Job Development in a Challenging Economic Climate

Date:	June 25, 2009
Location:	Crowne Plaza Baltimore, 2004 Greenspring Drive, Timonium, MD, 21093
Presented by:	The Mental Hygiene Administration (MHA); the Division of Rehabilitation Services (DORS); the Maryland Rehabilitation Association (MRA); and the Mental Health Services Training Center, University of Maryland, Baltimore
Registration:	Please complete the on-line registration form

This is a statewide conference that attracts about 200 stakeholders from Maryland’s public mental health community. Attendees include mental health administrators (state and local), program directors, mental health providers, DORS administrators and counselors, consumers and family members from across the state, as well as representatives from various advocacy groups.

Payment Options (fee $45)

Checks - If you are paying by check, please make the check payable to Baltimore Mental Health Systems, Inc. and mail to Peggie Butler-Watson, 3700 Koppers Street, Suite 402, Baltimore, Maryland 21227

Purchase Orders: Please mail to Peggie Butler-Watson (address listed above), you will be invoiced for the conference fee.

Electronic Payment: Agencies using electronic payment must send to Baltimore Mental Health Systems, Inc.; please reference code BMHS-TC 9.

Credit Card: ACCEPTED on-line only; pay NOW with credit card.

Agenda

8:00 – 9:00

Registration and Continental Breakfast

9:00 – 9:15

Welcome and Opening Remarks:
Robert Burns, Assistant State Superintendent, Division of Rehabilitation Services
Brian Hepburn, M.D., Executive Director, Mental Hygiene Administration

9:15–10:15

Keynote Address: Daytime Drama
Anirban Basu, M.P.P., M.Econ., Esq., Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Sage Policy Group, Inc.; Lecturer, Johns Hopkins University; and Commentator, WYPR’s Morning Economic Forecast, Baltimore, MD

10:15–10:45

Employer Perspective
Keith Snyder, Store Manager, CVS Pharmacy, Bethesda, MD

10:45 – 11:00

Morning Break

11:00 – 12:30

Morning Concurrent Sessions

SESSION 1:	Job Development and Placement for Individuals with Criminal Backgrounds Gerald Grimes, The Re-Entry Center at the Northwest One Stop Career Center Mayor’s Office of Employment Development, Baltimore City Employer TBD
SESSION 2:	Job Development and Placement for Individuals with Substance Abuse Disorders Kimberly Reeder, M.Ed., CRC, Baltimore Substance Abuse Systems, Inc. Wendy Edmonds, MSM, Baltimore Substance Abuse Systems, Inc. Henry McAllister, Baltimore Substance Abuse Systems, Inc. Employer TBD
SESSION 3:	Job Development and Placement for Individuals with Traumatic Brain Injury Anastasia Edmonston, M.A., C.R.C., Mental Hygiene Administration Theresa Hoffman, PrimeFlight Aviation Services, BWI Terry Shenk, PDG Rehabilitation Services, Inc. Consumer TBD
SESSION 4:	Job Development and the ADA Carole Miaskoff, Esq., Office of Legal Counsel, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
SESSION 5:	Negotiating Employment Options Using a Customized Approach Laurie Spencer, Southern Maryland Community Network Employer TBD

12:30 – 1:30

Networking Lunch [provided]

1:30 – 2:30

Social Security Administration’s Selective Placement Hiring Initiative
Kristen Medley-Proctor, Ph.D., Social Security Administration

2:30 – 2:45

Afternoon Break

2:45 – 4:15

Afternoon Concurrent Sessions: [Morning concurrent sessions repeated]

4:15

Adjournment [Evaluation and CEU/COA/CRC]

Location and Directions

Crowne Plaza Baltimore, 2004 Greenspring Drive, Timonium, MD, 21093

From the South: Take I-95 North to 695 West toward Towson. Take exit 24 onto I-83 North (signs indicate York, PA). Take the first exit, 16A Timonium Road. Turn right at the light onto Greenspring Drive and right again at the fourth driveway to the Crowne Plaza Baltimore.

From the North: Take I-95 South to 695 West toward Towson. Take exit 24 onto I-83 North (signs indicate York, PA). Take the first exit, 16A Timonium Road. Turn right at the light onto Greenspring Drive and right again at the fourth driveway to the Crowne Plaza Baltimore.

Light Rail from the South (to avoid Baltimore Beltway congestion): Take I-295 North to 695 East toward Glen Burnie. Take Exit 6A (toward Linthicum). Continue on MD-170 North/ North Camp Meade Road to Light Rail Park and Ride. Take Light Rail Northbound (toward Hunt Valley). Exit at Timonium Business Park. You can see Business Park Drive from the light rail stop. Take a right. At the ‘T’, take another right on Greenspring Drive. The Hotel is two blocks on your left. The total walking distance is approximately .4 mile.

Conference Fee

$45.00 All disciplines

Individuals receiving public entitlements may attend this conference for $5.00. If fee represents a hardship, please contact Wendy Baysmore 410-646-7758.

CEU/COA

Certificate for 5.75 Continuing Education Units or 5.75 Continuing Education Credit Hours of Category I will be awarded upon completion of this training and of a completed evaluation. The Mental Health Services Training Center is authorized by the Maryland Board of Examiners of Psychologists as a sponsor of Continuing Education Units, and by the Maryland Board of Social Work Examiners as a sponsor of Category I Continuing Education. The Center maintains responsibility for this program. A Certificate of Attendance will be made available for all other disciplines.