2025 Fall Registration Brochure

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Afternoon Sessions 2.2 Leveraging Artificial Intelligence to Advance Evidence-based Practice in Behavioral Health Atlantic Avenue 1 General CE Dennis Morrison, PhD Owner Morrison Consulting 2.3 Care, Not Confinement: Peer-led Strategies to End the Criminalization of Mental Illness and Homelessness Baltic Avenue 1 General CE Pamela Baker Chief Impact Officer Collaborative Support Programs of New Jersey Heather Simms Deputy Director of Advocacy and Peer Services Collaborative Support Programs of New Jersey Anne Smullen Thieling, MS, MA, LPC, LCADC, ACS, NCC, CPRP Chief Operating Officer Collaborative Support Programs of New Jersey 2.4 Building an Age-friendly Behavioral Health System Vermont Avenue 1 General CE Kim Williams, MSSW Principal Health Management Associates Agenda -continued- 2.5 Harm Reduction and Healing: Addressing Anxiety in Co-Occurring Substance Use Disorders St. Charles Place 1 Clinical CE Anthony Polizzi, LPC, LCADC Clinical Workforce Trainer New Jersey Prevention Network Malachi Walton, LPC, LCADC Clinical Workforce Trainer New Jersey Prevention Network 2:00 PM - 2:30 PM Afternoon Break & Vendor Browsing Boardwalk 2:30 PM - 3:45 PM 2.1 Plenary: Behavioral Health: Where We Are and Where We Are Going Park Place 1.25 Cultural Competency CE Jennifer Mathis, JD Deputy Director Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law Valerie Mielke, MSW Deputy Commissioner for Health Services New Jersey Department of Human Services Diana Salvador, PsyD Deputy Director and Clinical Director Children’s System of Care New Jersey Department of Children and Families 4 NJAMHAA's Fall Conference 2025