Date: June 19, 2013 Time: 11:00am - 1:00pm (PST) Presenters: Phil Breitenbucher, FDC TTA Project Director, Irvine, California Jean Cottier, Family Dependency Treatment Court, Chatham County, Georgia Chris Swenson-Smith, Pima County Family Drug Court, Arizona In 2012, the Family Drug Court (FDC) Peer Learning Court Program (PLC) was launched by Children and [...]
Date: March 25, 2015 Presenters: Mishka Terplan, MD, MPH, FACOG Diplomate ABAM
Presenters: Sharon Burke, MD, Malia Beckwith, MD, David Babitsky, MBA In this webinar, attendees participated in a discussion on early identification of prenatally exposed infants at birth, definition of substance exposed infants across systems, and pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatment of infants with NAS. Attendees for this webinar included medical partners, specifically pediatricians, neonatologists, [...]
Date: May 15, 2012 Time: 11:00am - 12:30pm (PST) Presenters: Erin Telford, Children's Research Triangle ________________________________________ This session will examine the prevalence of psychiatric disorders among school-age children in the child welfare system. The presentation will explore contributing factors to mental health issues in this population by examining the biological changes in the [...]
Date: April 11, 2012 Time: 9:00am - 11:00am (PST) Presenters: Honorable Erica Yew, Santa Clara Superior Court, California, Vivian Brown, PhD, Founder and Retired CEO of Prototypes, Los Angeles, California Trauma-informed organizations, programs, and services recognize the presence and role of trauma plays in the lives of its clients. Trauma-informed [...]
Date: April 16, 2014 Presenters: Ken DeCerchio, Chad Rodi, Elaine Voces Stedt The Children’s Bureau in the Administration on Children, Youth, and Families, with the National Center on Substance Abuse and Child Welfare will present findings from the Regional Partnership Grant program. On September 28, 2006, the Child and Family Services [...]
Many FDCs are excluding clients who are taking prescribed medication to address a co-occurring mental health diagnosis, chronic or acute pain condition, or substance use disorder. There a myriad of practice and policy concerns expressed by FDC teams surrounding this issue thus raising the need for thoughtful guidance, greater awareness, [...]
Date: August 14, 2013 Time: 11:00am - 1:00pm (PST) Presenters: Nancy K. Young, PhD, Executive Director, Children and Family Futures Jane Pfeifer, MPA, Senior Program Associate, Children and Family Futures, Lake Forest, California Honorable Barbara Salinitro, Queens County Family Court, New York Connie Almeida, PhD, LSSP, Infant Toddler Court Initiative [...]
Date: June 12, 2013 Time: 1 PM - 2:30 PM ET Presenters: Norma Finkelstein, Ph.D., Laurie Markoff, Ph.D. This webinar was is designed to help organizations improve the quality of services offered by integrating an understanding of the impact of trauma and violence into an organization’s policies and operations. Participants [...]
Date: October 10, 2012 Time: 11:00am - 1:00pm (PST) Presenters: Hon. Karen S. Adam, Hon. Karen Ashby Family Drug Courts aim to meet the dual challenges of supporting parents towards substance abuse recovery and attending to the protection of the child. The structure on how these goals are met by FDCs, [...]
