Cuyahoga County Division of Children and Family Services
The Institute for Human Services
9th Annual Discovering your Leadership Supervisor Conference
"Essential Qualities of Leadership" Pre-Conference - June 15, 2016
9:00-12:00 & 1:00-4:00
Crown Plaza Independence Ohio Sponsored by the Annie E. Casey Foundation
Cuyahoga County Division of Children and Family Services
The Institute for Human Services
9th Annual Discovering your Leadership Supervisor Conference
"Essential Qualities of Leadership" Conference
June 16- 17, 2016
Thursday June 16, 2017
7:30-8:50 - Morning registration
9:00 – 12:00 Morning Session
Ethics and Culture and Diversity for Supervisors (9-12:15)
Dr. Christine Cross
Edwin Lebron
Working with Individuals with Disabilities: Breaking Barriers Brian Bethel
Stress and Coping Skills for Leaders Helping Others... Dan Houston
Internal Barriers to Leadership Success Davis Zidar
Critical Links: Coaching workers in the Birth Parent/Foster Parent relationship
Dr. Denise Goodman
12:00 12:50 Lunch
1:00- 4:00 Afternoon Session
Team-Building in the Chaotic World of Child Protective Service Beth Ann Rodriguez
An Overview of Personality Disorders: The Emotional Hurricane Brian Bethel
"GAP” Guided Application and Practice: Making the Most of the Supervisor/Supervisee
Relationship" Dan Houston
Burnout Prevention for Supervisors David Zidar
Secondary Trauma in Supervision Dr. Denise Goodman
Cuyahoga County Division of Children and Family Services
The Institute for Human Services
9th Annual Discovering your Leadership Supervisor Conference
"Essential Qualities of Leadership" Conference
Friday June 17, 2016
7:30-8:50 Morning registration
9:00 – 12:00 Morning Session
Team-Building in the Chaotic World of Child Protective Service Beth Ann Rodriguez
An Overview of Personality Disorders: The Emotional Hurricane Brian Bethel
"GAP” Guided Application and Practice: Making the Most of the Supervisor/Supervisee
Relationship" Dan Houston
Burnout Prevention for Supervisors David Zidar
Secondary Trauma in Supervision Dr. Denise Goodman
12:00 12:50 Lunch
1:00- 4:00 Afternoon Session
Ethics and Culture and Diversity for Supervisors (1-4:15) Dr. Christine Cross
Edwin Lebron
Working with Individuals with Disabilities: Breaking Barriers Brian Bethel
Stress and Coping Skills for Leaders Helping Others... Dan Houston
Internal Barriers to Leadership Success Davis Zidar
Critical Links: Coaching workers in the Birth Parent/Foster Parent relationship
Dr. Denise Goodman
Cuyahoga County Division of Children and Family Services
The Institute for Human Services
9th Annual Discovering your Leadership Supervisor Conference
"Essential Qualities of Leadership"
Brian Bethel -308-21- What to Do with Axis II: Working with Individuals with Personality
Disorders
Personality disorders present complex challenges for professionals who work with this adult
population. Despite the high prevalence of personality disorders, individuals with personality
disorders may go undiagnosed or resist treatment for these disorders. As a result, child welfare
professionals continue to struggle in working with this unique population. This training will
provide a general overview of personality disorders. Participants will gain a better understanding
of the most evidenced-based practices for working with individuals with personality disorders.
Additionally, this training will explore the impact these disorders may have on an individual's
family and his/her ability to care for children.
Brian Bethel -Working with Individuals with Disabilities: Breaking Barriers Individuals with disabilities are a unique culture in American society. Despite recent legislation
with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), individuals with disabilities continue to
encounter prejudice, discrimination, and numerous other cultural obstacles. This workshop will
address the psychosocial adjustment that individuals with disabilities often confront. Participants
will be exposed to the stages of disability adjustment, threats to individual identity, as well as
common family reactions to a disability. An overview of the ADA will also be provided.
Daniel Houston-533-31-GAP: Making the Most of the Supervisor/Supervisee Relationship
One of the most challenging aspects of supervision is meeting the supervisory needs of those in
your charge. As supervisors get busy with the day-to-day administration of the job, they can
often close themselves off from their employees in an effort to get their own work done. This
GAP session will allow participants to discuss strategies for balancing being a supervisor who is
approachable and open to staff while also completing the administrative work for which they are
responsible.
