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Sierra Tucson Supports “May is Mental Health Month: Do More for 1 in 4” to Help People with Mental Health Conditions Live Productive Lives
Tucson, AZ (PRWEB) May 03, 2012
In support of Mental Health America’s “May is Mental Health Month: Do More for 1 in 4,” Sierra Tucson is calling on the community to help the one-in-four American adults who live with a diagnosable, treatable mental health condition and understand how important mental health is to overall health.
“We want people to know that while mental health and substance use conditions are common, they are extremely treatable, and individuals go on to recover and lead full, productive lives,” said Stephen Fahey, Executive Director of Sierra Tucson. “Too many people who are living with a mental health condition never seek or receive help due to stigma, lack of information, cost, or lack of healthcare insurance coverage. We want to encourage people to seek help and know that there is hope for a meaningful, enjoyable life.”
Sierra Tucson is one of the few treatment centers in the country that offers a comprehensive Mood and Anxiety Program. “We have seen an increase in patients seeking treatment for mood disorders,” stated Christi Cessna, Senior Director of Clinical Outreach. In 2011, Sierra Tucson’s distinctive program for mood disorders helped 328 patients who suffered from anxiety or panic disorders, depression, bipolar disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, or other affective disorders. Sierra Tucson’s multidisciplinary staff develops an individualized treatment plan to address each person’s specific needs.
“It is important to know,” emphasized Ms. Cessna, “that our intake coordinators really listen to each person who calls for information to help find the most appropriate treatment for that individual – wherever that might be.”
“Mental health is essential to our overall health and well-being,” explained Mr. Fahey. “We know how events and life changes can affect us. It could be a veteran struggling with the invisible wounds of war or someone coping with the stress of caregiving or divorce or losing a loved one. Sometimes people are dealing with depression associated with a chronic disease such as diabetes, cancer, or hypertension. There are tested tools available that can help every person face difficult times and challenges and improve their resiliency.”
The passage of the federal mental health parity and addiction equity act expands access to care for many people. That law, which applies to groups of more than 50 employees, doesn’t require coverage for mental health and substance use conditions. But if coverage is provided, that coverage must be on a par with coverage for other medical conditions. Higher deductibles, steeper co-pays and other restrictions are no longer allowed for mental health and substance abuse treatment.
Mental Health America (formerly known as the National Mental Health Association) is the country’s leading nonprofit dedicated to helping ALL people live mentally healthier lives. Educational information is available on their website about mental health disorders and treatments.
About Sierra Tucson
A premier facility for treating coexisting disorders, Sierra Tucson is known for its holistic, bio-psycho-social-spiritual treatment approach. Individualized treatment plans incorporate 12-Step philosophy, a wide variety of innovative and integrative therapies, a Family Program, and a combination of Western and Eastern Medicine practices. Dually accredited by The Joint Commission, Sierra Tucson employs full-time medical staff as a key part of its multidisciplinary treatment team. Specialized programs include:
Alcohol & Chemical Dependency
Eating Disorders
Mood & Anxiety Disorders
Pain Management
Sexual Addiction/Compulsivity
Trauma Recovery
Complex Assessment & Diagnosis
Progressions, for advanced recovery skills
Located on 160 acres at the foot of the Santa Catalina Mountains near Tucson, Arizona, this exceptional facility offers a beautiful, natural healing environment and the highest level of confidentiality. For more information about Sierra Tucson and its programs, call 800-842-4487.
Sierra Tucson is a member of CRC Health Group, the most comprehensive network of specialized behavioral care services in the nation. CRC offers the largest array of personalized treatment options, allowing individuals, families, and professionals to choose the most appropriate treatment setting for their behavioral, addiction, weight management, and therapeutic education needs. CRC is committed to making its services widely and easily available, while maintaining a passion for delivering advanced treatment. For over two decades, CRC programs have helped individuals and families reclaim and enrich their lives.
