2011 King County Mental Health Conference:

"RECOVERY & RESILIENCY:

STEPPING STONES TO WELLNESS"

Seattle Central Community College

September 9 & 10, 2011

Click here for electronic copies of Presentations and Handouts!

About the conference:

The 2011 King County conference was a great success! Upwards of 230 people attended on Friday, September 9 and nearly 200 on Saturday, September 10, 2011. The conference included keynote addresses from n-ationally known speakers, Amy Long, Rick Shepler, and Terre Garner. There were 36 workshops on the topic of mental health recovery and resiliency. Many of the workshops were presented by people with a lived experience of recovery.

Recovery and resiliency enables a person, whether an adult, youth, or family who lives with mental health challenges, to become active partners in finding and maintaining their own wellness. Remembering who you are and using your strengths to become all you were meant to be is what recovery is all about. Resiliency is an innate capacity that when nurtured empowers a person to successfully meet life's challenges with a sense of self-determination, mastery and hope.

We met our goal to present each participant with information to enhance their own strengths and resiliencies and to create a wellness culture within the King County mental health system. The themes of this conference were WELLNESS, SKILL BUILDING, and LEADERSHIP.

The success of the conference was due to the passion and work of many people. Students from the Social and Human Services program at Seattle Central Community College (SCCC) provided many hours of volunteer work. Their contribution is very much appreciated. The SCCC coordinators, Ally Embrey, Bob Groschell, and Dani Eagleton-Barr, did an outstanding job.

Who attended:

People who experience mental health challenges and people who work in the mental health system attended the Conference. Adults and youth who participate in services as well as parents of children who are enrolled in services in King County were also welcomed to the conference.

Participants received a certificate showing the number of hours they attended: 6 hours are possible for each day for a total of 12. These hours can be applied to state certification or licensure.

If you attended the conference and checked-in with the Registration desk and did not receive your certificate of attendance and would like to have it, please contact Terry Crain at Terry.Crain@kingcounty.gov

Click here for a brochure of the conference.