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The
National Resource Center for Family-Centered Practice and
Permanency Planning and the Child Welfare League of America
host a series of teleconferences for state program managers
in foster care and adoption. These calls provide information
on topics of interest in child welfare to state agencies.
Schedule
of 2008 NRCFCPPP Teleconferences
Schedule
of Other Upcoming Teleconferences and Webcasts
All teleconferences are archived on our website and can be accessed in several ways.
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All handouts from teleconferences can also be downloaded below.
- Permanency Through Guardianship:
Formulas for Successful Programs - January 25, 2005
- Enhancing Worker-Child and Worker-Parent
Visits in Order to Achieve Child Safety, Permanency, and
Well-Being - March 22, 2005
- Racial Disproportionality
in Child Welfare: Tools and Strategies for Change - Session
I - May 24, 2005
- Racial Disproportionality
in Child Welfare: Tools and Strategies for Change - Session
II - July 26, 2005
- Enhancing the Emotional Well-Being
of Children and Youth in Foster Care and their Families:
Promising Practices - September 20, 2005
- Strategies for Meeting the
Mental Health Needs of Youth in Care - November
29, 2005
- Promising Practices for Addressing
the Mental Health Issues Impacting Parents of Children in
Foster Care - January 31, 2006
- Educational Stability for Children
and Youth in Out-of-Home Care - March 15, 2006
- Siblings: Critical Life-Long Connections
- May 10, 2006
- Use of Psychotropic Medications
for Children in the Child Welfare System - July
12, 2006
- Keeping Children SAFE: Structured Analysis
Family Evaluation - September 13, 2006
- The Adam Walsh Child Protection
And Safety Act - November 15, 2006
- Use of Psychotropic Medications
for Children in the Child Welfare System - Part 2
- January 10, 2007
- Youth Permanency
- March 21, 2007
- Reunification Models - May 30, 2007
- Recruitment and Retention of Workers in the Child Welfare System - August 15, 2007
- Educational Collaborations with States - September 17, 2007
- Traumatic Stress in Children - January 8, 2008
- Restraint and Seclusion - March 26, 2008
- Rural Child Welfare - May 21, 2008
- Young Children in Foster Care 0-3 - August 20, 2008
Permanency Through Guardianship:
Formulas for Successful Programs - January 25, 2005
Listen to Audio
File - Part I
Listening time: 38 minutes
Welcome and Introductions
Gerald P. Mallon, Executive Director, NRCFCPPP
Guardianship: A National Overview
Jennifer Miller, Senior Associate, Cornerstone Consulting
Group
Mark Testa, Co-Director, Fostering Results
Leslie Cohen, Research Specialist, Children and Family
Research Center, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Listen to Audio File - Part
2
Listening time: 23 minutes
Lessons Learned from the States: Massachusetts
Leo Farley, Director, Adoption Support Services, Massachusetts
Department of Social Services
Listen to Audio File - Part
3
Listening time: 25 minutes
Perspectives on Guardianship for Indian Children
and Families
Carolyn Maple, Technical Assistance Coordinator, National
Indian Child Welfare Association
Questions and Answers
Download Handouts
Agenda
Subsidized
Guardianship: A National Perspective
Presentation by Jennifer Miller, Cornerstone Consulting
Family
Ties: Supporting Permanence for Children in Safe and Stable
Foster Care with Relatives and Other Caregivers
Presentation by Mark Testa, Children and Family Research
Center
Enhancing Worker-Child and Worker-Parent
Visits in Order to Achieve Child Safety, Permanency, and Well-Being
- March 22, 2005
Listen to Audio
File Part 1
Listening time: 22 minutes
Welcome and Introductions
Gerald P. Mallon, Executive Director, NRCFCPPP
Relationship Building and Engagement: Critical Factors
Pat Sandau Beckler, Associate Professor, New Mexico State
University School of Social Work
Listen to Audio File Part
2
Listening time: 26 minutes
State Efforts to Enhance Worker Visits
Beverly Daniels, Program Manager, CFSP Review Team/Child
Welfare Funding Monitors, North Carolina Department of Health
and Human Services
Don Snyder, Foster Care Manager, North Dakota Department
of Human Services
Enhancing Worker Visiting From a Tribal Perspective
Carolyn Maple, Technical Assistance Coordinator, National
Indian Child Welfare Association
Listen to Audio File Part
3
Listening time: 38 minutes
Training and Technical Assistance Resources
Gerald P. Mallon
Questions and Answers
Download Handouts
Agenda
Pat Sandau-Beckler:
Effective
Strategies for Engaging Families
What
Works in Therapy?
