NARPA's 2010 Annual Conference

[Wednesday, September 8]

[2:00 -- 5:00 p.m.. NARPA Board Meeting]

[6:00 -- 8:00 p.m. Welcome and Reception - Full Radius Dancers]

[ Thursday, September 9 ]

[7:30 -- 9:00 a.m. Light Continental Breakfast]

[9:00 -- 10:00 a.m. Special Tribute to Judi Chamberlin, Pioneer Rights Activist ]

[10:00 -- 10:15 a.m. Break]

[10:15 -- 11:45 a.m. Workshops]

[1.][] [ Andy Imparato, President & CEO, American Association of People with Disabilities -- Cross-Disability Advocacy in Washington ]

[2.][] [Robert Fleischner, Center for Public Representation -- Rights In And Diversion From Juvenile Justice Institutions ]

[3.][] [NARPA 101 -- Bill Stewart and Tom Behrendt]

[4.][] [Leah Harris, Author & Rights Activist -- Join the Digital Video Revolution ]

[Noon -- 1:30 p.m. Keynote and Lunch ]

[ Sue Jamieson, Counsel for L.C. & E.W. v. Olmstead - ]

[ Post-Olmstead: Where Are We Going?]

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[1:30 p.m. -- 3:00 p.m. Workshops]

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[1.][
] [National Disability Rights Network -- Restraint Initiative ]

[2.][ ] [Rich Toscano, M.Ed.] [Rehabilitation][ -- ] [Employment Services to Veterans: Suggestions for Partnering with the VA and Supporting the Needs of Veterans ]

[3.][
] [Robert Fleischner, Center for Public Representation -- Reforming Guardianship Laws: Successes and Failures]

[4.][
] [Sue Jamieson][ -- Don't Fence Us Out]

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[3:00 -- 3:15 p.m. Break ]

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[3:15 -- 4:45 p.m. Workshops ]

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[1.][
] [ Bob Bowen & Aaryce Hayes - Developing A Restraint-Free Culture In Schools]

2[.][
] [Kim Darrow, Dennis Feld, and Arthur Baer, Mental Hygiene Legal Service -- The New Untouchables]

3[.][
] [Peer Support and Wellness Center: A Project of the Georgia Mental Health Consumer Network ]

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[7:30 -- 9:00 p.m. Presentation and Discussion of Healing Neen by documentary filmmaker and civil rights attorney Laura Cain
]

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[Friday, September 10, 2010]

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[7:30 -- 8:30 a.m. Light Continental Breakfast ]

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[8:30 -- 9:30 a.m. Keynote - Academics and Advocacy]

[ ] [Professors Gail Hornstein of Mt. Holyoke, ]

[ ] [ Jonathan Leo of Lincoln Memorial University, and ]

[ ] [ Sue Estroffof University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill ]

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[9:30 -- 9:45 a.m. Break]

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[9:45 -- 11:15 a.m.
Workshops]

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[1.][
] [Pat Risser and Delphine Brody, Consumer/Survivors and Human Rights Advocates -- Trauma Informed Advocacy]

[2.][
] [ Ruthie-Marie Beckwith, Tennessee Microboards Association -- Georgia Mini-Microenterprise Development ]

[3.][
] [ Susan Stefan & Jennifer Mathis ] [-- ] [Litigation: Post-]Disability Advocates, Inc. v. Pataki

[4.][
] [Gail Hornstein, Jonathan Leo, and Sue Sue Estroff -- Panel follow-up]

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[11:30 a.m. -- 1 p.m. Keynote and Lunch ]

[ Robert Whitaker, Science Journalist and Author *** of Mad in America* ]

[and Anatomy of an Epidemic: Magic Bullets, Psychiatric Drugs,& the Astonishing Rise of Mental Illness in America

Rethinking Psychiatric Care: If We Follow the Scientific Evidence, What Must We Do To Better Promote Long-term Recovery?

1:15 -- 2:45 p.m. Workshops

1. Robert Whitaker - ][Helping People Get Well and Stay Well: Evidence-Based Programs That Promote Long-Term Recovery

2. Yvette Sangster, The GAO -- PAIMI Council Training

3. Rich Toscano, M.Ed. Rehabilitation - Employment and Recovery: Well-Being as a Function of Meaningful Contribution and Re-establishing a Sense of Identity

4. Jennifer Mathis, Bazelon Center -- [The ADA Amendments Act of 2008: What it Means for People with Psychiatric Disabilities]

[2:45 -- 3:00 p.m. Break]

[3:00 -- 4:30 p.m. Workshops]

1. Sam Bagenstos - CRIPA: New Directions

2. Ann Rider, Recovery Empowerment Network - Not Your Usual Peer-Run Program

3. Jennifer Mathis, Bazelon Center -- Enforcing Your Rights through the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)

4. Jonathan Leo --Serotonin and Depression: A disconnect between the advertisements and the scientific literature.

4:45 -- 5:30 p.m. Special Presentation

Susan Stefan -- Significant Developments in Mental Health Law 2010

[Saturday, September 11 ]

7:30 -- 9:00 a.m. Light Continental Breakfast

9:00 - 10:30 a.m. Workshops

[1.John Jones, formerly Arkansas P&A -- Advocacy Through Information Technology

2. Beth Mitchell, Advocacy, Inc., and Ann Baddour, Texas Appleseed
   • Discussion of [groundbreaking study by Texas Appleseed documenting systemic deficiencies impacting people with mental disabilities in the immigration system and strategies for mental health advocates to support reform of this broken system.

[10:30 -- 11:30 a.m. NARPA Business Meeting and Conference Closing]

Schedule subject to change

For additional information, email NARPA at narpa [@] aol.com or call 256-650-6311.

NARPA 2010 September 8-11, 2010

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