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Friday March 23 - Sunday March 25, 2012
Sheraton Conference Center, Burlington, VT
Hotel reservations must be received on or before March 1st to Guarantee a room.
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March 23rd Institute Speaker: Kevin Creeden, M.A., LMHC is the Director of Assessment and Research at the Whitney Academy in East Freetown, MA. He has over 30 years of clinical experience treating children, adolescents, and their families working extensively with sexually and physically aggressive youth. Over the past 20 years, his primary focus has been on issues of trauma and attachment difficulties, especially with regard to the neurological impact of trauma on behavior and he has authored articles and book chapters on the neuro-developmental impact of trauma on sexual behavior problems. In the past, Mr. Creeden has served as the president of the Massachusetts chapter of the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children (APSAC), a Teaching Fellow at Boston College, an Instructor in Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School at Cambridge Hospital, and a guest faculty at the Boston University School of Social Work. Presently, he is a guest faculty at the Simmons School of Social Work advanced training program in Trauma-Focused treatment. Mr. Creeden trains and consults both nationally and internationally to youth service, community, forensic services and mental health service agencies. CEUs Pending
March 24th Conference Key Note Speaker: Jeanine Fitzgerald draws on more than 30 years of professional experience to empower teachers and parents to achieve more with children “at risk.” With experiences as a certified teacher, licensed mental health professional, and mother of three children, she understands the promise of every child, as well as the diversity of their needs. Jeanine is a certified Human Behavior Specialist and is the Owner of The Better Behavior Bureau and The Behavior Institute. As a speaker, consultant and trainer, Jeanine has worked with thousands of educators, child care professionals and parents across the country. She has taught at the college level and presented on the campuses of Bryant University, the University of Rhode Island and Harvard University. Jeanine is recognized on the federal level as an approved trainer in the fields of education, disabilities and mental health. As an author, Jeanine has published The Dance of Interaction and is currently working on Educating the Heart, due to be released in 2012. Education with Insight; a national training program, in association with Personality Insights, Inc., was released in 2010. Jeanine lives in Massachusetts with her husband. They have three grown children.
March 25th Closing Speaker: Tasha St. Gelais is a 19-year-old youth in the foster care system. She is in her sophomore year at Paul Smiths University, and is studying Hospitality, Business, and Biology. Having grown up in Delaware and New Jersey, Tasha has been in the Vermont Foster Care system for seven years, and with her current foster family for the past two years. Tasha works hard at her studies, and is a rock climber as well as a soccer and rugby player. She hopes to help children move through the foster care system and create successful lives for themselves. |
Workshop Titles:
- Getting Back to Our Senses (Jeanine Fitzgerald)
- Undoing Aloneness: Strategies for Co-Regulation in Traumatized Adolescents (Martha Straus and Brian Denietolis)
- Trauma-Informed Tips for Caregivers (The Vermont Coalition of Residential Providers (VCORP), Lee Gallagher and Kriss Lococo)
- Stress Reduction with Laughter (Debbie Boyce)
- Education Matters! You can make a difference! (Barbara Bruno, Joan Rock, Dana Lawrence and Mike Mulcahy)
- Life on the tightrope: How to find your center when your child knocks you off balance (Nancy Birge and Julie Cunningham)
- Let’s Talk: Substance Abuse and Families (Carl Yalicki)
- Family Time Coaching - A Panel Discussion (Karen Reynolds and Jean Stone)
- Reflecting on Change and My Role In It (Andrew Brown, Betty Johnson and Cheryle Bilodeau)
- Dancing with Porcupines (Jeanine Fitzgerald)
- Roots and Wings on the Double: Life Skills Development with Youth Approaching Adulthood (Katherine Boise, Quinn Lockwood, Deidra K. Razzaque and Tasha St. Gelais)
- The Nuts & Bolts of Adopting Your Foster Child or Becoming a Kinship Guardian (Karisa Thompson and Diane Dexter)
- GLBT Foster Parenting/Adoption: A Dialogue (Lisa Steckler)
- Behavioral Control or Internalization? Tips on Helping Kids to Self-Regulate Behaviors (Robert A. Pelosi)
- Listening So Youth Will Talk (MaryBeth Pinard-Brace)
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