PRECONFERENCE UNIVERSITIES

Full Day Universities (FD2-FD10): Saturday, April 14, 9 am to 5 pm

In 1990, Stephen Covey outlined the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. In 2012, the National Council Conference Preconference Universities offer the 10 Practices of Highly Effective Organizations, determined to not merely survive but to thrive in today’s dynamic healthcare world.

Hard to pick which Preconference University to attend? Consider bringing a team. With each full day university priced at just $350 ($299 for National Council members), it's well worth the investment. A half day university is priced at just $175 ($150 for National Council members).

Preconference Universities require separate registration and are not included in your main conference registration.
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FD1 I’m Not Sick, I Don’t Need Help: A LEAP of Trust
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Steve Simring, MD, MPH, Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons and New York State Psychiatric Institute

At the 2011 National Council Conference, Dr. Xavier Amador’s general session “I’m Not Sick, I Don’t Need Help,” got rave reviews. Now get ready for a deep dive into his highly effective LEAPTM program. Join us to discover how your organization can LEAP — Listen reflectively, Empathize strategically, Agree on common ground, and Partner on shared goals. LEAP gives leaders and staff the tools to effectively engage and partner with the most reluctant consumer, developing the therapeutic relationship essential to recovery.

FD2 Health Reform Toughens Up On Compliance: Prepare Now 
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Uri Bilek, Esq.; Carrie S. Bill, Esq.; Adam J. Falcone, Esq. — Feldesman Tucker Leifer Fidell LLP
 
The Affordable Care Act broadens the definition of fraud, increases financial penalties, and establishes new government audit programs. For the first time, compliance programs are mandatory conditions of enrollment in Medicare, Medicaid, and CHIP. Are your prepared?  If not, you will be after this corporate compliance boot camp. Experts outline emerging enforcement strategies and examine the impact on your organization, identifying your areas of exposure and detailing the steps you MUST take to protect your agency and yourself.

FD3 Women Master the Art of Leadership  
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Pam Bilbrey, Principal Consultant, The Table Group, a Patrick Lencioni Company

What defines great leadership? Women in Leadership goes beyond the clichés and platitudes . Utilizing the World Café concept - a collaborative conversation model that creates an environment of shared learning that promotes lasting supportive relationships – this preconference institute assesses your leadership strengths and weaknesses including the all important ability to inspire and motivate; teaches the specific competencies shared by the most effective leaders; and delivers onsite learning exercises, instructions and strategies designed to move you from current success to new heights of significance.

FD4 Beyond FFS: Like It or Not, Performance-based Reimbursement Is Your Future
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Monica Oss, CEO; Daniel Y. Patterson, MD, MPH, Senior Associate; John Talbot, PhD, Executive Vice President and Senior Associate — OPEN MINDS

This power-packed executive university introduces the challenges and opportunities that new financing models are ushering in for in health and human services. As performance-based reimbursement becomes the norm, phasing out fee for service, learn how executive teams can assess the opportunities for strategic market advantage; create a blueprint for the enhanced administrative and clinical infrastructure required to manage these new reimbursement models; and develop the management tools — and the management mindset — to succeed in an environment with increased financial risk.

FD5 Missouri “Show Me” How to Build a Health Home  
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Tim Swinfard, MS, President & CEO,  Missouri Coalition of Community Mental Health Centers

Health homes, health homes, health homes — all the rage but have you seen one? Missouri’s walking the talk. Missouri is the first state to amend its Medicaid state plan to implement healthcare homes, and it expects to reap $7.8 million in state budget savings in FY2012. Missouri is establishing two types of “Health Homes” — primary care chronic conditions healthcare home and community mental health center healthcare home — for Medicaid-eligible Missourians with chronic illnesses. Learn about the steps that have been identified for community mental health centers to obtain health home certification and manage the full array of behavioral and physical health needs, long-term community care services and supports, social services, and family services for individuals enrolled in their programs. Explore the staffing, infrastructure, and practice transformations mapped out for these centers.

FD6 The WRAP of Recovery  
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Matthew Federici, MS, CPRP, Executive Director; Gina Calhoun, CPS, National Director, Wellness & Recovery Education — Copeland Center for Wellness and Recovery

From humble beginnings, WRAP® (Wellness Recovery Action Plan) has become the touchstone for recovery from mental illness. WRAP’s success with an array of populations — the homeless, veterans, children and adolescents, peers in the workforce — is well documented. And now we’re learning that the techniques and skills WRAP offers also apply to struggles with substance use, smoking cessation, weight loss, gaining and sustaining employment, and even healing from trauma. WRAP offers an evidence-based recovery roadmap and delivers a preconference university that has the potential to transform your organization.  

FD7 Serving Our Veterans: Clinical and Cultural Competencies
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William Brim, PsyD, Deputy Director, Center for Deployment Psychology, Department of Defense

We’re grateful to our veterans — and their families — and we want to be well prepared to support them in our communities. Primary care and behavioral health organizations understand the urgency to deliver culturally sensitive and clinically competent treatments. Dr. Brim, a national expert, helps civilians who treat military personnel, veterans, and their families to understand military culture and values and improve clinical competencies. In this special preconference university he outlines deployment risk factors and the unique concerns of family members; shares strategies to assess and prevent suicide; and offers state of the science interventions for depression, PTSD, traumatic brain injury, and sleep disturbances.

FD8 Trauma-Informed Care:  Changing Cultures, Improving Practice, Transforming Lives 
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Linda Ligenza, LCSW, Consultant; Tony Salerno, PhD, Consultant; Cheryl Sharp MSW, ALWF, CPSST, Special Advisor for Trauma-informed Services — National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare

Traumatic experiences can be dehumanizing, shocking, or terrifying and often include betrayal of a trusted person or institution and a loss of safety. Now that we understand the devastating, long-term effects of trauma, we all agree being trauma informed is a must. But what does that mean? How do you create a trauma-informed environment and implement trauma-informed care? This preconference university guides you through the implementation process — introducing an easy-to-use organizational assessment and outlining seven specific domains and performance standards. Leave this highly participatory university with the tools you need to effectively engage people in a safe and respectful environment.

FD9 Integrated Treatment of Co-Occurring Mental and Substance Use Disorders 
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Tim Sheehan, PhD, Professor and Director of Institutional Effectiveness, Hazelden Graduate School of Addiction Studies

Up to 75% of people struggling with addictions also have a mental illness, and up to 50% of those with mental illnesses have a substance use problem. The high prevalence of co-occurring mental and substance use disorders makes urgent the need for improved integrated treatment capacity and competency — not the silos all too common in our delivery systems. And in the not too distant future payers will expect — and only pay for — integrated treatment for people with co-occurring disorders. Learn how to make integrated treatment a reality in your organization, examining the successes of early adopters and getting solutions to funding challenges, organizational change barriers, workforce development, and licensing restrictions.

FD10 Productivity: Define It, Build It, Raise It 
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Michael Flora, CEO, Ben Gordon Center; Scott Lloyd, President, MTM Services

Organizations struggle with defining and setting productivity standards for clinical staff. But once the standards are set, there is rarely attention to creating a culture that assists in the attainment of these standards. Michael Flora’s standing-room only workshop at the 2011 National Council Conference reviewed best practices in the development of productivity standards and the organizational systems to support those standards. Now he’s back with more, in this all-day preconference university. And he is joined by Scott Lloyd of SPQM fame, who shows you how productivity can help you serve more consumers without added resources. Michael and Scott help you identify the productivity “zappers” in your organization and take home a plan to dramatically improve service delivery and the bottom line.

Preconference Universities require separate registration  and are not included in your main conference registration.
Register today!