Training Committee Minutes

7/18/06

Present: Renee Johnson, chair (TWC), Denise Berridge (Family Tree), Beth Nixon (Savio), Carol (Excelsior), Tracy Thayer (Tennyson Center), Susannah Carrol (CAFCA), Katie Mason (CAFCA), and Felicia MaHaffie (Mt. St. Vincent Home)

 Annual Conference Overview:

• Rough draft of financials showed a loss.
• 94 attendees of 113 who signed up.
• Evaluations were mostly positive. Only negatives were that the chairs were uncomfortable and that some of the rooms were too small.
• Executive track should be continued.
• Food was great and well prepared, the cook at Bethany even was asking about hiring one of the Lookout boys.
• Some discussion on sponsors indicated that maybe we need to look at how we promote sponsorships. Need to look at purpose, what is benefit of having a table. If we had more DHS workers then maybe would make more sense to educate others. We need to present the purpose.
• Coffee bar was a plus.
• Talked about pros and cons of the date of conference, and we all felt it was ok to change if need be.
• Keynote was wonderful. She even helped out with our missing exec track presenter who had a car accident at time of conf. She did also offer to work with agencies free of charge, but since that time it seems she may have had second thoughts. At least the free part.
• Signs were great.

Art Auction Benefit for the Association - October 20th 2006

Third Quarter Workshop - Cultural Competence

• American Humane - Leslie Wilmot, along with Virginia has agreed to do workshop the week of September 25th (except for the 26th). We need to have a meeting, after Leslie's vacation.
• Tracy was going to check on availability of Tennyson Center as location.

4th Quarter Workshop - Holiday Triggers

• Katie was going to follow up with Julie Alvarado, but other community members had some ideas for presenters as well
• Date - 11/10
• Place, I think Tracy was going to check on this date as well, The church was also a possibility as well as VOA.

Future Trainings:

• PIP - to be scheduled by end of year.
• Relinquishment Training is on hold - Katie is on top of.
• Research Based Practices - safety for kids and staff.
• De-Escalation with Judd Hafer
• Advocacy Training - Susannah