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Legend:

SW- Social Workers
GA- General Audience
HS- Head Start/Early Childhood Dev.
LPC- Counselors
ED- Educators
CPS- Child Protective Workers
HF- Healthy Families/Home Visitation
AD- Administrators

■ Advanced Sessions
□ Intermediate Sessions
* Basic Sessions

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 22

9:00 A.M. - General Session

Keynote Address: Bruce Perry, MD, PhD: "Importance of Brain Development in the Early Years."

10:30 A.M. - Session I

  1. Child Abusers and Their Victims: Characteristics of Perpetrators, Victims and Strategies for Prevention.  This session will focus on who abuses children why they abuse children and which children tend to be victimized more than others. Strategies for preventing abuse will also be discussedRhonda R. Buckley, Ph.D., Texas Woman's University, Denton – GA, HS □


  2. Drug Endangered Children   Part 1. This workshop explores the wide variety of disciplines involved and highlights the importance of effective community collaboration on behalf of children exposed to volatile drug environments.Courtney Pero, TX Alliance for Drug Endangered Children, Plano & Natalie Baerwaldt. Nexus Recovery Center. – GA, CPS □


  3. Stop the Insanity!  As professionals, let us learn how to help our children from becoming victims. A variety of issues to include abuse, date violence, bullying and peer pressure will be presented with materials for lessons and presentations. Lucy Caballero & Tammy Mackeben, Socorro ISD, El Paso. – GA, ED *


  4. Kids in Court.  The Children's Advocacy Center of Smith County presents the Kids in Court (KIC) program, established to help prepare children and their caregivers for criminal courtroom testimony. Melodye Cure & Jason Isham, Children's Advocacy Center of Smith County, Tyler.– GA * 


  5. Redemption for Our Community.  This workshop will provide a forum to speak to the importance of ensuring the re-education and re-socialization of formerly incarcerated people including child abuse prevention. LaTreese Cook & William Eloridge, MEEELJ, Inc., Bastrop. – SW, LPC  □


  6. Children and Animals: Using Humane Education to Prevent and Intervene in Child Maltreatment.   In light of the link between child maltreatment and animal abuse, humane education uses animal-related activities to detect and intervene early in family violence. Catherine A. Faver, Ph.D., LMSW, University of Texas Pan American, Edinburg. – GA, ED *


  7. Working with a Deaf/Hard of Hearing Client.  Have you been placed with a deaf or hard of hearing child and don't know what to do? This workshop will help you understand why deaf/hard of hearing children struggle in all areas and lots of resources for you to use and share. Emily Robinson, Deaf Action Center, Fort Worth.– SW, CPS *


  8. Involving Fathers to Prevent Abuse.  This presentation will address outreach to fathers as a way to prevent child abuse. Gain skills, resources and understand the importance of outreach to fathers. Gilbert Chavez, Office of the Attorney General, Austin. – SW, ED, HS *


  9. Cyber-Bullying ¨C NetSmartz Workshop.  Cyber Bullying is a problem of growing concern with school aged students and parents. Cyber space represents new territory for predators and peer mistreatment. Tracy Richardson, BCFS, Del Rio. – SW, GA,  □


  10. Maternal Depression and Disrupted Attachment: It's Impact on Child Abuse.  Postpartum Depression impairs judgment, distorts thinking and causes new mothers to feel emotionally detached. This workshop looks at how maternal depression disrupts attachment with increased risk for child abuse and neglect. Diana Lynn Barnes, Psy.D., The Center for Postpartum Health, Tarzana, CA. – SW, ED  □


  11. Safe Sleep for Infants: Protecting the Vulnerable, Respecting Family Values.  Attend this workshop to learn about initiatives on the local and state levels to reduce the risk of infant deaths due to unsafe sleep practices. Susan Rodriguez, TX Dept of State Health Services & Gwen Gray, TDFPS, Austin. – CPS, HF □

12:00 - Lunch on Your Own

12:00 - Angelo Giardino, MD, PhD (Special Luncheon, additional cost)

1:30 P.M. - Session II

  1. Drug Endangered Children, Part 2.  See 2 above.


  2. “Why Do Weekends Come?—A Child’s Painful Experience Because of a Parent’s Substance Use.” Substance Abuse is a factor that leads to children being abused in the home. Signs and symptoms will be revealed in this presentation. LaVelle Hendricks, Texas A & M - Commerce, Commerce. – SW, CPS □


  3. Hip Hop and Its Exploitation of Communities of Color.  An examination of hip hop, its culture, misogynistic themes and their impact on women of color, and intersections of oppression. Tracy D. Wright, North Carolina Coalition against Sexual Assault, Raleigh, – NC. GA *


  4. Ethics in Child Therapy, Part 1.  This seminar addresses unique ethical issues in child/play therapy, especially with abused children. We will examine ethical codes and discuss dilemmas encountered by participants. Wynne Mittledorf Shaw, Dallas Children’s Advocacy Center, Dallas. – SW, LPC   □


  5. Preventing Child Neglect: What We Can Learn From Oxytocin, Breastfeeding and the Maternal Brain.  This workshop will describe recent neuroimaging research on attachment, Oxytocin and the maternal brain, and focus on how this understanding may help to prevent child neglect. Lane Strathearn, MD., PhD. Baylor College of Medicine, Houston. –GA, HF  □


