United in Service: Support Beyond the Call: Navigating through the unique challenges & crises of Veterans & First Responders
Conference on May 8, 2025
Agenda
7:30-8:00 Exhibitor set-up
8:00-8:30 Registration & Executive Continental Breakfast Buffet
8:00-8:10 Welcome, David Francis, MS, LADC, CEAP, CT Chapter of EAPA President
8:10-8:15 GOLD SPONSOR - Hartford Healthcare/Behavioral Health Network
8:15-9:15 KEYNOTE: Helping the Helpers: Sustaining Resilience Through Peer Support, Herbert Halfcrow Boyd, Jr., Vice-Chairman, Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation Elders Council
9:15-9:20 GOLD SPONSOR - Summit Behavioral Health
9:20-10:20 Unseen Battles - Addressing Military Sexual Trauma & LGBTQ+ Considerations Among Veterans for Behavioral Health Providers, Sheena Bice, DMSC, LCMHC, MLADC, CCTP, Head of Veteran & First Responder Services, Forge VFR
10:20-10:40 Break with Exhibitors
10:40-11:40 Navigating the Transition: The Impacts & Influences of Retirement for First Responders, Anthony Jones, Program Director & Founder of the First Responder & Veterans Program, Clearbrook Treatment Center
11:40-12:45 Business Hot Lunch Buffet and visit exhibitors
12:45-12:50 GOLD SPONSOR - Mountainside Treatment Center
12:50-1:50 Resilience: Maybe they’re born with it; maybe it’s just learned,
Elisha Logan, LPC, LADC, Homes for the Brave
1:50-2:50 Resolved to Evolve. Two Success Stories of Recovery from Addiction by Two Police Officers, Shaun McColgan, Retired Deputy Chief of Police, Danbury; Mike Sturdevant, Deputy Chief of Police, Danbury; Officer Pete Elste, CIT Coordinator, Danbury Police Department, Dara Rampersad, PhD, LPC, NCC, Owner, Blue Paz
2:50-3:00 Closing Remarks, David Francis, MS, LADC, CEAP, CT Chapter of EAPA President
- 5 PDHS's, SWCEU's, CEB's, LAP-C, NAADAC applied for
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