The 21st AnnualMaine Child Welfare Conference

Thursday, June 18, 2015

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Keynote Presentation

Also Presenting:Penthea Burns, MSW

Clifton F. Guthrie, Ph.D., M.Div.Marjorie Withers, LCSW

Chris McLaughlin, LCSWAlex Roan, LCPC

Gia Drew

Esther Attean, MSWDr. Gail Werrbach

Martha Proulx, MSW

2015 Annual Conference Supported by:

7.0 Nursing Continuing Education Credits have been applied for from ANA-Northeast Multi-State Division

ANA-Northeast Multi-State Division is Accredited as an Approver of Continuing Nursing Education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

Embracing Diversity: Challenges and Opportunities in Child WelfareJudith Josiah-Martin, MSW, ACSW, CADC

CERTIFICATES FOR CONTACT HOURS & FORMS REQUIRED IN ORDER TO RECEIVE CEUsWILL BE AVAILABLE AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE CONFERENCE.

COST IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE CONFERENCE FEE

GUARDIAN AD LITEM & PSYCHOLOGY CEUs HAVE BEEN APPLIED FOR.

Wells Conference Center - University of Maine, Orono

Margie Berkovich, Detective, Maine Attorney General’s Offi ce

2015 Hot Topics: Diversity in Child Welfare

June 18th, 2015Conference Agenda

7:30 - 8:00 Registration

8:00 - 8:15 Opening Remarks and Housekeeping

8:15 - 9:15 Youth Panel Facilitator: Penthea Burns, MSW Who I Am? Culture, Identity and Youth in Care

9:15 - 10:30 Keynote Speaker: Judith Josiah-Martin, MSW, ACSW, CADC Embracing Diversity: Challenges and Opportunities in Child Welfare

10:30 - 10:45 Break

10:45 - 12:15 Morning Break Out Session A. Clifton F. Guthrie, Ph.D., M.Div. The Moral Welfare of Children (Qualifi es for 1.5 Ethics Credits)

B. Judith Josiah-Martin, MSW, ACSW, CADC Cultural Competency: What Does It Look Like in Child Welfare Practice?

C. Margie Berkovich, Detective, Maine Attorney General’s Offi ce The Maine Civil Rights Act and How It Applies to Juveniles

12:15 - 1:00 Lunch

1:00 - 2:30 Afternoon Break Out Session

A. Clifton F. Guthrie, Ph.D., M.Div. Why Are Other Peoples’ Morals So Weird? Ethical Responses to Moral Diversity (Qualifi es for 1.5 Ethics Credits)

B. Marjorie Withers, LCSW Diversity Issues in Poverty

C. Chris McLaughlin, LCSW; Alex Roan, LCPC; Gia Drew Securing the Safety of LGBTQ Youth and Becoming a Trans Ally

2:30 - 2:45 Break

2:45 - 4:15 Plenary: Esther Attean, MSW; Dr. Gail Werrbach; Penthea Burns, MSW; Martha Proulx, MSW Truth, Healing, and Change: The Maine Wabanaki-State Child Welfare Truth and Reconciliation Commission Process and Indian Child Welfare Act

4:15 - 4:30 Closing Remarks

Handouts and reference materials will be available on the Wings website one week prior to the conference.Please print them out if you’d like a hard copy: www.wingsinc.org

Keynote PresentationEmbracing Diversity: Challenges and Opportunities in Child Welfare

Judith Josiah-Martin, MSW, ACSW, CADCCulture, social and economic status and gender roles signifi cantly infl uence the decisions families make when seeking services and can be both a positive and a negative factor. Providers who can effectively identify and address diversity factors associated with child welfare and its management are in a better position to improve service delivery, intervention strategies, and healthy family outcomes.

