CYSA's 41st Annual Meeting and Conference
10.4.2013
Creating Caring Communities
Guest Honoree and Speaker
Lieutenant J. Paul Vance, Connecticut State Police Spokesperson
8:30am Registration
Program runs from 9:00am - 3:00pm
New Location! Crowne Plaza, Cromwell, 100 Berlin Road, Cromwell, CT 06416
Includes Continential Breakfast and Buffet Lunch
Workshop Descriptions:
QPR Training Ask a Question, Save a Life
Presented by: Michele Devine, M.A. Angela Duhaime, M.A. from the Southeast Regional Action Council
QPR: Question, Persuade, and Refer are three simple steps that anyone can learn to help save a life from suicide.
•Recognize risk factors and warning signs.
•Understand myths and facts.
•Increase intervention skills and knowledge of referral sources. Learn what you can say and do to prevent suicide.
According to the Surgeon General’s National Strategy for Suicide Prevention (2001), a gatekeeper is someone in a position to recognize a crisis and the warning signs that someone may be contemplating suicide. Gatekeepers include parents, friends, neighbors, teachers, ministers, doctors, nurses, office supervisors, squad leaders, foremen, police officers, advisors, caseworkers, firefighters, and many others who are strategically positioned to recognize and refer someone at risk of suicide. n one hour you can become a Gatekeeper. QPR is an evidence based program.
Cyberspace Safety
Presented by: Officer Scott Driscoll
Scott Driscoll, Police Officer and Internet Safety expert, became a member of the FBI Innocent Images Task Force in New Haven, Connecticut in 2003. During his tenure with this task force, Scott led and assisted in numerous operations involving computer crimes against children. These investigations included undercover online investigations, possession of child pornography, distribution of child pornography and other crimes involving child victims. While he was investigating these crimes, he realized one element to computer crimes was missing - education on Internet and technology safety. This was the impetus for Scott to begin teaching groups outside of the schools about Internet dangers and how to be safe on the Internet and while using other technology.
In 2007, Scott started a consulting/education business called Internet Safety Concepts. With this company, Scott has been able to reach more people through conferences and seminars. His message is clear: if you don’t think about safety while you are on the Internet and using other technology, you can put yourself and your family in danger. Scott has presented to tens of thousands of students
The Legacy of Sandy Hook in Relationship to Mental Health
NAMI Connecticut (National Alliance on Mental Illness) will provide an educational and informational session about the legacy of the Sandy Hook tragedy and how it has impacted mental health, particularly in regards to misperceptions, increased awareness and increased understanding. In addition participants will be provided some guidance on the management of crisis of this magnitude from a mental health perspective.
Meeting the Unique Needs of Children in Disasters: One Size Does Not Fit All
Presenter: Bruce Lockwood, CEM
Children comprise about 25 percent of our population and have unique needs during a disaster that require specific recognition and coordination. The rise in major disaster declarations over the past two decades, and more recent disasters have highlighted the need to improve the gaps in preparedness, response and recovery policies that should specifically address the needs of children. This program will present recommendations from the 2010 National Commission on Children in Disasters Report to the President and Congress, where are we today, what can we still do, and what programs are available to help. Learn how community planning meets the needs of families. Mr. Lockwood has 30 years of experience in emergency management, emergency medical services and public safety, with extensive planning at the local, regional and state levels for children's needs in disaster situations. He is a former Commissioner of the National Commission on Children and Disasters, a member of the Governor's Prevention Partnership School Safety Portal Committee and the Child Safety and Crisis Response, State of Connecticut, Daycare and Child Care Subcommittee; he also served on the Connecticut Public Health Emergency Preparedness Advisory Committee.