The
Helping Relationship Inventory: A Clinical Appraisal
by Thomas M. Young and John E. Poulin, with permission
of the authors
The
Helping Relationship Inventory, with
permission of the authors
Beverly Daniels:
NC
Case Decision Summary/Initial Case Plan
NC
In-Home Family Services Agreement Completion Instructions
NC
Out-of-Home Family Services Agreement Completion Instructions
NC
Out-of-Home Family Services Agreement
Don Snyder:
North
Dakota Children and Family Services Review
PowerPoint Presentation
Racial Disproportionality in
Child Welfare: Tools and Strategies for Change - Session I
- May 24, 2005
Listen to Audio
File Part 1
Listening time: 39 minutes
Welcome and Introductions
Gerald P. Mallon, Executive Director, NRCFCPPP
Racial Disproportionality in Child Welfare: A National
Overview
Robert Hill, PhD, Senior Researcher, Westat, Rockville,
Maryland
David Simmons, MSW, Director of Government Affairs and
Advocacy, National Indian Child Welfare Association, Portland,
Oregon
Nadja
Listen to Audio File Part
2
Listening time: 21 minutes
State and Local Examples
Maxie Ann Rockymore, BSW, Supervisor, Foster Care and Reunification
Unit, Children and Family Services Division, Minnesota Department
of Human Services, St. Paul, MN
Jackie Buchanan, Region IV Administrator, Washington
State Department of Child and Family Services, Seattle,
WA
Listen to Audio File Part
3
Listening time: 25 minutes
In Your Own Backyard: Tools for Assessing
for Disproportionality in Your Jurisdiction
Julie Ohm, MA, Senior Child Welfare Data Specialist, National
Child Welfare Resource Center for Information and Data
Christine Fredrick, MS, Information Specialist, National
Data Analysis System, Child Welfare League of America,
Washington, DC
Questions and Discussion
Download Handouts
Agenda
Robert Hill
Race
Matters: Synthesis of Research Findings
PowerPoint Presentation
David Simmons
Disproportionality
in Human Services: A Broad View of Disparities Faced by
American Indian and Alaskan Native Children in Child Welfare
PowerPoint Presentation by Terry Cross, Director, National
Indian Child Welfare Association
Maxie Rockymore
Racial
Disproportionality in Child Welfare: Minnesota's Response
PowerPoint Presentation
Study
of Outcomes for African American Children in Minnesota's
Child Protection System
Report to the 2002 Minnesota State Legislature
Jackie Buchanan
Executive
Summary of Research Report: Racial Disproportionality
in the Child Welfare System in King County, Washington
Full report available at http://www.chs-wa.org/2_cfkreportsData.htm
Julie Ohm and Christine Frederick
Using
AFCARS, NCANDS, and Census Data to Obtain Demographic
Data for Your State/City/County
Excel
files containing data to help calculate disproportionality
in any state
Annotated Bibliographies
Prepared for this teleconference by the National Clearinghouse
on Child Abuse and Neglect Information/National Adoption
Information Clearinghouse (now the Child Welfare Information
Gateway). Compiled in May 2005. For newer titles added to
the Gateway database, click: http://basis.caliber.com/cwig/ws/library/docs/gateway/SearchForm
Racial
Disproportionality in Child Welfare - What We Know
Assessing
Disproportionality in Child Welfare
Racial Disproportionality in
Child Welfare: Tools and Strategies for Change - Session II
- July 26, 2005
Listen to Audio
File Part 1
Listening time: 23 minutes
Welcome and Introductions
Stephanie Boyd Serafin, ACSW, Associate Director, NRCFCPPP
Tackling Disproportionality: National Perspective
Oronde Miller, MA, Manager, Systems Improvement Methodology,
Casey Family Programs, Washington, D.C.
