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Plenaries, Special Awards, and Closing Luncheon

Plenary sessions, mini-plenary sessions, and the closing luncheon provided an opportunity to hear nationally recognized speakers share their knowledge and experience and served as a catalyst to protecting children, promoting healthy families, and preserving communities. The mini-plenary sessions addressed topics related to the Conference theme. The special awards honored the recipients of the Ray E. Helfer, MD Award and the Vincent de Francis Award, as well as the Jolly K. Award and the Juanita Chavez Award, both from Parents Anonymous^® Inc.

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Plenary Sessions

• Collaboration Works! Ten Years of Progress in Improving Outcomes for Children and Families
  Hon. Stephen M. Rubin - Plenary Session IV (Online audio available)

• Creating a Safe Future for Our Children
  William C. Bell - Opening Plenary

• What Communities Must Do to Protect Children and Strengthen Families
  Juan Williams - Plenary Session III

• What the Evidence Tells Us: Implications for Child Welfare Policy
  Robert B. Clyman, MD - Plenary Session II

Mini-Plenary Sessions

• Methamphetamine: The Child Welfare Impact and Promising Practices
  Mini-Plenary III

• Nurse-Family Partnership: Taking Science to Practice Nationwide
  Mini-Plenary IV

• Parent Education Strategies to Prevent Abusive Head Trauma
  Mini-Plenary I

• What's Love Got to Do with It? Linking the Healthy Marriage Initiative and Reduction of Risk for Child Maltreatment
  Mini-Plenary II

• World as Community: The Intersection between Migration and Child Welfare
  Mini-Plenary V

Special Awards

• Parents Anonymous^® Inc. Jolly K. Award

• Parents Anonymous^® Inc. Juanita Chávez Award

• The Ray E. Helfer, MD Award

• The Vincent de Francis Award

Closing Luncheon

• Drawing on Cultural Strengths to Move Toward a More Child-Centered, Family Friendly Society
  Hilary Weaver, MS, DSW (Online audio available)

Updated on July 3, 2008