Training Institutes 2012 - National Technical Assistance Center for ...

WORKSHOPS
• Physical Safety—Providing an atmosphere of physical safety where girls are safe from physical and sexual abuse and
protecting girls from self-inflicted harm
• Health and Hygiene—Providing education about girls’ health, including anatomy, sexuality, sexually transmitted
diseases and contraception
• Social and Educational Programming—Providing educational programs, events, and speakers about the experiences of
women from various ethnic, racial, and socio-economic backgrounds
• Program Design and Evaluation—Including girls in the design and evaluation of programs and services and revising
the program in a significant way as appropriate based on input from the girls
• Staff Hiring and Training—Providing ongoing training and staff support on gender-specific issues such as gender
differences in delinquency, adolescent female development, communication and relationship skills, unique issues for
girls of color, sexuality and gender identity
Participants will have an opportunity to engage in exercises that will assist them in understanding the intent of the
gender responsive program as well as the flow. The faculty team for the session will offer the perspectives of
mental/behavioral health clinicians, researchers, and program evaluators.
MODERATOR/PRESENTER: Lauren Josephs, Ph.D., Vice President, Visionary Vanguard Group, Inc., Orlando, FL
Stephan Brown, Ph.D., President, Visionary Vanguard Group, Inc., Orlando, FL
WORKSHOP #27 10:30 AM FRIDAY • 1:30 PM SATURDAY • NAPLES 1
Family Strengthening Interventions for Children and Families Involved in Multiple Systems
OBJECTIVES—Participants will learn:
1. To describe strategies for system transformation toward family-driven practices using high fidelity wraparound and
care coordination that ensures family voice and choice in service planning and delivery
2. To identify the key components of a family strengthening model that is embedded in the community, integrated
across multiple systems with shared ownership and responsibility, and blended funding
3. How to create efficiencies and maximize revenue while building capacity based on data on current trends, outcomes,
and cost-effectiveness
4. How to launch an anti-stigma campaign
5. Strategies to increase collaboration with community stakeholders, system partners, and other community based
organizations to avoid system penetration in the child welfare, juvenile justice, and mental health systems
This Workshop will focus on family strengthening interventions that have proven to be cost-effective in serving children
and families served by multiple systems. The services are family centered and strength based and are provided through
collaborative partnerships that result in positive parent-child relationships and family engagement using high fidelity
wraparound.
The information and strategies to be highlighted are based on the work of Brevard C.A.R.E.S. in Florida. Faculty will
describe how a grass roots community-driven initiative grew into an agency that has successfully diverted over 13,000
children from entering the formal system to date.
Specific topics to be covered include:
• Program design, roles and processes to empower families to function independently and remain free of systems
involvement by increasing skills to navigate systems; improving family functioning; and providing community
supports, services, and resources
• The concept of Front-End Prevention (that originated from a group of community stakeholders)
• How Front-End Prevention can serve as a “blueprint” to design a responsive family-driven system that empowers
families as equal partners in the planning process with access, voice, and ownership
• Review data trends, measures, performance outcomes, and consumer satisfaction of the Brevard C.A.R.E.S. model
and a study methodology for evaluation of the program as a best-practice model
• How innovative family and youth engagement techniques can be implemented in a 100% voluntary environment for
families with multiple risk factors, multi-system involvement, and complex needs
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