Four webinars – on “Demystifying Trauma,” “Working with Voices,” Starting a Peer-Run Respite, and Coalition-Building, respectively – will take place next week! “Demystifying Trauma: Sharing Pathways to Healing and Wellness,” organized by SAMHSA’s ADS Center (Resource Center to Promote Acceptance, Dignity and Social Inclusion Associated with Mental Health), will take place Sept. 26, 2011, 3 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. ET. Registration closes at 5 p.m. ET on Sept. 25. To register, click on the following link: http://promoteacceptance.samhsa.gov/teleconferences/archive/training/teleconference09262011.aspx.
“Working with Voices” will focus on the Hearing Voices Network and Hearing Voices Groups, which do not pathologize hearing voices or other altered experiences. It will take place Sept. 27, 1 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. ET. Space is limited; to register, click here: http://cts.vresp.com/c/?NationalMentalHealth/14baa0ba54/ac1ab23981/db99ce0be4. “So You Want to Start a Peer-Run Respite?” will take place on Sept. 28, 1 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. ET. It the first webinar in a peer-run respite series sponsored by the National Empowerment Center. Space is limited; registration will close on Sept. 27.
To register, click here: https://www3.gotomeeting.com/register/728369694.
“Coalition Building 101 for Mental Health Consumers and Psychiatric Survivors: Finding Common Ground with Each Other and Allies,” to be held Sept. 30, 2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. ET, will include how to address obstacles to sustaining a coalition, action steps to build and/or sustain a coalition, what to do when groups may be competing for the same resources, and more!
To register, e-mail rsvppeerlink@gmail.com with “Coalition Building” in the subject line
Sources: http://promoteacceptance.samhsa.gov
http://www.nyaprs.org
http://www.power2u.org
SAMHSA/CMHS Consumer Affairs E-News, September 20, 2011
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