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Thursday

Thursday, April 19, 2007

Conference offerings are organized by time of day and session type.

10:30 a.m. — 5:30 p.m.

Poster Sessions

Melanie Lutenbacher, PhD, APRN, BC, Vanderbilt University School of Nursing and Ben Cooper, BA, Nurses for Newborns Foundation
Strengthening Child Abuse Prevention Efforts through a Community-Academic Partnership

Janey M. Purvis, MSc, MD, Klamath-Lake CARES
Child Abuse and Neglect Education in Family Medicine Residency Programs: Collaboration with Child Abuse Professionals

Marcia Radin, MA, Safe Start Center
Safe Start Initiative: Preventing and Reducing the Impact of Children's Exposure to Violence

Jesse M. Rainey; Joanna Reynolds, MA; Kathleen Tinworth, MSc, American Humane Association
Products from Evidence-Based Practice: Manuals and Curricula from a Diverse, Multi-Site Project

Erica Vo, MS, Pacific University
Current Practice in the Treatment of Sexually Abused Children with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

11:00 a.m. — 12:30 p.m.

Mini-Plenary

Nancy K. Young, MSW, PhD, National Center on Substance Abuse and Child Welfare
Methamphetamine: The Child Welfare Impact and Promising Practices

Roundtable

Ilze Earner, PhD, Hunter College of Social Work and Carol Smolenski, ECPAT-USA
Human Trafficking Is a Child Welfare Issue

Workshops

Sandra J. Altshuler, PhD, LICSW, Eastern Washington University School of Social Work; Esther Larsen, JD, Spokane County Sheriff's Office; and Karen Winston, MSW, Partners with Families and Children
A Collaborative Response for Drug Endangered Children: Empowering a Community to Protect Children from Methamphetamine

Yu Bai, MS, Pennsylvania State University
Do Mental Health Problems Affect Safety and Permanency for Children Served by Child Welfare?

Stephen J. Bavolek, PhD, Family Development Resources, Inc.
The Adult-Adolescent Parenting Inventory: Assessing High Risk Parenting Behaviors

Stephanie Biegler, Child Abuse Prevention Council of Sacramento, Inc.; and Angela J. Rosas, MD, Children's Specialist Medical Group of Sacramento
Child Death Fatalities: Twelve Years of Data Affects Policy and Program Locally and Statewide

Kwang-Sun C. Blair, PhD; Bobbie Vaughn, PhD; Lise Fox, PhD, University of South Florida Department of Child and Family Studies
Positive Behavior Support Intervention Approaches for Foster Families of Young Children with Challenging Behavior

Hon. David V. Brewer, JD, Court of Appeals; and Lynn M. Travis, Oregon Judicial Department
Collaborative Approaches to Expediting Dependency and Termination of Parental Rights Appeals

Pat Conway, PhD, LCSW, University of North Dakota; Paul Ronningen, North Dakota Children and Family Services; Jodi Gillette, BA, MPA, Native American Training Institute; and Charles Pospishil, MSW, North Central Human Service Center
Children Who Are Native American, Their Families, and the Child Welfare System of Care

Hon. Leonard Edwards, Center for Families, Children, and the Courts; and David Arredondo, MD, Children's Program
Child and Adolescent Well-Being in the Courtroom: Framing the Questions to Get the Needed Answers

Myles Edwards, PhD and Paul Frankel, PhD, American Humane Association
Child Welfare Workload Analysis and Resource Management: Methodology, Case Study, and Policy Implications

Walter G. Fahr, MSW, LCSW, Louisiana Office of Community Services; and Lee Teitsworth, National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
Collaboration during Disasters: Child Welfare and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children

Sally Flanzer, PhD, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; Margaret M. Feerick, PhD, Feerick Consulting; John F. Knutson, PhD, University of Iowa; David S. De Garmo, PhD, Oregon Social Learning Center; and Penelope Trickett, PhD, University of Southern California School of Social Work
Child Abuse and Neglect Research Teaching Tools: A New Look at Some Old Problems

Jerry R. Foxhoven, JD, Joan and Lyle Middleton Center for Children's Rights
Successful Collaboration between Law, Social Work, and Education

Sarah Geenen, PhD and Allison C. Turner, MEd, Portland State University
Whose Life Is It? Supporting the Self-Determination and Transition of Foster Youth with Disabilities

James Holler, Jr., Chief of Police, Liberty Township Police Department
The CPS Worker: Making a Case for Safety

Elaine Knobbs, MPH, CHES, Kids Intervention and Diagnostic Service Center; Terra Tyger, Central Oregon Battering and Rape Alliance; and Charles Puch, BS, Deschutes County Juvenile Department
Collaborating for Change: A Regional Rural and Urban Community Initiative to Prevent Child Sexual Abuse

