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Event List
| All the Events in October | | All day event Thursday 12 October 2008 to | | Lights On Afterschool will be held on October 12th, 2006. Lights On Afterschool is the only nationwide event celebrating afterschool programs. The event brings attention to the need for afterschool programs that keep kids safe, help working families, and inspire learning.
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| | All day event Sunday 15 October 2008 to | | Program Description
Juvenile and family courts are inundated with cases that either directly or indirectly involve alcohol and other drugs (AOD). The complexity of this problem affects every aspect of our justice system, our communities, and our society. Join other professionals in the field to address the court system’s role in effectively addressing this pervasive problem. You will gain a better understanding of AOD use and abuse as it relates to the world of adolescents; highlights include:
-Adolescent Development
-New Drug Trends
-Youth Culture
-Working with Girls
-Juvenile Drug Courts
-Evidenced-Based Adolescent Treatment
-Juveniles with Co-occurring Disorders
-Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
| | | Location: Reno, NV | |
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| | All day event Monday 15 October 2008 to | | World Rural Women's Day
World Rural Women's Day was launched by several international NGOs during the 4th UN World Conference on Women in Beijing 1995 and a worldwide empowerment and educational campaign is annually organized since1997 by the Women's World Summit Foundation WWSF. Celebrations and events take place in more than 100 countries around the world.
About the day... World Rural Women's Day takes place each year on the 15th October. Rural women the world over play a major role in ensuring food security and in the development and stability of the rural areas. Yet, with little or no status, they frequently lack the power to secure land rights or to access vital services such as credit, inputs, extension, training and education. Their vital contribution to society goes largely unnoticed. World rural Women's Day aims to change this by bringing rural women out of obscurity at least once a year - to remind society how much they owe to rural women and to give value and credit to their work.
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| | All day event Wednesday 15 October 2008 to | | America's Only Sustainable Development & Restoration Conference
Get millions of dollars in input for logical economic decisions in energy, property and equity investment, restoration and construction. Network with leading professional investors, business owners, and innovators. Draw on ideas and introductions, tactics and strategies for sustained profitability. Listen online to audio and video about innovations. Join in and participate in discussion and renovation projects in new urban development side-by-side with restoration.
| | | Location: Newport, Rhode Island | |
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| | | | | | Thursday 26 October 2008 to 00:00 AM - 12:00 PM | | | The 2006 Cooper Institute Conference Series, “Parks, Recreation, and Public Health: Collaborative Frameworks for Promoting Physical Activity,” will focus on developing collaborative frameworks for researchers, practitioners, and educators in the fields of public health, parks, and recreation. | | | Location: Dallas, TX | |
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| | | | All day event Saturday 13 October 2008 to | | Why will more than 17,000 law enforcement professionals be attending the 114th Annual IACP Conference and Exposition? Because they already know that this annual event is the one place where they can examine critical issues and find solutions to local problems by talking with their peer and experts. Can you afford to miss this opportunity to attend top-rated seminars, forums and technical workshops as well the largest exhibit hall of products and services designed specially for you?
Session Tracks Programs:
Check out these specialized track programs developed for the IACP membership and open to all conference attendees.
Legal Officers
Police Psychological Services
Public Information Officers
Police Physicians
University and College Policing
International Managers of Police Academy and College Training
Certificate Track Programs
IACP Smaller Agency Track
Agencies with fewer personnel have special set of needs when it comes to education and training. IACP has designed a set of workshops that focus specifically on the problems and resolutions that face a smaller agency.
IACP Technology Track Institute Training
Technical issues face every day police department, but not everyone has a solid understanding of the technology involved ion these issues. Using nontechincal presentations, this track breaks down some of those complicated issues into usable information for the rest of us. Attend at least four of the technology Institute workshops and receive a certificate.
The IACP conference features keynote speakers making major announcements that affect the world’s law enforcement community
| | | Location: New Orleans | |
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| | All day event Thursday 25 October 2008 to | | | The 12th Annual Conference on Advancing School Mental Health is slated for October 25-27, 2007 | | | Location: Omni Orlando Resort in ChampionsGate, Florida | |
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| | All day event Friday 03 October 2008 to | | 2008 Topic 'Wellness in Geriatric Rehabilitation'
The 15th Annual SNERC Conference will be held on October 3, 2008 at the Rhode Island Convention Center. This year's theme, "Wellness in Geriatric Rehabilitation," will address specialized health concerns for the aging population and will include presentations on mental health, drug interactions, exercise, nutrition, cognitive aspects, speech and swallow issues, osteoporosis, and fracture prevention.
