Summer Institute
Aiken County Connections
Session One: Monday, June 6, 2016
WHAT TROUBLED CHILDREN LOOK LIKE
8:30-9:00 / REGISTRATIONCoffee & Morning Snacks
9:00-9:05 / WELCOME: Public Education Partners
Goals, Introduction, and Acknowledgements
9:05 – 9:15 / WELCOME: Dr. Sean Alford, Superintendent of Schools, Aiken County School District
Importance of Educators and Partnerships
9:10 – 9:30 / Mock Classroom
Peggy Ford, Executive Director, Children’s Place, Inc.
9:30 – 10:30 / What Troubled Children Look Like in Classrooms
Speaker: Philip Young, Coordinator of Evaluation and Student Services,
Aiken County Public Schools
10:30 – 10:45 / BREAK
10:45-12:00 / Ruby Payne’s Influences of Poverty in Our Schools
Debbie Hubbard, Aiken County Public Schools
12:00 – 1:00 / LUNCH
1:00 – 2:15 / Hidden Medical Problems Linked to Behavior Changes -- Panel Discussion
Dr. John Tiffany, Pediatrician, Private Practice
2:15-2:30 / BREAK
2:30-3:30 / Alcohol and Drug Abuse: Signs and Signals
Living in Families where Alcohol and Drug Abuse Surrounds You
Chandy V. Page, LMSW, CACII, Director of Treatment Services
Aiken Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Services
3:30-4:00 / Secrets Exercise
Peggy Ford, Executive Director, Children’s Place, Inc.
Summer Institute
Aiken County Connections
Session Two: Tuesday, June 7, 2016
THROUGH THE EYES OF A CHILD
8:30-9:00 / Coffee & Morning Snacks9:00-9:10 / WELCOME: Sharon Rodgers, CEO
United Way of Aiken County
9:10 –10:05 / This Isn’t My Room”: Living Away from Mom and Dad
Carmen Landy, Executive Director, Helping Hands, Inc.
10:05 – 10:15 / BREAK
10:15-11:15 / TIPs on How to Work with Parents who have Special Needs
Ralph Courtney, Executive Director
Tri-Development Center / Aiken County Board of Disabilities
11:15-12:15 / The Insiders: aselected group students from the Department of Juvenile Justice School
District who share their personal experience with incarceration
12:15 –12:45 / LUNCH
12:45-1:00 / Secrets Exercise
Peggy Ford, Executive Director, Children’s Place, Inc.
1:00 – 2:30 / Stewards of Children: Darkness to Light
Gayle Lofgren, Executive Director Child Advocacy Center of Aiken County
Peggy Ford, Executive Director, Children’s Place, Inc.
Kevin Banks, Community Educator, Aiken Youth Empowerment
2:30-2:45 / BREAK
2:45-3:30 / Stewards of Children: Darkness to Light (Continued)
3:30-3:45 / Conclusion of Secrets Exercise
Peggy Ford, Executive Director, Children’s Place, Inc.
3:45-4:00 / Wrap-up
Summer Institute
Aiken County Connections
Session Three: Wednesday, June 8, 2016
TEACHERS TAKING ACTION
8:30-9:00 / Coffee & Morning Snacks9:00-9:15 / WELCOME:
Dr. Shawn Foster, ACPS Chief Officer of Operations and Student Services
9:15 – 10:15 / Approaching Troubled Students and Parents
Cara Thompson, LMFT
Aiken-Barnwell Mental Health Clinic
10:15-10:30 / BREAK
10:30 -11:30 / Mandated Reporting- A Teacher’s Responsibility
Jennifer Minichan, Program Specialist for Counseling, ACPS
11:30 -12:30 / What Happens when DSS is involved: Procedure and Process
Amy Kosh, Program Supervisor Aiken County Department of Social Services
12:30 – 1:45 / LUNCH Community Resources
First Steps, RECing Crew, Community Medical Clinic, Foster Care Review Board, Foster Care & Adoption Recruitment, Juvenile Arbitration, Guardian Ad Litem, COG, Community Action Agency, Mental Health America, Aiken County. Continuum of Care,
1:45 – 2:30 / Family Strengthening Network – Differential Response
Peggy Ford, Executive Director, Children’s Place, Inc.
2:30 – 2:45 / BREAK
2:45-4:00 / De-escalation
AmeetBoleigh, Ed.S, NCSP, School Psychologist, ACPS
Summer Institute
Aiken County Connections
Session Four: Thursday, June 9, 2016
TEACHERS MAKING A DIFFERENCE
8:30-9:00 / Coffee & Morning Snacks9:00-9:30 / WELCOME: Charles Barranco, Chief of Aiken Public Safety Department
Mary Ann Burgess, Lieutenant - Juvenile Division of APSD
9:30 – 10:30 / The many roles of Law Enforcement in the Lives of Children and Families
Vickie Gaskins, Lieutenant - Juvenile Division of Aiken County
Sheriff’s Department
10:30-10:45 / BREAK
10:45 -11:45 / Internet Predators/Safety
Adam Truesdale, Aiken County Sheriff’s Department
11:45 – 12:45 / LUNCH with Faith Based Agencies:
ACTS – Carla Cloud CommunityMinistries of NA
Christ Central – Judy Floyd Megiddo Dream Station
Full Circle Refuge- Devon Harris Salvation Army
FAMCO- Roger Rollins
12:45 – 1:45 / Gangs in Aiken County
Corporal Chris Medlin, Aiken Department of Public Safety
1:45 - 2:45 / Suicide Prevention
Gina Bassford, Report Card Coordinator and Guidance Counseling Coordinator, ACPS
2:45 – 3:00 / BREAK
3:00-4:00 / Resources and Interventions
Pat Keating, Director of Adult Education, ACPS
Amy Loftus,DJJ AikenCounty Director
Kim Fralick, ACPS Medical Homebound
Summer Institute
Aiken County Connections
Session Five: Friday, June 10, 2016
GETTING RESULTS
8:30-9:00 / Coffee & Morning Snacks9:00-9:15 / WELCOME:
2016 Teacher of the Year: Dr. Elizabeth Hardy
9:15 – 10:30 / Resources and Interventions Panel Continued
Dustin Fowler Virtual Learning, ACPS
LiseBirak, Attendance, ACPS
Sherida Stroman, Lead Student Service Worker, ACPS
10:30-10:45 / BREAK
10:45 -12:00 / Parenting Resources
PANEL Moderator: Peggy Ford, MEd
Mary Helen Simons, LMSW, Clinical Director, Children’s Place
Erika Klipa, LPC/I Strengthening Families Program Group Leader
Grant Luton,MST, Aiken Barnwell Mental Health
12:00 -1:00 / Lunch
1:00 -1:30 / Our Community Resource Manual
Janice Leonard-Hoffman, Executive Director Aiken County Help Line 2-1-1
1:30 – 3:30 / Finding Resources for Your Students
Team Exercise
Facilitator: Jennifer Minichan, Program Specialist for Counseling, ACPS
3:30- 4:00 / Evaluations and Certificates