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    • M. ROYER
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    Session Description
    In August of 2018 in Frederick, Colorado, Chris Watts strangled his pregnant wife Shanann and then killed their two daughters, burying all three bodies at an oil drilling site. He was handed three consecutive life sentences. The Watts case is but one example of numerous instances of maternal homicide, the leading cause of death for pregnant women. Most maternal homicides are committed by intimate partners, creating a pregnancy-domestic violence link that until the early 2000s was largely unknown and still remains under-reported and under-recognized. Healthcare providers, social workers, law enforcement, and advocates all have a critical role to play in bringing this pregnancy-domestic violence link to light. This session will cover existing research on maternal homicides committed by spouses and partners, provide attendees with insight on the three forms of reproductive coercion, and help participants identify safety planning strategies and safety assessments to use with pregnant women at risk of partner violence.
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    Gallery
    Date
    03/22/2019
    Time
    08:30 AM - 10:00 AM
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    • E. BERGMAN
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    This interactive workshop will allow participants to explore and understand their responsibility as a mandated reporter of sexual abuse, physical abuse and neglect. They will be prepared to respond appropriately when children begin to disclose, without compromising any future investigations that may result. Participants will be able to use the Social Work Code of Ethics in managing difficult choices related to the reporting of child abuse. This workshop qualifies for Social Work Ethics CEUs. Participants will learn: • The basics of the mandated child abuse reporting laws • Decision tree related to sexual abuse reporting • Common ethical dilemmas faced when legal responsibilities impact work with children and adolescents • How to make ethical decisions and maintain trusting relationships with clients • The steps adults can take to ensure that children who begin to disclose will be able to make the best use of their support. Lastly, participants will have an opportunity to grapple with the problem areas related to reporting; exploring with peers how best to balance their legal mandate with the needs of their clients.
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    Gallery
    Date
    03/22/2019
    Time
    10:20 AM - 12:20 PM
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    • N. WALKER
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    Human Resource management is complex and complicated just as people are. Too many times critical employee practices are not followed that not only create employer liability but can have an adverse effect on employee engagement and satisfaction. This presentation will provide a soup to nuts approach on the areas that all supervisors and managers need to understand. The topics covered will include interviewing, on boarding, having difficult conversations. coaching. performance improvement plans, progressive discipline, labor relations, ADA, FMLA, and the role between management and human resources. The goal of this session is to not replace an existing HR Department but to provide foundational information to program supervisors and managers and perhaps make them "a bit dangerous".
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    Gallery
    Date
    03/22/2019
    Time
    01:20 PM - 02:50 PM
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    • G. NORMAN
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    John Maxwell's book, Be a People Person, explores how building relationships is core to effective leadership. This session will review Maxwell's primary points about how to build effective leadership through building meaningful relationships. This session will also ask participants to identify and explore their own leadership style. Participants will be invited to choose someone they work with and deconstruct their relationship, looking through a leadership lens. The intent of this session is for participants to leave with a concrete next step in how to address at least one professional relationship that is causing them stress.
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    Gallery
    Date
    03/22/2019
    Time
    03:10 PM - 04:40 PM
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    • Z. VANG
    Session Description
    This session will bring together a panel of representatives from MN/Regional Master of Social Work Programs. The panel will focus on providing general information about the MSW degree and the benefits and timing of returning to graduate school. Each program will briefly introduce their program and direct attendees to resources for more program information. Time will be reserved for questions and answers.
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    Rochester
    Date
    03/22/2019
    Time
    08:30 AM - 10:00 AM
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    • N. CANNON
    Session Description
    The integration of personal storytelling within the larger context of educational lectures offers providers a first-hand account of recovery and survival. This program illustrates the need and importance of hearing firsthand from individuals in the transgender community as their experiences and insights may help improve practices for underserved populations. Nate Cannon is a dementia practitioner as well as a transgender man living well with both mental illness and a progressive neurological disorder caused by a near fatal suicide attempt. In this session, he will infuse education and his personal experience to examine and discuss suicide and mental health in the transgender community. From dealing with dysphoria to challenging stigma, this session will both educate and inspire all those who identify or work with the LGBTQ community, mental health, or medically complex cases.
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    Duluth
    Date
    03/22/2019
    Time
    08:30 AM - 10:00 AM
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    • J. THIBEDEAU BOYD
    • C. BECKMAN
    Session Description
    #stopmakingitweird is a movement launched in 2016 to draw attention to behaviors and attitudes that unintentionally create “weird” situations by singling out people with disabilities with praise and admiration for doing things that would not be considered “special” if they didn’t have a disability. There is an increasing number of people with disabilities who have jobs working alongside co-workers without a disability label. Yet sometimes diversity/inclusion and HR professionals unintentionally and unnecessarily perpetuate exclusion, such as providing “special” orientation (separate from co-workers) rather than simply supporting participation in the standard orientation process alongside other new employees. Although these actions may be labeled “individualized”, they can instead result in isolation and the perpetuation of unwanted “special treatment,” low expectations, and institutionalized segregation. This interactive session will provide resources and tools through the exploration of situations when people have chosen to #stopmakingitweird, inviting future leaders to share personal experiences to enhance learning. Using small group discussions and interactive group sharing, we will generate ideas to encourage workplace culture transformation and to further build a broader culture that treats all people with dignity and respect. Attendees can join the movement by displaying their #stopmakingitweird “swag” which will be provided at the session as giveaways!
