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The Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services (TDMHSAS), in
collaboration with Vanderbilt Behavioral Health and the Tennessee Association of Mental Health
Organizations (TAMHO), is excited to annouce the Second Tennessee First Episode Psychosis
Conference: Walking Together on the Road to Recovery.
The Conference has been designed to educate and inform all attendees about first episode
psychosis, including lessons learned from Tennessee’s First Episode Psychosis Initiative called
OnTrackTN. In addition, attendees will hear from young adults and family members who have
participated in OnTrackTN.
We invite you to attend and learn more about the national research that has been conducted in
identifying effective treatment and support strategies in early intervention of First Episode
Psychosis.
Announcing . . .
Marie Williams
Commissioner
Tennessee
Department of
Mental Health
and Substance
Abuse Services
Nashville,
Tennessee
Sejal West
Deputy
Commissioner
Tennessee
Department of
Mental Health and
Substance Abuse
Services
Nashville,
Tennessee
Kisha Ledlow, Project Director, Tennessee Healthy Transitions Initiative, Office of Children and Youth
Mental Health, Tennessee Department of Mental Health and
Substance Abuse Services, Nashville,
Tennessee
Matt Yancey, LCSW, MPA
Assistant Commissioner,
Division of Mental Health Services,
Tennessee Department of
Mental Health and Substance Abuse
Services, Nashville,
Ellyn Wilbur
Executive Director
Tennessee
Association of
Mental Health
Organizations
(TAMHO)
Nashville, Tennessee
THE SECOND
TENNESSEE STATEWIDE . . .
First Episode Psychosis Conference
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AGENDA AT A GLANCE
12:15 pm – 1:45 pm
Networking Luncheon
1:45 pm — 3:15 pm
General Session | Creative
Ways to Reach and Engage
Young Adults
3:15 pm — 3:30 pm
Networking | Refreshments
3:30 pm — 5:00 pm
General Session | Family and Young Adults . . . Walking Together on the Road to Recovery
5:00 pm
Adjourn | Day 1
DAY 1
September 11, 2017
8:00 am – 5:00 pm
Registration
8:00 am – 9:00 am
Networking | Refreshments
9:00 am – 10:30 am
Opening General Session | Transforming Outcomes through Early Intervention: From Individual Intervention to School and Community Integration
10:30am – 10:45 am
Networking | Refreshments
10:45 am – 12:15 pm
General Session | Celebrations
and Lessons Learned: A
Spotlight on First Episode
Psychosis Programs Across
Tennessee
DAY 2
September 12, 2017
8:00 am – 12:00 Noon
Registration
8:00 am – 8:30 am
Networking | Refreshments
8:30 am – 10:00 am
General Session |
Pharmacological
Management of First Episode
Psychosis Patients With
Known Active Substance
Abuse
10:00am – 10:15 am
Networking | Refreshments
10:15 am – 11:45 am
Closing General Session | The
Early Stage of Psychosis
11:45 am
Adjourn | Day 2
AGENCIES / SERVICE CONTRACTORS
Carey Counseling Center, Inc. Andrea Chase
Alliance Healthcare Services Laurie Powell | Elise Tanner
Mental Health Cooperative Kendall Elsass | Cindy Janke
Helen Ross McNabb Center Mary Katsikas | Lindsay Stone
TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES (TDMHSAS)
Kisha Ledlow | Matt Yancey | Jessica Mullins | Lisa Ragan | Katie Lee
VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY
Stephan Heckers, MD | Emma Finan, LMFT, RN-BC | Kristan Armstrong | Jeff Stovall, MD | Max Schiff, MD
TENNESSEE ASSOCIATION OF MENTAL HEALTH ORGANIZATIONS (TAMHO)
Teresa Fuqua | Ellyn Wilbur
CONFERENCE PLANNING COMMITTEE
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CONFERENCE FACILITY
Embassy Suites by Hilton—Nashville South/Cool Springs
820 Crescent Centre Drive Franklin, Tennessee
615-515-5151
OVERNIGHT ACCOMMODATIONS
CLICK HERE for a direct link to online lodging / overnight accommodations or visit the conference website [http://www.tamho.org/2017-fepi-conference] for direct links to the Marriott reservations website.
Be sure to identify yourself as attending the Tennessee Association of Mental Health Organizations Conference to receive the special conference rate.
A limited block of rooms has been reserved at the Embassy Suites Hotel for the nights of September 11th and 12th at the rate of $159/night plus applicable taxes. Reservations must be booked by the guest room cut-off date of August 11, 2017. The block will be released at 12am midnight. After this date, additional reservations will be accepted at the group rate based on the Hotel’s current occupancy. . All reservations must be guaranteed with a major credit card.
CONFERENCE REGISTRATION
Eventbrite is the official registration site for this event.
Please visit https://2017fepiconference.eventbrite.com or copy and paste this link into your web/internet browser to access the online registration medium.
LOCATION & REGISTRATION INFORMATION No Registration Fee Required
Pre-registration is required to guarantee your place at this event and to assist in adequately planning ample meals, refreshments, and seating.
As this conference is produced with grant funding and conference program content has been specifically designed for TDMHSAS contract service provider agencies, staff of the TDMHSAS contract service provider agencies are assigned priority for seating and attendance at this event. All other registrations will be accepted on a space available basis in the order they are received and, as a result, cannot be guaranteed entrance to the conference.
Registration includes access to all educational segments, refreshments and networking opportunities, the awards luncheon, and a certificate of continuing professional development reflecting contact hours earned.
Pre-registration is strongly encouraged as walk-in registrants will be accommodated on a “space available” basis and cannot be guaranteed access to any portion of the Conference and, thus, may be required to “stand by” until all pre-registered participants are accommodated before being allowed entry to the Conference if seating is available.
