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FY 2015 JCM Agenda
June 28-30, 2015
Omni Southpark
4140 Governors Row
Austin, TX 78744
512.448.2222
Seminar Agenda

Faculty Information (Roster & Bios)

Day 1 - Sunday, June 28, 2015
1:00 - 5:00 p.m. |
Registration & Pre-Conference |
9:30 - 5:00 p.m. |
Optional Session: Motivational Interviewing to Address Substance Abuse and Related Behavior*+ (Limited Registration) Scott T. Walters, Ph.D., Professor of Community and Behavioral Health, University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth
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Day 2 - Monday, June 29, 2015
6:45 - 7:50 a.m. |
Registration & Breakfast |
8:00 - 8:10 a.m. |
Welcome & Announcements |
8:10 - 9:20 a.m. |
Eye on Horizon: Legislation of Interest to Juvenile Case Managers Ryan Kellus Turner, General Counsel and Director of Education, TMCEC

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9:30 - 10:30 a.m. |
Accessing Special Education Services Dustin Rynders, Supervising Attorney, Education Team Disability Rights Texas, Houston

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10:45 - 12:00 p.m. |
Identifying Mental Health Issues in School Age Populations Rebecca Hutchinson Julius, Ph.D., Director of Psychological Services and Autism Programs, Denton Independent School District
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12:00 - 1:00 p.m. |
Lunch |
1:00 - 2:00 p.m. |
Comparative Models: Best Practices in Case Planning and Case Management Ashleigh Beed, Deputy Clerk/Juvenile Case Manager, City of Balch Springs Sally Howard, Juvenile Case Manager, City of Austin

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2:10 - 3:00 p.m. |
Case Planning and Case Management (Continued)
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3:15 - 4:00 p.m. |
Crunch the Numbers: The Importance of Data Collection in Juvenile Case Management Carlin Caliman, Ph.D., Juvenile Case Coordinator, City of Arlington

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4:15 - 5:00 p.m. |
Q&A and Debriefing |
5:00 p.m. |
End of Session |
Day 3 - Tuesday June 30, 2015
6:45 - 7:50 a.m. |
Breakfast |
8:00 - 8:10 a.m. |
Announcements |
8:10 - 9:15 a.m. |
Working Together: Juvenile Case Managers and Department of Family and Protective Services - Detecting and Preventing Abuse and Neglect Katie Alexander, Advanced Child Abuse Investigation Training Program Instructor, Texas Municipal Police Association

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9:30 - 10:45 a.m. |
Teen Court: What Juvenile Case Managers Need to Know - Applicable Procedural and Substantive Law Rochelle Bar, Teen Court Coordinator, City of Friendswood Kristie Dempsey, Teen Court Coordinator, Teen Court of Texarkana, Inc.

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11:00 - 12:00 p.m. |
Shades of Grey: Navigating Ethical Dilemmas with the JCM Model Code Mark Goodner, Deputy Counsel and Director of Judicial Education, TMCEC

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12:00 p.m. |
End of Conference |
All times, topics, and sequence, are tentative and subject to change.