The presenters will share research-based, practical strategies for engaging youth from the areas of authentic co-design, positive youth development, and trauma-informed care. We will explore how the Keeping Families Together Training Academy, co-created with consultants with lived expertise, has successfully guided planning and implementation in local sites. Since KEEP expanded statewide in 2019, the program has enrolled more than 2,500 families from every Oregon county. This training will provide an overview of a new video training series. This presentation will discuss partnerships between police departments and community based behavioral health centers to promote safety for individuals in crisis, their families, police officers, and communities as a whole. Parent / Teacher Conferences Monday, November 21, 2022 to Tuesday, November 22, 2022 Add to Calendar More event details Parent / Teacher Conferences are on Nov. 21 and Nov. 22. Please enter name (s) you would like on your nametag (s). Early bird registration through December 31, 2022 is $30 per person. Safety science is a multidisciplinary field of research and practice concerned with creating and sustaining safety in high-risk industries where professionals make high-impact decisions, like child welfare. Social service professionals are often affected by vicarious trauma, with differential impacts related to their personal histories, roles at work, and other factors. Presenters: Michael Cull & Elizabeth Riley, Center for Innovation in Population Health, Lexington, KY, D7 Installing a Community Pathway to Family First Prevention Services: Initial Implementation Strategies. Cathy and Todd host their annual Zen Parenting Conference in Chicago with today's most sought-after thought leaders. Connect with your County Extension Office , Find an Extension employee in our staff directory , Get the latest news and updates on Extension's work around the state, Feedback, questions or accessibility issues: info@extension.wisc.edu | 2023 The Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System Privacy Policy | Non-Discrimination Policy | Discrimination and Harassment Complaints | Disability Accommodation Requests | Civil Rights. Presenters: Melissa Webster & Kenneth Shackleford & Juliana Harms, One Hope United, Chicago, IL, D14 Authentic Child and Youth Engagement in Program Development: How to Practice What We Preach. Unfortunately, the interventions of child welfare agencies have mostly been ineffective at strengthening family protective factors due to the lack of ongoing father inclusion efforts, and limited access to gender responsive support services. Our agency is currently exploring how we partner with divisions across the Department of Family Services to enhance service delivery to all men, not just fathers, who need or seek social services. 2023. Based on the philosophy that skilled, experienced, and knowledgeable child welfare caseworkers foster an environment that is ripe for retention, the field coach program helps to enrich caseworkers critical thinking, reflective practice, and other soft skills via the creation of Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Time-Bound (SMART) goals. The workshop will include information about initial efforts to stand up the CME, including capacity building strategies and roadblocks experienced. Presenters will share the essential components of the enhanced model and will provide an overview of both quantitative and qualitative outcomes that children and caregivers in the pilot sites experienced. Learn new skills and resources that will help you and the children in your life! Indigenous stages of child development (the Turtle Lodge teachings) create the basis for caregivers understanding of the youth in their care. Presenters will share strategies for developing the Request for Proposals that guided the selection of the states Care Management Entity (CME), and the specific considerations that were applied to ensure that the successful bidder could fulfill Connecticuts vision for the CME while adhering to Federal requirements. The discussion will be interactive with an opportunity for participants to interact and share their experiences. Disclaimers and Such: Fair Warning: While none of this is professional advice, it is powerful stuff and could potentially change your life! The cost is $20 per family. Through innovative recruitment and by treating caregivers as practitioners (the primary change agent), and providing them with robust onboarding, training, and clinical supervision, we can dramatically change the experiences of youth living in foster care and their families. New efforts are emerging to partner across systems to create an enabling policy context that expands availability of macroeconomic policies, increases innovation with available resources, and reduces restrictive policies and administrative barriers. Some notable sessions are: The Supremacy of Jesus in the Home Discipling as a Single Parent The primary focus of Family Centered Treatment (FCT) for over 30 years has been to find simple, practical, and holistic solutions for families faced with disruption due to external and/or internal stressors, circumstances, or forced removal of children from the home due to delinquent behaviors from