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Parker Global, Lockbox to Launch Joint Managed Futures Product
New York, NY (PRWEB) March 30, 2012
Parker Global Strategies, LLC (PGS) and Lockbox Asset Management (Lockbox) have joined forces to create a new managed futures index and related products and funds for institutional and high net worth investors.
The venture draws on the unique skills of each team. PGS, the creator of the Parker FX Index, brings its deep knowledge of CTA and FX managers, its experience in constructing both actively managed portfolios and investable indices comprised of such managers, and its proprietary style mapping system, CTA Style Trax™. The principals of Lockbox, a New York and Greenwich, CT based investment management firm founded by Aaron Ford and Jonathan Ende, have built award-winning derivatives and alternative investment businesses at major investment banks and bring their 40+ years of structuring, institutional money management, proprietary trading, and alternative investment expertise.
The jointly developed product offerings seek to deliver outsized returns with lower risk by using a customized structured solution coupled with a PGS-Lockbox proprietary systematic, volatility controlled, diversified portfolio of “Best of Breed” CTA, FX and Macro investment managers. The resulting products are targeted to have low to zero correlation to other asset classes and positive performance during market crises. In contrast to most alternative investments, the products will also have very short-term liquidity and a highly preferable custody arrangement.
According to Jonathan Ende, Co-founder of Lockbox, “We are very enthusiastic about our joint venture with Parker Global Strategies. Lockbox Asset Management spent significant time investigating potential partners for this exciting new product, and PGS’s expertise in the FX and CTA space along with their extensive due diligence and research process carried out on each manager is the perfect, synergistic fit.”
Virginia Parker, Managing Member and Chief Investment Officer of Parker Global Strategies said of the products’ underlying new index, “This Index should prove to be one of the most comprehensive rules-based, factor-driven allocation processes available to investors today. The methodology considers trading styles, auto-correlation, mean reversion, risk, quality of a manager’s operations, and more. We are excited to work with Lockbox on this product and eager to share this development with our clients.”
Aaron Ford, Co-founder of Lockbox, added, “Notably missing from most investors’ portfolios is managed futures exposure, which has historically performed as an effective hedge during market turmoil. In our joint effort with PGS, we have developed an innovative, systematic, and easy-to-understand approach to generating outsized absolute returns from the managed futures space in a capital efficient, highly liquid, and risk-reduced manner.”
Based on data from Hedge Fund Research, Inc. (HFR) on alternative investments for 2011, we estimate the managed futures industry had over $ 300 Billion of assets under management at last year end. Since the financial crisis of 2008, managed futures and macro investments have significantly outperformed other strategies and have become one of the fastest growing subclass within the alternative investment spectrum.
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ABOUT PARKER GLOBAL STRATEGIES
Parker Global Strategies (PGS) provides both institutional and private clients a broad spectrum of custom tailored alternative investments including foreign exchange, managed futures and energy infrastructure. The Firm has advised on the placement of over US$ 3.0 billion since its inception in 1995 and has provided foreign exchange advisory and management services since 1996. Founder Virginia Parker developed and launched the Parker FX Index in 1992. Today, it is considered one of the major benchmarks for the performance of FX managers. PGS has offices in Stamford, Chicago and Denver in the US and globally in Tokyo and Singapore. Please visit http://www.parkerglobal.com.
ABOUT LOCKBOX ASSET MANAGEMENT
Lockbox Asset Management, located in New York, NY and Greenwich, CT, is an investment firm which manages capital for its principals and private clients primarily in the alternatives space. Lockbox Asset Management specializes in structuring innovative solutions around its investments with the goal of enhancing after-tax returns while reducing risk. Its founding principals, Jonathan Ende and Aaron Ford, have over 40 years of combined professional investing and structuring experience. Please visit http://www.lockboxasset.com.
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The Mercatus Center is hosting a breakfast roundtable discussion with Dr. Russell Sobel of West Virginia University and the Mercatus Center on his recent paper, “Do Intergovernmental Grants Create Ratchet Effects in State and Local Taxes?” This paper addresses the question of whether federal funding in a given year results in states beginning new spending programs that then in the future require own-source revenue through state taxes to continue to fund them. During this discussion Dr. Sobel addresses: * If federal grants like the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) can actually increase state and local taxes. * Whether intergovernmental grants create a permanent ratchet in the size of state and local governments in the United States. * The long term implications of federal funding to the states.
