"13th NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CHILD ABUSE
AND NEGLECT"

April 23 - 28, 2001  *  Albuquerque, New Mexico

CONFERENCE CODE: NCC21

PRE-CONFERENCE SESSIONS - MONDAY, APRIL 23rd

001 Screening for Substance Abuse in Clients -  2  $20.00

002 Bringing Absent Fathers into Child Maltreatment Prevention: A Latino Experience -  2  $20.00

003 Talking Story the Right Way -  2  $20.00

PRE-CONFERENCE SESSIONS - TUESDAY, APRIL 24th

004 Shared Leadership: A Model for Building Strong Families and Strong Communities -  2  $20.00

005 Identifying Barriers with Native American Families who Have Abusive Histories -  2  $20.00

006 Family Group Decision Making: A Primer -  2  $20.00

007 Practice-Based Cultural Competence in Child Protection -  2  $20.00

CONFERENCE SESSIONS - WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25th

008 Opening Plenary: Living a Life of Openness - Listening to Children, Listening to Difference -  1  $11.00

009 Plenary 1: Breaking the Cycle of Violence in Indian County for Future Generations -  1  $11.00

010 No More "Children at Risk": "Children of Promise" -  1  $11.00

011 ASFA and Its Impact on the Over-Representation of Children of Color in the Child Welfare System -  2  $20.00

012 Incorporating Villages into Family Decision Meetings -  1  $11.00

013 Oregon’s Title IV-E Waiver: Integrating Research, Policy and Practice -  1  $11.00

014 Addressing Substance Abuse Within a Primary Prevention Setting -  1  $11.00

015 Working with Batterers in the Context of Child Protection -  1  $11.00

016 Stopping Child Abuse Before It Begins: Teaching Children Parenting Skills -  1  $11.00

017 The Adult-Adolescent Parenting Inventory (AAPI-2): Assessing High Risk Parenting Attitudes -  1  $11.00

018 Dynamics of Unsubstantiated Reports of Child Abuse and Neglect: A National Study -  1  $11.00

019 Understanding Cultures to Better Serve Children -  1  $11.00

020 The Longitudinal Evaluation Process of a Parent Education Program for New & Expecting High-Risk Parents -  1  $11.00

021 Compassion Fatigue and Child Welfare Workers: The Influence of Personal Childhood Trauma -  1  $11.00

022 Partners for Permanency: Connecting Young Children in Foster Care to Early Intervention and Early Childhood Programs -  1  $11.00

023 A Trail to a Clearing: Group Treatment for Alcoholism/Addiction & Child Maltreatment/High Risk Parenting -  1  $11.00

024 Incorporating Outcomes in Child Welfare Supervision -  1  $11.00

025 Strategy as a Consideration in CPS Program Design -  1  $11.00

026 Transforming Systems Through Training Innovation: The Cross Disciplinary Training Approach -  1  $11.00

027 Overview, New Findings, and Future Directions of the National Incidence Study -  1  $11.00

028 It’s Up to You: Developing a Child Abuse Prevention Media Campaign -  1  $11.00

029 When the Grass Stopped Growing and Rivers Stopped Flowing -  1  $11.00

030 Evaluating Children’s Services in Domestic Violence Shelters: The North Carolina Experience -  1  $11.00

031 Family Dynamic in Puerto Rican Society When Father-Daughter Incest Occurs (English) -  1  $11.00

032 Eliciting Compassion from Children in Violent Homes and Communities -  1  $11.00

033 Building the Case for Family Support Centers (Spanish) -  1  $11.00

034 Small Voices: Reconceptualizing Abuse Assessment with Preschool Children -  1  $11.00

035 Restoring the Body, Mind, Spirit Connection -  1  $11.00

036 Using Self-Assessment to Improve Prevention Services -  2  $20.00

037 Parent-Child Interaction Therapy: Training for Professionals Who Work with High-Risk Families -  2  $20.00

038 Becoming Culturally Inclusive: Key Elements to Promote Healthy, Literate, and Productive Families -  2  $20.00

039 Change Based CPS Intervention -  2  $20.00

040 Family Drug Court: An Innovative Approach to Child Abuse and Neglect -  1  $11.00

041 Providing Prevention Services with Diverse Populations -  1  $11.00

042 Developing a Stronger Prevention Organization Through Capacity-Building and Best Practice Standards -  1  $11.00

043 Can We Prevent and/or Reduce the Inter-generational Perpetuation of Violence, Substance Abuse, & Mental Health Problems in the Lives of Affected Children? -  1  $11.00

