Building Bridges Interdisciplinary Collaboration

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1 Building Bridges Interdisciplinary Collaboration 29 th Annual Conference of the National Organization of Forensic Social Work April 15-18, 2012 Tremont Plaza Hotel & Grand Historic Venue Baltimore, Maryland

2 Conference Goal: Building Bridges Interdisciplinary Collaboration We aim to offer attendees a wide array of workshop choices including those addressing criminal and civil/family legal domains. General topics may include, but are certainly not limited to: * family or community mediation * mitigation in capital cases * jail/correctional setting services * risk management for service providers * restorative justice * legal and ethical issues in school, medical/health/hospice or occupational social work * child welfare (e.g. termination of parental rights, foster parent rights, custody, federal laws such as ASFA and MEPA-IEP) * guardianship, dependency and elder care issues It is the position of NOFSW that all social workers and associates of the social work profession can benefit from gaining an expanded knowledge of the impact of the law on research, policy, and practice. Who Should Attend? This conference is targeted to practicing Social Workers and related professionals who are working in any way related to legal issues and litigation, both criminal and civil. Social workers with little or no forensic practice experience, related professionals with little or no social work education and experience and students may find some of the sessions advanced but useful. Continuing Education: An application for CEU credit provider is pending with NASW-MD and each workshop will be awarded CEUs based on their criteria. Continuing education units (CEU s): 4 hours for Pre-Conference attendance and up to 15.5 hours for attendance in General Hours will be provided for conference attendees. General membership meetings and introductory sessions are not eligible for CEUs. Attendees are required to attend the full session, sign in for each session as well as complete and sign the evaluation form for each session they attend. Licensees should reference their state s continuing education requirements for specific requirements and restrictions. CEU certificates will be awarded and mailed to attendees within 30 days of the completion of the conference. Grievances must be submitted in writing to NOFSW s postal mail address or electronically to pbrady@ nofsw.org. All grievances will be reviewed by the NOFSW Social Worker Consultant and may be appealed to the NOFSW Executive Council. Hotel Accommodations: Tremont Plaza Hotel 222 St. Paul Place, Baltimore, Maryland The 2012 Annual Conference will be held in Baltimore April 15-18, 2012 at the Tremont Plaza Hotel. Room rates are $155 plus taxes (about 15.5%) single or double, $175 plus taxes triple and $194 plus taxes quad. Call for reservations and request the group rate for National Organization of Forensic Social Work Annual Conference or make your reservation online here ( and be sure to put in the code NOFSW2012 in the group code box.

3 Program Calendar Note: Preliminary Schedule subject to change. Sunday, April 15, :00 AM - 5:00 PM Registration 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM Pre-Conference Workshop P1 The Ethics of Social Work Fact and Expert Witness Testimony: Holstering the Hired Gun; Carlton E. Munson MSW, PhD Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced, 4.0 CEUs (Additional Registration Fee Required.) Monday, April 16, :00 AM - 5:00 PM Registration 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM Continental Breakfast 8:00 AM - 8:30 AM Opening Session: Welcome by NOFSW President Kathleen Carty, PhD, MSW, LICSW and Paul B. DeWolfe, Esq., Maryland Public Defender 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM Keynote Address - Gary D. Maynard, Secretary, Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services A1 Human Trafficking The Need for Collaborative Efforts, Alicia F White, LCSW; Intermediate; 1.5 CEUs. A2 Collaborative Connections The Social Workers Role in Responding to Abuse of the Elderly and Disabled, Patricia McArdle, LMSW, TxCG, NCG; Myra Kirkland, JD; Elizabeth Hart, LMSW, TxCG, NCG; Intermediate; 1.5 CEUs. A3 Interdisciplinary Collaboration: Research on How Child Welfare Social Workers and Law Enforcement Officers Collaborate to Investigate Child Abuse; Viola W Lindsey, PhD; Intermediate; 1.5 CEUs. A4 Perspectives on Child Abduction by Parents; Geoffrey Greif, PhD; Intermediate; 1.5 CEUs. 11:45PM - 1:15 PM Lunch on your own. 1:15-2:30 PM B1 Journal of Forensic Social Work Editors Meeting; Viola Vaughan-Eden, PhD, LCSW and Robert Butters, PhD. 1:15-4:15 PM B2-C2 Redefining Treatment in a Recovery Environment; Multiple Systems Linkages with Behavioral Health, Homelessness and Criminal Justice: Rapping Our Way with Partnerships Towards Change; William A. Holt, MSS, CCCJS; Jacqueline Blatt, MCAT, ADTR; Intermediate, Advanced; 3.0 CEUs. B3-C3 Navigating the Unique Facets of the Incarcerated and Releasing U.S. Veteran; Craig Lea, LCSW-C; Beginner; 3.0 CEUs. B4-C4 Developing Legal and Social Work Case Theory: Identifying and Applying Evidence-Based Practice to Enhance Interprofessional Advocacy and Client Representation; Lyn K. Slater, PhD, MSW; Kara Finck, JD; Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced; 3.0 CEUs. 2:45-4:15 PM C1 Interdisciplinary Collaboration in a Law School-Based Immigration Clinic; Rebecca Bowman-Rivas, LCSW-C; Maureen A. Sweeney; Beginner, Intermediate; 1.5 CEUs. 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM President s Tea and Poster Session: Meet and network with other conference attendees.