Reports alleging maltreatment of more than three million children were made in the United States in 1996, a rate of 44 per 1,000 children in the population. Of those reports, child protective services substantiated abuse or neglect in nearly one million children—an 18 percent increase since 1990. More than half the 1996 reports alleging maltreatment came from medical, social services, education, or law enforcement professionals, and almost two-thirds of the substantiated reports were made by these professionals.
As diagnostic expertise has increased, child care professionals face new responsibilities for recognizing the short-term and long-term consequences of childhood victimization and for effectively treating victims of the various forms of child maltreatment. Achieving treatment goals requires that consultations among mental health, medical, and legal practitioners be conducted on common ground. This book seeks to provide that common ground.
Combining current theory about treating child abuse with current practice guidelines, Treatment of Child Abuse provides professionals with the guidance they need to take the correct steps to restore the child and the family as much as possible to normal. In addition, it addresses the rising demand for accountability in the health care system, which increasingly requires professionals to justify their efforts and their methods. The result is the first single reference source for the clinician who needs to know which approach to treatment might be most appropriate for a given child trying to cope with the aftermath of physical, emotional, or sexual abuse. It provides guidelines for treatment of the different categories of abuse as well as neglect, Munchausen by proxy, and multiple traumatization. Initial medical management, legal interventions, long-term medical management, and long-term management of developmental and psychological consequences are thoroughly covered, as are complicated issues such as treatment-resistant families, the treatment of offenders, forensic implications (including confidentiality), and the long-term consequences of childhood victimization.
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Renowned Authors Join Forces to Produce The Social Times Volume 4
Overland Park, Kansas (PRWEB) April 18, 2012
AAPC Publishing is proud of it’s decade-long tradition of publishing award-winning books and other resources that meet the highest standards in the field of education today. Continuing this tradition, we are pleased to announce the release of the fourth year of our award-winning magazine, The Social Times. New to Volume 4 this year is the joint collaboration of best-selling authors Kari Dunn Buron and Brenda Smith Myles PhD.
The only publication of its kind, The Social Times is a great resource for teachers and professionals working with students grades 3-9. Each issue offers critical information on social skills and social competence while making lessons entertaining and applicable to the lives and concerns of today’s students. Topics for the 2012-2013 school year include …
Introducing Yourself
Joining In
Making and Using a ‘To Do’ List
Sarcasm
Cyber Bullying
Hidden Curriculum
When to Tell on Another Person
Telling Jokes
It is OK to Say I Don’t Know
A 2012-2013 subscription includes:
9 issues for the entire school year (available as single sets or a set of 10 copies of each issue)
Online teacher support materials, including handouts, PowerPoints, answer keys, and much more
Opportunities to submit ideas and receive feedback from the editors, Kari Dunn Buron and Brenda Smith Myles, PhD.
The Social Times has been recognized as a Winner of the National Parenting Publications Gold Award (NAPPA) for 2010 and 2011 and received a 2011 gold medal from the Moonbeam Children’s Book Awards. This unique teaching tool is written directly to students in their “voice” and offers critical information on social skills presented in articles that are both entertaining and applicable to students’ lives.
What People Are Saying About The Social Times:
“The school district that I work for purchased The Social Times for use with our Asperger students. I am enjoying every issue . . .”
Julie-Social Cognition Specialist
“If you’re searching for a way to teach social skills to students with ASD, look no further! The Social Times addresses timely, relevant social issues, using visuals that appeal to the students. A user-friendly format, on-line resources, and easy-to-implement lessons make The Social Times an excellent resource for any classroom.”
Margaret Murray-Autism consultant, Dept. of Defense Educational Activity-Pacific
“I have purchased The Social Times for every elementary and middle school site in our district. The feedback has been very positive. The staff in our district use it as a supplement to the Garcia Winner curriculum and with video modeling. We plan on purchasing it next year.”
