98th Anniversary Conference

AGENDA AT A GLANCE

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SUNDAY, APRIL 3
4 p.m. - 5 p.m. Exhibit Set-up
4 p.m. - 5 p.m. Registration Open
MONDAY, APRIL 4
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  Confidentiality and Ethics for Licensed Professionals
Sponsored by NASW-TN
 9 a.m. - 12 noon SPIRIT OF SERVICE 
  Compassionate Care for Human Service Professionals 
  98TH ANNIVERSARY CONFERENCE (11 contact hours)
 1 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Opening Conference Plenary 
   Internet, Social Media, and Technology
 2:45 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. Afternoon Break-out Sessions
 
  • Caregiving Sensitivity
  • Transition into Adulthood for Individuals with Developmental Disabilities
  • Engageing Families: How to Keep Them Invollved Once They Are in Your Program
  • What's Holding Us Back
  • Building Trust: Why it's time to have a social media strategy
  • Cultural Competency 101 for Social Service Providers
  • Aging in  Place in This Old House
 5 p.m. - 7 p.m. TCSW Board Meeting 
  TUESDAY, APRIL 5
 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 5:15 p.m. with live auction)
8:30 a.m. - 10 a.m.  Plenary Session 
   
  Panel: Social Service Commissioners (invited)
10:15 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.

Morning Break-out Sessions:

                                             
  • Restorative Justice 101
  • When the Mainstream Isn't the Best Stream
  • I Like to Move It - Move It
  • Building and Implmenting a Competency-Based Performance Management System
  • Working Together to Implement Health Reform in Tennessee
  • KIDS COUNT Data Center
  • Everything You Should Know About Nutrition but Forgot to Ask!
 12 noon - 1:30 p.m. Policy Luncheon and Advocacy Awards 
 

Keynote: Senator Fred Thompson
Election of Officers / Advocacy Awards

 1:45 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.

 Early Afternoon Break-out Sessions:

 
  • Restoring Resilience: Caring for the Heart of the Social Work PART 1
  • Gap Thinking
  • Symptoms, Causes, and Cures for Reducing DMCC
  • The Impact of Human Poverty
  • Go For It! East Marketing Strategies for Counselor and Social Workers
  • Children's Resource Mapping
  • Healthcare Options in Tennessee Today
 3:30 p.m. - 5 p.m.

 Late Afternoon Break-out Sessions:

 
  • Restoring Resilience: Caring for the Heart of the Social Work PART 2
  • Upgrading Professional Development for Social Service Workers
  • Stayin' Alive, Stayin' Alive
  • Economic Empowerment for Domestic Violence Survivors
  • Revive! Refresh! Renew Yourself With Healthly Eating on the Job
  • Advice and Information About Parenting: Whom do Mothers Trust?
  • Read 20 - Early Childhood Literacy
  WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6
 8 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. Coffee / Exhibits 
 9 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.

Break-out Sessions :

                                        
  • We Are A Sleep Deprived Nation: Why We Need More And How to Get It!
  • Roof's Leaking, Toilet's Back Up, Fire Marshall Just Walked In: Managing the Day-to-Day of a Non-Profit Agency
  • Getting TennCare Services for Children
  • Power Over Pain: Building Resilience After Trauma
  • Wellness Recovery Action Plan
  • Generation Alzheimer's: Baby-boomers, Take Note!
  • In Her Shoes: Living with Domestic Violence
 10:45 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.  Closing Plenary
   From Success to Significance
Lowell Perry, Jr.  Big Brothers/Bid Sisters