Online event, May 30th 2025, with the Parent Professional Advocacy League of Massachusetts. Gather virtually to recognize the importance of lived experience, watch award the Children’s Mental Health Community Awards, and attend morning and afternoon workshops on a wide variety of topics within Children’s Mental Health.
* The 2025 Theme is “Faces of Children with Mental Health”
* Keynote: Hasan Davis, known as the Hope Dealer, is a lawyer, juvenile justice advocate, and motivational speaker. Navigating multiple challenges in his early life, including Dyslexia, Home insecurity, ADHD, and a pre-teen arrest that led to 7 years of probation, Hasan’s journey from juvenile delinquent to Juris Doctor serves as a powerful testament to the transformative impact that caring adults can have when they actively champion the students in their lives.
* Speakers and topics are listed below, or visit the conference page link for more information.
For more information contact visit https://ppal.net/ or contact 1 617-542-7860 or info@ppal.net
Below is the 2025Conference schedule and topics.
- Vesper Moore -Suicidality Through a Cultural Lens: Supporting Loved Ones with Understanding and Care. Chief Operating Officer, Kiva Centers.
- Nuts and Bolts of CRAs. Rebecca Amdemariam, Attorney, Training Unit, Children and Family Law Division, Committee for Public Counsel Services, Catherine A. Madsen, M.A., Esq., Staff and Legal Training Attorney, Committee for Public Counsel Services.
- Christopher Bijoux, Breaking Barriers: Empowering Families & Professionals to Overcome Systemic Trauma
- Understanding and Responding to Self-Injury in Adolescents and Young Adults. Barent Walsh, Ph.D., Executive Director Emeritus and Senior Clinical Consultant at Open Sky Community Services.
- Understanding Teen Depression, Rebekah Gibbons, LICSW, Families for Depression Awareness, Florcy Romero, Families for Depression Awareness.
- Derechos en educación especial para estudiantes y familias multilingües e inmigrantes – Diana I. Santiago, Esq., Legal Director, Massachusetts Advocates for Children.
- Gut Health and The Connection to Mental Health- Olivia Nakimera, Functional Medicine Certified Health Coach, CEO, Liv Wellness.
- WhatsOK? Promoting safe and healthy development in youth sexual behaviors – Jenny Coleman, MA, LMHC, Director, Stop It Now!
- The Five Principles To Better Supporting All Children – Guy Stephens, Founder & Executive Director, Alliance Against Seclusion and Restraint.
- Early Psychosis: Symptoms, Identification, and Treatment – Emily Gagen, PhD, Director of M-PATH, Tanya Trevett, M.Ed., M-PATH Family Consultant, Natalia Nodiff, Young Adult Peer Mentor.
- Addressing Anxiety in Children: A Comprehensive Approach – Marsha Charlton, FNP-C PMHNP-BC, CEO of Distinctive Ray Therapeutics, Florcy Romero, Comprendiendo La Depresión En Los Adolescentes, Jorge Enrique Rivera Peña, Psy D., Florcy Romero
Families for Depression Awareness - Comprendiendo La Depresión En Los Adolescentes – Jorge Enrique Rivera Peña, Psy D., Florcy Romero, Families for Depression Awareness
