Fostering Change: A New Vision for Family Engagement
Thursday, September 23, 2010
The Department of Human Services and the State Court Administrative Office are pleased to present a one-day conference on innovation and collaboration between the courts and service providers to promote engagement with families in the child welfare system.

Where: Kellogg Hotel and Conference Center, Big Ten Room A
East Lansing, Michigan 48824
Time: 8:45 am-4 pm

To Register: Registration will take place on a first-come first served basis on the Child Welfare Training Institute website:
http://www.michiganchildwelfaretraining.com/

If you have registration questions, contact Charon Hawley at (517) 241-7907.

This meeting is dedicated to the creation of a statewide network of support groups led by individuals and organizations interconnected with each other and supported with information, training, and technical assistance from the Kinship Care Resource Center.

Who should attend:
-Kinship Caregiver support group leaders (both professional and caregiver led groups)
-Community organizations
-Individuals and groups who are interested in developing support groups and other systems to support caregiver families

Download the below brochure for more information.

Starr Commonwealth is hosting this session, The Circle of Courage, creating environments of belonging, mastery, independence, and generosity. The 8:30-12:00 session in Albion is recommended for all who work with youth, including educators, treatment and juvenile justice professionals, child advocates, and parents. Dr. Brokenleg is dean of the Circle of Courage Institute, consults worldwide, and serves as a vice president of Reclaiming Youth International, providing training for individuals who work with youth at risk. Dr. Brokenleg has consulted and led training programs throughout North America, New Zealand, and South Africa. He is a member of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe practicing the culture of his Lakota people. For more information, email courage@reclaiming.com or call 1-800-285-7910.

Residential Treatment MIN meeting
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
10:00 AM
Federation Office

For parking options, download the attached Downtown Lansing Parking Map. The structures closest to our location are:
A North Capitol Parking Structure
B North Grand Ave Parking Structure

Standard Parking Structure Rates
Rate Per 1/2 Hour $1.00 (The first 1/2 hour is free) • Maximum Daily Rate $8.25

10:00-12:00 Adoption MIN
12:30-1:30 Licensing MIN
1:30-3:00 Foster Care MIN
3:00-4:00 Independent Living/Homeless Youth MIN

For parking options, download the attached Downtown Lansing Parking Map. The structures closest to our location are:
A North Capitol Parking Structure
B North Grand Ave Parking Structure

Standard Parking Structure Rates
Rate Per 1/2 Hour $1.00 (The first 1/2 hour is free) • Maximum Daily Rate $8.25

This day-long session focuses on the role of board members in communicating the importance of mission and organizational impact to prospective donors within their personal networks. This high-level workshop will provide attendees with the tools to work most effectively with board members as ambassadors to potential donors. Attendees will learn how to empower board members to initiate comfortable conversations on mission and vision, as well as lay the foundation for the successful solicitation of charitable gifts.

Members of the Michigan Federation for Children and Families can register for the Alliance-member rate!

The seminar will be hosted at Starr Commonwealth in Albion.

Find all the details in the downloadable flier below.

Join Federation of Youth Services for their 2010 Annual Dinner Fundraiser:

“Dancing in September”

Friday, September 10, 2010
Laurel Manor Banquet Center
39000 Schoolcraft Road
Livonia, MI
6:00 P.M.
$75.00

RSVP – 313-571-4707

October 12 8:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m
Children and Families: Understanding Attachment and Attachment Theory
Cost $10
For 2.0 CE's, $10

Understanding Childhood Broken Attachments (intermediate - advanced)
November 9 8:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m
Cost $10
For 2.0 CE's, $10

Continuing the Journey Assessing Child and Family Attachments for Treatment Planning (intermediate - advanced)
December 7 8:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Cost $10
For 2.0 CE's, $10

See attached flyer, for more information and registration.

The popular conference will be an outstanding opportunity to market your services and products to agencies which continually strive to improve the quality and effectiveness of their programs through innovative products and services.

Attending the conference will be 80-125 top management professionals, representing nearly every geographic region of the state and a broad range of private, nonprofit programs and services for vulnerable children and families throughout Michigan.

Exhibiting and sponsoring affords your business an opportunity to reach this diverse audience. The pre-conference materials will be advertised to 400+ such individuals across the state.

We would be honored to have your firm join us as a sponsor for the Federation's Sr. Management Conference, September 15-17, 2010 at Crystal Mountain Resort.

Please read through the many new, fun marketing and sponsorship opportunities in the attachment.

If you have any questions or want to offer something that is not listed, please contact Jenny Crichton, 517 485-8552 or jenny@michfed.org.

Multidisciplinary Institute on Child Sexual Abuse: Assessment and Intervention June 28 - July 2, 2010 University of Michigan School of Social Work, Ann Arbor, MI

The University of Michigan School of Social Work invites you to participate in a state-of-the-art, evidence-based institute on assessment and intervention in cases of child sexual abuse. The institute will advocate a child-focused approach to assessment and intervention, and will incorporate principles of cultural humility. Internationally and nationally recognized experts in the field of child sexual abuse will provide instruction, including Kathleen Faller, PhD, James Henry, PhD, Frank Vandervort, JD, and Robert Ortega, PhD, and more.

