Speaker
Andrea Gehen
Wheeler's Clinic's Child, Youth, & Family Support Center at the Health and Wellness Center, Hartford, CT
AGehen@wheelerclinic.org
- Meet with adolescents weekly to promote educational, vocational, & emotional support
- Establish community linkages to connect clients with pro-social activities and basic needs
- Use motivational interviewing techniques to foster/maintain client engagement while encouraging clients to create positive changes in their lives
- Provide regular updates to Hartford Juvenile Probation to reflect client progress
- Facilitate CBT-intervention groups:
- Trauma Affect Regulation: Guide for Education and Therapy (TARGET) - a group for stress management
- VOICES - a self-discovery group for adolescent females
- MET/CBT (Motivational Interviewing - Enhanced Techniques - Cognitive-Based Therapeutic Interventions) - a group for substance abuse reduction
Speakers
Brianna Bellavia
Admissions Coordinator, Office of Admissions, UConn Stamford
brianna.bellavia@uconn.edu
- UConn, BA Psychological Sciences and Women's, Gender, & Sexuality Studies
- Plans and organizes different events, such as campus tours, group visits, open houses, husky for a day, etc.
- Manages student tour guides by assisting with trainings, evaluations, and scheduling
- Creates promotional materials
- Brainstorms new ways to reach prospective students
Daniel Whitehill
Mental Health Counselor, Lahey Behavioral Health Services, Lynn, MA
daniel.whitehill@uconn.edu
- UConn, BA Psychological Sciences
- Record and report all observed symptoms, reactions, treatments and changes in the patient's status.
- Assist in the admitting, discharging and transferring process of patients, ensuring safety and efficiency.
- Respond to patient care needs and issues ranging from personal hygiene to one on one conversations
Wednesday, 11/7 - Crime and Justice Presentation
Bousefield 160, 5 p.m.
Speaker
Peter J. Watts
Juvenile Probation Officer, State of Connecticut Judicial Branch, Superior Court for Juvenile Matters, Willimantic, CT
peter.watts@jud.ct.gov
- UConn, Bachelor's in Sociology, concentration in Criminology
- Completes intake, assessment, and referral of juveniles who have been arrested for violating any Federal or State law/s, Municipal, or Local Ordinance law/s
- Conducts in-depth interviews with juveniles, parents, educators, and social service agencies within the community
- Monitors court ordered probation supervision conditions and services
- Monitors and tests for substance use
- Prepares pre-dispositional studies for the court and formulates appropriate dispositional alternatives
- Maintains probation contact records and prepares status reports
- Prepares detention hearings and initiates probation violations, in conjunction with the State's Attorney
- Testifies at court hearings
Thursday, 11/8 - Social Work/Counseling Presentation
Bousefield A106, 5 p.m.
Speakers
Tom Martin
Social Work Supervisor, Norwich Department of Children and Families
thomas.martin@ct.gov
- Eastern Connecticut State University, BA in Sociology
- Southern Connecticut State University, Master's in Social Work
- Provides supervision to 6 Social Workers who are responsible for a child protection case
Jonathan Zane
Social Work Supervisor, Norwich Department of Children and Families
jonathan.zane@ct.gov
- George Mason University, BA Psychology
- Supervises a unit of newly hired social workers
- Supervisor of a unit providing services to adolescents in care
- Child protection investigator and adolescent services specialist
- Previous DCF positions as a child welfare trainer
Tuesday, 11/13 - UConn School of Social Work Presentation
Bousefield 160, 3 p.m.
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Speaker
Milagros Marrero-Johnson
Director of Student and Academic Services
milagros.marrero-johnson@uconn.edu