The 2015 Institute for Strengthening Families SPRING online registration site is closed.  Onsite registration will be available.

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The focus for this Spring's Institute is on Safety. We will explore physical, environmental, and social/emotional issues around safety for the child, family, and community while bringing in evidenced-based practices.  

              Director of Public Safety, City of Indianapolis, Troy Riggs

In October 2012, Mayor Greg Ballard selected Troy Riggs to be the Director of Public Safety of the City of Indianapolis after conducting a national search. Director Riggs’ background includes working at all levels of policing and government.  He is recognized nationally as a leader in the field of public safety, whose work as a police chief was studied for a report issued by the Police Executive Research Forum. Riggs has been called upon to submit testimony to the United States Congress, met with and provided information to the United States Attorney General on violent crime-reduction initiatives, was invited to and attended the Presidential announcement of the “My Brother’s Keeper” initiative, served as a guest instructor for the Canadian Police Association and Southern Police Institute, and participated in the Liberty Fund’s review of James Q. Wilson’s work.

Throughout his 25-year career, he has lobbied at state legislatures and the U.S. Congress, assisted with a successful police merger referendum in Louisville, Kentucky, established national best practices in community policing, and worked successfully on numerous personnel allocation and staffing issues. Riggs is also known for having established effective and efficient business models in government that have led to reductions in crime and millions of dollars of taxpayer saving, and received many awards including recognition by the NAACP and LULAC.

Upon arrival in Indianapolis, Riggs was challenged by the Mayor to build upon the hard work that had gone into developing the Department of Public Safety (DPS).  DPS consists of eight divisions, 3,200 employees and a budget that exceeds 85 percent of the city’s general fund.  Riggs immediately began investing countless hours by meeting with citizens and employees alike.  His open approach resulted in the discovery of a myriad of issues and suggested improvements.  As a result of the positive interactions, DPS staff immediately developed efficiency teams to address fiduciary, operational and administrative issues.  The department established its own “Continuous Improvement Cycle,” that was first introduced in early 2013.

As a result of utilizing sound business principles and including citizens, employees and affected labor unions in goal setting and decision making through the efficiency teams and administrative reviews, DPS continues to make tremendous progress. 

$50 per person for one, two, or three days!

Wyndham Indianapolis Airport West, 2544 Executive Drive, Indianapolis, Indiana 46241

Certificates of attendance will be given upon completion for each session at the Institute.  CEU approval language can be found under Indiana Administrative Code: 839 IAC 1-6-2 (f) (86).  The Institute is applying for Level I Social Work CEU from the NASW. 

A block of sleeping rooms has been secured at the Wyndham Indianapolis Airport West, at the rate of $95.00 per night, plus tax.  Registrants can phone in reservations to the following numbers: 317-248-2481 or 877-361-4511. Please ask for the "Institute for Strengthening Families," group. Deadline to reserve your room is March 29, 2015.

Monday, April 20, 2015
-8AM, Registration opens
General Session
-9AM, Welcome and Keynote Address
-10:30AM, Panel Discussion
LUNCH ON YOUR OWN
1:30-4:30PM, In-depth 3-hour sessions
OR
1:30-2:45PM, Concurrent sessions
3:15-4:30PM, Concurrent sessions

Tuesday, April 21, 2015 and Wednesday, April 22, 2015
9AM-4:30PM, All-day session
OR
9AM-12PM, In-depth 3-hour sessions
OR
9AM-10:15AM, Concurrent sessions
10:45AM-12PM, Concurrent sessions
LUNCH ON YOUR OWN
1:30-4:30PM, In-depth 3-hour sessions
OR
1:30-2:45PM, Concurrent sessions
3:15-4:30PM, Concurrent sessions

Monday, April 20, 2015
8am       Registration opens
9am-12pm
    Welcome, Judge Mary Beth Bonaventura, Director Indiana State Department of Child Services
    Keynote, Troy Riggs, Director of Public Safety, City of Indianapolis
    Panel Discussion
          Troy Riggs, Director of Public Safety, City of Indianapolis
          Nicholas Neal, Geminus
          Carolyn Runge, Indiana State Department of Health
          Angela M. Tomlin, Ph.D., HSPP, IMH-E® (IV), Infant Mental Health Mentor Director, Riley Child Development Center LEND
          Sandy Runkle, Prevent Child Abuse Indiana
          Peggy Surbey, Marion County DCS
          Steve Viehweg, Riley Child Development Center, Emcee

LUNCH ON YOUR OWN

1:30-4:30pm IN-DEPTH 3-HOUR SESSIONS:
-Serving Prenatal Families / Prenatal Refresher (geared toward HFI curriculum-Open to All)
-Human Trafficking in Indiana: Identification, Assessment and Building a Community Response
-Healthy Homes 101       
-Hope and Healing:  Suicide Prevention and Support for Survivors of Suicide
-Supporting Very Young Children and Families: Infant/Early Childhood Mental Health in Practice, (Open to All)
-The Worn out Woman
-Conflict is Your Friend…No Really!

