Region 5 Fall Symposium 2019
Friday, October 18, 2019
3:00 p.m.to 5:00 p.m. Registration
5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Meet & Greet (Drinks and Snacks)
6:00 p.m to 7:00 p.m. Speaker: Jeffery M. Leving, LTD
Saturday, October 19, 2019
8:00 a.m - 9:00a.m Registration
9:00 a.m - 12:00p.m Advanced Practitioner Credential Part I
12:00 p.m - 1:00p.m Lunch Provided
1:00 p.m - 4:00 p.m Advanced Practitioner Credential Part II
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm Mgr's Reception (Drinks and Snacks)
SYMPOSIUM LOCATION
October 18-19, 2019
Embassy Suites by Hilton Indianapolis North
3912 Vincennes Rd, Indianapolis, IN 46268
317-872-7700
REGISTER HERE
http://www.fds.org/registration
ENROLLMENT SUPPORT?
Sean Stevenson | Family Development Services
Asst. Director of ITS, ITS Department
3637 Meridian Street, Indianapolis, IN 46208
Phone: 317-803-3832
Email:
Quick and Easy Registration Process
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2019
Guest Speaker
Jeffery M. Leving has been named one of “America’s Best Lawyers” by Forbes Radio™ and selected by his peers as one of Illinois’ top attorneys. He received his Juris Doctor from the Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago-Kent College of Law in 1979 and he is licensed to practice law in Illinois, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, the U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals, and the U.S. Supreme Court. He was awarded his Bachelor of Science in Radio and Television from Southern Illinois University in 1974. His accomplishments include the co-authorship of the Illinois Joint Custody Law, Illinois Virtual Visitation, Right to DNA Testing Notice, and Unlawful Visitation or Parenting Time Interference Laws. He has also delivered testimony before both branches of the Illinois Legislature on Joint Custody, Grandparent’s Visitation and Child Support Accountability bills.
Leving’s work has extended beyond US borders. As a tireless advocate for forgotten fathers and their children, he has also helped fathers abroad seeking to reunite them with their children. In 1996 Mother Teresa supported and thanked Leving for his work helping those entrusted to his care.
He received international praise for his instrumental work in helping reunite a then 6-year-old Elián González with his father in Cuba, the most well-known fathers’ rights case to date. The State Department has referred many international custody cases to him and he continues to reunite other fathers with their children around the world.
Always seeking the best interest of children, Leving has been honored by the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children “in recognition of and appreciation for outstanding commitment to the protection of children and the knowledge of the Hague International Child Abduction issues.” After Czechoslovakia split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia in 1993, Slovakia minted a commemorative coin honoring Leving and his work to gain equality for fathers across the globe.
In addition to his legal practice, Leving has contributed to the field of family law by authoring several influential books including Fathers’ Rights and Divorce Wars, and he is the publisher of Leving’s Divorce Magazine. Leving’s new book, How to Be a Good Divorced Dad has garnered praise from President Barack Obama and an endorsement from Francis Cardinal George of the Archdiocese of Chicago, who said, “This is a pain-filled book that offers good advice about how to preserve a family born of a marriage that has failed. It’s a book that is, unfortunately, more and more needed.” Leving’s groundbreaking works have become valuable resources for parents, legal professionals, and psychologists. He has contributed further to the field by lecturing locally and nationally on family law issues.
Chosen by the White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships to provide expert input in the first Town Hall Meeting on Responsible Fatherhood and Healthy Families in Chicago, Leving was also afforded the opportunity to meet with President Obama several times and discussed critical legal and social issues facing the nation. President Barack Obama also awarded him the National Lifetime Call to Service Award.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2019
FFCA will present a set of evidence-based, evidence-informed, and promising best practices with over 17-hours of training 1-Day in-person for Saturday covering the first few modules (review full program here). Those who desire to complete the Advanced Practitioner Credential will come together for four 1.5 virtual or on-demand classes as well as complete the required practicum.
Things You Need to Know: Through improved staff preparation, professional development, and curriculum design, and skills of attendees parents and children will benefit as well as organizations integrating models. Participants who complete the training will have access to continued education, nationally approved credential and certification for curriculums to use with women, men, and youth. The Fatherhood Advanced Practitioner Credential provides an introduction of necessary skills, techniques, evidence-based interventions, for diverse professionals with integrative approaches designed to work with young fathers and mothers to strengthen families and improve outcomes for children. Those who and follow-up cafe sessions enhanced by a practicum) to diverse participants. In the past year, the following types of professionals have enrolled and completed Advanced/New Practitioner Credential:
Case Managers,
Child Care Workers,
Child Support Advocates,
Child Welfare Workers,
Clergy,
Counselors,
Criminal Justice Professionals in Corrections-Probation-Parole,
Early Childhood Teachers,
Facilitators of Fatherhood Curriculums,
Family Service Workers,
Fatherhood Home Visitor
Fatherhood Practitioners,
Foster-Care Workers
Head Start Family Service Advocates,
Head Start Teachers,
Health-Care and Maternal and Child Professionals, Social Workers,
Life Coaches,
Marriage and Family Therapist,
Parent Engagement Leaders,
Peer Mentors,
Reentry Community-Based Professionals.
Substance Abuse Counselors
Veterans and Military Families Social Workers
Workforce Development and Economic Mobility Professionals,
Youth Development Workers, etc.
PRACTITIONER CREDENTIAL SYLLABUS
FFCA WILL OFFER AN ONLINE OPTION
JOIN US FOR ONLINE EXPERIENCE IF YOU CANNOT COME IN-PERSON