Meryl Levine, ACSW, MSSA; Jill Gentry, Parents Anonymous® Inc.; Donna Norris, MA, Department of Family and Protective Services; Mark Williams, MA, MSW, Tom Green County Juvenile Probation Department; and Bernadette Coffee, Children's Advocacy Center of Tom Green County, Inc.
Strengthening Families and Preventing Child Abuse through a Community Partnership

Kathryn McCready, MSN, PNP and Debby Kernan, MA, LPC, CARES Northwest
Development and Implementation of a Child Abuse Prevention Program Directed to Adolescents and High-Risk Parents

Dianne McLaughlin and Chianta Mac, Roca, Inc.; Rita Olans, RN, MSN, CPNP and Danelle Marable, MA, Massachusetts General Hospital
A Year in the Life: A Community Collaboration Model for Working with Pregnant and Parenting Teens

Brian L. Meyer, PhD, Virginia Commonwealth University Medical School
Outcomes, Not Outputs: A New Model of Workload Construction to Reduce Child Abuse and Neglect

Robert Nagby, JD; Pamela Miller, Riverside Superior Court; Phil Breitenbucher, BA, MSW, Riverside Department of Public Social Services; and Tim Smith, Mental Health Systems, Inc.
Family Preservation Court: Reclaiming Our Families One at a Time

Hon. Kimberly B. O'Donnell, JD, MPS, Richmond Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court; and Anne J. Kisor, PhD, MSW, Richmond Department of Social Services
Building the Village: Community Collaboration for Families Affected by Addiction

Janey M. Purvis, MSc, MD, Klamath-Lake CARES
Controversies in Acute Child Sexual Assault Examination: Utilizing the Oregon Experience as a Model for Best Practice Development

Rita Rhodes, MSW, PhD and Miriam Johnson, MSW, PhD, University of South Carolina College of Social Work
Connecting Incarcerated Women and Their Children: A Promising Prevention Approach

Minalee Saks, MS and Kris Hallenburg, PhD, Birth To Three
Parenting Education Across Cultures and Countries: What Makes It Work

Virginia C. Strand, DSW, Fordham University Graduate School of Social Service and Jodi Hill-Lilly, MSW, Connecticut Department of Children and Families
Leadership Development in Child Welfare: Initiating and Sustaining a Mentoring Program

Ying-Ying Yuan, PhD; John Fluke, PhD; Mary Jo Ortiz, MA, Walter R. McDonald & Associates, Inc.
Child Maltreatment Data for 2005: Key Findings, Trends, and Performance Measures

2:00 p.m. — 3:30 p.m.

Mini-Plenary

Colleen Quinn, MPA and Kellie Teter, MPA, Nurse-Family Partnership National Service Office; Cherie Douglas, BS, RN, Ready Families/Nurse Family Partnership, Clark County Public Health; Lois Schipper, BSN, MPH, Public Health, Seattle/King County; and Janet Wallinder, RN, MSN, Multnomah County Health Department
Nurse-Family Partnership: Taking Science to Practice Nationwide

Workshops

Diana Avery, MS, Lane County Department of Children and Families; and Amber Ptak, BS, TESSA
Child Welfare, Domestic Violence Services, and the Court: Working Together to Serve Victims and Children

Lew Bank, PhD, Oregon Social Learning Center; and Carl Reddick, Lincoln County Parole and Probation
The Healthy Family Project

Jetta Bernier, MA and Megan Lewis Freedman, Massachusetts Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Partnership
The Enough Abuse Campaign: Organizing a Movement to End Child Sexual Abuse

Sharon M. Boles, PhD and Cathleen Otero, MSW, MPA, National Center on Substance Abuse and Child Welfare
Co-Locating Staff: Building Bridges between Child Welfare and Substance Abuse Treatment

Lynne P. Cannady, MS, LPC Consulting Associates, Inc.; and Laura Coulthard, MSW; Tom Leland, MSW, Sacramento County Department of Health and Human Services
Child Welfare System Redesign: Systems Change through Collaboration

Rachelle Carnesale, JD and Arleymah Raheem, MPH, Georgia Child Fatality Review Panel
Defending the Need for Child Fatality Review: Learning from Lives Lost

Jenean A. Castillo, PhD, Westchester Institute for Human Development
Aftercare Services for Families Reuniting after Foster Care Placement

Kari Earle, MEd, LADC, National Center for Substance Abuse and Child Welfare; Carole Johnson, Court Services Division, Minnesota Judicial Branch; and Deborah Moses, MPH; Jackie Crow Shoe, MSW, Minnesota Department of Human Services
Defining Collaborative Outcomes for Families: Minnesota's Experience

