Join this exciting teleconference series which brings current issues to child welfare workers. Each teleconference begins with a presentation from well-known individuals in a variety of child welfare areas and research.
2008 Schedule
Two more guest speakers have been scheduled in the 2008 CWLC teleconference series. Bev Digout (Parenting Education Saskatchewan) is part of CWLC's Promoting Parenting Education and Support project and Don Osborne (RBC Royal Bank) is part of the Building Education Opportunities project.
Sign up now for the teleconference on November 26, 2008!
Don Osborne (RBC Bank) - Reducing Poverty – Building a Future: How you can help children & youth receiving services have the means to access postsecondary education
Date and time: Wednesday, November 26, 2008 at 1 PM EASTERN
It is difficult for young people receiving child welfare services to go on to education beyond high school because they often don’t have access to the needed resources. This presentation focuses on CWLC’s Building Education Opportunities in Canadian Child Welfare Services (BEO) program. Easy to read information on education savings programs, and benefits available to children receiving services, have been developed for agencies & service providers, parents & caregivers, and youth.
Don Osborne is the Senior Manager of Registered Plans for RBC Royal Bank. His primary responsibility is to ensure compliance with mandatory provincial and federal legislations, as well as for administrative and operational effectiveness.
Registered plans include Educations Savings Plans (RESP), Retirement Savings Plans (RSP) and the 2 new registered plans; the Tax-Free Savings Account (TFSA) and Registered Disability Savings Plan (RDSP). In his capacity as Senior Manager of Registered Plans, Don represents RBC Royal Bank with external partners including Canadian Bankers Association, Canada Revenue Agency and also heads the Registered Plans Committee of his peers within various Royal Bank businesses including RBC Dominion Securities, RBC Direct Investing and RBC Insurance.
Don's career within the bank has covered a broad range of roles including investment advisor, IT business analyst, training officer, policy writer and most recently as a consultant supporting international projects.
There are TWO PowerPoint presentations for this teleconference.
To participate, please send an email to Gaetane Gauvreau at gaetane@cwlc.ca. This is a free service to CWLC members but non-member organizations and individuals are welcome to participate for a nominal fee of $60.00.
There will be a penalty charge for lines that are booked but not used; to avoid the charge of $60, you MUST cancel your reservation by 11 AM Eastern time on November 26th. This fee applies to CWLC members and non-members alike.
Bev Digout - Supporting Parent Educators
Date and time: Wednesday, October 29 at 1 PM Eastern.
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<![endif]-->Parent education is an important component to the healthy development of children and families. Equally as important to this process is the support given to parent educators. People providing family support and parent education come from a variety of backgrounds. Defining ‘who parent educators are’ and ‘what parent education is’ are questions that require answers to effectively provide support, training and enhanced recognition of the important role parent education plays in the lives of families.
Bev Digout Coordinator of Parenting Education Saskatchewan will provide an overview of initiatives that have been undertaken to support parent educators nationally and internationally. Feedback from various surveys and descriptions of support infrastructures will be discussed with the intent to create a dialogue with parent educators across the country.
<![endif]-->Bev Digout, BSc., BSW has worked in the area of child protection, early childhood and parent education for over 20 years as a social worker. Currently, Bev is the coordinator of Parenting Education Saskatchewan, a project of Family Service Saskatchewan that supports parent educators within the province of Saskatchewan. The provincial departments of Health and Social Services support this project financially. Bev has organized educational and social events, a public awareness campaign, conferences and workshops supporting parents and parent educators. She has participated in several research based projects that reflect how best to support parents, developed frameworks to deliver parent education programming reflecting the diversity of communities and provided focused representation on various committees and boards in relation to the importance of parent education.
To participate, please send an email to Gaetane Gauvreau at gaetane@cwlc.ca. This is a free service to CWLC members but non-member organizations and individuals are welcome to participate for a nominal fee of $60.00.
There will be a penalty charge for lines that are booked but not used; to avoid the charge of $60, you MUST cancel your reservation by 11 AM Eastern time on October 29th . This fee applies to CWLC members and non-members alike.
“If we can’t spank our kids what can we do?” When parents ask this question, what is our answer? This presentation will cover the basics of child discipline and the differences between discipline and punishment. Child discipline helps children learn the rules, experience the consequences of their behaviours (negative and positive) and develop an understanding of the decision-making process. This presentation will give you an overview of a discipline plan which will help you answer your client’s parenting questions.
Kathy Lynn, BA. CCFE is Canada’s leading speaker on parenting issues. She has helped thousands of parents to regain some order in their lives by improving their skills as parents. She is a Canadian bestselling author of two parenting books and a columnist for Today’s Parent magazine as various newspapers. She has hosted both an open-line radio and television program. Kathy's career includes stints as a Child Protection Worker and director of a family services agency. She has a diploma in Community Service, a BA in applied social services, and is a Certified Canadian Family Educator. She is the Parenting Education Advisor to the Council of Parent Participation Preschools in BC, and serves on the Repeal 43 Committee, which is seeking repeal of the law that permits parents and teachers to strike children.
