PROCEEDINGS

SELECTED PROCEEDINGS

from the

30^th Annual Convening of Crisis Intervention Personnel

and

the CONTACT USA Conference

May, 2006

(Not all summaries of presentations are posted. Only those summaries which provided sufficient information for the reader who did not attend the conference or that particular session were selected.)

Responsibilities and Requirements for Crisis Line Specialists - Eleanor Letcher and Jo-Ann Hoffman

Putting the "Super" in Supervision: Using Creative Empirically Based Supervision Techniques --
Dr. Mark Lepore and Dr. Joseph Petrella

Four Hundred Miles from Landfall: Lessons Learned from Katrina - Dr. Dick James

Connections in Crisis: THE POWER OF EMPATHY -- Paul Carroll, Crisis Trainer and Theresa Tobey, Executive Director

Crisis Intervention: A Partnership Between Mental Health Professionals, Families and Police - Joseph Prawdzik

Suicide Assessment - Nancy J. Stephani, MSW, LISW, MAC and Julie Baxa, BSW, LSW

Engaging Suicidal Callers: Establishing Good Contact and Interventions - Marshall Knudson, Ph.D and Heather Stokes, LCSW

The Youth Interventionist Program: Collaborative Crisis Intervention with Young Knuckleheads (i.e., Youth involved in Gangs, Drugs and Violence) - John FS Williams, M.Ed., C.H. and Bert Patania, M.Ed.

Youth Crisis Interventions: The Power of Resiliency - Areon Kelvington, MSCP and Christopher Smalley, BS

Building Accountability in Your Volunteer Staff - Ashley Barnes, M.S., Justin Dorough, Lauren Hall, Dan Mecham, B.S., Amanda Pfeffer, M.S., Hilary Schmitt, Natasha Skaggs, Susan Vavra, B.S., CVA

Basic Principles of Disaster Mental Health - Eric Klingensmith, Psy.D., PEM

"Move from Burnout to Balance by Putting on the Brakes" - Louise S. Dunn

Mental Health Awareness in Education for Teen Adolescents - Connie Pi, Martha Schriver and Rahul Bhala

Assessing Patients in a Therapeutic Crisis Center Vs. an Emergency Department - Heather Koontz, MSW, LSW

A Users Assessment of a Domestic Violence Information and Referral System in Meeting the Needs of a Diverse Population - Gwyn Roland, MA and Michelle Fugate

Volunteers: Going Above and Beyond the Call of Duty - Julie Grassi and Bill McGrath

Have Times Really Changed? A Look at Domestic Violence Toward South Asian Women - Dipali Bharadwaj

You run a 24hour Program - So when do you get to sleep? - Richard Young and Melissa Tibbetts

Group Program for Moms & Kids Experiencing the Effects of Victims of Domestic Violence - Pamela Vernace Strenning and Linda DeFrancisco

The Power of a Well-Structured Training Process - Sara Booth

Evaluation of Crisis Line Specialists - Jan Schoop

Am I Crazy? To Diagnose or Not to Diagnose That is the Question. - Leslie A. Slagel and Rick Myer, Ph.D.

DEALING WITH DIFFICULT PEOPLE: Just When You Thought It Was Safe To Get Back In The Water --
Dr. Olive Poliks, LPC, NCC, Ed.D