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Alternatives 2008

Adam's Mark Hotel  / Buffalo, New York

October 29 - November 2, 2008

Presentation Handouts

Handout materials from some presenters at the Alternatives 2008 Conference:

Keynote Speakers:

Youth Power!: The Movement – Stephanie Orlando, Lauren Tenney, Christina Felix, Dally M. Sanchez, Eva Dech, and John Donnelly

• A United Journey (PDF, 42 pages, 491KB)

Workshops:

Key Ingredients of Peer Program Identified – Jean Campbell

•  Key Ingredients of Peer Program Identified (PDF, 12 pages, 264KB)

Living Into Wholeness – Debbie Whittle

• Wholeness-Based Perspective (PDF, 19 pages, 733KB)

Intentional Peer Support: An Alternative Approach to Crisis – Lenora Kimball

• Intentional Peer Support: An Alternative Approach to Crisis (PDF, 15 pages, 121KB)

Green Healing: Policy and Possibility – Jonathan Dosick and Judene Shelley

• Green Healing PowerPoint (PDF, 36 pages, 943KB)
• Green Healing Flyer (PDF, 1 page, 148KB)
• Bibliography (PDF, 7 pages 123KB)

The Lives They Left Behind: Suitcases from a State Hospital Attic – Darby Penney

• Handout (PDF, 2 pages, 339KB)
• Flyer (PDF, 1 page, 256KB)

Emergence from Trauma – Cheryl Sharp and Elaine Carroll

• Handout (PDF, 3 pages, 230KB)

Consumer Involvement in Forensics Settings: The Way it Can Be – Fulton State Hospital

• Introduction to the RESPECT Institute (PDF, 25 pages, 68KB)
• Presenters Contact Information (PDF, 1 page, 14KB)
• Mission, Vision, Values (PDF, 2 pages, 30KB)
• Consumer Roles (PDF, 9 pages, 242KB)
• Building Your Own Tool Box (PDF, 2 pages, 800KB)

Coming off Medications: Safety, Control and Choice – Will Hall

• Harm Reduction Guide to Coming Off Psychiatric Drugs (PDF, 41 pages, 2.28MB)
• Information About the Harm Reduction Guide to Coming Off Psychiatric Drugs (link to Icarus Project website)
• First Aid for Emotional Trauma: Information Sheet (PDF, 2 pages, 92KB)

A Way Home: Experiential Group Learning
as a Means of Personal and Community Awakening – Noelle Pollet, Colleen Sheehan, and Elizabeth Stone

• A Way Home: Experiential Group Learning as a Means of Personal & Community Awakening (PDF, 2 pages, 98KB)
• Alternatives to Violence Project / New York: Volunteer Handbook (PDF, 19 pages, 171KB)
• Alternatives to Violence Project: Brochure (PDF, 2 pages, 239KB)
• Alternatives To Violence Project of Vermont Community Program (PDF, 8 pages, 97KB)

Food, Vitamins, and Alternative Grains: The Firm Nutritional Road to Health and Recovery – Chris Foulke

• A Successful Sortie Into Nourishing the Malnourished Mind: or, ‘How My Cat Got Ticked Off at Vitamins’ (PDF, 10 pages, 117KB)
• Resource Guide to Natural, Nutritional, & Alternative Approaches for
  Healing Brain/Behavioral Disorders (PDF, 2 pages, 40KB)
• Good/Bad/Ugly Grains & Whole You! (PDF, 1 page, 133KB)

New Mexico Computer Loan Program: Using Technology as a Tool for Recovery – Christopher Shantz

• Computer Loan Program Brochure (PDF, 2 pages, 97KB)
• Computer Loan Program Presentation (PDF, 13 pages, 665KB)

Medical Imposters of Mental Illnesses: Is It Mental or Medical? – Mary Jensen

• Mental or Medical Mimics of Mental Illnesses (PDF, 21 pages, 465KB)

Mother and Daughter Sharing Recovery – Angel Moore and Kayla Griffin

• Mother and Daughter Sharing Recovery (PDF, 5 pages, 34KB)
• Warmline Flyer (PDF, 1 page, 12KB)

Pain Free - The Way to Be – Nancy Churchill

• The Egoscue Method and Pain Free Radio (PDF, 1 page, 26KB)

The Phenomenon of Laughter in Recovery – Grace Sweet

• Stories of Laughter Healing…(PDF, 4 pages, 27KB)
• Summary of U.S. Laughter Study (PDF, 5 pages, 117KB)
• Articles on laughter Healing (PDF, 4 pages, 25KB)

Enhancing What is Right: Alternatives and Complimentary Approaches – Bob Bennett

• Eating Chocolate For Your Health - (PDF, 3 pages, 40KB)
• Snail Stampede (PDF, 3 pages, 56KB)
• Wetsuit Therapy? (PDF, 3 pages, 64KB)

Power to Choose/Stress Management Skills for Success – Sue Sotack and Walter Marvin

• Power Tools (PDF, 4 pages, 80KB)

Promoting Wellness & Recovery Through Self-Help Groups – Barbara White

• Promoting Wellness & Recovery Through Self-Help Groups (PDF, 7 pages, 68KB)

The Role of the Internal Arts for Health, Wellness and Recovery – Derek Fulker

• The Role of the Internal Arts for Health Wellness and Recovery - (PDF, 22 pages, 172KB)
• The Role of the Internal Arts for Health Wellness and Recovery - Derek Fulker (PDF, 22 pages, 132KB)
• Treating Survivors of Torture and Refugee Trauma: A preliminary case series using Qigong and Tai Chi (PDF, 6 pages, 111KB, )

Where Do We Belong? – Susan Sotack, Martha Brown, Christopher Gingras and Chavine Walker

• Finding Our Place in the Community (PDF, 12 pages, 334KB)