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    Duluth
    Date
    03/22/2019
    Time
    10:20 AM - 11:50 AM
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    • G. GABORIAULT
    • M. MANDERFELD
    Session Description
    The Managed Care Ombudsman office along with the Ombudsman for Long Term Care will provide a joint roundtable presentation and discussion. The presentations will provide the audience with an overview of each office. There will be time allowed for discussion and questions.
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    Duluth
    Date
    03/22/2019
    Time
    01:20 PM - 02:50 PM
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    • S. NOLES
    Session Description
    The process and transition of immigration can cause serious trauma, and it may become a risk factor for mental health concerns. Immigrants are alone in an unfamiliar place, often unable to speak the language. Immigration as trauma is a complete loss of identity and culture. Immigrants are new members of a different society and they are often without the proper tools or resources to help them cope and adapt in their new environment. This transition can leave scars in anyone and can leave a person with a loss on their identity. By helping immigrants heal and adapt, it helps build stronger families, children and relationships, and of course, helps build a stronger community. With the current immigration situation, ensuring a healthy, resilient individual leads to a healthy, resilient family, community, and society; ensuring the wellbeing of immigrant populations’ benefits all.
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    Duluth
    Date
    03/22/2019
    Time
    03:10 PM - 04:40 PM
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    • E. BENDEL
    • D. KENT
    • M. WENDT
    • T. WUENSCH
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    Parkinson’s Disease (PD) is a neuro-degenerative disease caused by the loss of nerve cells in the brain. Classic symptoms include tremors, slowed movements, gait and balance problems, disturbed sleep, swallowing problems, mood and cognitive deficits. Symptoms progress over time and there is currently no cure for the disease. However, research has shown that intensive treatment with focus on high amplitude treatment programs, such as Lee Silverman Voice Treatment, results in significant improvement in movement and communication function. These protocols have traditionally been implemented in outpatient settings. The Department of Veteran’s Affairs estimates that 80,000 Veterans are diagnosed with PD today. In recognizing the complex needs of the aging Veteran population coupled with the devastating effects of Parkinson’s disease progression, the Minneapolis VA Health Care System has applied large amplitude treatment protocols to an inpatient rehabilitation setting to treat Veterans and families affected by PD. The Living Large Program model allows Veterans to work individually on their rehabilitation goals, at the same time as participating in group-based psycho-education geared at improving overall quality of life. Treatment modalities integrate mind-body practices with evidence-based treatment and multidisciplinary rehabilitation services to address patient functioning across all areas of living. This presentation will summarize evidence supporting intensive PD treatment protocols and provide a framework to implement these within an interdisciplinary inpatient program. We will examine the benefits of providing this treatment on an inpatient versus outpatient basis, and the decisions made in determining a need for additional programming aimed at treating PD. Aside from the evidence-based intervention protocols reviewed, this presentation will discuss programming initiatives developed to address other complex patient needs.
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    Grand Ballroom - Salon G
    Date
    03/22/2019
    Time
    08:30 AM - 10:00 AM
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    • A. STEENSLAND
    Session Description
    In Leadership Basics we will be using material from DDI and MANDT to understand the important role leaders have in managing the work of others. We will use the 7 Leadership Imperatives: 1. Coach and develop for results, 2. Drive Performance, 3. Inspire loyalty and trust, 4. Manage work, 5. Partner within and across teams, 6. Influence through personal power, 7. Select talent Understanding how these work together in conjunction with Leadership and the three Accelerators: 1. Being authentic, 2. Bringing out the best in people, 3. Being receptive to feedback. By using both the Leadership Imperatives and Leadership Accelerators to improve the work environment and foster a work scenario that fosters growth and development while at the same time hopefully increasing retention rates of employees which is critical in social services. Most employees leave their employers due to the relationship or lack thereof with their leader. There isn’t enough development, training or feedback. This affects morale which leads to turnover. As leaders, especially newer leaders, these skills are often learned the hard way after we have failed or are in the process of failing as a supervisor. We need to learn how to train not only ourselves but others in what makes a great leader. The other responsibility we have is learning these skills, developing others to have these skills so when we leave there is someone ready to successfully take over this role.
