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2009 E-PROCEEDINGS
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Tuesday, June 23rd

11:00–12:30 Sessions

Session Presentation Title Lead Presenter
Keynote

1. Youth Summit Call to Action

2. Digital stories: Capturing the essence of our stories

Rebecca Strachan
Victor Damian

Session 1

Evaluating Family Peer-to-Peer Support Programs

Elaine Slaton

Session 3

Moving New York City Community Residential Programs to the Family-driven and Youth-guided Care Arena

Bette Levy

Session 4

Ensuring Youth and Caregivers a Direct Voice in the Assessment and Service Planning Process: Use of the JIFF in a Diversion Program

Kay Hodges

Session 5

The 2009 Portland Youth Summit: Youth Experience, Youth Leadership, and Youth Empowerment

Rebecca Strachan

Session 6

"21" It's the new Thirty

Jacki Hoover

Session 7

Choices:  Understanding Systems of Care

Eileen Mary Grealish

Session 8

Peer Support is for You(th)!

Julie Petty

Session 9

Improving Transitions to Adulthood for Youth with Mental Health Needs: Youth and Parents

Pauline Jivanjee

Session 10

Young and Homeless in Nashville

Cheri Hoffman

Session 11

Spirits Rising:  A Support Group for Teen Mothers with Depression

Lea Kirkpatrick

1:30–3:00 Sessions

Session 13

Avanza - Creating a Youth Guided Culture of Acceptance

Dana Edgull

Session 14

Anti-Stigma: Breaking the Barriers of Mental Illness

Brad Luthe

Session 15

The National Building Bridges Initiative: Equipping Families and Youth with Information to Support Successful Outcomes in Residential Programs

JoeAnne Hust

Session 16

Digital stories: Capturing the essence of our stories

Victor Damian

Session 17

The Schoolhouse Doors Are Open: Creating a County-wide Comprehensive System of Youth and Family Supports to Embrace our 21st Century Global Economy

KristaAllison

Session 18

Utilizing a Theory of Change Process to sustain your youth movement on a community and national level

Brianne Masselli

Session 19

Mapping the Participatory Process

Barbara Friesen

Session 20

A First-person Journey of Bipolar Disorder: Insight, Resources, Hope

Cinda Johnson

Session 21

I’m Cool with Who I Am: Voices of Youth Coping with Mental Health Challenges

Brandon Chambers

Session 22

School-based Child & Family Support Teams

Elizabeth Gifford

Session 23

Breaking the Silence: Putting an End to Name-Calling

Silvia Pastor

Session 24

Building Dreams, A Mentoring Program for Children of Incarcerated Parents

Robin Kimbrough-Melton

3:20–4:05 Sessions

Session 25

OPT4College:  Youth-centered Participatory Action Research in the Design of an On-line Educational Transition Curriculum

Myra Rosen-Reynoso

Session 26

Are We Moving Yet?  Gains and Barriers to Advancing the Family Voice in Policy  Lessons from Unclaimed Children Revisited.

Janice Cooper

Session 27

Mental Health Treatment and Prescribing Practices Among Pediatricians in Systems of Care Communities

Kara Riehman

Session 28

Wisdom from Parents of Our Most Challenging Children

Kathy Savicki

Session 29

Youth Driven Program Evaluation: Transformation through Evaluation

Tamara Johnson

Session 30

Building Bridges Self-Assessment Framework: Shared Responsibilities for Integrating Residential Treatment and Community Services

Robert Lieberman

Session 31

Acting Mad: Supporting Children with Challenging Behaviors

Telma Marques

Session 32

Youth Leaving Foster Care: Prepared for the Real World from the Perspective of Foster Care Youth and Parents with Special Emphasis on Needs of LGBTQ Youth

Maria Scannapieco

Session 33

Bridging the Gap Between Mental Health and Child Welfare: What Mental Health Providers Need to Know When Working with Children and Families in the Foster Care System

Antonio Garcia

Session 34

Building Community Capacity for Evaluation

Karen Peterson

Session 36

Developing Intensive Home and Community Based Services Using Systems of Care Principles

