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| SESSION IV |
SESSION IV Tuesday, November 15, 2011 01:30 p.m. - 03:00 p.m.
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Chickashaat ilokchina': Chickasaw Wellness Maynard
(Repeats Session VII)
This workshop will discuss the holistic approach of Chokka’ Kilimpi’ Family Resource Center in addressing the
wellness of the urban Chickasaw families through body, mind, spirit, and culture. Presenters will discuss how
the Chickasaw culture is being used when working with outpatient clients, students, interactive activities
and community outreach.
Workshop Objectives: Participants will learn: 1) how cultural can be used as a protective factor; 2) how
cultural can bring families together; and 3) the opportunity to give back to the Chickasaw people.
Presented by: Renee Wilson, MS, Community Outreach Coordinator, Chokka' Kilimpi' Family Resource
Center, Chickasaw Nation; Jason Eyachabbe, AA, Cultural Coordinator, Chokka' Kilimpi' Family Resource
Center, Chickasaw Nation; Karen Fish, Coordinator, Chickasaw Learning Community, Chokka' Kilimpi' Family
Resource Center, Chickasaw Nation
Track: CULTURAL Level: Entry
(Repeats Session VII)
This workshop will discuss the holistic approach of Chokka’ Kilimpi’ Family Resource Center in addressing the
wellness of the urban Chickasaw families through body, mind, spirit, and culture. Presenters will discuss how
the Chickasaw culture is being used when working with outpatient clients, students, interactive activities
and community outreach.
Workshop Objectives: Participants will learn: 1) how cultural can be used as a protective factor; 2) how
cultural can bring families together; and 3) the opportunity to give back to the Chickasaw people.
Presented by: Renee Wilson, MS, Community Outreach Coordinator, Chokka' Kilimpi' Family Resource
Center, Chickasaw Nation; Jason Eyachabbe, AA, Cultural Coordinator, Chokka' Kilimpi' Family Resource
Center, Chickasaw Nation; Karen Fish, Coordinator, Chickasaw Learning Community, Chokka' Kilimpi' Family
Resource Center, Chickasaw Nation
Track: CULTURAL Level: Entry
Compassion Fatigue and Stress Relief for Service Providers Reed C
in Indian Country (Repeats Session V)
This workshop is designed to provide participants with knowledge to understand the difference between
compassion fatigue and vicarious trauma as well as to recognize when the job stressors faced by service
providers are becoming an issue in their lives. The workshop will discuss all types of stress relievers ranging in
price from expensive to no cost as well as cultural stress relievers. Some fun interactive activities will also be
offered.
Workshop Objectives: Participants will learn: 1) the differences between vicarious trauma and compassion
fatigue; 2) signs of compassion fatigue and become familiar with stress tests that can be used for personal
evaluation or by supervisors to evaluate staff members; and 3) strategies for stress relief to avoid burnout
and taking problems home.
Presented by: Dianne Barker Harrold (Cherokee), Tribal Victim Assistance Project Director, Unified Solutions
Tribal Community Development Group, Inc.; Pawnee Nation Judge, Keetoowah Cherokee Attorney; Indian
Country Consultant
Track: HEALTH/WELLNESS Level: Intermediate, Advanced
in Indian Country (Repeats Session V)
This workshop is designed to provide participants with knowledge to understand the difference between
compassion fatigue and vicarious trauma as well as to recognize when the job stressors faced by service
providers are becoming an issue in their lives. The workshop will discuss all types of stress relievers ranging in
price from expensive to no cost as well as cultural stress relievers. Some fun interactive activities will also be
offered.
Workshop Objectives: Participants will learn: 1) the differences between vicarious trauma and compassion
fatigue; 2) signs of compassion fatigue and become familiar with stress tests that can be used for personal
evaluation or by supervisors to evaluate staff members; and 3) strategies for stress relief to avoid burnout
and taking problems home.
Presented by: Dianne Barker Harrold (Cherokee), Tribal Victim Assistance Project Director, Unified Solutions
Tribal Community Development Group, Inc.; Pawnee Nation Judge, Keetoowah Cherokee Attorney; Indian
Country Consultant
Track: HEALTH/WELLNESS Level: Intermediate, Advanced
Family Group Conferencing: An Indigenous Perspective Joyner
Developed in New Zealand in the 1980s in working with Maoris', family group conferencing promotes
restorative justice as opposed to retribution. This workshop presents an overview of this practice for
planning with families while employing indigenous cultural diversity aspects such as community, leadership,
language, values, traditions, and experiences. Family group conferencing focuses on a strengths based
approach and emphasizes cultural diversity.
