September Mental Health Webinar Series

September Mental Health Webinar Series

 

 

September Mental Health
Webinar Series

Disability Rights California’s Peer Self-Advocacy Program is presenting a virtual conference where you will learn more about mental health and self-advocacy from a peer perspective. Please join us to learn more about the rights of people with mental health disabilities and self-advocacy strategies for successful employment, making your vote count in the upcoming election and maintaining your mental health during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Webinar Topics

Reasonable Accommodations in Employment Help You Succeed on the Job

Aired On: September 1, 2020

Description:

This webinar will review the protections provided to people with disabilities in employment under Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). This includes our right to request reasonable accommodations related to our disability to help us effectively do our jobs. We will walk you through the reasonable accommodation request process and share examples of different accommodations that can help you succeed in the workplace. 

Together we will explore:

  • What is Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)?
  • How to request a reasonable accommodation
  • Examples of reasonable accommodations and how they can help you

Speakers:

Rosy Tellez

Reasonable Accommodations in Employment Help You Succeed on the Job (Spanish Webinar)

Modificaciones Razonables en el Empleo Le Ayudara a Tener Éxito en Su Trabajo.

Aired On: September 3, 2020

Acerca del Seminario Web:

Este Seminario Web cubrirá las protecciones proveídas para personas con discapacidades en el empleo bajo el Titulo I dentro la Ley de Estadounidenses con Discapacidades (ADA). Esto incluye pedir modificaciones razonables relacionadas con nuestra discapacidad para ayudarnos a ser eficaces al hacer nuestro trabajo. Lo guiaremos por el proceso de petición, compartiremos ejemplos de diferentes acomodaciones que le puedan ayudar a ser exitoso en su empleo.    

Juntos exploraremos lo siguiente:

  • ¿Que es el Titulo 1 de la Ley de Estadounidenses con Discapacidades (ADA)?
  •  ¿Cómo solicitar una modificación razonable?
  • Ejemplos de modificaciones razonables y como le pueden ayudar a usted.

Speakers:

Rosy Tellez

YOUR RIGHT TO VOTE: Voice Your Choice!

Aired On: September 8, 2020

Description:

Exercising your right to vote is a powerful way to have a say about how our local, state and federal governments operate.  Voting for laws and candidates of your choice is your opportunity to make sure the government serves its citizens well.  Join us to learn more about the importance of voting, your voting rights and the voting process.

This webinar will focus on:

  • Why it’s Important to Vote
  • Your Voting Rights
  • How to Register to Vote
  • How to Cast your Vote & Make Your Voice Heard
  • Recent Changes to the Voting Process

So join us to learn more about your right to vote and the voting process. Then Let’s Go Vote!

Speakers:

Debi Davis

YOUR RIGHT TO VOTE: Voice Your Choice! (Spanish Webinar)

SU DERECHO A VOTAR: ¡Exprese Su Elección!

Aired On: September 10, 2020

Acerca del Seminario Web:

Ejercer su derecho al voto es una forma poderosa de opinar sobre cómo operan nuestros gobiernos locales, estatales y federales. Votar por leyes y candidatos de su elección es su oportunidad de asegurarse de que el gobierno sirva bien a sus ciudadanos. Únase a nosotros para obtener más información sobre la importancia de votar, sus derechos de voto y el proceso de votación.

Este webinar se enfocará en:

  • Por qué es importante votar
  • Sus derechos de voto
  • Cómo registrarse para votar
  • Cómo emitir su voto y hacer oír su voz
  • Cambios recientes en el proceso de votación

Únase a nosotros para obtener más información sobre su derecho a votar y el proceso de votación. ¡Entonces Vamos a Votar!