Substitutions are welcomed. Please contact TAMHO at your earliest convenience with notice of cancellations or substitutions.
REGISTRATION CANCELLATIONS
Registrant substitutions are welcome. Please contact TAMHO at your earliest convenience with notice of substitutions or cancellations so that available seats may be reallocated to individuals who may be on a stand-by list.
ADA ACCOMMODATIONS If you require ADA accommodations, please indicate your need by marking your requirement during the online registration process. Please be sure to provide notice to TAMHO at least two weeks before the conference date so that arrangements can be coordinated.
Most allergen related dietary requirements can be accommodated with advanced notice. Please indicate your needs by during
the online registration process. Special meal requests cannot be guaranteed without advance notice.
DIRECTIONS From I-65 North - Take the Cool Springs Blvd. Exit (Exit 68 A East). Turn right onto Carothers Pkwy. Turn right on Crescent Centre Drive. Hotel is on the right.
From Nashville International Airport - Take I-40 west towards Memphis to I-440 West towards Memphis to I-65 South towards Huntsville. Exit Cool Springs Blvd. (exit 68). Go east on Cool Springs Blvd. Turn right on Carothers Parkway. Turn right on Crescent Centre Drive.
PARKING Convenient, complimentary parking is available for conference attendees.
CONFERENCE DRESS CODE Dress code is business casual.
PHOTO/VIDEO RELEASE From time to time, TAMHO uses photographs or video capture(s) during events to be used in, but not limited to, publications such as print and electronic newsletters and future event materials.
Unless permission is revoked in writing to TAMHO, by virtue of attendance, all conference attendees agree to the use of their likeness in such materials.
HAVE A QUESTION OR NEED ASSISTANCE?
Contact TAMHO:
Monday-Friday 8:30am – 5:00pm (Central)
615-244-2220 ext. 14 | toll free in
Tennessee at 800-568-2642 Email inquiries to [email protected].
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DAY 1 | September 11, 2017
Opening General Session
9:00 am — 10:30 am
introductory remarks
Kisha Ledlow, Project Director,
Tennessee Healthy Transitions
Initiative, Office of Children
and Youth Mental Health,
Tennessee Department of
Mental Health and Substance
Abuse Services, Nashville,
Tennessee
guest speaker
Nev Jones, Mental Health
Services Researcher, Yale
University School of Medicine,
Stanford University, San
Francisco, California
pre-conference remarks
Ellyn Wilbur, MPA, Executive Director, Tennessee
Association of Mental Health Organizations (TAMHO),
Nashville, Tennessee
welcome remarks
Marie Williams, Commissioner, Tennessee Department
of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services,
Nashville, Tennessee
Sejal West, Deputy Commissioner, Tennessee
Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse
Services, Nashville, Tennessee
Matt Yancey, LCSW, MPA, Assistant Commissioner,
Division of Mental Health Services, Tennessee
Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse
Services, Nashville, Tennessee
Stephan Heckers, MD, MSc, Professor and Chair,
Department of Psychiatry, William P. and Henry B.
Test Chair in Schizophrenia Research, Psychiatrist in
Chief, Vanderbilt Psychiatric Hospital, Nashville,
Tennessee
Transforming Outcomes through
Early Intervention:
From Individual Intervention to School
and Community Integration
In this presentation, Dr. Jones will describe the history and growth of early intervention in psychosis (EIP), internationally as well as in the US, provide updates on the expanding evidence base for early detection and intervention and an overview of recent practice developments and innovations. In the second part of the presentation, she will zero in on supported education and recent work, including her own, aimed at transforming young people’s school and work experiences and outcomes. Stories and illustrations of key themes both from her personal experiences and advocacy work with families and young adults will be woven throughout.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
At the conclusion of this session, participants will be able to:
1. Characterize the growth of EIP/CSC in the US over the past decade; 2. List key variations in different models and the range of different EIP/CSC
components; 3. Describe at least one innovative or emerging area (EIP research/practice) in detail ;
and, 4. Discuss the role of education and strategies for building collaborations with schools
and universities and supporting the development of local school or university-based resources and programming.
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FACILITATION & INTRODUCTORY REMARKS
Katie Lee, Director of Wellness and Employment, Tennessee
Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services,
Nashville, Tennessee
PANELISTS
Alliance Healthcare Services
A. Elise Tanner, LCSW, FEPI Team Leader
Carey Counseling Center, Inc.
Tonya Brown, MSSW, Team Leader and Primary Clinician for
OnTrack TN
Helen Ross McNabb Center
Lindsay Stone, MA, Children and Youth Services Coordinator
Mental Health Cooperative
Kendall Elsass, LMSW, Program Manager
DAY 1 | September 11, 2017
General Session
10:45 am — 12:15 pm
Celebrations and Lessons Learned: A
Spotlight on First Episode Psychosis
Programs Across Tennessee
From Memphis to East Tennessee, from rural counties
to metropolitan areas, youth and young adults
experiencing first episodes of psychosis are receiving
innovative and coordinated care to help them achieve
their goals for school, work, and relationships. Hear
from four behavioral health providers on what
implementation has looked like for them, challenges
they’ve experienced, and successes encountered.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
During this session, participants will:
1. Explore and learn about the coordinated specialty care
model begin used in Tennessee;
2. Examine and learn from four providers the challenges and
successes of implementing a First Episode Psychosis program; and,
3. Identify tips and strategies for how a First Episode Psychosis
program could be implemented or expanded in other areas
of the state.
