Curriculum: Overview

Download the Super Saver brochure for an overview of the rich curriculum at the 2009 National Council Conference.


Highly Relevant Tracks … Invaluable Sessions

The 39th National Council Conference broadens your perspective and updates you on the field’s best practices and latest developments. Within each of our broad topic areas, dozens of expert-led workshops and special sessions give you the secrets to survival and success in a time of increasing demand. Here’s a small sampling of the many topics we’re addressing.

BUSINESS, FINANCE, & MARKETING

Accountability and Outcomes Measurement

  • Tools to Measure Recovery

Improving Your Bottom Line

  • Patient Flow Improves Cash Flow
  • Collaboratives to Reduce Costs and Improve Efficiencies
  • Grow Your Organization: New Business Opportunities
  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Philanthropy
  • Lessons from Failure
  • What Does Parity Mean for Your Organization?

Compliance and Accreditation

  • The Business of Coding
  • We’re Being Audited! What Should We Do?

Community Collaborations

  • Healthcare Homes and Integration
  • Financing Integrated Care
  • Cultural Issues in Primary Care-Behavioral Health Collaboration
  • Treating Mental Illness in the Criminal Justice System

Building Your Brand

  • Marketing and Public Relations
  • Public Education
  • Social Media

CLINICAL PRACTICE

Addictions and Co-occurring Disorders

Children and Families; Youth in Transition

  • Bipolar and Children: Are We Over Diagnosing?
  • Youth in Transition: What Works?
  • Prevention: Research Advances and Promising Interventions 

Information and Treatment Technologies

  • Research and Applications
  • New Technology Improves Treatment
  • Schizophrenia: A Time of Hope
  • Military 101: Treating Veterans
  • Electronic Health Records — 10 Ideas to Minimize Pitfalls

LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT

Board Governance

  • Board Role in Inquiry
  • Does Your Board Meet Your Organization’s Needs?

Workforce Development

  • Supported Employment
  • Creating Engaged Employees
  • Getting the Most Out of Your Leaders
  • Rural Workforce Challenges
  • Telecommuting for Case Managers
  • Employing Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants in Behavioral Health

Personal and Professional Development

  • Determining CEO Compensation
  • Study Missions Abroad


Take a look at what we offered in 2008 so you can get an idea of what to expect in 2009.

Get a complete overview with the 2008 Final Program.

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