BHE One-Day Summit

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

Summit Details

The summit offers a wonderful array of educational content addressing topics such as ethics, AI in behavioral health, digital additions, 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

Date and Time

Friday, May 29, 2026, 9 a.m.-3:45 p.m.

Location

Virtual via Zoom

Fees

This event is free to attend.

Cost for CEs:

• $50 – early-bird registration, available April 1 through April 30
• $75 – registration after May 1

Registration will open on April 1.

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.”

The 2025 theme for the conference was "Contemporary Issues Impacting Forensic Services," which was held December 10-11, 2025. The conference offered a variety of educational sessions, including plenary presentations on cultural considerations, hip hop counseling, traumatic brain injuries and fetal alcohol syndrome. Our workshops widely varied, including sessions on trauma-informed care, intimate partner violence, peer supports, motivational interviewing, HIV linkages, neurodivergence, aging in prison and several others. 

We also celebrated award recipients, who are listed below. Congratulations to all of our honorees!

2025 Award Honorees

• 2025 Forensic Rights and Treatment Award - Mariah J. Zur, MS, LPC, CCTP NCC
• 2025 Forensic Rights and Treatment Award – Tyanna Marge, CRS, CFRS, CPS, CCHW, Pennsylvania Mental Health Consumers' Association (PMHCA)
• 2025 Lance Couturier Award – Michelle McGee, PSS, SCI Mahanoy
• Distinctive Contributions Award – Virginia Mastrine, OMHSAS (retired), Former Conference Committee Member
• Distinctive Leadership Award – Lucas D. Malishchak, DBA, Deputy Secretary of Reentry, PA Department of Corrections
• The Forensic Conference Champion Award – Donna McNelis, PhD

More information about the 2025 program is available in the conference brochure.

Details for the 2026 conference will be shared in the fall 2026. 

All questions and inquiries can be sent to Yolanda Ramirez at yr23@drexel.edu.

Annual RCPA Conference

Thank you to all who joined BHE at the 2025 Rehabilitation & Community Providers Association (RCPA) Conference, September 9-12, 2025, at Hershey Lodge and Conference Center!

BHE has worked collaboratively with RCPA for more than 20 years in many roles, including as the continuing education provider for the annual RCPA 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. 

Visit the RCPA Conference website.

Questions About Our Conferences?

If you have questions about any of our events, please call our registrar at 215.991.8870.