REGISTRATION, RESOURCE FAIR, REFRESHMENTS

Resource display area  

12:00 noon – 1:00

WELCOME

Naomi Berkowitz, Chair

Sylvan Leabman, President/CEO, Jewish Family Services  

PLENARY PANEL: CREATING A CARING COMMUNITY

• Susan Weinreich - Artist, Lecturer, Mental Health Advocate, Survivor  

• Rabbi Jacob Herber – Spiritual leader of Congregation Beth Israel, President Wisconsin Council of Rabbis

• Rachel Forman, PhD – Executive Director, Grand Avenue Club  

1:00  – 2:15

BREAKOUT GROUPS SESSION 1:

Note: Resource display area will be open through the day

1. Responding with Empathy: The Right Words for Difficult Times
   Rabbi Ronald Shapiro, DD, Senior Rabbi Congregation Shalom

2. Lessons From Our Journey: Family Members Reflect on the Experience of Mental Illness
   Panel of family members facilitated by Rachel Forman, PhD, Executive Director Grand Avenue Club

3. De-stigmatizing Mental Illness- Models for Congregations and the Community
   Lyn Malofsky, Executive Director of Warmline

4. Depression and Other Common Mental Health Concerns In Later Life
   Redentor L. Galang, MD Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare

5. The Hidden Epidemic: Suicide Awareness and Prevention
   Panel with Rebecca Wittig, MeD, CHES,  Mental Health America of Wisconsin and family members  

2:30 – 3:40

BREAKOUT GROUP SESSION 2

6. Crisis Intervention: Accessing Community Resources Panel facilitated by Sandra Pasch, RN, MS, MA

7. Depression and Anxiety In Children and Adolescents
   Kathleen Longeway, PhD – Psychologist, Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin, Mark Batory, MD – Child Psychiatry Fellow, Medical College of Wisconsin

8. Innate Health- a Health Based Model for Maintaining Mental Health
   Sara Hoffman, MSW, LCSW, Esther Grinnell, CISW, & Chani Twerski

9. Understanding Addiction: Finding Hope and Help
   Cathy Halaska, MS, Rogers Memorial Hospital and a person in recovery.

10. The Art of Recovery
    Susan Weinrich, artist, lecturer, mental health advocate, survivor

11. Strategies for Coping and Helping a Family Member or Friend Who Has a Mental Illness 
    Melanie Wasserman, MSW, Jewish Family Services

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3:50 – 5:00