Online Course: Ethics in Psychiatric Rehabilitation

Dr. Nemec is an internationally recognized trainer in psychiatric rehabilitation, and was the director of the academic specialization in psychiatric rehabilitation at Boston University (now closed). She has played an important role on curriculum development team for the Boston University Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation as well as for regional training projects in psychiatric rehabilitation and academic curriculum development for undergraduate and graduate programs in health and rehabilitation sciences. As an active contributor to the US Psychiatric Rehabilitation Association, Pat was a key member of the task force groups that developed the USPRA Language Guidelines and the most recent revision of the USPRA Multicultural Principles. She is the current Vice President of the Commission responsible for the Certified Psychiatric Rehabilitation Practitioner program, and a founding member of the Consortium of Psychiatric Rehabilitation Educators.

Mr. LaMaster has been encouraged and influenced by trends toward greater levels of personal involvement by people receiving services and their significant others, over the course of his 20-year-career serving people with psychiatric disabilities. Currently, Steve serves as the Director of Psychiatric Rehabilitation Services at the Vinfen Corporation in Cambridge, MA, a role which involves consultation to multidisciplinary teams housing programs for a division serving 2,200 persons in housing, employment, education, and community participation modalities. In this capacity, Steve coordinates implementation of division-wide rehabilitation initiatives, supports the recovery of persons served through the efforts of capable employment and rehabilitation practitioners, and oversees adherence efforts related to Medicaid’s Rehabilitation Option Services provision. Steve holds an MS in Rehabilitation Counseling from Boston University. He and his family are active participants in their community of Cambridge, and enjoy many forms of outdoor activity that New England has to offer.

Ms. McNamara began her career in 1978 providing services for people with psychiatric disabilities in community programs, and in 1985 she began teaching the skills of psychiatric rehabilitation to providers in the mental health field. For 15 years, Ms. McNamara worked as an Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor in the Rehabilitation Counseling Program at Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences at Boston University. She has co-authored several articles and curricula on psychiatric rehabilitation. Ms. McNamara worked as the Director of the Professional Development Program, which offers various options for continuing education through the Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation. She also worked as the Product Specialist in the Publications Division at the Center, and is involved in developing and marketing products, monitoring inventory and sales, and providing customer service.