| WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2012 | |
| Board Meeting | 8:00 AM – 12:30 PM |
| Saving Teens in Crisis Collaborative (STICC) Golf Scramble | 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM |
| Registration Open | 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM |
| THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2012 | |
| Registration Open | 7:00 AM – 4:00 PM |
| Exhibits Open | 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM |
| Welcome, Breakfast & Annual Business Meeting | 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM |
| Break | 9:30 AM – 9:45 AM |
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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2012 |
| Session | Time | Presenter |
Session Topic |
| Session A-1 | 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM | Sharon Stricker Whetstone Academy |
Storytelling: A Catalyst for Change in Adolescent Groups |
| Session A-2 | 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM | Bob Burroughs Ike & Burroughs, Educational Consultants |
Making the Implicit Explicit: Teaching Subject-Matter Literacy Skills to Previously Unsuccessful Learners |
| Session A-3 | 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM | Craig Rodabough CERTS |
The Power of a Positive No |
| Session A-4 | 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM | Frances Fisher & Chris Grimes The Menninger Clinic |
Mindfulness & Mentalization: Engaging the “Treatment Resistant” Adolescent |
| Session A-5 | 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM | Michelle Gourley Gateway Academy |
Spark! Using Neuroscientific “Brain-Based” Techniques to Optimize Academic Learning & Therapeutic Success in a Residential Treatment Setting |
| Lunch & Keynote Speaker | 11:45 AM – 1:15 PM | Rick Stone StoryWork Institute |
The role of storytelling in our culture and its central role in helping teens and adults find purpose and meaning in their lives. |
| Break | 1:15 PM – 1:30 PM | ||
| Session B-1 | 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM | Beth Black Cherokee Creek Boys School |
A Little Bit of Pixie Dust: Orientation and Training Disney-Style |
| Session B-2 | 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM | Marilyn Gordanier Laurel Springs School |
Learning Style Assessment: Unlocking Your Students’ Potential |
| Session B-3 | 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM | Rick Biesinger Innerchange |
Meeting Joint Commission Standards |
| Session B-4 | 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM | Stacy Allphin Memorial Hermann Prevention & Recovery Center |
The Role of Family in Addiction and Recovery |
| Session B-5 | 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM | Jack Hinman Sunrise of InnerChange |
Adoption Before Addiction |
| Networking Reception | 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM |
| FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2012 |
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| Registration Open | 7:00 AM – 4:00 PM |
| Exhibits Open | 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM |
| Breakfast | 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM |
| FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2012 |
| Session | Time | Presenter | Session Topic |
| Session C-1 | 9:15 AM – 10:45 AM | Darrell Fraize Summit Achievement |
Spectrums Disorders? We Cure ‘Em! And Other Rigid Transition Myths Dispelled |
| Session C-2 | 9:15 AM – 10:45 AM | Janet Greenwood & Bernie Zimmerman Greenwood Associates |
Ever Wish for a Common Language Among Professionals Working with Special Needs Clients? |
| Session C-3 | 9:15 AM – 10:45 AM | Laurie Laird & Gayle Jensen-Savoie New Haven RTC |
The Female Brain: Trauma, Identity, & Resiliency |
| Session C-4 | 9:15 AM – 10:45 AM | Christopher Edwards & Neal Christensen SUWS Adolescent & Youth Programs |
My Child is Hitting Me, But It’s Okay??!! |
| Session C-5 | 9:15 AM – 10:45 AM | Michael Gass, Nathan Olsen & Ryan Zelov University of New Hampshire |
NATSAP Research Database: How it works and why it is so vital to the field |
| Break | 10:45 AM – 11:00 AM | ||
| Session D-1 | 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM | Jon Worbets & Vic Houser Summit Preparatory School |
“A Stitch in Time Saves Nine” - Working with Difficult Families in a Therapeutic Setting |
| Session D-2 | 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM | Matthew Bruffey & Kirk Duncan New Lifestyles |
The Complex Relationship Between Executive Dysfunction and Anxiety Disorders |
| Session D-3 | 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM | Tauni Cobb-Akin Anchor Risk Management and Safety Solutions |
Is Risk Management in Your Job Description? |
| Session D-4 | 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM | Malissa Morrell La Europa Academy |
Right & Left Brain: Art Therapy & Trauma |
| Session D-5 | 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM | Fred Peipman Open Sky Wilderness Therapy |
The New AOL: What You Need to Know about Adolescents Online |
| Lunch, Leadership Award, Sponsors & Alumni Report | 12:30 PM – 2:00 PM | ||
| Committee Meetings | 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM |
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2012 |
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| Registration Open | 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM |
| Exhibits Open | 8:00 AM – 10:00 AM |
| Breakfast & Government Relations & Best Practices Session |
8:00 AM – 10:30 AM |
| SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2012 |
| Session | Time | Presenter | Session Topic | ||
| Session E-1 | 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM | Shawn Brooks & Todd Spaulding Oxbow Academy |
When does the Cliché “boys will be boys” become inappropriate when dealing with sexual behavioral issues? | ||
| Session E-2 | 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM | Hilarie Cash ReStart: Internet Addiction Recovery Program |
Internet Addiction & the Development of Intimacy Disorder | ||
| Session E-3 | 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM | Sanford Shapiro Bend Learning Center; LD Resources |
Creating Impact: Approaching Therapy and Counseling with Learning Disabilities in Mind | ||
| Session E-4 | 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM | Claude Bisson & Valerie Thompson Boulder Creek Academy |
Empathy and Autistic Spectrum: Empowering Adolescent Achievement through Literacy Collaboration | ||
| Session E-5 | 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM | Tony Mosier & Greg Rush Telos |
That Kid Gets Under My Skin: Transference & Countertransference Among Residential Staff | ||
| Boxed Lunch to go | 12:00 PM |
