2013 Leadership Exchange
Copies of video interviews with delegates attending the Network Meeting are now available on the International Initiative for Mental Health Leadership website, along with the whiteboard narratives and workshops notes: www.iimhl.com
Copies of keynote speakers’ presentations will be available shortly and IIMHL will also update you all on the formal evaluation in due course.
IIMHL Features
Sebelius: Bring mental illness out of the shadows
President Obama following lead of John Kennedy 50 years ago on improving access to care.
U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius speaks during the opening plenary of the National Health Policy Conference organized by The Academy Health February 4, 2013 in Washington, DC
Story Highlights
- When untreated, condition takes a heavy toll on our society.
- Part of improving care is ending the stigma.
- The President seeks a national dialogue to get more young people to seek help.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2013/02/04/kathleen-sebelius-on-mental-health-care/1890859/
Creating A Place Of Healing and Forgiveness: The Trauma-Informed Care Initiative at the Women’s Community Correctional Center of Hawaii
Below is a link to a program brief that describes the Trauma-Informed Care Initiative at the Women’s Community Correctional Center of Hawaii, which is working to make the facility a “place of healing and forgiveness.” Blending traditional Native Hawaiian concepts with the latest research on trauma-informed practices, the facility’s leadership has created a unique collaborative process for organizational change that includes staff, inmates, former inmates, community members, and representatives of community-based human service agencies. With a focus on educating staff, inmates, community partners, and the public about the value of trauma-informed environments and practices in healing, TICI creates opportunities for women to “live a forgiven life.”
This technical assistance document was developed by the National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors (NASMHPD) and Advocates for Human Potential, Inc. (AHP) under contract for the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and was written by Darby Penney.
http://www.nasmhpd.org/docs/NCTIC/7014_hawaiian_trauma_brief_2013.pdf
IIDL Feature
Self Directed Disability Support (SDDS): Building community capacity through action research
This Australian research project explores how people with disability manage the transition towards self-directed disability support. Set against a backdrop of substantial reform with the introduction of a National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), it is a collaboration between representatives of people with a disability and academic institutions to “investigate the impact and effectiveness of changes to self directed options for people requiring support, informal carers and support providers. It will also be a formative baseline for a longitudinal study examining service delivery systems pre and post the introduction of the NDIS”.
http://www.sprc.unsw.edu.au/media/File/SDDS_research_plan_FINAL.pdf
2014 Leadership Exchange
The 2014 Leadership Exchange will be in England in June. City and date TBC soon.
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Fran Silvestri
President and CEO, IIMHL
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