Providing Evidence-Based Family Engagement Services - August 7-8, 2014, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Evidence-Based & Strength-Centered Approaches For Effective Family Intervention Services
August 7-8, 2014
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Program Details
Integrating evidence-based and strength-centered policies, programs and practices must be a primary goal in all service delivery to maximize resources and their benefits for consumers.
This workshop provides the contextual framework for a service delivery approach that is trauma informed and accounts for children, their families, unique populations, foster care settings and core approaches for engagement that are evidence-based and strength-centered.
The program covers various family engagement approaches including Family Group Decision Making, Family Team Meetings, Group Conferencing, Family Finding among others. The program considers trauma reactions for the helper and care giver with strategies for building resiliency.
WHAT TO EXPECT
- 2-Days of comprehensive evidence-based workshop sessions
- Interface and network with top experts and peer professionals
- Earn up to 13 CE Training Hours
PROGRAM AGENDA-AT-A-GLANCE
(Detailed annotated agenda coming soon)
Day-1, August 7, 2014
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8:00-8:30:
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Registration, Breakfast, Networking
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8:30-10:15:
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Defining the Family
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Families in Modern Society: Challenges and Impacts
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Family Engagement Services
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10:15-10:30:
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AM Break
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Current and Coming Trends in Family Engagement Services
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Interventions in Family Engagement
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What Works, What Does Not work | |
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Lunch
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Prevention and Intervention: Setting The Stage for Evidence-Based Engagement
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PM Break
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Family Engagement Through a Trauma Informed Lens
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DAY-2, AUGUST 8, 2014
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| 8:00-8:30: |
Registration, Breakfast, Networking
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Family Engagement through a Trauma Informed Lens (Contd)
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| 10:30-12:00: |
Family Group Decision Making and other Family Engagement Practice Approaches
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Family Finding
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Family Team Meetings
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Family Group Conferencing
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Circles of Support
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PM Lunch
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Strategies for Engaging Unique Populations
Vulnerable Adults
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgendered
Questioning Youth
Engaging the Dads to Promote Responsible Fatherhood
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| 2:30-2:45: |
PM Break
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Compassion Fatigue: Caring for the Care Giver
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| 3:30: | Program Concludes | |
Executives, program managers and professionals at agencies for human and social services supports in children, youth, adult and family engagement services, mental and behavioral health, rehabilitation, juvenile justice and community corrections. Administrators, managers and leadership implementing evidence-based programs and practices as well as those who provide family focused services, including those in;
- Children and Family Services
- Mental and Behavioral Health
- Case Management and Care Coordination
- Foster Care
- Juvenile Justice
- Providers in Alcohol and Drugs Treatment Programs
- Residential Facilities
- Prevention, especially Secondary and Tertiary
WHY ATTEND?
- Renowned one-stop resource for getting your program initiative on a solid evidence-based and strength-centered foundation
- Gain credibility as a professional or organization committed to evidence-based approaches
- Workshop sizes insure individual attention to meet your program expectations - not get lost in the crowd
- Expert faculty there to provide the help meet your goals - not sell to you
- Network with others like you and share experiences for overcoming challenges typically encountered
- A program component is draft action planning, insuring you return home with action steps to implement, and much more!
CERTIFICATE & CONTINUING EDUCATION TRAINING HOURS
Approved for 13 CE training hours
Joyfields Institute CE: Upon completion of the course, participants will receive a certificate as evidence of your accomplishment and status as a practitioner who has acquired specific new skills. Many licensing/certification bodies accept this designation. Please check with your licensing body.
Licensed Alcohol & Drug Counselors: Joyfields Institute is an approved education provider by National Association of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counselors (NAADAC)/National Certification Commission (NCC) Provider #745. Many licensing/certification bodies accept this designation. Please check with your licensing body.
Substance Abuse Counselors: Joyfields Institute is an approved education provider by National Association of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counselors (NAADAC)/National Certification Commission (NCC) Provider #745. Many licensing/certification bodies accept this designation.
Social Workers: This program is co-sponsored by Commonwealth Educational Seminars (CES) for continuing education credit. CES, provider #1117 is approved as a provider for social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) www.aswb.org, through the Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. CES maintains responsibility for the program. ASWB Approval Period: 9/6/12-12/31/15. Social workers should contact their regulatory board to determine course approval. Social workers participating in this course receive 14 continuing education clock hours.
