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Day 1 | Monday, October 22
7:30 am | Registration & Continental Breakfast
8:45 am | Welcome & Opening Remark
9 am | Keynote Plenary: Health & Human Services Transformation
12:15 to 1:15 pm | Lunch
1:15 pm | Workshop Session 'B'
3:00 pm | Workshop Session 'C'
4:30 pm | End of day
Day 2 | Tuesday, October 23
9:00 am| Welcome & Awards
10:15 am | Workshop Session 'D'
11:45 to 1:00 pm | Lunch
1:00 pm | Workshop Session 'E'
2:45 pm | Workshop Session 'F'
4:15 to 4:30 p | Closing: Submit Evaluations & Attendance Forms
Scholarships are available for Certified Peer Specialists (CPS) in Ohio and those pursuing CPS certification in the state. Download the application (click here), complete it, and email it to the contact noted on the application.
Application for up to 10.5 contact hours for attending both days and attending the plenary and workshops for the following disciplines. Consult the agenda for number of CEUs available for each workshop:
Also offering credits for the following:
Conference 2012 is open to professionals from multiple disciplines, service settings, and systems of care who provide healthcare, behavioral healthcare, and other services to people with mental illness or co-occurring mental illness and substance use disorders.
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The Center for Evidence-Based Practices (CEBP) at Case Western Reserve University—a partnership between the Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences at Case Western Reserve and the Department of Psychiatry at the School of Medicine. The Center is the umbrella organization of two State of Ohio Coordinating Center of Excellence (CCOE) initiatives:
The Center for Innovative Practices (CIP) of the Begun Center for Violence Prevention, Research and Education at the Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, Case Western Reserve University.
The Center for Evidence-Based Practices at Case Western Reserve University—and its Coordinating Center of Excellence (CCOE) initiatives—have been hosting conferences since the inception of the CCOEs in 2000. Participants at these events have come from approximately 17 states and overseas, including the following:
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The Cleveland Airport Marriott hotel and conference center is located approximately 8 miles from downtown Cleveland.
4181 W. 150th StreetCleveland, Ohio 44135001-216-252-7700
A block of 60 rooms has been reserved for the "Center for Evidence-Based Practices Conference" at a rate of $109 per night and will be available beginning Saturday, September 22 and ending Thursday, October 11. Call today to reserve your room. The Holiday Inn is near the conference center at the Cleveland Airport Marriott. A shuttle bus is available to transport people from the Holiday Inn to the Marriott.
Ground Transportation:
2.) Cleveland Airport Marriott4277 West 150th StreetCleveland, Ohio 44135800-228-9290216-252-5333
http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/cleap-cleveland-airport-marriott/** Note, 9/21/12: We have been informed that the block of rooms at the Marriott reserved for the promotional rate has been filled. We are leaving this information here for those who have already reserved a room and for those who may wish to try to reserve a room without the group discount.
Reservations for the event will be made by individual attendees directly with Marriott reservations at (800) 228-9290 or (216) 252-5333. Please reference the event "Case Western Reserve University 2012 Conference." Hotel's room rates are good for the nights of October 21st and October 22nd. Hotel's standard room rates are $119.00 per night. Hotel's room rates are subject to applicable state and local taxes (currently 16.25%) in effect at the time of check-out. Reservations by attendees must be received on or before Monday, October 01, 2012 to receive the $119.00 per night room rate.
All participants who need CEU certificates or non-CEU certificates of attendance must sign-in at the registration table each morning to qualify to receive their certificates. For complete details about requirements for certificates, see "Registration Policies" and "Payment Policies" tabs above.
8:45 to 9 am | Welcome & Opening Remarks
Presenter: Robert J. Ronis, MD, MPH, Co-Director of the Center for Evidence-Based Practices at Case Western Reserve University & the Douglas Danford Bond Professor and Chairman of the Department of Psychiatry at University Hospitals Case Medical Center/Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine (get bio).
You must register online for this keynote plenary and attend to receive CEUs for it.
Presenter: Greg Moody, Director of the State of Ohio Governor's Office of Health Transformation.
Respondents: Tracy Plouck, Director of Ohio Department of Mental Health (ODMH) & Orman Hall, Director of Ohio Department of Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services (ODADAS).
Abstract: The Governor's Office of Health Transformation, Budget and Management, and Department of Administrative Services jointly established a new Health and Human Services (HHS) Cabinet to optimize public resources across HHS jurisdictions. Priorities to Streamline Health and Human Services Priorities include the following: 1.) Improving government efficiency and health systems; 2.) Sharing information across state and local data systems; 3.) Modernizing eligibility determination systems; 4.) Accelerating the adoption and use of health information technology and 5.) Integrating claims payment systems. The ultimate goal is to share services in a way that improves customer service, increases program efficiencies, and reduces costs for Ohio's taxpayers.
Learning Objectives: Participants will be able to ...
1. Describe progress with Ohio's priorities for improving customer service, program efficiency, and reducing taxpayer cost2. Identify implications for service providers
PowerPoint Presentation: Get slides
If you register for this all-day "A" workshop, do not register for a "B" or "C" workshop in the afternoon.
Presenter: Mark Cowart, MSSA, CCDC III-E.
Abstract: This workshop will include lecture, discussion and small group exercises designed to increase efficacy with recognizing signs and symptoms of chemical dependency; assessing the client's readiness to change; and facilitating movement through the levels of change. This workshop will provide an overview of the process of addiction from experimentation to harmful dependency. Participants will learn the diagnostic criteria (DSM-IV-TR) of chemical abuse and chemical dependency. Diagnostic indicators of dependency will be cross-referenced with common behaviors and consequences associated with those indicators.
1. Describe the diagnostic criteria (DSM-IV-TR) of chemical abuse and chemical dependency.2. Describe eight motivational interviewing techniques with specific examples of utilization to increase efficacy in both meeting the client at their level and facilitating movement to Persuasion stage of treatment.
PowerPoint Presentation: Get Slides
Presenter: Randolph Muck, M.Ed.
Abstract: This session will present an overview of the latest national research findings regarding incidence, prevalence and other key data points on youth with co-occurring disorders. Mr. Muck will use the GAINS data base and other national sources for this presentation.
Learning objectives: Participants will be able to identify ...