Learning Objectives:

1. Understand and practice effective communication strategies appropriate to a diverse population. Further discuss where false assumptions stem from so as to overcome biases and prejudice

2. Enhancing communication skills through the use of concept like mattering, marginalization and exploring the importance of surfacing, discussing and valuing differences so as to constructively manage practice confl icts

3. Deepening the understanding of the impact of visible and nonvisible differences on work and communication styles through practice activities

Youth PanelWho I Am? Culture, Identity and Youth in Care

Facilitator: Penthea Burns, MSWYouth in foster care often live their lives with labels connected to them - and these can be about a diagnosis, behavior, talent, aspiration, family status, or school performance. In today’s panel discussion, we will explore the cultural connection for youth in care. We each learn our connection to culture in the way we live day to day. When youth enter the custody of the state and placement, how does that impact their cultural connection and sense of identity? What difference does thatmake? What can we do to support youth being who they are and connected to their culture and community ties?

Afternoon PlenaryTruth, Healing and Change: The Maine Wabanaki-State Child Welfare

Truth and Reconciliation Commission Process and Indian Child Welfare Act

Esther Attean, MSW; Dr. Gail Werrbach; Penthea Burns, MSW, Martha Proulx, MSW

In 1999, a partnership began between child welfare professionals from the State of Maine and Wabanaki tribes focused on compliance with ICWA and best child welfare practice with native children and families. Come learn about their work in areas of training, policy development and case review and how they created the space for the nation’s fi rst truth commission process focused on native child welfare. Come hear about the Commission’s research, fi ndings, recommendations and implications for this collaborative work moving forward.

Morning Break Out SessionsA. Clifton F. Guthrie, Ph.D, M.Div The Moral Welfare of Children

A recent prank on the Jimmy Kimmel show involved fake vaccine protesters who were arguing that we should leave vaccine decisions up to children themselves. Bystanders were understandably confused, but the prank raised the interesting question about what moral freedoms are important for children and why. In this workshop we will think together about recent fi ndings about the moral experiences of young children, the formation of early moral attitudes, and the current state of moral development theory beyond Kohlberg. We’ll look too at some of the particular ethical responsibilities that helping professions have to protect the moral perspectives of children, how those are articulated in codes of ethics, the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, and the Human Capabilities Approach to ethics. Qualifi es for 1.5 Ethics Credits B. Judith Josiah-Martin, MSW, ACSW, CADC Cultural Competency: What Does It Look Like in Child Welfare Practice?

This presentation aims to provide an understanding of disparity in child welfare; offer practice tools to reduce cross-cultural misunderstanding and encourage positive cross-cultural helping relationships; remind professional working with child welfare families that diversity is more than just race, religion, geography, socioeconomic status and many other factors shape who we are; explore why differences affect how people work, want to be cared for and want to be cared about

Learning Objectives:

1. Participants will identify ways in which culture shapes family strategies for coping with challenges.

2. Participants will gain an understanding of the meaning of sparse verbal interactions both as a parent communication style and as a cultural response to a non-family member.

3. Participants will be able to dentify a practice tool to promote more effective cross-cultural communication and helping relationships in their work.

C. Margie Berkovich, Detective, Maine Attorney General’s Offi ce The Maine Civil Rights Act and How It Applies to Juveniles

Civil rights laws are in place to ensure individual rights and protect people who are the victims of bias motivated violence, threat of violence or property damage. Many times, social workers, case workers, law enforcement offi cers, and the general public are confused by, or are unsure of the defi nition and application of civil rights laws. This workshop will educate attendees as to the purpose of these laws, to whom they apply, whom they are intended to protect, and how to make a proper report regarding violations of the law. Emphasis will be on how the Maine Civil Rights Act can protect and prosecute young people, who are the victims of, or engage in, bias motivated violence, threat of violence or property damage. Learning Objectives:

1. Understanding the Maine Civil Rights Act 2. How to report a possible violation of the MCRA 3. How does the MCRA apply to juvenile offenders and juvenile victims?

