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2003 Winter Employment Conference
The third annual Winter Employment Conference was held January 30, 2003 at the Boyd Law Building on the campus of the University of Iowa in Iowa City. The title of the conference was "Employment: Are You Up For the Challenge?" and was co-sponsored by the University of Iowa Law, Health Policy and Disability Center, Region 7 CRP-RCEP, Great Plains ADA Project, and Polk County Health Services.
I Think You Ought To Work. That's What I Think, Part 1
- Joe Marrone
Conference Keynote:
One failure of the community mental health movement, even after the advent of Comunity Support funding and models like assertive community treatment and psychosocial clubhouses, is a reluctance to embrace employment as an essential component of people's lives. In his keynote address, Joe Marrone describes why work is a right, a responsibility, an important element of Recovery, and more importantly, an essential component of citizenship.
- Transcript file (.doc)
- PowerPoint presentation (.ppt)