28th Annual Conference – March 26-27, 2025 - Lufkin, Texas

Save the date for the 28th Annual Mission Possible conference to be held Wednesday, March 26-27, at the Pitser Garrison Civic Center in Lufkin, Texas.

This multi-day conference will offer continuing education contact hours for counselors, social workers, LMFTs, nurses, certified case managers, and activity professionals.

Conference Theme:
Back to the Basics: Client-Focused Care

Conference Objectives:

• • Participants will identify gaps in care, understand diverse client demographics, and create personalized, culturally responsive treatment plans.
  • Participants will learn tools to improve clinical approaches, particularly in managing emotional dysregulation and integrating data-driven needs assessments.
  • Participants will identify self-care strategies and methods to prevent burnout.
  • Participants will explore the significance implicit bias has on mental health treatment and encourage the use of culturally diverse treatment approaches to enhance client outcomes.

Interested Audiences:

• • Mental Health and Nursing Professionals

• • Educators and Organizations Serving Youth and Schools

• • Health, Wellness, and Community-based Organizations

• • Elderly and Alzheimer’s Focused Providers

• • Consumers and the general public

Pre-conference Sessions
A pre-conference Ethics workshop will be available on Tuesday, March 26.

Mission Possible is made possible thanks to the following organizations:

• • Burke

• • Alzheimer's Association

• • Texas Department of State Health Services - Rusk State Hospital

• • Stephen F. Austin State University

• • School of Social Work

• • Ocean's Behavioral Hospital - Lufkin

Online registration for the conference will open by Monday, January 6, 2025. 

For more information, call (936) 558-6246 or E-mail Kinnie Reina.