Dependency Summit 2008

Workshops from Thursday, August 28, 2008 : Page 1 of 2
	Attachment Is the Issue: Understanding Children's Needs in the ”Shelter to Permanency” Process \| View Slide Presentation (PDF) Understanding the importance of attachment and the consequences of breaking the parent/child bond is key to successful mental health outcomes as a child goes through the dependency process. This workshop emphasizes the importance of reducing the number of placements and preserving or transferring the parent/child bond with expediency. Interventions for parents, foster parents and child welfare workers involved with children with attachment disorder are discussed. Participants learn strategies for increasing protective factors to improve resiliency in these children. Presenter: Virginia O. Jones, MSW, LCSW, Helping People Succeed, Inc. Post-test and Training Certificate Available (1.5 Training Hours)
	Coordinating Services for Children & Youth with Developmental Disabilities \| View Slide Presentation (PDF) This workshop provides an overview of the Agency for Persons with Disabilities and its application, eligibility and service planning processes. It also includes discussion regarding the types of services available for children in the home and the community based waiver program, as well as steps necessary to access them. Specific attention is given to strategies for coordinating child welfare services with developmental disability services. Presenters: Denise Arnold, Agency for Persons with Disabilities; Terri McGarrity, Agency for Persons with Disabilities
	Child and Family Engagement “Nothing about me without me!” . . . the rallying cry of the family and youth engagement movement captures the challenge and opportunities presented when social service agencies successfully engage youth and families in child welfare cases. Successfully engaging families is both a strategy and a goal in child welfare cases. It requires a great deal of preparation, as social workers attempt to balance their helping skills, the responsibility to keep children safe and the need to maintain a relationship with the family -- all of this while trying to accomplish the agreed upon goals of the case. Engaging families is more than a notion. Social workers must create an intentional strategy to involve parents, especially at the critical decision making points. This workshop highlights specific skills and competencies related to the art of family engagement. Attention is paid to building respectful and mutual relationships with families, as well as tapping in to the “expertise” of parents, children and social workers. Presenters: Sue Badeau, Casey Family Programs; Paul DiLorenzo, Casey Family Programs
	Detecting Deception \| View Slide Presentation (PDF) Participants learn to identify concealed and repressed facial emotions. They will improve their ability to recognize facial expressions of emotion and, after recognizing these emotions, be able to interpret these expressions with accuracy and predictability when conducting an interview or investigation. Presenter: Susan Constantine, Executive Image Consultant Post-test and Training Certificate Available (1.5 Training Hours)
	Drug Endangered Children: Assessing for Substance Abuse - Safety and Risk Factors \| View Slide Presentation (PDF) This workshop highlights the safety and family assessment factors that are typically indicative of a substance abuse problem existing within a family. In addition to the more obvious indicators of drug arrests, drug paraphernalia in the home and medical complications due to drug use, there is a myriad of more subtle but recognizable behavioral and psychological indicators that can alert investigators and case managers to the fact that substance abuse might be the underlying condition to the symptom(s) of child abuse in the home. Presenters: Kay Doughty, Operation PAR, Inc.; John S. Harper, Department of Children & Families Post-test and Training Certificate Available (1.5 Training Hours)
	Drug Endangered Children: A Multidisciplinary Approach \| View Slide Presentation (PDF) Drug Endangered Children are those children who suffer physical or psychological harm or neglect resulting from exposure to illegal drugs or other substance abuse. Participants learn the basics of the medical and psychosocial impact on children exposed to these environments, and strategies and protocols for assessing and providing care to identified victims. Participants learn the prevalence of substance abuse in child deaths through the review of the latest child death investigations. Presenters: Dr. Kelly Ferrigno, University of Florida Child Protection Team; Michele Scavone Stone, M.Ed., University of Florida Child Protection Team Post-test and Training Certificate Available (1.5 Training Hours)
	Improving Outcomes: Interagency Coordination for Delinquent and Dependent Youth Hear how the Department of Children & Families and the Department of Juvenile Justice work together to coordinate services for youth who are involved in both court processes. The presenters review the current interagency agreement between Children & Families and Juvenile Justice which coordinates the services offered by both agencies. The presenters also discuss best practices in the circuits for the joint delivery of these services. Presenters: Jack Ahearn, Department of Juvenile Justice; Jennifer Parker, Esq., Department of Juvenile Justice; Frank Platt, Department of Children & Families

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