Parenting Revisited:Caring Today for Tomorrow

Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Doubletree Hotel,  Williston Road      So. Burlington, VT

Featuring:

Keynote Speaker: Jaia Lent,

Deputy Director, Generations United

and

A Special Panel of Kinship Caregivers

and Other Family Members

CONFERENCE SCHEDULE

8:00 - 8:55        Registration and continental breakfast

9:00 – 9:30      Welcome, introductions, special announcements

             Evelyn Sawyer, President, Vermont Kin as Parents Board of Directors

             Governor Peter Schumlin, Kinship Caregiver Week Proclamation

             David Yacovone, Commissioner, VT Department for Children and Families

9:30 – 10:30     Keynote: Jaia Lent, Deputy Executive Director, Generations United

With an increased number of kinship families nationally, Jaia will speak about what is changing, or needs to change, to support the children and families and will talk abouthow families can strengthen their voices to advocate for their needs.  

 10:30 - 10:45   Break Visit booths and silent auction with a cup of coffee or tea

 10:45 - 11:30    Kinship panel: The dynamics of family relationships in kinship care.

Introductions: Cindy Walcott, Deputy Commissioner, Family Services, VT DCF

Moderator: Sally Borden, Executive Director, Kidsafe Collaborative

Panelists:

William and Lucinda Blondin, kinship caregiver; Brattleboro

Erica Hamlin, daughter of grandparent caregivers and children’s aunt; Essex

Brittany Mailhotte, daughter of grandparent caregivers and child’s aunt; Georgia

Deirdre Razzaque, adult who was raised by her grandparents, Brattleboro

Cassandra Ryan, granddaughter being raised by grandparents, Warren

 11:30 - 12:45 Lunch on own; visit booths; bid on silent auction items (bids close at 1:00)

 1:00 -  2:00   Workshops – Session 1

A - Parenting in the Tech Age

B - The Routes to Kinship Care

C - Taking Care of Yourself to Nurture Others

D -  “Ask Us Who We Are” documentary  (Begins at 12:45)

 2:00 - 2:15    Break; winners of silent auction announced

 2:15 - 3:15    Workshops – Session 2

A - Planning for the Unexpected: Wills, Health Care, and Financial Directives

B - Strategies for Caring for Traumatized Children

C - The Impact of Substance Abuse on Families

D - Discussion with the Stars of “Ask Us Who We Are”

3:15 - 3:30  Evaluation

2 EASY WAYS TO REGISTER:

1. Register Online

             www.uvm.edu/extension/parentingrevisited

2. By Mail

Send registration form and a check to:

             UVM Extension

             1 Scale Av. Suite 55

             Rutland, VT 05701

Make checks payable to:

VERMONT KIN AS PARENTS

Hotel Reservations: Special rates at Doubletree Hotel if reservations made by August 6:

2 Doublebeds or 1 King bed non-smoking: $102 + tax

Tel: 802-658-0250  or http://doubletree.hilton.com /en/dt/groups/personalized/B/BTVDTDT-VIN-20110906/index.jhtml?WT.mc_id=POG