Collaborations Conference 2015

Schedule-At-a-Glance – Wednesday, November 11, 2015
1:00 – 6:00 pm
Avamere Room / Conference Registration Open
1:00 – 2:00 pm / VRCEA Meeting
2:00 – 5:00 pm
2nd Floor Foyer / Exhibit Set-Up
2:00 – 5:00 pm / Pre-Conference Training Session
Session 1 / Ethical Implications of Social Media Use
Chris Reid, PhD and Amy Armstrong PhD, VCU
Session 2 / Person-Centered Provider Development & ISP/Service Authorizations
Barry Seaver , Jennifer Kurtz & Eric Williams, Community Resource Consultants, DBHDS
5:30 – 7:00 pm
2nd Floor Foyer / Welcome Reception – Hosted by Sponsors & Exhibitors
Schedule-At-a-Glance – Thursday, November 12, 2015
7:30 am – 5:00 pm
Avamere Room / Conference Registration
7:30 am – 5:00 pm
2nd Floor Foyer / Exhibits Open
7:30 – 8:30 am
2nd Floor Foyer / Continental Breakfast
8:30 – 10:00 am / Session
#1 / Session
#2 / Session
#3 / Session
#4 / Session
#5
Concurrent Sessions / Motivational
Interviewing
/ Reasonable Accommodations: Engaging in the Interactive Process
/ DARS/Waiver Funding Update / Neura Psych/
BIS/TBI
(TBD) / Supporting Individuals w/Complex Medical Needs to Integrate into Communities
10:00 – 10:30 am / Break
10:30 – 12:00 pm
Peacock Ballroom / Opening General Session
“New Vision, New Direction, New Opportunities - Stand Out, Get Ahead and Get Noticed!”
Marja Lee Freeman
12:00 – 1:45 pm / Lunch on Your Own
12:00 – 1:45 pm / VRA General Membership Meeting
2:00 – 3:30 pm / Session
#1 / Session
#2 / Session
#3 / Session
#4 / Session
#5
Concurrent Sessions / Positive Psychology
1 of 2
/ Handheld Tech Changes Empl Outcomes for Clients
w/Autism / Pathways Out of Poverty: Asset Building & Starting A Business
(Staunton Creative Community Fund) / WIOA Update / Transitioning & Employment After Incarceration, Addiction, MH Issues & Other Challenges
3:45 – 5:15 pm
Concurrent Sessions / Session
#1 / Session
#2 / Session
#3 / Session
#4 / Session
#5
Positive Psychology
2 of 2 / Panic to Productive: Handheld Tech & Anxiety/Stress Management / Social Enterprises:
Plan, Develop & Implement
(ESO Panel) / How Voc Evaluation Contributes to Realistic & Successful Job Placement
/ Evidence Based Practices:
MH & SE
6:15 – 6:45 pm
Ballroom Pre-function Area / Cash Bar & Awards Dinner Seating
6:45 – 8:45 pm
Peacock Ballroom / Awards Dinner – Celebrating Staff, Employers and Virginians with Disabilities!
9:00 – 11:00 pm / Social & Cash Bar – Late Night Happy Hour
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Schedule-At-a-Glance – Friday, November 13, 2015
7:30 – 1:00 pm
Avamere Room / Conference Registration
7:30 – 1:00 pm
2nd Floor Foyer / Exhibits Open
7:30 – 8:30 am
2nd Floor Foyer / Continental Breakfast
8:30 – 9:45 am / Session
#1 / Session
#2 / Session
#3 / Session
#4 / Session
#5
Concurrent
Sessions / Transition from High School to Community Engagement & Employment
(MOST) / Successful Re-Integration for Ex-Offenders & The Use of Fidelity
Bonding? / Preferences, Choices & Person-Centered Reality
1 of 2 / Waiver Redesign Update
(DBHDS) / I Can’t Work – I Don’t Want to Lose My Benefits!
9:45 – 10:00 am / Break
10:00 – 11:15 am / Session
#1 / Session
#2 / Session
#3 / Session
#4 / Session
#5
Concurrent
Sessions / DOJ
Settlement Agreement Update / Transition to Self -Employment / Preferences, Choices & Person-Centered Reality
2 of 2 / Interacting with Police
11:15 – 11:30 am / Break
11:30 – 12:30 pm
Peacock Ballroom / Closing General Session
Cash Drawing
12:30 noon / Conference Adjourns

As of 07/28/15 DRAFT