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September 11, 2017
General Session
1:45 pm — 3:15 pm
Creative Ways to Reach and Engage Young Adults
INTRODUCTORY REMARKS
Lisa Ragan, MSSW, Director, Office of Consumer Affairs and Peer
Recovery Services, Tennessee Department of Mental Health and
Substance Abuse Services, Nashville, Tennessee
SPEAKER
Tamara G. Sale, MA, Director, EASA Center for Excellence,
Oregon Health & Science University-Portland State University
School of Public Health and Co-Principal Investigator,
Pathways EASA Connections Project, Portland, Oregon
PANELISTS
Alliance HealthCare Services
Krystal Fortney, LPC-MHSP, NCC, Primary Clinician for
OnTrack TN
Fulya Sobczak, BA, Certified Peer Recovery Specialist for On
Track TN
Peer Representative
Carey Counseling Center, Inc.
Tonya Brown, MSSW, Team Leader and Primary Clinician for
OnTrack TN
Victoria Paradise, CPRS, Certified Peer Recovery Specialist
for Healthy Transitions and OnTrack TN
Helen Ross McNabb Center
Shar Wentworth, MEd, Primary Clinician
Mental Health Cooperative
Kendall Elsass, LMSW, Program Manager
Kandy McGuinness, CPRS, Certified Peer Recovery Specialist
Strategic youth and young adult outreach and
engagement is a key component in establishing a
thriving first episode psychosis program.
Guest speaker, Tamara Sale, will provide opening
remarks emphasizing the importance of youth and
young adult engagement.
An experienced staff at Alliance Healthcare Services,
Carey Counseling Center, Helen Ross McNabb Center,
and the Mental Health Cooperative will discuss the
new and creative methods they have employed to
identify and connect with young people in their
communities.
Additionally, young people will share their
perspectives and give advice on the best way to move
forward in engaging youth and young adults.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the conclusion of this session, participants will have:
1. Learned the importance of community outreach and young
adult engagement in first episode psychosis programs;
2. Learned methods used by four behavioral health providers
in Tennessee;
3. Gained the perspective of young people currently in a first
episode psychosis program on what worked best for them.
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INTRODUCTORY REMARKS
Jessica Mullins, LMSW, Assistant Director of Child and Youth
Mental Health, Tennessee Department of Mental Health and
Substance Abuse Services, Nashville, Tennessee
SPEAKER INTRODUCTION
Jeff Fladen, Executive Director, NAMI Tennessee, Nashville,
Tennessee
SPEAKER
Maureen Harrigan , Family Advocate, Elkridge, Maryland
PANELISTS
Alliance HealthCare Services
A. Elise Tanner, LCSW, FEPI Team Leader
Family Representative(s)
Mental Health Cooperative
Kevin DeKock, MSW, FEPI Team Leader
Family Representative(s)
September 11, 2017
General Session
3:30 pm — 5:00 pm
Family and Young Adults . . .
Walking Together on the Road to Recovery
Families often play a significant role in the lives of
youth/young adults experiencing a first episode of
psychosis (FEP). Many times they are the first to
notice when psychotic symptoms begin to emerge.
They many not fully understand the changes in
behavior and personality they observe in their loved
one or know how to access services available to them.
In addition, family members often provide resources
for their loved ones and support them in their
treatment and recovery goals in the community.
Given the involvement of family members in the lives
of young adults experiencing FEP, as well as the needs
of these family members, it is extremely important to
engage families in treatment. In this session, family
members will share their experiences of their journey
as they rebuild their lives, collaboratively, with their
loved ones.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
During this session, participants will
1. Receive an overview of prodromal signs and symptoms;
2. Learn about navigating the behavioral health system;
3. Explore strategies that worked, and didn’t work, for these
families; and,
4. Explore success stories and how recovery is possible.
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FACILITATION & INTRODUCTORY REMARKS
Jeffery Stovall, MD, Associate Professor, Department of
Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Vanderbilt University, School
of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee
PANELISTS
Tanci Parker, DNP, PMHNP, FEPI Prescriber, Alliance Healthcare
Services, Memphis, Tennessee
Kevin Adams, MSN, PMHNP, APRN-BC, Psychiatric Nurse
Practitioner, Carey Counseling Center, Inc., Paris, Tennessee
David Patzer, MD, Medical Director, Mental Health Cooperative,
Nashville, Tennessee
Max Schiff, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of
Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Vanderbilt University Medical
Center, Nashville, Tennessee
September 12, 2017
General Session
8:30 am — 10:00 am
Pharmacological Management of
First Episode Psychosis Patients
With Known Active Substance Use
For young patients medication compliance can be
very challenging fearing side-effects including weight
gain, cognitive dulling, sedation, sexual side effects
etc. and the potential for long term requirement.
When the young person continues to abuse
substances this also complicates the picture as
consideration for drug interactions and worsening of
symptoms need to be carefully weighed. Each
provider on the panel will address their unique
approaches to dealing with both the medication
adherence and active substance abuse. How the
provider reconciles prescription vs. substance abuse
and how they manage the Substance Abuse issue long
term.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
During this session, participants will:
1. Become familiar with common substances young people
experiencing First Episodes usually abuse;
2. Become familiar with why medication providers are
reluctant to prescribe because of the active psychosis
( Stimulants); and,
3. Knowing the value of combining pharmacology and other
supports to enhance engagement and promote medication
adherence and ongoing discussions.
