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Last Update:
11/01/2009
21st Annual Conference
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Mental, emotional, and behavioral issues among young
people—including both diagnosable disorders and other problem
behaviors, such as early drug or alcohol use, antisocial or
aggressive behavior, and violence—have enormous personal,
family, and societal costs. The annual quantifiable cost of such
disorders among young people was estimated in 2007 to be $247
billion.
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Report from the National Academy of
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The District of Columbia has embarked
upon an expansive program to provide mental health and other preventive
services in schools. Join our distinguished
researchers, policy makers, agency and institutional directors and
practitioners as we explore....
The Future of School-Based
Mental Health
Wednesday, May
13, 2009
8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Howard University’s Blackburn Center
2397 Sixth Street, NW Washington, DC 20059
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CONFERENCE PROGRAM
Participant
Profiles
| 8:00 a.m. |
Registration/Continental Breakfast |
| 8:45 |
Welcome/Overview of Day
Charles E. Lewis, Jr., President, MHADC Board |
| 9:00 |
Opening Plenary |
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Greetings:
Stephen T. Baron, Director, DC Department of Mental Health.
David A. Catania, DC Councilmember & Chair, Health Committee
(Invited) |
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Plenary Speaker:
Mark D. Weist, Ph.D., Professor, University of Maryland |
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10:15-11:45
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Concurrent Morning Workshops
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Workshop A
School-based Mental Health Services in the District of
Columbia
Participants will learn about the wide-range of mental
health services being provided for children and youth in the
District’s public and charter school systems |
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Barbara J. Parks,
LICSW, Clinical Program Administrator, DC
Department of Mental Health
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Julia Graham Lear, Ph.D.
Director, Center for Health & Health Care in Schools,
George Washington University
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Olga Acosta Price, Ph.D.,
Deputy Director, Center for Health & Health Care in
Schools, George Washington University
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Debra Rager, LICSW,
Interagency Collaboration & Services Integration
Commission, Office of the Deputy Mayor for Education
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Leila Bakry-Baker, Ph. D.,
Director of Mental Health Services, DC Student Support
Center
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Workshop B
School-Based Interventions to Reduce Violence
Violence has become a major problem in our schools. Legal
remedies are ineffectual for youth. Problems at home, in the
community, issues of drugs, and unrecognized mental
disorders must be addressed. |
Retired Senior Judge &
National Executive Director, National African American
Drug Policy Coalition, Inc.
Kenneth E. Barnes, Sr., M.S. , Founder & CEO,
ROOT (Reaching Out to Others Together), Inc.
Brian K. Jordan, Director, DC Metropolitan Police
Department, School Security Division
David Muhammad, Chief of Committed Services, DC
Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services
Von E. Nebbitt, Sr., Assistant Professor, Howard
University School of Social Work
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Workshop C
School-based Mental Health Services for Students with
Special Needs |
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William B. Lawson,
MD, Ph.D., Professor & Chair, Department of
Psychiatry, Howard University College of Medicine
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Tyra Williams,
Esq., Policy Counsel, DC Action for Children
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Kevin P. Dwyer,
School Psychologist, Associate Principal Research Scientist, American
Institutes for Research (AIR)05
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Ivory A. Toldson,
Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Howard
University School of Education
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Bruce H. Sklarew,
M.D. William Wendt Center for Loss and Healing; Forum
for the Psychoanalytic Study of Film.
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Lunch |
1:15-2:45 p.m.
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Concurrent Afternoon Workshops
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Workshop D
School-Based Mental Health Services for Latinos & Other
Immigrant Populations
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Olga Acosta
Price, Ph.D., Deputy
Director, Center for Health & Health Care in Schools,
George Washington University
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Beatriz “BB”
Otero, President /CEO,
Centro/Nia
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Luis A.
Morales, LICSW, DC Department
of Mental Health School-based Mental Health Program
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Ana Marie
Hakim, Mental Health
Specialist, DC Department of Mental Health School-Based
Mental Health Program
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Workshop E
Financing School-Based Mental Health Services
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Eve Brooks,
Founding Director, DC Student Support Center &
Senior Associate, Youth Policy Institute
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Heather McCabe,
Office of the District of Columbia Chief Financial Officer
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Julia Graham Lear, Ph.D.
Director, Center for Health & Health Care in Schools,
George Washington University
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Walter L. Faggett, M.D.,
Adolescent Medicine Specialist, Howard University,
College of Medicine, Family & Community Medicine
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Workshop F
Utilizing Family & Community Partnerships to Enhance
School-Based Mental Health Services
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Sheryl Brissett
Chapman, Ed.D., ACSW , Executive Director, National
Center for Children & Families
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Ralph Belk, LICSW,
LCSW-C, Deputy Executive Director, National
Center for Children & Families
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Douglas Gotel,
LICSW , Senior Social Worker, National Center for
Children & Families
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Jamila Larson,
LICSW, Director, JC Nalle Community School
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3:00-3:30 p.m. |
Wrap-Up/CEUs/Contact Hours |
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