47th Annual Fall Institute for Psychiatric Advanced Practice Nurses
Expanding Our Horizons

October 9th - October 11th, 2026

2026 Schedule for the 47th Annual Fall Institute 

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Fri  2:00-3:30 Registration, Exhibits Open, and Networking/Ice Breaker 

Fri 3:30-5:00 Speaker TBD 

Fri 5:00-5:30  Exhibits Open  

Fri 5:45-7:00 Dinner 

Fri 7:00-7:15 Door Prize Drawings 

Fri 7:15-7:30  Welcome and Announcements 

Fri 7:30-9:00      Jeanine Szabla, MSN, PMHNP-BC, PMH-C, CARN: Perinatal Mental Health: Practical Tools for Frontline Providers 

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Sat 7:00-8:00  Breakfast (Exhibitors invited to eat with us) 

Sat 7:45-8:45 Exhibits Open 

Sat 8:45-9:00 Announcements 

Sat 9:00-10:30 Elizabeth A. Haselwood, PMHNP-BC, BFA, certified Trager® practitioner: Mind Body Skills for Practitioners and Patients: Hacks for Anxiety 

Sat 10:30-11:00  Exhibits Open/Beverage/Snack Break 

Sat 11:00-12:30  Rachel M. Sabolish AGPMHNP-C, ACHPN: Alcohol Use Disorder: How to Help Those Who Are Drowning 

Sat 12:30-1:00 Exhibits Open (Exhibits breakdown at 1:00)  

Sat 1:00-1:15 Door Prize Drawings 

Sat 1:15-1:30 Complete Evaluations for Speakers 1-4 

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Sat 1:30pm Pharmaceutical Lunch TBD

Sat 6:30pm Pharmaceutical Dinner sponsored by Alkermes

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Sun 7:15-8:15 Breakfast 

Sun 8:15-8:30 Announcements 

Sun 8:30-10:00 Richard Wallis PhD, PMHNP: Correctional Psychiatry 

Sun 10:00-10:15 Beverage Break 

Sun 10:15-11:45 Melanie F. Kempf-Sandoval, PhD, AGACNP-BC, PMHNP-BC, RN: Wiring the Mind for Success:  New Horizons in ADHD Clinical Care 

Sun 11:45-12:00 Complete Evaluations for Remaining Speakers 

Sun 12:00-12:30 Wrap-up, turn in paperwork, Drawings for Centerpieces