Serving Youth: Strategies that Work

6th Annual Training Conference Hosted by

Brian S. Kramer, Office of the State Attorney 8th Judicial Circuit,

& The Florida Network of Victim Witness Services

Registration: $40.00/person

2008 Agenda:

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CEUs will be offered at no additional charge for selected workshops*

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8:30 - 9:00

Registration, Light Breakfast, Coffee & Juice

9:00 - 9:15

CONFERENCE BEGINS

Welcome by Brian S. Kramer, State Attorney 8th Judicial Circuit

Presentation of the Colors by the Florida Youth Challenge Cadets

9:15 - 9:45

Prevention, Passion, & Purpose - Michele Barr, Project Payback Program Manager & President of the Florida Network of Victim Witness Services

9:45 - 10:00

Morning Break

 

10:00 - 11:30

AM WORKSHOPS (choose one morning workshop to attend)

  1. *Brain Based Learning and Today’s Youth: What Research Says about the Brain/Body/Heart Connection – Dr. Patty Shackleford, Ph.D.

  2. CANCELLED - Bullying: Lifelong Pain, Prelude to Violence – Jan Klein, MA, Prevention Specialist for Safe and Drug-Free Schools

  3. Gang Signs: How to Know if You're Working With a Member – Corporal Orlando Alvarez, Gainesville Police Department

  4. *Am I Seeing Things, or Did She Just Roll Her Eyes at Me? Michele Barr, Project Payback & Kathie Southwick, Ed.S & M.Ed, PACE Center for Girls

  5. *Creating a System of Care for Youth by Bringing Together Parents, Schools, and Community Agencies – Cynthia Holmes, FAST National Training and Evaluation Center.

11:30 - 1:00

Lunch & Special Recognitions

 

1:00 - 2:30

PM1 WORKSHOPS (choose one early afternoon workshop to attend)

  1. *Why Try? Innovative Interventions that Provide Youth with Hope and Motivation – David Beasley, MHS, CRC, CDS Family and Behavioral Health Services

  2. *Child Sexual Abuse: Preventing the Abused from Becoming Abusers – Robert Edelman, LMHC, Certified Juvenile Sexual Offender Therapist

  3. *Preventing Intimate Partner Violence: Strategies for Adolescents – Theresa Harrison, PhD, Executive Director of Peaceful Paths & Anna Guest-Jelly, MA, Violence Prevention Director of Peaceful Paths

  4. *Addressing Anger: Teaching Kids Healthy Ways to Express Their Anger – Deb Reed, MS, LMHC, Diversified Human Services, Inc.

  5. *From Confinement to Community: What Works in Youth Offender Reentry Thomas Murphy, MPA, State Representative, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, US Department of Justice

2:30 - 2:45

Afternoon Break

 

2:45 - 4:15

PM2 WORKSHOPS (choose one late afternoon workshop to attend)

  1. *Why Try? Innovative Interventions that Provide Youth with Hope and Motivation (repeat session) – David Beasley, MHS, CRC, CDS Family and Behavioral Health Services

  2. *Drugs of Abuse in the Youth Population: What’s Hot and What’s Not – Professor Paul Doering, M.S., College of Pharmacy, UF

  3. *Creative Collaborations: Excellent Outcomes in the Most Challenging Cases - Karen Keroack, LCSW, & Meshon Rawls, JD

  4. On-Line Delinquency & Internet Crimes Against Children – Detective Mitch Nixon, Gainesville Police Department