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CLOSING REMARKS
Walking Together on the Road to Recovery
Tennessee’s Vision for the First Episode Psychosis Initiative
Kisha Ledlow, Project Director, Tennessee Healthy Transitions Initiative,
Office of Children and Youth Mental Health, Tennessee Department of
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Nashville, Tennessee
September 12, 2017
Closing General Session
10:15 am — 11:45 am
INTRODUCTORY REMARKS
Matt Yancey, LCSW, MPA,
Assistant Commissioner,
Division of Mental Health
Services, Tennessee
Department of Mental
Health and Substance Abuse
Services, Nashville,
Tennessee
GUEST SPEAKER
Stephan Heckers, MD, MSc,
Professor and Chair,
Department of Psychiatry and
Behavioral Sciences,
Vanderbilt University Medical
Center, Nashville, Tennessee
The Early Stage of Psychosis
The early stages of psychosis are an important window for therapeutic
intervention and can yield new discoveries about disease mechanisms.
This lecture will review the heterogeneity of clinical presentation and
trajectory over the first 2 years of illness. We will also review recent
efforts to improve the treatment of first-episode psychosis patients
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Upon completion of your participation in this educational activity, the participant will
be able to:
1. Summarize the five domains of psychosis;
2. Describe how psychotic symptoms present;
3. Determine the limitations of biological markers in the early stages of psychosis;
and,
4. Describe the treatment of the early stages of psychosis.
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SPEAKER BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES
Kevin Adams, MSN, PMHNP, APRN-BC,
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, Carey Counseling
Center, Inc., Paris, Tennessee | Kevin Adams,
MSN, PMHNP, APRN-BC is a Psychiatric Nurse
Practitioner at Carey Counseling Center, Inc.
where he has been treating mental health
disorders in community mental health for the
past 6 years. He has worked in community
mental health for approximately 11 years, of
which the first 5 years of his career were spent
working as a Therapist for a Partial
Hospitalization Program, a Bridge program, and a
Crisis Stabilization Unit. Presently he manages
the treatment of multiple residential homes and
outpatient clinics for Carey Counseling Center,
Inc., is the primary research prescriber for the
Tennessee site of the PRELAPSE Study for early
treatment intervention of Schizophrenia, and
also the primary medical prescriber for the On
Track TN First Episode Psychosis Program.
Education: Undergraduate - University of
Alabama, BS in Human Environmental Sciences,
1998-2001 | Graduate - University of Alabama,
MS in Marriage and Family Therapy, 2001-2004 |
University of Alabama (UAB), MSN Accelerated
Masters in Nursing, and Psychiatric | Nurse
Practitioner program, 2008-2011
Tonya Brown, MSSW, Team Leader and Primary
Clinician for OnTrack TN, Carey Counseling
Center, Inc., Paris, Tennessee | Ms. Brown is a
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, and received her
Master’s degree in Social Work through The
University of Tennessee. She continues to share
her passion for the Social Work field by serving
as an adjunct professor at The University of
Tennessee, Martin campus. Ms. Brown began
her career as an adult mobile crisis responder
and continues to serve, after normal hours, as a
crisis team supervisor and mandatory pre-
screening agent. She has provided individual and
group psychotherapies in a community mental
health setting, serving the severe and
persistently mentally ill population of all ages.
Currently, Ms. Brown serves as the Team Leader
and Primary Clinician of OnTrackTN at Carey
Counseling Center, Inc. in rural Northwest TN.
Kevin DeKock, MSW, FEPI Team Leader, Mental
Health Cooperative, Nashville, Tennessee | Kevin
De Kock received his B.A. in Psychology and
Sociology from Calvin College in Grand Rapids,
MI and his MSW from San Diego State University.
Mr. De Kock is Team Leader for the First Episode
Psychosis Initiative at the Mental Health
Cooperative. The FEPI program identifies young
people in Davidson County who have recently
experienced their first episode of psychosis and
provides them with comprehensive outpatient
mental health care. Previously, he has worked in
an inpatient psychiatric hospital, a mental health
agency serving survivors of torture, an
organization providing ABA therapy to children
with autism, and a university in Yantai, China,
teaching English. Mr. De Kock is passionate about
providing individualized care to with those he
works and political organizing with the goal of
drastically changing and improving mental health
care in this country.
Kendall Elsass, LMSW, Program Manager ,
Mental Health Cooperative, Nashville, Tennessee
| Biographical sketch not available as of press
time.
Krystal Fortney, LPC-MHSP, NCC, Primary
Clinician for OnTrack TN, Alliance Healthcare
Services, Memphis, Tennessee | Krystal Fortney is
the Primary Clinician for Ontrack TN at Alliance
Healthcare Services in Memphis TN. Ontrack TN
is an innovative wrap around team approach that
supports youth and young adults (ages 15-30)
who are experiencing their first episode of
psychosis. Krystal provides therapy for the youth
and young adults in the Ontrack program; she
offers psychoeducation and provides family
therapy as a means to support the mission of
overall recovery. The Ontrack program is
designed to help youth and young adults meet
their educational, career, and personal needs by
offering an array of services, such as: Individual
Therapy, Peer Support, Case Management,
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Medication Management, and Support and
Education Services. Krystal is a licensed
professional counselor with a designation in
mental health for the state of Tennessee; she is a
National Certified Counselor, and a Mandatory
Pre Screening Agent. Krystal received her
Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology from
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and her
Master’s Degree in Mental Health Counseling
from Tennessee Technological University. She
has an extensive background in supporting
individuals with Co-Occurring Diagnoses,
treatment of Substance use Disorders, and
providing intensive family therapy. Krystal is a
very fun loving energetic therapist, who counsels
with passion, she enjoys working with young
adults who are experiencing their first episode of
psychosis and individuals who are suffering from
addiction. She is young and innovative with a
professional career that is rapidly developing.
