1. family and parenting

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
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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
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AFTERNOON WORKSHOP
Cultural Diversity
and Service Delivery
How To Connect
Before You Redirect
Fundamentals of Applied
Behavior Analysis
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Kerry Jamieson
Connections for Kids
470 Forest Ave, Suite 303
Portland, ME 04101
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.