[homeles_ot-l] Ontario Association for ACT and FACT 2021 VIRTUAL CONFERENCE Every Wednesday from 12:00 – 3:00 PM

[Bill Dare]

Every Wednesday from 12:00 – 3:00 PM (eastern standard time) From March 17
to July 14, 2021

   - there are two or three presentations (1.5 hour workshops, 1 hour
   talks).

Presenters from: The Netherlands, Norway, Boston, New York, Georgia,
Oklahoma, Quebec, Ontario
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Four Keynote Speakers

*—**MARCH 17 2021*

*THE NEW SCIENCE ON ADDICTION RECOVERY*

During the past 50 years a great deal has been learned about how to provide
acute care services for those suffering from addiction, but there has been
relatively little emphasis on how best to help individuals attain and
maintain remission and recovery over the long-term. Greater recognition of
the persistence of post-acute withdrawal phenomena and increased
sensitivity to biobehavioral stress had indicated a need for ongoing social
and other support infrastructures to enhance coping and resilience and
reduce relapse risk. This talk will review the scientific rationale for the
need for ongoing recovery monitoring and management services and the recent
evidence investigating novel recovery support services.

*John f. Kelly, PHD, ABPP*; Elizabeth R. Spallin Professor of Psychiatry,
Harvard Medical School; Director, MGH Recovery Research Institute; Program
Director, MGH Addiction Recovery Management Service (ARMS); Associate
Director, MGH Center for Addiction Medicine

*—* *APRIL 14 2021*

*GOOD OUTPATIENT CARE AS A WAY TO PREVENT COERCION*

In many countries, the number of coercive practices (outpatient commitment
as well as compulsory admissions) is on the rise. Based on human rights
legislation as well as potential adverse effects of coercive practices,
this development is undesirable. The reasons for these increases are
largely unknown, and may be caused by more assertive care (finding
difficult-to-engage patients) and/or a higher incidence of patients showing
suicidal behavior, social breakdown or dangerousness to others. Studies
investigating interventions reducing compulsory admissions have shown
beneficial effects of crisis plans and a trend was found for integrative
care. Focusing on the quality of care within ACT/FACT teams, it was found
for example that a lack of assertive care was associated with a higher
chance of compulsory admissions. These findings set a challenge for
ACT/FACT teams to (1) creating a consciousness of how many and which
patients in the teams are confronted with coercive measures and (2)
implementing practices to reduce these measures.

*Prof. Niels Mulder, MD, PhD*, President of the European Assertive Outreach
Foundation (EAOF). Professor of Public Mental Health, Erasmus MC and
psychiatrist at Parnassia Psychiatric Institute, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

*—* *MAY 19 2021*

*HOW DOES MY POSITIONALITY IMPACT MY RELATIONSHIP WITH MY SUPERVISEES AND
THE CONNECTION WITH OUR CLIENTS?*

Use of self is very important in the work of leadership.  Understanding
your positionality helps you to understand the power dynamic of providing
supervision to someone that may not have the same positionality as
yourself.  You will leave this workshop with a better understanding of your
positionality and encouraged to help your staff recognize their own stance
as it relates to connecting with the clients they serve.  Your team will in
turn become comfortable enough to help clients identify their own
personality and how it impacts their relationship with systems and
providers.

*Pascale Jean-Noel, LMSW*, Director of Training ACT Institute/Center for
Practice and Innovations, New York, NY

*— MAY 26 2021*

*ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION*

Technology and new economic models can be very enabling opening a new
horizon for vulnerable people in a transforming labour market. Bringing
examples from successful initiatives

*ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY AND ICT BASED SOLUTIONS IN MENTAL HEALTH CARE*

Demonstrating the potential of assistive technology in mental health care
arguing for a conscious development strategy to embrace innovation

*Zsolt Bugarszki, PhD* is an Associate Professor of Social Work at Tallinn
University in Estonia. His main field is mental health and disability care.
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Conference Program and Registration:
https://www.ontarioactassociat...ne-30-2021-via-zoom/
<https://www.ontarioactassociation.com/oaaf-virtual-conference-march-17-2021-to-june-30-2021-via-zoom/>

Cost: *Free for all staff on OAAF member teams.* ($300 per person for
non-members).
https://www.ontarioactassociation.com/

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