The Way Forward: Recent Episodes
Treatment Advocacy Center
Introducing “The Way Forward,” a podcast series produced by Emmy Award-winning Bill Retherford, highlighting the implementation and impact of some of the nation’s most active assisted outpatient treatment programs. We talk to judges, advocates and staff to recognize that AOT is the way forward to freeing those with severe mental illness from psychosis, so they can have their life and independence back. Available on all streaming platforms. Thank you to our generous sponsor, Peg’s Foundation!
In this episode, learn how AOT success stories are not just the exception, but the norm. Columbus AOT Team Supervisor, Jeanne Levy, shares countless real-life examples proving that AOT doesn’t just work; it changes lives. Produced by Emmy Award winner Bill Retherford. Thank you to our generous sponsor, Peg’s Foundation!
In this episode, Judge James Walther brings us inside the courtroom of Lorain County’s AOT program. Learn, step by step, how AOT is utilized in courtrooms as an alternative to incarcerating the severely mentally ill. Produced by Emmy Award winner Bill Retherford. Thank you to our generous sponsor, Peg’s Foundation!
In this episode, we meet Mary Kay Pierce, the executive director of NAMI: Richland County, to learn about the power of AOT. Learning from her personal experience with schizophrenia, she tells us different ways we can support AOT in our own communities. Produced by Emmy Award-winner Bill Retherford. Thank you to our generous sponsor, Peg’s Foundation!
In the debut episode of The Way Forward, we hear from experts in assisted outpatient treatment, Judge Randy Rogers and Dr. Mark Munetz, to learn the ins and outs of AOT and how it helps those with severe mental illness. Produced by Emmy Award-winner Bill Retherford. Thank you to our generous sponsor, Peg’s Foundation!