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Monday, May 6th

Tuesday, May 7th

7:30 am - 5:00 pm

REGISTRATION & EXHIBIT HALL OPEN

9:00 am - 11:30 am

KEYNOTE PRESENTATIONS

9:00 am

Hope Starts With Us

Glenda Wrenn Gordon, M.D., MSHP

In-Person & Live Streamed & Recorded

9:00 am

Post Pandemic-Redux: Let’s Get Back to Preventing Violence and Use of Seclusion and Restraint

Kevin Ann Huckshorn, Ph.D., MSN, RN, ICADC

In-Person & Live Streamed & Recorded

9:00 am

Purpose, Passion, and Partnerships: Blueprint for Re-Imagined Systems of Care

Michael O'Neil, J.D., MBA

In-Person & Live Streamed & Recorded

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

The Role of Creativity in Treatment

JoAnne Waite, LMFT

Workshop Session A

1:30 pm

Transitioning Into Your New Role as a Supervisor or Leader

Frank Delano, LMSW

Noor Almaoui, LCSW

Workshop Session A

1:30 pm

The Well-Being of LGBTQ+ Youth in the Child Welfare System

Vida Khavar, LMFT

Workshop Session A

1:30 pm

Leading the Workforce: Leadership Development Across the Organization

James Freeman, MA, CYC-P

Workshop Session A

1:30 pm

Beyond Cultural and Linguistic Competence: Achieving DEI for Leaders of Color

Tekoah Boatner

Haynes Morrison

Lauri Smalls

Larome Myrick, Ph.D.

Workshop Session A

1:30 pm

#ShowMeSolutions: How Missouri is Dealing with the Capacity Crisis

Sara Smith

Bill Bott

Dawn Rector

Workshop Session A

1:30 pm

Translating Youth and Family Values Into Meaningful Outcome Measures

April Wall-Parker, MS

Michael Valenti, Ph.D

Workshop Session A

1:30 pm

National Center for Missing and Exploited Children Resources: From Searching Strategies to Recovery Planning and How These Factors Can Increase Survivor Engagement

Kim Parks-Bourn, MSW

Samantha Sahl, LCSW, DSW

Workshop Session A

1:30 pm

Using Implementation Science to Enhance Practice Changes

Patricia D. Wilcox, MSW, LCSW

Aminah Ali, LMSW

Workshop Session A

1:30 pm

Partnering with Higher Education to Create the Workforce We Need

Frank Eckles

Deborah Getz

Workshop Session A

1:30 pm

Healing Relationships Between Youth and Their Parents and Caregivers

Vicky Kelly, Psy.D., MSW

Workshop Session A

1:30 pm

Scaling Hope

John D. Damon, Ph.D.

Michael O'Neil, J.D., MBA

Dale Cook

Workshop Session A

3:30 pm - 5:00 pm

WORKSHOP SESSION B

3:30 pm

Quality by Design

Michele Boguslofski, BS

Helen Avis, Ph.D

Dr. Lisa Saldana

Workshop Session B

3:30 pm

Hearing All Perspectives: The Development of a Multi-Diagnosis Youth Advisory Council

Amy Kelly, MBA, MNM

Judy Starr, J.D.

Workshop Session B

3:30 pm

Working in Predominantly White Organizations: Experiences, Insights, and Strategies from BIPOC Leaders

Lloyd Bullard, M.Ed.

Jodi Doane, MSW

Jennifer Outlaw, CSW

Kelly Rao

Workshop Session B

3:30 pm

Improving Outcomes with AI: An Equitable Approach

Kate Ryan, LCSW

Pete York

Workshop Session B

3:30 pm

Meeting the Challenge: Positioning Educational Services as an Extension of the Therapeutic Experience

Ra Shone Franklin

Bobbi Kochevar, MBA, MLS

Workshop Session B

3:30 pm

Exciting New Clinical Tools to Help Youth with Trauma and Dysregulation

Melony Opheim, LCSW

Workshop Session B

3:30 pm

Empowering Families in Underserved Communities: Leveraging Technology for Effective Trauma-Informed Caregiver Training

Alan Fullbright, M.Ed.

Michelle Wingate

Workshop Session B

3:30 pm

Using Relational Skills and Evidence-Based Practices to Reduce Restrictive Interventions

Christy Lunceford, MSW

David Nystrom, LCSW

Kenny Robertson

Workshop Session B

3:30 pm

Speak Up: Improving Youth Quality of Life Using Self-Advocacy Initiatives

Lindsay Wagner, MOT, OTR

Michael John Carley

Workshop Session B

3:30 pm

Becoming a Trauma-Resilient Organization: From Putting Out Fires to Fire Prevention

Amber Rand, LMHC, IAADC

Colleen Zullo Rieger, LCSW

Workshop Session B

3:30 pm

Empowering Your Workforce for Impact: Strategies for Growth, Wellness, and Impactful Partnerships in the Child Welfare Workforce

Claudia Guillen

Brittany King

Amy Klingner Previato, MPS, CHES, MLT, DipACLM

Annie Taccolini Panaggio

Workshop Session B

3:30 pm

Beyond Point and Level Systems: Moving Toward Child and Family-Centered Programming

David Paxton, MA, LISW-S

Emily Sutton, MSW, LSW

Workshop Session B

6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

SOCIAL EVENT: The Churchill

Location: The Churchill

Wednesday, May 8th

7:30 am - 5:00 pm

REGISTRATION OPEN

7:30 am - 3:30 pm

EXHIBIT HALL OPEN

9:00 am - 11:00 am

TED TALK-STYLE PLENARY: ELEVATING WHAT WORKS

9:00 am

Transforming Children’s Behavioral Health Care Through Collaboration

Dana Weiner, Ph.D

In-Person & Live Streamed & Recorded

9:00 am

Connection, Hope and Healing: The Power of Residential Interventions within Systems of Care

Elizabeth Manley, LSW

In-Person & Live Streamed & Recorded

9:00 am

From Juvie Jails to Children-First: Leveraging Global Learning on Justice-Involved Youth

Iain Matheson, Ed.D.

