CALIFORNIA MENTAL HEALTH POLICY FORUM

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1 CALIFORNIA MENTAL HEALTH POLICY FORUM Mental Health and Education: A Partnership for Creating Healthy School Communities The Cabana Hotel Palo Alto 4290 El Camino Real Palo Alto, CA September 10-12, 2008

2 Wednesday, September 10, :30 AM - 5:00 PM REGISTRATION... Mediterranean Foyer 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM CALIFORNIA MENTAL HEALTH DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION (CMHDA) COMMITTEE SESSIONS 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM ASOC Committee... Portofino 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM Central Region Directors Committee... Bacchus 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM Ethnic Services Committee... Salon B 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM Social Justice Advisory Committee... Salon B 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM OASOC Committee... Portofino 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM MSSOC Committee... Bacchus 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM Bay Area Region Directors Committee... Cyprus 5:30 PM - 9:00 PM Governing Board Meeting... Cyprus Thursday, September 11, :30 AM - 5:00 PM REGISTRATION... Mediterranean Foyer 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST... Mediterranean Foyer 8:30 AM - 9:00 AM WELCOME AND INTRODUCTIONS...Mediterranean II Supervisor Liz Kniss - Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors Santa Clara County Superintendent of Schools Nancy Peña, PhD - President of CMHDA and Santa Clara County Mental Health Director INTRODUCTION TO THE POLICY FORUM Sandra Naylor Goodwin, PhD, MSW -, California Institute for Mental Health ()

3 Thursday, September 11, 2008 (cont.) 9:00 AM - 9:45 AM Vision of the future: NATIONAL MENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVE A New Era: Mental Health Promotion and Prevention...Mediterranean II David L. Shern, PhD - President and CEO, Mental Health America With more than 30 years of distinguished service in mental health services research and system reform, Dr. Shern is one of the nation s leading mental health experts. Dr. Shern recently established the nation s inaugural mental health promotion and prevention summit. Dr. Shern will share the latest research on effective promotion and prevention, highlighting effective school efforts. 9:45 AM - 10:30 AM Vision of the Future: NATIONAL EDUCATION PERSPECTIVE Successful Coordinated School Health Models...Mediterranean II Patrick Cooper, PhD - CEO, Early Childhood and Family Learning Foundation An advocate of the coordinated school health model, Dr. Cooper made a name for himself while Superintendent of Schools in the McComb School District of McComb, Mississippi through instituting this model and speaking about his work there at numerous conferences. He will share the extremely positive results of a longitudinal study on the effects of the implementation of the coordinated school health model, and will discuss his current efforts to implement this model in New Orleans, Louisiana. 10:30 AM - 10:45 AM Audience Discussion: Questions and Answers with Dr. Shern and Dr. Cooper...Mediterranean II 10:45 AM - 11:00 AM BREAK 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM What Works from the Perspective of Youth Panel: Personal and Lived Experiences...Mediterranean II Moderator: T. Tomas Alvarez III, MSW, BSW - Founder/Director, Beats, Rhymes, and Life (BRL) Youth Panel Holla If You Hear Me! A panel of Bay Area youth shares their experiences with accessing and making use of mental health services in educational settings and offers suggestions to policy makers on how to make mental health services more contextually relevant to diverse youth populations. The panel is facilitated by Tomas Alvarez, MSW, BSW, Director/Founder of Beats, Rhymes, and Life, an Oakland-based project that utilizes elements of Hip Hop culture as a catalyst for change, youth development and mental wellness in school settings. 12:15 PM - 12: 30 PM Audience Discussion, Questions and Answers with Youth Panel 12:30 PM - 1:45 PM LUNCH (included with registration)... Courtyard 1:45 PM - 2:30 PM PERSPECTIVES FROM POLICY MAKERS...Mediterranean II Senator Darrell Steinberg - California State Senate President pro Tem - elect What will the partnerships look like in the future?

