Marc Crippen, Registration
VJJA Tidewater District
757-393-8571 x3154
marc.crippen@djj.virginia.gov
23rd Annual Spring Institute
"Searching for Buried Treasure"
We are excited to offer two days of quality training to VJJA members! We hope you will find the topics timely and informative. Lunch on both days is included in the registration. DRESS IS CASUAL! We will also be collecting travel size personal items to donate to a local juvenile facility as a community service project, so please bring a donation with you to the conference.
YOU CANNOT REGISTER AT THE TRAINING OR BY EMAIL! Money MUST accompany your registration form. E-mail confirmations will be sent. The training will be held in the Festival Center at the Quality Inn at the oceanfront. Parking (free) is available on the 1st floor of the 9th Street Parking Garage. You MUST enter the Parking Garage from Atlantic Avenue to get the free parking! ROOM RATES are $65 if you would like to stay, and all rooms are oceanfront with balconies. Please call 757-428-8935 to make your reservation by 3/10/15.
The agenda is as follows:
THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 2015
8:30 am - 9:00 am REGISTRATION
9:00 am - 9:30 am Opening Remarks
9:30 am - 12:00 pm KEYNOTE: Dr. Sara Malowitz, Clinical Neuropsychologist, FINR, Florida Institute for Neurologic Rehabilitation) Neuroanatomy: Effects of Tramatic Brain Injury
12:00 pm -1:00 pm LUNCH (provided)
AFTERNOON WORKSHOPS:
1:15 pm – 2:45 pm Debbie Coleman, LPN Area Manager FINR "Who is this Person?" Behaviors Related to Brain Injury
Adrian Atkins, CTRS Director of Therapeutic Recreation, Harbot Point Team Work Makes the Dream Work - includes break out group activities to promote teambuilding, communication and problem solving
1:15 pm - 4:30 pm Lynn Hightower, President of Stop Abuse, Retired Lieutenant Virginia Beach Sheriff's Department: Darkness to Light: Sexual Abuse Prevention **(LIMITED TO 30 PEOPLE - SESSION WILL NOT REPEAT)**
2:45 pm - 3:00 pm Visit Vendors in Festival Center
3:00 pm – 4:30 pm TWO WORKSHOPS REPEATED
5:00 pm PIRATE PARTY RECEPTION (Washington Room) w/ Limbo Contest
FRIDAY, MARCH 27, 2015
9:00 am Opening Remarks
9:30 am-12:00 pm Kevin J. Bethel, Deputy Commissioner Patrol Operations, City of Philadelphia Police Department, Diversity and Diversion: How to Keep Low Risk Offenders out of the System
12:00 pm -1:00 pm LUNCH (provided)
1:00 pm – 3:30 pm Preparing for the Worst: Workplace Violence and Active Threats Virginia Beach Police Department Crime Prevention Unit Officers David Nieves and Bradley Detrich
3:30 pm – 4:00 pm WRAP UP, DOOR PRIZES, AND EVALUATIONS
REGISTRATION DEADLINE: MARCH 17, 2015
Registration Fees:
$30.00 for VJJA Members
$40.00 for Non-Members (fee includes membership through 6/30/15)
One Day Registrations Available $15.00 members $20.00 non-members
On-Line Registrations include a credit card processing fee.
Check payments do not include an additional fee.
Register by Mail to: Mar Crippen, Portsmouth CSU
1345 Court Street, Suite 201
Portsmouth, VA 23704
Make checks paybale to VJJA.
Space is limited to 165 participants!
T-shirts will be available for purchase at the event.
A 50-50 raffle will be held to benefit the Tidewater District Holiday Food Basket Project. Must have cash to participate and "win the booty".
Register On-Line Now!