The objectives of this year's conference are to promote disability prevention and improved health for New England's elderly, a population that is expected to double over the next thirty years. The conference also aims to provide participants with techniques for the management of common disabilities and medical complications, in the context of physical, mental and social challenges faced by the elderly.
| | | Location: R.I. Convention Center | |
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| | All day event Friday 03 October 2008 to | | AFP-NNE Education & Networking Luncheon Southern Vermont
Fostering Nonprofit and Business Partnerships
Nonprofit organizations and businesses have long partnered in many ways to achieve shared or community goals. In this session we will host a panel discussion to explore sponsorships, volunteer time, events and additional ways the nonprofit and business communities can partner together to reach mutually beneficial goals.
The session will begin with a continental breakfast and networking session followed by the panel discussion. This event is appropriate for all levels of professional development.
Moderator:
Seth Bongartz
Panel:
Andy Holzman, Chittendem Bank
Laurie Martin, Vermont Country Store
Cynthia Gubb, Burr & Burton Academy
Jim Hand, Hand Motors
James Hathaway, The Orvis Company
Directions:
http://www.burrburton.org/directions/index.htm
The Hunter Seminar Room is located on the first floor of the Smith Center for Science and Communications. When you turn into the upper entrance to BBA, the Smith Center is the first building on the upper circle. Walk into the entrance, and then into the library. The Hunter Seminar Room will be to the right once you enter the library.
This Event has been approved for continuing education points
(2 hrs) on your CFRE application for initial certification and/or recertification.
Friday, October 3, 2008 8:30 AM - 10:30 AM
Burr & Burton Academy
Hunter Seminar Room
57 Seminary Avenue
Manchester, VT 05254
Registration
AFP Member $10.00
AFP Non-Member $20.00
| | | Location: Manchester VT | |
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| | All day event Tuesday 07 October 2008 to | | CCAP is pleased to invite you to a continuing education session:
Increasing Transgender Cultural and Clinical Competency for Behavioral Health Providers and Case Managers
Tuesday October 7th
Aspray Boat House, 2 East View St, Warwick
9 am - 4:30 pm (Registration at 8:45 am)
A healthy lunch will be provided.
Course fee: $25 and $10 for students. Checks should be made payable to CCAP.
This course has been approved by NASW-RI for 6 Cross Cultural Practice CEUs.
Space is limited. Please register by Monday, September 29th.
Please register via email at -email- or by mail. Payment with a copy of your registration form should be sent to CCAP, 311 Doric Avenue, Providence, RI 02910. Attn: Lauren Nocera.
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Course Description:
This full day training is geared towards Behavioral Health Providers and case management staff who are interested in increasing their capacity to serve transgender and gender variant adolescents, adults and allies. The morning session focus on a comprehensive introduction transgender issues including definitions, cultural needs, health disparities and barriers to appropriate care. The afternoon session focuses on providing appropriate clinical care for transgender clients including understanding the current relevant DSM diagnoses and associated controversies, models for care and service delivery, and working collaboratively with the client and the client's medical provider when appropriate.
Learning Objectives
Morning Session: Introduction: Cultural and Social Issues
At the end of the session, participants will be able to:
· State the basic definitions and range of transgender and gender variant experiences.
· State the differences between sex, body concept, gender role conformity, gender identity and sexual orientation.
· Identify a range of unique service needs of transgender and gender variant patients.
· Discuss the role of community and social support in addressing psychosocial needs of transgender and gender variant patients
· Recognize cultural and structural barriers to mental health services and strategies for reducing such barriers by improving the clinical practice environment.
Afternoon Session: Increasing Clinical Competency in Through Culturally Competent Interventions:
At the end of the session, participants will be able to:
· Discuss relevant diagnosis in current DSM and associated controversy.
· Identify three ways to improve clinical practice to improve quality of care for transgender patients.
· State how mental health providers can assist clients and medical providers to assess readiness for hormone therapy.
