March 23, 2015 8:00 – 8:30 Registration (In front of Centennial

March 23, 2015
8:00 – 8:30 Registration (In front of Centennial Room)
8:30 – 10:30 Opening and Keynote Speaker (2.0 hrs) (Centennial Room)
Keynote Speaker: John Van Epp, PhD
Breakout Session 1
10:45 – 12:15 (1.5 hrs)
Option 1 (Salon C)
Name of presenter: Eric J. Murphy, MA, MS
Organization/Employer: West Virginia University, Extension Services
Session Title: What do I get from this relationship?
Option 2 (Salon B)
Name of presenter: Cynthia Hinkle, BA
Organization/Employer: WVDHHR/APPI
Session Title: Shedding some light on Emergency Contraception
Option 3 (Salon D)
Name(s) of presenter(s): Carolyn H. Suppa, Ed.D. and Kim Hutton, LSW
Organization/Employer: WV Department of Education and Mission West Virginia, Inc.
Session Title: Life Skills Education and Career Planning for Teenage Pregnancy Prevention
Lunch Speaker
12:15 – 1:45 9 (1.5 hrs) (Centennial Room)
Name of presenter: Brendan Gallagher, BA
Organization/Employer: Regeneration
Session Title: Did you hear that? What media is saying to us about relationships and love.
Breakout Session 2
1:45 – 3:15 (1.5 hrs)
Option 1 (Salon C)
Name of presenter: Anduwyn Williams, BA
Organization/Employer: APPI
Session Title: Quality Family Planning
Option 2 (Salon D)
Name of presenter: Ric MacDowell
Organization/Employer: Wall Service Project, Lincoln County
Session Title: A Model for Successful School Programming for Pregnant and Parenting, Female and Male
Teens
Option 3 (SalonB)
Name(s) of presenter(s): Margo Friend, M. Div, BA; Jillian Kinder and James Elam
Organization/Employer: United Way of Central WV
Session Title: Sexual Minority Youth: Their Challenges and Solutions
Breakout Session 3
3:30 – 5:00 (1.5 hrs)
Option 1 (Salon B)
Name(s) of presenter(s): Gina Taylor, BA; Tim Sayre, MS; David Roberts, MS, LSW
Organization/Employer: WVU Extension Service - Families & Health Unit
Session Title: BARNGA - A Communication Simulation
Option 2 (Salon C)
Name of presenter: Kerri Thomas, BA
Organization/Employer: CONTACT Rape Crisis Center
Session Title: Healthy Sexuality & Young People
Option 3 (Salon D)
Name of presenter: Erin Kline, BA; Lindsey Kapper, MA
Organization/Employer: Mission West Virginia, Inc.
Session Title: THINK’s Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program Reach and Reliability
March 24, 2015
8:30 – 10:00 Keynote Speaker (1.5 hrs) (Centennial Room)
Keynote Speaker: Jim Harris, MSW, ED.S.
Owner of Opportunities Consulting Services and Associate Director at the Autism Training Center at
Marshall University
Breakout Session 4
10:00 – 11:30 (1.5hrs)
Option 1 (Salon C)
Name of presenter: Deena Ellison, APPI Director
Organization/Employer: DHHR/Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention
Session Title: What about love? A guide to knowing the difference between healthy and unhealthy
relationships
Option 2 (Salon B)
Name of presenter: Dr. Mike Thomson, Ph.D.
Organization/Employer: Thomson ETC., Inc.
Session Title: Strategies For Saving Your Sanity® For Unlimited Success with Poverty & At Risk Students
Option 3 (Salon D)
Name of presenter: Lisa Hatten, MS ATC
Organization/Employer: Mission West Virginia
Session Title: High Risk Teens: What they need to know (Utilizing Positive Youth Development lessons
and Comprehensive Sexual Education)
Lunch On Your Own
11:30 – 1:00
Breakout Session 5
1:00 – 2:30 (1.5 hrs)
Option 1 (Salon D)
Name of presenter: Melissa Ballard, MSW
Organization/Employer: Mission West Virginia
Session Title: Communication is key: Are you speaking my language?
Option 2 (Salon B)
Name of presenter: Carrie Linn, MSW
Organization/Employer: WVDHHR/APPI
Session Title: Birth Control Options that fit your life!
Option 3 (Salon C)
Name(s) of presenter(s): Sarah Brown, BA and Sarah Jarvis, Psy.D.
Organization/Employer: Mission West Virginia and Valley Health
Session Title: Impressionable Impressions - How our relationship patterns effect teen dating behavior
Teen Parent Support Panel (Centennial Room)
2:45 – 3:45 (1hr)
Name(s) of presenter(s): Dee Messinger, RN; Ric McDowell; Jordan Sheils, MA
Description of session: This session is a panel discussion with experts in the area of providing support
for teen parents. They will discuss the services they provide, how to get teen parents referred for
services, and answer questions from the audience on teen parenting.