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  • Friday, Oct 24th
    10:30 AM - 11:00 AM MT
    Examining Psychometric Properties of Social Support Index of Transition-age Youth With Foster Care Experience
    Location: Sheraton Plaza, Concourse Level, Plaza Ballroom - Poster 5
    Presenter: Yao Wang, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Texas at Arlington
    Child Welfare
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    10:30 AM - 11:30 AM MT
    Justice Solutions for foster and trafficked youth
    Location: Sheraton Tower, Level 2 - Tower Court C
    Child Welfare
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    11:00 AM - 11:30 AM MT
    Unrealized Potential: Rethinking Special Education Access for Foster Youth Aging Out of Care
    Location: Sheraton Plaza, Concourse Level, Plaza Ballroom - Poster 4
    Presenter: Kasandra L. Dodd, LICSW LCSW (she/her/hers) – University of Georgia
    Child Welfare
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    11:00 AM - 11:30 AM MT
    Disability Justice in the Context of Minor Sexual Exploitation and Trafficking: Rethinking Service Provision
    Location: Sheraton Tower, Level 2 - Tower Court C
    Presenter: Natalia L. Smith, PhD, LICSW-S, PIP (she/her/hers) – East Carolina University
    Presenter: Leah P. Cheatham, PhD, JD, MSW – School of Social Work, University of Alabama
    Child Welfare
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    12:30 PM - 1:00 PM MT
    Balancing Work and Family: The Role of Dependent Children in Burnout
    Location: Sheraton Plaza, Concourse Level, Plaza Ballroom - Poster 9
    Presenter: Yi Jin Kim, Ph.D. – University of Mississippi
    Presenter: Javier F. Boyas, Ph.D. – Try University
    Child Welfare
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    1:00 PM - 1:30 PM MT
    Assessing Project LAUNCH: Evaluating Protective and Behavioral Outcomes in Early Childhood Development
    Location: Sheraton Plaza, Concourse Level - Plaza Court 5
    Presenter: Alegnta Felleke, PhD – Our Lady of the Lake University
    Presenter: Rebecca Gomez, PhD (she/her/hers) – Steve Hicks School of Social Work, University of Texas at Austin
    Child Welfare
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    1:45 PM - 2:45 PM MT
    Addressing Racial Disparities in Child Welfare by Implementing a Culturally Grounded Trauma Informed-Training
    Location: Sheraton Plaza, Lobby/Street Level - Director's Row E
    Panelist: Stephanie Lechuga-Peña, PhD (she/her/hers) – Arizona State University
    Panelist: Tonia Stott, PhD, MSW (she/her/hers) – Arizona State University
    Panelist: Tashira Turner, MSW (she/her/hers) – Arizona Department of Child Safety
    Panelist: Tenè Marion, BSW – Arizona Department of Child Safety
    Moderator: James Herbert Williams, PhD., MSW., MPA – Arizona State University
    Child Welfare
     Earn 1 ASWB ACE Credit
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    4:15 PM - 5:15 PM MT
    Programming educational solutions for child welfare
    Location: Sheraton Plaza, Concourse Level - Governor's Square 9
    Child Welfare
     Earn 1 ASWB ACE Credit
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    4:15 PM - 4:45 PM MT
    Step Up to Step Down, California: Engaging Caregivers Towards Training Solutions
    Location: Sheraton Plaza, Concourse Level - Governor's Square 9
    Presenter: Liza A. Arellano, DSW, LCSW (she/her/hers) – California Baptist University
    Child Welfare
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    4:45 PM - 5:15 PM MT
    “Tomorrow Is the Day We’re Signing the Documents”: A Child Welfare Case Study
    Location: Sheraton Plaza, Concourse Level, Plaza Ballroom - Poster 2
