North Texas Mental Health Symposium 2024

Attendees: For those who need to use a PO or be sent an invoice for registration, please register using the promo code - INVOICEME24 or email kaseys@naminorthtexas.org

To celebrate the 10th year of the Collin County Mental Health Symposium - we're expanding! Join us November 14th at the Plano Event Center for the North Texas Mental Health Symposium where we'll tackle mental health topics from across fields. Hear from local experts on topics such as competency restoration, problematic behaviors in troubled youth, working with LGBTQ clients, overdose response, and more.

AGENDA

• 7:30 AM - Registration & Check In Opens
• 8:15 AM - Opening Remarks
• 9:00 AM - Morning Plenary #1
  • "Stop Minding Your Own Business" - Terry Bentley Hill, Attorney & Mental Health Advocate
• 10:15 AM - Morning Plenary #2
  • "A Wounded Warrior and the Dog That Saved Him" - Staff Sergeant Jason Morgan, Veteran & Best Selling Author
• 11:30 AM - Lunch Begins
• 12:00 PM - Luncheon Keynote
  • "Beyond ABC: Needs Facing Children in North Texas" - Cristal Retana Lule, Vice President, Community Relations, Children's Health & Vanessa Simpson, LCSW-S, Manager, Integrated Behavioral Health, Children's Health
• 1:30 - 2:20 PM - Break Out Sessions #1
  • "Bibliotherapy in the Therapy Play Room: Using Books to Help Children Process Trauma, Grief, and Abuse" - Kelly Pullen M.A., LPC-S, RPT, Children's Advocacy Center of Collin County & Karen Ewing M.S., LPC, RPT, Children's Advocacy Center of Collin County
  • "DBT Interventions Targeting Aggression and Staff Burnout in Juvenile Justice Settings" - Dr. Sheree L. Tarver Sylva-Senette, Clinical Coordinator, Dallas County Juvenile Department Letot Campus
  • "Inclusivity in Care: Overcoming Barriers and Creating Collaborative Systems for IDD and Mental Illness" - Andrew Ahles, LMFT-S Clinical Training Manager, Metrocare Services & Allison Turner, LPC, NCC, Licensed Professional Counselor DDP, Metrocare Services
• 2:30 - 3:20 PM - Break Out Sessions #2
  • "Trendy Depression: The Hidden Reasons Our Teens Aren’t Getting Better" - Leanne Foell, LCSW, Adolescent Speaker & Therapist
  • "State Strategies to Streamline Competency Restoration in Texas" - Dr. Jennie Simpson, Associate Commissioner and State Forensic Director, Texas Health and Human Services Commission
  • "We Didn't Create this Closet: Advocating for LGBTQ+ Clients" - Brian Kennedy, M.S., LPC, Room for Change
• 3:30 - 4:20 PM - Break Out Sessions #3
  • "Problematic and Illegal Sexual Behavior in Youth and Adolescence" - Nicholas La Mere, LPC, Dallas County Children's Advocacy Center
  • "Pre-Trial Intervention for Mentally Ill Defendants and Solutions for the Competency Waitlist" - Lee Pierson, Chief, Mental Health Division, Dallas County District Attorney's Office & Kendall McKimmey, Deputy Chief, Mental Health Division, Dallas County District Attorney's Office
  • "Overdose Response Panel" - Misty Harris, LCDC, NCAC, SAP, Collin County Substance Abuse Program Coordinator & Becky Tinney, LMSW, LCDC, CPS, Director of Special Projects, Recovery Council & Siddharth Rangan, Lifepath Systems
• 4:30 PM - Event Concludes