Together on the journey of recovery
Thursday 21 May
8.30 – 9.30 Registration / coffee-tea
9.30 – 10.00 Welcome and introduction to the conference by the conference chair (Rosalie Metze) Words of welcome by Jan Pfeiffer (WHO), Pavel Rican (CMHCD) and Jean Pierre Wilken (Utrecht University / CARe Network).
10.00 – 10.30 The power of peer support. Experiences in horizontal, non-hierarchical groups. Keynote by Michal Kašpar, expert-by-experience, Czech Republic
10.30 – 11.00 Recovery as transformation: culturally-informed approaches to meeting local challenges. Keynote by Professor Mike Slade, University of Nottingham, UK
11.00 – 11.30 coffee/tea/water break
11.30 – 12.45 1st round of parallel sessions
Session 1.1 Workshop: In Recovery everything is possible. Everybody can be angel. (Nieky Jacobs, Jurry Smit and Dirk den Hollander)
Session 1.2 Workshop: Recovery through connection – The Neighbourhood as a Bridge to Full and Equal Citizenship (Wim Haeck)
Session 1.3 Oral presentations: (a) Recovery-Oriented Rehabilitation Expands to Disability Services: The Aalborg Model in Denmark (Chalotte Glintborg) (b) An innovative approach to refugee support and integration in the Netherlands (Leendert de Bell) (c) Recovery-Oriented Job Coaching (Joep Binkhorst)
Session 1.4 Workshop: Mending Gaps for the Promotion of Recovery and Resilience in Mental Health Education (Helen Casey and Cecilia Heule)
12.45 – 14.00 lunch break
14.00 – 14.30 Trauma sensitive care as a healing practice. Keynote by Professor Simona Karbouniaris, Leiden University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands
14.30 – 15.45 2nd round of parallel sessions
Session 2.1 Workshop: part 1: Shaping Our Lives, a good practice example of a user movement promoting recovery focused mental health, advocacy, peer support and empowerment. Part 2: Using Experiential Knowledge: The Affirmation Model, Outsider Art and Arthur Schopenhauer (Colin Cameron)
Session 2.2 Workshop: Leadership based on recovery values (Daantje Daniels and Martin Halíř)
Session 2.3 Workshop: Fabric as a Pathway to Self-Awareness and Connection in Recovery: An Experiential Workshop on Textile Therapy, Writing Practice, and a Reflection Circle (Ramunė Klumbytė-Abromaitienė)
Session 2.4 Workshop: Nonviolent Communication and the 4 Core Acts of the CARe Model – Stronger Together (Jacquelin Zents)
15.45 – 16.15 coffee/tea/water break
16.15 – 17.15 ‘We are all experts’ round tables to ask questions and share experiences
Parallel session 1. Mike Slade: recovery-oriented services and initiatives, how to create and adapt these to your local situation
Parallel session 2. Alie Weerman and Leonie de Quelerij: developing and working with experiential knowledge
Parallel session 3. Michal Kašpar and Dirk den Hollander: working with peer support and self-help
Parallel session 4. Simona Karbouniaris and Nino Makhashvili: recovery-oriented trauma-sensitive care
19.00 Social gathering with light snacks. Drinks at own expense. Feel free to socialise abd make music… (location will be announced later)
Friday 22 May
8.30 – 9.15 Registration / coffee-tea
9.15 – 9.25 Welcome and introduction to the second day
9.25 – 9.45 Solidarity with Ukraine. Mental health care in a war situation and future perspectives. Presentation by Nataliia Pidkaliuk and Mykola Khomitskyi (Ukraine)
9.45 – 10.15 Integration of Peer Support and a Recovery-Based Approach in Mental Health Services Amid Damaging Legal Reforms. Keynote by expert-by-experience and human rights activist Olga Kalina (Georgia)
10.15 – 11.30 3rd round of parallel sessions
Session 3.1 Workshop: Recovery as a guiding principle in organisations: applying recovery-oriented thinking at a team level (Annelies Hoefsloot and Michelle Flemming)
Session 3.2 Oral presentations: (a) Adapting Recovery-Oriented Practices in Central Asia: The CARE Model in Kyrgyzstan (Aigul Alikanova and Begayim Borbieva) (b) Perspectives for Implementing the CARe Approach in Ukraine (Mykola Khomitsky and Natalia Pidkaliuk) (c) A Recovery Project Highlighting Experiential Knowledge and Dialogical Connection (Fahriye Oflaz and Fatma Zengin)
Session 3.3 Workshop: Gaga Movement Language as healing practice (Nataša Novotná)
Session 3.4 Workshop: Dialogical practice (Dagmar Narusson and Martin Novak)
11.30 – 12.00 coffee/tea/water break
12.00 – 13.00 closing session with short presentations and reflections
Alie Weerman: Becoming a master; lived experiences and the future of experiential knowledge
Pavel Říčan: Education in recovery-oriented service provision; outcomes of the Erasmus CARE project
Jean Pierre Wilken: Moving towards the future: connectedness as strength