Afternoon Break Out SessionsA. Clifton F. Guthrie, Ph.D, M.Div Why Are Other Peoples’ Morals So Weird? Ethical Responses to Moral Diversity

One of the most challenging dimensions of the serving professions is that we are often called to work with clients, families, colleagues, and cultures that have very different moral convictions from our own. In this workshop participants will learn some basic insights from recent moral psychology that help us understand our moral intuitions and emotions, explore how these insights apply to the service professions, and see how basic tools in ethics can help us when those differences emerge. Insights from professional ethics codes will also be highlighted. Qualifi es for 1.5 Ethics Credits B. Marjorie Withers, LCSW Diversity Issues in Poverty

This workshop will explore the impact of poverty on people we serve. It will also look at the impact of diversity issues in relationship to poverty. Many of our clients face layers of stigma and assumptions that impact them and their ability to work with social service providers. Additionally the workshop will discuss barriers related to both poverty and disparity. Learning Objectives:

1. Participants will learn how to recgnize the impact of poverty in the areas of communication, self esteem and interactions with providers. 2. Participants will learn implications of diversity on those they serve including: • Working defi nition of cultural competency / linguistic appropriateness • Ability to Identify issues related to diversity 3. Participants will be able to identify poverty-informed care and culturally competent care: • Have ways to address their personal biases and assumptions • Have assessment tools that contribute to barrier development

C. Chris McLaughlin, LCSW; Alex Roan, LCPC; and Gia Drew Securing the Safety of LGBTQ Youth and Becoming a Trans Ally

This workshop will outline the risk factors and statistics of suicide and suicide attempts within the LGBTQ population. Presenters will identify ways for practitioners to intervene appropriately. Presenters will also review information related to transgender individuals and how to best be an ally. Learning Objectives:

1. Outline risk factors associated with LGBTQ youth 2. Describe interventions (individual, family, and community) that may be helpful in addressing the issue of suicide with LGBTQ youth 3. Defi ne what it means to be a “trans ally” 4. Increase awareness of what it means to be transgender and how this can impact individuals across the life span

Presenter BiographiesJudith Josiah-Martin, MSW, ACSW, CADC

Judith Josiah-Martin is a clinical social worker and a certifi ed alcohol and drug counselor. She teaches full time at the University of Maine School of Social Work, and is a Research Advisor for the MSW program at Smith College. She served the University of Maine as the Director of Multicultural Student Life for 6 years. Judith earned her BA in Psychology from Andrews University with a concentration on substance abuse studies and her Masters in Social Work at Washington University-George Warren Brown School of Social Work in St. Louis MO. She is currently completing a Ph.D. in Clinical Social Work at Smith College in MA.

As an educator, Judith has delivered numerous keynotes and educational sessions at professional conference, training events, and retreats. She has co-authored book chapters and numerous articles on women and addiction and specializes in providing trainings on substance abuse and related disorders, diversity and cultural competence in physical health and mental health service delivery. Her current focus is on children and families affected by substance abuse and on reducing community-based stigma and shame factors that impede recovery and access to care.

Penthea Burns, MSW

Penthea Burns is a Policy Analyst with the University of Southern Maine’s Muskie School of Public Service in Portland, Maine. Penthea has a Master’s Degree in Social Work and 35 years of experience in Maine’s child welfare system. She is the Director of Maine’s Youth Leadership Advisory Team (YLAT – www.ylat.org), a team of youth leaders in the foster care system. Penthea helped to co-found Camp To Belong Maine and is on the Board of Directors for Camp To Belong International, which reunites siblings who have been separated by foster care and adoption. Penthea has worked with the Indian Child Welfare Workgroup to improve services to Native children and families by improving the state understanding of and compliance with the federal Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA). She co-directs Maine-Wabanaki REACH, a cross cultural collaborative which seeks to promote healing, reconciliation and change for Wabanaki and Maine people. Penthea also works on the Capacity Building Center for Tribes, funded by the federal Children’s Bureau, providing technical assistance to Tribes to enhance the capacity of their child welfare programs to effectively implement and sustain systemic change.

Clifton F. Guthrie, Ph.D., M.Div.

