PROGRAMMING
 

Agenda At-A-Glance

 

TUESDAY, APRIL 14:

PRECONFERENCE WORKSHOPS

8:00 - 4:30 pm

PC#1 Helping to Administer to the Needs of Students with Diabetes in Schools (H.A.N.D.S) Training: A Program for School Nurses

9:00 - 4:00 pm

PC#2 Why Talk Isn’t Enough: Using the Biological Intervention, Trauma Resiliency Model (TRM), in Work With “At Risk” Children and Families

9:00 - 4:00 pm PC#3 Girl Drama in the Age of MySpace: Managing Relational Aggression among Adolescent Girls in Schools - SOLD OUT
1:00 - 4:00 pm

PC#4 No Tooth Left Behind… Partnering with School to Improve the Oral Health of New Mexico’s School Children

1:00 - 4:00 pm PC#5 Action for Healthy Kids Member Meeting
9:00 - 4:00 pm PC#6 Beyond Tobacco and Alcohol: What Communities Need to Know About the OTHER Drugs
  Healthy Schools Report Card (By Invitation Only)
8:00 - 4:30 pm PASS Toolkit Training (By Invitation Only)
  WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15, 2009
7:30 - 3:30 pm Exhibit Hall Open
7:30 am Registration Opens/Continental Breakfast in Exhibit Hall
8:30 - 10:15 am

OPENING CEREMONIES AND KEYNOTE PRESENTATION

Opening Remarks by Yolanda Cordova, Director, Office of School & Adolescent Health, New Mexico Department of Health

Welcome by Mayor Martin Chavez

Keynote Presentation: There is Life After Tests ... And Before with Patrick Cooper, PhD, Chief Executive Officer of the Early Childhood and Family Learning Foundation in New Orleans, LA

10:15 - 11:00 am BREAK/Visit Exhibit Hall
11:00 - 12:15 pm

BREAKOUT SESSIONS

Adult/Youth

1.

Brain Education for Wellness: Creating a Healthy, Happy, and Peaceful Life
Adult/Youth
2.
Just4Teens: Effective Drug Education
Adult/Youth Step by Step to a Successful Peer to Peer Helping Program
Trauma Informed Creating School Safety Through Trauma Informed Behavioral Health Services
  Danger in Our Schools
  Child Abuse: Promoting Awareness, Creating Change
  Depression Screening: To Screen or To Assess, That is the Question
  No Tooth Left Behind…Integrating Oral Health into School Health
  Balance: Exercise Your Mind, Body and Spirit
  The Whole Child and Coordinated School Health ... The Expansion Model in New Orleans!
  Naa Tsi iliid Hozho (Beauty Rainbow): Bridging Services for Native Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (GBT)
 

No More Bake Sales - Creative Funding Strategies for Difficult Times

12:15 - 1:30 pm LUNCH/Visit Exhibit Hall
1:30 - 2:45 pm

BREAKOUT SESSIONS

Adult/Youth 13. Talking Talons: Reconnecting Youth to Nature and Their Communities
Adult/Youth 14. In Our Backyard and Beyond: Understanding the Faces and Facts of HIV/AID
Adult/Youth 15. Innovations in Teen Dating Violence Prevention
Trauma Informed 16.

Trauma First Aide - Professionals Working with Youth

  17.

Threat Incident Management: Collaborate to Reduce School Violence

  18.

Recognition, Response, Referral: Tackling the Impact of Domestic Violence On Our Children

  19.

Youth as a Resource in Suicide Intervention

  20.

An Evidence Based Approach to the Sports Physical...or The Cattle Herd in the Gym is Inadequate

  21.

A Six Step Approach Towards a Healthier School Environment

  22.

Youth Gardens: Helping Students Bloom Physically, Emotionally and Academically

  23.

Project TRUST: “Are We Trying to Help Our Native Youth Navigate a System that Doesn't Work? Or Do We Need to Transform the System?”

  24.

The Inner Necessities of Transformative Health Practitioners

2:45 - 3:15 pm BREAK/Visit Exhibit Hall
3:15 - 4:30 pm

BREAKOUT SESSIONS

Adult/Youth 25. Natural Helpers: Collaborating to Prevent Youth Suicide
Adult/Youth 26. What's the Real Deal about Pregnancy and STD Prevention?
Adult/Youth 27. In Our Backyard and Beyond: Understanding the Faces and Facts of HIV/AID (REPEAT)
Trauma Informed 28.

