ACRC Annual Conference Agenda

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Monday, July 11th

Tuesday, July 12th

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9:00 am - 11:30 am

KEYNOTE PRESENTATIONS

9:00 am

Don’t Hog the Wisdom: Sharing and Caring Beyond the Setting

Dr. Kiaras Gharabaghi, Ph.D.

In-Person & Live Streamed & Recorded

Location: Commonwealth Ballroom

9:00 am

Making the Match: Intentional use of data to drive decision making

John Lyons, Ph.D

In-Person & Live Streamed & Recorded

Location: Commonwealth Ballroom

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

ISSUES LUNCHES

12:00 pm

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In-Person Only

1:30 pm - 3:00 pm

WORKSHOP SESSION A

1:30 pm

Building Resilience Within Your Workforce

Stacey Roth, LCSW

Cindy Macias, LMFT

Samira Vishria, LCSW

Joshua Matheiu

Andrew Catalano

In-Person & Recorded

Location: Commonwealth 1

1:30 pm

Building Organizational Capacity for LGBTQ+ Inclusive Practice in Residential Care

Nick Ryan, LMFT, ATR

Phii Regis

Timothy Lin, LCSW, MSW

Daisy Delgado, MS

In-Person & Recorded

Location: Commonwealth 2

1:30 pm

More than Purpose: How to Obtain Organizational Alignment and Workforce Retention within the Great Resignation

Laura Torello, LSW

In-Person & Recorded

Location: CW 3

1:30 pm

An Innovative Approach to Working with Youth with Sexual Behavior Problems

Ivy Mederios, LICSW

Will Clawson

In-Person & Recorded

Location: Old Louisville

1:30 pm

Family First Prevention Services Act: Leading for Success in Residential Care

Jaclyn Yusko, MS

In-Person & Live Streamed & Recorded

Location: CW 5-8

1:30 pm

Increasing Our Understanding of Trauma-Informed Care

Nicole Klasey, Psy.D.

In-Person & Recorded

Location: Olm 1-3

1:30 pm

The Art of Kid Whispering: Reaching the Inside Kid

Mark Freado, MA

In-Person & Recorded

Location: Germantown

1:30 pm

Enhancing the Competence and Confidence of Valued Staff

Ben Jones

In-Person & Recorded

Location: Cherokee

1:30 pm

Human Trafficking Investigations and Beyond The Ink- Lived Experience & Iconography

Jessica Lamb, CPS

Detective Joseph Scaramucci

In-Person & Recorded

Location: Clifton

3:30 pm - 5:00 pm

WORKSHOP SESSION B

3:30 pm

Employee Intent to Stay: Ideas on Retention from the Front Line

Camela M. Hughes, PhD

Dina McManus, LCSW-R

In-Person & Recorded

Location: CW 1

3:30 pm

Ten Things That Your Parents Never Told You About Working in a Residential Treatment Center

William Powers

In-Person & Recorded

Location: CW 2

3:30 pm

Vulnerability, Visibility, Value

Shavontana "Starr" Davis

Melba Robinson

In-Person & Recorded

Location: Germantown

3:30 pm

Enlisting Youth in Creating Cultures of Respect

Larry Brendtro, Ph.D.

Beate Kreisle, MA

Sascha Opitz

In-Person & Live Streamed & Recorded

Location: CW 5-8

3:30 pm

A New Family Trauma Reentry System with High Parent Involvement

Scott P. Sells, PhD, MSW, LCSW, LMFT

In-Person & Recorded

Location: CW 3

3:30 pm

There’s an App for That: Using a Mobile Health App to Support our Workforce

Beth Casarjian, Ph.D.

Jessica Linick

In-Person & Recorded

Location: Cherokee

3:30 pm

A Paradigm Shift, the Empowering Restorative Engagement (ERE) Milieu Program

Paula Minske, MS, LMFT

Elizabeth Williams, MA, LMFT

In-Person & Recorded

Location: Old Louisville

3:30 pm

Strengthening Implementation Drivers: Building Capacity for New Ways of Work

Peggy McElgunn, Esq

Zachary McElgunn

Kurt Jensen

In-Person & Recorded

Location: Olm 1-3

3:30 pm

Hiring Family Partners in Residential Programs: Learnings & Strategies

Robert E. Lieberman

Nancy Craig

Cynthia Williams, MA

In-Person & Recorded

Location: Clifton

5:30 pm - 7:30 pm

SOCIAL EVENT: Muhammad Ali Center

Location: Muhammad Ali Center

5:30 pm

In-Person Only

Wednesday, July 13th

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8:30 am - 9:00 am

MEMBERSHIP MEETING

8:30 am

In-Person Only

9:30 am - 11:00 am

WORKSHOP SESSION C

9:30 am

From Trauma-Aware to Trauma-Informed to Trauma-Responsive: The Journey of a Short-Term Residential Therapeutic Program