044 Parents Anonymous: Partnering with Diverse Communities to Strengthen Families -  1  $11.00

045 Technology: Harness the Power to Support Prevention Activities -  1  $11.00

046 Working with Mothers of Incest Victims -  1  $11.00

047 Two Community Building Approaches to Preventing Child Abuse -  1  $11.00

048 The CPS Judicial Web Page: A Collaborative Effect of the Texas Court Improvement Project & the Texas Dept. of Protective & Regulatory Services -  1  $11.00

049 Cultural Considerations When Serving Victims of Family Violence -  1  $11.00

050 Social Work Works! Actuarial Risk Assessment and Long Term Follow-Up Families Referred to Child Protective Services in Wisconsin -  1  $11.00

051 Protective Behaviors: A Violence Prevention Process for Children and Adults -  1  $11.00

052 Child Abuse and Neglect from a Traditional Navajo View Point -  1  $11.00

053 Assessing Child Abuse in Children 18 to 36 Months of Age -  1  $11.00

054 Innovative Agency Interfacing to Promote Constructive Policy Change -  1  $11.00

055 Nutaqsiivik: Lessons Learned on the Path to Reduce Infant Mortality -  1  $11.00

056 Child Welfare Managed Care -  1  $11.00

057 Classifying Child Abuse Injury Data -  1  $11.00

058 Tough Problems, Tough Choices: Guidelines for Needs-Based Service Planning in Child Welfare -  1  $11.00

059 The Relative Reliability and Validity of Difference Approaches to Risk Reassessment: A National Study -  1  $11.00

060 Speaking Out About Service Utilization: African American Grandmothers in Kinship Care -  1  $11.00

061 Building Bridges with Religious Communities in Child Abuse Prevention, Intervention, and Treatment -  1  $11.00

062 What if You and Your Best Friends Threw a Party and Nobody Came? -  1  $11.00

063 Supervised Visitation: An Emerging Social Service for Children and their Families -  1  $11.00

064 Preventing Child Abuse and Neglect Through Coordination of Social Services -  1  $11.00

065 Junk Science in the Courtroom -  1  $11.00

066 Diversity Training: Easy as ABC -  1  $11.00

067 Outcome Accountability for Community Based Family Resource and Support Programs -  1  $11.00

068 Building the Case for Family Support Centers (English) -  1  $11.00

069 Solution-Based Casework: An Innovative and Effective Model for Child Protection Caseworkers -  1  $11.00

070 The Social Worker in Court: Swearing 101 -  1  $11.00

071 Devising Evaluation Strategies for the Practice of Family Group Decision Making -  1  $11.00

072 Best Practices: A Child-Focused, Family-Centered, Community-Based Child Welfare Practice Model in Mississippi -  1  $11.00

073 Community Based Collaborative Research: Lessons form Indian Country -  1  $11.00

074 Building Networks to Prevent Child Abuse and Neglect -  1  $11.00

075 Blending Research, Practice and Policy for Child Welfare Services for Substance Affected Families -  1  $11.00

076 Key Supports for Group-Based Parent Education for Diverse Populations: the MELD Model -  1  $11.00

077 Promising Programs and Practices for Children of Color in the Child Welfare System -  1  $11.00

078 From National Notoriety to Improvements in Practice: Changing Child Sexual Abuse Interviews & Investigations After the "Wenatchee" Cases -  1  $11.00

079 Child Welfare Training: Spotlight on Emerging Trends & Future Challenges -  1  $11.00

080 Court, Agency & Community Collaboration: A Strategy for Systems Change -  1  $11.00

081 Protecting Children: Taking it to the Streets -  1  $11.00

CONFERENCE SESSIONS - THURSDAY, APRIL 26th

082 Lost Boys: Pathways from Childhood Sadness to Adolescent Violence -  1  $11.00

083 School-Based Harassment & Abuse of Children from Gay/Lesbian-Headed Households: How Can We Help? -  1  $11.00

084 Knowledge Management: Customizing Information Resources to Meet the Needs of Diverse Populations -  1  $11.00

085 Community-Research Partnership: Illinois Subsidized Guardianship Demonstration -  1  $11.00

086 A Labor Management Initiative to Control Violence, Ergonomics & Infectious Disease Hazards in a Social Services Agency -  1  $11.00

087 Revisiting the Value of Crisis Nurseries as a Means of Preventing Child Abuse and Neglect -  1  $11.00

088 Real Families - Real Recovery -  1  $11.00

089 Designing Grassroots Evaluation for Family Resource Center Programs: Wisconsin’s Model for Evaluating Outcomes and Best Practice -  1  $11.00

