BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:icalendar-ruby CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260417T010814Z UID:ff2c0139-2a4d-456b-9df2-f40ee0de9e60 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20150602T000000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20150604T000000 DESCRIPTION:CIL-NET Presents… A Brand-New National Onsite Training \n\n\ n June 2-4\, 2015\; Baltimore\, MD\n Register online or by using the prin table registration form (PDF)\n Registration Fee: $150.00\n\n\nAs consumer -controlled\, cross-disability organizations\, CILs have a duty not just t o provide services to consumers with psychiatric disabilities\, but to ens ure that they are an integral part of the organization: on staff\, on the board\, providing leadership and peer support. Every CIL serves people wit h psychiatric disabilities\, whether they realize it or not. But there’s a lot of work between serving a few consumers and developing the staff co mpetencies\, peer support\, and funding necessary for an exemplary approac h. Let us help you improve and expand your work with people with psychiatr ic disabilities with a framework for inclusion and program development. Ou r presenters will give you the skills and knowledge to conceptualize\, bui ld\, and implement an outstanding mental health program at your CIL. Don ’t miss this exciting opportunity for your Center. Sign up today!\n\nLea rning Objectives\n\nBy the end of this training\, participants will learn: \n\n\n The role of CILs in serving people with psychiatric disabilities\n An overview of the Mental Health System\n Philosophical reasons for a CIL to get involved\n What CILs need to know about involuntary treatment\n How CILs can confront prejudice\, fear\, and discrimination\n How to ensure m eaningful involvement of consumers/survivors\n Steps involved in planning and implementing programs\n Strategies for gaining board of directors and staff buy-in\n Promising practices shared by centers with successful progr ams\n How to address potential barriers and gaps\n How to build relationsh ips with survivors and other stakeholders\n Funding streams available to e xpand and finance services\n Ways to build staff competencies\n Steps to e stablish and manage contracts\, set rates\, and maintain relationships wit h funders\n\n\nTarget Audience\n\nThis training will provide strategies to confront discrimination related to mental health in the independent livin g field\, and identify steps in planning and implementing programs in cent ers and the necessary funding needed to serve individuals with psychiatric disabilities. Executive Directors\, Board Members\, Program Managers and staff at centers interested in expanding services for people with psychiat ric disabilities would benefit most from this training.\n\nLocation\n\nBal timore Marriott Waterfront\n\n700 Aliceanna Street\nBaltimore\, MD 21202\n \nFront Desk Phone: (410) 385-3000\n\nFor reservations\, please call Marri ott at 800.228.9290 by May 11\, 2015 or use our custom link. The discounte d group rate is $199.00 / night for single / double occupancy\, plus appli cable taxes. Be sure to mention IL-NET Training when making your reservati on to receive the group rate.\n\nMeet Your Presenters\n\nMike Bachhuber: E xecutive Director\, Independent Living Council of Wisconsin\, Madison\, WI \n\nMike has worked in disability rights since 1997 and previously worked for an IL Center in Wisconsin\, in addition to the state’s Protection an d Advocacy System. As a consumer\, Mike sat on and chaired the state’s M ental Health Planning and Advisory Council and served as a founding Board member for its Mental Health Consumer Network. He currently devotes time t o organizing the civil rights efforts of the National Council on Independe nt Living as Co-chair of its ADA/Civil Rights Subcommittee. He received hi s B.A. from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and his J.D. from the Un iversity of Wisconsin-Madison.\n\nDaniel Fisher: Executive Director\, Nati onal Empowerment Center\, Lawrence\, MA\n\nDan is a person who has recover ed from schizophrenia. He is one of the few psychiatrists in the country w ho publicly discusses his recovery from mental illness. He is a role model for others who are struggling to recover\, and his life dispels the myth that people do not recover from mental illness. His recovery and work in t he field were recognized by his selection as a member of the White House C ommission on Mental Health. He received his B.A. from Princeton University \, his Ph.D. in biochemistry from the University of Wisconsin and M.D. fro m George Washington University. Dan is a board-certified psychiatrist who completed his residency at Harvard Medical School. Dan is also an Adjunct Faculty member of the University of Massachusetts Medical School.\n\nKathi e Knoble-Iverson: Executive Director\, Independent Living Resources\, La C rosse\, WI\n\nKathie was part of a five year grassroots effort to establis h Independent Living Resources\, Inc. in a 13 county area of southwest Wis consin. She has a Master’s Degree in Rehabilitation Administration\, and has been the Executive Director of Independent Living Resources (ILR) for 20 years.\n\nPRESENTED BY CIL-NET: A program of the IL-NET national train ing and technical assistance project for Centers for Independent Living (C IL-NET) and Statewide Independent Living Councils (SILC-NET). The IL-NET i s operated by ILRU\, Independent Living Research Utilization\, in partners hip with the National Council on Independent Living (NCIL) and the Associa tion of Programs for Rural Independent Living (APRIL).\n SUMMARY:Empowering Persons with Psychiatric Disabilities: The Role of the P eer Model in CILs BEGIN:VALARM ACTION:DISPLAY TRIGGER:-P6D SUMMARY:Alarm notification END:VALARM BEGIN:VALARM ACTION:DISPLAY TRIGGER:-P SUMMARY:Alarm notification END:VALARM END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR