October 10, 2018 - Mayo-MSCAP Film Event - Rochester, MN
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February 7, 2018 MSCAP Social Event
Summer Social Event
Longfellow Grill
July 13, 2016
September 26, 2018
MSCAP Dinner Meeting at NAVIGATE, St Louis Park
March 12, 2018 - Plymouth Psych Group, Plymouth, MN

Pulling Together for Children's Mental Health Community of Experts Summit
Saturday, November 21, 2015  -  New Brighton Community Center

Drawing upon our community mental health providers’ expertise, journalists with whom we have cultivated relationships, advocates in state government and the private sector, and experienced stakeholders, this event will  engage, train, and empower stakeholders to collaborate, to take ownership and leadership of Minnesota’s children’s mental health system.

8:00am - Breakfast – Networking

8:30am - Welcome, MSCAP David Einzig, MD
Video - Malcom Gladwell on Choice, Happiness and Spaghetti Sauce

8:45am - System Overview, Mary Regan, MCCCA

9:15am - Review of 2015 Session.  Sue Abderholden, NAMI Minnesota

9:45am - People Incorporated Crisis Home in St Paul – Why are citizen advocates so important and so impactful?Jill Wiedemann-West, People Incorporated; Nancy Homans, Policy Director, Mayor Coleman’s office

10:30am - Citizen Advocate Perspective, Deb Cavitt, MACMH

11:00am - Information Sessions: Recreational Marijuana and the Adolescent Brain, (Ken Winters, PhD), Telehealth, (Kristi Moline) MN’s Child Protection System. (Rich Gerhman)

12:00pm Lunch

1:00pm - Policy Advocacy and Coalition Building Sessions – Harnessing our collective strengths / Action steps and Advocacy Priorities

1:30pm - Small Group Reports

2:00pm - Reporter Panel Discussion: The press’s role in communicating needs and concerns.  Brandon Stahl, Chris Serres

2:30pm - Summary Session to Develop Final Priorities

3:00pm - Adjourn
This event was made possible by a grant from the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry


Sponsors:

Minnesota Association of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Minnesota Association for Children's Mental Health

National Alliance on Mental Illness - Minnesota

Never believe that a few caring people can’t change the world.  For indeed, that’s all who ever have.
                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                                                      – Margaret Mead