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Virtually Together: 6th Annual Regional Gathering of Dialogic Network Practice

June 4, 8:30am to 3pm


Note: If you are unable to join via your computer, you are still able to call into the meetings by simply tapping or dialing the “One-Tap Mobile” number on any smartphone. The first half of the number is the call center you will routed through. The second half is your meeting ID. It should connect automatically, but you may have to enter the second half by hand.

PROGRAM

8:30am — Coffee & Danishes

An opportunity to see each other’s faces as we arrive, to have private or group chats via Zoom’s typed chat function, and unstructured conversation.

Location: Main Meeting Room

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8:45am — Welcome and overview 

Program and logistics.

Location: Main Meeting Room

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9am—Hearing From Our Network: Opening Panel Conversation

Keegan Arcure (Advocates, MA), Robert Cotes (Emory University Hospital, GE), Ronda “Ro” Speight (Mental Health Association of Westchester, NY), Leslie Nelson (Howard Center, VT), Ashley Oakley (Counseling Service of Addison County, VT), Genevieve Williamson (University of Vermont Medical Center, VT). Facilitated by Lisa Dobkowski and Zelda Alpern.

Location: Main Meeting Room

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9:45am — Randomized small group conversations of 3-4 people to share responses to panel and break.


10:15am — Focused Conversations/Presentations/Workshops


  • Experiences of coercion/hierarchy in conversations about medication where the prescriber, the client and other staff such as case managers are present; how to address this and open up space from the point of view of staff who are not prescribers

Host: Nicole Reilly/Denise Daly

Location (click this link): https://zoom.us/j/98660480123?pwd=MkRGTm5wTXVXdUdudllNb3hGNHZOQT09

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  • Dialogic practices in the time of COVID-19: how does this time pull for more or less dialogism and what are other learnings from this time to help inform us going forward

Host: Sandy Smith

Location (click this link): https://zoom.us/j/93149962865?pwd=ZmlLd0ZYcThTYVZUQUl0QTJ6UTliQT09

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  • Using OD/CNA in residential settings

Host: Ellie Bishop/Per Eisenman

Location (click this link): https://zoom.us/j/6031407144

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  • Conversation among families/clients who have been engaging in dialogic practices

Hosts: Sarah Binshadler/Ashley Oakley/Jessica Hodder/Mary Price

Location (click this link): https://zoom.us/j/9476420987

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  • Experiences with alternatives to coercive practices in the time of COVID-19 and before

Hosts: Amy Morgan/Kermit Cole

Location (click this link): https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81680852764?pwd=NUI5SnkySDIvM0hJblI4R2hhMUpUZz09

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  • Meaningful peonage and the pivot to forced idleness in the lives of people diagnosed with mental disorders (Research presentation and discussion).

Host: Kellan McNally

Location (click this link): https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85129220707?pwd=WjErb01DUWZ0RUZ6aWNjVzZtdmhyZz09

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  • Sharing experiences, challenges, learning about Open Dialogue on zoom

Host: Vic Martini

Location (click this link): https://ucsvt.zoom.us/j/99612351596?pwd=VE92ZkM5YnJNUWEvb0JnYTJRb0xXUT09

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11:30am — Hearing from each of the workshops

Location: Main Meeting Room

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12pm — HOPEnDialogue Project Overview and Q&A with Rafaella Pocobello

Location: Main Meeting Room

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12:15pm — Lunch

To request private chat rooms with particular attendees for lunchtime conversations send a message to Andrew Collings through the chat function and let him know who you would like to include.

Location: Main Meeting Room

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1pm — Research Presentations by Kim Hopper, Ana Florence, Raffaella Pocobello, reflecting conversation with Jessica Hodder, Malaika Puffer, Jamie Cammack and Cindy Peterson-Dana. Followed by Q&A conversation/discussion with full group. Moderated by Sandy Steingard.

Location: Main Meeting Room

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1pm — Conversations continued from the morning or new topics. This may be offered simultaneously to the research presentation. We will let you know how best to access these if they are offered.


2:45pm — 3pm Wrap-up for the day

Location: Main Meeting Room

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Please remember to complete the evaluation of the day.

Getting Support: If you have a technical issue you can private message Andrew Collings in the chat feature for assistance. This will work when you are in the main conference room but not the separate zoom workshops at 10:15am. During the 10:15am workshops you can send a message through chat to your workshop host for support.