10th Annual Conference April 9, 2015 HILTON GARDEN INN, AUBURN RIVER WATCH OUR MISSION The mission of the Child and Family Provider Network is to improve the quality of services for children, youth, and families. We educate, inform, and support member agencies through training, networking, and collaborating with governmental and other organizations that share common interests in the well-being of children and families of Maine. Measuring Quality and Meaning in your work. CONFERENCE INFO Hilton Garden Inn 14 Great Falls Plaza Auburn River Watch Auburn, ME 04210 207-784-4433 COST $50.00 per person REGISTRATION FORM Use 1 form per person. Photocopies may be made. NAME SCHEDULED EVENTS POSITION AGENCY LIST ANY SPECIAL ACCOMMODATIONS/DIETARY NEEDS PHONE WORKSHOP SELECTIONS Please list in order of preference; 1, 2, 3 for both Morning and Afternoon Workshop Selections listed below. MORNING WORKSHOP Positive Youth Outcomes Coping Skills for the Helping Professional Recovery Based Residential RETURN DEADLINE March 25, 2015 MAKE CHECKS PAYABLE TO Child & Family Provider Network AFTERNOON WORKSHOP Cultural Diversity and Service Delivery How To Connect Before You Redirect Fundamentals of Applied Behavior Analysis COMPLETED FORMS SENT TO Kerry Jamieson Connections for Kids 470 Forest Ave, Suite 303 Portland, ME 04101 207-854-1030 x.103 207-899-4623 Fax [email protected] childfamilyprovidernetwork.com AM PM 8:30 - 9:00 9:00 - 9:15 9:15 - 10:00 10:00 - 10:45 10:45 - 11:00 11:00 - 12:30 12:30 - 1:30 1:30 - 3:00 3:00 - 3:30 Registration Welcome Jim Bouchard, LCSW Eric Meyer, LCSW, MBA Break Morning Workshop Sessions Lunch Afternoon Workshop Sessions Awards and Closing Remarks MORNING WORKSHOPS Positive Youth Outcomes 1 By Sarah Vazquez, New Beginnings, Inc. Coping Skills For The Helping Professional 2 By Lee Spanger, LCSW and Jodi Brinser, LCSW, Connections for Kids Recovery Based Residential 3 By Jen Burgess, MSW and Mary-Ann Williams, LCSW, Sweetser AFTERNOON WORKSHOPS Cultural Diversity And Service Delivery 1 By Paul Dann, PhD, NFI North Non-Punitive Behavioral Intervention 2 By Katherine Endy, LCSW and Sarah MacLaughlin, LSW, St. Andre Home Inc. Fundamentals of Applied Behavior Analysis 3 By Meaghan Allen, MAT, BCBA and Lindsae Hadley, MS, BCBA, Kids Peace WELCOME! The Child & Family Provider Network welcomes you to our 10th Annual Staff Conference and Retreat located at the beautiful Hilton Garden Inn in Auburn, Maine. This year we have chosen the theme “Seeing the Glass Half Full”. We chose this theme as a testament of all our work with children and families. Our commitment to providing services with best practice treatment has given us our inspiration to help others. We hope your experience throughout the conference will contribute to our ongoing quest to support professional growth. KEYNOTE PRESENTATIONS Jim Bouchard, LCSW Over 30 years of practice, study and teaching, Jim Bouchard developed the tools you need to master your life, career and business. In this session, Jim teaches you how to apply Black Belt Mindset to reach your full potential and help other people reach theirs! Participants can expect to leave this session: • Knowing how to Think Like a Black Belt - cultivate and develop Discipline, Focus, Confidence, Perseverance, Courage and Confidence, even in the toughest times! • Equipped to apply the Black Belt Mindset in personal and professional life. • Understanding Perfection as a process, not an unachievable barrier to success. • Motivated to accept challenges as opportunities for growth. • Inspired to embrace change, transformation and process of self-improvement. Through martial arts, Jim Bouchard transformed himself from dropout, drug abuser and failure to successful entrepreneur and Black Belt. As speaker and author of Think Like a Black Belt, Jim presents his philosophy of Black Belt Mindset for corporate and conference audiences across the country. Eric Meyer, LCSW, MBA Eric Meyer is President & CEO of Spurwink Services, one of Maine’s largest providers of behavioral health and specialized educational services. Prior to joining Spurwink, Eric was the Senior Vice President-Operations of the national Behavioral Health Group at APS Healthcare. Eric is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and has worked for many years in the Maine behavioral health provider community in a variety of roles, from therapist to program director. He obtained his MSW from the University of Maine, and his MBA from the University of Southern Maine. Eric and his wife tend a small flock of chickens, one llama and a couple of horses on their small farm in Whitefield. childfamilyprovidernetwork.com MORNING WORKSHOPS Positive Youth Outcomes: Building on Strengths and Developing Assets The workshop will begin with a brief overview of Positive Youth Development’s core concepts and a definition of internal/external assets. Interactive activities include group brainstorming and small group activities identifying positive outcomes and ways to nurture them. There will be a brief presentation and a team role-play about identifying strengths. The workshop will wrap up with a small group activity about nurturing resiliency through conscious use of strength-based language. Participants will: • Identify practical applications of Positive Youth Development in the context of strength-based direct support. • Learn asset-based approaches/techniques that can be employed to empower others and promote positive outcomes. • Become familiar with strength-based communication