Abstract: The past two decades have provided an important direction for the development and provision of integrated services with people that have co-occurring mental and substance use disorders. Several strategies for care are presently available that endorse a framework for systems and program development, while others provide more direction for the provision of clinical treatment including Dual Disorders Capability for Addiction Treatment (DDCAT), Dual Disorders Capability for Mental Health Treatment (DDCMHT) and Integrated Dual Disorder Treatment (IDDT). While many elements of care are shared among the strategies, somewhat different approaches are necessary to address a wide range of individual needs seen among the people we serve. This presentation will highlight core service components of the DDCAT and DDCMHT and implications for its use in addressing organizational change to improve treatment of co-occurring disorders.
1. Describe 7 core components of the DDCAT/DDCMHT tools.2. Understand programmatic core competencies essential in the treatment of co-occurring disorders.3. Identify the application of these instruments to their treatment settings.
Presenters: Jeff McKinnon & Kristi Rhen of North Dakota.
Abstract: Successful implementation of evidence-based practices is subject to the organizations and communities in which they are being adopted. This session features two team leaders who have spent the past 5 years building very effective, high fidelity teams in a unique system of care. Emphasis of the session will be placed on a summary of pertinent lessons learned in implementing IDDT and Motivational Interviewing in each stage of organizational change.
1. Identify 10 strategies for implementation and sustainability of high fidelity IDDT teams.2. Discuss barriers and facilitators to team building and effective IDDT supervision.3. Describe outcomes data associated with high fidelity IDDT implementation.
Related Resource/Story: Southeast Center in North Dakota achieves significant outcomes, honored as champion of integrated treatment (click here).
Presenters: Patrick Boyle, MSSA, LISW-S, LICDC (get bio); Lou LaMarca, MSSA, LSW; and John Scalish, BA, MEd, PCC, LICDC, ICCS.
Abstract: Assessing the desire for changing behavior and motivating genuine behavior change with involuntary (court ordered) clients continues to challenge practitioners. A local Cleveland treatment center, Community Assessment Treatment Services (CATS), has been piloting a stage-related, motivational approach to care over the past year. Using the stages of change model, the University of Rhode Island Change Assessment (URICA) instrument, and Motivational Interviewing, CATS is attempting to individualize treatment for a stronger, more lasting positive outcome with involuntary clients.
Learning Objectives: Participants attending this session will be able to ...
Presenters: Jack Cameron, BA, MPA; Sharon Fitzpatrick.
Abstract: The movement of peer support specialists into person-centered care is gaining momentum in Ohio and across the nation. These individuals use their unique set of recovery experiences in combination with solid skills training to support peers who experience mental illness as well as other health conditions. The workshop will provide an overview of the Certified Peer Specialist or CPS, how the Ohio Empowerment Coalition is developing this important role, and current information related to Ohio's transforming system and its unique opportunities for such individuals. Peer Specialists actively work within an organization's collaborative support structure as a defined part of the recovery team in order to utilize their lived experience as a tool to help others move forward on their recovery journey. Since October, 2010, the Ohio Empowerment Coalition and the Ohio Department of Mental Health have been working in partnership to recruit and train Peer Specialists, using a most effective and most utilized CPS Training Curricula.
1. Describe the application process, training process, and employment settings for Certified Peer Specialists.2. Identify core components of the training curricula.
Abstract: This SE model overview workshop will provide participants with an overview of the seven basic principles of evidence based Supported Employment. Participants will be encouraged to look at the level of implementation of each principle within their agency and at ways that these principles can be further implemented as they provide vocational services. This workshop is also for those that provide services to people diagnosed with severe mental illness and/or co-occurring severe mental illness and substance use disorders.
1. Describe and list the seven basic principles of evidence based Supported Employment.
2. Describe the research that supports the use of Supported Employment the evidence based practice.
3. Identify areas that they can change in their own practice or the practices of their agency to more align those practices with evidence based Supported Employment.
Abstract: A holistic approach to care must include attention to tobacco use. This training event is intended to heighten the awareness of behavioral health staff regarding the tobacco cessation needs of individuals with mental health and substance abuse disorders. Participants will learn practical interventions they can do regardless of how ready the person is to quit. Additionally, key aspects of successful intervention for tobacco use and nicotine dependence that can be incorporated into existing program services will be addressed. An emphasis is placed on effective strategies and considerations for consumers served in behavioral health treatment and consumer operated services settings.
1. Describe the effects of tobacco products on mental health and/or substance related symptoms and recovery.
2. Describe the effects of tobacco products on pharmacological treatment for people with mental disorders.
3. Identify 5 considerations for improved treatment efficacy with behavioral health consumers considering tobacco cessation.
Abstract: An ever growing body of literature supporting the efficacy of Motivational Interviewing in a variety of treatment settings is matched only by the increasing demand from organizations seeking to establish Motivational Interviewing as a core competency among their clinical staff. Successful implementation of evidence based treatments requires any number of considerations for the infrastructure of clinical services, the learning environment of clinicians, and focused supervision of the practice. This workshop will emphasize keys to successful technology transfer pertaining to the installation of motivational skills into a range of treatment settings.
1. Discuss aspects of Readiness for Implementing Motivational Interviewing in their practice settings.
2. Identify at least 5 roles that Supervision plays in the reinforcement of motivational skill building.
3. Describe at least 5 resources associated with successful implementation of Motivational Interviewing in their practice setting.
Abstract: This presentation provides an overview of the initiative in Franklin County to implement both ACT and IDDT simultaneously. The content includes a description of impetus for the initiative, how both EBPs were rolled out in the local system, and lessons learned since the inception of this initiative. Outcomes data will be shared.
1. Identify successes, challenges and barriers with the simultaneous implementation of both IDDT and ACT at the system and team levels.
2. Identify strategies to address the implementation challenges and barriers.
3. Describe the core implementation structures to support simultaneous multiple EBP implementation.
4. Describe the outcomes achieved by this collaborative.
Presenters: Deana Leber-George, MEd, PCC-S (get bio); Julie Kalina-Hammond, MSSA, LISW.
Abstract: This interactive training features a guided simulation experience of hearing distressing voices. Participants will prepare for the simulations by becoming familiar with this symptom and hearing first- hand testimony about what it's like to be a person who hears distressing voices. During the simulation, participants undertake a series of tasks including social interaction in the community, a job interview, a psychiatric interview, cognitive testing, and an activities group in a mock treatment program. The simulation experience is followed by a debriefing and discussion.
1. Describe the day-to-day challenges of people with psychiatric disabilities.
2. Become more empathic towards people who hear distressing voices.
3. Consider ways to change clinical practices to better address the needs of people who hear distressing voices.
Lunch is provided and included in the registration fee.
