Announcing the Recovery Institute’s 2012 Participants!
From the official announcement:
Via Hope, a training and technical assistance partnership between Texas Department of State Health Services, Mental Health America of Texas, and NAMI Texas, is launching the Recovery Institute and has announced which organizations will participate in this inaugural year’s initiatives. The Recovery Institute will further Via Hope’s transformational work by helping state hospitals and local mental health centers develop culture and practices that support and expect recovery, and promoting consumer, youth, and family voice in the transformation process and the future, transformed mental health system.
A list of Recovery Institute initiatives and participating organizations is included below. To learn more, please visit the associated websites listed or contact Via Hope directly.
Recovery Institute Awareness-Building Activities. Anyone that is interested may participate in these activities, which include periodic webinars on practice-related issues, writings on recovery, and the Recovery Reads monthly book club. To sign up, visit the Via Hope website: http://dev.viahope.org/programs/recovery-institute/RI_awareness_building
Person-Centered Recovery Planning Implementation. Two partnered organizations, Austin State Hospital and Bluebonnet Trails Community Services, have been selected to participate in the pilot phase of this practice. Person-centered planning has been described by Neal Adams and Diane Grieder in Treatment Planning for Person-Centered Care: The Road to Mental Health and Addiction Recovery as “a collaborative process resulting in a recovery oriented treatment plan; is directed by consumers and produced in partnership with care providers and natural supporters for treatment and recovery; supports consumer preferences and a recovery orientation” (2005). http://dev.viahope.org/programs/recovery-institute/person-centered-recovery-planning-implementation
Recovery Oriented Organizational Change Initiative. 2 state hospitals and 3 local mental health centers were selected to participate in this collaborative learning experience that focuses on increasing the influence of people in recovery within provider organizations and creating stronger peer support services; Austin Travis County Integral Care, Big Spring State Hospital, Brazos Valley Mental Health Mental Retardation Authority, Hill Country Mental Health Developmental Disability Centers, and North Texas State Hospital. http://dev.viahope.org/programs/recovery-institute/RI_recovery-oriented-organizational-change-initiative
Recovery Institute Leadership Academy. 3 state hospitals, 14 local mental health centers, and 1 advocacy organization were accepted to take part in this learning experience for formal and emerging leaders in mental health transformation. Anderson Cherokee Community Enrichment Services, Andrews Center, Austin Clubhouse, Big Spring State Hospital, Border Region Behavioral Health Center, Burke Center, Center for Healthcare Services, Center for Life Resources, Central Counties Center MHMR, Central Plains Center, Denton County MHMR, Helen Farabee Center, Kerrville State Hospital, MHMR of Nueces County, North Texas State Hospital, Pecan Valley Centers for Behavioral and Developmental Healthcare, Spindletop Center, and Tropical Texas Behavioral Health. http://dev.viahope.org/programs/recovery-institute/RI_leadership_academy
Via Hope is best known for its work developing and managing the first statewide Peer Specialist Training and Certification Program in Texas, and also manages initiatives engaging youth and young adults; facilitating Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP)© infrastructure development; building statewide consumer voice through support of Texas Catalyst for Empowerment; developing the Consumer-Operated Service Provider Institute; developing the first statewide Family Partner Training and Certification program in Texas; and past learning collaboratives aimed at supporting recovery-oriented organizational culture and practices, including the 2010 Peer Specialist Learning Community and 2011 Recovery-Focused Learning Community.
The Via Hope Recovery Institute interfaces with transformation efforts facilitated directly by Texas Department of State Health Services Mental Health and Substance Abuse Division and is a significant component of the Division’s transformation strategy to promote “resilience and recovery for all”. The Institute is funded through DSHS and the Hogg Foundation for Mental Health and evaluated by The University of Texas at Austin Center for Social Work Research.
For more information contact
Dennis Bach Anna Jackson
Tel. 512/471-5333 or 512/471-5028
Email: dennis@mhatexas.org anna@mhatexas.org