Betty Walton

4:15–5:00 Sessions

Session 37

Coaching in Advanced Child Management Skill-Building: Parents Leading the Way

Barbara Hull

Session 38

Using Resource Mapping to Build a Youth Movement

Brian Lombrowski

Session 39

Parenting Skills Training As Preparation For Parents Using Wellness & Recovery Management With Their Youth

Frances Purdy

Session 40

The effectiveness of arts-based methods in communicating research on pathways to care for youth experiencing first episode psychosis

Katherine Boydell

Session 41

Creating Opportunities for Youth Peer Support

Laura Rariden

Session 42

Identifying Family Resilience and Its Positive Impact on Youth

James Coyle

Session 43

Using State Data to Activate Mental Health Services System Change for Youth and Families

Scott Stumbo

Session 44

Strategies to Build Positive Connections with Children

Keith King

Session 45

Peer Mentoring: Real Recovery for Young Adults

Michelle Butman

Session 46

Youth Becoming Evaluators: Perspectives on the Process from Start to Finish

Sara Plachta-Elliott

Session 47

Illinois Regional Family Leadership & Support Initiative

Kim Miller

Session 48

IICAPS: Strength based, evidence-supported, in-home, family focused intervention for seriously emotionally/behaviorally challenged (SEBC) youth

Joesph Woolston

Wednesday, June 24th

11:00–12:30 Sessions

Research
Plenary

From Youth-Led Action Research to Health Justice

Alyssa Nelson

Session 49

Empowering Fathers to Expand Family Roles in Systems of Care

Ron Jaeger

Session 50

Lessons from the Trenches--Making Family-Driven, Community-Based Research Work

Katherine Byrnes

Session 51

Collaborative Problem Solving: A Peer to Peer Approach

Kristen Anderson

Session 52

Bustin’ The Barriers To Youth/Adult Partnerships!

Lorrin Gehring

Session 53

Youth Led Action Research, Evaluation and Planning: Youth Speaking Truth To Power

Jesus S. Sanchez

Session 54

Involving Youth in the Planning, Decision-Making and Evaluation of Services and Programs Laura Rariden

Session 55

Culturally Specific Outcomes Based Youth Development Service Plans

Terry Cross

Session 56

“AMP”lifying Youth Voice: Tools and Strategies for Organizations from the Achieve My Plan (AMP) Project

Elizabeth Thorne

Session 57

Youth As Leaders: Including Youth In System Reform

William Atwater

Session 58a

Session 58b

1. A Professionals Guide to Supporting Families of Children with Mental Health Disorders

2. Where Professional Meets Personal: A Curriculum to Improve Conversations Between HR Professionals and Employed Parents

Eileen Brennan

Julie Rosenzweig

Session 59

Are You a System of Care Enhancer in a Strengths Based Culture?

Vickie Loyd

1:25–2:10 Sessions

Session 61

Building Community Capital; A Collaborative Approach to Community Building in the Greater Cleveland Area

Lori Scott

Session 62

Factors Associated with Resilience in Youth in the Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services for Children and Their Families Program

Tesfayi Gebreselassie

Session 63

Findings from a Study of Youth Participation and Empowerment in Systems of Care: Perspectives, Approaches, Challenges, and Recommendations

Jeffrey Poirier

Session 64

Youth at the Wheel: Youth-Driven Research Questions and Analysis

Naeemah Carter

Session 65

I CAN ACHIEVE!

James Martin

Session 66

Leveraging Change within Systems of Care: The Role of Families in System Development

Kathleen Ferreira

Session 67

What To Do When There Are Two (Diagnoses)

Nancy Koroloff

Session 68

Strengthening Partnerships with Families In Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation

Mary Dallas Allen

Session 69

Protecting the Rights of Youth in Residential Treatment

Brian Lombrowski

Session 70

Cara y Corazon — Family Strengthening Model

Jaime Molina

Session 71

Data: Measuring and Migrating Metrics into Business Processes

Toni Issadore

Session 72

ADHD: Exploring Myths, Misconceptions, and Misinformation

Bluma Litner

2:20–3:05 Sessions

Session 73

We Have Data…Now What?

