |
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3:45 pm – 4:00 pm | Break | |
4:00 pm – 5:15 pm |
Workshop 3 Sessions Understanding Anger in Addiction, Susan Gebhardt Effectively Responding to Crisis Events, Tim Victorella A Multidisciplinary Approach to Mental Health Transition Planning, Ymanni O. Taylor From Part of the Problem to Solutions: OUD Prevention in Juvenile Rehabilitation, John Bolla ASAM Roll Out Q & A, Amy Dura Coordinating ED Discharges with Community Resources, Peter Moote Mastering Change Andy Vargo |
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5:15 pm | End of Day One |
7:15 am – 8:15 am | C/D | Breakfast |
8:00 am – 8:15 am | E/F | Welcome to Day 2 |
8:15 am – 9:15 am | E/F | Plenary Session 4: Human Together, Amy Naylor |
9:15 am – 9:30 am | Break | |
9:30 am – 10:45 am | Workshop 4 Sessions
The Trauma Informed Helper, David Flack
Work-Purposeful activity for SUD recovery, Miller, Dawn K. (HCA), Paschke, Darren (HCA)
How to be Culturally Responsive in Your Practice, Sean Mahoney, Sean Mahoney
Triumph’s Pregnant & Parenting Women program, Cassidy Leslie
Principles of Permanent Supportive Housing, a person-centered holistic case management approach, Jacklyn Velasco, Anessa Williams
Suicide Prevention – It’s Everyone’s Job! , John Bolla | |
10:45 am – 11:00 am | Break | |
11:00 am – 11:30 am | E/F | Awards |
11:30 am – 12:30 pm | C/D | Lunch |
12:45 pm – 2:00 pm | Discussion/Listening Sessions and Q&A
988 Presentation and Q&A, Emmet, Elizabeth (DOH) | |
2:00 pm | End of Conference |