Michigan Home Visiting ConferenceAugust 6–7, 2015 | Detroit Marriott at the Renaissance Center

www.events.mphi.org

Coordinated by the Michigan Home Visiting InitiativeMichigan Department of Health and Human Services

Engage, Educate, Empower

About the 2015 Home Visiting ConferenceThe 2015 Michigan Home Visiting Conference is a conference for home visitors, administrators, and parents in Michigan’s home visiting programs. The purpose of the conference is to increase knowledge of home visiting models, identify strategies to enhance home visiting practices, and to increase skills on current quality improvement methods.

The 2015 Michigan Home Visiting Conference theme is Engage, Educate, Empower. It will be held over two full days to minimize your time away from your visitation schedule. Session topics will cover the following areas of interest: engagement, education, empowerment and infrastructure for home visitors, parents, and supervisors.

Featured SpeakersRenée Branch Canady PhD, MPA, serves as Chief Executive Officer of the Michigan Public Health Institute (MPHI). In this position she is responsible for setting the strategic direction for MPHI in the midst of unprecedented changes spurred by national health reform. Prior to joining MPHI, Dr. Canady was the appointed Health Officer for the Ingham County Health Department, Michigan’s first public entity local health department and federally qualified health center. In that role, she oversaw the county’s statutory responsibility to protect and promote the health of county residents.

Jennifer Stapleton oversees communications strategy for The Pew Charitable Trusts’ home visiting campaign and other initiatives. She brings more than fifteen years of experience managing and executing communications programs to drive legislative advocacy and policy change. Stapleton developed expertise in media outreach, social media, public opinion research, and strategic message development at organizations including: Bread for the World, the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union, and Sojourners. She earned a master’s from the University of Denver.

ABOUT THE MICHIGANHOME VISITING CONFERENCE

Conference InformationMichigan Home Visiting Conference | Thursday, August 6 and Friday, August 7, 2015Registration Deadline: July 15, 2015

Conference FeesTwo Days—$25.00One Day—$15.00

Parking InformationFree parking through validation is available to conference attendees in both the Beaubien Place Parking Garage and the Miller Parking Garage. You MUST park in either one of these lots to have your parking validated. Unfortunately, we are unable to validate your parking if you park in another parking lot.

Important InformationContinuing Education will be available for nurses, social workers, and teachers. The cost is included in your registration fee.

Infants under 6 months and in mothers’ arms are welcome. For safety and space concerns, please, no strollers. For your convenience, a lactation suite will be available to participants for the duration of the conference.

Please note that some sessions will be video recorded. If you do not wish to be recorded, please sit towards the back of the room.

To register for the conference, please visit events.mphi.org/michigan-home-visiting-conference.

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Thursday, August 6, 2015Registration and Breakfast—8:00–9:00 a.m.

Exhibits & Fair Open—8:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m.

Concurrent Model Sessions—9:00–11:45 a.m. (Please select YOUR model. Includes 15 minute break from 10:15–10:30 a.m.)

101 – Early Head Start102 – Healthy Families America103 – Nurse Family Partnership104 – Maternal Infant Health Program105 – Parents as Teachers106 – Family Spirit107 – Healthy Start Association108 – Parent Group

Luncheon—11:45 a.m. – 1:15 p.m.Featuring Welcome from Nancy Peeler & Parent Panel Keynote presentation

Break—Visit Exhibits & Knowledge Fair 1:15–1:45 p.m.

Concurrent Sessions—1:45–3:00 p.m.301 – Voices of Home Visiting Families –Follow-up to the Parent Plenary302 – Reflective Practice 303 – Home Visiting and the Challenge of Working with Families Coping with Substance Abuse 304 – COIIN Panel on Developmental Screening 305 – The Boundary Line: Maintaining Professional Standards When Your Family Wants Friends 306 – Intimate Partner Violence: More Than Meets the Eye 307 – Using Social Media as a Key Engagement Strategy for the Home Visitor 308 – Leadership in My Community—Is That Me?

Break—Visit Exhibits & Knowledge Fair3:00–3:30 p.m.

Concurrent Sessions—3:30–4:45 p.m.401 – Reciprocity in Your HV Relationships 402 – Supporting the Supervisor— Culture of Support 403 – HV and the Trauma Informed Approach: Toxic Stress and our Families 404 – COIIN Panel on Breastfeeding 405 – Improving Family Retention Rates: Learning from Our Own Experts (you)! 406 – HUBS Panel407 – Using Social Media as a Key Engagement Strategy for the Home Visitor

Evening Reception—4:45–6:00 p.m.Exhibitor & Knowledge Fair Meet and Greet and Award Ceremony

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS(FULL SESSION DESCRIPTIONS ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE)

Friday, August 7, 2015Group Physical Activity—6:45–7:30 a.m.

Registration begins at 7:00 a.m.

Breakfast—8:00–8:45 a.m.Featuring an update on MIECHV

Concurrent Sessions—8:45–10:00 a.m. 501 – Helping Parents Use the Info About Child Development 502 – Compassion Fatigue 503 – Engagement Strategies for Perinatal Depression504 – COIIN Panel on Engagement 505 – Father Engagement: Strategies for Including Fathers in our Work506 – What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You: Using Data to Understand Your Community507 – Alert and Aware: HV Personal Safety 508 – Mandated Reporting: Coping with the Grey Area

Break—10:00–10:15 a.m.

Concurrent Sessions—10:15–11:30 a.m. 601 – How Can You Involve Families in Improving Your HV Program?

602 – Staff Retention: Why it Matters and What You Can Do603 – Breastfeeding 101 604 – COIIN Panel on Maternal Depression 605 – Teen Parents: Tips for Energizing Engagement 606 – Models, the Continuum and Me: Understanding Where Your Program Fits in the Pre-K Lifecycle607 – Alert and Aware: HV Personal Safety 608 – Understanding the “Built” Environment: Towards Healthier Homes and Healthier Kids

Luncheon—11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Block Session—12:30–2:00 p.m.Jennifer Stapleton—The Language of Home Visiting

Renee Canady—Family Culture and Cultural Humility

World Café—2:00–3:15 p.m.Small group work around the previous block session by Jennifer Stapleton and Renee Canady

Giveaways and Closing Remarks—3:15–3:30 p.m. (Must be present to win!)

Adjourn—3:30 p.m.

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS(FULL SESSION DESCRIPTIONS ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE)

Hotel and LodgingThe host hotel for the 2015 Michigan Home Visiting Conference is:Detroit Marriott at the Renaissance CenterRenaissance Center400 Renaissance DriveDetroit, MI, 48243(313) 568-8000

$139.00 single/double (excluding applicable taxes)

ReservationsReservations must be made by July 14, 2015 to receive the special conference rate. To obtain the special overnight rate, you must call the Detroit Marriott at the Renaissance Center to make your reservation and mention that you are with the 2015 Michigan Home Visiting Conference.

Conference attendees and exhibitors are responsible for their own individual room reservations and cost.

Click here to reserve your room today!

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