Maureen Harrigan | Maureen Harrigan is a nationally recognized family advocate. She has spoken at numerous conferences and hearings — NIMH Congressional Briefing, NIMH/SAMHSA’s Clinical High Risk for Psychosis Meeting, Capital Hill, and University of Maryland Medical School just to name a few.
Stephan Heckers, MD, MSc, Professor and Chair,
Department of Psychiatry, William P. and Henry B.
Test Chair in Schizophrenia Research, Psychiatrist
in Chief, Vanderbilt Psychiatric Hospital, Nashville,
Tennessee | Dr. Heckers studies the neural basis
of psychotic disorders, especially schizophrenia
and bipolar disorder. He is interested in the early
stages of psychosis and hopes to develop new
diagnostic procedures and interventions to
improve the outcome of psychotic disorders.
Nev Jones, Mental Health Services Researcher,
Yale University School of Medicine, Stanford
University, San Francisco, California | Dr. Jones is
a community psychologist and mental health
services researcher with a focus on youth/young
adult mental health, early intervention in
psychosis, and the social and cultural
determinants of service engagement, disability
and recovery. She has been actively involved in
early psychosis policy, technical assistance and
intervention development, including design
projects focused on structural competency, peer
and family support, youth involvement and
supported education. Dr. Jones is co-primary
investigator on a nascent PCORI-funded project
to build a national early psychosis stakeholder
research involvement network. Herself an
budget of approximately $4,000,000. She is also
a trainer in Adverse Childhood Experiences
(ACEs) through the Building Strong Brains
Initiative. Jessica has previously worked in
community-based mental health, in substance
abuse recovery housing, and in the intellectual
and developmental disability community, with
the majority of her experience being with
children, youth, and young adults. Jessica is also
a Licensed Master Social Worker who received a
Bachelor of Arts in Sociology and a Bachelor of
Arts in Spanish from East Tennessee State
University, as well as a Master of Social Work
from the University of Tennessee.
Victoria Paradise, CPRS, Certified Peer Recovery
Specialist for Healthy Transitions and OnTrack
TN, Carey Counseling Center, Inc., Paris,
Tennessee | Victoria Paradise is the Certified
Peer Recovery Specialist for the Healthy
Transitions Initiative and OnTrack programs
through Carey Counseling Center, Inc. She
became certified in September 2016, began
working for Healthy Transitions in November
2016, and recently began working for OnTrack in
August 2017. Victoria hopes to continue her
education to become a school counselor.
Tanci Parker, DNP, PMHNP, FEPI Prescriber,
Alliance Healthcare Services, Memphis,
Tennessee | Tanci C. Parker is a Nurse
Practitioner Specialist in Cordova, Tennessee.
She graduated with honors in 1995 from the
University of Tennessee College of Medicine with
her medical degree. Having more than 22 years
of diverse experiences, especially as a Nurse
Practitioner, Tanci C. Parker affiliates with many
hospitals and outpatient organizations and
cooperates with other doctors and specialists in
medical groups.
David Patzer, MD, Medical Director, Mental
Health Cooperative, Nashville, Tennessee | Dr.
David Patzer is board certified as a General
Adult, Child, and Adolescent and Addiction
Psychiatrist. He currently serves as the Medical
Director at Mental Health Cooperative and the
treating psychiatrist for MHC’s OnTrack
program. He also serves as Medical Director for
Bradford Health Services. Dr. Patzer completed
his residency at Yale University Child Study
Center where he later served as a faculty
professor. Dr. Patzer has over 20 years of
experience working in mental health and
addiction psychiatry.
alumna of early intervention services, she is
currently a clinical assistant professor at the Yale
University School of Medicine, Program for
Recovery & Community Health
Kisha Ledlow, Project Director, Tennessee Healthy
Transitions Initiative, Office of Children and Youth
Mental Health, Tennessee Department of Mental
Health and Substance Abuse Services, Nashville,
Tennessee | Kisha Ledlow is the Principal
Investigator and Project Director of the
Tennessee Healthy Transitions Initiative as well
as the Project Director of Tennessee’s First
Episode Psychosis Initiative at the Tennessee
Department of Mental Health and Substance
Abuse Services. In this role, she utilizes her
extensive knowledge of systems of care to
ensure that youth and young adults are engaged
in their in their communities in order to
collaboratively create relevant, effective services
for themselves and their peers. She provides
leadership for and oversight of all aspects of the
implementation of these initiatives, including
strategic development, implementation, and
evaluation. Prior to her current position, Kisha
held a number of diverse roles in systems of care
in Tennessee, including serving as the Technical
Assistance Coordinator for an early childhood
system of care as well as the Statewide Technical
Assistance Coordinator and Grants Manager of
multiple systems of care. Through these
experiences, she has developed an
understanding of systems of care from multiple
perspectives. She earned a Master’s Degree in
Sociology from Middle Tennessee State
University.
Kandy McGuinness, CPRS, Certified Peer
Recovery Specialist | Kandy McGuinness has
been certified as a Certified Peer Recover
Specialist for the past 17 years. Previous to her
role as peer support at MHC, she was a Peer
Support Supervisor at Tennessee Mental Health
Consumers’ Association and a Peer Support
Supervisor at Centerstone.