Workshop Objectives: Participants will: 1) be provided a sample format of family group conferencing; 2) be
able to identity at least three indigenous concepts that can be employed in family group conferencing; and
3) be provided a sample evaluation of family group conferencing.
Presented by: Dr. Virginia Whitekiller, BSW, MSW, Associate Professor of Social Work, Northeastern State
University
Track: CULTURAL, PRACTICE/GENERAL Level: Intermediate, Advanced
Developed in New Zealand in the 1980s in working with Maoris', family group conferencing promotes
restorative justice as opposed to retribution. This workshop presents an overview of this practice for
planning with families while employing indigenous cultural diversity aspects such as community, leadership,
language, values, traditions, and experiences. Family group conferencing focuses on a strengths based
approach and emphasizes cultural diversity.
Workshop Objectives: Participants will: 1) be provided a sample format of family group conferencing; 2) be
able to identity at least three indigenous concepts that can be employed in family group conferencing; and
3) be provided a sample evaluation of family group conferencing.
Presented by: Dr. Virginia Whitekiller, BSW, MSW, Associate Professor of Social Work, Northeastern State
University
Track: CULTURAL, PRACTICE/GENERAL Level: Intermediate, Advanced
Helping Children Impacted by Parental Substance Abuse Reed AB
This workshop will discuss the impact of parental substance abuse on children across the age span.
Information about evidence based interventions and assessments for drug endangered children will be
discussed, including current research on this population.
Workshop Objectives: Participants will: 1) learn how the substantial problem of parental substance abuse in
our nation contributes to the high number of children being placed in traditional and kinship foster homes; 2)
develop an increased understanding of how prenatal and postnatal parental substance abuse impacts child
development; and 3) gain more knowledge about evidence-based assessment and treatment strategies to
address exposure to parental substance abuse.
Presented by: Michael Gomez, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow, Center on Child Abuse and Neglect, University of
Oklahoma Health Sciences Center; Nicole Porte, MEd, Graduate Research Assistant, Center on Child Abuse
and Neglect, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
Track: HEALTH/WELLNESS, PRACTICE/GENERAL Level: Entry, Intermediate, Advanced
This workshop will discuss the impact of parental substance abuse on children across the age span.
Information about evidence based interventions and assessments for drug endangered children will be
discussed, including current research on this population.
Workshop Objectives: Participants will: 1) learn how the substantial problem of parental substance abuse in
our nation contributes to the high number of children being placed in traditional and kinship foster homes; 2)
develop an increased understanding of how prenatal and postnatal parental substance abuse impacts child
development; and 3) gain more knowledge about evidence-based assessment and treatment strategies to
address exposure to parental substance abuse.
Presented by: Michael Gomez, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow, Center on Child Abuse and Neglect, University of
Oklahoma Health Sciences Center; Nicole Porte, MEd, Graduate Research Assistant, Center on Child Abuse
and Neglect, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
Track: HEALTH/WELLNESS, PRACTICE/GENERAL Level: Entry, Intermediate, Advanced
Youth Engagement at All Levels Cain
Young people are valuable contributors in the planning and implementation of programs that impact them.
Join the National Resource Center for Youth Development in an interactive discussion of strategies for
increasing the effectiveness of youth participation and engagement in the process. We will discuss how to
market to select groups of young people. We will review how to prepare young people on how to use
strategic sharing to present their stories with meaning and purpose. We will provide tips on conducting
focus groups with sample questions and debriefing tools. This workshop will assist experienced youth leaders
or supportive adults in preparing youth through lessons we have learned while working with foster youth
and alumni of foster care.
Workshop Objectives: Participants will: 1) gain knowledge in when and how to engage foster youth and
alumni; 2) gain knowledge in preparing youth for public speaking and how to utilize strategic sharing; and
3) gain awareness of strategies and solutions to barriers of engaging youth.
Presented by: Lupe Ortiz-Tovar, BA, Program Supervisor, National Resource Center for Youth Development
Track: PRACTICE/GENERAL Level: Intermediate
Young people are valuable contributors in the planning and implementation of programs that impact them.
