References

David Donham
Director of Training
Arkansas Health Center
Benton, AR

AHC is a 350-bed psychiatric nursing home licensed as a skilled nursing facility. The program emphasizes the provision of services to special-need groups and individuals with cognitive dysfunction.

Jennifer Lambert
Assistant Special Education Director
Boston Higashi School, Inc.
Randolph, MA

Boston Higashi provides day & residential programs for 140 individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder from ages 3-22, in affiliation with the Musashino Higashi Gakuen, Tokyo, Japan

Kristen Wheelock
Staff Development & Training Manger
Goodwill Industries of NNE
Portland, ME

Goodwill Industries provides employment services and both residential and day services in the fields of brain injury, deaf services, and developmental disability for about 2,000 people.

Marie Dennis
Compliance/Risk Manager
Baycare
New Port Richey, FL

The Harbor Behavioral Health Care Institute is one of the largest and most comprehensive non-profit community mental health and substance abuse treatment centers in the State of Florida, providing services to about 30,000 people a year.

Julie Moeller
Training Director
John F. Murphy Homes, Inc.
Auburn, ME

JFM operates 19 group homes, and provides respite care, recreational centers, supported living, and community support services for adults and children with autism and mental retardation.

Terry Badeaux
Training Coordinator
Kids in Distress
Fort Lauderdale, FL

KIDS operates a children’s crisis home shelter, infant and toddler emergency shelter, children’s residential group care, therapeutic preschools, foster care, and many community support services for children ages 0-12.

David Griffith
Grant Compliance Monitor
Center for Behavioral Health
Bloomington, IN 47403

CBH is a private, not-for-profit community mental health center that serves over 6,000 people annually; it provides a full continuum of services, including outpatient psychotherapy, psychiatric services, partial hospitalization programs, residential treatment, and home-based services.

Nick Nichols
HRD Coordinator
Vermont Department of D&MHS
Burlington, VT

The State of Vermont provides NAPPI training to 4 regional community mental health agencies and the State Hospital.