Greetings GA Cpss!

April 4, 2018

Greetings GA CPSs!

We are pleased to announce the next Continuing Education Workshop January 17 & 18, 2012! The CPS Project is thriving, thanks to the work you’re doing! As of December 2011, there are now 676 CPSs who have been certified since the project began!

The day will focus on “Respect” and include networking, an opportunity to share your successes and challenges, direct skills and conceptual training that will improve your ability to partner with your peers in their recovery. We are very fortunate to have Joel Slack, the founder of Respect International as the presenter.

Joel is an international consultant and educator in the field of mental health. His work history includes 5 years as a mental health advocate, 10 years as a senior manager in a state mental health agency and 12 years as an independent consultant and trainer.

He is a graduate of Allegheny College where he earned a degree in International Economics and Business Psychology. In 1998, while living in Sweden, Joel consulted to a regional psychiatric system and conducted training programs throughout the country. During that same year, on behalf of the Center for Mental Health Services in Washington D.C., Joel researched innovative mental health programs throughout the European continent.

Over the years, Joel has served on the National Advisory Councils of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), the Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS) and Boston University's Psychiatric Rehabilitation Program. Joel has served on several boards including the Global Initiative on Psychiatry, a Netherlands-based international human rights and mental health organization. Currently, he serves on Mrs. Rosalynn Carter's Mental Health Task Force at the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library in Atlanta, Georgia.

The Continuing Education Workshops will be held in Room 211 A-B (Professional Sciences Center) in the Jones building at Macon State College, 100 College Station Drive, Macon, GA, January 17 and 18, 2012. Registration begins at 8:30 AM each day with the sessions running from 9 AM to 12 PM and 1 PM to 4 PM each day. 246 Sycamore St, Ste 260 ■ Decatur, GA 30030 ■ Ph: 404.687.9487 ■ Email: [email protected] Fax: 404.687.0772 ■ Toll Free: 1.800.297.6146 ■ Internet: www.gmhcn.org Please return the attached registration form no later than January 10, 2012 so that we can accurately order snacks and lunch. (Those of you who attended last January know that we will be well fed!)

I look forward to seeing all of you there!

Bob R. Patterson, CPS Project Director REGISTRATON FORM CPS CONTINUING EDUCATION JANUARY 17 & 18, 2012 MACON STATE COLLEGE

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CPS GRADUATING CLASS / (Month / Year) PLEASE INDICATE WHICH DATE YOU WANT TO ATTEND: (ONLY ONE DAY IS REQUIRED)  I will attend Tuesday, January 17, 2012.  I will attend Wednesday, January 18, 2012. SIGN-IN AT 8:30 AM. SESSIONS ARE FROM 9-12 AND 1-4 EACH DAY. PLEASE COMPLETE AND RETURN BY JANUARY 10, 2012.

FAX TO- 404-687-0772 OR MAIL TO: Georgia Certified Peer Specialist Project 246 Sycamore Street, Suite 260 Decatur, GA 30030 Attn: CONTINUING ED REGISTRATION TEMPORARY PARKING PERMIT

VALID DATE: January 17 - 18, 2012

GA CPS Continuing Education Workshop CONTINUING EDUCATION DEPARTMENT DO NOT PARK IN FACULTY/STAFF PARKING AREAS. DISPLAY PERMIT IN REAR WINDOW