2026 Spring Registration Brochure

Registration Brochure 15 Agenda APRIL 15, 2026 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM Open Registration, Continental Breakfast & Vendor Browsing Boardwalk 9:00 AM - 9:15 AM Welcome & Introductions Park Place Debra L. Wentz, PhD President & CEO New Jersey Association of Mental Health and Addiction Agencies, Inc. (NJAMHAA) 9:15 AM - 10:15 AM KEYNOTE 3.K Transforming Mental Health Care: The Collaborative Care Model in Action Park Place 1 General CE Theresa Miskimen Rivera, MD, DLFAPA President American Psychiatric Association 10:15 AM - 10:45 AM Morning Break & Vendor Browsing Boardwalk 10:45 AM - 11:45 AM Morning Sessions SESSION 3.1 Innovative Approaches to Emergency Safety for Dually Diagnosed and Neurodiverse Populations Atlantic Avenue 1 Ethics CE Jason Rechtman, MA, MBA, LPC, NCC, NADD-DDS Strategic Development Director, I/DD AmeriHealth Caritas/PerformCare SESSION 3.2 Hostage Negotiation: The Emerging Role of Mental Health Professionals Baltic Avenue 1 Clinical CE Lt. Michael Greeley Tenafly Police Department Deputy Commander Bergen County Regional SWAT Hostage/Crisis Negotiation Team Lisa Montuore, LCSW Vice President-Crisis & Community Services CarePlus NJ, Inc. Jennifer Velten, MA, LPC, ACS, CCTP, DRCC, CFRC Senior Director of Trauma Services CarePlus NJ, Inc. SESSION 3.3 Innovating Voluntary Crisis Care: Evidence-based, Trauma- informed, Peer-led Alternatives through Respite and Mobile Outreach Vermont Avenue 1 General CE Juliet Buritica, MS, LPC Director of Wellness Response 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 SESSION 3.4 Ethical Use of Artificial Intelligence in Behavioral Health Care St. Charles Place 1 Ethics CE Dennis Morrison, PhD Owner Morrison Consulting