Circles of Change: CommUNITY in Action

Schedule

8:00-8:45 AM Registration, Coffee & Pastries Provided

8:45-9:45 AM Mayor Welcome & Panel Discussion in Ballroom DEF

9:45-10:00 AM Break

10:00 AM-12:00 PM Drug Endangered Children Training “Awareness” *ALL WILL ATTEND

12:00 PM-1:00 PM Lunch in Ballroom DEF with Keynote Speaker, Dr. Jeremy Coleman

YOUR CHOICE:

1:15-3:15 PM Drug Endangered Children Training “Approach”

OR CHOOSE ONE BREAKOUT SESSION PER TIME SLOT

1:15-2:00 PM Council on Domestic Abuse (CODA)

In Time Creative Counseling

Union Hospital Family Medicine Residency

iLEAD/VOICE Youth Leadership Group

2:15-3:00 PM First Response Counseling & Consultation

Fostering Hope

Union Hospital Family Medicine Residency

*PLEASE SEE NEXT PAGES FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON TRAINING SESSIONS

Drug Endangered Children Training

Ballroom DEF

10:00 AM-12:00 PM

DEC Awareness “Identifying Drug Endangered Children: A Collaborative Approach”

This training will help participants understand who drug endangered children are along with the risks and long-term impacts that are associated with parental and caregiver substance misuse and drug activity. Trainers will discuss the importance of and opportunities for early identification and intervention and the need for multidisciplinary collaborative efforts to identify and help these children. Trainers will provide examples that all disciplines can relate to and activities to assist in understanding this challenging topic. Trainers will help attendees understand that they have opportunities to change the trajectories of the lives of drug endangered children and break multigenerational cycles.

Learning Objectives:

1) Understand the risks and long-term impacts associated with parental and caregiver substance misuse and drug activity.

2) Understand the many opportunities (often missed) to identify drug endangered children and the benefits of early intervention.

3) Learn what multidisciplinary collaborative efforts look like and how it incorporates the unique and often limited resources within a community and apply them in a manner that provides better care for drug endangered children.

Drug Endangered Children Training

Ballroom DEF

1:15-3:15 PM

The DEC Approach “Moving from Awareness to Action…”

This training focuses on how to implement the DEC Approach, which is a strategy based on a common vision, ongoing collaboration between various disciplines and agencies, and ongoing changes in practice. The DEC Approach is effective in improving the likelihood of better outcomes for drug endangered children. This training provides insights about how all professionals are in a position to identify, protect, and serve drug endangered children and their families. The trainers will discuss each of the DEC Approach components in-depth and will include various discussions and hands-on activities for each. Trainers will also facilitate discussions through these activities about implementation of the DEC Approach in the attendee’s communities.

Learning Objectives:

1. Understand the components, benefits, and challenges of the DEC Approach.

2. Understand the importance and benefits of sharing a common vision in the DEC Approach and in DEC efforts at various levels.

3. Gain insight into how our own experience, attitudes, values, and emotions impact effective efforts under the DEC Approach.

4. Gain insight into our collaborative partners to decrease frustrations when utilizing the DEC Approach.

5. Be able to implement changes in the identification of children, mandatory reporting, evidence and information collection, and other changes in our respective practices on behalf of drug endangered children.

Breakout Sessions

1:15-2:00 PM

1.Council on Domestic Abuse (CODA)

Ballroom B

Presenters: Emily Murray, Executive Director & Ismene Kelley, Community Education Specialist

This session will be about the intersection of ACE's, children experiencing domestic violence and the connection to SUD later in life.

2.In Time Creative Counseling

MR 102

Presenter: Theresa White, MS, LMHC, NCC, CCMHC, RDT

This session will demonstrate how the use of action methods such as expressive arts-drama therapy would help adolescents that are using illicit substances to self soothe heal in release trauma and other strong emotions. Adolescents (13y-19y) benefit from the use of expressive arts and drama therapy in addition to traditional therapeutic services offered to address emotional health. Drama therapy has many benefits. It is beneficial for individuals, families, and communities. It helps take what is locked in the system and helps people heal from the score that the body is keeping locked inside. It is a benefit for people with a range of mental health conditions including trauma, depression, psychosis, autism, borderline personality disorder, addictions, and bipolar disorder. Drama therapy provides a highly structured yet creative session which is not only client-centered but client-led. Using movement, play and drama the client can utilize their imagination and have a creative outlet to work through previous problems or unresolved emotions as well as difficulties the Participants are experiencing at the present moment.

3.Union Hospital Family Medicine Residency

Ballroom A

Presenters: Robert Ehresman, MD, Hannah Helman, Pharm, D, Amber Cadick, PhD

What about Pot? Safe or not. This session will go over facts about physical and emotional implications of using cannabis. We will detail psychological and physical symptoms from cannabis use and how it impacts the developing teen.

4.iLEAD/VOICE

Ballroom C

Presenters: Nelli McLeod, Vincent Kelley and Clark Cadick, Students

This session is designed for youth advocates to increase community awareness about youth-led outreach programs. iLEAD/VOICE is a state-wide initiative that encourages peer-to-peer youth movements. Our mission is to engage, educate, and empower young people as leaders and advocates within their communities through youth-adult partnerships, positive development, and public health advocacy training. In this session, topics will include policy at the local level, advocacy at the state level, how to support our young people, and more!

Break Out Sessions

2:15-3:00 PM

1.First Response Counseling and Consultation

Ballroom B

Presenter: Jennifer Todd, MSW, LCSW

In order to support children and families involved living with addiction, a community must maintain a competent and healthy behavioral health workforce to address the needs of these clients. This includes encouraging new behavioral health professionals to enter the field and at the same time supporting the current providers to practice competently and in a healthy manner. This is important because a competent, healthy, and consistent behavioral health workforce impacts the successes of the clients they serve. In this training, participants will consider solutions to local workforce challenges and engage in discussion regarding burnout and compassion fatigue; provider self-care; and culturally sensitive supervision.

2.Fostering Hope

Ballroom C

Presenter: Bethany Gisel, Director of Support

Change Your Lens: Applying a trauma informed approach with infants through adults, with the hope of better outcomes for children.

3.Union Hospital Family Medicine Residency

Ballroom A

Presenter: Amber Cadick, Psychologist

Screen time and teens. How much is too much? Signs and symptoms of gaming addiction/ Strategies to decrease game time and increase in person social connection.