8:30 - 8:45 am
Opening, Recap
Introduction of Day

8:45 - 10:15 am
What Does It Mean to Work with the Whole Teen: Importance of Family Involvement, Cultural Adeptness & Systems Change
Constance Burgess, C. Burgess Consulting and Assoc. bio

This keynote address will be focused on a family-centered approach to planning and delivering treatment. The audience will be treated to an engaging presentation about the importance of culture, values, and beliefs of families with children, who experience degrees of family problems. Particular emphasis will be placed on the common sense practice of relationship building in order to achieve outcomes for children.

10:15 - 10:30 am
BREAK

10:30 - Noon
Successfully Evaluating & Replicating Programs, Marshall Swenson, MSW, MBA bio
(includeDiversity/Cultural aspects)

Noon-1:15 pm
LUNCH (on your own)

1:15 - 2:45 pm
Workshops Series III

D1. Multisystemic Therapy - Marshall Swenson, MSW, MBA bio
This presentation will provide participants with an overview of Multisystemic Therapy (MST). MST is an intensive family- and community-based treatment that addresses the multiple determinants of serious antisocial behavior in juvenile offenders. MST addresses the multiple factors known to be related to delinquency across the key settings, or systems, within which youths are embedded (e.g., family, peers, school, neighborhood). MST strives to promote behavior change in the youth's natural environment, using the strengths of each system to facilitate change.

D2. & D5. Partnering for Collaboration - Constance Burgess bio
Understanding families with complex multi-system needs requires a useful way for thinking about the family's behavior. Families experiencing mental health issues, physical challenges or substance abuse, experience tremendous stress in their lives for reasons, as providers, we can only speculate. Our speculations filter out the capability and voice of families. Because of intended or unintended judgements, families perceive many things been done to them and their children. This perception is a major impediment to our ability to develop professional relationships with families.To effectively partner with families requires a skill set we all have, but seldom use. The workshop is designed to enhance partnering techniques in order to increase the family's potential for successful outcomes.

D3. & D6. How the Revised ASAM Adolescent Criteria Help You Work with the Whole Teen - David Mee-Lee, MD bio
The Revised Second Edition of the ASAM Patient Placement Criteria for the Treatment of Substance-Related Disorders (ASAM PPC-2R) was published April 2001. This workshop will review the new developments in the ASAM Adolescent Criteria. It will highlight the major changes in the Adolescent Criteria and explain the rationale and clinical implications for working with the multidimensional needs of teens. Reference will be made to adolescent developmental needs using the structure of the ASAM Criteria assessment dimensions. Participants will learn about revisions, additions and rationale of the Adolescent Criteria of the Revised Second Edition of the ASAM Patient Placement Criteria for the Treatment of Substance-Related Disorders (ASAM PPC-2R) and understand the clinical application of the Adolescent Criteria and the implications for broadening services to better meet the holistic needs of youth.

D4. & D7. Teen Years: Difficult Stage, New Solutions - Barbara Anger-Diaz, PhD; bio
Karin Schlanger, MFT bio
This workshop will focus on how to utilize a difficult stage of development to bring about new interactions for the teen, the family and the community. We will illustrate from our work in problem-resolution at the Latino Brief Therapy Center at MRI.

2:45 -3:00 pm
BREAK

3:00- 4:30 pm
Workshop Series IV
D1. (Part 2) Multi-Systemic Therapy, A Blueprint Program - Marshall Swenson, MSW, MBA
D5. Partnering for Collaboration - Constance Burgess (repeat of Workshop D2)
D6. ASAM Adolescent Criteria (repeat of Workshop D3)
D7. Teen Years: Difficult Stage, New Solution (repeat of Workshop D4)

4:30-5:00 pm
Wrap-up: Panel of Speakers
Closing, Evaluation