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    Grand Ballroom - Salon G
    Date
    03/22/2019
    Time
    10:20 AM - 11:50 AM
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    • J. DYE
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    Criminal, credit, and rental history barriers make it hard for renters to find housing. It is common for people with these barriers to lose $100 or more, just on application fees! They are also often homeless, or in substandard housing. In the absence of “felony friendly” landlords, renters must take a new approach. This training maps out a process to follow that saves renters (and their case managers) time and money. It also helps them find a place to live faster! You will learn: The four main types of subsidized housing. What renters with barriers need to know before they start their housing search. When to pay an application fee (and when NOT to pay an application fee). What is most important to landlords. Tips for negotiating with landlords. Delivering your story – How to speak with landlords about background issues. We can no longer afford to have renters, and the agencies that help them, lose so much money and time while searching for a place to live. Get ready to learn tips you can use right away!
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    Grand Ballroom - Salon G
    Date
    03/22/2019
    Time
    01:20 PM - 02:50 PM
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    • M. WINTERS
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    Admit it: you have an opinion about person-centered planning. Some think that it is the end-all-be-all problem solver to help someone create their picture-perfect life, while for others, it is a necessary requirement on a form that needs to be checked off, or part of a process. After facilitating more than 200 plans in the past three years, I have a different opinion. It is a tool, a step, a part of a bigger picture of redefining what we in the field consider quality. This session is designed to highlight the major themes, both positive and in progress, that have emerged after being a part of so many people’s lives and plans. Assuming you already have the basics, let’s dive deeper into when formal planning is a good idea, and when it isn’t, what expectations you and the team should have about what a plan can do, and what it cannot do. Learn the top things that indicate that person-centered planning isn’t the right answer right now. Leave this session with a better understanding of how person-centered planning can be an amazing benefit for the person while also understanding when it is not the appropriate solution to the person’s current needs.
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    Grand Ballroom - Salon G
    Date
    03/22/2019
    Time
    03:10 PM - 04:40 PM
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    • E. HARRI-DENNIS
    • J. CUSHMAN-PURCELL
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    Our purpose is to bring awareness to why positive behavior supports are the best practice. We will give some history and context as to why punishment does not work. Participants will learn some positive behavior support examples and strategies that can be utilized across diagnoses, the life-span, populations, and with their staff. All of the support strategies include the perspective of trauma informed care. Strategies include defining, tracking, and recording behavior for evidence-based decision making.
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    Conrad A
    Date
    03/22/2019
    Time
    08:30 AM - 10:00 AM
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    • D. HARTFORD
    • T. BEDNAR
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    We continue to develop services that will meet the needs of children with complex mental health conditions. The Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facilities (PRTF) being implemented provide a new service in our continuum. It is a level of care between inpatient hospitalization and children's residential care. This session will review the need for the PRTF services, the collaboration between Cambia Hills and Northeast Metro Intermediate School District 916 in the creation of an integrated therapy and education program with the new PRTF programming, the type of child that you should be referring, and how to make a referral.
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    Conrad A
    Date
    03/22/2019
    Time
    10:20 AM - 11:50 AM
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    • K. ROBERTS
    • L. BATTUELLO
    Session Description
    Seventy-five percent of individuals in substance use treatment report abuse and trauma histories. Trauma and stressor related disorders are both a frequent barrier to the client substance disorder recovery process and a source of compassion fatigue to those providing care. Treatment of these disorders with Accelerated Resolution Therapy offers clients an alternative evidence based path to meaningful recovery while simultaneously mitigating the "cost of caring" for the clinician during engagement with effective trauma work. This presentation will provide an overview of trauma and stressor related disorders with a focus on the role of adverse childhood experiences followed by a comprehensive exploration of the rationale and evidence base for treatment utilizing Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART). Participants will learn the benefits of ART as both a direct treatment for clients and as a protective factor against compassion fatigue for the clinician. The target audience includes clinicians directly delivering trauma focused care and any agency staff involved in the development of trauma informed care environments.
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    Conrad A
    Date
    03/22/2019
    Time
    01:20 PM - 02:50 PM
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    • M. HENSLEY
    • B. LEHMANN
    Session Description
    Many social workers and other mental health and social service providers live with clinical depression. In addition, many providers live with other mental health conditions. Because of stigma around mental illness, many professionals do not feel comfortable disclosing their conditions to co-workers or supervisors on the job. This can lead to isolation and a lack of support. Workers may also feel guilty for pursuing self-care activities and may push themselves past their limits in order to "prove" their fitness for the job. This workshop will discuss ways that providers can be successful in the workplace, including deciding when and to whom to disclose one's condition; how to effectively use supervision; how to ask for workplace accommodations; and how to engage in personal and professional self-care activities.
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    Conrad A
    Date
    03/22/2019
    Time
    03:10 PM - 04:40 PM
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    • S. HIXON
    • A. BREEN
    Session Description
    Let's Talk About Race, 201 builds on the 101 workshop with an interactive learning environment where participants will discuss the systems that perpetuate inequity and the role that we can play in increasing equity. We will discuss our responsibility to advance equity and reduce disparities in our families, communities and greater systems. We will explore the many layers of bias, unpack lifelong experiences with race, discuss equity, equality, and identify implicit and explicit bias. Participants will craft a real world action/application statement for post workshop community improvement.