Pat Reynolds-Harris, MA, MSPH, Director, California
Permanency for Youth Project, Oakland, California
Listen to Audio File Part
2
Listening time: 29 minutes
State, Tribal and Local Efforts to Reduce
Disproportionality
John Edmonds, MSW, Senior Social Worker, Project H.O.P.E.,
Rochester, Minnesota
Deborah Green, MSW, Texas Department of Family and Protective
Services, Houston, Texas; and
Carolyne Rodriguez, MSW, Director, Texas State Strategy,
Casey Family Programs, Austin, Texas
Listen to Audio File Part
3
Listening time: 34 minutes
State, Tribal and Local Efforts to Reduce
Disproportionality, continued
Russ Conti, MSW, Director-Field Office; and
Emily Iron Cloud-Koenen, BA, Community Developer, Casey
Family Programs/Lakota Oyate Wakanyeja Owicakiyapi Inc.,
Pine Ridge, South Dakota
Jackie Buchanan, MA, Region IV Administrator, Washington
State Department of Child and Family Services, Seattle,
Washington
Questions and Discussion
Download Handouts
Agenda
Oronde Miller
A
Framework for Addressing Disproportionality in Child Welfare:
The Breakthrough Series Collaborative on Reducing Disproportionality
and Disparate Outcomes for Children and Families of Color
in the Child Welfare System
PowerPoint Presentation
Pat Reynolds-Harris
California
Permanence for Youth Project Description
John Edmonds
Project
H.O.P.E. Project Description
Deborah Green and Carolyne Rodriguez
Addressing
Disproportionality in Texas: A Committed Community Collaboration
PowerPoint Presentation
Jackie Buchanan
King
County Racial Disproportionality Initiative Planning Update
Annotated Bibliography
Prepared for this teleconference by the National Clearinghouse
on Child Abuse and Neglect Information/National Adoption
Information Clearinghouse (now the Child Welfare Information
Gateway). Compiled in July 2005. For newer titles added
to the Gateway database, click: http://basis.caliber.com/cwig/ws/library/docs/gateway/SearchForm
State
and Local Efforts to Mitigate Disproportionality in the
Child Welfare System
Enhancing the Emotional Well-Being
of Children and Youth in Foster Care and their Families: Promising
Practices - September 20, 2005
Listen to Audio
File Part 1
Listening time: 18 minutes
Welcome and Introductions
Gerald P. Mallon, DSW, Executive Director, NRCFCPPP
The Emotional Well-Being of Children and Youth in
Care and their Families: An Overview
Marilyn Benoit, MD, Past President, American Academy of
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Washington, D.C.
Listen to Audio File Part
2
Listening time: 13 minutes
Ensuring the Well-Being of Infants and Young
Children in Care through Cross-Systems Collaboration
Judith A. Silver, Ph.D., Department of Psychology, The Children's
Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Listen to Audio File Part
3
Listening time: 16 minutes
State and Local Efforts to Enhance Emotional
Well-Being
Tim Gawron, MS, MSW, LCSW, Statewide Administrator, Behavioral
Health Services, Illinois Department of Children and Family
Services, Chicago, IL
Listen to Audio File Part
4
Listening time: 18 minutes
State and Local Efforts to Enhance Emotional
Well-Being
Frank Rider, MS, Bureau Chief, Bureau for Children's Services,
Arizona Division of Behavioral Health Services, Phoenix,
Arizona
Listen to Audio File Part
5
Listening time: 26 minutes
Questions and Discussion
Download Handouts
Agenda
Presenter
Contact Information
Tim Gawron
The
Development of the IDCFS Behavioral Health System - A
Paradigm Shift to Focus on Trauma
PowerPoint Presentation
Child
and Adolescent Needs and Strengths Comprehensive Assessment
Addressing
Trauma: A Key to Recovery and to Systems Transformation
by Andrea K. Blanch, Director, SAMHSA's Center on Women,
Violence and Trauma
Comparing
Behavioral Health and Child Welfare Values and Principles
Birth
to Five Bibliograpy
Frank Rider
Imagine
You Are 5....
