Events Calendar

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Beyond Burnout: Secondary Trauma and the Child Welfare Workforce

Date: 
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Time: 
1:00pm to 4:30pm
Location: 
TCF Bank Stadium at the University of Minnesota
Sponsoring Agency: 
Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare (CASCW)
Description: 

The Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare is excited to announce its upcoming 13th annual child welfare conference on May 1, 2012. This FREE event will be available via web stream to counties, tribes, and agencies throughout the state! If you would like to become a remote host site, we invite you to register online.

CASCW’s 13th annual child welfare conference will be broadcast May 1, 2012 from 1:00 pm to 4:30pm from the TCF Bank Stadium at the University of Minnesota. The topic is secondary trauma in the child welfare workforce, and we will have a variety of experts in the field, including a local panel, providing an overview of secondary traumatic stress (STS) in the field of child welfare, including, symptoms, screening and the importance of addressing STS at both an individual and agency level (see registration site for more details). The program will be broadcast live via Web stream, enabling participants anywhere to view and participate on their computers.

To become a remote host you first need to register your site online at http://beyondburnout.eventbrite.com by March 9, 2012. Participants will have the opportunity to email questions throughout the program.

Please note registration at this time is intended for counties, tribes, or agencies to register their space for groups to view the program together. Individual registration for the event will open at a later date.

Email Contact: 
cascw@umn.edu

Military and Civilian Partnerships: Extending the Bridge to Meet the Short- and Long-Term Needs of Military Families and their Young Children

Date: 
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Time: 
10am PST/1pm EST
Location: 
Online webinar
Sponsoring Agency: 
National Child Traumatic Stress Network
Description: 

The University of Southern California School of Social Work in Partnership with Military Families and Communities: Educational, Field and Research Initiatives

Webinar description:

The presentation will provide participants with the latest in USC's social work curriculum and field training opportunities for working with military families. Additionally, in collaboration with USC's School of Social Work Center for Innovation and Research on Veterans and Military Families (CIR), participants will learn about a current reintegration research project with California National Guard Families.

Presenters:

Eugenia L. Weiss, PsyD, LCSW Clinical Assistant Professor Military Social Work University of Southern California School of Social Work
Sherrie Wilcox, Ph.D., CHES Research Consultant Center for Innovation and Research on Veterans and Military Families University of Southern California
Pam Franzwa, MSW Clinical Assistant Professor Military Field Faculty University of Southern California School of Social Work
Kim Becker, MSW Intern University of Southern California School of Social Work

Click here to join LIVE on May 1 Audio: 866-295-5950, Code 5318986#

WebSite: 
http://learn.nctsn.org/calendar/view.php?view=day&cal_d=1&cal_m=5&cal_y=2012

Emotional Challenges and Self-care for Those Working with Young Traumatized Children

Date: 
Thursday, May 3, 2012
Time: 
9am PST/12pm EST
Location: 
Learning Center for Child and Adolescent Trauma
Sponsoring Agency: 
National Child Traumatic Stress Network
Description: 

Presenters will discuss the importance of identifying and implementing effective and diverse strategies for self-care in dealing with the emotional challenges of working with infants, young children, and their caregivers who have been traumatized.

Presenters:
Leslie Ross, PsyD, Children’s Institute
Joy Osofsky, PhD, Louisiana State University Health Sciences

To register for this free online event, please visit the NCTSN Learning Center for Child and Adolescent Trauma. If you are new to the Learning Center, you must create an account (click on "Create new account" in the upper right corner), and you must enroll in the course Zero to Six Child Welfare Speaker Series, under Continuing Education. Continuing Education Credits (CEs) are available for this course.

WebSite: 
http://learn.nctsn.org/course/view.php?id=66
Email Contact: 
help@nctsn.org

Trauma and Mental Illness in the Haitian Community: Cultural Considerations for Developing a Broad Clinical and Research Agenda

Date: 
Saturday, May 5, 2012
Time: 
8:30 am - 4:30 pm EST
Location: 
Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology in Boston, MA
Sponsoring Agency: 
Haitian Mental Health (HMH) Network
Description: 

The goals of this year's event are fourfold:

1) Describe the current state of knowledge about Haitian mental health as it exists in the clinical and research literature.

2) Raise awareness about the impact of historical and political traumas on the psychosocial well-being of Haitian immigrants in the U.S.

3) Discuss effective approaches to promote, prevent and treat mental illnesses in the Haitian community.

4) Define the systemic causes of health and mental health disparities in the Haitian community and recommend strategies to address them programmatically through policy, research and advocacy.

For registration information click here.

Form Child Maltreatment to Juvenile Delinquency: Trajectories of Crossover Youth and the Role of Trauma

Date: 
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Time: 
10am PST/1pm EST
Location: 
Learning Center for Child and Adolescent Trauma
Sponsoring Agency: 
NCTSN
Description: 

The Center for Juvenile Justice Reform and the National Child Traumatic Stress Network will kick off a 3-part webinar series entitled Crossover Youth and Trauma-Informed Care: Bridging Two Fields of Practice about youth who are known to—and who move between—the child welfare and juvenile justice systems. Presenters will discuss research findings on crossover youth, how traumatic stress plays a role in the trajectory of this population, and implications for policy and practice. Follow-up webinars will expand on these policy and practice implications with discussions on strategies for policy reform and ways to translate research into promising practices.

Presenters: Gene Griffin, JD, PhD, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine; Denise Herz, PhD, California State University, Los Angeles School of Criminal Justice

WebSite: 
http://learn.nctsn.org/course/view.php?id=76
Email Contact: 
help@nctsn.org

Supervised Visitation Network Annual Conference: "Celebrating Our Past, Forging Our Future"

Date: 
Wednesday, May 9, 2012 - Saturday, May 12, 2012
Location: 
Orlando, Florida
Sponsoring Agency: 
Supervised Visitation Network
Description: 

The Supervised Visitation Network are a Federally funded national association to train professionals about the implications of domestic violence when providing supervised visitation. They are also interested in the issues of trauma experienced by children who become participants at supervised visitation programs. This conference is open to all professionals and offers CEUs. For more information about this conference, click here. 

 

WebSite: 
http://svnworldwide.org

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