Alternatives 2012 Special Coverage
The PEERS team is back for a second year to provide real-time, in-depth coverage for the national Alternatives conference. Check in daily for blogs, articles, and podcasts on the hottest workshops and distinguished keynotes over four days.
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Wednesday, October 10
And we're off! Get a recap on the opening keynote of the conference:
- News: Hyde: Health care reform to offer new opportunities for consumers by Shannon Eliot
Thursday, October 11
- Blog: A Letter of Thanks to the Pioneers by Shannon Eliot
- News: Sithole: Look to Africa for lessons in recovery by Shannon Eliot
- Blog: Mental health service access in rural areas by Jenee Darden
- News: Portland CBO: Honest, transparent efforts at cultural responsiveness critical to program effectiveness, buy-in by Shannon Eliot
- Podcast: Financial wellness and mental health by Jenee Darden
- Blog: Opportunities for Peer Services in Healthcare Reform by Sharon Kuehn
- Blog: Creating a plan for ending human rights violations in the mental health system by Khatera Aslami
- Blog: Whole Health Recovery by Brianna Williams
Friday, October 12
- News: Hall: Changing relationship with feelings key to personal recovery, social change by Shannon Eliot
- News: Native American tribal communities provide hope for overcoming historical trauma by Shannon Eliot
- Podcast: Serving our veterans and military families with mental health care by Jenee Darden
- Podcast: A veteran's wellness plan: WRAP and Post Traumatic Growth by Jenee Darden
- News: Victorious Black Women brings hope, provides support to women of color by Lisa Smusz
- Blog: A much needed union: consumers and social media by Jenee Darden
- Blog: Would you like fries with that emotion? Coping strategies for stress and emotional eating without side effect by Kelechi Ubozoh
Saturday, October 13
- Blog: My First Alternatives by Leann Simpson
- Blog: "Nothing about us without us" includes YOUTH by Letty Elenes
- Blog: My Alternatives 2012 Experience by Yaffa Alter