Jessica Mullins, LMSW, Assistant Director of Child
and Youth Mental Health, Tennessee Department
of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services,
Nashville, Tennessee | Jessica Mullins serves as
the Assistant Director of Children & Youth
Mental Health for the Tennessee Department of
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services
(TDMHSAS). In this role, she is responsible for
providing programmatic oversight to nine
children’s mental health programs across the
state, including 26 contracts with an annual
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Tamara G. Sale, MA, Director, EASA Center for
Excellence, Oregon Health & Science University-
Portland State University School of Public Health
and Co-Principal Investigator, Pathways EASA
Connections Project, Portland, Oregon | Tamara
G. Sale, MA, is the Director of the EASA Center
for Excellence at Oregon Health & Science
University-Portland State University School of
Public Health and co-principal investigator of the
Pathways EASA Connections project. Ms. Sale
was the lead architect of the first U.S. integration
of early psychosis services into the public mental
health system, beginning with a five-county
implementation in 2001 by an Oregon Health
Plan regional mental health authority, followed
by statewide implementation beginning in 2007.
Ms. Sale has overseen and provided model and
program development, technical assistance,
training, practice guideline and fidelity tool
development, research, data collection and
continuous quality improvement efforts,
strategic planning, grant writing and
sustainability planning. Ms. Sale created EASA’s
statewide Young Adult Leadership Council in
2013 and has worked with young adults to
connect their experiences to policy and program
development. Ms. Sale has provided many
national webinars, conference presentations,
and written materials. She was co-author of a
textbook chapter on early psychosis
intervention, an implementation guide for new
early psychosis programs, and a study of
international fidelity tool development. She is
on the steering committee of the Prodrome and
Early Psychosis Program Network (PEPPNET) and
co-chair of the national training and technical
assistance work group. Ms. Sale was Deputy PI
for the Oregon arm of the Detection and
Implementation for the Prevention of Psychosis
(EDIPPP) study.
Max Schiff, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor,
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences,
Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville,
Tennessee | Dr. Schiff received his MD PhD at
New York University where he received his
doctorate in Neuroscience. He began his
Research Track residency training in Psychiatry at
UCSD and completed his last year of training at
Vanderbilt University Medical School. After
completion of his residency, Dr. Schiff joined the
faculty at Vanderbilt is currently an Assistant
Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
focusing on both the in-patient and out-patient
treatment of early psychosis.
Fulya Sobczak, BA, Certified Peer Recovery
Specialist for On Track TN Alliance Healthcare
Services, Memphis, Tennessee | Ms. Sobczak is a
Certified Peer Specialist for First Episode
Psychosis Program at Alliance Healthcare
Services. She has extensive experience working
in the Mental Health Field as a Crisis Counselor,
Dispatch Specialist, Support Group Facilitator
and Teacher for TN Mental Health Consumers
Association and NAMI. Her key role as a CPRS
with ON Track TN is to inspire hope and help
others embrace recovery in their own lives, act
as a role model, mentor, a motivator, educator
and as group facilitator.
On Track TN is a team approach to help
adolescents and young adults diagnosed with
psychosis achieve their goals that they set for
themselves, such as going to school or work and
to stay in healthy relationships with their family
and friends to continue the life of recovery.
Ms. Sobczak has worked as a Certified Peer
Recovery Specialist for the last five years for
Alliance Healthcare Services. She has received
her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology with a Minor
in Sociology from the University Of Memphis, she
teaches and facilitates recovery-based
educational workshops and is currently a WRAP
Trainer (Wellness Recovery Action Plan).
Lindsay Stone, MA, Children and Youth Services
Coordinator, Helen Ross McNabb Center,
Knoxville, Tennessee | Lindsay Stone, Children
and Youth Services Coordinator for the Helen
Ross McNabb Center is currently responsible for
the oversight of the OnTrack TN (FEP) program,
as well as the Knox County children and youth
outpatient clinic, school based therapy services,
Tennessee Health Link services, and intensive
case management programs, such as CTT and
CCFT. Lindsay began working at the Helen Ross
McNabb Center in 2005. Other areas of focus
include, group facilitation, adventure-based
counseling, trauma and grief counseling, and
early intervention services for children and
youth. Lindsay holds a Bachelor of Arts in
Psychology from Lee University and a Master of
Arts in Mental Health Counseling from Argosy
University.
Jeffery Stovall, MD, Associate Professor,
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences,
Vanderbilt University, School of Medicine,
Nashville, Tennessee | Dr. Jeffrey Stovall joined
the faculty in 2008. He has worked in community
psychiatry and in primary medical settings, and
consulted with the Ministry of Health of the
Republic of Vietnam. His areas of academic
interest include the development and outcomes
of community based systems of care for
individuals with severe mental illness, and
schizophrenia.
A. Elise Tanner, LCSW, FEPI Team Leader,
Alliance Healthcare Services, Memphis,
Tennessee | Ms. Tanner is pleased to be working
with Alliance Healthcare Services with the First
Episode Psychosis Program, otherwise known as
OnTrackTN. This program is designed to be
proactive with the identification of youth and
young adults experiencing prodromal symptoms
and/or who have/are experiencing their first
episode of psychosis. This is an intensive wrap-
around program, with a strong focus on
education and recovery for those youth/young
adults diagnosed with a severe and persistent
mental illness.
Ms. Tanner has been working with the SPMI
population, in a rural community sector in
Arkansas, for about 15 years. She recently
accepted the FEPI/OnTrackTN Team Lead
position in September, 2016. Her past
experiences include Emergency Services Team
Supervisor, Coordinator of Mental Health Court
Diversion, working with the forensic population
in restoration of competency, and working with
probation and parole mandated consumers with
alcohol and drug abuse services.
Ms. Tanner is Licensed Clinical Social Worker,
licensed in both Arkansas and Tennessee, and
received her degree from the University of
Tennessee, Knoxville. Ms. Tanner is trained in
Adult Mental Health First Aid, Mental Health
First Aid for Public Safety, Peer Support and
Recovery, CBT for Schizophrenia, IPS Supported
Employment for Supervisors, and is a Mandated
Pre-Screening Agent.