Jerry Flanzer, PhD, National Institutes of Health
Remember: Drug Abuse Is a Key Cause of Family Violence

Rowena Fong, EdD, MSW, University of Texas, Austin, School of Social Work
Cultural Competency and Intersectionality: Bridging Practice among Welfare, Abuse, and Violence and Redirecting Services

Lori Friedman, MPH, Prevent Child Abuse America; Ben Tanzer, MA and Sandra Alexander, MEd, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Teresa Rafael, MSW and Sandra D. Williams, PhD, Parents Anonymous® Inc.
Moving Towards More Effective Prevention Planning and Decision Making

Susan Hallett, BSW, MEd and Judith Fritsch, Arizona Department of Economic Security
Collaboration Works: Improving Outcomes for Families at the Community Level

Emily Hutchinson, MSSW, Action for Child Protection, Inc.
Developing and Applying Critical Thinking Skills: A Focus on Supervisors and Safety Decision Making

Leila Keltner, MD, PhD and Katheryn Kroeger, LCSW, CARES Northwest
The Medical Model of Child Abuse Assessment

Hon. Cindy Lederman, 11^th Judicial Circuit; Joy Osofsky, PhD, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center; and Moira Szilagyi, MD, PhD, FAAP, Foster Care Pediatrics
The Medical and Mental Health Needs of Children in Foster Care

Karin E. Malm, MS and Erica Hecht Zielewski, The Urban Institute
Self Care and Child Neglect: When Do They Overlap and How Do Agencies Respond?

Wanda Mial, Annie E. Casey Foundation; and Lynn Usher, PhD, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, School of Social Work
Family to Family Initiative: Lessons Learned and New Directions

Susan Mitchell-Herzfeld, MA, New York State Office of Children and Family Services; and Monica Rodriguez, PhD; Rose Greene; Nicole Walden, State University of New York at Albany
Using Observational Methodology to Evaluate Healthy Families: New York State's Home Visiting Program

Kristal S. Nicholson, MA, LPC, National Resource Center for Youth Services
Integrating Spirituality with Youth Work

Claire M. Seryak, MSW, University of Illinois, Chicago, Jane Addams College of Social Work; and Maggie Tidwell, BA, Colfax Community Network, Inc.
Promoting Safety, Stability, and Belonging: After School Programs for Homeless Children Living in Motels

Jane Squires, PhD and Elizabeth Twombly, MA, Early Intervention Program
The Family Early Advocacy and Treatment Project

Joyce N. Thomas, RN, MPH, PNP, FAAN, Center for Child Protection and Family Support, Inc.
Balancing Employment and Parenting: Strategies to Prevent Child Maltreatment

Mary S. Tijerina, PhD and Dexter R. Freeman, DSW, LCSW, Texas State University, San Marcos, School of Social Work
First-Generation College Students: Promise and Potential for Enhancing Child Welfare Workforce Competence

John A. Tuell, BA, MA, Child Welfare League of America
Integration of Child Welfare and Juvenile Justice to Improve Outcomes for Dual Jurisdiction Youth

Molly A. Wise, MSW, LCSW; Rebecca Humphreys, MSW, Department of Human Services Child Welfare; and Jamie Navarro, Dennis Stephens, Sheryl Duran, and Brigette Burney, OHOPE, Parent Leaders
Parent Involvement in Improving Systems of Care

Lucia Zuniga, BSN, RN, SANE, SANE Program; Joan Meunier-Sham, RN, MS and Kathleen Ecker, MS, APN, SANE, Massachusetts Office for Victim Assistance
Evolution of an Innovative Statewide Pediatric Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Program

2:00 p.m. — 5:30 p.m.

Skill Seminar

Norma M. Ginther, MSW, LISW, Institute for Human Service; Diana Stafford, BSW, MS, Lutheran Social Service of Wisconsin and Upper Michigan; and William Stein, MSSW, LCSW, Eau Claire County Department of Human Services
Family Interaction: The Expressway to Permanency

4:00 p.m. — 5:30 p.m.

