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- February 2008. Launch of Piurek & Associates' “new” web site. The web site address is: www.piurek.com
- January 18, 2008. Elaine Groppenbacher of Piurek & Associates and Toni Issadore presented at the 19th Statewide Child Abuse Prevention Conference held at the Mesa Convention Center, January 17-18, 2008. Elaine and Toni facilitated a candid conversation about the “isms” people have regarding children and adolescents with complex histories, needs and mental health challenges. The views we hold, the stance we take and our responses can create either a burden of limitation or a future of opportunities. These influence our day-to-day work with youth, families, and our colleagues. Elaine and Toni, parent-professional presenters, led a candid & practical exploration of how and why our views develop, how to increase awareness, and keep biases in check so we can achieve a positive, inclusive, relationship-based practice with people who have mental health challenges. Visit the Prevent Child Abuse Arizona web site.
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January 16, 2008. Piurek & Associates holds 2nd Annual Community Appreciation Luncheon in Phoenix, Arizona, for clients, vendors and community supporters. Thanks everyone! We are here because of your generous support!
- January , 2008. Margaret Trujillo presents at the conference hosted by the Center for Applied Behavioral Health Policy and Arizona Department of Behavioral Health Service. Margaret presented on the topic – Creating a Community Workforce at the “Busting Myths, Breaking Barriers: Developing Culture and Linguistic Responsiveness to Reduce Disparity Across Behavioral Health and Health Systems” conference. To view materials from this presentation, please visit our Speaking & Events page.
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- November 2007. Piurek & Associates donates profits from their November 7, 2007 licensure conference to Girls for a Change (GFC), a non-profit organization dedicated to empowering young women. The $1000 will support their work in expanding GFC efforts in Arizona. To learn about how you can support GFC, please check out their web site at www.girlsforachange.org.
- November 7, 2007. Piurek & Associates hosts “How to Have a Stress Free Licensure Audit” conference in Phoenix, Arizona. Sue Ann Atkerson, Melinda Harvey and Alice Prather designed and presented the conference information. Participants said:
- “It was fun and not boring - - - as conferences can be. Loved the speakers, wonderful job.”
- “I never expected to learn so much—thank you.”
- “Excellent panel—all wonderful presenters. Thank you for doing this workshop/training.”
- “Had a great experience. Presenters were a wealth of knowledge.”
To view materials from this conference, please visit our Speaking & Events page.
- November 2007. Bill Kennard presents for Phoenix Interfaith and Triple R. “R5 – The Essential Components of a Recovery Facilitating Behavioral Health System”. Bill defined and distinguished five components: Recovery, Roles, Rehabilitation, Readiness, and Relating. This presentation is an overview of the people program and systems elements that facilitate recovery. To download a copy of this R5 presentation, visit our Resources Page –Recovery, Resiliency and Rehabilitation Resources.
- October 2007. Margaret Trujillio presents at the conference hosted by World Federation for Mental Health Minneapolis, MN. The conference focused on Transcultural Mental Health in a Changing World: Building a Global Response. Margaret presented a Family Recover Program: A Multisystemic Recovery Approach to Families. To view materials from this presentation, please visit our Speaking & Events page. You can visit the World Federation for Mental Health web site at http://www.wfmh.org/.
- October 2007. Bill Kennard presents for Magellan Osborne, 1300 and Arcadia Clinics: “R3 - Psychiatric Rehabilitation”, an overview of the key components of the Psychiatric Rehabilitation approach.
- September 2007. Bill Kennard presents for the staff of Art Awakenings and for the staff of Phoenix Interfaith. “R5 – The Essential Components of a Recovery Facilitating Behavioral Health System”. Bill defined and distinguished five components: Recovery, Roles, Rehabilitation, Readiness, and Relating. This presentation is an overview of the people, program and systems elements that facilitate recovery. To download a copy of this R5 presentation, visit our Resources Page – Recovery, Resiliency and Rehabilitation Resources.
- September 2007. Piurek & Associates announces that Bill Kennard joins the Piurek Team. Bill will assist organizations in transforming their culture, operations and practices using current psychiatric rehabilitation and recovery facilitation best practices; aligning organizational transformation efforts, developing personnel, programs and systems to meet the needs of individuals with psychiatric disabilities through a rehabilitation and recovery approach; and providing specialized leadership training and presentations focused on psychiatric rehabilitation and recovery facilitation.
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- August 2007. Piurek & Associates exhibits at the annual conference hosted by The Southwestern School for Behavioral Health Studies in Tucson, Arizona. This is a great conference! For information on attending the next Annual Southwestern School for Behavioral Health Studies, visit the EMPACT—Suicide Prevention Center website at www.eventsite.cc.
- July 17, 2007. Zohreh Piurek & Margaret Trujillo present at the 8th Annual Arizona Summer Institute in Sedona, Arizona. Zohreh and Margaret present on the timely topic of developing a multi-generational work force in their session “Boomer Forge Ahead: Work Strategies to Span All Generations”. To watch a mind expanding video played during their presentation or download a copy of their presentation, visit our Speaking & Events page.
- July 2007. The 2007 Summer Institute, titled “The Balancing Act: Innovation, Fidelity and Accountability in an Era of Evidence-Based Implementations”, was hosted by the Center for Applied Behavioral Health Policy (CABHP), Arizona State University. This is another great annual conference! To get information on professional development activities hosted by CABHP, visit their site at www.cabhp.asu.edu.
- July 2007. Piurek & Associates announces that Elaine Groppenbacher joins the Piurek Team. As a senior consultant, Elaine will continue her involvement in developing and implementing innovative programs in addition to serving the most vulnerable and marginal members of communities across multiple generations. Through her 25 years of experience in the medical, behavioral health, public health, child welfare and social services, she has gained the ability to translate numerous practice principles and skills within various settings and systems and applies that to her work with Piurek & Associates' customers.
- June 20, 2007. Radio show “Career Straight Talk: The Inside Scoop” goes live with Zohreh Piurek as host on KFNX 'NEWS-TALK RADIO' 1100. The show provides listeners “straight talk” on how to achieve the career of their dreams. Check it out via archived radio shows on the Inter-Growth Website at www.inter-growth.com. Inter-Growth, a sister division of Piurek & Associates, provides management consulting services to small and mid-size growth businesses.
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- May 2007. Piurek & Associates announces that Gabriella Guerra joins the Piurek Team. Gabriella brings her 16+ years of experience in the behavioral health field to the Piurek & Associates team. This includes her extensive knowledge and skills in the areas of managed care systems, contract management, provider relations, compliance, project management, team building, technical writing for proposal response, and implementation of prevention and treatment programming. Gabriella’s talents in providing quality services to customers are an asset to Piurek & Associates.
- April 2007. Piurek & Associates donates $5,000 towards Girls for a Change (GFC), a non-profit organization dedicated to empowering young women. Both Piurek & Associates and the recipient of this donation, GFC, are committed to bringing hope and creating opportunities for young people. To learn about how you can support GFC, please check out their web site at www.girlsforachange.org.
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You can click on the Press Release or Press Kit links below for more Piurek Press information.
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"Zohreh Piurek will not take a job if she doesn't believe in it. Zohreh has a very high level of integrity on a personal and professional level. This level of integrity is held at all levels and in the service delivery of Piurek & Associates."
- Mary Jo Whitfield, MSW
Vice President, Behavioral Health
JFCS
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