If you register for a double-session "B" workshop below, do not register for a "C" workshop. If you have registered for an all-day "A" workshop, skip this session.
If you register for this double-session "B" workshop, do not register for a "C" workshop.
Presenters: Rick Shepler, PhD, CCP-S, and Michael Fox, MA.
Abstract: This two-part session will provide an overview of the theoretical and clinical foundations for ICT followed by a panel discussion with current agencies that are implementing this model of treatment. The discussion will focus on collaboration with community stakeholders, particularly Juvenile Court; challenges and opportunities for implementation within a community mental health center; outcomes; and sustainability.
1. Demonstrate increased knowledge about research and prevalence with youth with co-occurring disorders.
2. Describe the integrated, systemically-oriented ICT model, including the interaction of a home-based structure with balancing of services and integrated care.
3. Understand the importance of building assets and resiliency across multiple contexts.
4. Understand how to utilize cross-system approaches, focusing on juvenile justice collaboration, to facilitate youth functioning across multiple life-domains.
Presenter: Elizabeth Bach-Van Valkenburgh, LISW-S, CNM.
Abstract: This workshop uses movie clips and group discussion to draw examples of how boundary management is an important ethical concern when working with survivors of trauma due to the complicated matrix of symptoms that accompany the PTSD diagnosis and the rate of re-traumatization that survivors experience in the clinical setting. Learning Objectives: Participants will be able to ...
1. Describe at least two symptoms of Post traumatic stress disorder that can create boundary concerns in the clinical relationship.
2. Identify and explain the concept of "relational field".
3. Identify at least one pro and one con of self disclosure in a clinical relationship with trauma survivors.
Abstract: This is a training that emphasizes the basics of forming and conducting a psychotherapy group. Participants will gain an understanding of general principles of group dynamics and theory, including how to create the therapeutic context in which group therapy can occur. The advantages of group treatment and it's applicability to a variety of clinical problems will be discussed. This training will examine group therapy as an evidenced-based practice.
1. Describe Group Therapy as an evidence-based practice.
2. Identify the therapeutic factors, group dynamics and processes and pitfalls when leading group treatment.
3. Describe the 3 stages of group development and group leader's role.
4. Apply skills to help transform dysfunctional behaviors into personal change and growth by blending psycho-education with process group therapy.
5. Recognize unique talents to develop creative group therapy experiences.
6. Efficiently write group notes.
Abstract: This workshop will provide an opportunity for practical skill development through use of case vignettes. Participants will work in small groups and based on case vignettes will determine the stage of treatment. After determining the stage of treatment, participants will identify stage appropriate treatment interventions. An emphasis will be placed on participants supporting the rationale they used to determine stage of treatment and treatment interventions. Additional attention will be paid to recognizing and avoiding common staging errors.
1. Identify criteria associated with each of the 8 Stages of Treatment.
2. Utilize case vignettes to practice determining appropriate Stage of Treatment.
3. Utilize case vignettes to identify appropriate treatment interventions based on Stage of Treatment.
4. Recognize and avoid common staging errors
Abstract: This workshop provides an overview of the topic of professional boundaries. It includes a discussion of the debate among professional regarding the firmness of boundaries and defines the "gray areas" of boundary crossing and violations. Types of boundary breaks are defined and participants will be encouraged to discuss their own thoughts regarding the ethics of boundaries using specific scenarios. The importance of considering ethics and boundaries in home-based and team-based settings will also be discussed. This presentation will be 60-percent didactic lecture and 20-percent experiential and 10-percenten participatory.
Learning Objectives: Participants will ...
1. Gain updated knowledge on the topic of professional boundaries.
2. Be given the opportunity to process their own belief system around ethics and boundaries in their unique work environments.
3. Be given tools and resources for team consensus building around boundaries in home based settings.
4. Be given the opportunity to discuss supervisory and administrative strategies to address potential boundary crossings and violations in home based services.
Presenters: Kristen Tracy, BS, QMHS, and Stacey Newring, BA, QMHS.
Abstract: This workshop will help participants prepare their clients who have criminal backgrounds for a job search. The presenters will provide a tool kit of essential resources that help enhance a job search when a criminal history is present. Among these resources is the "Letter of Explanation." The presenters are inviting two clients from their agency to attend this session to discuss the "Letter of Explanation" and its utility. This session will also include time for questions, and, if time permits, there will be a mini-roundtable discussion.
1. Explain the perspective of clients who have a criminal background and who are searching for a job.
2. Apply 1 to 3 effective cognitive-behavioral techniques (tools) to use when helping job seekers with criminal histories prepare for and find a job.
3. Learn about the structure and content of the "Letter of Explanation" and apply its use in daily practice.
4. Be able to write a Letter of Explanation and increase the rate of job interviews for job seekers who have criminal histories.
Presenter: Deborah Myers, MEd, PCC-S (get bio).
Panelists: Stephanie Calmes, PhD, PCC-S, LICDC, NCC; Marilyn Rule, MSW, LISW-S, LICDC.
Abstract: Comprehensive, integrated, diagnostic assessment is an essential foundation of the treatment process, for individuals with severe and persistent mental illness and/or substance use disorders. Many clinicians find it challenging to complete such assessments and often receive limited supervision designed to enhance the quality of assessments. Organizations frequently lack a supervision and quality improvement process to insure sound, comprehensive, integrated, diagnostic assessments. This workshop will feature a panel from one organization including, a Director of Clinical Services and Professional Development, a Program Manager, and a Compliance Officer. They will share their experience in transforming the quality of diagnostic assessments at their agency.
1. Identify common deficiencies in diagnostic assessments of individuals with severe and persistent mental illness and/or substance use disorders.
2. Discuss the role of a supervisory and quality improvement process to enhance and monitor the quality of diagnostic assessments.
Abstract: This presentation will discuss the importance of personalized benefits planning for consumers including overall economic stability and the restoration of social functioning as consumers transition into the workforce. This presentation will also provide an overview of the Work Incentives encouraging employment.
1. Understand personalized benefits planning strategies and considerations.
2. Identify Work Incentives available to consumers.
Abstract: Many organizations that provide IDDT services struggle to determine which outcomes can best inform their practice. Many programs lack adequate tools and resource for collecting this information. Others struggle with how to interpret and use the information for consumer recovery and program improvement. This practical workshop will discuss efficient tools and methods of gathering relevant information that can be used to shape and refine services. Participants will be introduced to the Consumer Outcomes Monitoring Tool (COM-T) and a new web-based tool to collect and report outcomes. Supervisors and administrators will begin to learn how to transform data from practice and other existing sources to develop a useful outcomes system.
