Transforming Practices Conference 2025

Transforming Practices Conference 2025

7:45am PDT

Breakfast & Registration Gary W. Harris - Foyer

8:45am PDT

Welcome & Land Acknowledgment Gary W. Harris - GymAndrea Thain Liptak • Linda Ophus

9:00am PDT

Keynote Session: Reclaiming Your Groove: Shifting Out of the 3+Fs Gary W. Harris - GymDawn McBride

10:30am PDT

Coffee Break Gary W. Harris - Foyer

11:00am PDT

22 Timely Topics on Caregiver Health & Wellness - Ideas I Stole from Others (1 hr)Ray Hoppins Gregory Williams (1 hr)Gregory Williams Healing and Forgiveness: Can you have one without the other? (1 hr)Deputy Chief Tyler Pelke • Dr. Megan McElheran Motivating High Performing Teams (1 hr) Gary W. Harris - FoyerStu Henry Reclaiming Your Groove: Shifting Out of the 3+Fs (1 hr)Dawn McBride Survivors of Sex Trafficking - Resilience and Recovery (1 hr)Kathy King • Jenn Kovachik • Juanita Murphy • Tanya Michelle • April Eve Wiberg What happens next? An overview of a prosecution. (1 hr.)Ann Siford Faith, Trust and Pixie Dust Lessons on Vicarious Trauma and Resilience (1.5 hrs)Joddie Walker Innovation in Sexual Assault Response & Tour of NEW Sexual Assault Medical Suite (1.5 hrs)Ronnie Biletsky

12:00pm PDT

Complimentary Lunch (1.5 hrs) Gary W. Harris - Arena

1:00pm PDT

Faith, Trust and Pixie Dust Lessons on Vicarious Trauma and Resilience (1.5 hrs)Joddie Walker Innovation in Sexual Assault Response & Tour of NEW Sexual Assault Medical Suite (1.5 hrs)Ronnie Biletsky Mike Cavilla (1.5 hrs)Mike Cavilla

1:30pm PDT

15 Helpful Things I Learned from Retiring Staff (1 hr)Ray Hoppins Gregory Williams (1 hr)Gregory Williams Healing and Forgiveness: Can you have one without the other? (1 hr)Deputy Chief Tyler Pelke • Dr. Megan McElheran Motivating High Performing Teams (1 hr) Gary W. Harris - FoyerStu Henry Reclaiming Your Groove: Shifting Out of the 3+Fs (1 hr)Dawn McBride Survivors of Sex Trafficking - Resilience and Recovery (1 hr)Kathy King • Jenn Kovachik • Tanya Michelle • Juanita Murphy • April Eve Wiberg What happens next? An overview of a prosecution. (1 hr)Ann Siford

2:30pm PDT

Coffee Break Gary W. Harris - Foyer

3:00pm PDT

Keynote Session: Before Operational Stress for Social Services: Protecting those who Protect Vulnerable Children. Gary W. Harris - GymDr. Megan McElheran

4:00pm PDT

Thursday Night Mixer Central Alberta Child Advocacy Centre- Four seasons Room

8:00am PDT

Registration & Breakfast Gary W. Harris - Foyer

9:00am PDT

What We Inherited and Roles We All Shall Play When It Comes To The Relationship Between Canadians and Indigenous People Gary W. Harris - GymChief Cadmus Delorme

10:00am PDT

Coffee Break Gary W. Harris - Foyer

10:30am PDT

Child Interviews from the Prosecution's Perspective (1 hr)Ann Siford Gergory Williams (1 hr) Therapy is great, but what about the rest of the time? (1 hr.)Shantelle Szuch Commercial Sex: Empowerment or Exploitation? (1.5 hr.)Andrea Heinz • Kathy King Innovation in Sexual Assault Response & Tour of NEW Sexual Assault Medical Suite (1.5 hrs) Third Floor Classroom - Child Advocacy CentreRonnie Biletsky Kairos Blanket Exercise: Building Bridges Toward Reconciliation (1.5 hrs)Hayley Christen • Heather Steele

11:00am PDT

Internet Child Exploitation in Alberta (1.5 hrs) Red Deer PolytechnicConstable Scott Sterling • Constable Stephanie Bosch

11:30am PDT

Complimentary Lunch Gary W. Harris - Arena

12:30pm PDT

Canada's Indigenous Policy: understanding its lasting effects - historical trauma in a contemporary world (1.5 hrs)Terry Lakey • Brian St. Germain Commercial Sex: Empowerment or Exploitation? (1.5 hrs)Kathy King • Andrea Heinz

1:00pm PDT

Child Interviews from the Prosecution's Perspective. (1 hr.)Ann Siford Gergory Williams (1 hr) Therapy is great, but what about the rest of the time? (1 hr.)Shantelle Szuch Cultivating Connection: Interpersonal Neurobiology, Mindfulness, Compassion, and Attunement (1.5 hrs)Dr. Anomi Bearden Internet Child Exploitation in Alberta (1.5 hrs) Red Deer PolytechnicConstable Stephanie Bosch • Constable Scott Sterling

2:00pm PDT

Coffee Break Gary W. Harris - Foyer

2:30pm PDT

Keynote Session: Mental Health: The Good, the Bad, and the Funny Gary W. Harris - GymJessica Holmes

3:30pm PDT

Closing Ceremony Gary W. Harris - GymLinda Ophus

Transforming Practices Conference 2025

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