4 Tuesday, April 17, :00 AM - 5:00 PM Registration 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM Continental Breakfast and Announcements 7:30 AM - 8:00 AM Presentation by Dave Landymore, Volunteer/Project Coordinator for The 6th Branch, and Earl Johnson, Executive Director of the Come Home Baltimore Foundation. The 6th Branch is a nonprofit organization utilizing military veterans to execute aggressive community service initiatives. The Come Home Baltimore Foundaiton is a privately funded Initiative that is rebuilding Baltimore s inner city neighborhoods by developing better than new market rate housing, fostering forward thinking, sustainable community development, and encouraging real grassroots social change by collaborating with like-minded for and nonprofit organizations. 8:00 AM - 8:30 AM Presentation of the Sol Gothard Lifetime Achievement Award to Richard Ducote, Esq. 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM Keynote Presentation:Human Abuse/Animal Abuse: Enabling People in Need and Distress; Sol Gothard, JD, MSW, ACSW; Beginner; 1.0 CEUs. 9:45 AM - 12:45 PM D1-E1 On The High-Wire Without A Net: An Interdisciplinary Approach To Balancing the Needs for Community Safety, Law Enforcement and Treatment for Sexually Violent Predators; Alan Stillman, MSS, LSW; Intermediate, Advanced; 3.0 CEUs. D2-E2 The Mental Illness Defense for Perpetrators of Domestic Abuse; Kathryn G. Maietta, MSW, LCSW; Intermediate; 3.0 CEUs. D3-E3 Forensic Social Work and the Multi-disciplinary Ethical Considerations: Safeguards and Fallacies; Kathleen Ann Carty, PhD, MSW, LICSW; Michael H H Feer, MSW, LCSW; Eliot Sykes, MSW; Sonya Roundtree McLain, MSW, LCSW; Intermediate; 3.0 CEUs. D4-E4 The Critical Importance of Treatment Flexibility in Establishing Evidence-Based Services for Youth Adjudicated Delinquent/Dependant and their Families; David Pugh, PhD; Rosie Scaggs, PhD; Jim Poulos, MSW; Intermediate; 3.0 CEUs. 12:45 PM - 2:15 PM Lunch on your own. 2:15-3:45 PM F1 Where Immigration Meets Child Welfare: Social Work Roles and Opportunities; Sunny Harris Rome, MSW, JD; Beginner; 1.5 CEUs. F2 Forensic Social Work Research: How to Recognize, Develop, and Foster Collaboration; Susan A McCarter, MSW, PhD; Tina Marie Maschi, PhD; Matthew Epperson,PhD, MSW; Robert P Butters, PhD; Intermediate; 1.5 CEUs. 2:15-5:30 PM F3-G3 Stigma...in Our Work, in Our Lives; Jennifer Brown, BA; Erik Roskes, MD; Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced; 3.0 CEUs. 2:15-3:45 PM F4 Putting Together the Pieces: An Intimate Approach to Understanding Violence; Christine D. Keels; Shannon R. Shaw, LICSW, MSW; Lillian Barbara Anderson, BA; Intermediate; 3.0 CEUs. 4:00-5:30 PM G2 Developing a Forensic Social Work Certificate Program Through Practitioner-University Partnerships; Stacey Hardy, PhD, JD, LCSW; Robert W. Mulligan, MPS, LCSW; Advanced; 1.5 CEUs. 4:00-5:30 PM G4 An Innovative Program to Support Transitions: Post-incarceration and Surviving Domestic Violence; Anita Lightburn, EdD, MSS; Donald C. Garner, MPA, MSW; Intermediate; 1.5 CEUs. 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM NOFSW Annual Meeting, Members and non-members are invited to attend our annual membership meeting to find out more about NOFSW and the services we offer.