Nick Ryan, LMFT, ATR

Daisy Delgado, MS

Timothy Lin, LCSW, MSW

Gloria Salgado, LMFT

In-Person & Recorded

Location: CW 1

9:30 am

Right From the Start: Everyone Has a Role in Permanency Planning

Cheryl Peltier, LSW

Josh Metcalfe, MSW

In-Person & Recorded

Location: Cherokee

9:30 am

Transitioning from Therapeutic Residential Care: What do Interpersonal Strengths and Family Involvement have to do with it?

Kenneth Coll, Ph.D.

Stacey Scholl

Landria Stinson

In-Person & Recorded

Location: CW 2

9:30 am

Supporting Youth Permanency Post-discharge: A Family-Focused, Culturally Sensitive Intervention Strategy

Elizabeth Woodruff, LICSW

Ashley Arbuckle, LMHC

Caryn Lister, LICSW

In-Person & Recorded

Location: CW 3

9:30 am

The Quality Standards Assessment: Connecting Quality Care with Youth Outcomes

Shamra Boel-Studt, PhD, MSW

Jonathan C Huefner, Ph.D.

Taylor Dowdy-Hazlett, MSW

In-Person & Recorded

Location: Germantown

9:30 am

Developing a Theory of Change for Residential Interventions; Consolidating Multiple Perspectives

Robert E. Lieberman

Nancy Craig

Jessie Rothkuo

Dana Weiner, Ph.D

In-Person & Live Streamed & Recorded

Location: CW 5-8

9:30 am

What Makes a Placement Stable in Residential Care?

Jenna Bollinger

In-Person & Recorded

Location: Clifton

9:30 am

Applying the Stages of Change Model with Commercially Sexually Exploited Youth

Nicole Klasey, Psy.D.

Gina Peck-Sobolewski, MA, LMFT

In-Person & Virtual

Location: Old Louisville

11:15 am - 12:45 pm

WORKSHOP SESSION D

11:15 am

Quit Calling it “Culture”: 5 1/2 Proven Strategies for Successful Organizational Health

Dustin Tibbitts, LMFT

Sharnell Myles, Psy.D.

In-Person & Live Streamed & Recorded

Location: CW 5-8

11:15 am

Operationalizing Permanency Practices in a Residential Setting

Shane MacMaster

Sarah Morrill, MSW, LCSW

Kaleala Shaw, MSW, LICSW

In-Person & Recorded

Location: CW 2

11:15 am

Shining a Light on Sources of Systemic Racism and Discrimination in Behavioral Healthcare

Michael Valenti, Ph.D

April Wall-Parker, MS

Teeh N. Tinsley, LMSW

In-Person & Recorded

Location: Clifton

11:15 am

Strategic Planning – Prerequisite for Successful Mission Fulfillment

Jennifer Flowers

In-Person & Recorded

Location: CW 3

11:15 am

Motivation and Student Engagement for Youth in Residential Facilities

Helen Avis, Ph.D

In-Person & Recorded

Location: CW 1

11:15 am

The Rapidly Evolving Shape and Function of Residential Care in Australia – Keeping the Focus on Good Practice and Positive Outcomes for Young People

Simon Walsh

Howard Bath, Ph.D.

In-Person & Recorded

Location: Cherokee

11:15 am

Evidenced based Treatment-Training Staff, Increasing Family Involvement to Improve Treatment Outcomes

Samantha Mishne, MSW

In-Person & Virtual

Location: Old Louisville

11:15 am

The Heart of a Champion

Dorsey Jones

In-Person & Virtual

1:00 pm - 2:30 pm

AWARDS LUNCHEON

1:00 pm

In-Person Only

3:00 pm - 5:00 pm

PLENARY: Connecting to Community – Impact Without Walls

Lisette Burton, J.D.

Don Taylor

John D. Damon

Okpara Rice

3:00 pm

In-Person & Live Streamed & Recorded

5:30 pm - 6:30 pm

QUALITY HAPPY HOUR

5:30 pm - 6:30 pm

In-Person Only

5:30 pm - 7:00 pm

NEW MEMBER MEETUP

5:30 pm - 7:00 pm

In-Person Only

5:30 pm - 8:30 pm

MOVIE NIGHT

5:30 pm - 8:30 pm

Antwone Fisher

In-Person Only

Thursday, July 14th

Virtual Only Presentations