We hope that you will join us for the 2014 Annual Conference at the Lake Morey Resort in Fairlee, Vermont on Tuesday, May 20th from 8:45 am to 4:00 pm.
CLICK HERE to register now, or call (802) 244-1396 to ask about scholarships and to request a mail-in registration form. NAMI Vermont members get a $25 discount.
This year we have a fantastic line up of keynote presentations and workshops and exciting exhibitors. Last year attendees were able to network with 200 mental health providers, peers, family members and friends at a sold out event. Items for this year’s Silent Auction are flowing in and currently include a vacation stay at the Waybury Inn in Middlebury, two tickets to the main stage performance at Discover Jazz and a $50 gift certificate to Nina’s Jewelry in Manchester.
Keynotes:
- Marijuana and Mental Illness: What do we really know? What can we recommend by Dr. Alan Budney, Professor at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth.
- Journey from Stigma to Hope: Sticking it to Stigma by Keris Myrick, President of NAMI Board of Directors.
Workshops:
- Understanding Co-Occuring Conditions: A Peer Based Approach by Hannah Rose, Director of Recovery Education and Training at VAMHAR and Jared Haage, Assistant Director of Recovery Education and Training at VAMHAR.
- Understanding Social Security Disability Benefits and Work Incentives by Peter Burt, VocRehab Project Coordinator.
- The Vermont Family Based Approach: A Gene by Environment Model of Health Promotion, Prevention and Family Based Intervention for All by Dr. James Hudziak, Director of the Vermont Center for Children, Youth and Families at Fletcher Allen Health Care and UVM’s College of Medicine and Professor of Psychiatry, Medicine and Pediatrics at UVM.
- Tapering Neuroleptics in Clinical Practice by Dr. Sandra Steingard, Medical Director at HowardCenter.
- Peer Services Panel coordinated by Julie Brisson, Wellness Workforce Coalition Coordinator.
- When Mental Health Intersects Police and First Responders by Chief Michael Schirling, Chief of Police at the Burlington Police Department.
Exhibitors
- Enhanced Life Options Group
- SNHU Graduate Program in Community Mental Health & Mental Health Counseling
- Vermont Department of Mental Health
- Vermont Federation of Families for Children’s Mental Health
- Springfield College of Human Services
- Vermont Center for Independent Living and the Wellness Workforce Coalition
Call (802) 244-1396 ext 100 to learn how to become an exhibitor at NAMI Vermont’s Annual Conference.
The NAMI Vermont Annual Conference is made possible in part by a grant from the Vermont Department of Mental Health.