In-Person & Live Streamed & Recorded

9:00 am

What Works? Meaningful Evidence?

Lisa Holmes, BSc, Ph.D.

In-Person & Live Streamed & Recorded

11:30 am - 1:00 pm

WORKSHOP SESSION C

11:30 am

This Isn’t Supposed To Happen: Treating Complex and Traumatic Grief in Children, Adolescents, and the Family System

Mikayla Gilbreath, LMSW

Workshop Session C

11:30 am

Staff Retention and Reduction in Emergency Safety Interventions Through Competency Based Trainings: One Year Outcome Analysis

Chris Delap, BCBA, LBA, LMLP, AS

Workshop Session C

11:30 am

Finally, Something That’s for Me: A Staff-Focused Intervention to Increase Self-Regulation and Amplify Trauma-Informed Care

Beth Casarjian, Ph.D.

Jessica Jacskon-Yoo, LICSW

Joshua Stewart, LISW-S

Workshop Session C

11:30 am

From Principles to Practice: Using the BBI Theory of Change for Measurable Quality Improvement in Residential Interventions

Robert E. Lieberman, MA, LPC

Nancy Pierce

Sara Fox

Margaret McGladrey, PhD.

Workshop Session C

11:30 am

A Different Approach to Care in A Residential Setting

Derek Cortez, Ph.D.

Terri Gowey

Tabitha Farr

Kate Lopas

Workshop Session C

11:30 am

From New Hire to Leader: The Journey of a Supervisor

Brooke Mohs

Amelia Cervantes

Workshop Session C

11:30 am

Beyond Evidence: The Power of ‘Why’ in Shaping Responsive Program Models for Therapeutic Care Interventions

Martha Holden

Anton Smith, MSW, RSW

Elliott G. Smith

Workshop Session C

11:30 am

Increasing the Consistency of Care for the Children Who Need It the Most

Marty Huitt

Mary Alvarado

Workshop Session C

11:30 am

Children in Child Protection: Measures, Social Construct, and How They Live Their Child Protection Experiences as Adults

Vanessa Schnorr, Ph.D.

Judith Haase, Ph.D.

Workshop Session C

11:30 am

Innovative Residential Care Design: No Wrong Door

Lisa Holmes, BSc, Ph.D.

Janice Nicholson

Workshop Session C

11:30 am

Technical Support for Children’s Behavioral Healthcare Transformation: How Analytics and Technology Can Inform and Support Strategic Directions

Dana Weiner, Ph.D

Workshop Session C

11:30 am

Finding and Communicating Meaning In a Field Characterized by Ambiguity

Robert E. McCartney, MSW

Steve Elson, Ph.D.

William Powers

Workshop Session C

1:30 pm - 3:00 pm

AWARDS LUNCHEON

3:30 pm - 5:00 pm

WORKSHOP SESSION D

3:30 pm

If We Use Restraint, Can We Really Say That We Are Offering Trauma-Informed Care?

Trish Cocoros

Iain Matheson, Ed.D.

Workshop Session D

3:30 pm

Successful Futures: An Aftercare Program for Transitioning Into Adulthood

Jasney Cogua, Ph.D.

Jonathan C Huefner, Ph.D.

Workshop Session D

3:30 pm

Exploring Collaborative Solutions: The Youth Resource Workgroup

Misty Berard

Celeste Walley

Workshop Session D

3:30 pm

Treating Eating Disorders in a General Psychiatric Residential Program: Challenge Accepted

Mirela Loftus, MD, Ph.D.

Kara Becker, LMFT, CEDS, AAMFT

Workshop Session D

3:30 pm

Elopement From Residential Placements: What Do Youth and Families Need To Remain Engaged In Treatment

Erin Flood, LCSW

Workshop Session D

3:30 pm

Trauma Responsive Coaching and Mentoring for Non-Clinical Staff

Dana Wyss Ph.D., LMFT, ATR-BC

Rodney Hall

Workshop Session D

3:30 pm

Living the Mission: Training and Retaining Caring People

Juletta Gilge, LCPC

Tra Williams, M.Ed., MSN, RN

Taylor Mayer, Ph.D., LCPC

Workshop Session D

3:30 pm

Trauma Responsive Residential Interventions within a System of Care

Elizabeth Manley, LSW

Workshop Session D

Thursday, May 9th

8:00 am - 11:00 am

EXHIBIT HALL OPEN

9:00 am - 12:00 pm

CLOSING KEYNOTES

9:00 am

Hear Us Out! Essential Collaborative Youth-Guided Approaches

In-Person & Live Streamed & Recorded

9:00 am

Embracing AI: The Tools of Tomorrow Are Here Today

Takkeem Morgan, MBA

In-Person & Live Streamed & Recorded