Thank you to the 2007 plenary speakers and workshop presenters! You may download, save and print handouts from the following workshops:

Monday, April 16

• Monday Plenary: The Wide Ranging Health and Social Consequences of Adverse Childhood Experiences, Dr. Robert Anda
• Presentation Summary (.doc)
• A4: Rape Crisis and Child Advocacy Center Partnership: A Unique Collaboration, Rachel Kalish and Andrea Ramos-Topper
• Presentation PowerPoint
• A5: Keeping Children Safe from Sexual Abuse, Anthony Zenkus and Maureen O'Connor
• Presentation PowerPoint
• A7: Growing a Healthy Workplace Environment, Ellen Butowsky
• Healthy Workplace Indicators (.doc)
• Healthy Workplace Meeting Skills Checklist (.doc)
• Staff Wellness/Team Building Activities (.doc)
• Tools for Group Decision Making (.doc)
• B1: A Tool Kit for Providers: Addressing Relationship Abuse with Youth in Foster Care from a Strengths-based Perspective, Health McLain and Carol Morrison
  • Dating Bill of Rights (.doc)
  • Domestic Violence and Teenagers (.pdf)
  • Five Tasks for the Empowerment of Young Adults (.doc)
  • Small Group Activity: Group 1, Heaven (.doc)
  • Small Group Activity: Group 2, Aday (.doc)
  • Small Group Activity: Group 3, Maria (.doc)
  • Small Group Activity: Group 4, Gladys (.doc)
  • Small Group Activity: Group 5 Vanessa (.doc)
  • Job Description for Teens (.doc)
  • Which Side Describes Your Relationship? (.pdf)
  • Safety Plan for Teens (.pdf)
  • Equality Wheel for Teens (.pdf)
  • Practice Guidelines for Addressing Teen Relationship Abuse in Foster Care Settings (.doc)
  • Teen Power and Control Wheel (.pdf)
  • Warning Signs for Teens (.pdf)

• C2: When a Child Discloses: Interview Techniques for Children, Kate Reece and Rona Lane
• Presentation PowerPoint
• C8: The New York City Child Permanency Mediation Program, Stephen Forrester
• Presentation PowerPoint
• D1: Extra! Extra! Foster Care Youth Help New York State "Measure" Up! Michelle Ray and Stephen Opela
• Youth in Progress Presentation (.pdf)
• Northeast Parent & Child Society (NPCS) (.pdf)
• NPCS Focus Groups (.pdf)
• NPCS Focus Group Results (.pdf)
• Youth Interview Protocol (.pdf)
• General Instructions for Interviewing Youth (.pdf)
• Suggested Guidelines for Staff Working with Youth in Foster Care (.pdf)
• Youth Reference Form (.pdf)

• Wednesday Plenary: Finding Humor and Purpose in the Midst of Life's Circus, Emily Ballance
• Presentation Summary (.pdf)
• E1: Strengthening Parent Education Collaboration in New York State, Susan Perkins
• Presentation PowerPoint
• E2: Abduction and Internet Safety—Today's Online Child, Daniel Dowd
• Presentation PowerPoint
• Internet Safety Trifold Brochure (.doc)
• E4: What and How Family Workers Learn that Helps Empower Families, Katie Palmer-House
• Presentation Powerpoint
• E6: Treating Generational Trauma through Traditional and Alternative Methods: Parent and Grandparent Support Groups and Yoga, Linda Mockler, Uni Junn-Krebs and Victoria Chiu
• Body Awareness (.doc)
• Calming Breath (.doc)
• A “Workshop Plan” for Grandparent/Parent Groups (.doc)
• Children's Meditations (.doc)
• F3: Promoting Fatherhood through Dads' Groups, Bill Perry, Peter Guarino and James Trainor
• Presentation PowerPoint
• F6: Making the Most of Family Visits in Foster Care: Coaching Parents, Strengthening Connection and Moving Toward Permanency, Catherine Lewis
• Presentation PowerPoint
• F8: Nurturing Relationships, Wendy Bender and Pam Balmer
• Five Stages of Building a Nurturing Relationship (.doc)
• Nature of Nurturing: Key Concepts (.doc)
• Six Pretty Interesting Questions (.doc)