4 Thursday, September 11, 2008 (cont.) 2:30 PM - 2:45 PM MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ACT: SETTING THE CONTEXT FOR PREVENTION AND EARLY INTERVENTION...Mediterranean II Will Rhett-Mariscal, PhD, MS -, Center for Multicultural Development, The prevention and early intervention (PEI) component of the MHSA represents a commitment to a future where Californians live in wellness-enhancing communities that actively seek to prevent people from developing the symptoms and negative life outcomes of severe mental illness. To achieve this goal, the State has sought to clearly distinguish PEI from treatment and recovery services. This presentation will cover the promise of PEI and the distinction between PEI (as defined by the State) and treatment, facilitate dialogue between education and mental health and help identify points of collaboration using funding from this component of the MHSA. 2:45 pm - 3:30 pm PANEL: ARTICULATION OF THE VISION FOR PREVENTION AND. EARLY INTERVENTION...Mediterranean II Moderator: Harriet Markell -, CCCMHA Lessons from the Field: A Healthy School Community Curtiss Sarikey, LCSW, PPSC - Learning Support Professional, San Francisco Unified School District, School Health Programs Department Nancy Rubin, MSW - Chief Executive Officer, Edgewood Center for Children and Families Jenny McTackett, MSW - San Francisco Regional Director of Community Based Services, Edgewood Center for Children and Families Edgewood Center for Children and Families and San Francisco Unified Schools discuss the history and evolution of their work together, starting 22 years ago with the Early Mental Health Initiative. They emphasize the difference between primary prevention/early intervention and treatment, describe the intricacies of working within a school system, one school at a time, and provide models for building an environment that supports healthy interactions and behaviors among students and faculty. 3:30 PM - 3:45 PM BREAK... Mediterranean Foyer 3:45 pm - 5:00 pm THE TIME IS NOW: NETWORKING WORKSHOPS Kelvin K. Lee, EdD - Past Member of the MHSOAC and Retired Superintendent, Dry Creek Joint Elementary School Serena Clayton, PhD -, California School Health Centers Association Richard Van Horn, MDiv - Chief Executive Officer and President, Mental Health America of Los Angeles Ed Diksa, ScD -, Adult Services Team, Gordon Jackson - Assistant Superintendent, Learning Support and Partnership Division, California Department of Education These facilitated regional dialogues will focus on developing networks between mental health and education; how to set up county partnerships for prevention and early intervention services; and discuss the specific ethnic/cultural issues to be addressed. Workshop 1...Salon A Workshop 2... Salon B Workshop 3... Bacchus Workshop 4... Portofino Workshop 5... Cyprus

5 Thursday, September 11, 2008 (cont.) 5:00 pm - 5:30 pm CONCLUSION AND NEXT STEPS...Mediterranean II Audience discussion, questions and answers with all presenters. 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm RECEPTION AND AWARDS... courtyard Friday, September 12, :30 AM - 12:00 PM registration... Mediterranean Foyer 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM continental breakfast... Mediterranean Foyer 8:30 AM - 8:45 AM Welcome and Introductions...Mediterranean I Nancy Peña, PhD - President, CMHDA and Director, Santa Clara County Mental Health Patricia Ryan, MPA -, CMHDA 8:45 AM - 10:15 AM Response Panel to Previous Day s Program: Identification of Next Steps 10:15 AM - 10:30 AM BREAK Facilitator: Alfredo Aguirre, LCSW - Mental Health Director, San Diego County Panelists: Carla Holtzclaw - CEO, Code Red Training s, Inc. Serena Clayton, PhD -, California School Health Centers Association Ryan Messel - Communications Coordinator, Youth Liaison, Family and Youth Roundtable of San Diego County 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM What s Hot in the MHSA?...Mediterranean I Facilitator: Wayne Clark, PhD - Mental Health Director, Monterey County Panelists: Denise Arend - Deputy Director, Community Services, California DMH Sheri Whitt, MSW -, Mental Health Services Act Oversight and Accountability Commission (MHSA OAC) (Invited) Dede Ranahan, MNA - MHSA Policy Program Manager, National Alliance on Mental Illness, CA Stacie Hiramoto, MSW - Racial and Ethnic Disparities Mental Health Coalition Sandra Duval - Chief Officer of Policy and Research, United Advocates for Children and Families Delphine Brody - MHSA Advocacy Director, The California Network of Mental Health Clients Fran Edelstein, PhD - Consultant for Mental Health Policy and Practice Improvement, California Alliance of Child and Family Services Betty Dalquist, MSW, CPRP -, California Association of Social Rehabilitation Agencies Richard Van Horn, MDiv - Board Member, California Council of Community Mental Health Agencies 12:00 PM Adjournment...Mediterranean I

