Atlantic Canada Child Welfare Forum 2008: Program

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Monday, September 8, 2008

5:00pm - 8:00pm Registration
6:00pm - 8:30pm Reception hosted by:
Geraldine Poirier Baiani
Assistant Deputy Minister
Department of Social Development
Government of New Brunswick
Atlantic Canada Child Welfare Forum  

Tuesday, September 9, 2008

8:00am - 8:30am Registration and Breakfast
8:30am - 9:00am Opening Welcome
Honourable Mary Schryer
Minister of Social Development
Minister Responsible for Status of Women
Government of New Brunswick
9:00am - 10:00am Opening Plenary
Marvin Bernstein
Child advocate
Province of Saskatchewan
10:00am - 10:15am Health Break
10:30am - 12:00pm Impact of Trans-racial Placements on Identity and Mental Health
Wanda Thomas Bernard, Ph.D.
Dean, School of Social Work
Dalhousie University
12:00pm - 1:00pm Lunch
1:00pm - 2:45pm
Concurrent sessions

New Brunswick Session*

*Simultaneous translation will be available for this session

Protocol for Children with Complex Needs between the Department of Social Development and Mental Health Services

Desneige Robichaud
Supervisor of Child Protection
 Department of Social Development

Johanne Webster
Supervisor
Mental Health Services

Peel Children's Centre: Residential Treatment for Maritime youth ages 12 to 18 years

Blake Fullerton
PEEL Agency
Peel Children's Centre

Interdepartmental Protocol for Children and Youth with Complex Needs

Charles Boulay
Director of Operation Support
Department of Social Development

Newfoundland Labrador Session

Reaching Out: Group Programs for Children and Families

Donna Ronan, M.S.W., R.S.W.
Team Leader
Janeway Family Centre
Mental Health & Addictions Program

Nova Scotia Session

Integrated Case Management System

Vicki Black
Provincial Coordinator of Foster Care Services

Family Help Pilot Project

Ilonka Thomas, M.S.W., R.S.W.
Coordinator of Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
Cape Breton District Health Authority

The Challenges and Opportunities that are Presented to both Child Welfare and Mental Health by Youth Who Are Shared by Both Sectors

Robert Wright
Executive Director
Child and Youth Strategy

Prince Edward Island Session

Family Ties

Stacey Hutchinson-Maund, M.S.W.
Youth and Family Therapist
Family Ties Youth and Family Counselling Program

Mary Lou White
Therapist and Program Supervisor
Family Ties Youth and Family Counselling Program

Andy Wedge
Youth Counsellor and Co-ordinator
Family Preservation Program
Family Ties Youth and Family Counselling Program

John MacMillan, M.S.W.
Clinician, Supervisor and Administrator
Child Protection
Community Mental Health and Residential Treatment

3:00pm - 3:15pm Health Break
3:15pm - 4:45pm
Concurrent sessions
The Four Provincial Sessions will be repeated:
New Brunswick Session
Newfoundland Labrador Session
Nova Scotia Session
Prince Edward Island Session

Wednesday, September 10, 2008

8:30am - 9:00am Breakfast
9:00am - 10:00am Differential Response and Evidence-based Practice
Aron Shlonsky, Ph.D.
Centre of Excellence for Child Welfare
University of Toronto
10:00am - 11:00am Childhood Conduct Disorder: New Challenges for Child Welfare
Leena Augimeri, Ph.D.
Director, Centre for Children Committing Offences
Child Development Institute, Toronto, Ontario
11:00am - 11:15am Health Break
11:15am - 12:15pm Lessons from Expanding the Prevention Circle
D.J. Joseph and Stacey Coy
RespectEd, Canadian Red Cross
12:00pm - 1:00pm Lunch
1:00pm - 2:30pm In the Best Interests of the Infant
Evelyn Wotherspoon, M.S.W.
Calgary Health Region, Calgary, Alberta
2:30pm - 2:45pm Health Break
2:45pm - 3:00pm Wrap-Up
Peter Dudding, M.S.W., M.M.
Executive Director
Child Welfare League of Canada
3:00pm - 3:15pm Closing Ceremonies

 

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