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Meet Our Speakers

Kay Newberry Brooks serves as Chief Executive Officer for Aspire Behavioral Health and Developmental Disability Services in Southwest Georgia. A Licensed Professional Counselor with thirty years of experience in community behavioral health and developmental disability services to adults, children, and adolescents, she received her doctorate in psychology and counseling in 2012. Her experience and training include addiction, trauma and post traumatic growth. She gained clinical and administrative skills through a variety of challenging job experiences such as hospice, geriatric, family and children assessment services, and community behavioral health and developmental disability settings. She has served as an adjunct faculty member at two local colleges teaching psychology and counseling courses and currently serves on the board of directors for numerous local, county and regional organizations. Aspire is among the top community service board safety net providers in Georgia. It continues to expand its services in rural Georgia, promoting recoveryǦfocused “earlier intervention” and maintaining individuals with supports in their community, decreasing traumatization, and, thus, the need for a higher level of care. Aspire is a “blueǦprint” model for training in its Child and Adolescent programs, Behavioral Health Crisis Center, Early Intervention and personǦcentered Developmental Disability units. Aspire has also successfully repurposed a closed, rural hospital into a 12Ǧmonth Residential Recovery program. Kay N. Brooks, EdD, LPC Chief Executive Officer Aspire Behavioral Health & Developmental Disability Services Contact: 229.430.4005 Email: kbrooks@albanycsb.org

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