2024 Children's Issues in a Changing World Conference

Tentative Event Schedule

8 am - 8:45 am  - Registration & Networking

9 am -  Welcome - Fran Langan, Ph.D., Trustee Emerita, Keystone College

9:15 am - Opening Message - Emily Hopkins, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Psychology and Director of the Play and Learn Lab, University of Scranton

9:45 am - Break

10 am - 11:30 am - "HOPE Framework: Healthy Outcomes from Positive Experiences" - Keynote Speaker, Rijelle Kraft, Family Support Managing Coordinator at Center for Schools and Communities

11:30 am - 12:15 pm - Lunch Break

12:30 pm - 1:45 pm - Attendees will select  one of the following presentations to attend:

• Putting It All Together: Community Resource Fair
• "The Forgotten Ones: Drug Endangered Children" - Eric Nation, Interim Executive Director, National Alliance for Drug Endangered Children & Stacee Read, Director of DEC Network Development
• "Reframing Our Understanding of Challenging Behaviors: Creating Trauma Responsive Environments which Promote Joy and Success" - Cindy King, Equipping Director & TBRI Specialist Keystone Family Alliance
• "Play as the Architect for Positive, Promising Child Development Outcomes" - Panel Discussion - Moderator: Emily Hopkins

2 pm - 3:15 pm - Attendees will select one of the following presentations to attend:

• Putting It All Together: Community Resource Fair
• "Courtroom Perspectives on the State of Our Youth" - President Judge Patricia Corbett & Judge Frank Ruggiero, Lackawanna Court - Youth and Children's Court
• "Schools as Interventionists: The Recalibration of Schools as Vehicles for Recognizing and Remediating Student Challenges to Promote Success" - Nathan Barrett, Superintendent of Hanover Area School District
• "Powerful Interactions: The Strength of Role Influence in Building Resilience in Youth and Families" - Cindy Beeman, Executive Director for Susquehanna County Interfaith
• "Strong, Supportive, Responsive Adults: Preventing and Meeting the Challenges of Substance Abuse" - Kathleen Kutsop, Outreach - Center for Community Resources Parents as Teachers Supervisor & Sharon Poray, Chief Operating Officer at Cross Valley Counseling

3:30 pm - 4 pm - "Pulling It All Together: Creating a Braided System of Support to Meet the Needs of Families and Children" - Erin Keating, Ed.D. Scranton School District Superintendent