A Letter from Crisis Prevention Institute’s Executive Director

I want to take this opportunity to thank Marconi Calindas of the Saipan Tribune for his coverage of education, mental health and advocacy, and his professionalism in the years that we have known one another. Thank you Marconi for the many Saipan Tribune interviews and features of my work as a Behavior Specialist for PSS, as well as my volunteer efforts to advocate for individuals with mental health disability and especially, children with special needs. Thanks to you professionals and individuals from the other side of the world are starting to gain a more informed perpsective of the local educational and mental health capacity-building efforts that we are doing here in the CNMI.

A few days ago, I received this nice letter via email from Crisis Prevention Institute’s Executive Director, Robert S. Watters. Here is the letter re-formated verbatim from his email:

Thanks Robert! What wonderful praises.

But that wasn’t all. Because a day or so before that, I received this email from Crisis Prevention Institute’s Associate Director of Quality and Standards, Erik L. Larson. Erik mistakenly wrote Saipan Times, instead of Saipan Tribune:

Via email June 28, 2007

Dear Mr. Nguyen,

I had come across the article from the Saipan Times about your upcoming move back to Texas, and I thought I’d just send you a quick note. Congratulations on the work that you have done while in Saipan; the article is very nice and recognizes a number of important accomplishments you have made while in Saipan. Additionally, it was nice to see that note that you have been able to deliver Nonviolent Crisis Intervention® training while overseas. Good luck with the move back and with getting settled back in, in Texas. I’m not sure what your plans are for employment and if you will be delivering Nonviolent Crisis Intervention® training, but I’m attaching a Base of Employment Change Form that you could complete and submit when you are able, so that we can update your records. Again, welcome back and best wishes with the move, please let me know if we can provide any assistance.

Sincerely,

Erik L. Larson

Associate Director of Quality and Standards
Crisis Prevention Institute
3315-I North 124th Street
Brookfield, WI 53005

Thank you Erik for those kind words.

I’m sharing these things with the CNMI community not to boast (although some may see it that way), but rather to inspire! Those who know me and who have worked alongside me know that I have held true to my words and followed through with what I have set out to do. They also know that I do not work for glory or recognition, but that these accolades are by-products of a job well done.

Thanks again Robert Watters and Erik Larson of CPI for their letter and email.