Join the National Resource Center for Youth Development in an interactive discussion of strategies for
increasing the effectiveness of youth participation and engagement in the process. We will discuss how to
market to select groups of young people. We will review how to prepare young people on how to use
strategic sharing to present their stories with meaning and purpose. We will provide tips on conducting
focus groups with sample questions and debriefing tools. This workshop will assist experienced youth leaders
or supportive adults in preparing youth through lessons we have learned while working with foster youth
and alumni of foster care.
Workshop Objectives: Participants will: 1) gain knowledge in when and how to engage foster youth and
alumni; 2) gain knowledge in preparing youth for public speaking and how to utilize strategic sharing; and
3) gain awareness of strategies and solutions to barriers of engaging youth.
Presented by: Lupe Ortiz-Tovar, BA, Program Supervisor, National Resource Center for Youth Development
Track: PRACTICE/GENERAL Level: Intermediate
Agenda Subject to Change
Placement Preferences Theater
(Repeats Session V)
This workshop will provide an overview of the placement preferences of the Indian Child Welfare Act,
including recent case law developments and case examples, and a discussion on expert witness testimony
and its use in ICWA cases. A survey of case law dealing with placement preferences will also be provided.
Workshop Objectives: Participants will gain an understanding of placement preferences.
Presented by: Casey Ross-Petherick (Cherokee), JD, MBA, Deputy Director, Native American Legal Resource
Center, Oklahoma City University School of Law
Track: LEGAL Level: Entry, Intermediate
(Repeats Session V)
This workshop will provide an overview of the placement preferences of the Indian Child Welfare Act,
including recent case law developments and case examples, and a discussion on expert witness testimony
and its use in ICWA cases. A survey of case law dealing with placement preferences will also be provided.
Workshop Objectives: Participants will gain an understanding of placement preferences.
Presented by: Casey Ross-Petherick (Cherokee), JD, MBA, Deputy Director, Native American Legal Resource
Center, Oklahoma City University School of Law
Track: LEGAL Level: Entry, Intermediate
BeLieving in Native Girls: Risk Factors Influencing Adolescent Pung
American Indian Girls (Repeated from Session II)
This workshop will describe the development, implementation, and evaluation of BeLieving In Native Girls
(BLING), a 24-session intervention for adolescent American Indian girls addressing gang prevention,
HIV/AIDS/STI education and prevention, and activities to build self-efficacy, self-esteem, resilience and
mental well being. The evaluation discussion expands and quantifies the issues impacting American
Indian/Alaska Native girls in this study—gang involvement, problem solving skills, authenticity in
relationships with others, self-esteem, substance abuse, sexuality, aggression and dating abuse.
Workshop Objectives: This workshop will: 1) Increase awareness about the BLING intervention; 2) Increase
understanding of the challenges for facilitators in delivering an intervention; and 3) Increase understanding
and awareness of the factors contributing to issues faced by American Indian/Alaska Native female
adolescents.
Presented by: Deborah Scott (Cherokee), Program Director, BeLieving in Native Girls/President, Sage
Associates, Inc.; Carmen Klinekole (Choctaw/Hualapai), Program Manager, BeLieving in Native Girls/
Juvenile Caseworker, Tribal Youth Program, Wichita and Affiliated Tribes
Track: HEALTH/WELLNESS Level: Intermediate
American Indian Girls (Repeated from Session II)
This workshop will describe the development, implementation, and evaluation of BeLieving In Native Girls
(BLING), a 24-session intervention for adolescent American Indian girls addressing gang prevention,
HIV/AIDS/STI education and prevention, and activities to build self-efficacy, self-esteem, resilience and
mental well being. The evaluation discussion expands and quantifies the issues impacting American
Indian/Alaska Native girls in this study—gang involvement, problem solving skills, authenticity in
relationships with others, self-esteem, substance abuse, sexuality, aggression and dating abuse.
Workshop Objectives: This workshop will: 1) Increase awareness about the BLING intervention; 2) Increase
understanding of the challenges for facilitators in delivering an intervention; and 3) Increase understanding
and awareness of the factors contributing to issues faced by American Indian/Alaska Native female
adolescents.
Presented by: Deborah Scott (Cherokee), Program Director, BeLieving in Native Girls/President, Sage
Associates, Inc.; Carmen Klinekole (Choctaw/Hualapai), Program Manager, BeLieving in Native Girls/
Juvenile Caseworker, Tribal Youth Program, Wichita and Affiliated Tribes
Track: HEALTH/WELLNESS Level: Intermediate