California Student Mental Wellness Conference

Wellness Together, in partnership with the California Department of Education, proudly presents the CA Student Mental Wellness Conference 2017. Join in to hear from the state’s leading voices in student mental wellness, with presenters from UC Davis, USC School of Social Work, CSU Sacramento, Brown University School of Medicine, the Beck Institute and much more. Conference registration includes lunch, with a vegetarian option.

Attendees will learn to:
–Use practical skills from the state’s leading voices in student mental health
-Promote student mental wellness
-Create a positive school climate
-Reduce social-emotional barriers to increase student learning

Three learning tracks to choose from include:
1) K-12 Educator Track (K-12 Teachers, Administrators, Education Specialists, Classified and Support Staff, School Resource Officers)
2) Clinical Track (School Counselors, School Psychologists, School Nurses, School Social Workers, and School-Based LMFTs, LPCCs, LCSWs)
3) Higher Education Track (University and Community College Faculty, College Counselors, Campus Health Center Staff)

Welcome Address and Plenary by:
-Gordon Jackson, Director of Coordinated Student Support Division, California Department of Education
-Barbara Kronick, LCSW, Board of Directors President for California School-Based Health Alliance and Former Director of Student Support & Health Services, Sacramento City Unified School District

Keynote Address by:
-Stephanie Hartselle, M.D., Assistant Clinical Professor, Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Warren Alpert School of Medicine, Brown University
-Victor Ojakian, Board of Directors President for Santa Clara County NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) and former Mayor and City Council Member of Palo Alto, CA