· Discuss the unique clinical needs of clients who are gender queer or present other non-binary gender presentations.
· Develop clinical actions for meeting the psychosocial needs of transgender and gender variant persons in the absence of usual and/or customary family, social, and community supports.
| | | Location: Aspray Boat House, 2 East View St, Warwick | |
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| | All day event Thursday 16 October 2008 to | | | This is one of the largest faith-based Prisoner Reentry Conferences in the country. This conference was previously sponsored by Transition of Prisoners, Inc. (TOP). This is our 7th year. We have 5 keynote speakers and over 35 workshops related to working with former inmates, their families and at-risk youth. Visit our website at www.capaassociations for more details | | | Location: Detroit, Michigan | |
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| | Friday 17 October 2008 to 00:00 AM - 12:00 PM | | Sponsored by NEFCA (New England Foster Care Association)
The Waves of HOPE Conference is a unique opportunity to bring together foster parents, relative caregivers, adoptive parents and professionals working with children in out-of-home care. The purpose of the conference is twofold. The conference provides caregivers and professionals with information and skills to help them meet the needs of children in their care as well an opportunity to network and build relationships.
Our conference message "Waves of HOPE: Charting the Course in Foster/Adoptive Care" will focus on the following topics:
Conference workshops will also address our three themes of advocacy, cultural competency, and wellness as they relate to foster and adoptive care.
The conference is being hosted by the Rhode Island Foster Parents Association.
Please join us on October 17 through 19, 2008 in Warwick, RI as we work toward our common goal: a safe, nurturing home or every child and the comfort of a caring community.
We HOPE you will join us!
More info @ http://www.rifpa.org | | | Location: Warwick, RI | |
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| | All day event Friday 17 October 2008 to | | On Friday, October 17, 2008, join afterschool professionals, education leaders, and policymakers at the 2nd Annual Statewide Afterschool Conference, to be held at the Providence Marriott Downtown Hotel on Orms St.
The theme will be Investing in Children and Youth: Building Our Future. The keynote speaker will be the dynamic Erin Gruwell, author of The Freedom Writers Diary, and inspiration for the movie Freedom Writers, which starred two-time Oscar winner Hilary Swank.
The conference will begin with a kick-off Lights On Afterschool Breakfast of Champions from 7:45am-9:15am, followed by a book signing by Erin Gruwell and the conference until 1:30pm. The conference will have 14 workshop offerings for all levels of afterschool educators. Sessions will include How to Build a Leader: Youth Committed to Change, Using the Arts for Reading Success, Aligning Afterschool with the School Day: A Standards-Based Approach, The Three R's of Family Engagement,and Integrating Physical Activity into Afterschool Programs.
To access the full conference brochure with registration information, please visit http://www.childspan.net/pdfs/08afterschoolbrochure.pdf. There is an early-bird registration rate of $35.00 if you register by September 26; after this date, it will cost $40.00.
If you have any questions, you may contact Joseph Morra at 401-721-6404 or -email-; or me at 401-331-2869 or -email-.
| | | Location: Providence Marriott Downtown Hotel on Orms St. | |
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| | All day event Saturday 18 October 2008 to | | National Conference on
Correctional Health Care
October 18-22, 2008 · Chicago
Since its inception in 1977, this conference has been the must-attend event of the year. With its strong lineup of educational sessions, abundant networking opportunities and the best commercial exhibition in this field, the conference, held each Fall, attracts thousands of dedicated professionals each year.
| | | Location: Chicago | |
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| | All day event Sunday 19 October 2008 to | | | The 2008 Annual SCP Conference will disseminate best practices of managing infectious diseases to correctional physicians and other providers working in prisons, jails and juvenile facilities. This compelling program includes presentations on the following topics: • Clinical and Management Dilemmas: Case Presentations • Management of Hepatitis C in Injection Drug Users • Discharge Planning of Soon-to-be-released HIV-infected Inmates • Pandemic Flu Preparedness • MRSA: Battling an Endemic Infection in Jail Populations • Managing the HIV-infected Patient with Borderline Personality Disorder • Chlamydia in Jail and Juvenile Populations • From the Prison Kitchen: Foodborne Outbreaks Nationally-recognized leaders in infectious disease management and corrections will share their expertise with attendees. | | | Location: Chicago, Illinois | |
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