Promising Practices, Promising Outcomes:
Promoting Mental Wellness
in Transitional Age Youth
Armour J. Blackburn,
University Center
Howard University
2397 Sixth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20059
Welcome and Overview of the Day
Kimberly Battle, MSN, APRN, BC
President, Board of Directors
Mental Health Association of DC
Plenary Session:
The Mental Health Movement & Transitional Age Youth
|
Sharlynn Bobo, Ph.D.
Director
Child & Family Services
Administration
Washington, DC
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William Lawson, M.D., Ph.D.
Chair & Professor
Department of Psychiatry
Howard University College of Medicine
Washington, DC |
Session One
Local Perspectives & Trends in Transitional Age Youth:
The Issue of Gender
Tricia Bent-Goodley, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Howard University
School of Social Work
Washington, DC |
Charles E. Lewis, Jr., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Howard University
School of Social Work
Washington, DC |
Annual Awards Luncheon
Kimberly D. Battle, MSN, APRN, President, MHADC
Presiding
Featured Speaker:
Dr. James Jones, Founder
The Jones Program
Session Two
Call to Action
Facilitator:
Claude Matthews, Esq.
MHADC Board of Directors
The Mental Health
Association of the District of Columbia
thanks the following Sponsors and Supporters:
AstraZeneca
Eli Lilly & Company
Howard University & the School of Social Work
District of Columbia Department of Aging
Clarence Brown, Ph.D., Director
For Information on This Year's Conference
