The 16th Annual Foster Care Conference
"Footsteps to the Future"

May 6-8, 2009

Conference Web Page

A Pre-Conference Institute is being held on Wednesday, May 6th, one day prior to the start of the general conference. This all day, intensive session is offered with six CEU’s available!

Join other professionals in the social service field for a one-day seminar specifically developed for clinicians working with abused and neglected children and their families.

Featured Presenter:

Sue Badeau, has been a child welfare professional for 30 years. During this time, she has worked at every level in this arena, from direct casework to administration at the local, state and national levels. Most recently, she served as Executive Director of the Philadelphia Children's Commission, and Deputy Director of the national, nonpartisan Pew Commission on Children in Foster Care. As a policy consultant for child welfare agencies, organizations and foundations, she writes extensively on children's issues, and is a frequent speaker at conferences nationally and internationally. A Philadelphia resident, she and her husband have been foster parents to more than 50 children and have adopted 20 children from foster care, whom they have raised alongside their two biological children.

Program:

8:00 a.m. - Registration Opens

9:00 a.m. - Institute Begins

This pre-conference institute will incorporate understanding youth development, communicating with youth, engaging youth and person-centered planning and helping youth plan for a successful future.

Tapping the Fountain of Youth

This highly interactive institute will focus on the joys, challenges and unique opportunities involved when working with older youth in foster care. Topics to be explored include:

· Understanding Youth Development

· What does permanence mean for adolescents

· Effective strategies for engaging and communicating with youth

· Person-centered-planning as a specific approach to ensuring youth involvement in planning for their own future

“
There is a fountain of youth: it is your mind, your talents, the creativity you bring to your life and the lives of people you love. When you learn to tap this source, you will truly have defeated age.” Sophia Loren

Noon - 1:00 p.m. - Lunch on your own

4:00 p.m. - Institute concludes

Registration/Brochure:

Online registrations can be made by visiting this link.

Brochure draft available now!

Location:

Daytona Beach Resort & Conference Center (Tides Ballroom)

2700 North Atlantic Avenue, Daytona Beach, FL 32118

For reservations, call 1-800-654-6216 before Tuesday, April 14th, 2009 to receive the conference room rate of $110.00. (All rooms include a full kitchen and self parking is complimentary)

CEU's: As an organization approved by the Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling, Daniel Memorial is able to offer this activity for 6 hours of continuing education credits. Provider # 50-481-Expires 03/31/2009.

Some of the exciting topics that will be offered during this years Foster Care Conference:

• “In The Best Interest of The Child"; A journey of Reflection, Challenges and Hope!

• Stress, Humor and older foster care teens or "Help! I'm surrounded by teenagers!"

• Ensuring Quality Foster Parent Training

• Empowering Foster Parents and Other Court-Appointed Custodians to Help Make the System Work Better for Children

• Fueling Interdependence: Supporting and Transitioning Youth to Adulthood

• Managing Care in the Child Welfare Medicaid System

• The Power and Influence of a Youth Advisory Board

• Preventing Sexual Incidents in the Foster Home Setting

• The Connections Program Model: Guiding youth down the road to emancipation

• Project Family: Finding Families from a Day to a Lifetime

• Making the Child Part of the Recruitment Team!

• Developing Leadership Skills In Youth

• Screening and Assessing Trauma in Sexually Abused Children in Foster Care

…. and many more!

Questions? Contact Stephanie Waugerman, Conference Coordinator

(904) 296-1055 #1013

(800) 226-7612

swaugerman@danielkids.org