Contact
PPAL Conference Team
Parent/Professional Advocacy League
617-542-7860
conference@ppal.net
Parent/Professional Advocacy League's
12th Annual
Virtual Conference
& Celebration
Friday, May 19, 2023
This year's conference promises to be an outstanding event, gathering virtually with Keynote Elizabeth Sweet, Public Health Advisor from SAMHSA's Office of Recovery and a mom with lived experience! After the keynote, we will move on to morning and afternoon workshops on a wide variety of topics within Children's Mental Health. Enjoy a day of learning and leave feeling inspired and connected!
Thank You to our Title Sponsor!
Keynote Speaker
Mr. Toad's Wild Ride Through The World of Children’s Mental Health!
with Elizabeth Sweet
Public Health Advisor in the Office of Recovery,
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
Liz has worked for SAMHSA for the past 25 years as a Federal Health Advisor in the Center for Mental Health Services, focused on the issues families face while raising children with mental health challenges and the systems that serve them. As a Mom, who, with her husband, raised a son with mental health challenges, Liz knows what it is like to try and find appropriate services for children and youth. Liz is the Gold Star Mother of Sgt. Thomas J. Sweet II of the Big Red One, 1st of the 5th Field Artillery Unit out of Ft. Riley, Kansas who died in 2003 in Iraq as a result of suicide. In her current role at SAMHSA she continues to focus on issues of family involvement across the lifespan and all of behavioral health.
Conference Workshops
AM Workshops
PM Workshops
Sponsorship Opportunities
Would you like to sponsor families to attend our conference?
We have many opportunities to support this incredible day of learning.
Please reach out to conference@ppal.net for more information.