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    Conrad BC
    Date
    03/22/2019
    Time
    08:30 AM - 11:50 AM
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    • J. HEINZ
    • M. MUELLER, MPH
    Session Description
    Transgender and Gender Nonconforming clients experience higher rates of violence, substance abuse, and mental health concerns. When receiving services, few are able to access culturally competent care. How do we as social workers respect our trans client’s identity and needs in individual and group settings? In this workshop we will address pronoun use, current language, impacts of microaggressions, minority stress, and resilience specific to this population as well as some basic do’s and don'ts when working with trans clients. Informed by the APA’s Guidelines for Psychological Practice With Transgender and Gender Nonconforming People, we will practice using new language, and discuss the importance of cultural humility and share resources relevant to Trans and Gender Nonconforming clients.
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    Conrad BC
    Date
    03/22/2019
    Time
    01:20 PM - 02:50 PM
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  • Presenters
    • R. HOFFMAN
    Session Description
    There are multiple dimensions of power and control exerted by perpetrators of intimate partner violence—the use of intimidation, emotional abuse, isolation, children, privilege, economic abuse, coercion and threats and minimizing/denying/blaming. Similarly, left unchecked, domestic violence shelter policies can reproduce the very dynamics of power and control that victims/survivors of intimate partner violence are fleeing. This presentation examines one shelter’s effort to eliminate the rule book and replace it with a Voluntary Services Model. The Voluntary Services Model (VSM) is considered a “best practice” in providing transitional housing services to survivors of domestic violence by the U. S. Department of Justice’s Office on Violence Against Women (2016). “Voluntary services, as opposed to mandatory services, means that clients do not need to complete a program or take part in other services as a condition of receiving housing. Services are offered based on each person’s specific needs” (U. S. Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women, 2016, p. 6). Despite the fact that the VSM is considered a best practice in transitional housing services, the implementation of a VSM is an emerging and promising approach for addressing power and control within domestic violence shelter environments.
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    Conrad BC
    Date
    03/22/2019
    Time
    03:10 PM - 04:40 PM
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  • Presenters
    • D. GILCHRIST
    Session Description
    How do you decide where to place a child who has needs to be placed into foster care? Making the decision to place a child in foster care is one of the most challenging tasks a social worker has to perform and requires the consideration of a number of factors. In this interactive workshop, we will be exploring how our personal and professional experiences shape our values and impact making placement decisions as individuals and as child welfare organizations. We will examine strategies for engaging and considering relative and kinship foster care placement options to maintain familial connections and achieve successful permanency outcomes for children in care. Lastly, we will discuss how child welfare best practice and policy guides the placement decision making process. This workshop is limited to 50 participants, but will be offered three times during the conference.
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    Conrad D
    Date
    03/22/2019
    Time
    08:30 AM - 11:50 AM
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    • D. GILCHRIST
    Session Description
    How do you decide where to place a child who has needs to be placed into foster care? Making the decision to place a child in foster care is one of the most challenging tasks a social worker has to perform and requires the consideration of a number of factors. In this interactive workshop, we will be exploring how our personal and professional experiences shape our values and impact making placement decisions as individuals and as child welfare organizations. We will examine strategies for engaging and considering relative and kinship foster care placement options to maintain familial connections and achieve successful permanency outcomes for children in care. Lastly, we will discuss how child welfare best practice and policy guides the placement decision making process. This workshop is limited to 50 participants, but will be offered three times during the conference.
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    Conrad D
    Date
    03/22/2019
    Time
    01:20 PM - 04:40 PM
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  • Presenters
    • K. KLEIN
    • D. STURDIVANT
    • P. LARSON
    Session Description
    Minnesota strives to ensure safe environments and services for vulnerable adults across our state. We encourage reporting of suspected vulnerable adult maltreatment to protect those we believe are being maltreated. As a reporter, do you ask yourself: “What needs to be in my report? When will an investigation occur? How many reports do I have to make? Why do they ask me for this information? A vulnerable person could be the last person you'd think. Join us because you “CAN MAKE THE DIFFERENCE!".
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    Symphony 1 & 2
    Date
    03/22/2019
    Time
    08:30 AM - 10:00 AM
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    • G. SCHOENER
    Session Description
    With the cell phone, tablets, home computers, and the internet, social services and health care have undergone radical changes in the last two decades. This webinar will examine ethical and professional practice issues related to this evolution in methods of communication. Use of internet searches on clients, communication via texting, the use of blogs and help sites, friending on social media sites, will be discussed along with things which may require the development of program policies and/or standards.
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    Symphony 1 & 2
    Date
    03/22/2019
    Time
    10:20 AM - 12:20 PM
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    • S. EMERT
    • J. KEEN
    Session Description
    Are you interested in learning more about making changes through legislative advocacy? This session will provide tips and best practices for successfully advocating at the state level – including how an idea can become a law and how to have impactful meetings with legislators. Participants will increase their knowledge, skills and confidence needed to successfully advocate on issues that they care about.
