FAMILY & COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT: THE KEYS TO CHILD SAFETY

The Kempe Center’s 9th National Conference on Differential Response in Child Welfare

NOVEMBER 12-14, 2014

The Westin Seattle

PRESENTER HANDOUTS

Wednesday, November 12

10:15 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. Breakout Sessions

  • Co-Located Advocacy: Supporting Child Welfare, Domestic Violence Victims, and Child Safety Through Community Engagement

Heidi Rankin, MPA, David Mandel & Associates, LLC, Canton, CT, and Shelby Borchers, LSW, Artemis Center/Montgomery County Children’s Services, Dayton, OH

  • Aiming to Go Beyond Child Abuse: The Struggle to Develop Differential Response in the Japanese Child Welfare System

YukakoHatakeyama, PhD, MSW, MA, Kobe Women’s Junior College, Kobe, Japan

  • Testing the DR Logic Model: Associating Engagement With Services and Outcomes

Dana Hollinshead, PhD, John Fluke, PhD, and Lisa Merkel-Holguin, MSW, The Kempe Center for the Prevention and Treatment of Child Abuse and Neglect, Aurora, CO

  • Selecting a Pathway: RED Team Innovations

Rob Sawyer, MSW, LICSW, Child Welfare Consultant, Rochester, MN, and Sue Lohrbach, MS, LICSW, KVC Inc., Olathe, KS

1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Breakout Sessions

  • Family, Community, Provider Partnerships: Servicing Families in the Community Through Agency Collaboration

Michael A. DeGretto, BA, Arapahoe County Department of Human Services, Aurora, CO; Dan Makelky, MPA, Douglas County Department of Human Services, Castle Rock, CO; Austin Topolnicki, Shiloh House Chief Administrative Officer, Littleton, CO; and Kira Suurvarik, Juvenile Assessment Center, Centennial, CO

  • Final Results From the Evaluation of Ohio’s Six County Alternative Response (SOAR) Project

Julie Murphy, MSW, and Linda Newton-Curtis, MS, Human Services Research Institute, Tualatin, OR

  • Drawing Upon the Knowledge Base for Implementing Differential Response: An Introduction to the DR Implementation Resource Kit

Kai Guterman, MA, MPP, and Kevin Solarte, MSW, Casey Family Programs, Seattle, WA

  • Sustaining and Advancing Safety Organized Practice: Committing to Engagement and Partnership Throughout the Child Welfare Continuum

Kari Hohn, BSW, Olmsted County Child and Family Services, Rochester, MN; Scott Maloney, MSW, Family Service Rochester/Dodge County Human Services, Rochester, MN; and Jessie Stratton, MSW, Olmsted County Child and Family Services, Rochester, MN

  • CT’s Community Support for Families Program: Lessons Learned From an Interactional Perspective

Lillanya Gray, MSW, University of Connecticut School of Social Work (Performance Improvement Center), West Hartford, CT; Tina Jefferson, Department of Children and Families, Hartford, CT; Rachel Marotta, Department of Children and Families, Hartford, CT; Christine Lau, Department of Children and Families, Hartford, CT; Marcy Kane, PhD, Wellmore Behavioral Health, Waterbury, CT; and Victoria Bosse, PsyD, LMFT, Wellmore Behavioral Health, Waterbury, CT

  • Public/Private Partnership: Building Differential Response With the Community

Jeanne McShane, MSW, Washington Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS), Children’s Administration, Olympia, WA; Ron Murphy, MSW, Casey Family Programs, Seattle, WA; Rachel Austin, Community Health Worker, Better Health Together, Spokane, WA; and Heidi Kennedy, MSW, DSHS, Children’s Administration, Mount Vernon, WA

  • The Fish Philosophy: Build Stronger Relationships With the Team Members We Work With, the Families We Serve, and the People We Love

Dan Comer, MA, Barium Springs Training Group, Asheville, NC

3:15 p.m. – 4:45 p.m. Breakout Sessions

  • Supervision and Leadership: The Art of Using Catalyzing Inquiry to Facilitate Critical Thinking

Christa M. Doty, MSW, LCSW, Butler Institute for Families at the University of Denver, Denver, CO

  • Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavior Therapy as a Treatment Option for Children Exposed to Intimate Partner Violence

Minnie P. Allen, MSW, LICSW, and Shayna Waites, MA, MSW, LGSW, Howard University, School of Social Work, Washington, DC

  • Larimer County After Dark: How Our After Hours Child Protection Team Responds to Crisis and Supports Our Agency (An Organizational Response to 24/7 Safety Monitoring)

Danielle Hicks and Becky Tolpa, Larimer County Department of Human Services, Fort Collins, CO

  • Using Implementation Science to Support Engagement of Families to Achieve Child Safety: Lessons From Family Connections

Diane DePanfilis, PhD, MSW, University of Maryland School of Social Work, Baltimore, MD; Theresa Costello, MA, ACTION for Child Protection, Charlotte, NC; and Tarrin Reed, MSW, ACTION for Child Protection, Charlotte, NC

  • Screening Decisions in Large and Small Counties: When Do We Intervene With Families Experiencing Child Abuse and Neglect?

