Services

Annual Wellness Conference
The Institute organizes an annual Wellness Conference, creating the premier education and networking event in the area of Wellness and Recovery for the mental health community in the state of New Jersey. Institute staffs are members of various state and national committees and associations and thus have contact with leaders and experts in the mental health field to invite for keynote and workshop presentations. We will build on the success of each year’s conference, offering workshops that combine topics of interest to the target audience with practical and experiential elements.

Seminars, Consultation and Technical Assistance
Building on our areas of expertise and statewide recognition, the Institute provides half and full day seminars and individual, tailored consultation to organizations that provide services to persons living with disabilities and economic challenges.
 
Institute staff upon request offer consultation and technical support on how social services and mental health service organizations can incorporate wellness, recovery, peer-operated services and empowerment philosophy, principles and practices into existing services. 

Newsletter and Dissemination Activities 
      The Institute is developing an array of related educational and service enhancing products is a goal for the Training Institute. 

• Handouts for wellness self-assessment and goal setting exercises

• Manual to map the process for conducting needs assessment and designing a wellness program for staff and/or constituents

• Wellness Workbooks—self-help type manual focused on wellness domains—spiritual-social-emotional-cognitive-financial-environmental---provides structured exercises that an individual can work on individually or in a professional or member run group format—

• Wellness Workbook designed for social service and mental health staff—psycho education exercises that can be done in a team format

• Handbook outlining relaxation, and alternative strategies for managing stress and facilitating wellness—focused on mindfulness, journaling, breathing—the relaxation response- etc.

• Wellness Program Development Manual --guideline for social services and mental health program supervisors and administrators to develop wellness programs for staff and constituents—Outlines strategies for needs assessment, protocols, sample protocols and program monitoring tools

• Quarterly newsletter 

Research and Development
We also partner on grant applications with universities.