Roundtables

John D. Fluke, PhD, Walter R. McDonald & Associates, Inc.; Sylvia Fisher, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration; and Ilene Berson, PhD, Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute
Child Protection and Systems of Care: Assessing Barriers and Opportunities for Collaboration between Systems

Lisa Merkel–Holguin, MSW, American Humane Association; Rob Sawyer, LICSW, MSW, Olmsted County Community Services; and Caren Kaplan, MSW, ACSW, Child Welfare League of America
Policy Implications and the Implementation of Differential Response in Child Welfare

Workshops

Herman R. Barber, PhD, Child and Family Services Agency
Developing a Quality Workforce through Continuous Quality Improvement

Elizabeth Whitney Barnes, JD, National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges
Model Courts: Ten Years of Systems Change

Audrey Block, MSW, JD, RMC Research Corporation; Diana Avery, MPA, Lane County Department of Children and Families; Terry Schwartz, PhD, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs; and Amber Ptak, BS, TESSA
Working with Male Domestic Violence Offenders in the Child Welfare System

Philip A. Cowan, PhD and Carolyn Pape Cowan, PhD, University of California, Berkeley
Positive Involvement of Low–Income Fathers: A Preventive Intervention with Fathers' or Couples' Groups

Pamela Day, MSW; Kim Helfgott, MA, Child Welfare Information Gateway; and Donna Hornsby, MSW, Children's Bureau
Promises to Keep: Strategies and Resources for Building a Stable and Highly Skilled Child Welfare Workforce

Connie Fussell, MSW, Neighborhood Partnership for Protection of Children
The Neighborhood Partnership: A Community Child Protection Model

Jennifer M. Hogansen, PhD, Portland State University; Joshua Griggs, Foster Club; and Janna Starr, United Cerebral Palsy
Lost in Foster Care: Children and Youth with Disabilities

Dana M. Hollinshead, MPA, PhD, Brandeis University, Heller School of Social Policy and Management
The Ecology of Child Maltreatment Recurrence: A Study of the Relationships Between Policies, Practices, Demographics, and Outcomes

Blake L. Jones, PhD, University of Kentucky College of Social Work; Anita Keyes, LSW, Minnesota Department of Human Services; and Patricia Briggs, New Mexico Child Abuse and Neglect Citizen Review Board
Using Best Practices to Strengthen Citizen Review Panels for Child Protective Services

Lisa M. Jones, PhD, Crimes Against Children Research Center; and Daniel W. Smith, PhD, Medical University of South Carolina
Current Research on Caregiver Support for Sexual Abuse Victims: Implications for Investigations and Services

Natalie A. Leek–Nelson and Stacy Schiemann, BSSW, LSW, MNM, Providence House
Show Me, Don't Tell Me! Using Service Data to Impact Programs, Policy, and Strategic Vision

Richard A. Lewis, MA, Caliber, an ICF International Company
Fathers: The New Frontier in Child Protection

Alicia Luckie, MS, FRIENDS National Resource Center; Theresa Costello, MA, National Resource Center for Child Protective Services; Ann Fontaine, Administration for Children and Families, Region IV; and Julie Collins, Child Welfare League of America
Developing Partnerships across Child Welfare and Prevention: A Regional/State Model of Collaboration

Bruce MacLaurin, MSW, University of Calgary
Characteristics of Street–Involved Youth Experiencing Child Maltreatment

Jennifer Sykes McLaughlin, MA, Harvard University
Mothers' Perspectives on Child Neglect and Child Protective Services Intervention

Martha Strawn Morris, JD, Multnomah County Family Court; Samantha Byers, Department of Human Services, Child Welfare; and Pari Mazhar, MSW, CADC II, Letty Owings Center
Real World Collaboration: What Happens When People Stop Being Polite

Steven Preister, MSW, PhD, National Child Welfare Resource Center for Organizational Improvement; John Bumgarner, Institute for Policy Outreach; and James Wallis, Pulaski County Department of Social Services
Using Collaboration with Community Stakeholders in a Rural County to Assess and Improve the Child Welfare Service Array

Amy Shadoin, PhD and Suzanne N. Magnuson, MPH, National Children's Advocacy Center
Public Perceptions of the Relative Value in Prevention and Intervention of Child Abuse Subtypes

Sue Skinner, MD, CARES Northwest
Physical Abuse of the School–Aged Child

Paul Sundet, PhD, LCSW and Michael J. Kelly, PhD, University of Missouri–Columbia School of Social Work
Role Demonstration Model for Training Child Protective Service Supervisors: Design and Research Results

Kathy Goetz Wolf, Strengthening Families Illinois; Judith Zaleski, Illinois Department of Children and Family Services; and Gail Nelson, Carole Robertson Center for Learning
Forging Partnerships between Child Welfare and Early Childhood Workers

Aurora Zepeda, MPA, Homes for the Homeless
Keeping At–Risk Families Together: Crisis Nurseries Serving Homeless Families

Erica Hecht Zielewski and Jennifer Ehrle Macomber, The Urban Institute
Understanding Families' Connections to Services in an Alternative Response System

Updated on September 18, 2008