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    Symphony 1 & 2
    Date
    03/22/2019
    Time
    01:20 PM - 02:50 PM
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    • C. BRAZELTON
    • J. LAINE
    Session Description
    This session is intended for professionals, family and friends of people with mental illness, disability and/or chemical dependency who may also have child support obligations they are unable to meet. Facilitated by child support officers from Hennepin County and members of the Client Information Sessions team, this session is intended to provide information about the basics of child support modification options to address obligations owed by people who may be or have become impaired since the obligations were set. These clients are often unable to advocate for themselves to pull together the documentation they need in order to file a motion to modify their support obligations, and so the arrears accrue. Orders cannot be modified retroactively, so debt piles up. We will help social workers and caregivers understand what can be done to help their clients address these obligations.
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    Symphony 1 & 2
    Date
    03/22/2019
    Time
    03:10 PM - 04:40 PM
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    • S. MAU
    Session Description
    As social services professionals, we are often required to go on home visits in the community; to homes far from the office, after dark (especially in the winter), at times in unfamiliar and sparely populated areas. In addition, we may know the person we are meeting, but we cannot control who else will be at that location. And yet, many of us venture out every day with little information or skills to draw from if our personal safety were threatened. It is up to you as a social service professional to decide what options you will use, depending on the situation you experience. This workshop will provide information on essential tools and options to draw from in precarious situations. This workshop is about increasing your knowledge and skill base. We will learn how awareness, intuition and assertiveness build on each other and that when we effectively use these, there will almost never be the need for physical techniques. During the workshop, there will be very limited physical activity, just practicing how to get out of holds and a demonstration on how to strike the vulnerable areas of your opponent, which can be modified to suit your physical needs. We will share stories and create a safety plan. All are welcome!
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    Symphony 3 & 4
    Date
    03/22/2019
    Time
    08:30 AM - 10:00 AM
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    • J. HAMRICK VANDER WOUDE
    Session Description
    We are living in stressful times where social workers and other helping professionals can easily feel overwhelmed by the plethora of need. It’s vital for those in both formal and informal leadership roles to have the skills and knowledge on how to support an organization and address issues of organizational trauma. By being able to create safe organizations we are able to develop balance for staff and security for clients. Developing skills in healing organizational trauma creates an environment for entire organizations to be empowered in these challenging times. Participants in this workshop will gain an understanding of the role collective memory can have on organizational trauma and learn tools that can help to address trauma that influences the culture of organizations and how to have a trauma informed focus while working with larger systems.
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    Symphony 3 & 4
    Date
    03/22/2019
    Time
    10:20 AM - 11:50 AM
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  • Presenters
    • E. KUNZMAN
    Session Description
    The world of Public Assistance programs can be confusing for clients and social workers alike. This workshop provides clarity on how to apply for public assistance programs with the Combined Application Form (CAF). We will walk through the application process, what questions on the application really mean, what financial workers are looking for and ideas on how you can assist your clients. We will take a high level look into the different Public Assistance programs that are available to clients and what eligibility requirements are for the different programs.
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    Symphony 3 & 4
    Date
    03/22/2019
    Time
    01:20 PM - 02:50 PM
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  • Presenters
    • A. O'MALLEY-LAURSEN
    Session Description
    Compassion is a choice. It begins with the intentional consideration of the raw humanity of the other, which leads to an empathic appreciation of their condition and results in generous, hospitable and caring action. In addition, it has been said that self-regulation of emotions and cognitions during challenging encounters is a prerequisite to the effective utilization of any helping skill. This presentation will discuss the critical role of compassion in the helping relationship, examine the notion of “radical compassion,” explore emotional labor and professional self-regulation, consider the impact of one’s own life history on the helping capacity and look at a case consultation model that attends to many of these considerations.
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    Symphony 3 & 4
    Date
    03/22/2019
    Time
    03:10 PM - 04:40 PM
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    • A. BIBUS
    • R. SPRATT
    Session Description
    This interactive workshop will address the importance of cultural humility in professional practice. It will focus particularly on the role of cultural humility in community-based supervision with examples from our experience and study as county social service supervisors in child welfare. We have also taught and presented trainings on social work supervision. Virtue ethics will inform this exploration of cultural humility and its application in culturally competent supervision from a community-based based perspective and an anti-oppressive stance. In addition, suggestions regarding how to balance power disparities will inform steps toward client empowerment at micro, mezzo, and macro levels. We will also build upon research on the effectiveness of supervision. Workshop participants will have opportunities to discuss case examples and share insights. Participants may also plan further learning and development of cultural humility. Identifying an exemplar of practicing with cultural humility (e.g., a mentor, colleague, family member, client, public figure, historical figure, or fictional character) will be key.
