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Monday, October 23 Optional Pre-Conference Sessions - Assessing and Addressing Children's Well-being, From Infants to Young Adults
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| 8:30am - 9:30am |
Welcoming Remarks, Assessing and Addressing Well-being Issues for Infants and Toddlers
Welcoming Remarks Milbrey Raney, Assistant Director, Children’s Commission
Moderator: Hon. Kimberly Burley, Associate Judge, Bexar County Children’s Court
Speakers: Dr. Sue Profilet, Child Development Specialist with Fort Bend TBRI Collaborative, and Edith King, Manager of Intervention and Women’s Services, HHSC.
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| 9:45am - 10:45am |
Assessing and Addressing Well-being Issues for Middle School Aged Children
Moderator: Hon. Cyndi Wheless, Judge of the 417th District Court in Collin County
Speakers: Felicia Penn, Education Program Specialist at DFPS; Dr. Mohsin Khan, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Rees Jones Center for Foster Care Excellence; and Todd Latiolais, Director of Prevention Education Strategy, Children’s Advocacy Centers of Texas
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| 11am - 12pm |
Getting to Successful Outcomes for Teen and Older Youth
Moderator: Hon. Charles Griffin, Associate Judge, Gulf Coast Children’s Court
Speakers: Charles Batiste, Youth Specialist, DFPS; and Laura Villarreal, Program Specialist, Texas Workforce Commission
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| 12pm - 12:45pm |
Lunch and Registration
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Monday, October 23 CWJC Conference
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12:45pm - 1pm
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Welcoming Remarks
Speakers: Supreme Court of Texas Justices Debra Lehrmann and Rebeca Huddle; Judge Mark Atkinson, CEO, Texas Center for the Judiciary; and Jamie Bernstein, Executive Director, Children’s Commission
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1pm - 2:15pm
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Keynote Address
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Scott LePor, Medical Director, Texas Juvenile Justice Department
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2:30pm - 3pm
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OCA Update
Speakers: Megan LaVoie, Administrative Director, Texas Office of Court Administration; Hector Gomez, Court Security Director, Texas Office of Court Administration
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3pm - 4pm
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What Trial Courts Need to Know about the Appellate Process
Moderator: Hon. Aurora Martinez Jones, Judge of the 126th District Court
Speakers: Alana Pearsall, Attorney; Bill Connolly, Attorney
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4:15pm - 5:15pm
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Legislative Update: From Prevention to Extended Care
Speakers: Hon. Rob Hofmann, Judge of the 452nd District Court and Senior Jurist in Residence, Children’s Commission; Hon. Piper McCraw, Judge of the 469th District Court and Jurist in Residence, Children’s Commission; Jamie Bernstein, Executive Director, Children’s Commission; and Dylan Moench, Director of Legal Representation, Children’s Commission.
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| 5:30pm - 6:30pm |
CASA Reception
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Tuesday, October 24
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| 8:30am - 9:30am |
Supporting Kinship Placements
Moderator: Hon. Nikki Mundkowsky, Associate Judge of the Centex Child Protection Court North
Speakers: Dr. Valerie Jackson, Monarch Family Services; and Chantel Bedlington, Kinship Navigator Supervisor, ACH Child and Family Services
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| 9:45am - 10:45am |
Youth-Centered Approaches to Meeting the Needs of Commercially Sexually Exploited Children and Youth
Moderator: Hon. Delia Gonzales, Associate Judge of the Dallas County Child Protection & Permanency Court
Speakers: Ann-Charlotte Profitt, Director of Practice, Texas Network of Youth Services; Alexander Polk, Program Coordinator, Texas Network of Youth Services; and Divine Biglow, Chaz Davis, and Ronald Smith of the Young Adult Leadership Council, Texas Network of Youth Services
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| 11:00am - 12:00pm |
Understanding Social Determinants of Health as a Matter of Equity
Speakers: Sheila Craig, Director, Civil Rights Office, HHSC; and Jon Olson, Civil Rights Office, HHSC
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12:00pm - 1:00pm
Lunch Presentation
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Sharing Best Practices from an ICWA Specialty Docket
Speaker: John Williams, Attorney, ICWA Specialty Docket, El Paso
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| 1:00pm - 2:30pm |
DFPS Leadership and Statewide Data Updates
Speakers: DFPS Leadership Speakers Sasha Rasco, Marta Talbert, Stephen Black, George Cannata, Erica Banuelos, and Sierra Fisher
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| 2:45pm - 3:45pm |
CFSR Discussion with DFPS and the Judiciary
Moderator: Jamie Bernstein, Executive Director, Children’s Commission
Speakers: Elizabeth Kromrei, CPS Director of Services, DFPS; and Jessica Allen, CPS Federal and Program Improvement Review Division Administrator, DFPS
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| 4:00pm - 5:15pm |
Regional Breakouts
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Wednesday, October 25
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| 8:30am - 9:30am |
Options for Older Youth
Speakers: Hon. Katrina Griffith, Associate Judge of the Harris County CPS Project Court; Sarah Worthington, Director, Texas Foster Youth Justice Project; and Emily Castro, Texas Department of Family and Protective Services
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| 9:45am - 10:45am |
Supporting Parents in the Texas Child Welfare System from Prevention to Reinstatement
Moderator: Hon. Robert Falkenberg, Associate Judge of the Child Protection Court of South Texas
Speakers: Karla Baker, Parent Liaison, Region 4, Statewide Parent Collaboration Group Advisory Committee; and Cindy Dyar, Director, Family Defense Project, Texas RioGrande Legal Aid
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| 11:00am - 11:55pm |
Recognizing Judicial Leadership and Innovation
Moderator: Hon. Rob Hofmann, Judge of the 452nd District Court and Senior Jurist in Residence, Children’s Commission
Speakers: Hon. James Belton (ret., former Associate Judge of the Child Protection Court of Rio Grande Valley East); Hon. Cheryl Vaughn, Associate Judge of the 8th Region North Child Protection Court; Hon. Linda Dunson, Judge of the 309th Family Court of Harris County; Hon. Angela Graves-Harrington, Judge of the 246th District Court; and Hon. Andrea James, Associate Judge of the 2nd Region Child Protection Court No. 2
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| 11:55am - 12:00pm |
Closing Remarks
Jamie Bernstein, Executive Director, Children's Commission
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