DANE COUNTY

Past Program Meetings
2008
> June - The Meaning Of Medication: How It Can Help, And How It Can Get In The Way. Ron Diamond, M.D.
> May - 'The Dane County Mental Health System and the Challenges it Faces' Mary Grabor, Community Services Manager for Adult Mental Health Services Dane County Human Services
> April - NAMI Dand County, Annual Awards Banquet.
> March - 'QPR Suicide Prevention Training' | Eric Garland, facilitator.
> February - 'USING YOUR VOICE TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE' | Deb Stapleton, NAMI Dane County Board Member.
> January - DOUBLE TROUBLE: Substance Abuse and Mental Illness | Brett Brasher, CSW, LMFT, CSAC, ICS
2007
> November - Connecting Through Movement, Robyn Lending Halsten, Hancock Center for Dance/Movement Therapy
> October - UPS AND DOWNS ON THE ROAD TO RECOVERY - Consumers Share Their Experiences in Recovery From Mental Illness.
> AUGUST - Our Annual OPEN HOUSE Bonnie Loughran, our Executative Director, and Ava Martinez our new Consumer Council Coordinator !
> JULY - "How to Get the Most Out of Your Psychiatrist Appointments" Scott Bohon, M.D. Dean Clinic - David Davis, Consumer
> June - PROJECT F.A.C.E. Calvin Talor, MS, LPC, Project FACE/FACE-Kiids Coordinator Robyn Davis, MS, LPC Director of Family and Group Programs, Catholic Charities
> May - Bonnie Loughran, NAMI Dane County's Executive Director, talked about herself and how she got involved in NAMI.
She also led a discussion on the 'Myth of Violence and Mental Illness'.
> April - NAMI Dane County 30th Annual Awards Banquet Keynote Speaker: Ed Garvey "Persons with Mental Illness in Prison" -- The Supermax Story.
> March - Stacy McNatt, president and founder of SEEDS OF HOPE Spoke on Eating Disorders
> February - Tellurian UCAN Services - Mental Health, Homelessness, AODA -- Mitch Vesaas, CEO
> January - Childhood and Adolescent Mental Illness - Michael Ishii, MD
2006
> November 14 Interpersonal Forgiveness - Dave Mack, Director of Residential Services, Tellurian
> October 10 - Election Forum - Dane County Sheriff Candidates Mike Hanson and Dave Maloney
> September - Consumer Views on Recovery - A panel discussion with Dave Davis, Ruth Ann Smith and other consumers.
> August - NAMI Dane County Annual Ice Cream Social
> July - Police Crisis Training - Two Models Karen Arneson - Executive Director, NAMI Fox Valley, Lt. Kristen Roman - Madison Police Department
> May - (OCD) Subtypes: Understanding/Treating Hoarding and Primary Obsessions - Presented by: David Jacobi, Ph.D
> March :-- "Empowerment through Self Education and Peer Support” The Madison Hearing Voices Group
> February - Major Adult Depression Diagnosis, Medication, New Research" -with David Bresnahan, M.D.
> January - " Managed Care Project in Dane County" with Bill Greer>
2005
> December - "Medicare Part D" - Aimee McCutcheon from the - Wisconsin Coalition for Advocacy
> November - "Unraveling the Mystery of Benefits" - Keith Heimforth
> October - "Social Security Disability Programs and Supplemental Employment Provisions" Bob Monahan
> September - Bipolar Illness James Jefferson, M.D. will speak on - "Bipolar Illness"
> June - Anxiety, The Big Picture and Specific Therapies - SPEAKER: Dr. John Greist
> May - “Managed Care for SSI Recipients in Dane County" Meeting Bill Greer and Lynn Brady,
> April - NAMI Dane County 28th Annual Awards Banquet
> MARCH Program Meeting - Mike Edwards spoke on "New Systems of Service Delivery for People With Mental Illness"
> February Program Meeting - Bradley C. Riemann, Ph.D. discussed Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
> January Program Meeting Our special guest - Dane County Executive Kathleen Falk !

2004
> December - "Suicide Assessment and Prevention" with Sheila Nunn and Don Levy
> - "Unraveling the Mystery of Benefits "Keith Heimforth - benefits specialist, Yahara House and Alicia Lehman-Laas - Dane County Human Services
> October Program Meeting - Mr. Bob Monahan, Social Security Administratio nwil speak on: "Social Security Disability programsand Supplemental Employment Provisons'
> July - “State Policy Impacting on Mental Health Service” - State Rep. Mark Miller
> June - “Mental Health Issues in the Elderly Population” - Kenneth Robbins, M.D. - Psychiatric Director and Chief of Staff - Stoughton Hospital -
> May - “The Concept (possibility) of Managed Care for the Mental Health System of Dane County” - David LeCount, Mental Health Coordinator of Dane County Tim Otis, Director, Mental Health Center of Dane County Todd Costello, Community Living Alliance Jenny Groes, Management Group Peggy Michaelis, System Redesign Project
> March- Tuesday March 9th - Jim Mandiberg PhD discussed "Why Mental Health Programs Fail: Developing a Social and Economic Base for Client Communities"
> February - Tuesday, February 10 starring: Keith Heimforth Benefits Specialist, Yahara House
“ Benefits 101” - What is M.A.P.P.? - How to Protect Benefits When you Return to Work. - The Ins and outs of SSI and SSDI
> January - held at: Yahara House “Mindfulness, Meditation and Meditative Strategies as Tools for Healing” Vicki Goodman - Mental Health Center of Dane County

2003
> The December Tuesday, December 9, 2003 - Douglas E. Jorenby, Ph.D. - "Evidence-Based Smoking Cessation".