1. List outcomes relevant to the IDDT model and co-occurring disorders.
2. Describe efficient methods and tools for gathering outcomes.
3. Explain how to interpret outcomes to improve services.
Do not register for a "C" workshop if you have registered for an all-day "A" workshop or a double-session "B" workshop.
Abstract: IDDT is unique because it integrates substance abuse services with mental health services. Research has shown that IDDT's unique integrated approach reduces relapse, duplication of services and costs, and improves continuity of care. IDDT promotes ongoing recovery from mental illness and substance abuse addiction through a stage-wise model that incorporates a long-term perspective.
1. Describe the underlying philosophy for the delivery of IDDT.
2. List the 10 guiding principles of IDDT.
3. Compose strategies to manage system level changes when implementing IDDT.
Abstract: Follow along training will provide practical information about the advantages of providing time unlimited, proactive follow along services to individuals receiving evidence based Supported Employment. Participants will be encouraged to look at different ways of providing these services that best engage those they serve and that meet individual needs. Employment specialists provide clients with accurate information and assist with evaluating their choices to make an informed decision regarding what is revealed to the employer about having a disability.
1. Describe important components for providing follow along as a way of supporting individuals once they begin working.
2. Identify a variety of options for providing long-term follow along to the individuals they serve.
3. Identify the advantages of proactive, time-unlimited follow-along when compared to follow along as provided in traditional models of vocational rehabilitation.
4. Identify key elements for consideration when facilitating client disclosure.
5. Apply techniques to individual consumer situations and preferences.
Abstract: People with serious mental illnesses die substantially earlier than individuals who do not have a mental illness. Lack of access to primary care, problematic health behaviors and possibly the metabolic side effects of psychiatric medications are believed to be primary reasons for shortened life expectancy and poorer health among individuals with a mental illness.
This session will help providersunderstand the needs and challenges of integrating care. Participants willlearn about the Integrated Treatment Tool - a measure that identifies and defines the pieces of an integrated approach. Specific emphasis will be placed on understanding what is involved in care coordination and care management in a health home approach. The IT Tool was designed to be usedfor planning, readiness, and implementation process measurement. The elementsof the Tool represent an adaptation to the Person-Centered Healthcare Home. Thegoal of this approach is to increase health outcomes, improve quality of life,and decrease fragmentation of care.
1. Discuss why integrated care is important.
2. Review models of integration and implementation.
3. Review Integrated Treatment Tool developed by CEBP.
Abstract: This workshop is designed for individuals in management or supervisory roles. Concepts presented in this training will illustrate a supervision style that is responsive to the needs of staff they supervise. Skillful supervision is critical to clinician skill development and the provision of quality services. Effective implementation of Evidence-Based Practices (EBP's) requires a proficient supervision process.
1. Identify supervision needs of those being supervised in the context of their current work setting.
2. Discuss useful supervision strategies based on a supervisee's motivation and competence in a given work task.
9 to 10 am | Welcome & Awards
Presenters: Lenore A. Kola, PhD, Co-Director of the Center for Evidence-Based Practices at Case Western Reserve University & Associate Professor of Social Work, Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences (get bio).
Patrick E. Boyle, MSSA ('89), LISW-S, LICDC, Director of Implementation Services, Center for Evidence-Based Practices at Case Western Reserve University (get bio).
If you register for an all-day "D" workshop below, do not register for a "E" or "F" workshop in the afternoon sessions.
If you register for this all-day "D" workshop, do not register for a "E" or "F" workshop in the afternoon.
Presenter: Robert M. Soffer, PhD.
Abstract: A surprisingly large percentage of clients visiting mental health centers actually have substance abuse problems - and vice versa. Missing a hidden substance abuse problem, or overlooking a co-existing mental health disorder, can reduce positive treatment outcomes. How does a professional determine the full spectrum of client needs in both of these areas, when one or the other is readily masked? Substance-dependent clients may look psychiatrically disturbed - but by no means are all of them. Correct diagnosis allows proper treatment. This workshop addresses the theory and practice of dual diagnostic assessment, from recognizing substance abuse and its wide-ranging effects, to screening for mental health problems, to comprehensive evaluation. Specific and practical assessment tools for both mental health and substance abuse problems are described. Diagnostic criteria including DSM-IV and beyond are addressed. Practical approaches to dual-diagnostic treatment are presented. Clinical case material abounds. Participants are urged to come with their own complicated diagnostic cases in mind - as well as a few jokes, for when we need a laugh.
1. Describe the significance of evaluating both the mental health and substance abuse components of dual-disorders accurately.
2. Describe how substance abuse ALONE produces multiple cognitive/affective/behavioral symptoms.
3. Explain several methods of screening for substance use, and then evaluating for it in-depth.
4. Apply treatment recommendations as they arise from accurate assessment.
Abstract: This 4.5 hour workshop examines Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) as applied to some of the most difficult-to-treat disorders. The emphasis will be on examining the latest CBT research, theory and techniques for effective treatment among some of these difficult to treat disorders, including: Bipolar Disorder, including how to prevent a manic phase, Schizophrenia and the other psychotic disorders, Borderline Personality Disorder, Narcissistic Personality Disorder, Antisocial Personality Disorder, Other personality disorders, Eating disorders and Substance Abuse and Dependence Disorders. The CBT models and programs for treating these disorders will be examined in detail, including the specific model for each diagnostic entity.
1. List the faulty beliefs and dysfunctional behavior patterns unique to each diagnostic category.
2. Explain Collaborative Empiricism and Socratic questioning as methods of helping the patient become active in his own treatment.
3. Describe the importance of the therapeutic relationship in CBT, with emphasis on factors unique to each diagnosis.
4. Apply creative and relevant homework assignments to extend the learning that goes on in therapy to the rest of the world.
Abstract: Clinical supervisors who provide meaningful supervision of Motivational Interviewing (MI) skill-development to service-team members must be equipped with some essential tools, including skill-evaluation, clinical feedback, and planning. This workshop is designed for clinical supervisors at organizations that provide services to people diagnosed with severe and persistent mental illness and/or substance use disorders. Participants must have prior training and experience in MI. Participants will review MI resources for applicability in their clinical supervision to help service-team members develop MI competencies. This event features large and small group discussions and practical exercises which facilitate familiarity with available resources and supervision strategies.
