Approved Continuing Education Credits*
                               The LWV of Louisiana Educational Seminar                         LASC MCLE Committee – 3 CLE(s)
                               Holiday Inn Lafayette, 2032 NE Evangeline Thruway            NASWLA – 3 CLE(s)
                                Saturday, March 21, 2009, 11:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.                 Lafayette Parish School Bd. – 3.5 CEU(s)

                                          Too Much, Too Many at Risk”
                      Juvenile Justice's Opportunities for Intervention, Education, and Prevention
                                                  8:30 a.m.  – 11:30 p.m.   Registration for Seminar
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11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.           Opening Luncheon sponsored by the Children’s Defense Fund
                                               Welcome by LWVLA President Jean Armstrong
                                             Key Note Speaker:
                    Rob Reardon, Director of Lafayette Parish Correctional Center   

      12:40 Welcome to the seminar by video presentation:  Lt. Governor Mitch Landrieu 

12:40 – 4:15    Advance Juvenile Justice Course work in six (6) one hour sessions
                                                Bayou Teche I and Bayou Teche II Rooms

12:45 - 1:45    Choice of Two (1) hour sessions:
                        (1) Information Sharing and Integrated Juvenile Justice Information System
                            Carmen Laver - Office of Juvenile Justice
                            Denise Brito - ISC Coordinator for Region 4
                            Angie Redmon, Emily Shewmaker – IJJIS, Calcasieu Family Court
                        (2) Children/Youth Planning Boards
                            Karen Hallstrom - Dep. Judicial Administrator for Children & Families, LA Supreme Court
                            Claude Devillier – Secretary, St. Landry Parish Children and Youth Planning Board
                            Dane Bolin - Director, Calcasieu Parish Office of Juvenile Justice Services
                            Ronald Rossitto- First Assistant D.A., 14th Judicial District, Calcasieu Parish
                            Christopher J. Trosclair - Assistant Director, Jefferson Parish Dept. of Juvenile Services

2:00 - 3:00      Choice of Two (1) hour sessions:
                        1) Education – Juvenile Justice Partnership
                            Donna Nola-Ganey – Assistant Superintendant, La. Dept. of Education
                            Clair Daly – Executive Director, Family Service Division of 16th Judicial District D.A.
                            Bertha Glostin - 
                            Mary Joseph – Director, Children’s Defense Fund, America's Cradle to Prison Pipeline
                        2) Community Based Services Evidence Based Practices
                            Sharon Guillory – Probation &Parole Region Manager 3, Region 5, OYD
                            Jennifer Jantz – Executive Director of the National Alliance on Mental Illness LA
                            Patsy Johnson – Department of Social Services Office of the Secretary

3:15 - 4:15      Choice of Two (1 hour) sessions:
                        (1) Early Intervention and Prevention
                            Berkley Durbin – Executive Director, Louisiana Coalition for Maternal and Child Health
                            Tiffany Hinton – Director, Louisiana Partnership for Children and Families
                            Dr. Michael Kudla - State Director, SBIRT/Healthy Babies Initiative
                            Kimberly Williams - Nurse-Family Partnership National Service Office
                        (2)The Importance of Effective Representation in the Juvenile Justice System
                            Clay Walker – Louisiana Public Defenders Board Director of Juvenile Defender Services
                            Dana Kaplan – Executive Director, Juvenile Justice Project of Louisiana  

                                    10  Continuing education credit approval(s) for: CEU(s)for Criminal Justice credits 
                                          has been applied for through LSUS Continuing Education Program.
                                          Response expected by March 17th from LSU-Shreveport.

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