4th Annual Co-Occurring Conference
Innovation and Integration for Person Centered Care
Announcing Minnesota Alternatives Fourth Annual Co-Occurring Conference
A great chance to get the mandatory 8 hours of training for all clinical staff who work in Rule 31 programs that offer mental health services.
TIME AND LOCATION:
April 30th, 2015
8:30 – 4:30pm
Roseville Banquet Center: 2661 Civic Center Drive
Roseville, MN 55113.
AGENDA:
Introduction to the Third Wave of SUD Care
- 8:30 – 9:30 Paula DeSanto, Minnesota Alternatives
Key elements of co-occurring services and important considerations in working with people who experience borderline personality disorder.
- 9:30-10:30 – Paula DeSanto, Minnesota Alternatives
10:30 – 10:45 – Break
Integration and Innovation - Examples of how Managed Care Organizations are leading the way with innovation and integration for people who experience mental health and/or substance use issues.
- 10:45 – 11:30 - Julie Bluhm, Hennepin Health Accountable Care Organization
- 11:30 – 12:15 – Jennifer Garber, Medica Behavioral Health
12:15 – 1:00 Networking Lunch (lunch is provided on site as well as coffee, water and snacks.)
Meeting People Where They Are – Creative Service Approaches
- 1:00 – 2:00 Jill Petsel, Minnesota Recovery Connection – Recovery oriented system of care and creative ideas for integrating Recovery Coaching
- 2:00 – 3:00 Adam Fairbanks, Valhalla Place – Harm Reduction and Syringe Exchange in MAT, and how to get Narcan in the hands of those who need it.
- 3:15 – 4:15 – Laura Lathrop, Palliative Innovations – Bringing Palliative Care to people with substance use related illnesses.
(3:00 – 3:15 Break)
4:15 – 4:30 – Paula DeSanto - Wrapping things up.
Presenter Bios:
Paula DeSanto MS, LSW, CPRP, CCDP-D
Paula has developed programs that serve adults with mental illness and/or substance use issues for over 30 years.
She is currently the owner and director of Minnesota Alternatives, a program providing consultation, training, and outpatient substance use disorder treatment. She has a master's degree from Boston University in Psychiatric Rehabilitation Counseling, is a licensed social worker and is certified as a Co-Occurring Disorders Professional Diplomate.
She is an adjunct professor at the University of Minnesota in their newly developed Integrated Behavioral Health graduate program teaching about person centered interventions and the Minnesota Alternative Model of care.
Julie Bluhm, MSW, LICSW
Julie is the Clinical Program Manager for Hennepin Health, a safety-net accountable care partnership serving Medicaid enrollees in Minneapolis, MN. In this role, she leads the implementation and refinement of the Hennepin Health care model and integration of social service delivery to improve care and reduce costs for the complex members served by Hennepin Health's integrated care network.
Prior to joining Hennepin Health, Julie worked as the Program Director for a Children's Residential Treatment program, specializing in Trauma Informed Care and the use of Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) in residential treatment settings. In addition to program leadership, Julie is a Clinical Social Worker, with experience providing direct Mental Health treatment to individuals and families with complex treatment needs.
Jennifer Garber, MA LICSW
Jennifer is the Director of Clinical Operations and Community Initiatives for Medica Behavioral Health. Jennifer has been with MBH for 7+ years in the role of Director of Clinical Operations; during that time she has had the responsibilities for clinical activities for Commercial, Medicaid and Medicare products in addition to working on key initiatives with providers, community groups and MN DHS, as well as other leaders at Medica.
Jennifer has a Master's degree from Grace Theological Seminary, and an undergraduate degree from University of Iowa. Jennifer is licensed as an Independent Clinical Social Worker. As a practicing clinician, she has worked in an EAP setting, with SPMI adults, on an inpatient dual diagnosis unit with adolescents and their families, and did MH emergency room assessments for a number of years. Jennifer has also worked in another Health Plan setting as a clinical manager.
Jill Petsel
Jill joined MRC as the Executive Director in June 2014. A person in long-term recovery for over six years.
She has twenty-five years of non-profit development and leadership experience. Jill serves on the Department of Human Services Alcohol and Drug Abuse Division Advisory Committee and the Minnesota Center for Chemical and Mental Health Advisory Council. She was recently selected by MARRCH to serve on a statewide committee that will begin preparations for an Excellence in Mental Health Act planning grant.
A graduate of Buena Vista University (Storm Lake, IA), she looks to build upon MRC's success to create a recovery friendly community and state.
Adam Fairbanks
Adam has worked in the field of harm reduction for the past 12 years. Through his experience with needle exchange and harm reduction groups, he understands that drug users themselves can improve their health and quality of life through education and safer use strategies. Since joining Valhalla Place in 2014, Adam has helped launch unique treatment based syringe exchange program and Naloxone distribution collaboration. Adam rejects the notion that people need to "hit rock bottom" before they can get better.
Laura Lathrop, DNP, MPH, APRN
Laura is an advanced certified hospice and palliative care specialist. She is the founder of Palliative Innovation, LLC founded with the mission to build palliative care capacity in our communities. Dr. Lathrop has a long history of providing primary care in nursing homes as well as palliative care on inpatient palliative consult services in four metro hospitals.
During this time she worked with persons with serious medical illness related to alcohol use and their families to relieve distressing symptoms and support sensitive discussions on goals of care.
We will provide a certificate of attendance for 8 hours of continuing education that attendees can submit to their licensing boards.
You may make a payment and register right here using Pay Pal's secure severs (link below). There is a limit of 150 registrations availble online, but total conference occupancy is 250, so if there are no more registrations available via Pay Pal you may contact Minnesota Alternatives via email to inquire as to the availability of registrations (simply click this link) or call 763 • 789 • 4895
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