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Workshop: Behavioral & Mental Health: Design to Meet Current and Rising Needs


When: May 25, 2023
Time: 8:00am Pacific
What: Agenda
Price: FREE
Registration was open until 5/25/2023 at 11pm, and is now closed.

Virtual Workshop Hours: 

8:00 AM - 1:00 PM Pacific 
11:00 AM -  4:00 PM Eastern

4.0 CEUs

CEUs

The mental health crisis in the US, and around the world continues to grow at alarming rates and is affecting individuals from all ages, ethnicities and socio-economic positions. These challenges reach far beyond the behavioral health unit into a myriad of care settings.

Now, more than ever, it is imperative that the design of these settings reflect the complexities of care, are flexible to respond to fluid care needs, and offer equity to patients.

To meet the increased demand for care, support improved care, and enhance staff safety, today’s design, facility and care professionals have to advance their understanding of the environment's impact on behavioral health care and learn how to incorporate the best and latest design solutions throughout all healthcare settings.

This one-day virtual workshop provides the latest in design thinking for behavioral health care and health settings and offers state-of-the-art best practices through thought leader presentations, case studies, and panel discussions. Attendees will have opportunities to pose questions to workshop faculty and interact with fellow attendees in fun and innovative ways.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks to our Sponsor Partners: 

 

 

Presenting Faculty

Welcome Opening Remarks & Introductions

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

 

 

 

 

Opening Keynote Presentation — Staff and Resident Perceptions of Mental Behavioral Health Environments

This presentation will discuss the importance and effectiveness of features and attributes of the physical environment in four U.S. MBH facilities as perceived by staff and residents. Using the Psychiatric Staff Environmental Design and the Psychiatric Patient Environmental Design tools, researchers will identify the differences between psychiatric staff and resident perceptions, and reflect on the need for more supportive physical MBH environments.

Dr. Mardelle McCuskey Shepley, D.Arch., FAIA
Janet and Gordon Lankton Professor, Department of Human Centered Design Director
Cornell Institute for Healthy Futures, Cornell University
 

 

 

Kati Peditto, PhD, EDAC, WELL AP
Co-Director, Human Experience Lab
Perkins&Will

 

 

 

 

Panel Discussion — Mental and Behavioral Health: International Perspectives

This engaging panel discussion is composed of international experts in the field of mental health design. Tune into a discussion on some of the most highly debated aspects of mental health design, hear recent insights and see case studies of mental health projects throughout the world.

Moderator:
Brian Giebink, AIA, EDAC, LEED AP BD+C
Behavioral and Mental Health Practice Leader
HDR

 

 

 

Panelists:

Barbara Miszkiel, EDAC, LEED AP
Director of Health
HDR (Canada)

 

 

 

Lianne Knotts, RIBA, Adv.Dip. PPA, BArch(Hons), BA(Hons)
Director
Medical Architecture (United Kingdom)

 

 

 

Christian Karlsson
Arkitekt MAA, Partner
Karlsson Arkitekter (Denmark)

 

 

 

Cristiana Caira
Partner, White Arkitekter
Professor, Chalmers University of Technology (Sweden)

 

 

 

 

Case Study — Children's Hospital of Colorado Pediatric Mental Health Institute

Children’s Hospital Colorado seeks to transform the delivery of pediatric mental health services. This session will explore the therapeutic milieu planning concept that organizes the unit by degrees of activity, stimuli, social density, and privacy. 

Tammy Felker, AIA, ACHA, RN, EDAC, LEED AP BD+C
Senior Associate | Healthcare Planner | Healthcare Architect
NBBJ

 

 

 

 

Presentation — Towards an Understanding of Trauma-informed Design: An (Over)view from the Field

During this presentation, the foundational roots of the trauma-informed design approach will be shared, to introduce basic literacy of the underlying principles and concepts at the heart of the practice. 

J. Davis Harte, MS, PhD, WELL AP
Director, Design for Human Health, MDS, Boston Architectural College
Co-Founder, Global Birth Environment Design Network and Trauma-Informed Design Society

 

 

 

Presentation — TaraVista: Designing a Patient-Centered Therapeutic Hospital: A Retrospective

TaraVista Behavioral Health Center was designed with input from family members, consumers, and clinical and support operations staff. This presentation addresses the creation of a new facility, and an assessment of the design after six years of clinical operations caring for over 30,000 patients and their families.

Michael P. Krupa, Ed.D.
Founder, Chief Executive Officer
TaraVista Health Partners
 

 

 

Gary Graham, FAIA
Principal
GMI Architects

 

 

 

 

Presentation — Ordinary Moments, Extraordinary Places – The Power of Co-production in The Mental Health Built Environment

Ordinary moments, extraordinary places is about the power of co-production to create mental health spaces that embody modern mental health practices. Hannah Chamberlain will reflect on how practice has evolved in the UK to develop co-production and peer support principles, and outline practical steps to embed them in building and service design. 

Hannah Chamberlain
CEO
Design in Mental Health Network
 

 

 

 

Panel Discussion

Join workshop panel speakers as they identify overall themes, key concepts, and next steps with a final Q&A.

 

Observations

Wrap up the day with workshop facilitators who will share their observations and projections toward a path forward.

 

Wrap Up Day

 

Adjourn Day

 

Social Time

Join fellow workshop attendees and presenters for a fun and interactive networking event. Meet friends old and new from around the world!