PowerPoint Presentation
The
Unique Behavioral Health Service Needs of Children Involved
with CPS
Annotated Bibliography
Prepared for this teleconference by the National Clearinghouse
on Child Abuse and Neglect Information/National Adoption
Information Clearinghouse (now the Child Welfare Information
Gateway). Compiled in August 2005. For newer titles added
to the Gateway database, click: http://basis.caliber.com/cwig/ws/library/docs/gateway/SearchForm
Emotional
Well-Being of Children and Youth in Foster and Adoptive
Care
Strategies for Meeting the Mental
Health Needs of Youth in Care - November 29, 2005
Listen to Audio
File Part 1
Listening time: 17 minutes
Welcome and Introductions
Gerald P. Mallon, DSW, Executive Director, NRCFCPPP
Mental Health Issues Impacting Youth in Care: An
Overview
Julie Collins, Director Mental Health, Child Welfare League
of America, Washington, D.C.
Listen to Audio File Part
2
Listening time: 13 minutes
Truth, Healing and Reconciliation
Sandra White Hawk, Director, First Nations Orphan Association,
St. Paul, MN
Listen to Audio File Part
3
Listening time: 23 minutes
Transitioning from Foster Care into Adult
Services
Dana Hernandez, Coordinator of Reconnect Program, Weber
Human Services, Ogden, UT
Jane Lewis, Program Manager, Project Reconnect, Salt
Lake City, UT
Listen to Audio File Part
4
Listening time: 21 minutes
Questions and Discussion
Download Handouts
Agenda
Presenter
Contact Information
Julie Collins
AACAP/CWLA
Values and Principles for Mental Health and Substance
Abuse Services and Supports for Children in Foster Care
Dana Hernandez and Jane Lewis
Utah
PYT, Project RECONNECT, Third Year, Year-End Report
Annotated Bibliography
Prepared for this teleconference by the National Clearinghouse
on Child Abuse and Neglect Information/National Adoption
Information Clearinghouse (now the Child Welfare Information
Gateway. Compiled in August November . For newer titles
added to the Clearinghouse database, click: http://basis.caliber.com/cwig/ws/library/docs/gateway/SearchForm
Meeting
the Mental Health Needs of Youth in Care
Promising Practices for Addressing
the Mental Health Issues Impacting Parents of Children in Foster
Care - January 31, 2006
Listen to Audio
File Part 1
Listening time: 15 minutes
Welcome and Introductions
Millicent Williams, MSW, Director Foster Care and Permanency
Planning, Child Welfare League of America, Washington, D.C.
Mental Health Issues Impacting Parents of Children
in Foster Care: An Overview
Cliff Davis, Partner Human Service Collaborative, Ohio.
Listen to Audio File Part
2
Listening time: 16 minutes
Homelessness and Mental Health Issues: A Partnership
Peggy Bailey, National Alliance to End Homelessness, Washington,
DC
Jennifer Baha, Shelter Inc., Contra Costa, California
Listen to Audio File Part
3
Listening time: 10 minutes
Mental Health Services for Parents with Co-occurring
Disorders
Albert Nixon, Assistant Director, A New Beginning, Chantilly,
Virginia
Listen to Audio File Part
4
Listening time: 9 minutes
Parent Empowerment Program
Ina Mendez, Program Coordinator, Child Advocacy Center,
Children's Hospital at Montefiore, Bronx, New York
Listen to Audio File Part
5
Listening time: 18 minutes
Program Example
Debbie LeFevre, Assessment and Consultation Team (ACT),
Riverside County Department of Mental Health, Riverside,
California
Steve Sohper, Regional Manger, Department of Public Social
Services, Riverside, California
Listen to Audio File Part
6
Listening time: 11 minutes
Questions and Discussion
Download Handouts
Agenda
Presenter
Contact Information
Cliff Davis
Resources
Ina Mendez
Parent
Empowerment Program Curriculum
Debbie LeFevre and Steve Sohper
ACT
Program Brochure
Riverside
Mental Health Referral Form
Annotated Bibliography
Prepared for this teleconference by the National Clearinghouse
on Child Abuse and Neglect Information/National Adoption
Information Clearinghouse (now the Child Welfare Information
Gateway). Compiled in January 2006. For newer titles added
