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Members of the CYFS Section are dedicated to child welfare issues, such as residential care, day care, foster care, youth services, pregnancy, parenting and adoption, and more. Annual dues: $50
Registration Fee
Section Members: $150
Non-Section Members: $175
Thursday, September 11
7:30 a.m.-8:30 a.m.
Continental Breakfast
8:30 a.m.-9:45 a.m.
Conference Welcome and Opening Prayer
1:00 p.m.-4:30 p.m.
Concurrent Workshops 1
A. Response of Children to Tragedy, Trauma, and Terror
Children display unique responses at various developmental stages. This workshop will examine their responses to trauma. Post traumatic stress disorder, crisis response, risk management and other clinical manifestations will be discussed, as well as intervention strategies and user-friendly program design. Trauma work impacts staff, manifested in compassion fatigue, and burnout.
Presenters: Ellen Shuman, Director of Disaster Response; and Rebecca Fishman-Aghassi, Mental Health Specialist-Disaster Response Team, Catholic Charities, Brooklyn, NY
Facilitator: Kathleen Dooley Polcha, Program Director for Pre/Post Legal Adoption, Catholic Home Bureau, New York
B. Ethics in Providing Services to Clients
Often as administrators and in our work with families we are presented with issues where we have to balance one good against another. This interactive workshop will provide some guidelines for ethical decision-making and will apply those principles to actual client situations.
Presenter: Brother Thomas Maddix, CSC, D.Min., Senior Vice President, Caritas Health Group, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Facilitator: Terry Watters, Program Director, Adoption Network
of Catholic Charities, San Francisco
2:30 p.m.
Afternoon Break
5:00 p.m.-6:30 p.m.
Section Member Networking Reception (Light Fare and Cash Bar)
Friday, September 12
7:30 a.m.-8:30 a.m.
Continental Breakfast
9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
All Day Institute
Journeys after Adoption: Understanding Lifelong Issues
This interactive workshop moves beyond the core issues that have framed adoption in recent years and adds another layer of challenges that emerge. The goal is to offer workers insight and practical advice that will enable them to prepare adoptive families, adopted persons and birth parents for the lifelong emotional and psychological journey.
Presenter: Jayne Schooler, Consultant/Trainer, Institute for Human Services-Ohio Welfare Training Program, Miamisburg, OH
Facilitator: Kathleen Dooley Polcha, Program Director for Pre/Post Legal Adoption, Catholic Home Bureau, New York
10:30 a.m.
Morning Break
Noon-1:30 p.m.
Section Lunch with Bishop Sullivan Award Presentation
3:00 p.m.
Afternoon Break
6:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m.
Joint Section Prayer Service
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