Clifton F. Guthrie, Ph.D. is the Circle Professor of Ethics and Humanities at Husson University. He received his B.A. from Duke University, his M.Div. from Candler School of Theology, and his Ph.D. from Emory University. He taught for fi fteen years in theological education at Emory University and Bangor Theological Seminary, during which time he published many books and articles on practical theology and was a visiting scholar at Cambridge University’s Psychology and Religion project. In 2007 he joined the faculty at Husson University where he teaches ethics, philosophy, and religion, coordinates the humanities area of the School of Science and Humanities and directs the annual Husson Symposium on Ethics. His most recent publications include articles about smart technology and ethics, and he is writing an ethics textbook based on recent fi ndings in moral psychology.

Presenter BiographiesMargie Berkovich, Detective, Maine Attorney General’s Offi ce

Margie Berkovich has been a sworn law enforcement offi cer for more than thirty years. She has worked as a detective for the Maine Attorney General’s Offi ce since graduating from law school. Her investigative responsibilities have included both criminal and civil investigations including fi nancial crimes, use of force investigations and election/voter fraud cases. She is responsible for civil rights enforcement, including investigation, managing the Civil Rights Offi cer Program for the Attorney General’s Offi ce, and coordinating civil rights investigations with municipal, county, and state law enforcement agencies. She is an instructor with the Maine Criminal Justice Academy, and has developed, implemented, and coordinated training programs for Maine’s law enforcement community. She instructs in the areas of civil rights including the 1st Amendment, criminal law, laws of evidence, civil liability, 4th Amendment (Seizure of Persons), constitutional law, criminal investigation, and report writing. She has also been an adjunct professor and a speaker on a number of 1st Amendment topics confronting police departments and town governments in the State of Maine.

Marjorie Withers, LCSW

Marjorie Withers is the director and co-founder of the Community Caring Collaborative, a grassroots collective of 40 tribal, county, and state agencies. The Collaborative is a responsive strength-based system of care for vulnerable populations that is a model for rural collaboration. Ms. Withers has over 35 years of experience as a mental health and substance abuse clinician in a variety of settings and has been designing innovative strength-based rural programming that address the needs of infants, children and families and other vulnerable populations in Maine and other states. She has expertise as a trainer and in offering technical assistance on systems of care, collaboration, trauma-informed systems, poverty-informed systems, delivering services in rural areas, removing barriers, issues related to caregiving and other topics related to her work. A major thrust of her work is in removing stigma regarding poverty and fi nding ways to help people and systems eliminate barriers for people.

Chris McLaughlin, LCSW

Chris McLaughlin, LCSW is a clinical social worker for Acadia Hospital in Bangor, Maine. Currently, he is the Clinical Supervisor for Pediatric Outpatient Services. Prior to this, Chris worked in a variety of clinical settings including treatment foster care, residential treatment facilities, public schools, and community-based case management programs. Chris had a private practice where, for over a decade, he worked with LGBTQ youth and their families. Chris has been an adjunct faculty member at the University of Maine’s School of Social Work for the past 2 years. Additionally, Chris facilitates a support group for survivors of cancer and their loved ones. He is the Branch E Chair for NASW and serves on a variety of community boards including the Citizen’s Review Panel for OCFS’ Child Welfare Department and the University of Maine School of Social Work Alumni Association. He obtained his BA in psychology from the University of Maine in Orono in 1996 and completed his MSW degree in 2001.

Alex Roan, LCPC

Alex Roan is a clinical mental health counselor with a private practice in Portland. One of his areas of concentration is working with transgender clients and their families. The topic of his dissertation research focused on the experiences of parents of trans adults. Alex was the founder of MaineTransNet and volunteers with several local LGBTQ organizations. He is on the board of directors of the Maine Mental Health Counselors Association.

Presenter BiographiesGia Drew

Gia Drew is an educator, activist, and athlete. She works as Program Coordinator at EqualityMaine and is President of the Board of Directors of Maine Transgender Network. She also serves on the board of directors of GLSEN Southern Maine, the LGBTQ Advisory Committee for Maine Coalition Against Sexual Assault, the Oxford County Domestic Violence Task Force, and the Coalition for Creating Safe Maine Schools.