1:30-2:45pm CONCURRENT SESSIONS:
-Mental Health First Aid: The Who, What, Where, When, Why and How
-Meth Lab Safety
-Internet and Social Network Safety

3:15-4:30pm CONCURRENT SESSIONS:
-Network Café
-Firearms Safety in the Home

Tuesday, April 21, 2015
9:00am-4:30pm, ALL-DAY SESSION:
-Crisis Prevention Institute, CPI (Open to All)
-Reflective Supervision: Professional Development and Parallel Process

9:00am-12:00pm IN-DEPTH 3-HOUR SESSIONS:
-How to work with Schizophrenia
-Family Goal Plan Training (Healthy Families Staff Only)
-Parental R & R: Resilience & Rejuvenation

9:00-10:15am CONCURRENT SESSIONS:
-Community Collaboration to Ensure Child and Family Safety
-Introduction to the New Training Tracking System (TTS) - (Healthy Families Staff Only)
-Child Passenger Safety Education
-Child Sexual Abuse

10:45am-12pm CONCURRENT SESSIONS:
-Child Passenger Safety Education (REPEATED SESSION)
-Child Sexual Abuse (REPEATED SESSION)
-DADS – Dedicated and Desiring Safety for Our Kids
-Healthy Families Indiana Safety Topic Reports (Healthy Families Indiana Only)

LUNCH ON YOUR OWN

1:30-4:30pm IN-DEPTH 3-HOUR SESSIONS:
-Human Trafficking in Indiana: Identification, Assessment and Building a Community Response
-Post-Partum Depression
-Perinatal Mood Disorders: An Overview
-Impact of Data - Five Quality Improvement projects
-Building their Bounce: Promoting teh social and emotional wellbeing and resilience of vulnerable children and their families

1:30-2:45pm CONCURRENT SESSIONS:
-Compassion Fatigue: Staff Self-Care
-Introduction to the New Training Tracking System (TTS) - (Healthy Families Staff Only)
-Food Safety Guidelines for Child Care Programs

3:15-4:30PM CONCURRENT SESSIONS:
-Networking Café
-Safe Sleep
-Healthy Families Indiana Safety Topic Reports (Healthy Families Indiana Only)

Wednesday, April 22, 2015

9:00am-4:30pm ALL-DAY SESSION:
-Crisis Prevention Institute, CPI

9:00am-12:00pm IN-DEPTH 3-HOUR SESSIONS:
-Engaging Non-custodial Fathers
-How to work with Schizophrenia
-Family Goal Plan Training (Healthy Families Staff Only)
-Community Partners Meeting
-Building their Bounce:  Promoting the social and emotional wellbeing and resilience of vulnerable children and their families (repeated)

9:00-10:15am CONCURRENT SESSIONS:
-Child Sexual Abuse
-Bed Bugs: Managing the Menace
 

10:45am-12:00pm CONCURRENT SESSIONS:
-Practical Pest Management: The Art and Science of Managing Insect Pests in Buildings
-Human Milk for Human Babies: Why breast milk matters and tips on how to approach the topic with Pregnant Women
-It’s been a Rough Day! Stress in Young Children

LUNCH ON YOUR OWN

1:30-4:30pm IN-DEPTH 3-HOUR SESSIONS:
-Engaging Non-custodial Fathers
-Complementary and Alternative Therapies: Ways to Maintain and Retain Health
-Healthy Families Indiana Manager’s Meeting (HFI Manager’s Only)
-Building their Bounce:  Promoting the social and emotional wellbeing and resilience of vulnerable children and their families (repeated)

1:30-2:45pm CONCURRENT SESSIONS:
-Mental Health First Aid: The Who, What, Where, When, Why and How
-Children’s Mental Health Initiative-CMHI
-Child Fatality Review:  Prevention through Understanding
-Tantrums Happen: Handling Meltdowns

3:15-4:30pm CONCURRENT SESSIONS:
-Talking with Families about Immunizations
-Healthy Homes: Safeguarding Occupants’ Health in the Home Environment
-Emotional Piggy Bank

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Cancellation Policy: An administration fee of $25 will be charged for each cancelled registration. You may substitute another person to attend in your stead if someone who has not already registered is available to do so.