11:30 – 1:30
Opening Luncheon Unconditional Commitment:
The Only Love that Matters
Pat O’Brien
9:00–
5:00 Special Session
Working with Children
and Their Families that are Hurting
Insoo Kim Berg
1:45 – 5:00
Special Session
Making Permanent Connections
Before Leaving Foster Care: A Youth Panel
Brenda Redding
1:45 – 3:15
Concurrent Workshops, Session 1
Reunification of Sexually
Abusive Families: When? How? And If?
Wayne Duehn
A Comprehensive Approach
to Permanency for Adolescents: A County Model
F. Christopher Esmurdoc
Demystifying the African
American Client: Tools, Strategies and interventions
to Address Overrepresentation of African American
Clients in the Child Welfare System
Donna Parrish, Michelle Howard, Melody Brown
Not in Your House:
Evade and Escape for Field Workers
Frederic de Seriere
Information & Tools
to Engage and Identify Relatives for Children
and Youth
Kevin Campbell
Cooperation Mechanisms
between the Consulate General of Mexico and
Denver Department of Human Services
Presenters TBA
The Summit Program:
Effective Interventions for Adolescents at Risk
for Suicide and Self-Mutilation PIP
Ellie Bennett, Matthew Dodson, Kim Johancen-Walt
Model Court Project in Colorado (Part 1)
Theresa Cisneros, Shirly Rhodus, Karen Ashby,
Barbara Shacklee, Chris Melonakis
3:30 – 5:00
Concurrent Workshops, Session 2
Reunification of Sexually
Abusive Families: When? How? And If?(Repeat)
Wayne Duehn
A Comprehensive Approach
to Permanency for Adolescents: A County Model(Repeat)
F. Christopher Esmurdoc
Demystifying the African
American Client: Tools, Strategies and interventions
to Address Overrepresentation of African American
Clients in the Child Welfare System(Repeat)
Donna Parish, Michelle Howard, Melody Brown
Not in Your House: Evade and Escape for Field
Workers (Repeat)
Frederic de Seriere
Information & Tools
to Engage and Identify Relatives for Children
and Youth(Repeat)
Kevin Campbell
Cooperation Mechanisms
between the Consulate General of Mexico and
Denver Department of Human Services(Repeat)
Presenters TBA
Model Court Project
in Colorado (continued)
Theresa Cisneros, Shirly Rhodus, Karen Ashby,
Barbara Shacklee, Chris Melonakis
The Saving F.A.C.E.
Approach to Finding Permanent Homes for Every
Teen in Our Care – Barring No One!
Pat O’Brien
Collaborative
Funding – Understanding the Continuum
of TANF, Child Welfare Core Services, MOE and
IV-E
Larry Armstrong, Melinda Cox, Cheryl Duncan
6:00-8:00 Dinner
Session
Using Hip Hop as a
Tool of Engagement
Lamarr Darnell Shields
Treatment Strategies
for Emotionally Disrupted Children and Families
Brian Post
Three Evidence-Based
Interventions for High Risk Children and Adolescents:
An integrative Model
Michele McCormick
8:30 -10:00
Concurrent Workshops, Session 3
Pediatric Psychopharmacology
for Non-Prescribers; The Current Facts About
Psychiatric Medication Use in Children and Adolescents
(Part 1)
Myra McSwain Kamran
All Teens Deserve
a Home and YOU Can Help Them Find It!
Jennifer Adler, Melody Roe
Meth, UA’s
and Visitation: How to Conduct Safe Visits with
Drug Addicted Parents
Rose Marie Wentz
Who Says Parenting
Isn’t Just Fun and Games?