California LMFT, LEP, LCSW, LPCC: Joyfields Institute courses meet the qualifications for CE credits in CA as required by CA BBS. Joyfields Institute is an approved education provider by CA BBS, license number PCE 5522.
Professional Counselors: Joyfields Institute is an approved education provider by the National Association of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counselors (NAADAC)/National Certification Commission (NCC) Provider #745. Many licensing/certification bodies accept this designation. Please check with your licensing body.
California State Standards & Training for Corrections: Joyfields Institute is a approved California State Standards and Training for Corrections (STC) education provider
Harold "Pat" Patrick, MSW, LISW, Director, South Carolina Families First
| “Pat” Patrick, MSW, LISW is the Director of South Carolina Families First, a movement within the South Carolina Department of Social Services implementing Family Group Decision Making models statewide for families involved in the child welfare system. He has extensive experience in children services including child sexual abuse prevention programming, program development and service delivery in both residential and community based settings for children with severe emotional and behavioral disturbances and their families. Mr. Patrick has served on a number of local, state, national and international committees and coalitions advocating for child sexual abuse prevention campaigns along with promoting family centered approaches and services including the National Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Coalition through the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and the National Fatherhood and Child Welfare Network. As a member of the South Carolina Trauma Informed Care Committee, he is currently working on bring trauma informed awareness and trauma focused service delivery to children and their families involved in the child welfare system. He received his BS from the College of Charleston and his MSW from the University of South Carolina. He is licensed as an Independent social worker in the state of South Carolina. |
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Julie Schneider, MA, County Director, South Carolina Dept. of Social Services
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Julie has over 25 years of experience providing services to children and families. She provides training and education services to professionals, children, youth, families and their communities in the areas of child welfare, child sexual abuse prevention, therapeutic interventions, and alcohol and drug abuse/prevention. Julie currently serves as County Director in the South Carolina Dept of Social Services responsible for Beaufort County. Prior to that Julie served in various capacities including as Program Director of a residential treatment program for Carolina Youth Development Center and then as Regional Coordinator at South Carolina Department of Social Services’ Families First Programs. She later served as Program Director for Darkness to Light, Inc. where she managed an international group of facilitators for the child sexual abuse prevention program, “Stewards of Children"
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Julie has spent the past 5 years learning and teaching about Family Group Decision Making (FGDM). She has taught, co-taught and coached some 300 coordinators to apply FGDM in conducting family meetings and group conferences interventions. Ms. Schneider herself has conducted over 100 family group conferences and presented at various FGDM conferences and presented at the American Humane Society’s International Conference on Family Group Decision Making. |
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The host hotel for this event is the fabulous; Embassy Suites Hotel Atlanta-Buckhead The entire program will take place at the host hotel, Embassy Suites Atlanta - Buckhead, an all-suite hotel in Buckhead Atlanta, located 18 miles from Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport.
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How to make your reservation:
- Online: Click here to book your room online, or copy over the following entire link onto your browser
-- http://embassysuites.hilton.com/en/es/groups/personalized/ A/ATLLXES-JIW-20140804/index. jhtml
- By Telephone: Please call 1-800-EMBASSY (362-2779) by the expiration date to make your reservation. You must provide the Group Code - "JIW" inorder to receive the negotiated rate.
Meantime, if you have questions or need assistance please call our office at 770-409-8780. Go to Embassy Suites Atlanta - Buckhead home page.
REGISTRATION - * GROUPS SAVE 25%: REGISTER 3, GET 4TH ATTENDEE FREE (All 4 Pay $675 ea)
The registration fee covers;
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All training sessions
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Comprehensive Program Manual
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Earn CE training hours allocated for this particular program
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Breakfast, Lunch and Refreshment breaks provided
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6-month Membership in EBP Society, with
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Updates, articles, news and trends publication
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Access to Free monthly training/education webinars presented by Joyfields Institute experts and practitioners, and
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10% member discount to Joyfields Institute sponsored programs
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Registration Tuition - (Every 4th attends Free when 3 register at the same time. Group rates apply for 4 or more attendees.)
Event Details
| Event Date | 08/07/2014 |
| Event End Date | 08/08/2014 |
| Cut off date | 08/04/2014 |
| Individual Price | $895.00 |
| Location | Macon Marriott City Center |
Group Rate
| Number of Registrants | Rate/Person ($) |
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| 4 | 675.00 |