090 Violence Affecting Children: Co-Occurrence and Multiple Risks -  1  $11.00

091 Collaborative Assessment (Investigations) -  1  $11.00

092 Child Protection: Advocates Speak Out -  1  $11.00

093 Quality Assurance, Risk Management and Documentation in the Record -  1  $11.00

094 ‘Family Partners’ - An Alternative to Reports of Child Abuse and Neglect -  1  $11.00

095 Neuropsychological Consequences of Child Neglect & Their Implications for Social Policy -  1  $11.00

096 Family Dynamic in Puerto Rican Society When Father - Daughter Incest Occurs (Spanish) -  1  $11.00

097 From Risk to Resiliency -  1  $11.00

098 Working with the Media: A Powerful Prevention Partner -  1  $11.00

099 Bullying Today: What to Do About It -  1  $11.00

100 Rethinking Engagement of Families for Child Protection (English) -  1  $11.00

101 Reconstructing the Ivory Tower: A Learning Partnership Between the Navajo Nation & the University of New Mexico -  1  $11.00

102 Interstate Compact: A Resource for Meeting the Needs of Children -  1  $11.00

103 Police in Child Welfare: A Unique Approach to Ensuring Child Safety -  1  $11.00

104 Save the Caregiver, Save the Child -  1  $11.00

105 Preventing Child Maltreatment by Building Supportive Communities -  1  $11.00

106 Child Abuse Among American Indians & Alaska Natives: Integrating Culture/Public Health for Intervention/Prevention -  1  $11.00

107 Culturally Sensitive Use of Interpreters -  1  $11.00

108 One Head Start Program’s Approach to Preventing Child Abuse -  1  $11.00

109 Public Health Oriented Child Abuse Collaborations: A Strategy to Improve Child Abuse Prevention Efforts in Communities of Color -  1  $11.00

110 Studying Child Abuse & Neglect in the Military: Lessons Learned About the Effect of Concurrent Domestic Violence -  1  $11.00

111 Working Together for Children: Child Therapist - Attorney Partnerships -  1  $11.00

112 Reforming the Child Protective Services System -  2  $20.00

113 Forensic Evaluation of the Pre-School Child -  2  $20.00

114 Partners for Safety: An Innovative Approach for Meeting the Needs of Children Exposed to Domestic Violence -  2  $20.00

115 P.S. I Love You & P.S. I Love You...More: An Attitude-Based Curriculum for Facilitating Parent Support Groups -  2  $20.00

116 Strengthening Partnership Between Service Providers and Families -  1  $11.00

117 Rites of Passage: A Holistic Prevention Program -  1  $11.00

118 Focusing on the First Years; Neglect Assessment for Children Age 0-3 -  1  $11.00

119 Improving the Academic Skills of Children in Foster Care -  1  $11.00

120 Factors that Influence the Substantiation of Abuse and Neglect Cases -  1  $11.00

121 Cultural Implications in Adoption: Lessons Learned in Romania -  1  $11.00

122 Risk of Out-of-Home Placement at First Substantiation -  1  $11.00

123 Conducting Policy-Relevant Research with the National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System -  1  $11.00

124 Family Reunification: Making it Work -  1  $11.00

125 Measuring Client Success: Application of an Outcomes Framework -  1  $11.00

126 Addressing Ethical Issues in Child Protection -  1  $11.00

127 Rural Implementation of Results-Based Child Abuse Prevention with High-Risk Families: An Evaluation of a Healthy Families Program -  1  $11.00

128 Public & Private Kinship Care: National Survey Findings on Child Characteristics & State Policies -  1  $11.00

129 Family Heritage: Reclaiming the Past, Affirming the Future -  1  $11.00

130 Improving Child Welfare Performance Through Supervisory Use of Outcomes Data -  1  $11.00

131 The Link Between Violence to People & Animals -  1  $11.00

132 From Research to Practice and Back Again: Quality Improvement through the HFA Research - Practice Model -  1  $11.00

133 The Big Picture Requires a Big Frame -  1  $11.00

134 The Availability Heuristic: Understanding Our Perceptions About Child Physical Abuse -  1  $11.00

135 Parents at Risk of Losing Their Parental Rights: Effective Intervention Strategies Through Community Partnerships & Culturally-Based Programming -  1  $11.00

136 Child Protection Team Services Via Telemedicine -  1  $11.00

137 Shared Family Care: An Innovative Model for Supporting Families through Community Based Mentoring -  1  $11.00

139 Surfing to Prevention & Policy Action: Using the Internet as an Interactive Tool to End Child Sexual Abuse -  1  $11.00

