Friday, May 16,
2008, 9:00 a.m.- noon
Central Library, U.S. Bank Room
Multnomah County Library
801 S.W. 10th Avenue, Portland
Workshop description:
Dr. Christine (Chris) Peters will be coordinating a workshop that introduces library staff to understanding individuals with psychiatric disabilities. Participants will discuss and address their own beliefs about psychiatric disabilities as a first step in learning about stigma. Dr. Peters will give a brief history of mental illness including stereotypes and misconceptions.
Participants will gain a basic understanding about various clinical conditions that will help them in their daily interactions with library patrons with psychosocial barriers. For example how would you help someone who is confused, or seemingly preoccupied? What would you do if someone was experiencing a psychiatric problem?
Participants will also learn about a recovery paradigm, where individuals with psychiatric disabilities have the ability to live and work in the community with dignity and equality. Through various learning strategies, workshop participants will better understand how best to serve others while learning about best practices.
Joining Dr Peters will be:
Ms Rachel Post : L.C.S.W, will discuss community based programs including Assertive Community Teams (ACT), and supported employment.
Ms Nancy Henderson: MA, MLS, will present library resources and literature showing best practice.
Ms Elizabeth Scanlon, BS, OTS, Pacific University; will present an overview of research findings and web based resources.
A Consumer of Mental Health Services to be announced; will discuss a personal perspective about recovery and ways of reducing stigma.
Presenters:
Christine Peters is Associate Professor of Occupational Therapy at Pacific University in Hillsboro, Oregon. She earned her Ph.D. in Occupational Therapy at New York University, and has done post doctoral research in Psychiatric Rehabilitation at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey funded by the National Institute of Disability Research. She holds membership in the American Occupational Therapy Association and the United States Psychiatric Rehabilitation Association. As a national and international recognized occupational therapy leader, Dr. Peters presented a keynote address at the United Nations about occupational therapy’s historical roots and gender barriers.
Dr. Peters has published articles about occupational therapy historical values and beliefs imbedded in mental health practice. Currently in press, Dr. Peters has written a chapter about occupational therapy’s role in the consumer’s movement in mental health, where she included passages from her oral history research. For this work she interviewed occupational therapists working at Creedmore State Hospital in New York in the 1970s when Susan Sheehan wrote Is there no place on earth for me?
Dr. Peters draws her advocacy for individuals with psychiatric disabilities from her 24 years of clinical practice, teaching and scholarship. She has worked as a practitioner in inpatient acute care psychiatric hospitals throughout the country with children, adolescent and adult patients. Most recently she has worked in and with community mental health agencies that support the ideas of recovery and wellness for individuals with psychiatric disabilities.
Rachel Post, L.C.S.W., is the Director of Supportive Housing and Employment at Central City Concern in Portland, OR. She has been practicing social work and social work administration for over 13 years and has been involved in the design and implementation of several innovative projects including CCC's Community Engagement Program, Colorado Coalition for the Homeless’s Denver Housing First Chronic Homeless Initiative, Denver’s SSA HOPE Benefits Acquisition Project, Denver's city-wide street outreach program and a Supportive Employment ACT team. Awards include: Oregon Mental Health Award of Excellence, Oregon Rehabilitation Program of the Year, a SAMHSA Exemplary Program Award and a SAMHSA Travel Award. Ms. Post currently oversees programming to 985 units of supportive housing including 89 units of family housing and oversight of CCC's West Portland One Stop Career Center.
Nancy Henderson, BA, MA, MLS, has been the Health Science Librarian at Pacific for almost 9 years. She worked at the Oregon Graduate Institute of Science & Technology for 5 years before that. She is responsible for providing library services and materials to the students and faculty in the health professions programs at Pacific. In addition to her MLS from UCLA she also has a MA degree from Portland State University. Nancy’s library interests include information literacy and collection development. Nancy brings personal interest to this topic. She has a cousin living with schizophrenia. Her brother recently died due to medication errors prescribed for his mental illness. Among many other organizations, Nancy is a member of the Medical Library Association (Pacific Northwest Chapter) and the Oregon Health Science Library Association
Elizabeth Scanlon, BS, OTS, Pacific University; will present an overview of research findings and web based resources. A first year graduate student in occupational therapy, Elizabeth earned a bachelor's of science in human development with a minor in psychology from UC Davis. She is interested promoting community participation for people with psychiatric and physical disabilities through understanding of practice strategies in the psychosocial domain.
Cost:
Student/retiree rate: $25.00
PORTALS member rate: $35.00
non-member rate: $45.00
Registration:
After you have registered, please make out your payment check to PORTALS/PCC and mail to
Roberta Richards, PORTALS Coordinator
Sylvania Library—PORTALS Office
PO Box 19000
Portland, OR 97280-0990