youth or harmful behaviors from parents. We will end the presentation by reiterating the importance of implementing a team of individuals willing to provide support to staff through an evidence-based curriculum during an unfortunate event. Presenters: Dimple Patel & Emily Hajjar & Linda Sagor, Massachusetts Department of Children and Families, Boston, MA, A6 Building and Implementing a Family First CQI Framework: Accomplishments and Lessons Learned. Parents who adopt children with special needs may feel ambiguous loss related to what the child could have been had certain things not happened (fetal alcohol syndrome, exposure to in utero drugs, etc.). Through this presentation, we will explain the development of the Indiana Safe Systems program during the outbreak of COVID-19, and detail the evolutionary process of Safety Science with the investment of a psychologically safe environment after a critical incident occurs. 3:10 pm 4:25 pm, B2 Adapting an Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) to Meet the Diverse Needs of Youth in Oregons Child Welfare System: the KEEP Model. Dr. Crumbley has provided expert testimony on kinship care to the U.S. Senate, U.S. House of Representatives and the United Nations. This model, which can be described as a journey with youth at the center, includes a focus on identity, relational supports, contextual considerations, and phases for supporting youth connection and growth. We will acknowledge the importance of applying an equitable level of diligent efforts to search for and engage with paternal and maternal sides of families. Participants will also receive strategies and resources to increase the trauma responsiveness of community organizations in their areas. Presenters: Ebony Chambers McClinton & Terrell Thomas, Stanford Sierra Youth and Families, Sacramento, CA, E9 The Practice of Mattering: Honoring the Dignity and Worth of Persons and Families in Marginalized Status. Please be sure to make your reservation under our conference group block to ensure waiver of the destination fee charged at this hotel. Reception in Exhibit Hall, 12:25 pm 1:55 pm Presenters will highlight successful approaches for data collection, policy development, and increasing partnership and collaboration with advocates and those with lived expertise. Presenters: Kathleen Savino & Alison Friar, The Connection, Middletown, CT; Rebecca Peterson, Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, Middletown, CT, G12 Attuned to the Rhythm! The old adage of we just need more people is no longer feasible and, in most cases, no longer rings true. This presentation will compare current thinking about Unconditional Care and Wraparound services. This presentation will detail the effective collaboration between Connecticuts Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, the Department of Children and Families, and private non-profits in creating a continuum of care to support women who are pregnant or parenting and struggling with substance use disorders. Parenting Conference 2023 Dates: February 17-18, 2023 6:00-8:30pm | 9:00am-Noon Cost: $25/Person Join us February 17th & 18th at our West Dodge campus for Lifegate's 2023 Parenting Conference. Check out ourTake-One Exhibiting(on 3rd tab of this section) to share your message with conference attendees. Friday evening session $15 and Saturday morning session $20. Movements through the continuum include residential substance abuse treatment (with children residing at program), step down residential programs, and community-based scatter-sited housing services. Presenters: Aakanksha Sinha, Casey Family Programs, Seattle, WA; Connie Chung, Foster America, Los Angeles, CA; Teresa Vollert, Edgewood Center for Children and Families, Millbrae, CA, H2 How to Build Effective Partnerships for Advancing Systems Change Agendas. The Parent and Nanny Conference has over 50 on-demand seminars and you have an entire month to watch as many as you want. Presenters: Oriane Eriksen & Stephanie Pegues & Bennie Herron & Mercedes Alonzo, Fairfax County Department of Family Services, Fairfax, VA, B4 Enabling Policy Context to Prevent Child Welfare Involvement Through Economic & Concrete Supports. Child welfare decisions result in families being kept together or children being removed from their homes. Lastly, we will provide strategies on youth participation and other 21st century learning strategies. 15. The Community Connections Youth Project (CCYP) and its staff work with youth who are currently or formerly in foster care, ages 17-26. This presentation will focus on providing a landscape analysis of all Independent Life Skill assessments that are currently being used nationally. Cant be with us in person? Presenter: Donna Marie Lucero, All Faiths Childrens Advocacy Center, Albuquerque, NM, G13 Kinnections Project: on the Road to Becoming an Evidence-Based Practice. Using wraparound services both as preventative and reunification interventions can reduce child welfare involvement and out-of-home placements while strengthening family skills, empowerment, and independence. Building Blocks for Effective Co-Parenting and The 4 As Approach to Promoting Diversity, Equity, and Inclusionwith Marcus Stallworth, LMSW. 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