Consumer Affairs News from the Center for Mental Health
Services
http://www.mentalhealth.samhsa.gov/consumersurvivor/
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CMHS Consumer Affairs E-News April 2, 2004 Vol. 04-39
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Training Educators to Eliminate Stigma And
Discrimination in High Schools
You are invited to participate in a free training session, via telephone, on
Training Educators to Eliminate Stigma and Discrimination in High Schools.
Date: Tuesday April 20th, 2004 Time: 4:00pm - 5:15pm (Eastern Time)
While schools are primarily concerned with education, mental health is
essential to learning as well as to social and emotional development. Because
of the important interplay between emotional health and school success,
schools must be partners in the mental health care of our children. When
untreated, mental health disorders can lead to school failure. Discussing
mental health with all youth may result in greater acceptance and
understanding of people with mental illnesses, less stigma attached to mental
health problems, and lead to treatment for children and adolescents with
mental health disorders.
The Speakers will be:
Powerful Youth Friends United- this North Carolina group is comprised of youth
between the ages of 13 and 21; some group members deal personally with mental
health issues, or are family members of people with mental illnesses. The
group’s goal is to provide support for youth.
Steve Adelsheim, M.D., Director, New Mexico School Mental Health Initiative
New Mexico's children face some of the highest rates of violence, substance
abuse, suicide, and school failure in the United States. More than one third
of students visiting school-based health centers in New Mexico have primary
mental health needs. Dr. Adelsheim is director of this initiative, which
operates at least six different programs for students. In 2002, his
organization trained 180 teachers and school health professionals from 14
school districts in New Mexico as part of its Behavioral Health Training
Institute.
http://www.nmsmhi.org/programs_sbti.html
The presentations will be approximately 45-minutes, to be followed by a
30-minute period of discussion between the participants and the presenters.
All participants will receive confirmation by e-mail after responding to this
invitation. Before the call, participants will receive an online link to
presentation materials and log-in instructions for the call.
This session is sponsored by the Resource Center to Address Discrimination and
Stigma (ADS Center), a project of the Center for Mental Health Services of the
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services. The session is free to participants. To register
for this teleconference, please reply via e-mail to
info@adscenter.org indicating that you
want to participate. Please keep the subject heading as it is here (ADS Center
High School Teleconference).
Please also feel free to pass this invitation on to others who might be
interested. For more information, please contact Jennifer Melinn at
info@adscenter.org.
Please let us know if you will be calling from outside the Continental United
States, as we will need to make special arrangements for your participation.
- Resource Center to Address Discrimination and Stigma (ADS Center)
www.adscenter.org
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04/14/04
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