  6. SIDS and SBS Syndrome & Second Thoughts, Revisiting Concepts & Assumptions.  Underlying concepts regarding ideas of SIDS & SBS Syndrome will be discussed with attention to past and present concerns over validity and appropriateness with an opportunity for audience participation. Harry Wilson, MD. Providence Memorial Hospital, El Paso. – SW, CPS   □


  7. Maximizing Educational Opportunities for Out of Home Youth, Part 1.  This session will provide "nuts and bolts" about Special Education, 504, and discipline issues for youth in public school who are in out of home care. Case examples and problem solving. Judith Burns, Casey Family Programs, Buda. – SW, CPS, AD  □


  8. What is a Dog Doing in My Playroom? Part 1.  Animal Assisted Therapy in CAC setting. Therapeutic activities, techniques, and case examples will be used to demonstrate how animals are incorporated in therapy sessions. Vanessa M. Sanford, & Sarah Torres, MA, LPC, with special appearance by Keeper & his handler, Lisa McCook. Dallas Children’s Advocacy Center, Dallas. – SW. LPC   □


  9. Child Protective Service and Substance Exposed Newborn: Removal or Close Case?  Presentation will cover how CPS investigates allegations of substance exposed newborns. Audience will be introduced into the investigation process, safety planning and referrals to the community. Milton Ayala, LMSW, TDFPS, Austin. – SW, CPS *
  10. Child and Adolescent Sexual Assault Issues. Part 1.  This class will acquaint students with the issues involved when working with child and adolescent victims of sexual abuse. Part 2 will cover the identification of those who prey on children and adolescents. Lisa Luna, LBSW, Texas Assoc. against Sexual Assault, Austin. –SW, HS □   □


  11. The Abuse of Parental Divorce: A Case Study Presentation.  When a contentious divorce occurs, it can become a source of abuse to the children involved. Case studies invite the attendees to predict the outcomes of such divorces. Mary Lynn Crow, Ph.D., University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington. – LPC, ED *


  12. A Family Focus Approach.  Family Focus is a division of TXDFPS. Our goals are to integrate formally a family-focused philosophy throughout CPS training, policy and contract processes and enhance safety, permanency and well being for children and youth through the provision of direct and support services to their caretakers, whether biological or through affinity. Lori Lewis-Conerly, Stacy Lake, Ellen Letts, Deshaun Ealoms & Kenneth Thompson, TDFPS, Austin. –SW,GA *


3:00 P.M. - Break

3:15 P.M. - Session III

  1. Abused Children in the Classroom: The Role of the Educator.  The learner will be able to 1) Identify the behavioral characteristic of abused children in the classroom, 2) use visual strategies as a tool to teach child abuse prevention and 3) utilize intervention strategies to help children cope with child abuse. Amelia Mendoza, , San Benito CISD, San Benito. –SW, GA *


  2. Ethics in Child Therapy, Part 2.  See 15 above.


  3. Love, Marriage, Baby Carriages: Teaching Children Today the Relationship and Parenting Skills They Will Need Tomorrow.  This fun, highly interactive workshop explores innovative, award-winning, research-based programs designed to build healthy relationships today and prevent child abuse from extending into future generations. Janet Pozmantier & Becky Koch, ChildBuilders, Houston. – GA, ED *


  4. Bullies in the Family: Teaching Parents and Kids about Sibling Violence.  This workshop will provide specific issues in addressing and eliminating sibling violence in a family. Ideas for developing a workshop or session are presented. Mardi Winder-Adams, Positive Communication Systems, Omaha. – GA, *


  5. Maximizing Educational Opportunities for Out of Home Youth, Part 2.  See 18 above.


  6. What is a Dog Doing in My Playroom? Part 2.  See 19 above.


  7. Looking at the Family Picture: Domestic Violence being Addressed by a Partnership of a Children’s Hospital and a Community DV Services Provider.  Presenting the overlap of child abuse and domestic violence in families and the implementation of a program where a child service organization screened mothers for domestic violence, we will discuss the results, process and lessons learned. Angelo Giardino, MD, PhD, MPH, John Bickel, LCSW, Lisa Hayes, & Barbie Brasher, Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston. – SW, GA *


  8. Child and Adolescent Sexual Assault Issues. Part 2.  See 21 above.


  9. Is it Medical, Child Abuse or Domestic Violence?  Sgt. Bill Davis will discuss medical issues that cause children to be abused. He will also show how child abuse and domestic violence go hand-in-hand. Bill Davis, Taking Care of Children, Beaumont. – GA *


  10. Stop Bullying Now!  This workshop raises awareness and discusses effective strategies for prevention of bullying, a serious public heath issue that affects countless young people every day. Susanne Hutchinson, Texas PTA, Flower Mound. – GA *


  11. Straight Edge Kids – A Cut Above.  Straight Edge is a more philosophical offshoot of the punk movement, a reaction to the hedonism and self-destruction that characterized punk. The movement wishes to attract people away from dependency lifestyles centered on drug habits (legal or illegal) and unhealthy and exploitative eating and general living habits common in modern cultures. Wayne Waddleton & Marsha Poole, DETCOG, Jasper. – GA, ED   □


  12. Profession: Parent.  Discover the value of PTA! NetSmartz, one of the Texas PTA Parent Education programs. The innovative presentation utilizes the latest statistics, online resources, videos, and expert tips to educate, engage and empower children and adults to be safer on- and offline. Heather Ashwell-Hair, Texas PTA, Carrollton. – GA, LPC *


4:45 - Adjourn

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