6 2008 Policy Forum Planning Committee Neal Adams, MD, MPH Director, Special Projects William Arroyo, MD Medical Director Los Angeles County Mental Health Karen Baylor, PhD, MFT Mental Health Director San Luis Obispo County Bill Carter, LCSW Deputy Director Child and Families Services Beth Conley, MPA Adult Services Wayne W. Clark, PhD Behavioral Healthcare Director Monterey County Serena Clayton, PhD California School Health Centers Association Betty Dahlquist, MSW, CPRP California Association of Social Rehabilitation Agencies Ed Diksa, ScD Adult Services Wendy Desormeaux Staff Mental Health Specialist Education and Training Unit California Department of Mental Health Sandra Naylor Goodwin, PhD, MSW Khani Gustafson, MSW Center for Multicultural Development Mary Hargrave, PhD President, CEO River Oak Center for Children Pam Hawkins Child and Families Services Warren Hayes, MFT Chief MHSA Workforce and Education Training California Department of Mental Health Terry Herink Board of Directors California Association of School Psychologists Stacie Hiramoto, MSW Director for Special Programs California Council of Community Mental Health Agencies Jo Ann Johnson, LCSW Ethnic Services Manager Sacramento County Mental Health Don Kingdon, PhD Deputy Director/Small Counties Liaison CMHDA Penny Knapp, MD Medical Director California Department of Mental Health Kelvin L. Lee, EdD Past MHSOAC Member Olivia Loewy, PhD American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy CA Division Laurel Mildred, MSW California Network of Mental Health Clients Matthew Mock, PhD Director Center for Multicultural Development Will Rhett-Mariscal, PhD Center for Multicultural Development Harriet Markell California Council of Community Mental Health Agencies Patricia Ryan, MPA CMHDA Yvette Rowlett Education Administrator I California Department of Education Rusty Selix, JD California Council of Community Mental Health Agencies and Director of Staff Services Mental Health Association of California Nicette Short Senior Policy Advocate The California Alliance of Child and Family Services Vicki V. Smith, MSW, CPRP Director Adult Services Vonza Thompson, LMFT, CPRP President and CEO Fred Finch Youth Center Richard Van Horn, MDiv President and CEO Mental Health America, Los Angeles Alice J. Washington Stephanie Welch, MSW Director, MHSA CMHDA Gulshan Yusufzai California Network of Mental Health Clients

7 SAVE THE DATE HOTEL INFORMATION CALIFORNIA MENTAL HEALTH POLICY FORUM FEBRUARY 11-13, 2009 Committee Day will be Wednesday, February 11, 2009 **Thursday, February 12, 2009 is a State Holiday** Fess Parker s Doubletree Hotel - $ Single or Double 633 East Cabrillo Boulevard Santa Barbara, CA Please make hotel reservations directly with the hotel by calling toll free (800) by Tuesday, January 20, Request the group rate for the Mental Health Policy Forum. CONTINUING EDUCATION: $45.00 Psychologists: The California Institute for Mental Health () is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for Psychologists. maintains responsibility for this program and its content. INFORMATION Please call (916) or jhernandez@cimh.org. Registration Information will be available at by October The California Institute for Mental Health is a nonprofit public interest corporation established for the purpose of promoting excellence in mental health. is dedicated to a vision of a community and mental health services system which provides recovery and full social integration for persons with psychiatric disabilities; sustains and supports families and children; and promotes mental health wellness. The California Mental Health Directors Association is dedicated to the accessibility of quality cost-effective mental health care for the people of California. Principal goals are to advocate for quality mental health systems of care, which are culturally competent, consumerguided, family-sensitive, and community-based. California Institute for Mental Health th Street, 2nd Floor Sacramento, California (916) Fax: California Mental Health Directors Association th Street, 2nd Floor Sacramento, California (916) Fax: