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NARPA
2015 Conference Schedule:
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◊ Handouts available
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Workshop 1
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Workshop 2
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Workshop 3
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Workshop 4
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Thursday 8/20
5 – 8 pm
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Registration 5 – 7 pm – Reception Area
Reception & Opening Session - 6-8 pm.
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Friday 8/21
7:30 – 4 pm
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Registration Table Open
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8:30 – 9:45 am
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Keynote
Leah Harris – Author, Storyteller, Human Rights Activist, Survivor,
and Coordinator, Recovery Now! Campaign
The Personal is Political: Reflections on an Advocacy Journey
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9:45 – 10 am
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Break
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10 – 11:30 am
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NARPA 101 – Bill Stewart, MA Clinical Psychology, Ann Rider, MSW, Anupa Iyer, JD, & Patrick Risser
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Crisis Intervention & Beyond: Strategies to Prevent Tragic Encounters between Law Enforcement & People with Disabilities - Leah Harris, Bethany Lilly, JD, & David Perry, PhD
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Fear and Loathing: Forced Treatment in Derogation of Life and Limb: Developing Strategies to Confront Forced Treatment in the Face of Institutional Condescension, Coercion and Expediency - Dennis Feld, JD & Arthur Baer, JD
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Robert D. Fleischner JD - "Segregated Education Case"
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11:30 am–1 pm
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Luncheon Keynote
Robert Fleischner, JD, & Robert Dinerstein, JD – Guardianship: Issues and Discussion |
| 1 – 2:30 pm |
“Is Anybody Listening?” - Film & Discussion - Paula J. Caplan, Ph.D., Patrick Risser & Steven Stone |
Parental Rights - Ira Burnim, JD, Legal Director, Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law |
Advocacy 101- John Jones & Patrick Risser ◊ |
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| 2:30 – 2:45 pm |
Break |
| 2:45 – 4:15 pm |
Entering Enemy Lines To Create Change: Delusion or Possibility? - Noel Hunter, Melissa Schroeder & Casadi Marino |
Who Gets to Define “Peer Support?” The Dangers of Substituted Values and Voice - Darby Penney |
Advocacy for Criminal Justice-Involved Individuals with Trauma Histories and Mental Health Diagnoses:
the DC Jail and Prison Advocacy Project - Tammy Seltzer, JD |
Using Civil Rights Laws to Expand Access to Housing - Michael Allen, JD |
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| Saturday 8/22
7:30 am – 5:30 pm |
Registration Table Open |
| 8:30 – 9:45 am |
Keynote Chaku Mathai, CPRP, Director STAR Center – SAMHSA Technical Assistance Center for Consumer-Peer Run Programs
Supporting Communities to Embrace Lived Experience Leadership |
| 9:45 – 10 am |
Break |
| 10 – 11:30 am |
Guardianship – Professor Robert Dinerstein, JD |
Aspirational Arguments from (de)VOICED: Survivors of Deadly Force with Deadly Weapons – Lauren Tenney, PhD & Eva Dech |
How To Perform Investigations of Serious Incidents – Part I - Aaryce Hayes, LCSW ◊ |
Understanding The Struggle Over H.R. 2646 (The Murphy Bill, AKA the “Helping Families In Mental Health Crisis Act of 2015”) - Jennifer Mathis, JD & Bethany Lilly, JD |
| 11:30 am –1 pm |
Luncheon Keynote Why Psychiatry Survives Despite Lost Scientific Credibility – and Battling Against Oppression Bruce R. Levine, PhD |
| 1 –2:30 pm |
P&A & Psych Survivors Working for Systemic Change – Lydia Richard & Catherine Bustin ◊ |
Fighting Segregation in the US & Abroad: The ADA & International Law as Tools for Advocacy - Eric Rosenthal, JD, Director, Disability Rights International, Arlene Kanter, JD, & Sofía Galván Puente, JD |
How to Perform Investigations of Serious Incidents – Part II - Aaryce Hayes, LCSW ◊ |
Involuntary Outpatient Commitment Workshop – Emily Read, JD, Dennis Feld, JD, & Arthur Baer, JD |
| 2:30-2:45 pm |
Break |
| 2:45 – 4:15 pm |
Recent Developments in Mental Health Law - 2015 ◊ Arlene S. Kanter, JD, LLM Annual keynote by legal scholar presenting updates and interpretation of the most recent legal cases affecting disability rights and mental health law. |
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| Sunday 8/23
8 am – 12:30 pm |
Registration Table Open |
| 8:30 – 10 am |
Ending Restraint & Seclusion in Schools – Howard Trachtman, Aaryce Hayes LCSW, & Patrick Risser ◊ |
Voting Rights for Persons with Mental Disabilities - Lewis Bossing, JD, Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law |
Harm Reduction – A Critical Ingredient for Human Rights – Karen Rosenthal, Jessica Nagel & Mark Jennings |
Introduction to Intentional Peer Support – Chris Hansen |
| 10 – 10:15 am |
Break |
| 10:15 - 11:45 am |
Peer Roles Re-Defined in Forensic Settings: Potentials for Positive Collaboration Between Human Rights Attorneys, Peer Workers, and People Hospitalized – Sera Davidow & Caroline White |
Trauma & Healing in Corrections: “The Impossible Dream?” – Wallace Kirby, Taylar Nuevelle & Emily Tatro, JD |
The ADA, Sheltered Workshops & Minimum Wage - Jennifer Mathis, JD & Ruby Moore |
"Diagnosisgate": Scandal After Scandal Since Last Year's NARPA Keynote - Paula J. Caplan, Ph.D. |
| 11:45 am -1 pm |
Closing Session |