While she was born in Boston, Gia has called Maine home for fourteen years. After earning degrees from Syracuse University and Savannah College of Art and Design, she was a high school teacher and coach for eighteen years. In that time she became one of Maine’s fi rst out transgender public school teachers and one of fi rst transgender high school coaches in the country.

Esther Attean, MSW

Esther Attean, Passamaquoddy Tribal member, holds an MSW from the University of Maine. She came to the Muskie School of Public Service at the University of Southern Maine twelve years ago to work with young people in their transition out of foster care. For seven years prior, she worked for the Penobscot Nation Department of Human Services, providing family support and community program development services. She helped create and convene the Maine Wabanaki-State Child Welfare TRC, helps provide ICWA training to case workers and serves as Co-director of Maine-Wabanaki REACH.

Dr. Gail Werrbach

Dr. Gail Werrbach served as a Commissioner on the historic Maine Wabanaki-State Child Welfare Truth and Reconciliation Commission and has been a faculty member at the University of Maine School of Social Work for the past 25 years. She is currently Director and Associate Professor at the School. Her research interests and publications are in the areas of child mental health, community mental health training, Indian child welfare services and international social work. Gail has received and administered four Indian Child Welfare training grants that provided support for Native American social work students. She was co-principal evaluator of a fi ve-year project for the Passamaquoddy Tribe at Indian Township. She also has been the principal investigator for two international social work initiatives.

Martha Proulx, MSW

Martha Proulx, MSW, has worked for the Offi ce of Child and Family Services (OCFS) since 1985. Currently she is the Child Welfare Program Administrator for Kennebec and Somerset counties. She is responsible for child welfare services including child protective services, permanency, adoption and foster/adoptive homes. She is involved in the Truth & Reconciliation process as a member of REACH. She has served as the OCFS tribal liaison since 2004. She works closely with tribal child welfare agencies to strengthen the working relationship, delivers training for state child welfare staff and has worked on policy development to improve compliance with the Indian Child Welfare Act. Her previous positions at OCFS include: District Operations Manager; Asst. Deputy Director for Child Welfare; Children’s Services and Foster Care Licensing Program Specialist; Regional Coordinator of Maine Caring Families; and Children’s Services Caseworker. Martha received her B.A. degree in Sociology from Washington University in St. Louis and an MSW from the University of Maine at Orono. She is the past President of the National Association of State Foster Care Managers and is a past member of the federal consulting team for the Child and Family Service reviews and has participated in the review of child welfare systems in several states.

June 18, 2015Wells Conference Center - University of Maine, Orono

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7.0 Nursing Continuing Education Credits have been applied for from ANA-Northeast Multi-State Division

ANA-Northeast Multi-State Division is Accredited as an Approver of Continuing Nursing Education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

CERTIFICATES FOR CONTACT HOURS & FORMS REQUIRED IN ORDER TO RECEIVE CEUsWILL BE AVAILABLE AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE CONFERENCE.

COST IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE CONFERENCE FEE

GUARDIAN AD LITEM & PSYCHOLOGY CEUs HAVE BEEN APPLIED FOR.

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Morning Break Out Session (Circle One):

A The Moral Welfare of Children, Clinton F. Guthrie, Ph.D., M.Div. Qualifi es for 1.5 Ethics Credits

B Cultural Competency: What Does It Look Like in Child Welfare Practices?, Judith Josiah-Martin, MSW, ACSW, CADC

C The Maine Civil Rights Act and How It Applies to Juveniles, Margie Berkovich, Detective, Maine A.G.’s Offi ce

Afternoon Break Out Session (Circle One):

A Why Are Other People’s Morals So Weird? Ethical Responses to Moral Diversity, Clinton F. Guthrie, Ph.D., M.Div. Qualifi es for 1.5 Ethics Credits

B Diversity Issues in Poverty, Marjorie Withers, LCSW

C Securing the Safety of LGBTQ Youth, Chris McLaughlin, LCSW, Gia Drew, and Alex Roane

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