29th Annual Maine Child Welfare Education Conference

29th Annual Maine Child Welfare Education Conference

Community Violence: Preparing, Responding, and Healing.

By Maine Child Welfare Education

Date and time

Thursday, June 27 · 8am - 4:45pm EDT

Location

Cross Insurance Center

515 Main Street Bangor, ME 04401

Refund Policy

No Refunds

Agenda

7:15 AM - 8:00 AM

Registration

8:00 AM - 8:15 AM

Opening Remarks

8:15 AM - 9:45 AM

Keynote

Scarlett Lewis

Choosing Love as a Solution: Scarlett experienced the unimaginable when her 6-year-old son Jesse was murdered at Sandy Hook Elementary School. Before he died, Jess left a message on the kitchen chalk...

9:55 AM - 11:25 AM

Morning Breakout Workshop A

Ragner Jaeger, Esq

Navigating the Duty to Warn of Health Care Professionals: In this pivotal training session, designed for most licensed healthcare professionals operating with Maine, we delve into the complex and cri...

9:55 AM - 11:25 AM

Morning Breakout Workshop B

Sgt.David Farrar, BGR PD Special Response Team/SWAT Cmdr

Who is in Charge? The Law Enforcement Response to a Critical Incident: When an incident involving a law enforcement response occurs in a community, the primary goals of law enforcement are to minimiz...

9:55 AM - 11:25 AM

Morning Breakout Workshop C

John Yasenchak, LCPC, LADC, CCS

To Walk in Humility: Reflections on Culture, Power, and Self-Awareness: Borrowing from the Navajo Blessing Way "To Walk in Beauty", this workshop will offer an opportunity to explore how we walk with...

9:55 AM - 11:25 AM

Morning Breakout Workshop D

Stephanie Cinque, MSW

Community Grief and Trauma: Resilience After Tragedy: This presentation will discuss the philosophy, development, and structure of a Resiliency Center after a tragedy. It will also address what indiv...

11:25 AM - 12:15 PM

Lunch

Provided on-site.

12:15 PM - 1:15 PM

Plenary #1

Danielle Parent, JD, LCSW, CSP

Building Community Resiliency in the Aftermath of Mass Violence: Drawing upon the experience of the Maine Resiliency Center, this session will examine the impact of mass violence on communities and e...

1:25 PM - 2:55 PM

Afternoon Breakout Workshop E

Dr. Anthony Ng

Risk Assessments and Safety Planning: What Do We Do?: The following presentation will address the issue of risk assessment of individuals, including examining dynamic vs statis risk, as well as intri...

1:25 PM - 2:55 PM

Afternoon Breakout Workshop F

Shannon Desilets, PA

Resiliency Through MNRI Reflex Integration: This workshop will provide an overview of MNRI Therapy (also know as the Masgutova Method), as well as take away techniques we can all utilize. Reflexes ar...

1:25 PM - 2:55 PM

Afternoon Breakout Workshop G

Sara Asch, MA, ET

Supporting Children, Their Families, and Communities in Times of Loss and Grief: In this breakout session, we will look at the tasks of grieving, and grief and child development. We will also discus...

1:25 PM - 2:55 PM

Afternoon Breakout Workshop H

Special Agent Kristina Angell, FBI

Preventing Targeted Violence - Maine Threat Assessment Group Overview: This presentation will address the concept of Threat Assessment and Threat Management (TATM) and how to use those methods to pre...

3:05 PM - 4:35 PM

Plenary #2

Scarlett Lewis

Choosing Love Over Fear for Safety, Health, and Well-being: Our personal power as humans is in the choices we make each day. Scarlett understood this as she faced the worst day of her life and had to...

4:35 PM - 4:45 PM

Closing and Evaluation

About this event

Welcome to the 29th Maine Child Welfare Education Conference! Get ready to join us at the Cross Insurance Center on Thursday June 27, 2024 at 8:00 AM for a day filled with informative sessions, networking opportunities, and engaging discussions surrounding children in Maine. This in-person event is a great chance to connect with parents and fellow professionals in the field and learn about the latest trends and developments related to child welfare. Don't miss out on this valuable experience.

On-site check-in will begin at 7:15am: Conference begins at 8:00am and ends at 4:45pm.

You will be prompted to select a break-out session for the morning, and one for the afternoon break-out during the checkout process.

If you wish to do a group purchase, please contact Ashley Hoffman at Wings via email ahoffman@wingsinc.org. Questions? Call Ashley at 207-941-2988 ext 166.

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Maine Child Welfare Education
$100 – $119