NARPA
2014 ANNUAL RIGHTS CONFERENCE
2014 ANNUAL RIGHTS CONFERENCE
September 3-6, 2014
The DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel SeaTac Airport Seattle, Washington
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18 Hours Social Work CEUs Available; CLEs pending
Conference Keynotes
Paula J. Caplan Clinical and Research Psychologist and Author, including They Say You're Crazy and When Johnny and Jane Come Marching Home: How All of Us Can Help Veterans There Are No Rules About Psychiatric Diagnosis...And That Must End Senior Staff Attorney, National ACLU Disability Rights Program Adjunct Professor, UC Berkeley School of Law
Irit Shimrat and Author of Call Me Crazy: Stories from the Mad Movement
[David Cohen](/bios/cohen.david) Social Work Professor, University of California, Los Angeles and CoAuthor of Mad Science: Psychiatric Coercion, Diagnosis & Drugs: American Psychosis or Mad Science? What A Care System for Seriously Distressed People Might Look Like
Dennis Feld, J.D. & Arthur Baer, J.D. [NY Mental Hygiene Legal Service Special Litigation & Appeals Unit [The Twilight of Liberty: Psychiatric Outpatient Supervision & Control and Diminished Spheres of Personal Autonomy--an Expanding Front in the War for Personal Liberty Sam Bagenstos, J.D. [ Significant Developments in Mental Health Law, 2013-14 ][Professor, University of Michigan School of Law & former Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice
Film Screenings from Directors & Filmmakers
Continuing Legal Education (CLE) units and Social Work CEUs will be available.
Advocate/attorney workshop presenters emphasizing NARPA's mission of advocacy and civil rights: Jennifer Mathis, Oryx Cohen, Diane Smith Howard, Jim Gottstein, Jan E. Friedman, Bill Stewart, Tina Minkowitz, Alexandra Adame, Mike Subit, Anupa Iyer Geevarghese, Margot Mendelson,Beckie Child, Darby Penney, Steven Morgan, Carolyn Pettit-Lange, Jan E. Friedman, Martha Lafferty, Heather McKimmie, Emily Cooper, J. Michael Diaz, Kathy Wilde, Ann Kasper, Rachael Seevers, David Walker, Pamela Cohen, the keynote speakers, and others.
[Workshops include:
- The Unique Role of Peer Support/Trauma-Informed Peer Support, Darby Penney, M.L.S.
- Challenging Use of Force: US Department of Justice Investigates Law Enforcement in Portland and Seattle: Jan E. Friedman, J.D. & Anne Kasper & J. Michael Diaz, J.D.
- Advocating for Inmates with Mental Illness--The Role of the P&A, Heather McKimmie, J.D., & Rachael Seevers, J.D.
- Legal Strategies to End Solitary Confinement,Margot Mendelson, J.D. & Ranjini Acharya, J.D.
- Promoting and Developing Crisis Alternatives, Matthew Cohen
- The Role of Litigation in a Strategic Approach to Mental Health System Change, James B. (Jim) Gottstein, J.D.
- Ethical Psychopharmacology: David Cohen, Ph.D.
- Mental Health Oppression & American Indian Youth: Challenging Generations of Harm, David Walker, Ph.D.
- Outpatient Commitment Litigation, Pamela Cohen, J.D., Dennis Feld, J.D. & Arthur Baer, J.D.
- A Different Kind of Understanding: A Qualitative Exploration of Psychotherapy and Psychosis, Alexandra L. Adame, Ph.D.
- Evidence-Based Malpractice in Psychiatric Diagnosis: Paula J. Caplan, Ph.D. & David Walker, Ph.D.
- Medicaid Fraud Claims Challenging Practice of Prescribing Off Label Psychiatric Drugs to Children, James B. (Jim) Gottstein, J.D.
- Intentional Peer Support as a Framework for Building Community: Steven Morgan
- Recent Developments re Bar Admission Mental Health Questions, Heather McKimmie, J.D., & Emily Cooper, J.D.
- The Insanity Defense and Its Relatives, Tina Minkowitz, J.D.
- Video: Welcoming Johnny and Jane Home, Paula J. Caplan, Ph.D. (followed by discussion)
- Lane v. Kitzhaber: Challenging Segregated Sheltered Workshops, Kathy Wilde, J.D.
- Children with Mental Health Needs in the Child Welfare System, Diane Smith Howard, J.D.
- Strategies to Defeat H.R. 3717 (the Murphy Bill, aka the "Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act"), Jennifer Mathis, J.D., Beckie Child, & David Lord, J.D.
- Practical Strategies & Specific Resources from the Social Justice Sisters, Carolyn Pettit-Lange & Ele Munjeli
- Employment Discrimination, Anupa Iyer Geevarghese, J.D., Mike Subit, J.D. & Claudia Center, J.D.
- Reel Change -- Video Advocacy: a powerful tool for systemic reform, Emily Cooper and more.
Note:****Presentations, presenters, and scheduled times are subject to change.