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Conference Schedule

Schedule at a Glance Complete session details listed below
 
Thursday, March 15
8:00 - 8:30 Registration and continental breakfast
8:30 - 8:45 Welcome
9:00 - 11:30 Session 1
11:45 - 1:15 Lunch and Keynote Speaker, Lucas Boyce 
1:30 - 4:00 Session 2
 
Friday, March 16
8:00 - 8:45 Registration and continental breakfast
9:00 - 11:30 Session 3
11:45 - 1:15 Lunch and "Rule of Thumb" - a One-Act Play about Domestic Violence
1:30 - 4:00 Session 4

 

Thursday, March 15
Session 1
9:00 – 11:30 a.m.
Sit Still and Be Quiet: Parenting a Child with ADHD – Deena McMahon
Transforming the Culture of Conflict: A Brain-Compatible Model for Solving Problems in Modern Organizations – Frank Kros
Family Success: Achieving Outcomes by Promoting Accountability - Bret Stockton
From Chaos to Calm: REAL Strategies for Difficult Behaviors in Attachment Challenged Children - Juli Alvarado
Black Fatherhood Project (Part 1): Context and Conversation - Jordan Thierry & LaVar Young
Family...Matters! – Family Finders Team

Session 2
1:30 - 4:00 p.m.
Ambiguous Loss – Deena McMahon
Giving a Fish a Bath: The Untold Story of the Adolescent Mind – Frank Kros
Family Success: Achieving Outcomes by Promoting Accountability – Bret Stockton
Crossing Bridges and Fostering Change: Working with Parents (Foster, Bio, Kin and Adoptive Parents) More Effectively in Child Welfare – Juli Alvarado
Black Fatherhood Project (Part 2): Strategies for Empowerment – Jordan Thierry & LaVar Young
Commercial Sexually Exploited Children – Kelly Murphy, Giselle Rodriguez, Trina Melchert, Doris McCord

Friday, March 16
Session 3
9:00 – 11:30 a.m.
Sit Still and Be Quiet: Parenting a Child with ADHD – Deena McMahon
Beyond Coming Out: Re-teaching Gender and Sexuality (Part 1) – Sid Jordan Peterson & Megan Kennedy
Transforming the Culture of Conflict: A Brain-Compatible Model for Solving Problems in Modern Organizations – Frank Kros
Beyond Trauma-Informed Care: An Adoption Competent View – Kevin D. Slack
From Chaos to Calm: REAL Strategies for Difficult Behaviors in Attachment Challenged Children – Juli Alvarado
Black Fatherhood Project (Part 1): Context and Conversation – Jordan Thierry & LaVar Young
Family...Matters! – Family Finders Team

Session 4
1:30 - 4:00 p.m.
The Disappointed Parent: Addressing Parental Grief as a Normative Crisis – Deena McMahon
Beyond Coming Out: Re-teaching Gender and Sexuality (Part 2) – Sid Jordan Peterson & Megan Kennedy
Giving a Fish a Bath: The Untold Story of the Adolescent Mind – Frank Kros
Beyond Trauma-Informed Care: An Adoption Competent View – Kevin D. Slack
Crossing Bridges and Fostering Change: Working with Parents (Foster, Bio, Kin and Adoptive Parents) More Effectively in Child Welfare – Juli Alvarado
Black Fatherhood Project (Part 2): Strategies for Empowerment – Jordan Thierry & LaVar Young
"Rule of Thumb" facilitated discussion – Keith McHenry and Karla Hartley