140 LONGSCAN: The Impact of Abuse/Neglect on Children’s Growth & Development -  1  $11.00

141 Privatized Child Welfare Managed Care: The Kansas Experience -  1  $11.00

142 Cultural Implications in Adoption: Lessons Learned in Romania -  1  $11.00

143 Can Social Networks Insulate Parents from Abusing Their Kids? -  1  $11.00

144 Strengths-Based Evaluation of Non-Offending Guardians of Sexually Abused Children -  1  $11.00

145 The Role of Culture in Maternal Response to Child Sexual Abuse: Charting New Territory for Research and Treatment -  1  $11.00

146 Individual and Social Protective Factors for Children in Informal Kinship Care -  1  $11.00

147 The Education Initiative Project: A Public/Private Collaboration -  1  $11.00

148 Targeting At-Risk Families: Legal Alternatives to Traditional Child Protection Intervention -  1  $11.00

149 A National Review of Model Family Involvement and Leadership Initiatives -  1  $11.00

150 Child Abuse Education for Primary Care Providers -  1  $11.00

151 Toward More Effective Intervention in Overlap Cases: Domestic Violence and Child Maltreatment -  1  $11.00

152 Building Solutions in Child Protective Services -  1  $11.00

153 Court Intervention in Child Maltreatment: The Contribution of Theory -  1  $11.00

154 Where There is Laughter There is Hope: The Role of Humor in Coping -  1  $11.00

155 Creative Collaborations for Children’s Sake: A Program for Children Exposes to Domestic Violence -  1  $11.00

CONFERENCE SESSIONS - FRIDAY, APRIL 27th

156 Plenary - "Trouble Don’t Always Last": A Study of Survival in the Child Welfare System -  1  $11.00

157 It Takes a Team to Protect a Child: Child Protection Team Investigation Strategies -  1  $11.00

158 Intersibling Abuse: Assessment & Intervention with Children, Families & Adults -  1  $11.00

159 Workload Analysis: From Measurement to Best Practice -  1  $11.00

160 Helping Managers Meet Federal Guidelines and Monitor Quality Assurance Using a Desktop Tool -  1  $11.00

161 Preventing Abuse of Children with Disabilities -  1  $11.00

162 Rethinking Engagement of Families for Child Protection (Spanish) -  1  $11.00

163 Media Matters -  1  $11.00

164 Working Together to Protect Our Children: Interstate Agreements Between Illinois, Iowa, & Missouri -  1  $11.00

165 Management of Ethical Issues & Conflicts of Interest -  1  $11.00

166 Preparing Child Welfare Professionals: Special Seminars in Ethical Practices and Legal Issues -  1  $11.00

167 Outcome Based Management of Family Centered Practice in a Public Child Welfare Agency in a Rural Setting -  1  $11.00

168 SAFE HOMES: The First Step to Permanency -  1  $11.00

169 Bullies, Targets & Witnesses: Children Abusing Children -  1  $11.00

170 Effective Staff Supervision -  1  $11.00

171 Birth Certificate Predictors of Child Maltreatment Reports -  1  $11.00

172 Barriers to Data Collection & Service Delivery for Abused & Neglected Native Children -  1  $11.00

173 Moving Child Protection Services from Confrontation to Support -  1  $11.00

174 Teaching Undergraduates About Abuse & Neglect Across the Life Span: The Utah State University Model -  1  $11.00

175 Sexual Abuse Cases Involving Youth w/Developmental Disabilities: Practical Advice & Encouragement for Professionals -  1  $11.00

