Proposals due by February 22, 2019

Staff from the DHS Division of Care and Treatment Services serve on the planning committee for the annual Mental Health and Substance Use Recovery Training Conference organized by UW-Stevens Point. The 2019 conference is October 29-30 at the Kalahari Resort and Convention Center in the Wisconsin Dells. 

More than 900 people attend this event. The audience includes mental health, substance use, and trauma prevention, treatment, and recovery professionals. People in recovery from mental illness, substance use, and trauma also attend this event. 

Wanted: 90-minute workshops

You are invited to share your expertise with this audience. Workshops at this event support recovery; demonstrate evidence-based practices, enhance the skills of the audience; promote strength-based approaches, and highlight the voice of lived experience of mental health and substance use. To be considered as a presenter, complete and submit this short form. Multi-presenter proposals are allowed. Proposals are due by February 22, 2019. 

All proposals will be reviewed by the conference planning committee. The presenters of selected workshops will be notified by email no later than May 31, 2019.

All workshop presenters receive complimentary conference registration and one night of lodging. Additional compensation must be approved by UW-Stevens Point.