COVID - Phase II: Reunited...Does It Feel So Good? | Queens Chamber of Commerce on Glue Up

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Save the dateApril 29, 202111:00 AM - 12:00 PM (EDT)

Organizer

Organizer: FlexSpace America, Transitional Services for New York, Inc., Queens Chamber of Commerce

Phone: +1 7188988500

Contact Person: Jef Gross

Email: jgross@queenschamber.org

Event Details

In the 1970's R&B duo Peaches and Herb sang REUNITED which at the time...FELT SO GOOD! Well fast forward 50 years after COVID....DOES IT FEEL SO GOOD TO BE REUNITED WITH YOUR CO-WORKERS and be back at your place of work?

How should it look both emotionally and physically? This is your time to have input and brainstorm with others about what the future of the workplace should look like...Breakout rooms will allow you to come up with the solutions you can present to those in charge or your work environment so you can have a direct impact on what your work environment.

This exciting presentation will be moderated by Dr. Larry S. Grubler, CEO of Transitional Services for New York, Inc and in addition to the getting your voice heard we will have two panelists, Joe Ogno of FlexSpace talking about the physical work environment and Eugene Shea, LCSW of Transitional Services for New York, Inc. talking about the emotional aspects of REUNIFICATION....

Please mark your calendars, click to register and join us.

Agenda

11:00 AM - 11:05 AM
Introduction and Opening Remarks
Introduction and Opening Remarks
Larry Grubler - Moderator
Chief Executive Director of Transitional Services for New York, Inc.
11:05 AM - 11:20 AM
Break Out Room Discussions
Break Out Room Discussions
Participants divide into three small groups to discuss their thoughts re. transitioning from remote work environments to physical office space.
11:25 AM - 11:40 AM
Break Group Feedback
Break Group Feedback
11:45 AM - 11:55 AM
Let's Here From the Experts
Let's Here From the Experts
Joe Ogno
President at FlexSpace America
Eugene Shea
Licensed Clinical Social Worker at Transitional Services for New York, Inc.

Speakers

Larry Grubler - Moderator

Chief Executive Director of Transitional Services for New York, Inc.

Larry Grubler - Moderator

Chief Executive Director of Transitional Services for New York, Inc.

https://www.tsiny.org

Larry S. Grubler, Psy.D. is the Chief Executive Officer of Transitional Services for New York, Inc. (TSINY), a comprehensive, not-for-profit mental health organization headquartered in Whitestone, New York.

In 1981, Dr. Grubler began his career working with individuals with mental illness as a counselor in a day program operated by Mercy Hospital and Medical Center. After four years of providing direct clinical services on both an outpatient and inpatient basis, Dr. Grubler began working as an administrator of mental health programs, both overseeing programs and developing new initiatives. In the late 1980's, he worked under both Mayors Koch and Dinkins as a Senior Consultant for the New York City Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Alcoholism Services and gained a good understanding of community participation in program development and public funding. In 1992, Dr. Grubler was hired as TSINY's Associate Director of Residential Services. At the time, TSINY had 189 beds for individuals over the age of 18 who had a primary psychiatric diagnosis.

Today, the residential programs have over 700 beds with expansions planned for Queens and the Lower Hudson Valley Region of New York. He was appointed CEO in March of 2007 and has expanded under his leadership to a corporation with a budget of 30 million dollars, servicing over 4,000 people per year. The Agency maintains a host of outpatient services, such as a clinic, a day program, and outreach and vocational services, as well as an affirmative business.

Dr. Grubler believes that the rehabilitation services that are provided by the staff of TSINY are so unique and the Agency mission and vision that he helped establish are so important that the services should be expanded to other parts of New York initially and, ultimately, throughout the United States.

Dr. Grubler is a Queens native, having been born and raised in Far Rockaway, New York. He resides in Bayside with his wife, Bonnie Arquilla. He received a Bachelor's degree from the State University of New York at Binghamton, a Master's degree from St. John's University in General and Experimental Psychology and a Doctorate in Psychology from Southern California University for Professional Studies.

Joe Ogno

President at FlexSpace America

Eugene Shea

Licensed Clinical Social Worker at Transitional Services for New York, Inc.

Eugene Shea

Licensed Clinical Social Worker at Transitional Services for New York, Inc.

https://www.tsiny.org/

Eugene Shea is a Licensed Certified Social Worker with a Master's Degree from New York University, who shares with others an awareness of both a hesitant anticipation and a hopeful readiness in our communities as we are reopening and reconfiguring our workplaces. Although working remotely for over a year, he will one day be returning to his Transitional Services For New York, Inc. (TSINY) office in Jamaica, Queens.

Eugene Shea first came to TSINY in 1994 as an Assistant Director/Dual Diagnosis Specialist who designed and initiated a track of specialized clinical services for people who were simultaneously challenged by both substance abuse and mental health conditions. He was a Divisional Director when he left Transitional Services For New York in 2010. Eugene Shea returned to TSINY in 2017 where he is now Assistant Director of the Counseling and Crisis Center.

Eugene Shea’s wide range of human service experiences include: client-centered counseling, group facilitation, addictions counseling, integration of vocational and mental health goals, providing individual psychotherapy, and equipping all his clients with skills that avert the likelihood of inpatient care. He has developed innovative treatment techniques and is co-author and illustrator of all four volumes of the best-selling Creative Therapy series of workbooks.

He has functioned in both direct care and managerial roles in Hospital, Outpatient Clinic, Residential, Continuing Day Treatment Program (CDTP) and Personalized Recovery Oriented Services (PROS) settings. Eugene Shea has repeatedly observed that evidence-based practices are most effective when the delivery of professional services is accompanied by a sincere belief in each person’s capacity to transcend trauma or stigma, and re-imagine what is possible in their lives.

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