From Inspiration to Innovation: Leadership, Partnership, and Change

Agenda

[Pre Conference]
[Day One - June 2, 2009]
[Day Two - June 3, 2009]
[Day Three - June 4, 2009]
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Pre-Conference – Monday, June 1, 2009


5-8:00 p.m.	Registration	Lobby

6:30	Innovative Café Presents: Movie Night This optional activity includes a screening of the film Once Were Warriors with a facilitated discussion following the screening. Refreshments will be available.	Explorers

Day One – Tuesday, June 2, 2009


7:30 a.m.	Registration & Continental Breakfast	Lobby/Trappers

8:30	Welcome and Opening Remarks Hon. Ernestine Gray, Conference Chair, and U. S. Attorney General Eric H. Holder, Jr. (via video message)	Explorers

9:15	Why We Do Our Work Ellen Pence, PhD

10:00	Break

10:15	We Are a Team: Empowering Battered Mothers and Their Children	Explorers

11:30	Round Table Discussions: Building Partnerships

Noon	Lunch: Lessons Learned from the Greenbook Demonstration Initiative Jeffrey Edleson, PhD, Amber Ptak, and Jerry Silverman, MSW, facilitated by Mary Louise Kelly, PhD	Explorers

1:15 p.m.	Break

1:30	Workshops
	Systemic Change: Moving Beyond Failure to Protect Catherine Munster, JD and Joyce Yedlosky	Grizzly

	Navigating through Perilous Waters: Fatherhood Engagement, Domestic Violence, and Effective Child Welfare Practice Fernando Mederos, EdD	Wapiti

	Greenbook Project Leadership: Laying the Foundation for a Multi-Systems Change Effort Ruth Houtte, MEd., Grace Mattern, and Amber Ptak	Moose

	Overrepresentation of Families of Color in the Child Welfare System: One Community's Analysis Debi Cain and Shelia Hankins	Osprey

	Domestic Violence and Child Protection: Model Collaboration and Systemic Change Hon. Jerry Bowles, Gretchen Hunt, JD and Darlene Thomas, MSSW	Antelope 2

	Joint Reviews by the Child Death Review Board and Domestic Violence Fatality Review Board: The Oklahoma Experience Brandi Woods-Littlejohn, MSCJ and Lisa Rhoades	Buffalo

	Intervention with Children and Mothers Affected by Domestic Violence: Child-Parent Psychotherapy Betsy McAlister Groves, MSW	Antelope 1

3:00	Break	Trappers

3:15	Discipline-Specific Discussions: Leadership and Partnership	Various

4:15	Break

4:30	Mini Plenary: Safety Requires Engaging Fathers	Explorers
	Fernando Mederos, EdD

5:00	Adjourn

7:30	An Evening Under the Open Sky: Bon Fire and S’mores Reception	Patio
	Participants and family members are invited to get to know colleagues from around the country.

9:00	The Stars Are Aligned
	Participants and family members can star-gaze and learn about constellations with the assistance of a local astronomy club.

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Day Two – Wednesday, June 3, 2009


7:30 a.m.	Continental Breakfast

8:30	Welcome Back and Remarks	Explorers

	The Intersection of Leadership and Change Shay Bilchik, JD

	Response Panel: Leadership Perspectives in the Past, Present, and Future Debi Cain (Domestic Violence); Linda Spears (Child Welfare); and Hon. Mike Town (Courts)

10:15	Break

10:30	Workshops
	Advocacy Beyond Leaving: Keeping Women and Children in Contact Safe Jill Davies, JD and Fernando Mederos, EdD	Grizzly

	The Safe Start Initiative: Connecting the Dots Between Inspiration, Innovation, and Evidence-Based Practices for Children Exposed to Violence Elena Cohen, MEd, MSW, and Renee McDonald, PhD	Wapiti

	Achieving the Greenbook Vision in New Jersey: Little, Big, Difficult, and Next Steps David Broselli, MSF, Hon. Thomas Dilts, and Cynthia Wilcox Lischick, PhD	Antelope 1

	Considering Issues of Indian Women, Children, and Families at the Intersection of Domestic Violence and Child Welfare Josephine Halfhide, MSW, MSCJ, and Donna Honena	Buffalo

	The Role of State Child and Family Services Reviews (CFSRs) in Enhancing Safety Sandra Barnett, Therese Roe Lund, MSSW, Grace Mattern, and Emilie Meyer, JD	Moose