Shar Wentworth, MEd, Primary Clinician, Helen
Ross McNabb Center, Knoxville, Tennessee | Shar
Wentworth currently serves as the Primary
Clinician for OnTrack TN at the Helen Ross
McNabb Center, as well as the recovery coach
and outreach coordinator for the First-Episode
Psychosis program. Shar has previous work
experience with adolescents struggling with
significant trauma and drug use, crisis
intervention services, and completed a master’s
level internship at an inpatient psychiatric
hospital, as well as a methadone replacement
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partners to provide services to those patients
previously served by Lakeshore.
In her role as Deputy, Ms. Williams worked with
former Commissioner E. Douglas Varney
regarding the prescription drug abuse epidemic
facing our state and participated in the creation
of the Prescription for Success initiative, a multi-
faceted strategy to address the prescription drug
problem in Tennessee. Deputy Williams also
made a concerted effort to oversee the
implementation of more “low-cost, high-impact”
programs in the community.
Prior to the appointment of Deputy
Commissioner, Ms. Williams served as the
Assistant Commissioner of Mental Health
Services where she worked collaboratively to
expand consumer based recovery services
focused on special populations, supports,
employment, housing, transportation planning,
consumer affairs, and crisis services. Her division
oversaw the statewide planning process as well
as the successful implementation of the
behavioral health safety net program, which
provides services for persons who were
disenrolled from TennCare.
Her initiative, the Creating Homes Initiative (CHI),
was announced in August of 2000 and has been
responsible, in collaboration with seven Regional
Housing Facilitators and community partners, for
the leveraging of more than $484 million in
federal, state, local, public, private, traditional,
and non-traditional funding sources. Thus far the
CHI has developed 13,592 supportive housing
options along a continuum that allows for
persons diagnosed with mental illness and co-
occurring disorders to live in, thrive in, and
contribute to their communities in the least-
restrictive settings that are consistent with their
needs and choices.
Ms. Williams received First Place in the 2002 Eli
Lilly Reintegration Award for the CHI. She
received the Best Practices award from the
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
(CMS) and was made a finalist in the Good
Housekeeping Award for Women in
Government. Ms. Williams was the 2004
recipient of the NAMI Phillip & Sarah Francoeur
Award for Housing.
Prior to serving as an Assistant Commissioner,
Ms. Williams was chosen as a Community Builder
Fellow with the U.S. Department of Housing and
Urban Development (HUD). While at HUD, Ms.
Williams received Secretary Andrew Cuomo’s
Best Practices recognition. She brings several
years of experience working with the homeless
population, formerly as Director of Homeless
Ms. West received her undergraduate degree in
psychology from the University of Virginia and
her master’s degree in counseling psychology
from Trevecca Nazarene University. She has
resided in the Nashville area since 1997 and
currently lives in Brentwood, Tennessee with her
husband, Ben, and daughter, Sienna Grace.
Ellyn Wilbur, MPA, Executive Director, Tennessee
Association of Mental Health Organizations
(TAMHO), Nashville, Tennessee | Ellyn Wilbur
received her BA and MPA degrees from the
University of Memphis. She has worked in the
field of community behavioral health and social
services for more than 30 years. She is currently
the Executive Director of the Tennessee
Association of Mental Health Organizations
(TAMHO), a trade association that represents the
community behavioral health providers in
Tennessee. In this role, she helps to promote
TAMHO’s mission: to serve its members; to
promote the advancement of effective
behavioral health services; and advocates for
people in need of care.
Her previous experiences include serving as the
founding Executive Director of Case
Management, Inc. in Memphis, Tennessee,
Director of Policy for United Ways of Tennessee
and Vice-President for Children’s Services for
Magellan Health in Nashville Tennessee.
Marie Williams, Commissioner, Tennessee
Department of Mental Health and Substance
Abuse Services, Nashville, Tennessee | Marie
Williams was appointed Commissioner of the
Tennessee Department of Mental Health and
Substance Abuse Services (TDMHSAS) by
Governor Bill Haslam, effective October 22,
2016.
Previously Ms. Williams, LCSW, served as the
TDMHSAS Deputy Commissioner, since her
appointment on August 28, 2011. Ms. Williams
was responsible for the leadership, oversight,
and direct management of each Division and
acted on behalf of the Commissioner in his
absence, as necessary.
In her position as Deputy, Ms. Williams served as
top advisor to the Commissioner and managed
the departmental budget of over $300 million. In
her tenure as Deputy, Ms. Williams successfully
assisted in the Department’s transformation
initiative and the closure of Lakeshore Mental
Health Institute by moving patients into the
community and reinvesting $20.5 million into the
community for programs and services. Her
leadership secured the support of three East
Tennessee private psychiatric in-patient hospital
treatment facility. Shar holds a Bachelor of Arts
in Psychology from University of Maine and a
Master of Education in Counselor Education, also
from the University of Maine.
Sejal West, Deputy Commissioner, Tennessee
Department of Mental Health and Substance
Abuse Services, Nashville, Tennessee | Sejal West
currently serves with the Tennessee Department
of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services
as the Deputy Commissioner. She was
appointed to this position October 24, 2016. As
such, Ms. West is responsible for the leadership,
oversight, and direct management of the
following divisions: Hospital Services, Substance
Abuse Services, Mental Health Services,
Planning, Research and Forensics, Administrative
and Regulatory Services, and acts on behalf of
the Commissioner in her absence, as
necessary. Ms. West serves as top advisor to the
Commissioner and manages the departmental
budget of more than $300 million.
