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Register today for our 8^th annual Wellness and Recovery Conference!

This year’s conference — “From Recovery to Wellness” — will be held on May 17th and 18th, from 9am-5pm, at the DoubleTree by Hilton in Bloomington, MN.

On Thursday (May 17th) evening, join us for “An Evening Among Friends” — an opportunity to meet the Keynote Speakers, other attendees, and CSN staff.

Thursday’s Keynote Speaker will be Mary Ellen Copeland, author of the celebrated WRAP (Wellness Recovery Action Plan).

On Friday, the Keynote Speaker will be Judge Sally Tarnowski, who founded the St. Louis County Mental Health Court.

The conference will bring together people with a common interest in recovery-based mental healthcare for two days of relevant and informativeseminars.  Plus, it will provide a great opportunity for networking, sharing stories, and learning from one another.

Use the attached form to register now!

Thanks for your support!

P.S. Visit our website for information on the conference and much more…

TIES Building, 1667 Snelling Ave. N., St. Paul, MN 55108 (at the intersection of Snelling and Larpenteur Avenues)

$25 for non-YIPA members, free for YIPA members and Promise Fellows

Online Registration

Download Conference Brochure and Mail-in Registration Form

Two CEUs are preapproved by the MN Board of Social Work. YIPA will provide you with the materials you need to seek approval from your board.

No snacks or beverages are provided

You see it happen all too often, just when there are positive signs of change the bottom inexplicably falls out. It is devastating to see all the progress revert backwards so quickly. But it’s clear; many youth simply have trouble escaping their deeply anchored self-perceived course of destiny.

Focusing on what is wrong, fear of what might happen, or feeling they have no value and that they are not entitled to be happy are factors that prevent youth from making progress. This workshop will help you identify signs of self-sabotaging behaviors and give you the tools that you need to proactively address them and find ways to help youth overcome their self-defeating behaviors.

About the Speaker:

Dr. Hal Pickett, Psy.D., LP is the Director, Client Services at Headway, Emotional Health Services. Prior to Headway, he was in private practice in Edina for four years. Initially he was employed by the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Division at the University of Minnesota for ten years. Hal presently is an adjunct professor at St. Mary’s University and Adler Graduate School and continues to guest lecture at the University.

Hal has spent most of his psychology career working with children and adolescents with trauma. Prior to becoming a Psychologist, Hal was a Physical Therapist working for the Courage Center.

Coordinating Minnesota Systems of Care to

Promote Healthy Development in Young Children

Tuesday, May 22, 2012   |   12:30 – 4:30 pm

Cowles Auditorium, Humphrey School of Public Affairs, 

University of Minnesota Twin Cities West Bank

  Admission free, Registration required

The 2012 Mary McEvoy Lecture Series will explore the critical question of how we can best translate what works in research from the fields of early childhood education, developmental psychology, public health and child welfare, among others into what’s working. This forum will:

• Consider the dynamics of the interdisciplinary landscape of service delivery systems and examine how systemic “immunities to change” can derail even the most well designed collaborations
• Investigate how current Minnesota policymakers are working to address these issues to improve the identification of children and families at greatest risk, including children in the child welfare system, children in poverty, and children with disabilities, and to increase access to comprehensive, high-quality services
• Provide an opportunity for audience members to think critically about the problems and solutions and how they impact their work with families
• Present the results to a panel of key policy and program stakeholders for response

Keynote Presenter

Julia Johnsen, Director of Community Outreach for the Center for Leadership Education in Maternal and Child Public Health, University of Minnesota

Panelists

Erin Sullivan Sutton, Assistant Commissioner, Children and Family Services, Minnesota Department of Human Services

Jim Koppel, Deputy Commissioner, Minnesota Department of Health

Barb Fabre, Director, White Earth Child Care Programs

Other panelists to be announced soon

Agenda

12:00 to 12:30 pm: Registration

12:30 to 01:30 pm: Keynote and Panel Overview

01:30 to 03:15 pm: Breakout Groups

03:15 to 03:30 pm: Break

03:30 to 04:30 pm: Panel Discussion

More Information

Find more information on the McEvoy Lecture Series web page:

http://www.cehd.umn.edu/CEED/conferences/mcevoylectures/default.html

To Register

Registration Deadline: Friday, May 18, 2012

Register online

Questions?

Contact Deb Ottman at dottman@umn.edu or 612-624-7395.

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Sponsored by:

This partnership is funded, in part, under the auspices of Federal Title IV-E Funding, Minnesota Department of Human Services (Contract #439481), The Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare at the School of Social Work in the College of Education and Human Development.

FROM:             Nancy Vyskocil, President

DATE:                         May 3, 2012

RE:                        Employment Opportunity        PLEASE POST

The Northwest Minnesota Foundation is seeking a Program Specialist for Early Childhood to direct and manage a complex, region-wide early childhood development program. Responsibilities for this half-time position include program implementation, review and evaluation; coordination of several community-based coalitions; and the application of communications and public relations skills.  A Bachelors degree in a related field is preferred. The individual should have a dedication to improving resources for young children and families. Visit www.nwmf.org for more information.

Applicants should submit a letter and résumé by May 25, 2012 to:

NMF, 4225 Technology Drive NW, Bemidji, MN 56601.

Thank you.