Tulsa Central Library, 400 Civic Center, Tulsa, OK

15 hours CLE requested, including 1 hour of Ethics

In an effort to make this training accessible to legal professionals across the state, we are offering mileage and hotel reimbursement to those traveling over 200 miles roundtrip.  If this applies to you, please register for this event and email Haruv USA Director, DeJon Knapp, dejon@ou.edu for more details.

Workshop description:

QIC-ChildRep is an evidence-based best practice model of child representation. This training builds on the two-day training developed to advance the QIC-ChildRep Best Practice Model and integrates key aspects of Oklahoma child welfare law and practice, including Oklahoma practice standards, with the goal of advancing high quality legal representation for attorneys representing children in Oklahoma child welfare cases.

Presenters’ bios:

Ashleigh Kraft, LPC-S, IMH-E®

Ashleigh Kraft provides training and consultation in the areas of infant mental health, non-profit leadership, and trauma-informed care.  The major areas of focus in her professional experiences have included working with survivors of domestic violence, child maltreatment, and interpersonal trauma.  She is trained to provide Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT), Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT), Child-Parent Psychotherapy (CPP), Circle of Security and Reflective Supervision/Consultation, and is endorsed as an Infant Mental Health Mentor, Clinical.  She is a state-wide trainer for CPP in Oklahoma and is endorsed through Zero to Three as a certified state trainer for DC: 0-5.  Ashleigh is passionate about the power of relationships, supporting professional growth of therapists, and the importance of early relationships.

Hope Cooper, Staff Attorney, Tulsa Lawyers for Children

Hope Cooper, fka Hope Sheppard-Mahaffey, was born in Louisiana and grew up in Texas. She earned her Bachelor’s Degree from Austin College in 2013 while volunteering at the North Texas Montessori Academy and participating in multiple extracurricular activities and groups on campus. Upon graduation, Cooper worked for a law firm specializing in Personal Injury and Probate in Richardson, Texas for two years in order to decide which route to pursue in her life career. During this time, she pursued her passion of helping children while volunteering at the Dallas Children’s Advocacy Center. Cooper moved to Tulsa, Oklahoma in August of 2015 to attend the University of Tulsa College of Law. She was involved in multiple organizations at TU Law including Women’s Law Caucus, Student Bar Association, Immigration Law Clinic, Phi Alpha Delta, and Board of Advocates.  Cooper co-authored a research article on Munchausen by Proxy.  Cooper earned her Juris Doctorate in 2018 and began work at the Tulsa County District Attorney’s Office prosecuting juvenile and deprived and criminal cases for almost two years. Cooper began working for Tulsa Lawyers for Children in May 2021. She married Teddy Cooper in April 2022. They have one dog and two cats – Pig, Rico and Ollie; and they enjoy hiking and visiting National Parks.

Timothy Michaels-Johnson, Executive Director, Tulsa Lawyers for Children

Having earned his Juris Doctorate with Honors from the University of Tulsa College of Law in 2011, Timothy Michaels-Johnson focused his career in child welfare. He joined the District Attorney’s Office of Tulsa County and prosecuted deprived child cases for nearly 5 years. Since 2016, Michaels-Johnson has worked for Tulsa Lawyers for Children representing children and training TLC’s volunteer attorneys. In May 2020, Michaels-Johnson was honored to become TLC’s third Executive Director. In addition to his work with TLC, Michaels-Johnson is Co-chair of the Juvenile Section of the Tulsa County Bar Association, member of the Oklahoma Supreme Court Oversight Committee on Uniform Representation of Children and Parents in Cases Involving Abuse and Neglect, Oklahoma State Coordinator for the National Association of Counsel for Children, and will be returning to the University of Tulsa College of Law as an adjunct professor teaching Juvenile Law in the fall 2023.

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November 17 & 18, 9:00am – 5:30pm

Tulsa Central Library 400 Civic Center, Tulsa, OK 74103

Pocahontas Greadington Learning & Creativity Center

FREE CLE credits (17 hours, including 1 hour ethics)

FREE morning refreshments and lunch provided

Registration is closed

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Presenters:

Kristen Pisani-Jacques JD, CWLS, is the Training Director of the National Association of Counsel for Children (NACC), a non-profit professional membership and advocacy organization dedicated to advancing justice for children, youth, and families. Kristen has over a decade of experience working in the dependency system, as a guardian ad litem, supervisor, and manager, and now uses that experience to create, manage, and deliver highquality trainings and resources for attorneys nationally. Prior to joining NACC, Kristen spent over eleven years at the Children’s Law Center in Washington, D.C., where she most recently served as the Deputy Director of the Guardian ad litem (GAL) project. Kristen has presented locally and nationally on a variety of child welfare topics and earned her law degree at Georgetown. Kristen is barred in Washington, D.C. and Maryland and is based in Silver Spring, Maryland. She is a certified Child Welfare Law Specialist (CWLS).