    Presenter: Linda-Jeanne M. Mack, LICSW (she/her/hers) – The School of Social Work, The University of Maryland, Baltimore
    Presenter: Corey Shdaimah, LL.M., PhD – University of Maryland School of Social Work
    Child Welfare
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    4:45 PM - 5:15 PM MT
    "As You Get More Knowledge You Can Give More": Educators Respond to Grief-Related Programming
    Location: Sheraton Plaza, Concourse Level - Governor's Square 9
    Presenter: Keisha M. Wint, PhD, LCSW (she/her/hers) – Binghamton University
    Child Welfare
  • Saturday, Oct 25th
    10:30 AM - 11:00 AM MT
    Perceived Parent-Child Closeness as a Mediator Between Paternal Mental Health and Parental Warmth
    Location: Sheraton Plaza, Concourse Level, Plaza Ballroom - Poster 8
    Presenter: Stephanie Rachel Speer, Ph. D. – Bryn Mawr College
    Child Welfare
  • Saturday, Oct 25th
    12:30 PM - 1:00 PM MT
    Employment-Based Social Capital, Empowerment, STS, and Intent-to-Stay: Testing a Mediation Model
    Location: Sheraton Plaza, Concourse Level, Plaza Ballroom - Poster 22
    Presenter: Javier F. Boyas, Ph.D. – Try University
    Presenter: Yi Jin Kim, Ph.D. – University of Mississippi
    Child Welfare
  • Saturday, Oct 25th
    1:45 PM - 2:45 PM MT
    Culturally relevant issues for minorities and special populations
    Location: Sheraton Plaza, Concourse Level - Governor's Square 10
    Child Welfare
     Earn 1 ASWB ACE Credit
  • Saturday, Oct 25th
    1:45 PM - 2:15 PM MT
    Racial disparities in child neglect reports across states in the context of race/ethnicity-specific poverty
    Location: Sheraton Plaza, Concourse Level - Governor's Square 10
    Presenter: Joana M. Tolchinsky, MSW – Michigan State University
    Presenter: Keunhye Park, Phd, MSW – Michigan State University
    Child Welfare
  • Saturday, Oct 25th
    2:15 PM - 2:45 PM MT
    Social Work Education and Child Welfare Practice When Working with Unaccompanied Immigrant Children
    Location: Sheraton Plaza, Concourse Level - Governor's Square 10
    Presenter: Linda-Jeanne M. Mack, LICSW (she/her/hers) – The School of Social Work, The University of Maryland, Baltimore
    Presenter: Kerri Evans, PhD (she/her/hers) – UMBC
    Child Welfare
  • Saturday, Oct 25th
    3:00 PM - 3:30 PM MT
    Professionals’ Perceptions and Applications of a Training on Race/Class Bias in Child Welfare
    Location: Sheraton Plaza, Concourse Level, Plaza Ballroom - Poster 7
    Presenter: Anna Wasim, MSSW (she/her/hers) – University of Denver
    Presenter: Catherine A. LaBrenz, LMSW, PhD – University of Texas at Arlington
    Child Welfare
  • Saturday, Oct 25th
    3:00 PM - 3:30 PM MT
    Transformational Supervisors in Child Welfare Agencies
    Location: Sheraton Plaza, Concourse Level, Plaza Ballroom - Poster 19
    Presenter: Tae Kyung Park, PhD – University of Colorado Colorado Springs
    Presenter: Royla Rice, n/a – University of Colorado Colorado Springs
    Child Welfare
  • Saturday, Oct 25th
    3:00 PM - 4:00 PM MT
    Beyond Limitations: Strategies for Empowering Social Work Practice With Differently Abled Children
    Location: Sheraton Tower, Majestic Level - Vail
    Presenter: George Ashley, PhD, LMSW (he/him/his) – Eastern Kentucky University
    Presenter: Cameile Henry, MA, RECE (she/her/hers) – Sheridan College
    Child Welfare
     Earn 1 ASWB ACE Credit
  • Saturday, Oct 25th
    4:45 PM - 5:15 PM MT
    Parent-Reported Income Insufficiency and Childhood Adversity in U.S Children
    Location: Sheraton Plaza, Concourse Level, Plaza Ballroom - Poster 20
    Presenter: Simpson Kamugisha – University of Maryland School of Social Work
    Presenter: Edson Chipalo, Ph.D (he/him/his) – University of Cincinnati
    Child Welfare