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"Families Finding Voices"
May Is Mental Health Month
Activity
In recognition of May Mental Health
Month, the Washington County Community Partnership for
Children & Families (WCCP), the Washington County Mental
Health Authority, Inc. (WCMHA), The Family Network and a
recent Family Leadership Institute graduate planned a public
awareness effort. A booth was set up at Halfway Park Days,
which is an annual event held by the Lions Club at Marty Snook
Park in Hagerstown where the majority of booths set up are for
vendors selling crafts. The Family Network, community mental
health providers and parents of children with special needs
worked together to have someone present in the booth over the
two-day event to hand out resources and Mental Health Month
awareness materials. One mental health provider present
expressed her surprise with the number of people who requested
information.
Information Shared on Behalf of the
Maryland Coalition of Families for Children's Mental
Health
The Maryland Coalition of Families for
Children's Mental Health is excited to announce the 4th Annual
Child and Adolescent Mental Health Conference: Connecting
Families and Youth with Evidence-Based Practice,
Practice-Based Evidence and Promising Practices to be held on
June 5-6, 2007 at the Sheraton Columbia Hotel. This conference
is supported by the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene,
Mental Hygiene Administration, University of Maryland Mental
Health Services Training Center, Maryland Child and Adolescent
Mental Health Institute, Maryland Coalition of Families for
Children's Mental Health, Maryland Mental Health
Transformation Grant and the Maryland State Department of
Education.
The State of Maryland is committed to
supporting and implementing Evidence-Based Practices (EBPs),
Practice-Based Evidence (PBE) and Promising Practices (PPs) in
Children's Mental Health. This 4th Annual Child and Adolescent
Mental Health Conference is celebrating Maryland's
achievements in this effort by sharing resources and knowledge
in the development of a statewide implementation to improve
the quality of services and eventual outcomes for children,
adolescents and their families receiving behavioral health
services in Maryland.
We are anticipating participation from
about 300 stakeholders from the child serving system.
Attendees include administrators (state and local), program
directors, providers, consumers and family members and
advocates. This conference will help families and
professionals to gain knowledge and skills regarding effective
practices. Workshops and general sessions will allow
participants to examine EBPs, PBEs and PPs and how to build
the infrastructure that will support implementation into the
community. Sessions will also focus on various treatment
modalities, promising approaches in youth and family
engagement and systems transformation.
This conference will cost $60.00 for both
days, $40.00 for one day only, and a discounted registration
for family members and consumers.
You will be able to submit an online
payment with a credit card as part of this registration
process. If you would prefer, you can also pay by check.
Please make all checks out to Baltimore Mental Health Systems.
You can mail the check in advance of the conference to: Attn:
Peggie Butler-Watson, Training Center, 3700 Koppers Street,
Suite 402, Baltimore, MD 21227 or bring the check to the
conference and pay when you register onsite.
The conference will be held at the
Sheraton Columbia Hotel, 10207 Wincopin Circle, Columbia,
Maryland, 21044; 410-730-3900.
Conference agenda - (click
here)
Conference Registration Flyer - (click
here)
If you have any questions, please contact
(410) 646- 7758.
To register please select this link or
cut and paste it into your browser: (click
here)
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May Is Teen Pregnancy Prevention
Month
Commissioners' Youth Meritorious Award
and Community Partnership CHARACTER COUNTS! Award Year-End
Luncheon