Ron Ensom, MSW, RSW - Parenting with alternative and positive approaches to discipline
Date and time: Wednesday, March 12, 2008
The research evidence on the risks and benefits of physical punishment of children is now clear and compelling — it plays no useful role in their upbringing and poses only risks to their development. The only conclusion that can be drawn from the research is that parents should be strongly encouraged to develop alternative and positive approaches to discipline.
Ron Ensom, MSW, RSW is in private practice with Ensom & Associates and has provided consultation and management of child abuse cases in Canada, USA, Bermuda, Jamaica and England. A former coordinator of the Child Protection Program at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO), Ron has almost 40 years of experience in the field of child and family services. He has conducted training on family conflict/violence; the physical punishment of children; parenting; child management; stress and the family; poverty and children; and ethics for professional, student and lay groups. He is the co-author of the Canadian Joint Statement on Physical Punishment of Children and Youth and a passionate speaker and advocate regarding corporal punishment of children.
2007 Schedule
Professor Marion Bogo and Katharine Dill - Clinical Supervision in Child Welfare Practice
This presentation outlines the results of a study that explored the conceptualization of clinical supervision in child welfare practice. Professor Marion Bogo and Katharine Dill will highlight the results of qualitative study with 51 supervisors that utilized a focus group methodology. The presentation will begin with the findings and themes from the focus group sessions. The presentation will then outline a framework for creating a supervisory model of practice within the context of child welfare organization. More specifically, the presenters will offer participants the essential ingredients that make child welfare supervision more than simply an administrative exercise. The presenters hope to provide a ‘hands on’ approach to creating and sustaining a clinical supervisory model of practice that is supported by all levels of a child welfare organization.
This teleconference occured on Wednesday, September 26. You can download the a PDF version of the PowerPoint presentation here. More information on clinical supervision in child welfare can be found online at the Faculty of Social Work Continuing Education website.
A transcript of the teleconference is now available. To order a copy, for a fee of $15, please send an email to info@cwlc.ca.
Dr Deborah Goodman - Civil Liability
The first CWLC teleconference in 2007 will be on Civil Liability in Child Welfare. The tendency in medicine and law is to openly address liability, risk and preventative practice strategies from the point of academic entry through to the end of professional work life. For social work, in particular child welfare, risk and liability tend to be an “elephant in the room” topic: seen and felt but not heard. Dr. Goodman will highlight risky aspects and areas of practice, suggest strategies for workers to mitigate liability, and discuss the results of a national survey of front-line the child welfare workers that explored how civil liability is addressed with social workers in the Canadian social work and child welfare field. It is hoped the teleconference will provide an opportunity for participants to engage in a fruitful discussion on the topic and craft recommendations on how best to prepare and train front-line workers in the area of risk and liability.
This teleconference took place on Wednesday, June 20th at 1 PM Eastern time. This is a free service to CWLC members but non-member organizations and individuals are welcome to participate for a nominal fee of $60.00.
A transcript of the teleconference is now available. To order a copy, for a fee of $15, please send an email to info@cwlc.ca.
2006 Schedule
Dr Leena Augimeri - Conduct Disorder
The Child Welfare League of Canada (CWLC) was pleased to welcome Leena Augimeri, PhD, Director of Program Development and Centre for Children Committing Offences at the Child Development Institute (CDI), as a presenter. The session’s topic was on Conduct Disorder: Why focus on it in boys and girls and what to do.
Conduct disorder (CD) involves the persistent patterns of antisocial behaviours displayed over time during childhood and adolescence. Such behaviours include: aggression towards people and/or animals, destruction of property, theft/stealing, and serious rule violations. Research has shown that CD is the most common referral reason to a children’s mental health centre in North America and that these children consume the most resources and are the most expensive to serve. The issue of antisocial and violent young children has become a pressing issue facing society today.
Dr Gary Cameron - Perceptions of Child Protection Services
The Child Welfare League of Canada (CWLC) is pleased to welcome Gary Cameron, PhD, Lyle S. Hallman Chair in Child and Family Welfare at Wilfred Laurier University, on the topic of Parents and Service Providers’ Perceptions of Child Protection Services. It is a multi-year program of research includes investigations of family experiences of child protection services, helping relationships, service provider employment environments, and alternative settings for delivering child welfare services. This teleconference will focus on selected findings from this research and their implications for improving child and family welfare services. More specifically, what parents appreciated and resented about their child protection service involvement will be highlighted. There will also be a review of how parents and service providers understood "good" helping relationships and the personal and structural impediments to increasing the frequency such relationships develop.
The teleconference with Prof. Nick Bala on Child Witnesses in Canada’s Criminal Justice System was a great success for everyone involved. CWLC gratefully thanks Prof. Bala for sharing his time and expertise with our many members. A full transcript is now available for $15 and you can order a copy by sending an email to info@cwlc.ca; please include your full name, title, organization and mailing address.