1. Discuss research on learning MI.
2. Explain the role of observation in the supervision of MI.
3. Practice identifying MI related skills through application exercises.
Presenters: Lisa DiSabato-Moore, Crossroads Probation Supervisor.
Abstract: This session will provide an overview of the Crossroads approach (Co-occurring Court) that Summit County Juvenile Court uses to address the needs of youth, and their families, with both substance abuse and mental health disorders. The session will describe the role and purpose of Crossroads, how a youth moves through Crossroads, the expectations, services and outcomes of the experience. The session will also highlight the collaborative nature of the program with local stakeholders and partners.
Learning objectives: Participants will be able to ...
1. Understand the role, functioning, and operating components of a special dockets court for youth with COD.
2. Identify the target population for Crossroads.
3. Understand the collaborative relationships among the Juvenile Court and other community stakeholders.
Abstract: This workshop is geared to employment specialists and team leaders. The workshop will provide program participants with an overall understanding of the vocational profile. The intention is to look at it as a process rather than a single document or a single appointment. This workshop will walk participants through the process of a vocational profile beginning at intake, through job search, job placement, and job updates. For those that have been using a vocational profile, this may offer a new look at how to utilize it and or ways to update it at your agency. For those who are new to the vocational profile, this workshop will offer good direction on how to begin the vocational profile "path" and ways to look at it as not only a starting point but a continuous process. A sample of a vocational profile will be used during workshop discussion and available as a "take home" tool for workshop participants to apply and/or adapt in their own programs.
Learning Objectives: Participants will be able to...
1. Develop a comprehensive vocational profile as a process and document.
2. Recognize 1-3 key times during service delivery to begin and/or update the vocational profile.
3. Explain how to collect, update, and use information to assist care planning, the job search and job development.
Prerequisite: Completion of at least 6 hours of training in Motivational Interventions is a prerequisite for registration for this workshop.
Abstract: This session is designed especially for clinicians on integrated treatment teams who are involved in the process of facilitating Persuasion stage group services, and offers resources, tools and ideas for how to succeed in this endeavor. As part of this interactive process, participants will engage in group exercises that can be replicated for use in Persuasion groups in their programs. This workshop will develop skills and techniques for successful Persuasion groups with consumers who are in the contemplation or preparation Stage of Change.Learning Objectives: Participants will be able to ...
1. Define what stage-specific strategies are necessary to work with clients who are in the Persuasion stage of treatment.
2. Identify and learn material designed for use with clients in the Contemplation and Preparation stages of change, understand the differences, and apply relevant strategies.
3. Identify helpful resource materials that can be incorporated into their roles as Persuasion group facilitators.
Facilitator: Debra Hrouda, MSSA, LISW-S (get bio).
Presenters: Angie Bergefurd, MPA, Office of Health Integration, ODMH, and Afet Kilinc, Ph.D., PCC-S, Office of Health Integration, ODMH.
Abstract: The 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act provided states with a new option of establishing "health homes" for Medicaid Beneficiaries with chronic conditions effective on January 1, 2011. Ohio Department of Mental Health and Ohio Department of Job and Family Services have collaborated on the development and design of Ohio's Community Behavioral Health Center health homes for individuals with Serious and Persistent Mental Illness. This workshop offers context and background information for the development of Ohio's CBHC health homes, overview of the CBHC health home model and key concepts, and the implementation process as well as very early lessons learned from the field.
Learning Objectives: At the end of the program, the participants will be able to:
1. Describe the eligibility criteria and target population for the Community Behavioral Health Center (CBHC) Health Homes.
2. Identify the provider requirements and explain the roles and functions of CBHC health home team.
3. Describe the six components of health home service.
4. List the CMS core and State selected health home performance measures.
5. Describe the implementation process including phasing in the geographical regions and early lessons from Ohio CBHC health homes.
Presenters: Tiffiany Kilpatrick, CMP, CGMP, and Lonnetta Albright.
Abstract: As a national leader in preparing the workforce and systems to implement culturally-sensitive, evidence-based services which bring about sustained recovery. The ATTC network is empowered by SAMHSA/CSAT to: 1) Raise awareness of evidence-based and promising treatment and recovery practices, 2) Build skills to prepare the workforce to deliver state-of-the art addictions treatment and recovery services, and 3) Change practice by incorporating new skills into everyday use for the purpose of improving addictions treatment and recovery outcomes.
This workshop will provide a comprehensive overview of the network and the resources, trainings, and education available to the professionals and systems we serve across the country.
Learning Objectives: Participants will be able to....
Abstract: Organizations throughout Ohio are implementingEvidence Based Supported Employment in a wide variety of settings. Many of these agencies face significant challengesto implementation due to limited funding, a difficult hiring environment, and/ororganizational barriers. It is the intention of this presentationto be able to encourage other agencies either considering SE implementation orat the beginning of SE implementation that, with some hard work and diligence,SE works! A variety of specific challenges, strategies for dealing with thesechallenges, and some of the successes that arise from implementing SupportedEmployment will be discussed with participants. Learning Objectives: Participants will be able to ...
1. List 3 challenges an agency may face upon SE implementation and ways to overcome those challenges.
2. List 3 successes an agency will experience upon SE implementation and ways to achieve them.
3. Apply lessons learned through SE implementation to improve placement outcomes, improve quality of services, and sustain funding support for SE services.
Abstract: The perpetuation of myths and practices associated with helping clients seek and obtain competitive employment in the behavioral care treatment system has frequently served as a deterrent for consumers and providers alike. Systems of care that pursue Recovery for those they serve can provide services, focused training, and supervision with direct service providers to ameliorate barriers to pursuing competitive employment as part of a Recovery journey.
1. Identify 5 reasons that keep providers from referring clients to services and that inhibit clients from pursuing or maintaining employment.
2. Describe 3 alternative approaches to clinicians' daily work which could positively impact a client's pursuit of employment.
3. Develop an awareness of the application of Supported Employment principles to routine clinical practice.
Presenters: Donna Conley, LSW, OCPS, and Jack Cameron, BA, MPA
Abstract: Peer Specialists and Peer Recovery Coaches are being added to the array of support services available to consumers through treatment organizations in Ohio. Data shows that outcomes improve for people with mental health and substance use disorders when peer support services have been added to an organization's services and treatment teams. This workshop will explore the various issues surrounding the addition of peers to your workforce and will include a discussion of recruitment strategies, supervision and training needs, role differentiation, benefits and challenges associated with peer-led support services.