    Room
    Marquette 4-7
    Date
    03/22/2019
    Time
    08:30 AM - 10:00 AM
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    • J. REITAN
    • P. REITAN
    Session Description
    Attorneys Philip Reitan and Jacob Reitan will give a 90 minute presentation on Social Security Disability Law. The presentation will overview the difference between Social Security Disability Insurance (RSDI) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) disability benefits; the application and appeals process including an overview of the average timeline for appeals; the five-step process the Social Security Administration uses to adjudicate disability claims and how those steps are applied differently based on the age, education, literacy and work history of the claimant; an overview of the best practices for strengthening an RSDI and SSI disability claim; and finally, an overview how RSDI and SSI eligibility changes based on whether the claimant is a refugee, a permanent residents or a US citizens.
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    Marquette 4-7
    Date
    03/22/2019
    Time
    10:20 AM - 11:50 AM
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    • J. SOLE
    Session Description
    In our lifetimes, we will choose various people to lead us. However, we must be very particular about who we are casting into our lives and guiding our steps. Jason Sole has been a leader since a very young age but credits his success to being an empathetic listener. Jason Sole will read excerpts from his book, and other books that have influenced him, to help participants make key life changes to produce positive outcomes in their chosen field. Morals Over Money explores the core components needed to stay true to one’s core values. In this session, participants will learn the following: *Thinking beyond the limitations of our socialization - beyond competition, beyond binaries, beyond linear, short-term outcomes. *The Power of Intuition *Finding Your Purpose: What Are You Supposed to Accomplish in this Lifetime? *Working from a Strength-Based Perspective rather than a Deficit-Based Perspective *Trusting Your Gut Over Your Heart and Mind "There are seven things that will destroy us: Wealth without work; Pleasure without conscience; Knowledge without character; Religion without sacrifice; Politics without principle; Science without humanity; Business without ethics." ~ Mahatma Gandhi
    Room
    Marquette 4-7
    Date
    03/22/2019
    Time
    01:20 PM - 02:50 PM
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  • Presenters
    • C. SCHWAGERL
    Session Description
    Half of all social service workers are case managers, and they get trained the same way - follow this person for a week until you get it. Our clients deserve better, and we can be better! But how? Here's the latest research to make you a great case manager. Delve into theories and models that support client empowerment and capture motivation. Learn how to efficiently manage a case, a caseload, and your career. Prepare yourself and your team for ethical dilemmas and random occurrences. This dynamic presentation will challenge your beliefs, inspire your practice, and defend you from burnout.
    Room
    Marquette 4-7
    Date
    03/22/2019
    Time
    03:10 PM - 04:40 PM
    Session Number
  • Presenters
    • C. MITCHELL
    Session Description
    Most people know more about how to program their VCR than their own mind! Dr. Mitchell’s presentation, Priming: Using the Hidden Power of Language for Superior Client Outcomes and Self-Improvement, will teach you how to program the first computer you ever owned--your mind. This dynamic keynote or breakout session introduces the audience to world of priming through a discussion of the priming that occurs in our everyday lives. It then addresses the scientific research, demonstrates the phenomena, and explains how priming can be utilized to radically intensify therapeutic communications and improve outcomes. In addition, these principles provide you with the mental tools necessary for molding yourself into the person you want to be and for reaching your personally desired goals. Specifically, the priming research of the last 20 years has determined that humans are controlled by an unconscious guidance system profoundly more than ever conceived. Priming occurs when something stimulates and triggers behavior. Semantic priming has confirmed the hidden power of words to stimulate preparatory thoughts that trigger new behavior with or without conscious awareness. The most significant finding is that unconsciously created goals can be equal or more powerful than conscious goals and, amazingly, that goals do not require an act of will to be acquired. Yet, the nuances of how new behaviors are stimulated through the precise, meticulous use of language are rarely discussed relative to the therapeutic dialogue and self-improvement. This session will be held twice.
    Room
    Marquette 1-3
    Date
    03/22/2019
    Time
    08:30 AM - 11:50 AM
    Session Number
  • Presenters
    • T. FRIESE
    • L. VOORHEES
    Session Description
    Many people suffer from both addiction and a mental health disorder. Addictions tend to cross trade one addiction for another. In this session we will discuss Co-Occurring Disorders and how they impact the clients we serve. In this session, treatment models will be provided as well as an understanding of treatment pathways for Co-Occurring Disorders. This session will conclude with a discussion on Cross Addictions; why they develop, thinking errors and impact they have on the people we serve.
    Room
    Marquette 1-3
    Date
    03/22/2019
    Time
    01:20 PM - 02:50 PM
    Session Number
  • Presenters
    • C. KOLB-UNTINEN
    Session Description
    A single incident of domestic and/or sexual violence is traumatizing and having a crisis response to work with survivors is very helpful. Additionally, what happens when the trauma occurs again and again? In this workshop you’ll learn about stress vs. trauma, trauma and its impact on functioning short-term and longer term, and what things can help in a trauma crisis and in a chronic abuse trauma situation.