Lynn Peal-Autism Resource Specialist
For more information about The Social Times, visit http://www.aapcpublishing.net/SocialTimes4. A sample copy of The Social Times can be downloaded at http://www.aapcpublishing.net
If you have any questions, or would like to order a sample of The Social Times, please contact AAPC Marketing at marketing@aapcpublishing.net.
About the Authors:
Kari Dunn Buron, M.S., is the coordinator of an ASD certificate program for educators at Hamline University in St. Paul. MN. She received her Master of Science degree in behavior disorders and learning disorders from Illinois State University in 1980. She recently retired from K-12 special education after more than 30 years. Kari is one of the founding members of the MN Autism Network, a statewide group of Autism Resource Specialists, and a past president of the Autism Society of Minnesota. She has spent 17 years working with the Autistic Society of Trinidad and Tobago, where she travels annually to volunteer in homes and schools. In 1995, Kari developed Camp Discovery, a summer camp for youth with Asperger Syndrome. In 2003, she received a fellowship that allowed her to study social cognition and ASD from an international perspective.
Brenda Smith Myles Ph.D., a consultant with the Ziggurat Group and the Education and Treatment Services Project for Military Dependent Children with Autism, is the recipient of the Autism Society of America’s Outstanding Professional Award, the Princeton Fellowship Award, and the Council for Exceptional Children, Division on Developmental Disabilities Burton Blatt Humanitarian Award. Brenda has made over 500 presentations all over the world and written more than 150 articles and books on ASD including Asperger Syndrome and Difficult Moments: Practical Solutions for Tantrums, Rage, and Meltdowns (with Southwick) and The Hidden Curriculum: Practical Solutions for Understanding Unstated rules in Social Situations. In addition, she served as the co-chair of the National ASD Teacher Standards Committee and was on the National Institute of Mental Health’s Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee’s Strategic Planning Consortium. Myles is also on the executive boards of several organizations, including the Organization for Autism Research and ASTEP – Asperger Syndrome Training and Education Program. In addition, in the latest survey conducted by the University of Texas, she was acknowledged as the second most productive applied researcher in ASD in the world.
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Established in 1999, the mission AAPC Publishing is to be the first source for practical solutions related to autism spectrum and related disorders. We are an independent publisher, targeting professionals and parents alike. We strive to offer publications at affordable prices so that important resources will not be off limits to anyone with an interest in the autism spectrum.
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Sundance Vacation Employees Will Participate In Charity 5K Fun Run
Wilkes-Barre PA (PRWEB) April 24, 2012
Employees of Sundance Vacations will participate in the 20th Annual Do It For The Kids 5K Run, hosted by the Wyoming Valley Children’s Association on Wednesday, April 25 in Wilkes Barre. The 5K race course will take runners through RiverCommon, Nesbitt Park and Kirby Park. Proceeds from the event will help offset the cost of therapy, education and services to developmentally disabled children in the area.
Sundance Vacations employees Ron Vaccaro and Tina Frisbie will run in the 5K race, and volunteers Christina Allen, Courtney Long, Mike Heck, Jessica Norton and Debra Wegrzynowicz will assist with the race event. In addition to the competitive 5K event, children under 10 years of age can participate in the Kids Fun Run, which follows the same course.
“We’re very proud of our employees’ participation in this event,” says John Dowd, owner of Sundance Vacations. “The work of the Wyoming Valley Children’s Association makes a big difference to families in this area who have developmentally disabled children, and we’re happy to support our employees in this exceptional event.”
Runners support the event through race registration fees. Non-participants in the race can also make pledge donations on behalf of the runners to the Wyoming Valley Children’s Association. “It’s critical that we support the work of the WVCA,” says Dowd. “Autism, Down Syndrome and other developmental disabilities can take a huge toll on families, both emotionally and financially. By supporting the WVCA’s charitable events, our employees can help local families secure the treatment and education these children need to thrive.”