skills and impact on outcomes. Sarah Vazquez has worked as the Educational Support Specialist for New Beginnings, serving homeless and runaway youth, since 2013. Prior to this position, she developed and oversaw programs in Maine and Massachusetts that serve underrepresented youth, specializing in developmental assets and Positive Youth Development. Coping Skills for the Helping Professional: And I don’t just mean taking deep breaths! This workshop will give you the helper, coping skills, to help you live your life while maintaining good boundaries, your sense of humor and your dignity. Topics will include engaging resistance, boundaries and self-care. Lee Spanger, LCSW is currently the clinical coordinator for Community Based Services at Connections for Kids. Lee has worked in the social work field for the past 30 years providing clinical treatment, supervision and trainings. She specializes in treating children with trauma and attachment issues. Jody Brinser, LCSW is currently, the clinical coordinator of Day Treatment services at Connections for Kids. Jody has worked in the social work field for over 20 years as a clinician and supervisor and trainer. Jody also holds a Play Therapy Supervisor Certificate. 3 Recovery Based Residential: Techniques at Reducing Restraints In this presentation, there will be a discussion on how to implement an effort to create an environment where client and the staff join together in a journey of treatment and recovery. As a result the goal is improved mental/behavioral health, reduce need for restraints, reduce injuries, and increase morale. We will also be discussing creative, out of the box ideas for direct staff to utilize in order to help prevent or reduce the use of physical restraints. Jen Burgess, MSW is the Director of Residential Services for Sweetser North. She has been at Sweetser for 14 years and prior to that has experience providing services with foster care and adoptive families. Jen strongly believes in strength based services focusing on repetitive, rhythmic activities that help sooth traumatized children and thinking out of the box to meet clients and families needs. Mary-Ann Williams, LCSW is the Clinical Director for Residential and Day Treatment Services for Sweetser North. She has been at Sweetser for 7.5 years and prior to that has experience working in residential services with NFI North, Child Protective with DHHS, and in home services. Mary-Ann’s experience helps lend treatment to children who experience abuse or neglect, as well as helping education health care workers on Vicarious Trauma. Sarah Maclaughlin, LSW is the Adoption Manager of Saint Andre Home and a parent educator. Author of the award-winning book What Not to Say - Tools for Talking with Young Children, Sarah has over twenty years experience working with children and families. 3 One Step at a Time: Fundamentals of Applied Behavior Analysis Training Overview • The “Wh’s” of ABA (who, what, when, where, why and how) • Overview of foundational components of ABA • Principles of reinforcement • Basic behavior planning Meaghan Allen, MAT, Board Certified Behavior Analyst at KidsPeace New England in Ellsworth, ME and has been a part of the KidsPeace team since 2011. Her background is in K-8 public education and pre-k early intervention. She specializes in working with the high acuity clients with severe autism. AFTERNOON WORKSHOPS 1 Cultural Diversity and Service Delivery This interactive workshop introduces participants to key concepts within cultural diversity and the adaption of clinical practice based on cultural differences. Participants come away with a heightened awareness of their own cultural roots and the role that culture plays in how we engage service delivery. Objectives: • Participants will develop an increased awareness of the role that culture plays in the delivery of clinical and social services • Participants will identify three strategies to enhance their ability to work effectively within a multicultural context • Participants will understand the relationship between multicultural practice and the use of the treatment strategies Paul L. Dann, PhD is the Executive Director of NFI North. Over his 40 year career he has developed a reputation for his active and engaging workshops. In addition to his responsibilities at NFI, Paul teaches the Mental Health Counseling and MBA Programs at NEC. 2 Non-Punitive Behavioral Intervention: How To Connect Before You Redirect This presentation will focus on non-punitive approaches to guiding children’s behavior. Learning Objectives: • To understand the difference between discipline, punishment and guidance • To understand brain development and its impact on children’s behaviors • To learn how to use connection to redirect children Katherine Endy, LCSW is the Clinical Director of Saint Andre Home, a mental health agency serving 0-5 year old children and their caregivers. Katherine specializes in brain-based, attachment-focused techniques, helping parents understand how human brains function in order to parent in more effective, connected ways. Lindsae Hadley, MS, Board Certified Behavior Analyst at KidsPeace New England in Ellsworth, ME. She has been a part of the team since 2012 and is the Assistant Director of Residential Services. Her background is in acute psychiatric care and specialized in home early intervention services for clients and families. She specializes in working with adolescents with mild to moderate autism.
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