Presenters: Liz Pearson, Manager, and Apryl Rosas, Residential Treatment Center (RTC) Project Coordinator, Children’s Mental Health, Texas Health and Human Services Commission
ViewKeynote: Transforming the System: Moving Beyond Trauma and Toward Resilience, Equity, and Health
View* Leadership Track
** Trauma Track
*** CSEY Track
****Ethics Track
A1: The Platinum Rule: Creating Connections that Inspire
A2: Enabling Others to Act: Empowering Leaders at All Levels *
A3: Centering Children and Families in Decision-Making: The Texas Permanency Outcomes Project (TXPOP)
A4: At the Crux of Care: The Integration of Trauma-Informed Care & Abuse Risk Management **
A5: Session cancelled
A6: Embracing Cultural Connections & Diversity in Transracial Adoptions
B1: It Takes a Village: Developing a Community-Based Fundraising Program
B2: Escaping the Drama Triangle *
B3: The Ethics of Self-Care ****
B4: The Highs and Lows of Discovering Effective Programming for Populations with Complex Trauma **
B5: Conceptualizing CSEY Policies: Where Power Dynamics of Trafficking Impact Placement ***
B6: Affirming Trauma-Informed Practice with LGBTQ + Youth in Care
Conference Reception 5:30 to 7 p.m.
C1: Utilizing Your National Accreditation to Drive Revenue Growth and Reduce Costs
C2: How to Assess, Develop, and Retain Your Organization’s Greatest Assets: Your Team’s Leadership Talent *
C3: Victim or Criminal? Understanding Minor Victims of Sex Trafficking Who Have Committed Criminal Acts ***
C4: Successful Family Therapy in the Era of Virtual Practice **
C5: Therapeutic Strategies to Heal and Promote Attunement, Attachment, and Connection – The National Adoption Competency Training (Approved for LCPAA Only)
C6: Overcoming Fear-Based Responses to Crisis
D1: Moving Away from Blame: Creating a Safety Culture in Child Welfare
D2: Let Your Life Do the Talking: Leading with Authenticity *
D3: Beyond Awareness: Practical Application of the My Life My Choice Prevention Solution Model ***
D4: Trauma Is Not Destiny **
D5: What You Need to Know: Community-Based Care in Texas
D6: Family First: Supporting Relative Caregivers (Approved for LCPAA Only)
E1: The Full Story: Coverage of Child and Family Services in The New World of Media
E2: Service Provider to Systems Leader – Transforming Your Organization to be an Agent of Change *
E3: Designing Ethical and Engaging Parent Support Groups ****
E4: Recognizing and Understanding Shared Trauma **
E5: Interpersonal Connectedness for Older Youth Before, During, and After the Pandemic
E6: Our Girls, Our Communities: The Experiences of Black Girls and Adolescents in Foster Care
F1: Using Data and Analytics to Maximize the Impact of New Technologies in Child Welfare
F2: Workplace Culture: Craft It, Speak It, Multiply It *
F3: The Texas Framework for Commercially Sexually Exploited Youth (CSEY) in Residential Care ***
F4: Redefining, Rethinking, Reflecting: Developing an Intentional Environment for Those Who’ve Experienced Trauma **
F5: Drum Roll Please…It’s the Residential Child Care Regulation, Contracts, and Heightened Monitoring Update for Residential Providers
F6: Intimate Partner Violence, Child Maltreatment, and Impacts of COVID-19: Safety Planning Approaches for Youth and Families
Texas’ Child & Family Well-being System Priorities - A Conversation with the DFPS and HHSC Executive Leadership
ViewA Vision for the Nation: Welcome Commissioner JooYeun Chang
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ViewAll workshops and general sessions are pre-approved for continuing education credit hours for Licensed Child Care Administrator (LCCA) and Licensed Child Placing Agency Administrator (LCPAA), except for those sessions designated as approved for only one license type, which is noted after the session title on the Schedule at a Glance. For other license types, attendees are responsible for determining if these credit hours are appropriate for your licensure. All attendees — in person and virtual — are eligible for a total of 15 hours of continuing education.