Description:

This four-part webinar series will share information and discuss applications that practitioners and others can use to help engage and activate individuals with serious mental illness and/or substance use disorders in person-centered treatment and services. Part 3 will provide an overview of common approaches to person-led relapse and crisis planning approaches including safety plans, relapse prevention/management plans, and Psychiatric Advance Directives (PAD).

Presenter:

Laurie Curtis, MA, CPRP, is a senior program manager at Advocates for Human Potential (AHP) providing consultation to behavioral health authorities on evidence-based practices and recovery-oriented services. Recent work for the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) includes her roles as project director for Recovery to Practice (RTP), deputy project director and AHP lead for Bringing Recovery Supports to Scale Technical Assistance Center Strategy (BRSS TACS), and director for SAMHSA’s shared decision-making project.

Learning Objectives:

• Provide service providers with information about two tools which can help establish positive relationships and productive communication with individuals often considered “difficult to engage.”
• Provide examples of how these tools can be applied in a range of settings and with diverse groups of people.
• Offer opportunities to discuss practical challenges and opportunities for implementing these tools in day-to-day practice.

Who Should Attend?

Clinicians and practitioners working in mental health and substance use services, managers and supervisors, people using services and their families.