Don't miss this affordable, high-return day – a unique opportunity to learn from experts, idea-share with colleagues and re-charge your professional batteries to prepare you for today and tomorrow’s behavioral health challenges

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Behavioral Health

Mental health and substance abuse issues
have reached the crisis stage.

These issues impact every type of healthcare
facility and department.

Are you working with the best and latest information to respond to these challenges?

Join us as we explore the role the built environment can play in solving behavioral health challenges, and the impact that innovative design solutions are having on the lives of those faced with these conditions, in the safety of their caregivers, and in the financial and legal challenges faced by providers.

  • A one day collaborative, problem-solving workshop
  • Eight sessions featuring 11 industry experts presenting lessons learned and new thinking in design strategies that support improved care for behavioral health.
  • A “must attend” event for design, facility and care professionals working in dedicated behavioral health and all other types of healthcare facilities.

Don't miss this affordable, high-return day – a unique opportunity to learn from experts, idea-share with colleagues and re-charge your professional batteries to prepare you for today and tomorrow’s behavioral health challenges.

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September 26, 2017 Arlington, VA

Register by August 31
AND SAVE WITH EARLY BIRD RATES

6.5 AIA/EDAC CONTINUING EDUCATION UNITS

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LEARNING OBJECTIVES

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

You’ll hear from behavioral health facility design thought leaders who will share real world experiences and future-looking insights into:

  • The implications of your design decisions
  • Innovative and effective design strategies that support behavioral health populations
  • Case studies of state-of-the-art facilities
  • Existing standards and behavioral health models

This unique experience is ideal for individuals who are intending to design new mental and behavioral health facilities and those wishing to evaluate the quality of their existing facilities.

  • Healthcare architects, planners, designers, and consultants
  • Behavioral health facility or department directors, physicians, nurses and managers
  • Healthcare facilities and planning executives
  • Hospital executives with behavioral health department oversight
  • Product manufacturers

THE EXPERTS

Mardelle Shepley, MArch, MA, DArch, EDAC, FAIA, FACHA, LEED BD+C
Professor, Cornell University

Ellen Taylor, PhD, AIA, MBA, EDAC
Vice President for Research, The Center for Health Design

Natalie Hagerty, AIA, LEED AP, EDAC, SSGBC
Director of Facilities Planning, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

Meg Louis, RN, MBA, EDAC
Healthcare Operations Planner, BSA LifeStructures

Ellen Post, MHA, EDAC, LEED Green Associates
Planner, Christner, Inc

Tae Jung, AIA
Senior Architect and Vice President, NIKA

David Sine, DrBE, ARM, CSP, CPHRM
Chief Risk Officer, Office of Quality, Safety and Value, Veterans Health Administration

James M. Hunt, AIA
Behavioral Healthcare Design Consultant President of Behavioral Health Facility Consulting, LLC

Jeri Brittin, PhD
Director of Research, HDR

Jason Beshore, Assoc. AIA, CDT
Healthcare Principal, HDR

Jaques Black, AIA
Partner, E4H Environments For Health

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