For more information about the “Do It For The Kids” 2012 5K run, please visit: http://www.firstgiving.com/wvca/wyoming-valley-childrens-association-5k-runfun-run
About Sundance Vacations
Sundance Vacations, headquartered in Wilkes Barre, PA, is a family-owned discount vacation and wholesale travel firm specializing in vacation packages at destination golf, ski, beach, and mountain resorts throughout North America. The company also maintains offices in Rockaway, NJ; Princeton, NJ; King of Prussia, PA; Harrisburg, PA; Downers Grove, IL, and Brookfield, WI. Sundance Vacations has been named to the Inc. 5000 for two consecutive years, and has been named the fastest-growing travel company in Pennsylvania. For more information about Sundance Vacations, please visit the company’s website at http://www.sundancevacations.com.
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Art Sanctuary Brings Renowned Authors and Writers to Philadelphia for 28th Annual Celebration of Black Writing Festival
Philadelphia, PA (PRWEB) April 12, 2012
Noted journalists, writers and performance artists from across the U.S. will join Art Sanctuary, Philadelphia’s leading African-American arts and letters organization devoted to presenting outstanding regional and national talent in the literary, visual and performing arts, for the 28th Annual Celebration of Black Writing Festival.
Running from May 21, 2012 to June 2, 2012, Celebration of Black Writing is the nation’s only literary festival of its kind, offering 13 days of literary discussions and workshops, music showcases, and film screenings.
This year’s celebration includes:
** Children and young adult author Jacqueline Woodson, with Philadelphia Reading Olympics youth group matinee
** A public conversation with artist and cultural planner Theaster Gates and Chicago’s Museum of Contemporary Art curator Naomi Beckwith
** Photographer Sed Miles and the Wanderlust International travel exhibition
** Philly Youth Rising: Standing on the Shoulders’ – with performances by the Philadelphia Youth Poetry Movement, 215 Spoken Soul, and In the Company of Poets
** Panel of female “chic lit” authors including Aliya S. King, author of Platinum and Diamond Life
** Panel discussions on Advocacy Journalism, ‘What is Urban Fiction?,’ Black Mental Health, ‘Writing from your Spiritual Axis,’ and featuring writers such as author Bernice McFadden and journalist Akiba Solomon, as well as Atria books editor Malaika Adero and activist and agent April Silver
One of the major highlights of the festival is the Lifetime Achievement Award ceremony, taking place on Friday, June 1. With Art Sanctuary’s yearlong theme of “Growing from Good to Great,” the organization will honor JET and Ebony magazines, with JET’s Editor-in-Chief Mitzi Miller accepting on behalf of both, and Marita Golden of the Hurston/Wright Foundation – all institutions that have taken writers from around the globe from good to great. Past recipients of the Lifetime Achievement Award include legendary storyteller J. California Cooper, renowned poet, writer, commentator, activist and educator Nikki Giovanni, poet Sonia Sanchez, and Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Charles Fuller.
For almost three decades, Celebration of Black Writing has sought to deepen the city of Philadelphia’s literary life and polish its tourist shine with a rich infusion of African-American writers and artists in all genres. A one of a kind literary feast, Celebration of Black Writing provides writers and artists an opportunity to discuss their work with up to 1,500–2,000 students, and another 2,000–3,000 people participate in panels, workshops, teachers’ symposium, Family Pavilion, main stage, and other events. The Celebration features up to 75 professional and aspiring writers, editors, publishers, scholars, spoken-word artists, performance artists, playwrights, and filmmakers. This year, selected panels and workshops will be streamed live for the first time online, and also be archived so that new and enthusiast readers and writers can access them anytime.
Sponsors for the 28th Annual Celebration of Black Writing include Independence Blue Cross, AmeriHealth Mercy Family of Companies, PECO, Temple University, WURD-900 AM, Enon Tabernacle Baptist Church, PRWT Services Inc., Mitchell & Titus, LLP, Tierney, and The Roz Group. New sponsors added daily.
For more information and to get a full listing of the festival’s lineup, visit http://www.artsanctuary.org or call 215-232-4485.
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