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The 9th Annual ITV/VPC Conference:
Children of Incarcerated Parents

The Conference is now over. Thanks to all that participated!

April 16, 2008 8:00-12:30pm CDT

3 Continuing Education Hours from the Minnesota Board of Social Work

The videoconference runs from 8:00 a.m.. to 12:30pm central daylight time, on Wednesday, April 16th, 2008 Please arrive on time so you don't miss any of the broadcast!

Featured Presenter

Creasie Finney Hairston, M.S.S.A., PhD

This conference will begin with a presentation from Creasie Finney Hairston, M.S.S.A., PhD —the Dean and a professor of social work at Jane Addams College of Social Work at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Dean Hairston’s current research and many of her publications focus on the impact of incarceration and reentry on families and children, and the impact of child welfare policies on children. She edited, with Cynthia Seymour, Children with Parents in Prison: Child Welfare Policy, Program, and Practice Issues (2001).

Panelists

Dr. Hairston will be followed by a panel discussion of practitioners who implement programs for children of incarcerated parents. Panelists will include:

Trina Starr, MSW Program Coordinator Mentoring Children of Promise of the Lac Courte Oreille Tribe

Josh Gerrity, LSW Parent & Family Program Coordinator MN Correctional Facility-Shakopee

Sarah Dass, BSW Case Manager/Prison Program Coordinator Volunteers of America

Kelsey Barbara Jones, SW Child Protection Services Specialist Otter Tail County Human Services

Event Materials (Will be available the week of April 7)

Click on the links below to find materials relating to the conference.

Site Coordinator Materials (pdf file)

Participant Materials (pdf file)

Child Welfare 360° (CW360°), a magazine to go with the conference looking at the issue of Children of Incarcerated Parents in depth.

PowerPoint Presentation!
PowerPoint Show (pdf file)

Click on the following links for the Archived Webstream

Real video

Real audio: (AUDIO ONLY-for dial up connections)

Concurrent with the broadcast, the School of Social Work is streaming the videoconference live over the Internet. [Note: this videoconference will be stored for a minimum of two weeks after the event for post-conference viewing]

Please note: to gauge the number of internet streams needed, we'd like you to email hwagner@umn.edu with your registration information

To view this video stream on your computer, note the following considerations.

Viewing the streamed video requires a web browser, a broadband connection to the Internet (a DSL/Cable Modem/LAN connection), and a streaming video player called "Real Player". You probably have Real Player installed, so try the links first. Real Player software, if needed, can be downloaded free from the Real Web Site.

(Note: Look for the "free" player, and not their "for fee" version. Usually the links for the really free version are on the right, or upper-right portion of their pages.)

Install on your computer. After installing the player, when you click on a link to a streaming video file, the Real Player will automatically start and play the video.

Please test your configuration BEFORE the event by a short sample courtesy of the University of Minnesota:
http://acrobat.software.umn.edu:8080/ramgen/test/future_256k.rm http://acrobat.software.umn.edu:8080/ramgen/test/future_56k.rm

RealPlayer Minimum PC System Requirements

350MHz Intel Pentium II processor or equivalent
64MB of RAM(128MB on Windows XP or later)
52MB available disk space
16-bit sound card and speakers
65,000-color video display card set to display at 800x600 (video)
Windows 98SE, Windows ME, Windows 2000 with Service Pack 2 or later, or Windows XP
IE 5.0 or later

RealPlayer Minimum Mac System Requirements

Requires Mac OS X v. 10.3.9 or later
Requires 256Mb RAM (512 Recommended)
Requires PowerPC G3 (or later) or Intel Core Solo/Duo processor
Requires Internet Connection

Registration is now complete

Email Heidi Wagner at hwagner@umn.edu with the following information:

Name:
Organization/County:
Address: City, State, Zip:
Email Address:
Preferred site or Webstream:

or fax the registration document to 612-624-3744

University Sites:
U of M, St. Paul
U of M, Rochester
Mankato State

or WEBSTREAM!

During the 3-hour broadcast, you will be able to telephone a 1-800 number, email, or FAX your questions and comments to the presenter.

For questions relating the conference please contact the center by emailing Heidi Wagner at hwagner@umn.edu. The proposed audience for this seminar is child welfare and child protection workers, supervisors, administrators, foster care providers, corrections workers, guardian ad litems, and other social workers and community practitioners who work with families and children. Three hours of social work CEH’s will be available to participants.

Purpose

This is a free, live teleconference sponsored by the Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare (CASCW), School of Social Work, University of Minnesota- Twin Cities, to your county ITV site and made possible by a Title IV-E training grant administered by the MN Department of Human Services.