    Room
    Marquette 1-3
    Date
    03/22/2019
    Time
    03:10 PM - 04:40 PM
    Session Number
  • Presenters
    • M. GROVES
    • C. DIERS
    • C. HARTWIG
    • M. BLIVEN
    • L. KORTS
    • M. MCCANN
    • K. BOSER
    • N. COOPER
    • R. WOOD
    Session Description
    Minnesota’s prison population has grown from 2,000 in 1970 to more than 10,000 this year. About 8,000 ex-offenders will return to their communities this year. These parolees, most with limited (if any) work experience, low educational attainment, substance abuse problems, mental health problems, no place to live, and other impediments to becoming productive members of society, have few resources to support their reentry from life behind bars to civilian life. Given past criminal behavior and these barriers, it is no surprise that many of those released from prison and jail end up returning, some of them quite soon after release. This workshop will focus on their needs and what is currently being done before and after their release to address those needs. A panel of individuals from inside correctional institutions and community-based programs will discuss these issues and help you gain a deeper understanding of this population. We will explore best practices, and evidence-based initiatives to address what is needed for them to succeed in conventional society. The first hour of the workshop will have participants play a game to raise awareness about the complexities that offenders encounter when released from jail or prison. You all have your own perspectives and views on the issues; however, this exercise will allow you to see the issues from the offender’s perspective. The goal of this exercise is not to elicit sympathy for offenders nor to direct the discussion regarding issues related to re-entry, but simply to help identify some complexities and challenges faced by returning offenders. This will be followed by a panel of corrections professionals in an end of exercise discussion.
    Room
    Marquette 8-9
    Date
    03/22/2019
    Time
    08:30 AM - 11:50 AM
    Session Number
  • Presenters
    • T. MULLIKEN
    Session Description
    Some people like to be right....some like to be liked. Todd Mulliken, owner of Mulliken Counseling Center in Edina and frequent speaker at MSSA will be presenting on his new book discussing narcissism and co-dependency and their interaction and impact on couples and families. Through Todd's 25+ years working with couples, he has noticed a tendency for one person to be vulnerable to control and the other vulnerable to please. Often times these tendencies cause significant issues for the couple and their family. Todd will not only discuss how these tendencies and issues play out in partnerships and families, but Todd will also provide antidotes for healing and growth to overcome these issues.
    Room
    Marquette 8-9
    Date
    03/22/2019
    Time
    01:20 PM - 02:50 PM
    Session Number
  • Presenters
    • A. STEENSLAND
    Session Description
    As a former supervisor I have worked with a variety of employees and clients. When I first started, I found it challenging in dealing with clients and their behaviors. We spent a lot of time at the doctors, asking for more medications or different medications because the behaviors were still happening. I would read the data from the staff and listen to their stories of how the evening went and how challenging their jobs working in work with the clients. I then had a son who was diagnosed and placed on the autism spectrum. When he was younger, it was challenging. I am blessed. My son, if you would meet him, would just find him quirky. When he was young though, he had a difficult time communicating with people. This often resulted in meltdowns, screaming, throwing things, etc. It wasn’t until I sat back and truly observed him and asked questions that understood what he was telling me – I wasn’t “listening”. His meltdowns were a result of me not paying attention to the cues and his other ways of communicating his wants/needs. Once I realized this about my son, I then thought about that with the clients I was working with and that’s when I realized I wasn’t listening to my clients. Using some key concepts from MANDT we will define behavior and ways to prevent a situation from getting out of control. We will also discuss behavior as it relates to manipulation of the caregiver and to do about those situations.
    Room
    Marquette 8-9
    Date
    03/22/2019
    Time
    03:10 PM - 04:40 PM
    Session Number
  • Presenters
    • R. JOHNSON
    • M. MILLIKEN
    Session Description
    This session is an introduction to the concept of multidisciplinary team development (MDT) as it relates to serving children, adolescents, families and vulnerable adults. We will explore the benefits of working with a multidisciplinary model for professionals as well as for children and families. This session will include information on identifying roles and responsibilities of team members and how those roles might change as the identified goal of the MDT changes. This session will also include an introduction to team protocol development and discussion of commonly identified barriers to using an MDT.
    Room
    MCC - 208 AB
    Date
    03/22/2019
    Time
    08:30 AM - 10:00 AM
    Session Number
  • Presenters
    • M. MCGOWAN
    Session Description
    Children who have experienced early childhood trauma do not live in a silo. They are a part of a larger community of teachers, social workers, therapists, and others. The training and support services then need to reflect this community based approach for consistent support and healing. Join us for a practical and sustainable approach to healing development trauma and attachment repair.
    Room
    MCC - 208 AB
    Date
    03/22/2019
    Time
    10:20 AM - 11:50 AM
    Session Number
  • Presenters
    • S. MAU
    Session Description
    This session will explore and analyze the words of women over 60, from a series of interviews on personal safety conducted over twenty years ago. Old women face a unique set of obstacles in their quest for empowerment. The most significant factors that impede an old woman's sense of safety and control include oppression, primarily ageism and sexism, along with violence and fear. Thirty-nine women over sixty were self-selected for semi-structured interviews as a result of their participation in a personal safety workshop. Interviewees ranged in age from sixty to eight-three, were of diverse cultural backgrounds, and most resided in a metropolitan area. The content of these interviews provide a rare inside view of the struggles and strengths of old women. Through discussion and small groups, we will challenge our assumptions and stereotypes of old women, working toward becoming a more effective advocate and facilitator of empowering old women. You will be moved by their words - their humor, fears and determination to continue as vital members of their communities, despite so many obstacles.
