22nd Annual Mental Health & Substance Use Recovery Conference

This conference aims to increase knowledge and skills in promoting wellness, prevention, intervention, treatment, recovery, holistic care, and continuous quality improvement using best practices across the lifespan. It also seeks to foster meaningful involvement in person and family-centered planning, services, supports, and system change. Key objectives include enhancing understanding of peer support and peer-run programs, particularly for Certified Peer Specialists in Wisconsin, and expanding knowledge and skills in special topics related to mental health, substance use disorder, and integrated treatment. The conference also emphasizes acknowledging the role of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), trauma, equity, social determinants of health, and intersecting levels of oppression in substance use and mental health, to incorporate these factors into practice.