to the Gateway database, click: http://basis.caliber.com/cwig/ws/library/docs/gateway/SearchForm
Mental
Health Issues of Parents in the Child Welfare System
Educational Stability for Children in
Out-of-Home Care - March 15, 2006
Listen to Audio
File Part 1
Listening time: 16 minutes
Welcome and Introductions
Gerald P. Mallon, DSW, Executive Director, NRCFCPPP
Overview of Educational Outcomes for Youth in Care
Debbie Staub, Manager K-12 Education, Casey Family Programs
Listen to Audio File Part
2
Listening time: 20 minutes
Educational Experiences from a Youth's Perspective
Jessica Lindsey, Peer Educator
Listen to Audio File Part
3
Listening time: 29 minutes
State Strategies for Educational Stabilty
Kathleen McNaught, Assistant Director of Child Welfare,
National Child Welfare Resource Center on Legal and Judicial
Issues
Honorable Sue Cuneo, Pima County Juvenile Court, Tucson,
Arizona
Listen to Audio File Part
4
Listening time: 21 minutes
State Example - ePassport Program
Tonya Welch-Kahley, Ohio Program Manager
Questions and Discussion
Download Handouts
Agenda
Presenter's
Contact Information
Debbie Staub
Education
Tools and Products - Casey Family Programs
Jessica Lindsey
Promoting
Educational Success for Young People in Foster Care
- National Youth Advisory Council
Kathleen McNaught
Foster
Care Education State Legislation and Regulations
Tonya Welch-Kahley
Foster
Youth ePassport
Annotated Bibliography
Prepared for this teleconference by the National Clearinghouse
on Child Abuse and Neglect Information/National Adoption
Information Clearinghouse (now the Child Welfare Information
Gateway). Compiled in March 2006 . For newer titles added
to the Gateway database, click: http://basis.caliber.com/cwig/ws/library/docs/gateway/SearchForm
Educational
Stability for Children and Youth in Foster Care
Siblings: Critical Life-Long Connections
- May 10, 2006
Listen to Audio
File Part 1
Listening time: 22 minutes
Welcome and Introductions
Gerald P. Mallon, DSW, Executive Director, NRCFCPPP
The Sibling Relationship - Why Place Together?
Regina Kupecky, LSW - Attachment and Bonding Center of
Ohio
Listen to Audio File Part
2
Listening time: 12 minutes
The Importance of Sibling Bonds - Through
the Eyes of Alumni
April Curtis, Youth Leadership Specialist, Uhlich Children's
Advantage Network
Listen to Audio File Part
3
Listening time: 12 minutes
Youth Impacting Sibling Policies in Maine
Penthea Burns, Policy Associate, USM Muskie School of Public
Service
Kala Clark, High School Student and Member, Maine Youth
Leadership Advisory Team
Listen to Audio File Part
4
Listening time: 19 minutes
Oklahoma DHS Efforts to Place Siblings Together
Roland Saint John, Programs Field Representative, OKDHS
Children & Family Services Division
Questions and Discussion
Download Handouts
Agenda
Presenter's
Contact Information
Reginia Kupecky
My
Brother My Sister: Sibling Relations in Adoption
and Foster Care - A Curriculum
Sibling
Recruitment
Penthea Burns
Maine
Placement and Visitation Policy
Kala Clark
Maine
Visitation Legislation
Youth
and Public Policy: How the Two Can Come Together
- Crystal Castro
Roland Saint John
OKDHS
Sibling Data Charts
Annotated Bibliography
Prepared for this teleconference by the National Clearinghouse
on Child Abuse and Neglect Information/National Adoption
Information Clearinghouse (now the Child Welfare Information
Gateway). Compiled in April 2006. For newer titles added
to the Gateway database, click: http://basis.caliber.com/cwig/ws/library/docs/gateway/SearchForm
Siblings
in Foster Care
Use of Psychotropic Medications for
Children in the Child Welfare System - July 12, 2006
Listen to Audio
File Part 1
Listening time: 30 minutes
Welcome and Introductions
Millicent Williams, Director of Foster Care, Child Welfare
League of America
The Needs and Challenges of Informed Consent, Ordering
and Tracking of Psychiatric Medications for Childre in
Out-of-Home Care
Christopher Bellonci, M.D.
