ADARA invites you to participate in
"Recovery from What? Implementing the
Recovery Model with D/HH People"
A Pre-Conference Workshop at SERID 2004

Workshop Description:
Public and private social and health service providers are
increasingly turning to evidence-based practices, which address
recovery outcomes in terms of increased effectiveness. The
principles of recovery (e.g., hope, personal responsibility and
selfadvocacy,
education and support) are also important to deaf/hh
people dealing with mental illness or substance abuse; their
implementation has not always been "deaf-friendly".

In addition, deaf consumers need to learn about system changes,
such as: expansion of the case manager role; less reliance on
institutional treatments like hospitalization or partial
hospitalization;
more emphasis on intensive outpatient programs, drop-in centers,
and peer support; increased employment of consumers in behavioral
health organizations, and addition of mental health services to
nonmental
health environments (e.g., YMCAs). We must all become
skilled at advocacy, so that deaf consumers can achieve full benefit
from these changes.

This workshop will describe the key concepts of the recovery model,
provide illustrations/demonstrations and examples of recovery
materials adapted for use with deaf/hh consumers, that will help
them understand their illness(es), learn effective strategies for
recovery and maintaining wellness, develop self-advocacy skills and
effective use of advocacy on their behalf by mental health
professionals and providers.

Workshop Presenters:
Wendy Heines, MA. is the Director of Operations at Deaf Services Center
(DSC) located in the
Philadelphia area. She has over 15 years experience working with Deaf
and Hard of hearing consumers
in mental health settings. She has become an expert in setting up new
programs.

Tovah M. Wax, Ph. D., LCSW, is currently Psychology Consultant for the
Raleigh office of Disability
Determination Services (Social Security). Previously, she was Program
Director for the Deaf Services
Unit at Dorothea Dix Hospital in Raleigh, NC, and on the faculty for the
Liberal Arts and Human
Development Departments at National Technical Institute for the Deaf,
Rochester Institute of Technology,
Rochester, NY. During that time, Dr. Wax was associate professor of
psychology, and chair of
Psychological Services, and held adjunct faculty positions in education,
social work, and school
psychology departments. Dr. Wax has also been Coordinator of Statewide
Mental Health Services to
Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Persons in Washington, and assistant professor
at the Department of
Counseling, Gallaudet University. Her primary areas of professional
interest are mental health and
disability issues, constructivist psychology approaches, and cultural
diversity issues, "pragmatics" of
group therapy with psychiatric inpatients.

Workshop Schedule - Thursday, October 28, 2004
8:30 - 9:00 Check-in 1:00 - 4:00 Workshop session continues
9:00 - 12:00 Workshop session 4:00 Workshop closes
12:00 - 1:00 Lunch on your own

Workshop Site:
The pre-conference workshop is sponsored by ADARA and will be held at
the Sheraton Music City Hotel
in Nashville in conjunction with the 2004 Southeast Regional Institute
on Deafness. Those participants
pre-registering for this workshop will receive a confirmation letter
from ADARA that will include the
meeting room that will be used. Note: This is a pre-conference workshop
held in conjunction with the
Southeast Regional Institute on Deafness and does not include SERID
registration. Information about
SERID is available at http://www.serid.org/.

Registration Information:
Pre-registration is required. The workshop fee is $ 50 and the deadline
for registration is October, 15,
2004. Please complete and return the attached registration form as soon
as possible. Cancellation
policy: Refunds are only available to those notifying the ADARA National
Office prior to October,
15,2004.

Registration Form - ADARA Pre-Conference Workshop at SERID - October 28,
2004
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o Yes! I am interested in receiving CEUs for this workshop. (Please
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Please enclose a check for the $ 50 registration fee made payable to
ADARA.

Registration Deadline: October, 15, 2004
Note: This is a pre-conference workshop held in conjunction with the
Southeast Regional Institute on
Deafness and does not include SERID registration.

Send this form and fee to:

Sherri Gallagher, ADARA National Office Coordinator
PO Box 480
Myersville, MD 21773