Schedule At a Glance

Thursday, September 30, 2010

• 8:00 a.m. Registration/Networking/Continental Breakfast
• 8:30 a.m. Opening Remarks
  Susan Cycyk, Director, DPBHS
  The NEW Division of Prevention and Behavioral Health Services (DPBHS) Provider Recognition Awards
• 9:00 a.m. Keynote Address
  Robin Gurwitch, Ph.D.
  Using Parent-Child Interaction Therapy with Young Children and Families in Child Welfare (DPA-Approved Presentation)
  
  Dr. Gurwitch specializes in improving the understanding of and response to children with child traumatic stress. She is a leading trainer on Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT)* at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center with extensive experience using and training others to use PCIT, including how to work with children with challenging behaviors in child welfare systems.
  
  She is a Professor and Program Coordinator of the National Center for School Crisis and Bereavement at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and a licensed Psychologist and Marriage and Family Therapist. She is a Fellow in the American Psychological Association. She has authored numerous articles on PCIT and is a leading trainer in the nation.
  
  *PCIT is listed on the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and Practices (NREPP).
• 11:30 a.m. Luncheon
• 12:30 p.m. A Discussion: The Family Experience
  
  Young children with social, emotional and behavioral challenges and their parents, caregivers or foster parents are the focus population of the young child mental health system of care that is being developed through the Division of Prevention and Behavioral Health Services’ Delaware’s B.E.S.T. for Young Children and Their Families initiative and its providers and community partners. This is an opportunity to hear from parents and caregivers about the value and meaning of the services they receive.

Afternoon Workshops

1:30–2:45 p.m. SESSION 1

• A. PCIT: A Question-and-Answer Session with PCIT Experts (DPA-Approved Presentation)
  Robin Gurwitch, Ph.D. and Josh Masse, Ph.D.
• B. Family Voices and Advocacy for Children’s Mental Health in Delaware
  Janet Taylor-McDowell, Delaware’s B.E.S.T.
• C. Screening for Child Traumatic Stress in Children and Adolescents: Using the UCLA PTSD RI
  Chuck Webb, Ph.D.
• D. Delaware’s Early Childhood Comprehensive System & the Partners Making It Work
  Mary Moor/DPBHS/Delaware’s B.E.S.T. with Partners from the Department of Education and the Divisions of Public Health and Social Services
• E. Culture Matters: Addressing the Mental Health Needs of the Hispanic/Latino Community
  Carlos Dipres-Ramirez, Yvonne Dodd, LCSW, and Stephanie Traynor, Psy.D.

2:45 p.m. Break

3:00–4:15 p.m. SESSION 2

• F. PCIT Outcomes in Delaware
  Ryan Beveridge, Ph.D., and Timothy Fowles, Ph.D. 
• G. PRIDE Skills: Effective Strategies for Working with Challenging Young Children
  DPBHS Early Childhood Mental Health Consultants (Workshop designed for early childhood care providers, parents, foster parents, caregivers)
• H. Intensive Home-based PCIT: Delaware’s Experience
  Cori Meek, LPCMH, DGS Clinical Supervisor and Josh Masse, Ph.D.
• I. The NEW DPBHS 101: An Overview of the Division and How to Access Services
  Randal Wimberley, Ph.D./DPBHS
• J. Recognizing and Responding to Signs of Traumatic Stress in Young Children
  Beth Joselow, LPCMH, NCC

• 4:15 p.m. Wrap-up
  
  - Turn in Conference Evaluations
  - Pick up Conference Certificates