Strengthening Connections
between Parents and Children Affected by Substance Abuse, HIV, & Incarceration
March 12-14, 2008
This conference presented family-focused, multi-disciplinary strategies that: (1) strengthen and support parent-child relationships to prevent separation due to substance abuse and/or HIV; (2) maintain parent-child relationships during necessary separation due to incarceration, substance abuse and/or HIV; and (3) rebuild parent-child relationships during reunification.
Recordings of the keynote speakers from this
conference are available.
2007 Teleconference Series
Economic Self-sufficiency for Families Affected by Substance Abuse and HIV
- Women, HIV, and Employment
- Employment for Parents in Recovery: Minimizing Barriers & Maximizing Opportunities
Infant Mental Health
- The ABCs of Infant Mental Health
- Taming the Ghosts in the Nursery
- Supporting Families in Recovery through Infant Mental Health Interventions
Recordings of these trainings are available.
2006 Teleconference Series
- Infants Exposed Prenatally to Methamphetamines:
Developmental Effects and Effective Interventions
- Facilitating Disclosure with Children in HIV/AIDS-Impacted
Families
- Attachment: Helping Babies Develop, Helping Mothers
Recover
- HIV Prevention Interventions with Women
Affected by Substance Use
Audio recordings of these trainings are available.
Substance Exposed Newborns: Weaving
Together Effective Policy & Practice
October 6-7, 2005
The purpose of this conference was to focus attention on
the needs and circumstances of substance exposed newborns
and their families; to showcase exemplary multi-disciplinary
collaborative efforts, policies, and practices from around
the nation; and to transfer this knowledge to a group of
committed stakeholders working with pregnant substance users
and substance exposed newborns.
Recordings of the plenary sessions from this conference are available.
Sustaining Your Child and Family Services Organization
in Lean Times
A Web Cast
August 5, 2005
Are you: Operating on the fly? In a constant
state of uncertainty? Worried about whether
your organization will survive?
In this era of constricted resources and stiff competition,
learn how to plan strategically
and access diversified financial support to grow and sustain
your program.
Video
recordings of the workshops from this
one-day symposium are available for viewing.
Raising Kin: The Psychological Well-Being of Substance-Affected
Children in Relative Care
September 27-28, 2004
The purpose of this conference was to
help service providers and caregivers
understand the unique psychosocial issues affecting children
residing in kinship care due to parental substance abuse.
The conference identified the children's strengths,
the benefits, and challenges of kinship care, and useful
strategies and/or interventions for working with these
children and their families. The issues surrounding kinship
care and substance abuse were addressed from a child-focused,
family-centered perspective.
Spirituality: A Powerful Force in
Women's Recovery
September 15-16, 2003
This symposium considered the role that spirituality plays
in the recovery process for women from various ethnic and
racial backgrounds, and helped service providers integrate
spirituality into their work with women in recovery.
Recordings of the keynote speakers from this
conference are available. |