As you prioritize your physical health through your active participation in WOW, be sure to focus on positive mental health as well. Many of us are caring for aging loved ones. This conference will help build community and provide participants with strategies and resources to help us develop positive coping strategies.
We have arranged a discounted conference fee of $10 which also includes a boxed lunch. You can use promotional code: 32510 on the Eventbrite registration site. Scroll down this email to find the link.
If you have questions, email the Naomi Ruth Cohen Institute's executive director, Kate Mahoney. Her email address is:
kmahoney@thechicagoschool.edu
Seventeenth Annual Community Mental Health Conference
Sunday, June 3, 2018 • 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Older Adult Mental Health:
Opportunities & Challenges
Opening Panel:
Jeffrey Rediger, MD, Masters in Divinity, is on the faculty at Harvard Medical School and serves as the Chief of Behavioral Medicine at Caritas Good Samaritan Medical Center. He will share advances in integrative medicine and effective approaches to addressing older adult mental health.
Stanley G. McCracken, Ph.D., LCSW, RDDP, is a Lecturer in the University of Chicago, School of Social Service Administration. He has forty years’ experience as a clinician, educator, and consultant and has published on mental health and older adults for the National Center for Gerontological Social Work Education.
Nancy Carstedt, Executive Director of NAMI, Cook County North Suburban, will share her personal recovery journey. Nancy’s personal story demonstrates incredible courage and resilience. She is truly an inspiration!
In the afternoon, participants may attend 2 different discussion groups of their choice from a list of nearly 20 options.
New location this year: Roycemore School
1200 Davis Street, Evanston, 60201
For more information, call: 312-467-2552 or visit our website: www.naomicoheninstitute.org
CEUs for LCSWs, LCPCs & CADCs available
