News From The Field: April 2018

Spring is in full swing and we’ve got some great reads for you—including a new online resource on Texas homeless youth.

May is National Foster Care Month (#NFCM2018) and National Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month (#NTPPM2018). Grab a cup, login to Facebook and join our Director, Monica Faulkner for a couple of Facebook Live Coffee Breaks sessions as we talk with local professionals about current issues in foster care and teen pregnancy and parenting. 0.5 CEUs are available for tuning in! Also check out The HYP Provider Conference: Staying Strong Resilient Youth, Sustainable Programs and TNOYS 35th Annual Conference on Service To Youth & Families if you are looking to meet other youth-serving professionals in the area.

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News From The Field

Coffee Breaks with TXICFW: Opioid Use & The Texas Child Welfare System: Fostering the whole family as prevention

May 8th, 11:30-12pm on our FB page! O.5 CEUs

Coffee Breaks with TXICFW: Pregnant while in Texas Foster Care: What’s next?

May 15th, 11-11: 30 am on our FB page! O.5 CEUs

April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month (NCAPM)

Center for Adolescent Health Open House and Educational Sessions

April 25th, 5-7: 30 pm, People’s Community Clinic, ATX, 1.5 CEUs

Black Mamas ATX Collective: Town Hall Meeting & Film Screening

April 26th 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm

BEADS Workshop: Addressing the Needs of Transition-Age Youth with Disabilities
SHSSW: 1-2:30pm, CEUs available

Opportunities to Engage your Community in the Trauma-themed May 10th Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day

2018 TASSA Annual Conference
April 30-May 2, South Padre Island, TX

Coffee Talk: Drug and alcohol policies impacting youth
UT: May 2nd, 10-11am

Teen Sexting, Cyberbullying and Adolescent Relationships
Free Webinar from The Dibble Institute. May 9th, 3pm CT

Central Texas Consent Summit
May 12th, 8-4pm, ATX

HYP Provider Conference: Staying Strong Resilient Youth, Sustainable Programs
May 18th, ATX, 6 CEUs Available

Call for presenters: 2018 Strengthening Youth and Families Conference will take place Nov. 5-8, 2018 at the San Luis Resort and Conference Center, Galveston, TX., applications due May 31st.

TNOYS 35th Annual Conference on Service To Youth & Families
June 5-8th, Houston Texas

7th Annual Play Therapy Symposium
SHSSW: June 22nd, 8:30-4pm

Texas Fatherhood Summit
UT Child and Family Research Partnership and Texas DFPS PEI host. June 29th, ATX

New Report from Texans Care For Children: Fostering Healthy Texas Lives: Strategies to Prevent Teen Pregnancy in Foster Care and Support Teen Parents in Foster Care

The Main Predictors of Adolescent Self – Injurious Behaviors from the Perspective of Foster Care Parents (Study took place in TX)

Research Review: Predictive Analytics & Child Maltreatment Prevention

Texas Homeless Youth Handbook

The State of America’s Children 2017

How Patterns of Learning About Sexual Information Among Adolescents Are Related to Sexual Behaviors

How life outside of a school affects student performance in school

Review of Child Sexual Abuse Primary Prevention Strategies

Paths to Success for Young Parents in Foster Care