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A FREE one-day mental health conference and consumer art show in Salinas! Salinas, CA, September 20, 2018 - This conference is designed to introduce useful tools to implement the innovative concepts of wellness & recovery. Participants also have the ability to view works of art created by consumers of mental health services. This is our 10th year of providing trainings and techniques that can be an asset on the road to recovery. Check-in starts at 8:30 AM. Trainer: Bruce Anderson, MRA, Managing Partner at Community Activators, Inc. “Stories Work! Using Stories for Helping, Community Outreach, and Advocacy” The use of stories has always been a foundational practice in healing and advocacy conversations. Now, with mental health services expanding beyond clinical services and including recovery, housing, employment and other community based activities, it is necessary to re-evaluate how professionals, advocates, and the people they serve can use stories in additional ways. This training is designed for professionals, advocates, and peers who are interested in expanding their storytelling skills and using stories in new ways as they serve others. Lunch will be provided. 6 CEUs will be provided. Continuing Education Information: To receive CE credits, participants must: Attend the course in its entirety. Partial credit for partial attendance cannot be granted. Sign-in and sign-out at the beginning and end of the day, respectively. Complete and turn in an evaluation for the course. Following successful completion of the course: CE Certificates either will be: Handed out at the end of the training or E-mailed to participants within 2 weeks of the date of the training. BBS Licensure: Stories Work! Using Stories for Helping, Community, Outreach, and Advocacy meets the qualifications for 6.0 hours of Continuing Education credit for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, and/or LEPs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences. Monterey County Behavioral Health (MCBH) is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists to sponsor continuing education for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, and/or LEPs. MCBH {Provider Number 70472) maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content. Contact Information: Accommodations related to access or food: Interim, Inc. Wellness Conference Committee: 831-800-7530 x400 or acorres@interiminc.org. Concerns or Grievances Carmen Torres, LMFT, Employment & Wellness Services Director at 831-800-7530 x401 or ctorres@interiminc.org MCBH's Policy regarding CE credits {Policy 207): http://qi.mtyhd.org/index.php/ policies-and-procedures-2/ REGISTER TODAY Interim, Inc. Interim, Inc. is the only agency in Monterey County that provides affordable housing, residential treatment, social support, homeless outreach and support, family outreach, and supported education and employment services for adults who have serious mental illnesses. Our mission is to provide services and affordable housing supporting members of our community with mental illness in building productive and satisfying lives. We believe that housing, healing, and hope are a path to mental health. P.O. Box 3222 Monterey, CA 93942 • 831-649-4522 • www.interiminc.org Contact: Marci Bracco Cain Chatterbox PR Salinas, CA 93901 (831) 747-7455 http://www.interiminc.org
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