Movilizadonos por Nuestro Futuro:
Strategic Development of a Mental Health Workforce for Latinos

July 9-10, 2009
San Francisco, CA

Event Agenda

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KEYNOTE PRESENTATIONS:

Teresa Chapa, Ph.D., M.P.A.
Senior Policy Advisor, Mental Health, Office of Minority Health, United States Department of Health and Human Services
Click for copy of Dr. Chapa’s power point presentation titled Current State of Latino Mental Health and Need for Workforce Development

H. Westley Clark, M.D., J.D., M.P.H., CAS, FASAM
Director, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Click for copy of Dr. Clark’s power point presentation titled Call to Action: Developing a Latino Behavioral Health Workforce

Kenneth S. Thompson, M.D.
Medical Director, Center for Mental Health Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

PANEL 1
Best Practices of Educational Models

Amaro J. Laria, Ph.D.
Director, Latino Mental Health Training Program, Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology
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Gustavo Loera, Ed.D.
Director of Educational Research and Development, Mental Health America of Los Angeles
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Eduardo Morales, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor of Psychology, Director of Workforce Development, California School of Professional Psychology-SF Campus, Alliant International University
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Elena Padrón, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Psy.D. Program, California School of Professional Psychology, Alliant International University, San Francisco
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Virginia Quiñonez, Psy.D.
Chair and Associate Professor, Clinical Counseling Department, The Chicago School of Professional Psychology
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Moderator:
Henry Acosta, M.A., M.S.W., L.S.W.
Executive Director, National Resource Center for Hispanic Mental Health

PANEL 2
Best Practices of Latino Recruitment and Retention

Melinda Cordero
Associate Director, Visión y Compromiso
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Igda E. Martínez, Psy.D.
Alumni, Project L/EARN, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
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Manuel Paris, Psy.D.
Assistant Professor of Psychology (in Psychiatry) Yale University School of Medicine,
and Director of Program Development, Connecticut Mental Health Center, Yale University, Connecticut Latino Behavioral Health System
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Ivan Quervalú, Ph.D., L.M.S.W.
Puerto Rican Family Institute, Inc., and National Association of Social Workers – New York Chapter, Latino Social Work Task Force
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Moderator:
Rick Ybarra, M.A.
Program Officer, Hogg Foundation for Mental Health, The University of Texas at Austin

PANEL 3
The Role of National Organizations and Foundations in Developing the Mental Health Work Force

Milton Fuentes, Psy.D.
President-Elect, National Latina/o Psychological Association, and Associate Professor, Psychology Department, Co-Director, Latin American and Latino Studies Program, Director, New Faculty Program, Montclair State University
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René A. González
Executive Director of HACU Student Services and Corporate Internship Program, Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities

Octavio N. Martinez, Jr., M.D., M.P.H., M.B.A.
President, Hogg Foundation for Mental Health, The University of Texas at Austin
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Rosalina Perdomo-Ayala, M.S.W., C.S.W.
National Association of Puerto Rican and Hispanic Social Workers

Moderator:
Garth N. Graham, M.D., M.P.H.
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Minority Health, Office of Minority Health (OMH), United States Department of Health and Human Services