January 4, 2008

OPEN MINDS Partners with Klingberg Family Centers to Present Best Practices Seminar for Front-Line Supervisors

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania – OPEN MINDS, the premier industry research and management consulting firm for the behavioral health and social service field, is pleased to announce a seminar partnership with Klingberg Family Centers. The seminar will be hosted by Klingberg Family Centers on February 22, 2008, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., at 370 Linwood Street, New Britain, Connecticut.

The rapidly evolving behavioral health environment requires increasingly sophisticated supervisory skills including managing for accountability for both clinical and financial outcomes, engaging in continuous improvement and working with a diverse workforce. According to Rosemarie Burton, President and CEO, Klingberg Family Centers, “this seminar is critical for organizations to stay ahead of the curve and to impact the workforce crisis in human services, particularly for children’s behavioral health providers in Connecticut.”

The presenter for “Best Practices for Front-Line Supervisors: Achieving Employee Performance, Retention and Commitment through Effective Supervision,” will be Joseph P. Naughton-Travers, Ed.M., Senior Associate, OPEN MINDS. Naughton-Travers, a nationally-recognized speaker, with more than twenty years experience in the behavioral health field says “this seminar will help supervisors assess their strengths and development needs, provide best practice models of supervision, and help attendees produce an action plan for strengthening supervisory skills on the job.”

OPEN MINDS is a national behavioral health and social service industry market research and management consulting firm. Founded in 1987 and based in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, the 75+ associates of OPEN MINDS provide information, professional education, market research, and management consulting services to payers, regulators, professionals, service provider agencies, and advocacy organizations in the field.

Klingberg Family Centers, Inc. is a private, nonprofit organization whose goal is to strengthen families, to reunite children and families whenever that is safe and possible, and to assure permanent, nurturing families for children.

Go to http://www.openminds.com/educ/omssm05.htm for more information and a complete agenda or call toll-free 877-350-6463. Registration fee is $395. Register by January 25 for the early-bird rate of $295. Call 877-350-6463 to find out more about hosting a seminar.

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