National Organization of Forensic Social Work

Program

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Tracks: Each of the workshops has been assigned to one or more tracks to assist attendees in choosing which workshops to attend. The tracks are: Clinical, Forensic Social Work Practice, Mitigation, Programmatic, Child Welfare, Research and Policy. There may be more than one workshop in each track held during each session. Additional information can be found at our website and will be included in the attendee binder.

Wednesday, May 28, 2008

7:00 AM - 5:00 PM Registration

8:00 AM - 12:00 PM Preconference Workshop P1: Psychological Assessment and Testing in Forensic Contexts. George Geysen, Psy.D., Intermediate. (Additional Registration Fee Required.)

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Lunch on your own.

1:00 PM - 5:00 PM Preconference Workshop P2: Maximizing Your Forensic Skills as a Custody Evaluator. Ken Lewis, Ph.D., FSW Practice, Child Welfare, Clinical, Intermediate. (Additional Registration Fee Required.)

7:00 AM - 9:00 AM Registration and Continental Breakfast

9:00 AM - 10:15 AM Opening Session: Welcome by NOFSW President William Holt.

 Keynote Address: Wrongfully Convicted in 1988 - Exonerated in 2007: James Tillman Discusses His Experience and the Connecticut Innocence Project Team.

10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

A1 Competency-Based Forensic Practice: What Agency Field Instructors Can Do To Support Emerging Standards. Stacey Hardy-Desmond, PhD, LCSW, JD, Clinical, Intermediate.

 A2 Hospice & Bereavement Services for Inmates in the Connecticut Department of Correction. Patricia Ottolini, RN, MPA, CCHP; Nealy Zimmermann, MA, Programmatic, Intermediate.

 A3 Deconstructing Darkness: A Post-Structural Perspective on Underground Subcultures and Deviant Practices. D.J. Williams, LCSW, PhD, FSW Practice, Research, Intermediate.

 A4 Women, Crime and Society. Karen R. Fein, Ph.D.; Joel T. Andrade, LICSW, Clinical, FSW Practice, Policy, Intermediate.

 A5  Co-Morbid Childhood Sexual Abuse and Substance Abuse among Women: Knowledge and Proficiencies for Current Social Work Practice. Laurie Pennington, MSW; Catherine M. Lemieux, PhD, ACSW, Clinical, Research, Beginner.

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch on your own.

1:30 PM - 3:00 PM

B1 Domestic Violence: It’s Not Just for Men Anymore. Kathleen Ann, Carty, PhD, MSW, LICSW, FSW Practice, Programmatic, Intermediate.

 B5 Dispelling the Myth: Perpetrators of Domestic Abuse Cannot Control  their Anger. Kathryn G. Maietta, LCSW, Clinical, Beginner.

1:30 PM - 4:45 PM

B2/C2  Bridges, Barriers and Boundaries: Sexual and Gender Minority Youth Issues in Juvenile Justice Settings. Robin P. McHaelen, MSW, Child Welfare, Intermediate.

 B3/C3 Investigating False Allegations of Sexual Abuse. Susan P. Robbins, PhD, LCSW; FSW Practice, Mitigation, Advanced.

 B4/C4 Personal Safety Planning for Women in Criminal Justice: A Key Thread to Reduce Recidivism. Kate H. DeCou, PhD, LICSW, FSW Practice, Intermediate.

3:15 PM - 4:45 PM

C1 Navigating the Special Education System to Benefit Adolescent Clients. Jill Wechsler, LMSW, FSW Practice, Clinical, Child Welfare, Beginner.

 C5 Linguistic and Cultural Considerations When Restoring Spanish-Speakers to Competency to Stand Trial. Robert O. Chase, MSW, LCSW, FSW Practice, Clinical, Intermediate.

6:00 PM - 8:00 PM Welcome to Hartford Cruise aboard the Lady Katharine. Additional registration required.

Friday, May 30, 2008

7:00 AM - 9:00 AM Registration and Continental Breakfast

9:00 AM - 10:15 AM

Keynote Address: Adolescent Brain Development: Implications for the Criminal Justice Systems. Abigail Baird, MA, PhD, Assistant Professor, Vassar College.

