NCCCC Care Manager Conference: Tools to Care for Yourself and Your Clients

Conference Agenda Included:

Opening Keynote: Finding Joy  Wellness isn’t a destination.  It’s a way of living, of looking at the world, of embracing change that, day by day, helps us live more fully.   National certified health and wellness coach Benita Zahn shares pointers on embracing strategies leading to living a life of wellness and finding joy every day.
- Benita Zahn, DPS, B Your Best with Coach Benita 

Navigating Communication Styles for Better Connections This interactive session will provide participants an opportunity to learn new strategies for improving communication and leadership, and will explore different communication styles and use the T.E.A.M. Communication Styles as a model.
- Jennifer Amstutz, J.A. Strategies, LLC

Addressing Burnout & Improving Wellbeing: How to Find Your Center This session will examine the difference between stress and burnout and guide attendees to understand how to identify our current state and ways to improve our wellbeing while still accomplishing everything we need and want to do in life.
- Kim Perone, MA, CLC, CWMF, Center for Clarity, Compassion & Contentment

Hixny and PSYCKES: Tools for Care Managers This session will provide an overview of Hixny and the PSYCKES web-based and iOS app that highlights relevant data and features for care managers, including Social Determinants of Health data, Health Home redesignation quality measures, CORE eligibility, eSignature, and more!
- Julia Prusik, MPH, Hixny; Kristen McLaughlin, MA, NYS Office of Mental Health; MichelleHand, MSW, NYS Office of Mental Health

DOH/OMH Care Management Updates
Representatives from NYS Department of Health and Office of Mental Health will share program updates with an opportunity for attendees to ask questions.
- Alison Conneally, MS, RDN, CDN, NYS Department of HEalth; Stacey Hale, LMSW, NYS Office of Mental Health; Hillel Hirshbein, LCSW, MPH, NYS Department of Health

Closing Keynote: Conversations with Ken This session will bring the group together for the important conversations that bridge divides, and help organizations and those they work with to feel connected.
- Ken Nwadike, Jr., Free Hugs Project