Conference Tracks
We are especially interested in presentations that focus on innovative, cost-effective, evidence-based, multi-disciplinary, and community-based case management services. Potential conference tracks and topics are included below. We also encourage your own unique topic submissions.
Administration and Management
- Culturally Competent Services
- Self-Care/Compassion Fatigue
- Managing a Diverse Workforce
- Supervision Skills
- Team-Building Skills
- Workplace Capability Issues/Peer Specialist Needs
- Ethics and Boundary Issues
- Productivity Management
Early Childhood and Youth Services
- Psycho-Educational Groups
- Transitional Age Youth
- High Risk Behavior/Suicidality
- Brain Changes/Brain Development
- Substance Use and Depression
- Labels, Teasing, and Bullying
- Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning, and Intersex (GLBTQI) Youth
- Effects of Trauma Across Developmental Stages
- Attachment Issues
- Parent-Child Interactions
- Developmental Milestones
- Child Abuse and Neglect
Older Adult Services
- Aging Population Services
- Ageism
- Caregiver Support
- Elder Abuse
- Hoarding
Case Management Skills
- Safety in the Office and the Field
- Case Management/Best Practices/Evidence-Based Practices
- Case Management 101
- Engagement Skills
- Psychiatric Advance Directives
- Housing Support Services
- Psychopharmacology
- HIV/AIDS
- Veterans
- GLBTQI Issues
- Developmental & Intellectual Disabilities
Clinical Skills
- Motivational Interviewing
- Cultural Competent Diagnosis, Assessment, and Services
- Engaging and Keeping Culturally Diverse People in Services
- Co-Occurring Disorders/Dual Diagnosis
- Contemplation, Self-Awareness, and Emotional Response
- Screening, Assessment, and Diagnosis
- Supportive Counseling and Empathy
- Men in Recovery
Peer Services
- Overview of Wellness Recovery Action Planning (WRAP)
- Resiliency and Recovery
- Supportive Employment
- Certified Peer Specialists
- System Transformation
- Peer Resource/Drop-In Centers
- Wellness Management
- Independent Living Skills
Hot Topics
- Insurance Parity in Mental Health and Health Care Reform
- Medicaid Issues on the Federal Level
- Working with Sex Offenders
- Brain/Neurobiological Research
- Supportive Housing
- Homelessness
- Providing High Quality Services in the Face of Budget Cuts
- Helping People Through a Bad Economy
Primary Care Case Management
- Primary Care and Behavioral Health Integration
- Health Care Reform
- Improving the Quality of Healthcare
- Treating the Whole Person
Trauma Informed Care
- Trauma Informed Care
- Trauma Specific Service Models
- Models for Developing Trauma Informed Service Systems
- Implications of Trauma for Case Planning and Intervention
- Trauma/Childhood Stressors (ACE Study)
- Dealing with Grief, Crisis, and Trauma
- Vicarious Trauma