10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

D1 Suicide Prevention: Talking With Your Incarcerated Clients About Suicide. Lisa Orloff, LMSW, ACSW, Clinical, Beginner.

 D2 It’s Harder Than It Looks: Supervising Social Workers in a Defender Law Office. Karen K, Rabwin, MSW, LCSW, FSW Practice, Intermediate.

 D3 The Perpetrator-Victim Relationship of Urban Street Violence. Rosie Scaggs, PhD, FSW Practice, Beginner.

 D4 Cyberspace Crime: Experiences of a Forensic Social Worker, Ira A. Neighbors, DSW, Intermediate

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM NOFSW Annual Meeting, Lunch provided.

1:30 PM - 3:00 PM

E3 Successful Re-Entry of Inmates with Psychiatric Disabilities through Statewide Linkages. Marie Carlin, LCSW, CCHP; Cindy Couture, RN, BSN; Erin Leavitt-Smith, MA, LPC, Programmatic, Intermediate.

 E5 Panel of Social Workers from Public Defender Systems in Various States. Mary Hoban, MSW; Norma Wassel, LICSW, Programmatic, Intermediate.

1:30 PM - 4:45 PM

E1/F1  Competency Restoration in the Hearing Impaired Defendant. Julie Jacobs, LCSW; Sue Pedersen; Scott Crowley; Mark Cotterell, MD; FSW Practice, Intermediate.

 E2/F2 Child Abuse: The Report to Prosecution - Working with Families and All Systems Involved. Ann Marriott-Sitek, LCSW and Laura Abbatemarco, LCSW, Child Welfare, Intermediate.

 E4/F4 Preventing Violence: A Restorative Strengths Approach. Judith Willison, MSW, LICSW and David Tavares, MA, Clinical, FSW Practice, Intermediate.

3:15 PM - 4:45 PM

 F3  Reducing Recidivism through Program Interventions: A Research Project.  Erin Leavitt-Smith, MA, LPC, Research, Intermediate.

 F5 Clinical Art Psychotherapy: Creative Pathway into the Human Psyche. Yvonne Johnson-Gilbert, LCSW, DCSW, RATR, CCJS, Programmatic, Intermediate.

8:00 PM - 11:00 PM Optional Social Event: “The Milk Train Doesn’t Stop Here Anymore” at the Hartford Stage Company starring Olympia Dukakas. Additional registration required.

Saturday, May 31, 2008

9:00 AM - 10:30 AM

G1 Student Paper. Subject To Be Announced, Beginner.

 G3 Mental Health Treatment of the Female Offender at York Correctional Institution. Elizabeth Allen, MSW, LCSW, Clinical, Intermediate.

 G4 Louisiana Truancy Assessment and Service Centers: Outcomes of Judicial Intervention for Elementary School Students. Angela Trainham, LCSW, BACS and Johanna Thomas, GSW, Child Welfare, Resarch, Intermediate.

 G5 The Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services Community Forensic Programs: a Focus on the Statewide Jail Diversion Program. Rachel Manemeit, LCSW, Michele Roberts, LCSW and Loel Meckel, LCSW, Programmatic, Beginner.

10:45 AM - 12:15 PM

H1 Lawyers’ Countertransference & the Mitigation Expert’s Role: Roadblocks in the Consulting Process., Mark Silver, MA, MSW, LCSW, CPFT, PsyD, JD Mitigation, FSW Practice, Intermediate.

 H2 When a Parent Goes to Prison: The Impact of the Criminal Justice System on Children of Offenders - Policies and Practices to Minimize Trauma and Enhance Positive Outcomes. Susan Quinlan, FSW Practice, Child Welfare, Beginner.

H3 Homeless Legal Clinics and Homeless Courts: Holistic Responses to the Criminalization of Homelessness. Jeff Yungman, LISW-CP, JD, FSW Practice, Policy, Beginner.

H4 Real Treatment for Real Kids. Tamara Hillard, LICSW, Clinical, Child Welfare, Intermediate.

 H5 Motivational Model for Social Workers in Correction. Rose N. Beteck, LGSW, Programmatic, Policy, Intermediate.