Speakers:

Rosy Tellez
Senobia Pichardo

Maintaining Your Mental Health During Covid -19 (Spanish Webinar)

Manteniendo Nuestra Salud Mental Durante Covid-19

Date: September 24, 2020

Aired On: 3:00 PM

Acerca del Seminario Web:

Estamos viviendo en un tiempo lleno de incertidumbre y caos. Puede parecer que muchas cosas en nuestra vida están fuera de nuestro control. Pero existen estrategias y pasos de empoderamiento que podemos tomar para mantener nuestra salud mental durante este tiempo de cambio rápido. Aprendamos formas de obtener nuestros medicamentos psiquiátricos y citas con proveedores de servicios que son necesarios para tomar el control de nuestra salud mental. 

Este seminario web se enfocará en las estrategias para obtener los tratamientos y servicios de salud mental que necesitamos para obtener acceso durante este tiempo de la pandemia. Juntos exploraremos lo siguiente:

  • Covid-19 y los Efectos que tiene en Nuestra Salud Mental
  • Estrategias para Mantener Nuestra Salud Mental durante esta Pandemia
  • Como Asegurarse que Usted Siga Recibiendo los Medicamentos Psiquiátricos Necesarios
  • Servicios de Telesalud y Telepsiquiatría
  • Recursos de Salud Mental para Obtener Asistencia

Speakers:

María García

Maintaining Your Mental Health During Covid -19

Date: September 29, 2020

Time: 11:00 AM

Description:

We now live in a time filled with uncertainty and chaos. It may feel like so many things in our lives are out of our control. But there are empowering strategies and steps you can take to maintain your mental health during this time of rapid change. Learn ways to get needed psychiatric medications and appointments with service providers to take control of your mental health.

This webinar will focus on strategies for getting the mental health treatment and services you can access during this time of the pandemic. We will explore:

  • Covid-19 and its Effects on our Mental Health
  • Strategies to Maintain your Mental Health During this Pandemic
  • How to Make Sure You Still Get Needed Psychiatric Medications
  • Telehealth and Telepsych Services
  • Mental Health Resources to Get Assistance

Speakers:

Debi Davis

Learn about our speakers:

Maria Garcia

Maria Garcia is a person with lived experienced. For the last 14 years she has been an Assistant Patients’ Rights Advocate, working for California Office of Patients’ Rights (COPR). COPR specializes in advocating for the rights of patients with mental health disabilities at the state hospitals.

Maria was a Certified Bilingual Teacher for 5 years. After she was diagnosed with a mental health disability, Maria strived to self-advocate for her rights, and when she joined COPR she was able to advocate for the rights of patients at DSH Metropolitan.

She recently joined the Peer Self Advocacy (PSA) Program as a Coordinator.

In 2018, she received an Advocacy Achievement Award for her dedication and hard work. Her most important reward comes from knowing that with COPR and PSA services, people with mental health disabilities have a voice in the communities and in state hospitals.

Debi Davis

Debi Davis, MSW, is a person with lived experience and a long-time mental health advocate. She founded WE C.A.N. (Client Advocacy Now), a client advocacy group and volunteer for 10 years with Riverside County Patient Rights Office. For the past 12 years, Ms. Davis has worked in the Peer and Self-Advocacy unit of disability rights California, facilitating self-advocacy groups at a state hospital and facilities in the community.

Senobia Pichardo

Senobia Pichardo is a Coach in the Peer Self-Advocacy Program (PSA Unit) with Disability Rights California. She has been facilitating Self Advocacy groups for 15 years throughout Los Angeles County. Both in the community and in intensive care clinics.

Her love for emotional, physical, and spiritual well-being led her to start energy medicine courses and is now a Reiki and integrated energy therapy practitioner. She likes being able to offer support in various ways and thus feels reconnected to her roots. She is a lifelong learner and feels that the heart never tires of learning, growing and expanding.

Rosy Tellez

Peer Self-Advocacy Coordinator with Disability Rights California, brings extensive peer employment training expertise. She facilitated Peer Specialist Trainings in Los Angeles County for the past 13 years at the Disability Community Resource Center and holds a high peer employment placement success rate. Having navigated Department of Mental Health Youth and Adult services, Rosy uses Peer Support, Self-Help and Peer Advocacy as primary Wellness tools. She is an important role model for the peer community, having achieved 17 years without any psychiatric hospitalizations.