Annual RCPA Conference

Save the date for the Rehabilitation & Community Providers Association (RCPA) Annual Conference, which will be held September 29-October 2, 2026, at Hershey Lodge and Conference Center!

Learn more about the RCPA Conference

BHE has worked collaboratively with RCPA for more than 20 years in many roles, including as the continuing education sponsor for the conference. This event is one of the most well-attended weeklong behavioral healthcare events in the Commonwealth. Attendees, sponsors and exhibitors look forward to this event every year.

Did you know that you can receive over 100 continuing education (CE) credits through BHE at the conference? In partnership with RCPA, many CEs will be provided for sessions throughout the four-day event.

Annual BHE Forensic Rights and Treatment Conference

For more than 30 years, BHE has hosted the Pennsylvania Forensic Rights and Treatment Conference. Each year, we offer a dynamic virtual educational event that addresses a wide variety of forensic topics related to behavioral health. Our webinar-based conferences have been highly reviewed, including by one attendee who wrote that our event is “the gold standard of virtual conferences.”

About the Conference

This year's conference will be held virtually December 9-10, 2026. The theme is:

Listening, Learning, Leading: Foundations of Effective Forensic Practice

Submit a Conference Proposal

If you are interested in presenting at this year's event, please submit your proposal using the call for proposals application form.

Deadline: Proposals must be submitted by August 5, 2026.

Submit an Award Nomination

If you'd like to submit a nomination for one of the Forensic Rights and Treatment Conference Awards, please use the award nomination referral form.

If you are submitting a nomination for the Donna McNelis Leadership Award, please use the award nomination referral form.

Deadline: Award nominations must be submitted by October 1, 2026.

Questions about the conference should be sent to bheweb@drexel.edu.

BHE One-Day Summit

BHE hosted a one-day summit, “Hot Topics: Trends and Challenges in Behavioral Healthcare” on May 29, 2026, virtually via Zoom.

Summit Details

This summit offers a wonderful array of educational content addressing topics such as ethics, AI in behavioral health, digital addictions, mindfulness and wellness, sexual dysfunction and burnout. This event is relevant for behavioral healthcare professionals of all types, and the registration fee will include up to 10 hours of continuing education credits for live sessions and pre-recorded, on-demand content.

Download the Summit Brochure

Questions About Our Conferences?

If you have questions about any of our events, please email bheweb@drexel.edu