Walker Home and School, Needham, MA
Listen to Audio File Part
2
Listening time: 28 minutes
The Tennessee Experience
Tricia Henwood, Ph.D., Director of Medical and Behavioral
Services
Department of Children's Services, State of Tennessee
Listen to Audio File Part
3
Listening time: 20 minutes
Questions and Discussion
Download Handouts
Agenda
Presenter's
Contact Information
Teleconference
Outline
PowerPoint
Presentation
Christopher Bellonci
Medication
Monitoring Guidelines
Tricia Henwood
Tennessee
Center of Excellence for Children in State Custody
Tennessee
DCS Policies Related to Medication
Tennessee
DCS Standards of Professional Practice for Serving Children
and Families - Use of Psychotropic Medications
Annotated Bibliography
Prepared for this teleconference by the Child Welfare Information
Gateway. Compiled in July 2006. For newer titles added to
the Gateway database, click: http://basis.caliber.com/cwig/ws/library/docs/gateway/SearchForm
Psychotropic
Medications: Use and Misuse
Keeping Children SAFE: Structured Analysis
Family Evaluation - September 13, 2006
Listen to Audio
File Part 1
Listening time: 39 minutes
Welcome and Introductions
Gerald P. Mallon, DSW, Executive Director, NRCFCPPP
Overview of SAFE - Structured Analysis Family Evaluation
Kate Cleary
Executive Director, Consortium for Children
Listen to Audio File Part
2
Listening time: 34 minutes
SAFE in Colorado - The Colorado Experience
Mary Griffin, Foster Care Manager
Sharen Ford, Permanency Unit
Connie Vigil, Adoption Program Specialist
Dana Andrews, Child Care Licensing
Colorado Department of Human Services
Listen to Audio File Part
3
Listening time: 14 minutes
Questions and Discussion
Download Handouts
Agenda
Presenter's
Contact Information
Kate Cleary
Structured
Analysis Family Evaluation
Annotated Bibliography
Prepared for this teleconference by the Child Welfare Information
Gateway. Compiled in August 2006. For newer titles added
to the Gateway database, click: http://basis.caliber.com/cwig/ws/library/docs/gateway/SearchForm
Foster
and Adoptive Home Assessment
The Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety
Act - November 15, 2006
Listen to Audio
File Part 1
Listening time: 24 minutes
Welcome and Introductions
Gerald P. Mallon, DSW, Executive Director, NRCFCPPP
Overview of the Adam Walsh Legislation
Kathleen McHugh, Division Director
Children's Bureau, Policy Division
Listen to Audio File Part
2
Listening time: 19 minutes
The South Carolina Experience
Carolyn Orf, Program Manager for Foster Care and Adoption
Columbia, SC
The Virginia Experience
Therese Wolf, Foster Care Program Manager
Richmond, VA
Listen to Audio File Part
3
Listening time: 42 minutes
Questions and Discussion
Download Handouts
Agenda
Presenter's
Contact Information
Links
for Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act
Use of Psychotropic Medications
for Children in the Child Welfare System - Part 2 -
January 10, 2007
Listen to Audio
File Part 1
Listening time: 23 minutes
Welcome and Introductions
Gerald P. Mallon, Executive Director, NRCFCPPP
Psychiatric Medication
Christopher Bellonci, M.D., Medical Director and Sr. Clinical
Consultant
Walker Home and School, Needham, MA
Listen to Audio File Part
2
Listening time: 32 minutes
A State Perspective
Kevin George, Foster Care Program Manager
Oregon Department of Human Services
Teri Schultz, RN
Nursing Services/Personal Care Coordinator
Salem, Oregon
Listen to Audio File Part
3
Listening time: 15minutes
Questions and Discussion
Download Handouts
Agenda
Presenter's
Contact Information
AACAP
Position Statement on Oversight of Psychotropic Medication
Use
Christopher Bellonci
Medication
Monitoring Guidelines
Youth Permanency - March 21, 2007
Listen to Audio File Part 1
Listening time: 20 minutes
Welcome and Introductions
Gerald P. Mallon, Executive Director, NRCFCPPP
Overview of Region VIII Youth Permanency Initiative
Gerald P. Mallon, Executive Director, NRCFCPPP
Overview of Youth Permanency
Eneida Blugh, MPA
Casey Family Services
Listen to Audio File Part 2
Listening time: 14 minutes
Youth Perspective
Schylar Canfield, Foster Care Alumni
Butte, Montana
Listen to Audio File Part 3
Listening time: 36 minutes
State Perspective - Massachusetts