    Room
    MCC - 208 AB
    Date
    03/22/2019
    Time
    01:20 PM - 02:50 PM
    Session Number
  • Presenters
    • S. ELWELL
    Session Description
    This workshop is geared toward social service professionals who encounter crime victims in their work but are unfamiliar with the criminal justice process, the implications for their clients, and the available crime victim resources. The presenter will provide an overview of criminal justice terminology and process, key statutory crime victim rights, community and government-based advocacy services available to victims, and the Minnesota Crime Victim Reparations Board which can be instrumental in the physical and emotional recovery of the victim.
    Room
    MCC - 208 AB
    Date
    03/22/2019
    Time
    03:10 PM - 04:40 PM
    Session Number
  • Presenters
    • A. PHIBBS
    Session Description
    This seminar will introduce an innovative and transformative model for improving the way leaders sustain equity and inclusion efforts across their organizations and/or communities. Attendees will have the opportunity to actively engage with the material through self-reflection, captioned videos, small group work, and action-planning. We will walk through an organizational assessment, giving attendees the chance to reflect on their current efforts. We will facilitate a conversation around current events and key scenarios that equity and inclusion leaders often face and provide context and strategies on how to develop as a diversity and inclusion leader using this new model.
    Room
    MCC - 208 CD
    Date
    03/22/2019
    Time
    08:30 AM - 10:00 AM
    Session Number
  • Presenters
    • P. MINEHART
    • D. NELSON
    • L. SWAN
    • J. LEWIS
    • D. STEWART
    • L. ROBINSON
    Session Description
    Minor Connect brings the state, tribes, county child welfare/child protection departments, and nonprofits together as equals to meet the needs of youth experiencing homelessness. Child protection is changing how it works with families and youth opening up new pathways to meet the needs of youth experiencing homelessness. Minor Connect combines elements of tribal nations, county systems and community-based agencies to incorporate best practices within child welfare such as relative/kinship search and family interventions with best practices within homeless youth services such as the array of intervention options and the 9 Evidence-Based Principles to Help Youth Overcome Homelessness. Minor Connect incorporates a holistic approach building on youth’s strengths, growing their self-worth, and linking to culturally inclusive and competent care. The response is owned jointly by the state, tribe, county and nonprofits. When provided with needed supports, youth facing hardship are more likely to succeed. Minor Connect secures stability for youth to prevent housing crises from leading to homelessness. Youth who transition to adulthood from a foundation of stability are more likely, as adults, to become contributing members of their communities.
    Room
    MCC - 208 CD
    Date
    03/22/2019
    Time
    10:20 AM - 11:50 AM
    Session Number
  • Presenters
    • J. DRGANC
    • A. BEST
    • S. JASZCAK
    • P. MANIVASAGER
    Session Description
    What do you need to know as a case manager about Electronic Visit Verification (EVV)? How will this affect the PCA and Home Care industry? This presentation will make sure you are equipped to answer questions that the people you serve may ask you about EVV. During this engaging presentation, you will find out how this can make your job easier. Find out ways that this technology can enrich the lives of the people you serve. See various applications that can increase efficiency in reporting and day-to-day oversight. Learn what features might be used to maximize supports and reduce paperwork for the person and the Lead Agency. Discuss the possible implications of increased technology in the hands of participants. EVV is a mandate of the Federal Government under 21st Century Cures Act. This is required for all personal care and home health care services under Medicaid. It will be used to track the individual receiving services, the person performing the service, date of service, the type of service, location of the service and the time the service begins and ends. Minnesota and all states must implement the first part of the mandate by January 1, 2020 and the second part by 2023.
    Room
    MCC - 208 CD
    Date
    03/22/2019
    Time
    01:20 PM - 02:50 PM
    Session Number
  • Presenters
    • C. GRAVES
    • M. FRAZIER
    Session Description
    The MN Department of Human Services (MN DHS) has developed public-private partnerships by contracting with local private agencies, non-profit organizations and the University of Minnesota (U of MN). The contracts allow these organizations to serve children under state guardianship, foster, adoptive, and kinship families. Further, they are designed to achieve the specific goals of increasing permanency and increasing supports available to families. Finally, through our partnership with the U of MN we strive to increase adoption competency among child welfare professionals. MN DHS began contracting with private adoption agencies in 1998 with the objective of increasing the number of adoptions of children under guardianship. This partnership has grown to include child-specific adoption recruitment and concurrent planning services. MN DHS is dedicated to increasing the skill and competency of professionals serving adoptive families.
    Room
    MCC - 208 CD
    Date
    03/22/2019
    Time
    03:10 PM - 04:40 PM
    Session Number