The Annual OCWTP Trainer Conference

Each Spring the OCWTP holds a one-day Trainer conference to recognize the hard work and dedication of its trainers, and to provide them with networking opportunities and enhancement training within a selected theme.

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This year, we are bringing the Trainer Conference to you!  In an effort to decrease your travel time and expenses, the 2010 Conference is being held at three (3) strategic locations across the state on three (3) different dates:

CENTRAL OHIO TRAINER CONFERENCE:
Location: Columbus - Hosted by CORTC, ECORTC, SEORTC, & IHS
Date: Monday, March 8, 2010 
Registration deadline: Feb. 19, 2010

WESTERN OHIO TRAINER CONFERENCE:
Location: Dayton - Hosted by WORTC, SWORTC, & IHS
Date: Monday, May 24, 2010 
Registration deadline: May 7, 2010

NORTHERN OHIO TRAINER CONFERENCE:
Location: Cleveland - Hosted by NCORTC, NWORTC, NEORTC, & IHS
Date: Tuesday, June 15, 2010 
Registration deadline: May 28, 2010

Each location will host the same workshop and conference activities.  You may attend more than one location; however, licensure credit (4.5 hours) can only be claimed once.

REGISTRATION

Registration is required and is only open to OCWTP trainers and staff. Once your registration has been submitted you will automatically be directed to a confirmation page with directions to each of the conference locations.

To register, click on the link here:    http://OCWTP.2010TrainerConference.sgizmo.com

WORKSHOP and PRESENTERS

Evidence In The OCWTP: The Road To Best Practice In Child Welfare Training
presented by Beth Ann Rodriguez, MSW, and Stacey Saunders, PhD(c), MSSA, LISW

In this workshop we will use practical examples and everyday experiences to illustrate how the best available evidence can help you develop and deliver the high quality training expected from our system. You will learn how to locate reliable resources and evaluate the validity of both new and existing references.  Come to this workshop and learn how to create learning activities that promote best practice and are based on the best available evidence.  

This workshop will help you:

• Locate relevant and reliable information for use in learning activities
• Evaluate your existing sources to determine the level of evidence
• Evaluate new sources to determine the level of evidence
• Incorporate new and existing information into your learning activities
• Better understand evidence-based practice as it relates to child welfare

Beth Ann Rodriguez, MSW, has over 25 years experience in child welfare providing direct and administrative services in residential, foster care, and therapeutic settings. Beth Ann participated in research and taught courses in cultural diversity and child abuse and neglect at the University of Texas at Austin, School of Social Work, and also taught cultural diversity at the University of Louisville, Kent School of Social Work.  Beth Ann is an IHS staff member.
                                                                                                
Stacey Saunders, PhD(c), MSSA, LISW, has  5 years experience with the ODRC in both direct and administrative services, and 5 years experience in child welfare, first coordinating the Child Assault Prevention Project in Athens, Vinton and Hocking Counties and then as an Intake Worker for Licking County.  She recently worked with Dr. Denise Bronson to complete “A Systematic Review of Strategies to Promote Successful Reunification and to Reduce Re-entry to Care for Abused, Neglected and Unruly Children.”  Stacey is an IHS staff member.

CONFERENCE AGENDA

8:30 - 9:15       Registration & Networking (coffee and pastries provided)
9:15 - 9:30       Welcome & Orientation
9:30 - 12:00     Evidence in the OCWTP*
12:00 - 1:15     Lunch (provided): Awards & Networking
1:30 - 4:00       Evidence in the OCWTP continued*
4:00 - 5:00       Networking with RTC Staff & Trainers

*Must attend in entirety to receive licensure credit.

We hope you can attend this year’s Conference so that we can show our appreciation for your contributions to the OCWTP!