Mary. N. Gambon, Assistant Commissioner for Adolescent, Adoption and Foster Care Services
Massachusetts Department of Social Services
Leo Farley, Director of Adoption Support Services
Massachusetts Department of Social Services
Maureen Fallon-Messeder, Director of Adolescent Services
Massachusetts Department of Social Services
Listen to Audio File Part 4
Listening time: 11 minutes
Questions and Discussion
Download Handouts
Agenda
Presenter's Contact Information
Region VIII Youth Permanency Initiative Overview
Massachusetts: Promising Practices and Lessons Learned
From November 2005-October 2006, the Massachusetts Department of Social Services sponsored a statewide Breakthrough Series Collaborative focused on Adolescent Permanency. This initiative supported 29 teams from across Massachusetts, along with one team each from Rhode Island and Maine, as they tested and implemented practices to improve the way permanency is achieved for adolescents. This final report highlights the key themes and promising practices that emerged from these 31 participating teams.
Reunification Models - May 30, 2007
Listen to Audio File Part 1
Listening time: 25 minutes
Welcome and Introductions
Gerald P. Mallon, Executive Director, NRCFCPPP
A Research Overview of Reunification
Diana English, Director of Research and Development
Child Welfare League of America
Listen to Audio File Part 2
Listening time: 14 minutes
Assessment Tool and Model Service for Reunification
Priscilla Martens, Executive Director
National Family Preservation Network
Listen to Audio File Part 3
Listening time: 34 minutes
Promising Practice in Reunification
Marcie Velen, LCSW
Director of Permanency Planning, Southern Regions
Arizona's Children Association
Listen to Audio File Part 4
Listening time: 13 minutes
Questions and Discussion
Download Handouts
Agenda
Presenter's Contact Information
Diane English
Priscilla Martens
Annotated Bibliography
Prepared for this teleconference by the Child Welfare Information Gateway. Compiled in May 2007. For newer titles added to the Gateway database, click: http://basis.caliber.com/cwig/ws/library/docs/gateway/SearchForm
Reunification Programs and Practices, 2002-Present
Educational Collaborations with States - September 17, 2007
Listen to Audio File Part 1
Listening time: 8 minutes
Welcome and Introductions
Gerald P. Mallon, Executive Director, NRCFCPPP
Overview of Educational Outcomes for Youth in Care
Millicent Williams, Chair, Breakthrough Series Collaborative on Improving Educational Continuity and School Stability
Listen to Audio File Part 2
Listening time: 13 minutes
The California Experience
Maryam Fatemi
Regional Administrator, Pomona, California
Patricia Armani
Education Manager, Pomona, California
Listen to Audio File Part 3
Listening time: 11 minutes
The D.C. Experience
Roque Gerald
Deputy Director, Office of Clinical Practice
Macon Bowden
Executive Assistant, Office of Clinical Practice
Listen to Audio File Part 4
Listening time: 9 minutes
The Way Home Program
Cheryl Williams
Social Services Director, Virginia Beach, Virginia
Listen to Audio File Part 5
Listening time: 23 minutes
Questions and Discussion
Download Handouts
Agenda
Presenter's Contact Information
Millicent Williams
Maryam Fatemi and Patricia Armani
Roque Gerald and Macon Bowden
Annotated Bibliography
Prepared for this teleconference by the Child Welfare Information Gateway. Compiled in September 2007. For newer titles added to the Gateway database, click: http://basis.caliber.com/cwig/ws/library/docs/gateway/SearchForm
Educational Collaboration on Behalf of Foster Children, 2000-present
Traumatic Stress in Children - January 8, 2008
Listen to Audio File Part 1
Listening time: 46 minutes
Welcome and Introductions
Gerald P. Mallon, Executive Director, NRCFCPPP
Overview of Traumatic Stress in Children; Multiple Trauma Effects; Basic Approaches to Treatment
April Naturale, MSW, LCSW, ACSW
Disaster Mental Health Management & Training
Listen to Audio File Part 2
Listening time: 11 minutes
State Example
Robin Gurwitch, PhD
University of Oklahoma Health Science Center
Listen to Audio File Part 3
Listening time: 22 minutes
State Example
Toni Q. Bankston, L.C.S.W.