Trauma is a Right Brain Wound

  29. Screening, Brief Intervention, Referral and Treatment with Adolescents in School Settings
  30. Psychosis: Early Warning Signs and the Importance of Early Intervention
  31.

"It was just a joke..." - Kids, Friendship Ethics and Cyberbullying in the Age of the Internet

  32.

Contraceptive Tool Bag

  33.

Bug Busting: Treatment of Head Lice

  34.

Engage New SBHC Champions - Hold an Open House

  35.

Strengthen the Heartbeat of Your Community

  36. Empowering Your School Health Advisory Council (SHAC)
  THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 2009
7:30 - 8:00 am Registration/Continental Breakfast in Garden Foyer
8:00 - 9:15 am

BREAKOUT SESSIONS

Youth Only 37.

Behind Happy Faces

Adult/Youth 38. The Power of Positive Youth Development: Creating Change Agents and Impacting Policy
Adult/Youth 39. Radio Voices
Trauma Informed 40.

Burnout Free Crisis Intervention: Intervening In A Crisis Without Creating A Crisis For Yourself

  41.

Mental Health Diagnosis and Clinical Techniques 101

  42.

The School Nurse: Obesity Prevention and Wellness

  43.

Due to unforeseen events this presentation has been cancelled

  44.

Finding the Right Fit:  The Importance of Targeting Teen Pregnancy Prevention Programs

  45.

Using Experiential Education for Transition to Adolescence

  46.

Sexually Transmitted Infections and Adolescents: Epidemiology, Counseling, Treatment, and Prevention Issues

  47.

Make It Beautiful: Creating a Patient Centered Environment

9:15 - 9:35 am BREAK
9:35 - 10:50 am

BREAKOUT SESSIONS

Adult/Youth 48. Empowering Kids to Take Charge of Their Own Health
Adult/Youth 49. Not Another Lecture About Drugs
Adult/Youth 50. Community Healing Through Youth Empowerment
Trauma Informed 51.

Signs and Symptoms of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

  52.

Investigating Environmental and Individual Prevention Strategies

  53.

Seeking Agreement, Making Wellness and Partnering with a Plan: A Collective Commitment to Building Alternative Outcomes Through Relational Collaboration

  54.

Suicide – Can We Help Prevent It?

  55.

Hand Hygiene in the School Setting

  56.

The PASS Project: Positive Assistance for Student Success

  57.

SPARK Your Schools Coordinated School Health Efforts

  58.

On the Street Where You Live: Understanding Environment’s Impact on Student Health

10:50 - 11:15 am BREAK
11:15 am

Drawing for FREE registration to Head to Toe 14!

You must be present to win.

11:20 - 12:30 pm

KEYNOTE PRESENTATION

New Ways to Create Mental Health Education

with Ross Szabo, Director of Youth Outreach, National Mental Health Awareness Campaign

12:30 - 2:00 pm

LUNCH A: General Attendance (Convention Center)

LUNCH B: NMASBHC Membership Lunch (Doubletree)

2:00 - 3:30 pm

BREAKOUT SESSIONS

Youth Only   All youth attendees will go to a special "Next Steps" session.
  59. Psychiatric Consultation for New Mexico SBHC Providers
Trauma Informed 60. How to Support Children and Teens after a Death
  61. Sexually Transmitted Infections and Adolescents: Epidemiology, Counseling, Treatment, and Prevention Issues
  62. Collaboration to Help Our Children Breathe Better
  63. Action Communities for Health, Innovation, and EnVironmental Change (ACHIEVE)
  64.

Fetal Alcohol Syndrome: The Hidden Disability

  65.

Techniques for Multicultural Competence in the Classroom

  66.

Best Foot Forward: Learning to Present with Confidence

  67.

Excellence and Equity in Comprehensive School Health Education

3:30 pm CONTINUING EDUCATION CERTIFICATE DISTRIBUTION

 

Schedule is subject to change.

Head to Toe seeks to present a wide variety of topics, issues and exhibits.  The information, comments and opinions expressed by the speakers and exhibitors do not necessarily represent the views of the New Mexico Department of Health or Kesselman-Jones, Inc.  Therefore, none of the sponsoring organizations endorse nor assume responsibility for the concepts expressed during these programs.