1. List the benefits and challenges of employing peer support staff.
2. Identify key characteristics needed by peer support staff.
3. Identify, select, supervise, and retain quality peer staff.
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Presenters: Pamela Mitterling; Renne Dragomir; Maureen Kishna.
Abstract: This two-part session will provide an overview of the theory and practice of Multisystemic Therapy (MST), an evidence based practice which addresses youth, and their families, with significant behavior and conduct disorders, including substance abuse. This training will introduce Multisystemic Therapy (MST) as an effective treatment practice for adolescent substance abuse. It will identify the multi-determinants of this behavior as well as common interventions used in MST. Family, individual, peer, community, and school interventions will be examined. Case examples will be used to illustrate concepts.Learning objectives: Participants will be able to ...
1. Identify the key practice theories underlying the MST model.
2. Describe the characteristics of the target population for MST.
3. Understand the correlation of disruptive behavior and substance abuse.
4. Explain why various treatment interventions are effective for this population.
Abstract: Conducting an individualized job search is a multifaceted process that presents the employment specialist with unique challenges and opportunities. Specialists need to use creative problem-solving in order to honor client choice and meet individual needs while pursuing competitive employment opportunities. In this interactive workshop, participants will explore important characteristics of the various phases of job development: gathering information to guide the job search, making employer contacts, and ultimately assisting with the hiring process. Potential barriers in job development and strategies to manage them will be discussed. Attendees are encouraged to identify areas of particular difficulty in their own job development efforts and also to share examples of how similar challenges were met successfully.
1. Describe important components of conducting an individualized job search according to Evidence-Based Supported Employment model principles.
2. Name at least six strategies to manage potential job development challenges.
Abstract: This workshop will address four key components of SE leadership: group supervision, job development, documentation, and outcomes. Group supervision is the fuel that keeps an EBP practice alive and strong on a team level. A model for presenting case reviews during group supervision will be shared. The structure provides an atmosphere in which the supervisee learns to interact with peers in a way that encourages self-responsibility and increases mutuality between supervisor and supervisee. This workshop will also provide participants with guidance on ways to provide supervision that will foster and monitor good job development. Samples of forms and processes will be shared that demonstrate a person's employment path prior to, at the onset, and throughout their participation in employment services. This workshop will end with a discussion about types of outcomes that team leaders can collect and use to enhance supervision, as well as job outcomes for persons served.
1. Recognize five key roles of an SE supervisor.
2. Apply a structured process for group supervision.
3. Identify 1 to 3 ways to foster good job development.
4. Recognize key forms needed in order to reflect a complete employment picture of a person served prior to, at the onset, and throughout services.
5. Identify 1 to 3 outcomes that can be used to enhance supervision and job outcomes.
Abstract: This workshop will update participants on the most recently approved medications being used to treat severe mental illness and substance use disorders. There will be an emphasis placed on interactions between medications and substances of abuse. Additionally there will be a discussion of strategies to increase medication adherence and to decrease substance use in patients with dual disorders.
1. List newly-approved medications for the treatment of severe mental illness and substance use disorders.
2. Discuss common interactions between psychiatric medications and substances of abuse.
3. Identify strategies to increase medication non-adherence and to decrease substance use in patients with dual disorders.
Presenters: Cynthia Holstein, MA Director of Standards & Certification of Shawnee Mental Health Center, Inc., and Don Thacker, LISW, Executive Director of Shawnee Mental Health Center, Inc.
Abstract: This workshop provides an overview of current Ohio primary and behavioral healthcare integration efforts, for people with severe mental illnesses - starting with the big picture and highlighting the real-world experiences of Shawnee Mental Health Center. Topics covered will include operational, fiscal and clinical models for integrating care of Ohio behavioral health providers. We will cover such topics as partnerships, "start-up" considerations, "bi-directional" integration, and developing local infrastructure to promote integrated health.
1. Describe Ohio's Behavioral Health Provider's operational, clinical and fiscal models for integrating primary and behavioral healthcare.
2. Identify implementation and program development processes, resources and barriers common in Ohio.
3. Learn from a provider that has been providing integrated treatment to thei consumers.
Presenters: Georgeann Neuzil, RN, MS, CS & Lisa Gordish.
Abstract: Trauma-informed care (TIC) is an important aspect of promoting recovery and safety with adults who have severe mental illnesses. Addressing the challenge of developing a system of care to assimilate TIC into the daily culture of treatment has resulted in the identification of three levels of intervention. How these interventions integrate with the ODMH Recovery model and the IDDT model and the process of developing a system of care will be explored in this presentation.
1. Identify a reason that trauma-informed care is an important part of the care provided in a psychiatric setting.
2. Recognize the stages of change an organization moves through in preparing to be come trauma informed.
3. State 3 methods that can be used to address the needs of clients who have experienced trauma in their lives.
Abstract: The process of implementing effective co-occurring disorders treatment has been evolving rapidly over the past ten years. Emerging from this process has been our understanding of the discrete steps that center on implementation stages and "stage appropriate" strategies for programs and agencies. This workshop will examine the role of stage appropriate strategies that facilitate program development and the implementation and sustaining of Evidence-Based Practices in treatment settings.
1. Identify the stages of change as they pertain to teams, programs, agencies and systems.
2. Identify stage-appropriate strategies for implementing Evidence-Based Practices.
3. Identify potential challenges and barriers in implementing Integrated Treatment at the agency level.
4. Identify strategies for implementing an EBP such as IDDT at the agency level.
5. Describe the fundamental organizational changes that support the implementation of effective co-occurring disorders treatment.
Do not register for an "F" workshop if you have registered for an all-day "D" workshop or a double-session "E" workshop.
Abstract: This presentation will focus on implementation of ACT and IDDT on a single team. Presenters and Team Leaders will discuss different approaches to sequence of implementation, as well as the use of both models when working with specific populations.
1. List 3 benefits of implementing both ACT and IDDT on a single team.
2. Identify 1 challenge and one benefit of implementing ACT and IDDT simultaneously.
3. Describe how ACT and IDDT are combined to facilitate engagement of mental health consumers.
Abstract: This presentation will discuss the value and advantages of integrating benefits planning into the mental health treatment and employment services focusing on appropriate interventions in the Stages of Change. Techniques used to engage consumers, educate providers and assist with planning for a successful transition to work. Participants will also learn about the resources available in their community to incorporate Benefits Planning including Social Security, ORSC and others. Supported Employment integrates personalized benefits planning with other vocational and treatment supports to increase overall positive consumer outcomes. Benefits planning needs to be integrated in the mental health system of care and vocational rehabilitation process to encourage communication, consistency and commitment to quality outcomes put forth in the EBP models.
