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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
May 8-9, 2001

The Hyatt Regency Savannah
Two West Bay Street
Savannah, Georgia 31401
Tel: (912) 944-3687
FAX: (912) 944-3673

Tuesday, May 8, 2001

7:00 a.m. - 8:00 a.m. Registration/Coffee Entrance to Chatham Room
8:00 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. Welcome/Introductions

CSAT/Howard (Rick) Sampson
Director, Division of State and Community Assistance

ACYF/Catherine M. Nolan, M.S.W., A.C.S.W.
Director, Office on Child Abuse and Neglect

Bruce Hoopes, Acting Chief
Georgia DHR/DMH, MR & SA

Chatham Room
8:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. Adoption and Safe Families Act: Foundations for Collaboration
Howard (Rick) Sampson
Gail. E. Collins, M.P.A.
Acting Deputy Commissioner
Administration on Children, Youth and Families
Chatham Room
9:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. Values Clarification: Building Toward a Joint Mission Chatham Room
Introduction
Nancy K. Young, Ph.D.
Director, Children and Family Futures
(General Session)
Chatham Room
9:30 a.m. - 9:45 a.m. Break Entrance to Chatham Room
9:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. State Team-Building: Finding Common Ground
Guided Discussion
Nancy K. Young, Ph.D.
Chatham Room
12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Lunch on your own  
1:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. Family Drug Courts: Responding to Child and Family Needs
The Honorable John Parnham
Circuit Judge, Pensacola, FL
General Session)
Chatham Room
2:45 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Break  
3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Concurrent Working Sessions:
  • Confidentiality
    Sue Jacobs, J.D., Legal Action Center
    Renee Popovits, J.D., Popovits and Robinson
    Catherine M. Nolan, M.S.W., A.C.S.W., OCAN
Waterfront North
 
  • Safety/Resilience: Children in Substance Abusing Families
    Robert Ackerman, Ph.D.
    Mid-Atlantic Training Institute
Waterfront South
  
  • Making Interdisciplinary Training Work
    Ron Rogers, M.Ed., L.C.A.D.C.
    University of Maryland
Sloane Room
4:35 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. State Team Reports: Current Practices
10 States Report
(General Session)

 

Wednesday, May 9, 2001

8:30 a.m. - 8:45 a.m. Joint Planning
Review and Direction for the day

(General Session)
Chatham Room
8:45 a.m - 10:15 a.m. Successful Approaches/Best Practices Panel Discussion -
Connecticut/Retention of Women in Treatment

Karen Snyder
Judith Ford
Peter Panzarella
(General Session)
10:15 a.m. - 10:30a.m. Break Entrance Entrance to Chatham Room
10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Successful Approaches/Best Practices Panel Discussion -
Illinois/Empowering Families Through Collaboration
Maya Hennessey
(General Session)
Chatham Room

12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Lunch (on your own)  
1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Concurrent Working Sessions  
  • Effective Substance Abuse Assessments Within the Child Welfare Population
    Alayne L. White, M.A.,
    University of Kentucky

    Joe Arnold, C.P.C.,
    University of Kentucky

    Kim Griswold, C.S.W., C.D.V.C.
    University of Kentucky

    Morrie Haymond
    Cabinet for Families and Children
Sloane Room
  • Recognizing and Treating Trauma-Related Issues in Substance Dependent Women
    Rebecca Wolfson, M.S.W.
    Community Connections
Waterfront South
  • Working with the Judicial System: Effective Testimony
    The Honorable William R. Byars, Jr.
    Children's Law Office
    University of South Carolina
Waterfront North
3:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. Break Entrance to Chatham Room
3:15 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. State Team Reports: Current Practices
6 States Report
(General Session)
Chatham Room
4:00 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. Closing Remarks Chatham Room
CSAT - ACYF

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