2026 Mental Health Awareness Conference

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Date & Location
Wednesday, May 13, 2026, 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM, The Bradley Lecture Center

Registration

Be part of a day dedicated to education and awareness at the 2026 Mental Health Awareness Conference, hosted by Children's of Alabama Behavioral Health.

Wednesday, May 13, 2026

8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Bradley Lecture Center at Children's of Alabama (Zoom Option Also Available)

Registration Cost: Free

Featured Speaker: Laura Ornelas, LCSW. Laura Ornelas has been educating parents and professionals across the country about the effects of ruptures in relationships and best practices in child welfare and adoption for the past 25 years. A seasoned and respected trainer, Ms. Ornelas appears in a collections of instructional videos for the Center for Adoption Support and Education (C.A.S.E.) as well as the federally funded NTDC, the National Training and Development Curriculum for foster and adoptive parents. She is a master trainer and contributing curriculum developer for ACT: An Adoption & Permanency Curriculum for Child Welfare and Mental Health Professionals and for Pathways to Permanence 2: Parenting Children Who Have Experienced Trauma and Loss. She was also the lead writer, trainer of trainers and consultant for NTDC. She has also written several educational works, including Effectively Addressing Mental Health Issues in Permanency-Focused Child Welfare Practice (Child Welfare Journal), Attachment Through the Senses (Fostering Families Today) and numerous white papers, including Childhood Trauma: A Multi-Dimensional Approach and Yoga as Trauma Treatment for Children.