Mental Health America of Arizona 2026 SEEDs Conference

Care That Grows With Us: Mental Health Across the Lifespan

This year's conference explores how mental health care evolves and adapts to meet the needs of individuals from infancy through older adulthood. We seek dynamic, evidence-informed, and practice-based presentations that reflect the realities of serving individuals, families, and communities at every stage of life.

Conference Theme

Mental health needs shift across developmental stages, life transitions, and lived experiences. From early attachment and childhood adversity to adolescent identity formation, adult stress and trauma, and aging-related challenges, effective care must grow alongside the people we serve.

We aim to highlight approaches that are developmentally responsive, culturally attuned, trauma-informed, and sustainable for both providers and the communities they support.

Who Should Attend

• Licensed mental health clinicians (e.g., psychologists, social workers, counselors, marriage and family therapists)
• Psychiatrists and psychiatric providers
• First responders (e.g., law enforcement, EMS, firefighters)
• Crisis intervention specialists
• School-based mental health professionals
• Community health providers
• Peer support specialists
• Researchers and educators in mental health
• Multidisciplinary teams
• Military and Veteran Mental Health Advocates