1. Explain the importance of integrated services that include the mental health & substance use treatment, Supported Employment, Benefits Planning and Bureau of Vocational Rehabilitation.
2. Incorporate the Benefits Specialist in all aspects of service delivery including Medicaid, Social Security and housing.
3. Describe how agencies can tap into funding resources such as WIPA, Ticket to Work, & ORSC to fund Individualized Benefits Planning services for Supported Employment consumers.
Abstract: This workshop will address the issue of trauma as it affects individual clients, clinicians, and systems of care. A history of trauma is extremely common in individuals presenting for mental health and/or substance use disorders treatment. Attention to trauma issues occurs on a continuum ranging from trauma-informed to trauma-sensitive to trauma-integrated. A trauma-informed approach seeks to raise awareness about trauma among all caregivers. A trauma-sensitive approach promotes screening and treatment methods that take past trauma into account without re-traumatizing the client. A trauma-integrated approach fully integrates trauma issues into all aspects of care delivery especially through the use of specific models used to treat trauma. This training will review key concepts and core principles of trauma-informed care and trauma-sensitive care and will explore how individuals can implement changes in programs, agencies, and related systems of care. The format of this series will be lecture, panel presentations, and small and large group discussions.
Learning Objectives: After completing this training, participants will be able to ...
1. Define trauma and its neurobiological basis, including its relationship to mental illness and substance use disorders.
2. Describe trauma-informed and trauma-sensitive approaches to care in populations with mental illness and substance-use disorders.
3. Identify strategies to increase the implementation of trauma-informed and trauma-sensitive approaches to care in behavioral health agencies and systems.
Presenters: Drs. Harry Sivec and Danelle Hupp.
Abstract: The BeST Center has developed a continuum of family services program based on Schizophrenia PORT recommendations. Building on Family Strengths: Support, Education and Advocacy consists of three components: Distress/Crisis Interventions, Consumer-Centered Family Consultation, and Behavioral Family Therapy. The BeST Center has been working closely with local and state NAMI affiliates and has developed, in collaboration with NAMI Ohio, a Family-to-Family preview session.
1. Review relevant research of effectiveness of family-based interventions and CBT-p for psychosis.
2. Review the BeST Center's continuum model of family services and the CBT-p model.
3. Describe the key techniques for addressing symptoms of psychosis.
4. Discuss implementation of these programs within mental health agencies, including training and family engagement.
Abstract: Since 2002, the presenter has been participating in treatment team meetings and clinical interactions in his role as a consultant and trainer for the Center for Evidence Based Practices. During that time, he has provided input to over one-hundred clinical treatment teams in 20 states and 4 countries. Reflecting back over 10 years of clinical consultation experience, the presenter discovered that there are roughly "20 Questions" he finds himself asking nearly every team, at some point in time, when the team reports that it is "stuck" or otherwise seeking input for improved treatment outcomes for individuals with co-occurring mental illness and substance abuse disorders.
This workshop is designed to enable IDDT team leaders and clinical supervisors to review a series of clinical prompts that will allow for the most common themes in co-occurring disorder (COD) clinical consultation to be accessible quickly and with greater autonomy while ensuring that clinical focus on key aspects of care provision for COD is readily available. This session will address the themes and prompts found to be most common when conducting clinical staffing for IDDT teams and individuals with COD.
1. Identify common themes present when clinicians feel "stuck" with an individual who may not be responding to treatment.
2. Apply a series of acquired prompt questions that can facilitate a clinical decision tree process for effective supervision of COD.
3. Describe common stage based treatment strategies which are associated with effective treatment outcomes.
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Nicole Clevenger, BFA, is a consultant and trainer at the Center for Evidence-Based Practices at Case Western Reserve University and its Ohio Supported Employment Coordinating Center of Excellence (Ohio SE CCOE) initiative. In this role, she provides technical assistance to service organizations throughout Ohio that are implementing Supported Employment (SE), the evidence-based practice, which helps people with mental illness find a job of their choice in the community. Ms. Clevenger also promotes the CEBP's Benefits Planning consultation and training among service organizations and consumer-operated services (COS) that are helping people make more informed decisions about their benefits situations and employment dreams.
Debra R. Hrouda, PhD, MSSA, LISW-S, is director of quality improvement and TRAC project lead at the Center for Evidence-Based Practices (CEBP) at Case Western Reserve University and its Ohio Substance Abuse and Mental Illness Coordinating Center of Excellence. Her work focuses upon evidence-based practices, emerging best practices, and other strategies that improve quality of life and other outcomes for people with mental illness and substance use disorders.
Jeremy Evenden, MSSA, LISW-S, is a consultant and trainer at the Center for Evidence-Based Practices (CEBP) at Case Western Reserve University and its Ohio Substance Abuse and Mental Illness Coordinating Center of Excellence (Ohio SAMI CCOE) initiative. He provides technical assistance (consulting and training) to organizations that are implementing evidence-based practices, emerging best practices, and other strategies that improve services and outcomes for people diagnosed with severe mental illness and substance use disorders. Mr. Evenden is a member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT), an international association of trainers in motivational interviewing.
Prior to his role at the Ohio Coordinating Center for ACT, Mr. Ramos provided mental health treatment for over 14 years in both inpatient and outpatient settings. He has direct-service experience in traditional case management as well as in case management for special populations. He was a member of the first ACT team in Cincinnati, Ohio in the 1990s and helped create and lead subsequent ACT teams in Hamilton County, Ohio.
Scott Gerhard, MA, LSW, is a consultant and trainer at the Center for Evidence-Based Practices (CEBP) at Case Western Reserve University and its Ohio Substance Abuse and Mental Illness Coordinating Center of Excellence (Ohio SAMI CCOE) initiative. He provides technical assistance (consulting and training) to organizations that are implementing evidence-based practices, emerging best practices, and other strategies that improve services and outcomes for people diagnosed with severe mental illness and substance use disorders. These strategies include Integrated Dual Disorder Treatment (IDDT), Dual Diagnosis Capability in Addiction Treatment and Mental Health Treatment (DDCAT/ DDCMHT), Motivational Interviewing (MI), and "Tobacco: Recovery Across the Curriculum (TRAC)," among others.