Participants will gain an understanding of how this approach can assist professionals in synthesizing case background information, psychosocial assessment findings, psychological testing, and medical examinations finds that result in comprehensive evaluations and
appropriate recommendations. In addition, participants will learn how to use psychosocial assessment guidelines as tools for collecting essential information in forensic interviews.

Participants will learn how to conduct assessments using a protocol of both non-offending caretakers and alleged offenders. Participants will also learn about forensic and clinical assessment of children, who are alleged victims, including appropriate interview structure, questions, and use of media, such as dolls and drawings.

For additional information and to register, www.ssw.umich.edu/programs/ce/MICSA/

This program has been approved for 28 continuing education contact hours. The University of Michigan School of Social Work is an approved provider with the Michigan Social Work Continuing Education Collaborative-Provider MICEC-0003.

TLC Ongoing Online Courses:
Adolescent Grief
Art, Play, Music, Drama, Bibliotherapy
Bullying and Cyber Bullying
Domestic Violence
Eating Disorders and Trauma
Pain Management
Psychophysiology of Trauma
Reaching and Teaching Stressed and Anxious Students
Resilience and Posttraumatic Growth
Suicide Intervention
Trauma Informed Schools
Working Through an Ethical Lens
Zero to Three: Trauma Interventions

It is not too late to renew your TLC Certification Status. Even if you were certified in previous years, but did not renew, your status can be updated and benefits reinstated. We have made it easy for you to keep your Certification current! No more annual fees are required, just take one TLC online course or attend a one-day TLC training every year. Register for a TLC course today and maintain your Certification!

To renew or maintain your Certification call 877-306-5256 or visit the TLC website to register for an online course or training.

Additional TLC Certification Status Benefits Include:
• 15% discount on all TLC programs and resource materials
• $25 dollar/per day savings on all TLC trainings
• Consultation as needed with Dr. William Steele and/or Caelan Kuban, TLC Program Director
• Inclusion in and access to TLC’s online referral directory
TLC website: http://www.starrtraining.org/tlc
TLC blog: http://tlcinstitute.wordpress.com
TLC twitter: http://twitter.com/TLCchildtrauma
TLC facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-National-Institute-for-Trauma-and-Loss...

Just issued, this special in-service training catalog is the product of a dynamic partnership among seven Michigan schools of social work with MSW programs and the Michigan Department of Human Services (DHS). Questions about individual workshops should be directed to the sponsoring school. With the support of DHS, these sessions are free of charge for Children’s Protective Services (CPS), foster care, and adoption workers of both DHS and DHS-contracted private agencies. Many of the workshop topics have applicability beyond child welfare practice. Each workshop is or will be approved for Social Work Continuing Education Credit Hours.

February 28, 2010 by Midland Daily News

When people tour Eagle Village, in Hersey, one of the most common reactions is that they didn't realize the size and scope of services.

"Often they didn't realize that we were here at all," a spokesperson said. "We find that many misconceptions still exist. There is a perception that Eagle Village is a juvenile detention center or lock down facility. After an individual takes a tour of Eagle Village, their comments include statements like, 'I can't believe what amazing work you do here" and "we never really understood, but we do now!'"

For more than 41 years, Eagle Village has been providing abused and neglected children from all over Michigan a safe place to live, helping them build positive relationships and develop character and leadership skills.

Eagle Village would like local residents to learn more about its services for abused and neglected children. Programs featuring Eagle Village staff and recipients of Eagle Village services are planned at the Midland Country Club. Call Lisa Spaugh at (231) 832-6589 or Linda Greene at (231) 832-7253 to reserve a spot. The program schedule is:

Wednesday, March 10, at 10 a.m.
Wednesday, March 24, at 5 p.m.
Wednesday, April 14, at 10 a.m. **
Wednesday, April 28, at 5 p.m. **
Wednesday, May 12, at 10 a.m.

**Alternate location, call for details

On Thursday, August 27, 2009, Darrin Hanna, PhD, and David Ballenberger, MSW, will present findings from ten years of behavioral outcomes, program and treatment methods that have shown to be most effective with reducing symptoms and assisting consumers with achieving their goals more quickly. The data includes over 5,000 consumers within multiple sites of residential, outpatient and community programs. The presentation will be held at Gateway Community Health (Fisher Building) in Detroit from 9:30 AM to 11:30 AM. Download the flier here and RSVP to Amy Pozzi, 248-656-7504, apozzi@nextstepsolutionsinc.com Aug27OutcomesAnalysis.pdf

The Michigan Department of Community Health & The Michigan Association of CMH Boards Present:

ANNUAL HOME AND COMMUNITY BASED WAIVER CONFERENCE

September 9 & 10, 2009
Kellogg Hotel & Conference Center, MSU, East Lansing

3 Featured Waivers:
Children€™s Waiver Program (CWP)
Habilitation Supports Waiver (HSW)
Serious Emotional Disturbance Waiver (SEDW)