Concurrent Breakout Sessions
Full conference features a total of 85+ sessions organized around tracks/interest areas - like “mini-conferences." Sessions designed for experienced as well as newer staff.

Community Mental Health Conference Preliminary Program - Click here for workshop descriptions
pleasedConference Highlights, Overview & Schedule
pleasedWednesday, September 29th Workshops
pleasedThursday, September 30th Workshops
pleasedFriday, October 1st Workshops

Adult Mental Health - Innovations & Best Practices
xxx- Rejuvenation Takes Work: How Employment Can Impact Mental Health
xxx- The Bipolar Coaster - Riding the Edge of Madness with Two Minds
xxx- Diabetes and Health Coaching Fundamentals
xxx- Continuity of Therapy and Its Importance in the Long-term Treatment of Schizophrenia
xxx- The Bright Red Scream - Self Harm
xxx- Effective Ethics (meets social worker requirements)
Adult - Chemical Health/Drug Abuse Trends
xxx- Not What the Doctor Ordered - Prescription Drug Abuse in Minnesota
xxx- Opiates, the Next Tidal Wave
xxx- Empowering Individuals with Brain Injury and Chemical Abuse
xxx- Substance Abuse: Working with Minnesota National Guard and their Families
Community Psychiatric Services
xxx- Treating Schizophrenia in Seniors
xxx- Marijuana and Mental Illness
xxx- Identification & Early Treatment of First Episode Psychosis
xxx- Morbidity and Mortality in People with SMI: Responding to the Epidemic / MN 10 by 10
xxx- The Role of Sleep in Behavior, Diagnosis and Treatment
xxx- Referring Patients for Specialty Evaluation & Interpersonal Social Rhythm Therapy for Mood Disorders
xxx- A Backstage Pass: Being a Doctor on an Assertive Community Treatment Team
xxx- Maintaining Medication and other Biological Treatments
Alternative Therapies
xxx- Rejuvenating and Revitalizing with Foundation Nutrition
xxx- Using Mindfulness Strategies to Treat Symptoms of Depression, Anxiety, and Trauma
xxx- Japanese Reiki, “The Gentle Healing Art”
xxx- Complementary and Alternative Care Services 101 w/focus on Homeopathy and Qigong
xxx- Rejuvenating Your Body with Hyperbaric Oxygen
Motivational Interviewing and Engagement
xxx- Motivational Interviewing: Review the Fundamentals and Principles
xxx- What's Hot in Motivational Interviewing: Becoming a Change Talk Expert
xxx- What's Hot in Motivational Interviewing: Becoming a Change Talk Expert (repeated)
xxx- Rejuvenating Our Efforts When Meeting Up With Resistance
Practical Therapy Skills
xxx- Suicide, Self-Harm and Related Mental Health Issues of Older Adults
xxx- Cognitive Behavior Therapy and Eating Disorders (CBT-E): A Manual Based Treatment Protocol
xxx- A Practical Four-Step Process for Couples Therapy
xxx- Effectiveness of Intensive Outpatient Treatment Modality in Serving Older Adults with Major Mental Illness
Recovery & Health
xxx- Understanding Harm Reduction
xxx- Incorporating Recovery into Case Management Services
xxx- Eight Steps of Recovery Planning
xxx- Peer Support Network: A Unique Model of Recovery, Support and Service Delivery
xxx- Photovoices of Recovery
xxx- Inside the Real Life of Madness
Trauma & Co-Occurring Treatment
xxx- Introduction to Trauma Informed Care
xxx- Missing Pieces: Evidence Based Treatment for MI/CD Relapse
xxx- ASAM: An Effective Model for Comprehensive Dual Diagnosis Treatment
xxx- Treatment of Trauma in Native American Clients
Child & Adult Psychiatric Services
xxx- Practical Approaches to Autism
xxx- “Incredible” Parents and Kids!!!!
xxx- Evidence-Based Treatment of Eating Disorders
xxx- Protecting Resilience as Children Grow: Practical Applications in Everyday Interventions
Child Mental Health - Engaging Families in What Works
xxx- Engaging Parents
xxx- Preaching to the Choir, or I Didn't Know It, but I Really am Making a Difference!
Child Mental Health - Developmental Intervention
xxx- Attachment and Play: Strategies and Interventions to De-Escalate Children & Adolescents in a MH Crisis
xxx- Building Developmental Assets with At-Risk Youth: A Strength-Based Model of Treatment
xxx- Staying Out of Power Struggles: Effectively Treating Oppositionally Defiant Kids
xxx- Rejuvenating Through Play and Art
Children’s Services Customized for Culture
xxx- “ Hlub Zoo”: Rejuvenating Our Promise to Help Hmong Girls and Families “Grow Well and Love Well”
xxx- Appropriate Services for Sexual Minority Youth
Risk & Resilience for Kids & Families
xxx- Healing the Wound; The Family's Journey through Chemical Dependency
xxx- Rejuvenating Our Promise to People with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
xxx- The Native American Traditions Revisited Project - a Curriculum for Families Impacted by FASD
xxx- Promoting Early Childhood Mental Health in the Adult Mental Health System
Public Policy, Collaboration & Advocacy
xxx- When Advocacy Isn’t Enough - Successful Mental Health Class Action Lawsuits
xxx- Mental Health Parity--Practical Implications of New Federal Law
xxx- Health Care Reform: Key Provisions Affecting Behavioral Health Providers and Consumers
xxx- Rejuvenating our Promise Through Collaborative Policy Reform
xxx- Legislative & Public Policy Forum
Connecting Combinations of Care
xxx- Providing Integrated Care: Initial Lessons from the "Wellness PIN" in Dakota County
xxx- Systems Care Coordination: Shared Responsibility for Mental Health, Medical and Managed Care
xxx- Transportation of Persons Needing Acute Psychiatric Care
xxx- Hospital to Home: Rejuvenating Health and Reducing Costs
Evidence-Based Practices
xxx- Evidence-Based Addiction Treatment in a Mental Health Setting
xxx- Lessons Learned from the Behavioral Health Depression Collaborative
xxx- Clinical Implementation of IDDT
xxx- When Full-Scale ACT Isn’t Necessary — Or Possible: A Promising New Approach Called “ICRS”
New Approaches to Care Management
xxx- The Development of a Healthcare Navigator: Avoiding Higher
xxwxLevels of Care, Ensure Client Satisfaction, and Increase Revenue
xxx- Delivering on the Promise of Care Coordination
New Rules for New Times
xxx- Minnesota Certification for Intensive Outpatient DBT Service Providers
xxx- Rules! Revision of DHS Rule that Regulates Medicaid Payment for Outpatient MH Services
Organizational Tune-Up
xxx- Mental Health & Leadership: The Use of Self for Improving Client and Organizational Well-Being
xxx- Knowing When You are There: Shifting Organizational Culture
Personal Development/Professional Skills
xxx- De-escalation 101: Helping People in Crisis
xxx- Using Mindfulness Strategies to Treat Symptoms of Depression, Anxiety, and Trauma
xxx- Look It In the Eye
Management & Leadership
xxx- Leadership Excellence: Take Control of Your Destiny
xxx- Rejuvenating Your Employee Handbook
xxx- Privacy Update: What’s New with HIPAA and Data Practices?
xxx- Exploring Complexities in the Supervisory Relationship