In addition to this clinical work, Dr. Esmail also has extensive teaching and training experience. He is an adjunct professor of psychology at Xavier University. His duties at Summit Behavioral Healthcare include supervising fourth-year graduate students in psychology from the University of Cincinnati, Wright State University, and Xavier University. He also trains third-year medical students from The College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati. Dr. Esmail also conducts trainings for the Center for Evidenced Based Practice at Case Western Reserve University, which is dedicated to advancing workforce development among providers of primary and behavioral healthcare in Ohio.
Dr. Esmail maintains a private practice in Cincinnati. He earned a Master of Arts in Clinical Psychology and a Doctor of (Clinical) Psychology from Spalding University in Louisville, Kentucky.
Steve Shober, BS, LSW, is a consultant and trainer at the Center for Evidence-Based Practices (CEBP) at Case Western Reserve University and its Ohio Supported Employment Coordinating Center of Excellence (Ohio SE CCOE) initiative. He provides technical assistance (program consultation, clinical consultation, and training) to service systems and organizations that are implementing evidence-based practices, emerging best practices, and other strategies that improve quality of life and other outcomes for people diagnosed with severe mental illness and substance use disorders. The practices and strategies include the following: Supported Employment / Individual Support Services (SE / IPS), the evidence-based practice; and Benefits Planning.
Deana Leber-George, MEd, LPCC-S, is a consultant and trainer at the Center for Evidence-Based Practices (CEBP) at Case Western Reserve University and its Ohio Substance Abuse and Mental Illness Coordinating Center of Excellence (Ohio SAMI CCOE) initiative. She provides technical assistance (program consultation, clinical consultation, and training) to service systems and organizations that are implementing evidence-based practices, emerging best practices, and other strategies that improve quality of life and other outcomes for people diagnosed with severe mental illness and substance use disorders.
Deborah Myers, MEd, LPCC-SC, is a consultant and trainer at the Center for Evidence-Based Practices (CEBP) at Case Western Reserve University and its Ohio Substance Abuse and Mental Illness Coordinating Center of Excellence (Ohio SAMI CCOE) initiative. In this capacity, she provides programmatic consultation as well as clinical consultation and training to service organizations implementing Integrated Dual Disorder Treatment (IDDT), the evidence-based practice. Ms. Myers is a member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT), an international association of trainers in motivational interviewing.
Christina M. Delos Reyes, MD, is medical consultant at the Center for Evidence-Based Practices (CEBP) at Case Western Reserve University and its two Ohio Coordinating Center of Excellence (CCOE) initiatives—the Substance Abuse and Mental Illness (SAMI) CCOE and Supported Employment (SE) CCOE. In this capacity, she provides technical assistance to service systems and organizations that are implementing evidence-based practices and other best practices for people with mental illness and co-occurring mental illness and substance use disorders.
Dr. Delos Reyes is board certified in both adult psychiatry and addiction psychiatry and is a diplomate of the American Board of Addiction Medicine. Her training has included psychopharmacology both for mental illness and substance use disorders, individual therapy, group therapy, psychoeducation, and working with interdisciplinary teams. She is a member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT), an international association of trainers in motivational interviewing.
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...not to be debunked, but also not to be discarded. As a classroom teacher, we know kids are different. There is a place in our lessons to appreciate and cater to those differences just as there is a place to cater to standardization and common expectations.
I wrote an article for Teacher Magazine on the subject some time ago and got some flack from the scientific community. Yet as a professional, I field study each day and know that there are styles to learning. Does it drive everything I do? Of course not.
But I would be a fool not to acknowledge that there are differences between how students learn just as there are differences between how adults do.
Thanks for beginning this vital discussion.
-Heather Wolpert-Gawron
because I don't believe there is much substance to the the "learning styles" paradigm, previously popularized as "Multiple Intellegences", as developed by Howard Gardner. A brief but to the point criticism can be found at http://latestlearningcurve.blogspot.com/2010/01/learning-styles-multiple...
Of course people are better at some things than they are at others. And because we do more of the things we do well, we reinforce our ability to do the thing we enjoy. At some point, our neglected abilities may even atrophy, and we come up with the rationale that we are not this or that kind of learner; we would better say that we haven't spent enough time at it or put in enough effort to be good at it.


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well i have a new set of doubts/ideas, wish u have the time to help me.. Dvd disk zone, is there a way not to be disturbed with the issue of having a 5 limit change, its ridiculous, VLC does not work. probably because i dont accept th zone change before it, but it i cancel the zone change it ejects me the dvd Ive seen the dock divided in 3... how is that? a program like irfanview that allows me to smartly load the next img... i want to use my mac as a home ftp server... is there a utility for that? or do i have download a program to create it, if so, recomendations? Boot camp: my camera does not work, not that i really care, but every time i boot windows the whole -new hardware found- pop up shows, and it tells me that there´s and error... since i installed boot camp, every time i restart the mac and the ipod is connected the machine does not boot, it just stays on the white screen, i need to turn it off, disconnect the ipod, and turn it on again, i know i can avoid this by restarting the machine without the ipod, but it happens.. is this always like this? a key to activate the numpad ? peace out |
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The "Zones" as you called it is called Regions. That is not just a Mac issue, All DVD drives have I believe a limit of 5 Region changes.
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Philanthropist Brings Scientology Volunteer Ministers Program to Democratic Republic of Congo
Thousands lined the streets and filled Stadium de L'Espoir (Stadium of Hope) in Kananga, in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), to welcome the team of Scientology Volunteer Ministers who arrived this week from Uganda, Québec and Brussels to implement Volunteer Minister training for 2,000 Congolese
Organized by a local philanthropist Francois Muepo, the training is to provide the leaders of Kassaï-Occidental Province with tools to successfully deal with the serious social challenges the region faces: poverty, illiteracy, drug abuse, corruption and the consequences of decades-long conflict that has decimated the country.
Through the Volunteer Ministers International office, Muepo arranged for a group of experienced, French-speaking Volunteer Ministers to train a team of trainers in the technology of the Scientology Handbook.
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On a trip to Belgium in 2010 to find effective programs to uplift his country, Muepo first learned of the Volunteer Ministers and other Scientology-sponsored humanitarian programs at the Brussels-based Churches of Scientology for Europe. After studying the Scientology Handbook and experiencing the effectiveness of the technology firsthand, he determined to bring the program to the Congo.
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