The Child Welfare Spring 2012 Study Section
Conference will be held April 26-27, 2012 at the Hilton
San Diego Airport/Harbor Island in San
Diego. The conference
begins on Thursday at 8:00 a.m. with Registration and
Continental breakfast, and concludes Friday at
Noon.
Be
sure to make your hotel room reservations by April 4,
2012, and specify that you are attending our
meeting.
Featured
Presentations
Dependency Case and Legislative Law
Update
Special
Introduction:
Gary C. Seiser, Senior Deputy
County Counsel, San
Diego
Patricia McCourt, Assistant County Counsel, Ventura
Debra K. Barriger, Senior Deputy County Counsel,
Shasta
Lisa M. Maldonado, Senior Deputy County Counsel,
San
Diego
Dependency Law: A View from Above and
Below
Luncheon
Keynote Speaker:
Honorable Richard D. Huffman, Fourth Appellate District,
San
Diego
Sexual Abuse: Are All Children at Risk? Panel Discussion
Regarding Risk to Opposite Gender, Differing Ages and
Step-Children vs. Biological
Children
Moderator:
Michelle Neumann-Ribner, Senior Deputy County Counsel,
San
Diego
Barbara Pizzarello Barrett, LCSW, BCD, Executive
Director, A Helping Hand Counseling,
San
Diego
Marisol Olguin, M.S., Forensic Interview,
Chadwick
Center for
Children & Families, San
Diego
Therapeutic Modalities and Reasonable
Services
Moderator:
Paula
J. Roach, Senior Deputy County Counsel, San
Diego
Jordana Wasilesku, MFT, RPT-S, TF-CBT Certified,
Counseling and Behavioral Specialists-A Family
Counseling Corporation, La Mesa
Judy K. Matthews, Ph.D., Clinical and Forensic
Psychologist, El
Cajon
The Honorable Gary M. Bubis, San Diego Superior Court, Juvenile
Division, San
Diego
AB12 Update: Working with Youth Adults in Foster
Care
Moderator:
John E. Philips, Chief Deputy County Counsel, San
Diego
Don Walfredo, MSW, HHSA Supervisor for AB12 Unit,
San
Diego
Prior Dependent, Name
TBA
Christine C. Kouri, Principal Deputy County
Counsel, Los
Angeles
Substance Abuse Recovery with Trial Skills.
Specialty Unit in Substance
Abuse.
Warren O'Meara, Ph.D., Clinical and Forensic
Psychologist, San
Diego
Randall Harris, Principal Deputy County Counsel,
Los
Angeles
This program information is
tentative and subject to change. To
view the most up-to-date program information, visit http://www.coconet.org/conferences,
and click on the link to the “Conference
Program”.
Registration
Registration
Fee. The registration
fee is $225.00
and includes all conference materials;
Thursday's
breakfast, lunch, and reception; and Friday's
breakfast.
Help
us keep registration costs down! The Association
pays penalties to the hotel when a specified number of
sleeping rooms are not booked by our attendees. So please make
your hotel reservations by the hotel cut-off date, April 4, 2012,
and specify that you are attending our
meeting.
