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The annual ACT Team Leader Retreat, hosted by the ACT Institute, was held on Friday, October 27th at Offsite in Midtown Manhattan....
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Welcoming Allashia...
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2023 ACT Peer Specialist Retreat...
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The Peer Specialist Training Team at CPI is pleased to invite all CPI Peer Support Workers to an hour and a half of community, reflection, and celebration...
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The international ACT community convened in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada from August 14-16, 2023, for the International ACT and Flexible ACT Conference...
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OMH recently distributed an update to the Assertive Community Treatment Updated Staff Training Requirements memo in April 2023...
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Please help us in welcoming Porche Zuell in her new role as Administrative Assistant with the ACT Institute...
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My time with the ACT Institute has been an unique experience that has helped me grow...
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OMH continues to support the ongoing training initiatives offered through ACT Institute at Center for Practice Innovations (CPI) at Columbia Psychiatry...
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It is with mixed feelings that I share with all of you that Helle Thorning, Ph.D.,M.S., LCSW, will be stepping down from her position at the end of March, 2023...
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We are delighted to announce that Mr. Luis O. Lopez, M.A., M.S., has been appointed Director of the new Care Management Institute at the New York State Psychiatric Institute (NYSPI) within the Center for Practice Innovations (CPI), effective Jan. 26, 2023...
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The New York State Office of Mental Health (OMH) announces new ACT Program Guidelines 2023...
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Dear ACT Team Leaders, Program Assistants, and Administrators,
The ACT Institute was made aware that some ACT Team Leaders and Program Assistants have yet to receive our LMS and ACT Institute emails, such as marketing materials, monthly training newsletters, and ACT news briefs...
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I hope you are all doing well and taking care of yourself this holiday season. I wanted to reach out and inform you of changes to our peer specialists support calls as we move into 2023...
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The Annual ACT Team Leader Retreat, hosted by the ACT Institute, was held on Friday, October 21st at Offsite in midtown Manhattan. Thank you to Heesu Chae, our Administrative Coordinator, for organizing the retreat! The theme of this year’s retreat was centered on wellness through self-reflection and self-care in light of the challenges ACT teams continuously face. ...
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The latest vocational specialist support call, hosted by the ACT Institute, on 9.16 featured discussions on topics including benefits counseling and creative ways of supporting participants. ...
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A critical part of my first year in the 16-month accelerated MSW program at NYU is learning about social work values and how they translate into practice. The multidisciplinary team at the ACT Institute embodies these values in their training and implementation support. ...
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The day had come. It was the first time in two years that ACT peer specialists and ACT team leaders could be in the community with each other - IN PERSON. As people filed into the CPI multipurpose room for the 6th annual ACT Peer Specialist Retreat, Mya Haley recognized the feeling of anxiety that she was carrying. ...
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The ACT Institute congratulates and extends its sincere thanks to Louise Ellis, retiring from her role as team leader after 21 years of service...
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Interning with the ACT Institute has been an invaluable experience. It was one of the most rewarding experiences of my MSW graduate career. My first-year MSW internship was with an ACT team in Brooklyn, where I first heard of the ACT Institute. I became interested in their work as I participated in many of the trainings provided by the ACT Institute and the Center for Practice Innovations that are provided for ACT teams throughout NYS...
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We are pleased to announce Elizabeth Mya Haley has joined our staff as our full-time Recovery Specialist and Trainer for the ACT Institute. In this role, she will work directly with ACT teams across NYS....
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The lifting of restrictions from the COVID-19 Pandemic is adding to the uncertainty about what our professional and personal lives and routines will look like forward. There are many who feel anxious about the disruptions and perceived risks associated with returning to in-person work...
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I came to the ACT Institute sometime around late April 2021; it was still a very turbulent time in our society. This was a period...