176 Can A Village Raise a Child? -  1  $11.00

177 Cognitive, Economic & Ethnic Diversity Among Maltreated Children with Disabilities -  1  $11.00

178 Show Me Your Discipline! Is Child Welfare a Grab Bag or a Professional Discipline? -  1  $11.00

179 Solid Starts & Other Innovative Approaches to Building a True Grassroots Multicultural Program -  1  $11.00

180 Healthy Families Orange: A Five Year Perspective on Outcomes -  1  $11.00

181 Video Home Training, an Internationally Validated Strengths-Based Program Applied in the United States -  1  $11.00

182 The Court as a Proactive Agent for Positive Youth Development -  1  $11.00

183 Using Foster Care Review to Embrace Diverse Cultures -  1  $11.00

184 Changing Tools of the Trade: Effective Use of Technology to Forge New Connections -  1  $11.00

185 Innovative Family Preservation Services for African-American Families -  1  $11.00

186 FAMILY EMPOWERMENT: Strengthening Families through Partnerships -  1  $11.00

187 Family Support in Indian Country -  1  $11.00

188 Children’s Advocacy Centers and MDT’s in Indian Country -  1  $11.00

189 The Minority of Minorities: Refugee Families and the U.S. Child Welfare System -  1  $11.00

190 The Relational Trauma of Incest: A Family-Based Approach to Treatment -  1  $11.00

191 The Decline of Sexual Abuse Cases: Exploring the Causes -  1  $11.00

192 The Application of Solution-Focused Therapy Techniques in Child Protective Investigation & Intervention: A Promising Alternative -  1  $11.00

193 Safechild Initiatives: Collaborations to Prevent Child Abuse -  1  $11.00

194 Respite Resources: A National Perspective and Oklahoma’s Innovative Approach to Respite Care -  1  $11.00

195 Working with Families to Reduce the Risk of Neglect: Results from Two Demonstration Projects -  1  $11.00

196 New Findings from Child Maltreatment 1999 -  1  $11.00

197 Issues of Mandated Reporting: How Do We Balance Child Protection and Effective Service Provision? -  1  $11.00

198 Evidence Based Practice with Risk Families: A Court-Directed Initiative -  1  $11.00

199 Citizen Foster Care Review -  1  $11.00

200 Bridging the Gap: An Innovative Collaboration Between Child Welfare, a State University Based Psychiatric Program & Child Care Providers -  1  $11.00

201 Parenting Behind Bars: Using a Parent Nurturing Program with Inmates -  1  $11.00

202 Parents Anonymous P.O.S.S.E. (Parenting Our Successors in Society Effectively) - A Unique Model for Reaching Incarcerated Minorities -  1  $11.00

203 Clinical Versus Actuarial Approaches to Risk Assessment in CPS: Recent Results & Their Meaning for Clinical Practice -  1  $11.00

204 Families in Tact Program: A Unique Partnership to Improve Child Welfare by Decreasing Parental Substance Abuse -  1  $11.00

205 Online Victimization of Youth: Results for the Youth Internet Safety Survey -  1  $11.00

206 Initial Data from the National Evaluation of Children’s Advocacy Centers; Who Is Served & How? -  1  $11.00

207 Presumptions and Prejudice: Pregnant, Drug Using Women & Charges of Child Neglect -  1  $11.00

208 Reports, Victims, Maltreatments: What is the Difference? An Introduction to Understanding Child Maltreatment Statistics -  1  $11.00

209 Project En Campe: A Multi-Model Approach to Promoting Positive Parenting within the Haitian Community -  1  $11.00

210 Child Fatality Review: Lessons from a Local Team -  1  $11.00

211 Fathers and Child Maltreatment -  1  $11.00

CONFERENCE SESSIONS - SATURDAY, APRIL 28th

212 The Problem of Protecting Children in Custody/Divorce Cases Where Domestic Violence is Involved & Where Child Abuse is Suspected -  2  $20.00

213 The Basics of Special Education Law: What Every Professional Who Works with Child Victims of Abuse & Neglect Should Know -  1  $11.00

214 Abduction Murders of Children: What Research Tells Us -  1  $11.00

215 Share HUGS With Your Community -  1  $11.00

216 A Relational Approach to Working with Adolescent Offenders and Their Families -  1  $11.00

217 Ethical Issues in Public Social Services -  1  $11.00

218 School-Based Child Abuse Prevention -  1  $11.00

219 Linking Neuropsychology to Counseling: Treating the Effects of Childhood Abuse Trauma -  1  $11.00

220 A Multi-System Approach to Safety Planning for Community Based Adolescent Sexual Offenders & Children with Inappropriate Sexual Behavior -  1  $11.00

221 Sweat Therapy -  1  $11.00

222 Child Welfare Workers & Social Work Students: Partners in Providing Child-Focused, Culturally Competent Services -  1  $11.00

223 Thursday’s Children: Directions in Reframing the Protection of Childhood in the New Millennium -  1  $11.00

224 Neighborhood Outreach Strategies for Child Safety -  1  $11.00

225 Examining the Long-term Effects of Childhood Abuse & Neglect Among Women Prisoners -  1  $11.00

226 Challenging the Case Size Barriers to Practice: Myths, Measures & Methods -  1  $11.00

227 The Impact of Medicaid Managed Care on Child Abuse Services -  1  $11.00

228 Abuse and Neglect of Children with Disabilities: A Collaborative Response -  1  $11.00