Brian Pagkos

Session 74

Involving Latino Youth and Families in Out-of-School Time Youth Empowerment Programs

Tary Tobin

Session 75

Building Hope: Supporting youth who are in both foster care and special education as they transition into adulthood

Del Quest

Session 76

Informing Adolescent Substance Abuse System Development Using Qualitative Youth, Parent and Provider Perspectives of Evidence Based Practices, Strengths, and Service Gaps

Amanda Ireland

Session 77

What A Girl Wants, What A Girl Needs: A Youth Leadership Program Designed for Girls, by Girls in the Foster Care System

Princess Black

Session 78

Developing Family and Youth Leaders in Kentucky

William Hobstetter

Session 79

Photovoice: An Innovative Approach to Empowering Individuals, Informing Policy and Strengthening Communities

Michelle Butman

Session 80

Transforming Transitions to Kindergarten: A Family-Provider Driven Approach

Anna Malsch

Session 81

I’ve Got The Power

Chelsey Yamamura

Session 82

Finding a Voice: Results of Youth in Participatory Action Research Survey

Richard Chapman

Session 83

A Healthcare Initiative: Integrating a Family Support/Medical Home into a Medical Office

Becky Dunlop

Session 84

Measuring Parent / Caregiver Outcomes in Family Support: Development of a Family Assessment of Needs and Strengths (FANS)

Nancy Craig

3:15–4:00 Sessions

Session 86

Youthful Offenders Voice Hope for a Better Life

Elizabeth Bonham

Session 87

Youth Participatory Evaluation In Theory and Practice

Michael Harnar

Session 88

Understanding & Managing Conflict in Systems of Care

Mary Evans

Session 90

A Comparison of Wraparound and Residential Treatment Services Using an Experimental Design with Random Assignment and The Association of Wraparound Fidelity To Program Outcomes

Rikke Addis

Session 91

The Family Experience Study: A Professional

Kirstin Painter

Session 92

Using Information to Improve Services to Youth and Families

Betty Walton

Session 93

Examining Family Education and Support Services in Systems of Care

Nicole White

Session 94

From Guiding Youth To Youth-Guided Collaborating With Youth To Improve Systems And Outcomes

Dan DeLucey

Session 95

Creating a Culture of Safety in School: The Collaboration of SafeTeam and Columbia TeenScreen

Christina Siemens

Session 96

The Realities of Foster Care

Shannon Turner

Thursday, June 25th

11:00–12:30 Sessions

Wraparound
Plenary

Wraparound Teams: The Glue That Holds Hope Together

The Kyle Family Team

Session 97

Youth: Changing the Wraparound Team

Katie Van Dorn

Session 98

Interagency Coach & Supervisor Support to Foster Community-wide Practice of Child & Family Teams

Katharine Cahn

Session 99

Evolution of a Cross-Systems Training Academy: Lessons Learned from Wraparound Oregon

Sandy Bumpus

Session 100

Wraparound Twice Baked: Experiences and Research from One Agency and Two Wraparound Programs

Abram Rosenblatt

Session 101

Developing a Wraparound Team in The Community With Little To No Money

Loren Calkins

Session 102

From Principles to Practice: Family-Voice, Systems of Care Governance and Wraparound Implementation

Rosalyn Bertram

Session 103

Wraparound in Indian Country

Jeanette Barnes

Session 104

Organizational & System-Wide Coaching Practices:  Beginning with the Family

Sharon Morrison-Velasco

Session 105

Culturally Relevant Treatment and Assessment

Edward Morris

Session 106

Creative Ways to Engage Transitional Age Youth

Jose Ocampo

Session 107

Building Natural Support Networks: Community Weaving

Kristen Anderson

Session 108

Innovations: Wraparound in Child Abuse Prevention

Patricia Nellius

1:45–2:30 Sessions

Session 109

WATOT - An Initiative to Standardize Wraparound Services in El Paso County

Luther Marcena

Session 110

Is Wraparound Fidelity and  Engagement Associated with Family and Caregiver Outcomes?