	What is Reasonable about Reasonable Efforts? Hon. Jerry Bowles, Barbara Hart, JD, and Ruth Houtte, M.ED., Lauren Litton, JD	Osprey

	The Domestic Violence Home Visit Intervention: A Collaborative Police-Advocacy-Mental Health Outreach Project Miriam Berkman, JD, Lt. Julie Johnson, and Carla Smith Stover, PhD	Antelope 2

Noon	Lunch: The Role of Primary Prevention in Co-Occurrence Work Rev. Darrell LaRue Armstrong	Explorers

1:15 p.m.	Break

1:30	Workshops
	Practice Guidelines: Confidentiality, Information Sharing, and Supportive Advocacy Nicole Baran, MA, MSW, and Jill Davies, JD	Osprey

	Immigration and Trauma: Reflections from the Field Carmen Noroña, MSEd and Sudha Shetty, JD	Moose

	Enhancing Safety for Children and their Battered Mothers in Child Protection: Engagement, Assessment, and Decision-Making Dave Buscher, Dan Cowan, Raelene Freitag, PhD, Wildecy de Fátima Jury, MSW, Cindy Rush, MSW, and Shellie Taggart	Buffalo

	Integrated Father Treatment for Domestic Violence: A New Approach to Working with Families Impacted by Violence Carla Smith Stover, PhD	Wapiti

	Parental Alienation Theory in Family Court and Child Welfare Systems: The Need for a Rational Approach Joan Meier, JD, and Elizabeth Liu, JD	Grizzly

	Promising Practices: Innovative State-Level Collaboration Between Domestic Violence and Child Welfare Joyce Grover, JD, and Kathy Ray, MSW	Antelope 1

	Policy Options and Opportunities to Address Domestic Violence and Child Abuse Lorna Hogan and Kiersten Stewart, MA	Antelope 2

3:00	Break	Trappers

3:15	Summit Critical Dialogues: Creating Change	Various

4:15	Break

4:30	Mini-Plenary: Cultural Considerations Linda Spears	Explorers

5:00	Adjourn

6:30	Innovation Café: Espresso Shots of Inspiration Responding to Co-Occurrence with Gang-Affiliated Parents, Elizabeth Vera-Marcial That’s Not Cool, Lonna Davis, MSW, and Leianna Kinnicutt Hague Convention on International Abduction Cases involving Domestic Violence, Jeffrey Edleson, PhD, and Sudha Shetty, JD Moving to Inclusion: Children’s Programming in Traditional Domestic Violence Settings, Kathlene Russell, MS, and Casey Keene, MSW

9:00	Café Closes

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Day Three – Thursday, June 4, 2009


7:30 a.m.	Continental Breakfast

8:30	Welcome Back and Remarks	Explorers

8:45	Building Resilience: Unpacking Compassion Fatigue and Vicarious Trauma Hon. Michael Town

9:30	Break

9:45	Workshops
	Ensuring Safety and Justice for Victims of Domestic Violence and Their Children: Implementation of the ABA Standards of Practice for Lawyers Representing Victims in Civil Protection Cases Maureen Reid, MSW, and Robin Runge, JD	Osprey

	The Impact of Men’s and Fathers’ Rights Groups on Efforts to Address Domestic Violence and Child Welfare Nicole Baran, MA, MSW, Jeffrey Edleson, PhD, and Anne Menard	Antelope 2

	The Safe and Together Model: An Approach for Helping Children, Supporting Survivors, and Intervening with Domestic Violence Perpetrators in Child Maltreatment Cases David Mandel, MA, and Kristen Selleck	Moose

	Connecting Juvenile Justice and Child Welfare: Coordinating Responses to Enhance Prevention and Intervention Efforts Shay Bilchik, JD	Wapiti

	Integrating Safety for Adult Victims and Children in Supervised Visitation Shelia Hankins and Lauren Litton, JD	Buffalo

	Exploring the Role of the Specialist in Child Welfare Shellie Taggart and Nancy Young, PhD	Antelope 1

	Courts Catalyzing Change: Achieving Equity and Fairness in Foster Care Elizabeth Whitney Barnes, JD and Hon. Ernestine Gray	Grizzly

11:15	Break	Trappers

11:30	The Power of One, The Power of All to Ignite Change Sharwline Nicholson and Ruby White Starr	Explorers

12:45 p.m.	Adjourn

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