Cary Brown, MSSA, LISW-S, Lucas County Children Services, Toledo, OH, and Stacy Cox, MSW, Champaign County Department of Job and Family Services, Urbana, OH

Thursday, November 13

9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Three-Hour Breakout Sessions

  • Enhancing Child Welfare Practice Through the Use of Ohio’s Differential Response Practice Profiles

Sonia Tillman, MSW, MA, LSW, and Michelle Diehl, MSS, Ohio Department of Job and Family Services, Columbus, OH; Stacy Cox, MSW, Champaign County Department of Job and Family Services, Urbana, OH; and Gina Speaks Eshler, Clinton County Job and Family Services, Wilmington, OH

  • Tools of Engagement

Dan Comer, MA, Barium Springs Training Group, Asheville, NC

  • Transforming Parent Engagement: Exploration of Supportive Relationships Across the Lifespan and What They Can Add to Children’s and Youths’ Lives Now

Kevin Campbell, National Institute for Permanent Family Connectedness at Seneca Family of Agencies, Oakland, CA

  • Teaming Domestic Violence Cases

Kyle Pinto, MSW, and Heidi Rankin, MPA, David Mandel & Associates, LLC, Canton, CT

2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Breakout Sessions

  • Oregon’s Community-Involved Approach to DR Implementation

Stacy Lake, LMSW, Differential Response Manager, Oregon Department of Human Services Child Welfare, Salem, OR; Jeremy Player, District Manager, Oregon Department of Human Services Child Welfare, Klamath Falls, OR; Sue Kauzlarich, Screening Supervisor, Oregon Department of Human Services Child Welfare, Eugene, OR; Justin Lee, Casey Family Programs, Seattle, WA; Dana Ainam, BS, Children & Family Services Manager, Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde, Grand Ronde, OR; and Shary Mason, Juvenile Court Programs, Oregon Judicial Department, Portland, OR

  • Engaging and Collaborating With Stakeholders in the Phases of Differential Response Implementation

Julie Allison, MPA, Mike McInroy, LMSW, and Lori Lipscomb, Service Area Manager, Iowa Department of Human Services, Des Moines, IA; and Christine Secrist, PhD, LMFT, Executive Director, Mid-Iowa Family Therapy Clinic, Inc., Perry, IA

  • Washington State’s IV-E Waiver Family Assessment Response (FAR) and Preliminary Process Evaluation Findings

Dawn Cooper, MSW, Children’s Administration, Olympia, WA; David Marshall, PhD, Research Data and Analysis, Olympia, WA; Peter Selby, PhD, TriWest Group, Seattle, WA; and Tonya Aultman-Bettridge, PhD, and David Bartsch, PhD, TriWest Group, Boulder, CO

  • Engaging Families in an Alliance

Donna Miller, MS, The Exchange Club Center for the Prevention of Child Abuse of Southern Connecticut, Stamford, CT

  • Differential Response and Family Group Decision Making: Two Innovations, Shared Philosophies

Amy Hahn, MSW, and Lisa Merkel-Holguin, MSW, The Kempe Center for the Prevention and Treatment of Child Abuse and Neglect, Aurora, CO

Friday, November 14, 2014

10:15 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. Breakout Sessions

  • Birth Parent Involvement: Developing Indicators to Establish Meaningful Involvement

Jeri L. Damman, MSc, University of Kansas, School of Social Welfare, Lawrence, KS

  • Responding Differently: Engaging Families in Voluntary Services Following a CPS Assessment

Christine Secrist, PhD, LMFT, Mid-Iowa Family Therapy Clinic, Inc., Perry, IA; Lori Mozena, MS, LMFT, Mid-Iowa Family Therapy Clinic, Inc., Windsor Heights, IA; and Lisa Bellows, MS, LISW, Mid-Iowa Family Therapy Clinic, Inc., Council Bluffs, IA

  • Building on Differential Response: The Title IV-E Waiver and Evaluating Ongoing System Change in Colorado

Helen Holmquist-Johnson, PhD, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; Julie Murphy, MSW, Human Services Research Institute, Tualatin, OR; Rebecca Orsi, PhD, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and Paige Rosemond, Colorado Department of Human Services, Denver, CO

  • Early Intervention and Community Response in Human Services: Prevention in Action

Wade Branstetter, MA, Boulder County Housing & Human Services, Boulder, CO