97th Anniversary Conference

AGENDA AT A GLANCE

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SUNDAY, MARCH 21
7 p.m. Exhibit Set-up
4 p.m. - 5 p.m. Registration Open
MONDAY, MARCH 22
7 a.m. Exhibit Set-up
7:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. Registration Open
8 a.m. - 9 a.m. Coffee House / Exhibits Open
PRE-CONFERENCE (3 contact hours)
 9 a.m. - 12 noon Ethics for Licensed Professionals 
 9 a.m. - 12 noon THE 2010 TENNESSEE SOCIAL POLICY SUMMIT 
  The Fiscal Crisis in Tennessee: Funding for Essential Services 
  97TH ANNIVERSARY CONFERENCE (11 contact hours)
 1 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Opening Conference Plenary 
   Panel: Policy and Grass Roots Action for Tennessee
 2:45 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. Afternoon Break-out Sessions:
 
  • Clutter, Disorganization and Hoarding
  • Diversity 101: Working with the Diability & Spanish-Speaking Populations
  • TransDance
  • Partnering with Parents
  • Community Advisory Boards - Creating Communities of Empowerment, Strength and Resources
  • Older Adult Drivers: Assessing and Addressing Safety Issues
 4: 15 p.m - 5:30 p.m. Poster Sessions 
 4:15 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Silent Auction 
 6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. TCSW Board Meeting 
  TUESDAY, MARCH 23
 8 a.m. - 12 noon Registration Open 
 8 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. Coffee House / Exhibits
8 a.m. - 5 p.m.  Silent Auction (will close at 5 p.m. with live auction) 
8:30 a.m. - 10 a.m.  Plenary Session 
  Keynote: Ron Brown, US Census 
  Panel: Healthcare Crisis in Tennessee 
10:15 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.

Morning Break-out Sessions:

                                             
  • Earn it! Keep it! Save it!
  • Sleep Deprivation
  • Tennessee Lives Count Youth Suicide Prevention Training
  • Promoting Emotional Wellness or Every Child - What do emotionally healthy infants and toddlers look like?
  • The Leadership Team: A Strategic Asset or Liability
  • Parent Stress Intervention Project
  • Housing Initiatives 2010
 12 noon - 1:30 p.m. Policy Luncheon and Advocacy Awards 
  Election of Officers / Report of Policy Priorities 2010 / Advocacy Awards 
 1:45 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.

 Early Afternoon Break-out Sessions:

 
  • Stand Up and Be Counted
  • Promoting Gender Respect: A Violence Prevention Curriculum for MIddle School Boys
  • Healthy Marriage, Healthy Family: Supporting Tennessee's Adoptive and Resource Families through Relationship Enhancement
  • Medicare Part A, B, C, D & is Greek to Me
  • Navigating TennCare for Kids
  • Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Home Visits
  • KIDS COUNT Data Center
  • Digging Out and Moving Up: Supports for Success
 3:30 p.m. - 5 p.m.

 Late Afternoon Break-out Sessions:

 
  • Cutting Taxes and Creating Jobs: Who can argue with that?
  • Corrections and Community: The New Model for Treating Offender and Strengthing Supports
  • Silent Victims: Healing the Invisible Wounds
  • The Shift in TN Long Term Care: Closer to Families and Communities
  • Partnering With Parents
  • Serving Homeless Families with Pre-School Children
  • When the Main Stream Isn't the Best Stream
  WEDNESDAY, MARCH 24
 8 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. Coffee / Exhibits 
 9 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.

Break-out Sessions :

                                        
  • Tapping into the Energy Within
  • The Lifespan Project: Partnering with campuses to leverage resources
  • Media 101: Getting Out Your Message
  • The Relationship between Measureable Teacher Charateristics and the Acheivements of Students with Disabilities on the T-CAP Alternative Portfolio Assessment
  • Compassion Fatigue
  • "Religion is not something that you should force on somebody": Perceptions about treatment in a faith based facility
 10:45 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.  Closing Plenary
   Where Do We Go From Here?
  POST-CONFERENCE (3 contact hours)
12:30 p.m. - 3 p.m. Spirit of Service (SOS)