Prior to this appointment, Ms. West served as
the Assistant Commissioner of Mental Health
Services where she was responsible for leading
the Division of Mental Health Services in fulfilling
the mandated responsibility of planning and
promoting a comprehensive array of services,
programs, and
supports for individuals and families with me
ntal illness, co-
occurring disorders, and serious emotional
disturbances. This responsibility is achieved
through the oversight of 200+ contracts with
vendors to provide community-based programs
and services across the state of Tennessee with
an annual budget of approximately $78,000,000
and a team of 47 staff. She has been successful
in securing over $35,000,000 in federal
discretionary grant funding during her tenure
with the Department.
Prior to serving as an Assistant Commissioner,
Ms. West was the Director of Behavioral Health
Safety Net of Tennessee with an annual budget
of $22,500,000. Responsibilities and duties
included but were not limited to contract
development, budget allocation, program
monitoring, data collection/ interpretation,
supervision of staff, policy and procedure
revision/development, building/maintaining
relationships with community providers and
stakeholders.
Ms. West also has several years of experience
providing direct services in a community mental
health center and understands the challenges
and difficulties that individuals living with serious
mental illness often face.
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Services for Catholic Charities of Memphis, where she developed and administered
operations for treatment programs at three sites for persons diagnosed with
mental illness or co-occurring disorders. Her most significant professional
publication and accomplishment is the creation of the Out of Poverty curriculum, a
group-based peer and mentor training program for helping people move from
dependence to self-sufficiency, co-authored with Dr. Larry Lambert, which is
currently being implemented in communities across the country.
Matt Yancey, LCSW, MPA, Assistant Commissioner, Division of Mental Health
Services, Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services,
Nashville, Tennessee | Matt Yancey serves as the Assistant Commissioner for the
Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services
(TDMHSAS). In this role, he is responsible for leading the Division of Mental Health
Services in fulfilling the mandated responsibility of planning and promoting a
comprehensive array of services, programs, and
supports for individuals and families with mental illness, co-
occurring disorders, and serious emotional disturbances. This responsibility is
achieved through the oversight of 200+ contracts with vendors to provide
community-based programs and services across the state of Tennessee with an
annual budget of approximately $78,000,000 and a team of 47 staff. Prior to being
appointed Assistant Commissioner, Matt served as the TDMHSAS Director of
Special Projects. Before coming to TDMHSAS, Matt was the Director for the Office
of Children, Young Adults, and Families with the Georgia Department of Behavioral
Health and Developmental Disabilities. Matt previously served as the Director for
the Office of Adolescent and School Health with the Georgia Department of Public
Health and as Project Director for a SAMHSA Safe Schools/Healthy Students federal
grant awarded to the Cobb County School District (Marietta, Georgia). Matt also
has extensive experience in child welfare, having previously served the Georgia
Division of Family and Children Services. Matt is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker
who received a Bachelor of Science in Anthropology from Berry College, a Master
of Social Work from The University of Georgia, and a Master of Public
Administration from Kennesaw State University.
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CONTACT / CLOCK HOURS / CE UNITS AVAILABLE
Day 1
9:45 am ..... Opening General Session .................................... 1.50
10:45 am .... General Session ................................................... 1.50
1:45 pm ..... General Session ................................................... 1.50
3:30 pm ..... General Session ................................................... 1.50
Day 2
8:30 pm ..... General Session ................................................... 1.50
10:15 pm ... Closing General Session ...................................... 1.50
TOTAL CONTACT/CLOCK HOURS AVAILABLE ......................................... 9.00
CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Individual participants are responsible for assessing and determining the appropriateness of session content as relates to their respective certification organization or licensing board requirements.
A certificate of continuing professional development for up to 9.00 contact hours will be made available by TAMHO to all participants upon request for documentation of contact hours earned during this conference. Request forms and related details will be available in participant registration packets on site at the conference.
APA and/or NASW are considered pre-approved hours acceptable for submission of documentation for continuing professional development for individuals licensed by this Board.
tennessee certified peer recovery specialist (cprs) This event has been approved by Tennessee CPRS to provide up to 9.0 contact hours. Documentation of hours earned will be provided upon request to participants who have successfully completed the program.
licensed alcohol and drug abuse counselors As stated within the rules and regulations of the State of Tennessee Board of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counselors (1200-30-01-.12), TAMHO is considered an authorized entity for continuing education courses, events, and activities related to the practice of alcohol and drug abuse counseling.
nasw—tennessee chapter Application has been submitted to NASW Tennessee Chapter for consideration of sessions provided at this conference.
Approval is pending. Please visit http://www.tamho.org/2017-fepi-conference for updates and approvals.
Professionals in attendance at this conference are encouraged to review Chapter 1365-1 to ensure the workshop they are attending is applicable and appropriate to their professional development. The Tennessee Board of Social Work Certification and Licensure does not pre-approve continuing education programs. It is the responsibility of the LMSW/LCSW, using their professional judgment, to justify that the continuing educational program meets the guidelines of Chapter 1365-1 and is relevant to their professional practice.
american psychological association (apa) Frontier Health is approved by the American Psychological Association (APA) to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Frontier Health maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
Six (6) hours of credit is available for attending August 21st — full attendance this day is required to receive credit.
Three (3) hours of credit is available for attending August 22nd — full attendance this day is required to receive credit.
Partial credit cannot be awarded per APA Guidelines.
professional counselors, marital and family therapists, and clinical pastoral therapists As stated within the rules and regulations of the State of Tennessee Board for Professional Counselors (0450-01-.12-(5)-(a)-1-vi and vii), Marital and Family Therapists (0450-02-.12-(5)-(a)-1-vi and vii ), and Clinical Pastoral Therapists (0450-03-.12-(5)-(a)-1-vi and vii), the hours approved for this conference by
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