Christina Lewis, JD, CWLS, is a Staff Attorney at the National Association of Counsel for Children (NACC), where she supports the creation of trainings and resources for child welfare practitioners. Prior to NACC, Christina served as a public defender with the St. Charles Parish Public Defender’s Office in Louisiana. During her twelve years as a public defender, Christina represented adults charged with misdemeanors, served as the defense attorney for the St. Charles Parish Adult Drug Court, and represented juveniles charged with delinquencies in juvenile court. Christina also represented children in child welfare cases, but most of her career has been devoted to providing high quality representation to parents whose children were removed from their custody due to abuse and/or neglect. Christina graduated from Louisiana State University, Paul M. Hebert Law Center with a Juris Doctor and Bachelor of Civil Law. Christina began her legal career as a judicial law clerk with the Louisiana Third Circuit Court of Appeal for the Honorable Marc T. Amy for three years. Christina is licensed to practice in Louisiana where she currently resides. She is a certified Child Welfare Law Specialist (CWLS)

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FREE IN-PERSON EVENT. REGISTRATION DEADLINE: JUNE 16

Friday, June 24, 2022

9:00 am – 3:00 pm CDT

University of Oklahoma – Tulsa, Learning Center, Perkins Auditorium

4502 E 41^st St. Tulsa, OK, 74135

CEUs available for LCSW and LPC – $40 for 4 credit hours

AGENDA

9:00 am – 9:30 am    Attendee Check In & Light Breakfast Provided

9:30 am – 9:45 am    Welcome

Dr. Hanita Kosher, Director, Haruv USA at OU Tulsa

Annette Wisk Jacobi, Executive Director, Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth

Dr. David McLeod, Chair, Oklahoma Children of Incarcerated Parents Advisory Committee & Incoming Associate Director of the OU Anne and Henry Zarrow School of Social Work

9:45 am – 12:30 pm   The Effects of Parental Incarceration on Children

Nancy Correa, DrPH, Practice Administrator, Texas Children’s Hospital, Division of Public Health Pediatrics

And

Hilary Cuthrell, PhD (Researcher/National Expert/Author), Wisconsin

12:30 pm – 1:00 pm  Lunch Provided

1:00 pm – 1:45 pm    Incarceration and its Impact on Families – Viewed through the Lens of Race and Ethnicity

David Gateley, Oklahoma Policy Institute

1:45 pm – 2:00 pm    Break

2:00 pm – 3:00 pm    Lived Experience Panel: Perspectives of Parents and Children

Sonya McDonald

Marquess Dennis

Ashley Harvey

PRESENTERS’ BIOS

Nancy Correa, DrPH, has dedicated her career to making systematic changes to improve the lives of vulnerable children.  Dr. Correa is currently the Practice Administrator for the Division of Public Health Pediatrics at Texas Children’s Hospital.  In addition to supporting clinical operations, Nancy utilizes a public health framework to strategically address gaps in practice and knowledge to mitigate and prevent childhood adversities and foster resilience in individuals, families, and communities.  Nancy has over fifteen years of experience in public health conducting needs assessments, implementing evidence-based programs, leading evaluations, and facilitating collaboratives.

Hilary Cuthrell, PhD, began working with incarcerated individuals and those involved in the legal justice system in 2009 while earning a BS degree at DePaul University in Chicago, Illinois. Dr. Cuthrell later earned her MS and PhD from the School of Human Ecology-Human Development and Family Studies program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2016. Dr. Cuthrell acted as an affiliate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Center for Child and Family Well-Being, where she served for 4 years under the United States Federal Government’s Intergovernmental Personnel Act (IPA) program with the National Institute of Corrections in Washington, DC. Dr. Cuthrell primarily works on programs designed to enhance visits between children and their incarcerated parents in jails and prisons throughout the United States. Throughout her work, Dr. Cuthrell continues to search for innovative ways to document and share lived experiences by individuals and families entangled in the criminal legal system. Dr. Cuthrell’s work has been published in academic journals, peer-reviewed articles, and correctional publication platforms.

David Gateley  serves as the Criminal Justice Policy Analyst at the Oklahoma Policy Institute. Raised in Oklahoma, David received his B.A. in Political Science from the University of Oklahoma and J.D. from the University of Oklahoma College of Law.  He is passionate about changing the criminal justice system away from mass incarceration. He has written on topics such as the abolition of cash bail and the effectiveness of restorative justice. He lives in Oklahoma City, OK.

Sonya McDonald serves as the Project Coordinator and Legal Assistant at Tulsa Lawyers for Children. Sonya McDonald will share with us her personal story of incarceration as a mother of young children, and her unique recovery and criminal justice reform advocacy journey.

Marquess Dennis is a husband, the father of four children, and an active member of the Tulsa community. Marquess is the founder and Executive Director of Birthright Living Legacy, whose mission is to validate the position of the father within the family unit and bring fathers and their children closer together by providing programs to foster improved communication and connectivity.

Ashley Harvey currently serves as the Justice Data Analyst for the Oklahoma Policy Institute and is pursuing a PhD at Oklahoma State University. Ashley serves as an Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth Doctoral Research Fellow.

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Free with registration in advance

FREE CEUs available for social work

Lecturer: Kathryn Ford, LCSW, MPH Candidate; Director of Clinical Supervision & Child Witness Initiatives, Center for Court Innovation, New York

Lecture Description: In this lecture, Ms. Ford will discuss the prevalence of exposure to violence and victimization among children in the U.S.; how children experience and interact with the criminal legal system as a result of such traumatic experiences; and strategies for supporting children as they navigate the system.

As Director of Child Witness Initiatives, Kathryn Ford, LCSW provides training and technical assistance to state and tribal justice system practitioners nationally through both the Tribal Justice Exchange and the Gender and Family Justice teams. In addition, as the Center’s Director of Clinical Supervision, Kathryn coordinates agency-wide clinical practice initiatives and ensures that the Center’s direct practice staff have access to clinical supervision and training. Ms. Ford provided trauma-focused therapy and court support services to children, teens, and their caregivers through the Center’s Bronx Child Trauma Support Program for nine years. Prior to joining the Center, Ms. Ford was a social worker in Safe Horizon’s Supervised Visitation Program at Bronx Family Court and an intern in the Kings County District Attorney’s Office’s Counseling Services Unit. She received a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology and Sociology from Tufts University and a Master’s in Social Work from Columbia University, and is certified in Rape Crisis Counseling. She is currently pursuing her Master’s in Public Health at Johns Hopkins University as a Fellow with the Bloomberg American Health Initiative.

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