Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Save the Date: Magellan to Host
Community Sharing Sessions
In June, Magellan Health Services of Arizona will host a
series of community sharing sessions to gather input
and feedback from service recipients, family members
and caregivers, advocates, and community members
around shaping the continued evolution of central
Arizona's behavioral health system of care.
Through these sessions, recipients and their supports
have the opportunity to provide input and feedback
about our current system of care and ways in which we
can continue to move our system forward and develop a
new integrated system of care. During the sessions, we
will engage in a dialogue around the following topics:
-- Health and Wellness
-- Adult System of Care
-- Children's System of Care
-- Peer and Family Support Services
-- Community Integration
-- Housing and Employment
-- Transition Age Youth Services
We are asking for your help in promoting the
sessions and encouraging those you serve to
attend one of our four community sharing sessions
below:
-- North Valley: Yesenia's Reception Hall (8010 N. 27th
Ave., in Phoenix) on Wednesday, June 13, from 9:30
a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
-- South Valley: Disability Empowerment Center (5025
E. Washington St., in Phoenix) on Thursday, June 14,
from 1 to 5 p.m.
-- West Valley: Pendergast Learning Center (3841 N.
91st Ave., in Phoenix) on Friday, June 15, from 9:30
a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
-- East Valley: Mesa Convention Center (263 N. Center
St., in Mesa), on Tuesday, June 19, from 1 to 5 p.m.
More details on the sessions will be forthcoming. We
appreciate your support in promoting these sessions to
those you serve.
Events
MY LIFE's MY JOB
postponed
Due to unforeseen
circumstances, MY LIFE's MY
Job Career Fair, which had been
scheduled for Thursday, May 31,
has been postponed until fall
2012. We apologize for any
inconvenience this may cause
and hope that MY Job will have
your support on its new date,
which will be announced soon. If
you forwarded MY Job
information previously, MY LIFE
is asking that you communicate
the postponement to help ensure
everyone is aware.
Fifth anniversary of
Smoke-Free Arizona Act:
A Success Story
This year, "World No Tobacco
Day," celebrated May 31, will be
a date of special significance for
Arizonans. It helps mark the fiveyear anniversary of the SmokeFree Arizona Act, a landmark
voter initiative that prohibits
smoking in most enclosed public
places...read more HERE.
Hoarding Conference
Join JFCS Aleinu and the
Arizona Hoarding Task Force for
their 2012 hoarding conference,
"A Community Response to
Compulsive Hoarding." The
conference welcomes social
workers, discharge planners,
caregivers, administrators, crisis
responders, code enforcement,
APS workers and other
professionals who work with
individuals who hoard.
Thursday, June 7, 2012
8:30 a.m. registration
9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Exciting Training Opportunities
Did you know? In 2010, 31.3 million adults
(13.7 percent of the population 18 years or older)
received mental health services during the past 12
months (NSDUH, 2010).
Featured Upcoming Trainings in June:
"safeTalk" presented by Heather Brown, prevention
coordinator for Magellan Health Services of Arizona, on
Monday, June 4, from 1 to 4 p.m. safeTALK teaches
participants to recognize and engage persons who
might be having thoughts of suicide and to connect
them with community resources trained in suicide
intervention. safeTALK stresses safety while
challenging taboos that inhibit open talk about suicide.
The safeTALK learning process is highly structured,
providing graduated exposure to practice actions. The
program is designed to help participants monitor the
effect of false societal beliefs that can cause otherwise
caring and helpful people to miss, dismiss, or avoid
suicide alerts and to practice the TALK step actions to
move past these three barriers. Six 60-90 second video
scenarios, each with non-alert and alert clips, are
selected from a library of scenarios and strategically
used through the training to provide experiential
referents for the participants.
"Psychiatric Service Dogs" presented by Denise
Wetzler, M.Ed., on Tuesday, June 5, from 1 to 3:30 p.m.
This course will provide introductory information about
Psychiatric Service Dogs (PSD). It will cover state and
federal laws pertaining to PSD, work and tasks of PSD,
documentation, training process, financial aspects,
information for prescribers, and anecdotes from the
presenter. Denise has been partnered with a PSD for
three years. Participants will have the chance to meet a
real PSD and see them in action.
Sign up for these free classes today online at
https://magellan.learn.com/az. The training will take
place at Magellan's Learning Center located at 4801 E.
Washington St., in Phoenix.
Provider Communications and Notices
For the week of May 21, 2012
Scottsdale Civic Center Library
3839 N. Drinkwater Blvd.
Scottsdale, AZ 85251
To register and learn more click
HERE.
Magellan Community
Dialogue Summit Series
North Valley
Wednesday, June 13
9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Yesenia's Reception Hall
8010 N. 27th Ave
Phoenix, AZ 85051
Valley Metro Bus Routes 27 (27th
Ave.) and 80 (Northern)
South Valley
Thursday, June 14
1 to 5 p.m.
Disability Empowerment Center
5025 E. Washington St.
Phoenix, AZ 85034
Valley Metro Bus Route 1
(Washington) and Light Rail
Station Priest and Washington
West Valley
Friday, June 15
9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Pendergast Learning Center
3841 N. 91st Ave.
Phoenix, AZ 85037
Valley Metro Bus Routes 41
(Indian School) and MARY
East Valley
Tuesday, June 19
1 to 5 p.m.
Mesa Convention Center
Superstition North Ballroom,
Building A
263 N. Center St.
Mesa, AZ 85201
Valley Metro Bus Routes 30
(University) and BUZZ
Did you miss an important provider communication or notice last week? Below
is a list of communications and notices Magellan sent last week. All
communications and notices are also available in the For Providers section
of the Magellan of Arizona website.
05-21: Excessive Heat Warning Through Tuesday, May 22
05-21: "Provider Weekly" for the Week of May 21, 2012
05-23: Join us Thurs., May 24 for a webinar on bullying
05-25: Save the Date: Magellan to Host Community Dialogue Summit
Series--Your Voice and Input Matter
05-25: Public Comment Request: ADHS/DBHS Policy and Procedures
Manual Sections QM 2.4 and GA 3.5 and Provider Manual Sections 5.2
and 7.3
Provider Weekly | Editor: Ashley Bolduc
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