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Full Conference
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$ 85.00 |
Tuesday March 16th ONLY
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$ 55.00 |
Wednesday March 17 ONLY
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$ 55.00 |
Student
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$ 60.00 |
ICTF Board Member or Multi-Year Grantee (2 per program)
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CEU Certificate
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Session 1A: State Prevention Planning
Tuesday, 10:45-12:15
Jim Hmurovich
What is Idaho’s plan for preventing child maltreatment? Who has a stake in the plan? How are other states using this process to create goals and a path forward? What would you like to see for Idaho? How does the plan stay a living document? |
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Session 1B: Idaho's New Early Learning Guidelines
Tuesday 10:45-12:15
Carolyn Kiefer, Idaho Head Start Collaborative
E-Guidelines are a great resource covering all aspects of children's development from birth through five, and some areas to 8 years old. Come see the features of this electronic document and how to navigate it's richness!
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Session 1C: The PLAY Project
Tuesday 10:45-12:15
Jennifer Fish, Easter Seals-Goodwill PLAY Consultant and Laura Schultz, Easter Seals-Goodwill Assistant Vice President of Development.
Easter Seals-Goodwill's PLAY Project is an early autism intervention program where trained autism professionals teach parents how to develop relationships with their children with autism. |
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Session 1D: Community involvement: The Key to Better Protect Children
Tuesday 10:45-12:15
Elaine Knobbs, Stewards of Children, Bend, Oregon
This workshop will relate how community organizing and coalition building principles can be applied to child abuse prevention initiatives. |
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Session 2A: Implementing Evidence Based Home Visiting Programs with Fidelity
Tuesday 3:15-4:45
Joan Sharp, Executive Director, and Nancy Gagliano, Council for Children & Families
The major preliminary findings from Washington State’s research on moving Evidence Based Home Visiting programs from science to practice will be detailed.
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Session 2B: Telling Your Story: Using Quantitative Data in Program Evaluation
Tuesday 3:15-4:45
Cassandra Firman-MS, Training & Technical Assistance Coordinator for *FRIENDS National Resources Center for Community-Based Child Abuse Prevention
Quantitative evaluation methods can lead to better understandings of what works in family strengthening and prevention programs.
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Session 2C: Supporting Families through Community Collaboration
Tuesday 3:15-4:45
Community Panel led by Mercy Medical Center staff
This workshop will highlight the practical considerations of bringing a variety of organizations together to strengthen families and promote a healthy start for children. |
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Session 2D: The Front Porch Project
Tuesday 3:15-4:45
Lauren Morley-MSW, LSW, Manage, Child Welfare Training & Prevention, American Humane Association
This workshop introduces the project: a national, community-based, primary prevention initiative created to help community residents become more involved in supporting families and addressing concerns related to the safety and well-being of local children. |
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Session 3A:''Why Some Bounce Back and Some Never Do''
Wednesday, 10:45-12:15
Pat Stanislaski-Resilience in Children Who Experience Childhood Abuse
This workshop will examine the phenomenon of resilience as it applies to survivors of childhood trauma-specifically child abuse and neglect. |
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Session 3B: The 2020 Strategy
Wednesday 10:45-12:15
Casey Family Programs
The goal established is to reduce foster care placements by 50% by 2020. The workshop will focus on immediate and long term actions that will need to be taken and what roles we will all need to play to reach this goal. |
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Session 3C: Putting Cultural Competency into Practice
Wednesday, 10:45-12:15
Elena Rodriguez, Multicultural Community Liaison
Explore the importance and process of creating culturally relevant materials and necessity and benefits of building cultural competence throughout our entire organizations. |
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Session 3D: Using the Media to Prevent Child Abuse and Neglect
Wednesday 10:45-12:15
Debbie Courson Smith, Northern Rockies News Service
Can you tell a story/news item in three sentences, or less? Do radio stations have to run PSAs? The presenter will answer key questions to help you find ways to ''crack'' broadcast (and web) media, and guide you in messaging that works for broadcast media. |
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Session 4A: Why Is Poverty So Hard On Children?
Wednesday 1:45-3:15
Harriet Shaklee-Ph.D., Professor and Extension Family Development Specialist, University of Idaho/Boise
Explore research findings on the aspects of poverty that compromise children's futures. |
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Session 4B: Children of Incarcerated Parents
Wednesday, 1:45-3:15
Landis Rossi, Program Manager for Service Integration, Idaho Department of Health and Welfare
Delanie Valentine, Director of Reentry & Family Services, Easter Seals-Goodwill
Focus on the research and planning done by the Idaho Criminal Justice Commission and other agencies. We will share statistics specific to Idaho as well as offer ideas and opportunities for support.
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Session 4C: Building Capacity and Leadership in a Small Nonprofit
Wednesday, 1:45-3:15
Beth Barclay, Executive Director of ICARE Program of St. Vincent de Paul, Coeur d'Alene
Taryn Nichols, Family Support Coordinator, ICARE
Nurturing Fathers and Rural Parents Project will be discussed as well as lessons learned about maintaining effective collaborations in small communities while re-creating themselves for long term sustainability in a challenging economy. |
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Session 4D: Prevention Opportunities & Challenges, in Child Protection System
Wednesday, 1:45-3:15
Mardell Nelson, LCSW, CPM
This workshop will describe the Child Protection Practice Model. Participants will engage in reflection, a small group activity, and summary discussion regarding the barriers and opportunities for engaging the Child Protection System. |
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Session 5A: Organizing and Legislative Advocacy
Wednesday, 3:30-5:00
Roger Sherman, Idaho Children's Trust Fund
This workshop will be a ''How to get started'' session on creating child friendly public policy in Idaho. |
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Session 5B: Partnering with Parents, A Cornerstone of Quality Child Care
Wednesday, 3:30-5:00
Jane Zink, IdahoSTARS Quality Rating and Improvement System Coordinator
Maureen Durning, IdahoSTARS Project Specialist
Explore the benefits of partnering with parents to build the Strengthening Families Protective Factors, of recognizing and celebrating them as leaders of their own families, and of encouraging them to take on leadership roles in their communities. |
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Session 5C: Humanizing Practice: Shelter from the Storm
Wednesday, 3:30-5:00
Roberto Bahruth-Ph.D., Professor of Bilingual Education, Boise State University
Learn about what Dr. Bahruth calls speaking human and how we can practice it. Our strengthening families work can be the bridge that helps families and children live with dignity in a land strange to them. |
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