Meredith Jeffers
A ‘CommUnity Investment’ System
of Care: The YES! Academy Experience Bob Coulson,
Shirly Dodd, Melinda Cox
Assessing and
Creating Safety for Children
Todd Holder
Child Welfare’s
Golden Gate Bridge: Linking Recruitment &
Retention to the Road of Outcomes
Charmaine Brittain, Anne Comstock
Stuck in the
Middle With You
Allison Fink, Cynthia Geissinger, Sue Tungate
10:15 –
11:45 Concurrent Workshops,
Session 4
Pediatric Psychopharmacology
for Non-Prescribers; The Current Facts About
Psychiatric Medication Use in Children and Adolescents
(continued)
Myra McSwain Kamran
All Teens Deserve
a Home and YOU Can Help Them Find It! (Repeat)
Jennifer Adler, Melody Roe
Meth, UA’s
and Visitation: How to Conduct Safe Visits with
Drug Addicted Parents PIP(Repeat)
Rose Marie Wentz
Who Says Parenting
Isn’t Just Fun and Games?(Repeat)
Meredith Jeffers
The Sum of the
Parts: Collaborative Management of Multi-Agency
Services for Children and Youth – Colorado’s
HB 04-1451 Project
Norman Kirsch, Valorie Ladwig, Judy Griego
Assessing and
Creating Safety for Children(Repeat)
Todd Holder
The Role of
Visitation in Connecting Children With Their
Past and Their Future
Jill Bradley, Marion Garza, Harlow Perrigo
Learning From
and Engaging the Expertise of Adults Who Grew
Up in Foster Care
Bill Stanton, Misty Stensile
12:00 –
1:30 Luncheon Session & Excellence in Practice
Awards Presentation
1:45 –
3:15 Concurrent Workshops, Session 5
Recovering Together
Program: Helping Children Understand Substance
Abuse and Helping Families Recover from Its
Devastating Effects
Donna Sue Spear
Girls, Girls,
Girls: How to Create Success With Females in
the Juvenile Justice System
Tannia Q. Benefield, Gina Harvey
Healing, Connection
& Rhythm
John R. DiMatteo
The Best-Kept
Secret: Mother-Daughter Sexual Abuse
Julie Brand
That Four-Letter
Word: “Meeting”
Allison Fink, Cynthia Geissinger, Sue Tungate
Goal Setting
with Teens – Will Teens Know How to Get
‘There’ if They Don’t Recognize
‘There’?
Margaret Gregory, Elizabeth Shoup
Burning Down
the House
Tim Hart, Marla Lowery
How to Conduct
a Diligent Search and Actually Find People
Lori Oswald, Diane Ward, Pat Nolan
How to Engage
and Work with a Traumatized Child
Ann Obermann, Amanda West
The Neurological
Disruption of Abused Children: Etiology and
Treatment
Forrest Lien
Drug Screening and
Child Welfare: The Facts Michael Allen, Julia
Roquski
3:30 –
5:00 Networking Fair
Friday, June 2
7:30 –- 8:30 Buffet
Breakfast
8:30 – 11:45
Special Session
Gender Matters
Micheline Brault
8:30 –10:00
Concurrent Workshops, Session 6
Describing a Batterer’s
Behavior: An Essential Social Work Skill
David Mandel
Don’t Panic!
It’s Just a TRAILS Case File Review
Marc Mackert, Angela Hernandez, Bill O’Neill
A Voice of Recovery
Tonya Wheeler
Beyond Diversity Awareness:
Standing Up For Change
Guadalupe Lara
It Takes a Village:
Denver County Family to Family
Charles Perez, Allen Pollack, Corey Johnson,
Jerry Frangas, community panel
Drug Screening and
Child Welfare: The Facts
(Repeat)
Michael Allen, Julia Roquski
Bridging the Gap: Post
Adoptive Services in Colorado
Paula Pickle, Barbara Russo
Fun and Games for the
Mountains & Plains
Kristi Muro-Dougherty, Linda Trantow
10:15 – 11:45
Concurrent Workshops,
Session 7
Describing a Batterer’s
Behavior: An Essential Social Work Skill (Repeat)
David Mandel
Bridging the Gap: A
Project of Youth Driven Community Partnership
to Support Youth in Transition
Kippi Clausen, Philippe Marquise, John Zalenski
A Voice of Recovery(Repeat)
Tonya Wheeler
Beyond Diversity Awareness:
Standing Up For Change (Repeat)
Guadalupe Lara
It Takes a Village:
Denver County Family to Family (Repeat)
Charles Perez, Allen Pollack, Corey Johnson,
Jerry Frangas, community panel
The Lost Generation?
Bridging the Gap for Children in Kinship Placements
Janet Benavente, Jeannie Berzinkas
Bridging the Gap: Post
Adoptive Services in Colorado (Repeat)
Paula Pickle, Barbara Russo
Fun and Games for the
Mountains and Plains(Repeat)
Kristi Muro-Dougherty, Linda Trantow
12:00-1:30 Closing
Luncheon
I Am THe Child That
The Village Helped Raise
Victor Rivas Rivers
