2017 Washington State Becca Conference

Keeping Washington’s students in school and out of court:
Encouraging, supporting, and enhancing collaborative community-based efforts to serve Becca involved youth and families

Thursday, October 5 – Friday, October 6

Hotel RL Olympia

2300 Evergreen Park Drive SW, Olympia, WA 98502
Phone: (360) 943-4000

Registration

Unfortunately, we have reached capacity for this year’s Becca Conference. Please click on the link above to sign-up for the waitlist.

Agenda

This year’s conference will kick-off at 10:00 am on Thursday, October 5^th and conclude by 1:30 pm on Friday, October 6^th. Check-in begins at 9:00 am. A continental breakfast, boxed lunch, and snacks will be provided on Thursday.  A healthy start breakfast and hearty snacks will be served on Friday, prior to the conference’s conclusion at 1:30 pm.

A special pre-conference session on the Washington Assessment of the Risks and Needs of Students (WARNS) administration will be offered on Thursday, October 5^th from 8:00 am – 9:45 am.  A separate registration fee is required for this pre-conference event.

Below is the current agenda:

 

Thursday, October 5th
7:30AM	Registration for WARNS Pre-Conference Training Session
8:00AM	WARNS Pre-Conference Training Session Begins
9:00AM	Registration for Becca Conference Begins
9:45AM	WARNS Pre-Conference Training Ends
10:00AM	Introduction
10:30AM	Break
10:45AM	Keynote, Better Serving Youth with Trauma Histories
12:30PM	Lunch, Entertainment provided by: The Bridge
2:15PM	Breakout Sessions
	Gender Responsive Justice	Chronic Absenteeism	Responding to the Sexual Exploitation and Trafficking of Youth	“Seeds of Change: The Give Back Garden”: Thurston County Juvenile Court’s Restorative Justice Garden Project	Cognitive Behavioral Intervention for Trauma in Schools (CBITS) Training with Cultural Competency Adaptation	eQuality: Supporting LGBTQI+ Youth
3:30PM	Break
3:45PM	Breakout Sessions
	Gender Responsive Justice	Chronic Absenteeism	Responding to the Sexual Exploitation and Trafficking of Youth	“Seeds of Change: The Give Back Garden”: Thurston County Juvenile Court’s Restorative Justice Garden Project	Cognitive Behavioral Intervention for Trauma in Schools (CBITS) Training with Cultural Competency Adaptation	eQuality: Supporting LGBTQI+ Youth
5:00PM	End of Day 1
Friday, October 6th
7:00AM	Registration
8:00AM	Introduction
8:30AM	Plenary Session, Reducing the Use of Secure Detention
10:30AM	Break
11:00AM	Breakout Sessions
	Community Trauma and Working with Youth	Engaging Elementary Families through CTBs and WARNS Assessment	School Culture and Attendance: Native American Youth	Systems of Care for Homeless Youth	Reducing the Impact of Implicit Bias	Respite Care Alternatives
12:15PM	Break
12:30PM	Breakout Sessions
	Community Trauma and Working with Youth	Engaging Elementary Families through CTBs and WARNS Assessment	School Culture and Attendance: Native American Youth	Systems of Care for Homeless Youth	Reducing the Impact of Implicit Bias	Respite Care Alternatives
1:45PM	End of Day 2

Keynote

This year’s keynote will be a panel discussion on better serving Becca youth with significant trauma histories, featuring experts from across Washington State. Leaders from our state will share relevant research, how they have responded to this challenge, and ways they have enhanced truancy reduction efforts in their communities. The keynote panel also will provide information about the changing demographics of youth being served in our Becca system and include testimony from a young person who has experienced the Becca system first-hand.

Plenary Session

Friday’s plenary session will be a panel discussion on the use of secure detention in Becca cases. Leaders from our state will share current research and steps they have taken to reduce reliance on secure detention in Becca cases. The plenary panel also will include testimony from a young person who has experienced secure detention first-hand.

WARNS Administration

Also, as a special offering this year, we will host a pre-conference session from 8:00 am – 9:45 am on Thursday October 5^th on the Washington Assessment of Risk and Needs of Students (WARNS). A separate registration fee is required for this event.

 

Hotel

This year’s conference will be held at the Hotel RL Olympia.

For hotel reservations at the Becca Conference rate ($112.00/night + tax), please call 1-800-REDLION and use the code BECC1004 or visit the Becca Conference Lodging Block. The Red Lion will hold this block of rooms until September 13, 2017. 

Hotel Information:

2300 Evergreen Park Drive SW, Olympia, WA 98502
Phone: (360) 943-4000

Cost

The cost of this year’s conference is $195.00.  The pre-conference session on WARNS administration is $25.00.

Questions?

Please contact becca@ccyj.org or call Kimberly Ong at 206-696-7503 x23 if you have any questions or if you need to pay for the conference with a purchase order.