Director, Mental Health Services
Baton Rouge Children's Health Project
LSU Health Sciences/Dept of Pediatrics/Children's Health Fund
Download Handouts
Agenda
Presenter's Contact Information
April Naturale
Annotated Bibliography
Prepared for this teleconference by the Child Welfare Information Gateway. Compiled in December 2007. For newer titles added to the Gateway database, click: http://basis.caliber.com/cwig/ws/library/docs/gateway/SearchForm
Trauma-Informed Child Welfare Practice
Restraint and Seclusion - March 26, 2008
Listen to Audio File Part 1
Listening time: 24 minutes
Welcome and Introductions
Gerald P. Mallon, Executive Director, NRCFCPPP
Overview of Legislation Impacting Restraint & Seclusion
Promising Practices that Successfully Reduce Restraint and Seclusion Use
Lloyd Bullard, Vice President of Program Services
Youth for Tomorrow, Inc., Bristow, VA
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Listening time: 38 minutes
From Restraint Reduction to Trauma Informed Care
Brian J. Farragher, LMSW, MBA
Executive VP/COO Andrus Children's Center
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Listening time: 9 minutes
Questions and Answers
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Agenda
Presenter's Contact Information
Lloyd Bullard
Brian Farragheer
Annotated Bibliography
Prepared for this teleconference by the Child Welfare Information Gateway. Compiled in March 2008. For newer titles added to the Gateway database, click: http://basis.caliber.com/cwig/ws/library/docs/gateway/SearchForm
Restraint and Seclusion
Rural Child Welfare - May 21, 2008
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Listening time: 17 minutes
Welcome and Introductions
Gerald P. Mallon, Executive Director, NRCFCPPP
Overview of Rural Child Welfare Service
Kathleen Belanger, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, School of Social Work
Stephen F. Austin State University
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Listening time: 17 minutes
The Rural Success Project
Christine Howell, MPA
Project Coordinator, Rural Success Project
UNC-CH School of Social Work
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Listening time: 17 minutes
Rural Adoption Opportunities Projectt
Beverly Gmerek
Project Director, Rural Adoption Cooperative
The Adoption Exchange
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Listening time: 25 minutes
Questions and Answers and Additional Comments
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Agenda
Presenter's Contact Information
Kathleen Belanger
Beverly Gmerek
Annotated Bibliography
Prepared for this teleconference by the Child Welfare Information Gateway. Compiled in May 2008. For newer titles added to the Gateway database, click: http://basis.caliber.com/cwig/ws/library/docs/gateway/SearchForm
Rural Issues in Child Welfare
Young Children in Foster Care 0-3 - August 20, 2008
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Listening time: 26 minutes
Welcome and Introductions
Millicent Williams, NRCFCPPP
Overview of Young Children in Child Welfare
Sheryl Dicker, J.D.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
The Children's Hospital at Montefiore
Listen to Audio File Part 2
Listening time: 40 minutes
Child Welfare Early Intervention
June Alexander, MS
Licensed Psychologist
DHS Behavioral Health & Wellness Center
Philadelphia, PA
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Listening time: 9 minutes
Questions and Answers
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Agenda
Presenter's Contact Information
Sheryl Dicker
June Alexander
Annotated Bibliography
Prepared for this teleconference by the Child Welfare Information Gateway. Compiled in August 2008. For newer titles added to the Gateway database, click: http://basis.caliber.com/cwig/ws/library/docs/gateway/SearchForm
Young Children in Child Welfare: Assessment and Treatment Issues
Last updated 08/21/08 |
