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Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT)
Division of State and Community Assistance
with
Administration on Children, Youth and Families (ACYF)
Children's Bureau, Office on Child Abuse and Neglect

Agenda
September 11-12, 2001

The Boston Park Plaza Hotel
64 Arlington Street
Boston, Massachusetts
(617) 426-2000

Tuesday, September 11

7:00 a.m. - 8:00 a.m. Registration - Morning Refreshments Georgian Room Foyer
8:00 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. Welcome/Introductions Georgian Room
  Howard "Rick" Sampson, Director,
Division of State and Community Assistance, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT)

Catherine Nolan, M.S.W., A.C.S.W.,
Administration on Children,
Youth and Families (ACYF)

TBA, Massachusetts Department of Social Services

TBA, Massachusetts Bureau of Substance Abuse Services

 
8:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. Adoption and Safe Families Act
Foundation for Collaboration
Howard "Rick" Sampson, CSAT

James A. Harrell, ACYF

 
9:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. Values Clarification: Building Toward a Joint Mission
Nancy K. Young, Ph.D.
Children and Family Futures
 
9:30 a.m. - 9:45 a.m. Break Georgian Room Foyer
9:45 a.m. - 11:15 a.m. State Team-Building Activity Georgian Room
11:15 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. Finding Common Ground: Guided Discussion
Nancy K. Young, Ph.D.
 
11:45 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Lunch on Own  
1:00 p.m. - 2:15 p.m. Judicial Decisions: The Eyes of the Child The Honorable William R. Byars, Jr.
Children's Law Office, University of South Carolina
(General Session)
Georgian Room
2:15 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Break Georgian Room Foyer
2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Concurrent Working Sessions
(Individual Choice)
 
 

Confidentiality
Anita Marton, J.D., Legal Action Center

Renee Popovits, J.D., Popovits & Robinson

Stanbro Room
  Addiction and Child Safety: Informed Decision-Making
Christine Fickas Scarpati, M.S.,
Child Crisis Center

Frank Scarpati, Ed.D., East Valley
Addiction Council

Beacon Hill Room
  Recognizing and Treating Trauma-Related Issues in Substance Dependent Women
Dusty Miller, Ed.D., ATRIUM Training & Consultation
Cambridge Room
4:00 p.m. Adjourn  
 

Wednesday, September 12

7:30 a.m - 8:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast Georgian Room Foyer
8:30 a.m. - 8:45 a.m. Joint Planning: Review and Direction
Howard "Rick" Sampson
Georgian Room
8:45 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. Successful Approaches/Best Practices: Connecticut - Retention of Women in Treatment Peter Panzarella, Department of Children and Families
Judith Ford, M.A., MFT, Department of Mental Health & Addiction Services
Valerie Leal, Department of Mental Health & Addiction Services
Theresa Foley, M.A., Department of Children & Families
(General Session)
 
10:15 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. Break Georgian Room Foyer
10:30 a.m. - 12:00 Noon Concurrent Working Sessions
(Individual Choice)
Safety/Resilience: Children in Substance Abusing Families
Laurie S. Markoff, Ph.D., Institute for Health and Recovery
Karen S. Gould, L.I.C.S.W., Institute for Health and Recovery
Stanbro Room
Making Interdisciplinary Training Work
Ronald E. Zuskin, M.S.W.
University of Maryland, Baltimore
Beacon Hill Room
Working with the Courts: Parental and Judicial Perspectives
The Honorable William R. Byars, Jr.
Tracey M. Williams, Dimock Community Health Center
Cambridge Room
12:00 Noon - 1:30 p.m. Lunch on Own
1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Illinois: Empowering Families Through Collaboration
Maya Hennessey, Office of Alcohol and Substance Abuse
(General Session)
Georgian Room
3:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. Break Georgian Room Foyer
3:15 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. State Team Reports
4:15 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Closing Remarks
Howard "Rick" Sampson, CSAT
Catherine M. Nolan, M.S.W., A.C.S.W., ACYF

Please Note: TIE staff will be available to demonstrate the CSAT-Sponsored Treatment Improvement Exchange Forum site, www.treatment.org. *State AOD Directors and/or designees will meet with Rick Sampson 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Thursday, September 13.