L. James A. Schut

Session 111

Developing and Supporting a Wraparound Family and Youth Organization

Sharon Madsen

Session 112

Using the Community Supports for Wraparound Inventory to build system capacity to support wraparound

Janet Walker

Session 113

Implementing Community-Based  Wraparound: Engaging Youth, Families, Community, and State Partners

Jennifer Schroeder

Session 114

Wraparound Fidelity: What does the national research tell us?

Eric Bruns

Session 115

Tailoring Culturally Appropriate Wraparound Services to Hmong Youth and Families

Judy Vang

Session 116

Wraparound Maine:  Assessing the Experiences of Maine’s First 100 Families

Kimberly Pukstas

Session 117

Improving Wraparound in Los Angeles

Ontson Placide

Session 118

Family Partners In Wraparound:  Who Are They And What Do They Do?

Trina Osher

Session 119

Advocacy Organizations Working Together

Susan Boehrer

Session 120

A 40 Year Perspective on Child Mental Health Services: Progress and Problems

Robert Cohen

2:40–3:25 Sessions

Session 121

Tailor Your Own Strength-based Behavior Intervention: Selecting Friends

Eileen Mary Grealish

Session 122

High Fidelity Wraparound: CA Pilot    Research, Use in Supervision and Robust Brainstorming

Ruth Mandernach

Session 123

Its All in the Question:  Tools & Techniques for Coaching in Wraparound

Sharon Morrison-Velasco

Session 124

Shining the Light on Success for Children with Behavior Challenges in Rural Schools and Communities

Marilyn Richardson

Session 125

Transitioning Case Coordination from the Wraparound Facilitators to the Family: Lessons from A Rural Multi-County System Of Care

Kath Riley

Session 126

How Does our Program Compare? Benchmarking Wraparound Outcomes and Fidelity

Kristen Leverentz-Brady

Session 127

Involving Families and Youth in Evaluation

Josie Welsh

Session 128

Hiring and training Former Foster Youth as Youth Partners

Benjamin Blake

Session 129

Improving Youth Permanency in Los Angeles County: Placement and Cost Analyses of Wraparound Graduates

Michael Rausso

Session 130

Wraparound in the Real World: Fidelity and Outcomes in the New Fiscal Climate

Daniel Hoover

Session 131

Needs Aren’t Services:  The Use of Assessment Data to Empower Child and Family Teams in Wraparound

Nancy Moore

Session 132

Analysis of Family Empowerment, Parent & Youth Satisfaction, and Clinical Outcomes

Catherine Aspiras

3:45–5:15 Sessions

Session 133

Wraparound Case Studies - From Philosophy to Practice to Success

Ontson Placide

Session 134

Wraparound Through Our Eyes: The Poet, Director And Screenwriter

Constance Conklin

Session 135

Family Engagement, A Cultural Orientation

Constance Burgess-Moffett

Session 136

Cross-System Care Management in an Every Evolving System of Care

Sherri McKinney-Frantz

Session 137

Using Family Partners to Celebrate Culture in Wraparound

Anita Puga

Session 138

Family Empowerment and Success in the Wraparound Process:  Nurturing Sustainability through Creativity, Cultural Competence and Community Connection

Kacey Rodenbush

Session 139

Wotakuye Wicakikco (Calling on our Relatives)

Jon Eagle

Session 140

What You Focus on Grows! Creating a Strengths Packet

Sherry Lyons

Session 141

The Unique Relationship of Family Partner and Facilitator in Wraparound Teams

Martha McCormack

Session 142

Understanding the Process- A Family Guide to Wraparound

Pat Roe

Session 143

Implementation research & wraparound literature: What have we overlooked & how does this affect families?

Rosalyn Bertram

Session 144

This Is Me:  How to do your own Functional Strengths & Needs Assessment

Eileen Mary Grealish

 

2009 Research and Training Center on Family Support and Children’s Mental Health, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon.
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