5 Wednesday, April 18, :30 AM - 11:00 AM Registration 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM Continental Breakfast 8:00 AM - 8:30 AM Announcements and Networking 8:30-10:00 AM H1 The Impact of Segregation on the Mentally Ill in a Correctional Setting; Tiffany Swift, LCSW-C; Intermediate; 1.5 CEUs. H2 H3 H4 Coordinated and Collaborative Responses: Implementing a Multidisciplinary Approach to Child Protective Services in Montgomery County, Maryland Utilizing a Child Advocacy Center Model (CAC); Ellen J. Levin, DSW, AFSW; Maureen Kennedy, LCSW-C; Beginner; 1.5 CEUs. Case Study and Process Evaluation of a Multi-Component Program Adapted for Survivors of Domestic Violence; Amanda Sisselman, PhD, LMSW; Jennifer Hili, LCSW-R; Intermediate; 1.5 CEUs. The Role, Benefit and Challenges of the Social Worker Working in a Law School Juvenile Justice Clinic; Matthew Rosenbaum, LCSW; Beginner; 1.5 CEUs. I1 Two Supervisors Are Better than One! Interdisciplinary Supervision: A Cross-Training Social Work and Law Therapeutic Jurisprudence Model; Karen Keroack, LCSW; Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced; 1.5 CEUs. I2 I3 I4 Treating the Non-Offending Parent; Angele Morgan, MSW, LCSW; Beginner; 1.5 CEUs. Identifying Family Violence and Domestic Abuse History for Capital Defense Mitigation; Valerie Carson, LMSW; Intermediate; 1.5 CEUs. Integrating Social Work and Criminal Defense: Charting a Course Toward More Comprehensive Client Representation; Matthew T Silvey, LMSW; R. Chris Smith, LCSW; Intermediate, Advanced; 1.5 CEUs. Thanks to our Sponsors: Vantage Point, Inc. Routledge Marketing American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children The University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law

6 Conference Registration: Mail Conference Registrations to: National Organization of Forensic Social Work 460 Smith St, Ste K Middletown, CT Phone (860) Fax (866) pbrady@nofsw.org Register online at Name: Title: Organization: Address: City: State: Zip: Phone: Fax: License Type: State: License Number: Special Considerations: If you have a disability or special dietary needs and/or require special services from the hotel or NOFSW; please make this request in writing (by postal mail or pbrady@nofsw.org) by April 6, Registration Fee: NOFSW Member: $325 Non-member: $425 Primary Conference Presenter: $ for NOFSW Members, $ for Non-members Additional Presenter: NOFSW Member: $325, Non-member: $425 NOFSW Student Members: $125 (send copy of your student ID) Retired NOFSW Member: $200 Day Rate: $200 (Cicle one: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday) Pre-Conference Workshops: P1: The Ethics of Social Work (1:00-5:00 PM) $125 $ Total fee enclosed check or money order VISA MasterCard Card Number: Exp. Date: Signature: Billing Address: City: State: Zip: A $25 fee will be assessed for refunds or cancellations before April 6, No refunds for cancellations received after April 6, 2012.