Experience our annual customer event held at Foxwood's Resort and Casino in scenic Mashantucket, CT. Two and a half days of informative sessions, networking opportunities, face to face time with Echo staff, and unexpected surprises planned for you each evening. Save $100 by registering early. Save on resort reservations as well. We've negotiated a special rate of only $129 per night! There's a limited number of rooms available at this special rate giving you two great reasons to book today!

Join us on World Suicide Prevention Day as we present practical, evidence-based strategies that will save lives. This is a conference you do not want to miss. Featured Workshops Safety Planning Intervention Unpacked  (It’s More than Filling out a Form!)  with Gregory K. Brown, Ph.D., Barbara H. Stanely, Ph.D., & Kelly L. Green, Ph.D.  For years, safety plans have been filled out to assist people at risk for suicide, but not all safety plans are created equal! The developers of the Safety Planning...

This training will now take place in Yakima during the weekend of September 21 and 22, 2019. Applications will be due Friday, August 30th and can be found on the NAMI WA website, or by clicking here. **No need to resubmit an application if you have already sent one in** For more information regarding Provider Education Training, please see below. ________________________________________________________ Are you a mental health professional? Do you live with a mental health condition, or do you have a...

Spend five days learning to become a WRAP Facilitator.** This course is designed to help you become a powerful change agent as a WRAP Facilitator. You will gain a deeper understanding of the recovery process and learn to: • work with people who have mental health challenges to discover the strengths they have and can use to enhance their recovery; • effectively share the underlying concepts necessary to recovery – hope, personal responsibility, education, self-advocacy, and support; • work with...

Forty years ago NAMI began its work fighting stigma and increasing education around mental health issues. This year, the NAMI Washington State Conference will bring together people living with mental illness, family members, legal, medical and research professionals and providers, over two days to explore and celebrate the last 40 years of work in the mental health field, and to consider where we have yet to go. The conference begins on Friday, October 4th at 1:00 PM and ends on Saturday,...

WRAP® workshops are designed to be highly interactive. Facilitators encourage participation at whatever level feels comfortable. WRAP® is a living document that is unique to everyone. WRAP® facilitators skillfully share this simple and profound educational model so that participants can incorporate WRAP® into their lives. Through engagement in a WRAP® Seminar 1 workshop, participants will have a good understanding of the Key Concepts of Wellness and Recovery, and explore ways to integrate the philosophy into daily life. Participants of WRAP® Seminar...

The course is only open to WA state Certified Peer Counselors.  The WRAP® Refresher is a interactive course co-facilitated by the Copeland Center Advanced Level Facilitators to sharpen and expand facilitation skills to further engage groups in the Wellness Recovery Action Planning. Through attendance in this course WRAP Facilitators will: 1.Recognize expanded options on how to give effective group introductions. 2.Identify additional knowledge areas, values and ethics of WRAP. 3.Apply at least one new skill to sharpen and expand group facilitation...

Certified Peer Counselors must document their work, but that documentation must be done in a way that is consistent with their unique role. This workshop helps peer support workers understand requirements of Medicaid and the Washington Administrative Codes, focusing on the type of documentations most often required by CPCs. Expect a simple but thorough method, with lots of practice.

Recovery is Culturally-Based! is a Diversity Focus training that strives to reinforce diversity, inclusion, and engagement in Peer Support work in order to build and maintain a diverse workforce, foster and develop an inclusive workplace, and promote inclusive diversity to deliver the best services to our Peers. Diversity Focus training develops cultural awareness and sensitivity to others in a multicultural work environment. This Diversity Focus training includes activities and ideas that help ensure we foster an atmosphere of shared ownership...

Hosted by HRSA’s Office of Regional Operations-Denver This FREE Webinar is designed for rural providers, organizations, and communities across the nation.  It is being presented to commemorate National Rural Health Day, in conjunction with the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy’s multi-day activities. DESCRIPTION: The purpose of this webinar is to enhance knowledge of stress and suicide in rural areas, with a focus on farm and ranch communities, and to highlight stress/suicide prevention activities.  The webinar will feature examples of...