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 

Agenda for the 2026 Fall Institute at The Monarch Casino Resort Spa, Black Hawk, CO 

 

Friday, October 9, 2026 

2:00-3:30  Registration, Exhibits Open, and Networking/Ice Breaker – Crystal III 

3:30-5:00  Reina Doyle (she/her), MPH, Epidemiologist for the Office of Gun Violence Prevention,                         CDPHE: Firearm-Related Harms and Extreme Risk Protection Orders AND Jazmin Murguia,                     M.A.: Clinical Approaches to Preventing Suicide and Firearm-Related Harms - Crystal IV 

5:00-5:30  Exhibits Open – Crystal III 

5:45-7:00  Dinner – Crystal IV 

7:00-7:15  Door Prize Drawings – Crystal IV 

7:15-7:30  Welcome and Announcements – Crystal IV 

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

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Saturday, October 10, 2026 

7:00-8:00      Breakfast (Exhibitors invited to eat with us) – Crystal IV 

7:45-8:45      Exhibits Open – Crystal III 

8:45-9:00      Announcements – Crystal IV 

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

10:30-11:00  Exhibits Open/Beverage/Snack Break – Crystal III 

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

12:30-1:00    Exhibits Open (Exhibits breakdown at 1:00) – Crystal III 

1:00-1:15      Door Prize Drawings – Crystal IV 

1:15-1:30      Complete Evaluations for Speakers 1-4 – Crystal IV

1:30-3:00      Neurocrine Optional Sponsored Lunch with Speaker (not eligible for CE) -  Crystal I

6:30-8:00      Axsome Optional Sponsored Dinner with speaker (not eligible for CE) -  Crystal Retreat                         Room 

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Sunday, October 11, 2026 

7:15-8:15     Breakfast – Crystal IV 

8:15-8:30     Announcements – Crystal IV 

8:30-10:00   Richard Wallis PhD, PMHNP, CCHP: Correctional Psychiatry – Crystal IV 

10:00-10:15 Beverage Break – Crystal IV 

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 – Crystal IV 

11:45-12:00 Complete Evaluations for Remaining Speakers – Crystal IV 

12:00-12:30 Wrap-up, turn in paperwork, Drawings for Centerpieces – Crystal IV