Cuyahoga County Division of Children and Family Services
The Institute for Human Services
9th Annual Discovering your Leadership Supervisor Conference
"Essential Qualities of Leadership"
Daniel Houston -537-5- Stress and Coping Skills for Leaders Helping Others This is likely to be a turbulent year for child welfare leaders/supervisors, during which
supervisors and managers must learn to deal with organizational change and uncertainty,
increased expectations from upper management, and organizational environments that will
require the manager to do more with fewer resources. Conditions such as these are likely to make
job stress an epidemic in the next few years. In addition, leaders and supervisors must help
clients cope with such factors as life-work balance, economic hardship, social change, financial
pressure, and changing expectations. Leaders, workers, and clients are therefore increasingly
being exposed to environments that are likely to trigger a stress response. What do people do? To
help supervisors, worker, and clients apply stress management, this workshop will develop
strategies and action steps to master, reduce, or tolerate stress so that leaders and workers can
provide high levels of support for compliance issues, staff development, and casework practice.
David Zidar – 535-11- Internal Barriers to Leadership Success Leaders in child welfare often are required to manage situations that are rooted in
communication and perceptive issues. Good leaders are good communicators and good listeners.
This learning provides child welfare leaders with some suggested methods of delivering the
message of the mission.
David Zidar-535-11- Internal Barriers to Leadership Success
Leaders in child welfare often are required to manage situations that are rooted in
communication and perceptive issues. Good leaders are good communicators and good listeners.
This learning provides child welfare leaders with some suggested methods of delivering the
message of the mission.
Denise Goodman- Secondary Trauma in Supervision
This session for Supervisors will explore the phenomena of Secondary Trauma Stress
experienced by child welfare workers and their supervisors. The causes of STS and its impact on
the well-being of staff will be explored. Strategies and resources for intervention will be
highlighted.
Cuyahoga County Division of Children and Family Services
The Institute for Human Services
9th Annual Discovering your Leadership Supervisor Conference
"Essential Qualities of Leadership"
Denise Goodman-210-21- Critical Links: The Birth Parent/Foster Parent Relationship This session will explore an untapped resource - the relationship between foster parents and birth
parents. The benefits, challenges, and strategies of this work will be examined, as well as
methods for overcoming common pitfalls. The role of the social worker will be
highlighted. Preparation and support of the caregiver will also be discussed.
Christine Cross & Edwin Lebron-325-33-Ethical Issues in Culture and Diversity in Child
Welfare Practice This class explores ethical issues faced by child welfare workers, and how culture and diversity
play a significant role in the decisions made in casework practice. Participants will gain a better
understanding of their personal culture, and how their bias, past experiences, and own baggage
may create an inability or barriers to making ethical, consistent, and fair decisions on the
job. Participants will also learn to be ethically correct in their day-to-day professions, using the
National Association of Social Workers' code of ethics and The Ohio Code of Ethics as reference
guides.
Beth Ann Rodriguez- Team-Building in the Chaotic World of Child Protective Service
We all know the value of a good team. How do you develop a good team in the midst of constant
crisis and chaos? How do you keep your team effective when you are constantly having to
replace staff? These are the dilemmas we will discuss in this workshop. We will learn some team
building ideas and activities that will help improve the effectiveness of your team. Come join us
as we learn from each other and have some fun!
Cuyahoga County Division of Children and Family Services
The Institute for Human Services
9th Annual Discovering your Leadership Supervisor Conference
"Essential Qualities of Leadership"
Beth Ann Rodriguez came to the Institute for Human Services (IHS) in 2005, bringing more
than 25 years of experience in child welfare. As a Trainer Development Coordinator, she
provides support and technical assistance to trainers in the Ohio Child Welfare Training Program
(OCWTP) and coordinates training development for evidence-based practice. Ms. Rodriguez
also coordinates the IHS Cultural Competence Task Force. She has taught coursework in cultural
diversity and child welfare at the University of Louisville, Kent School of Social Work, the
School of Social Work at the University of Texas (Austin), and The Ohio State University
College of Social Work. Her experience also includes direct service and administration for
residential, foster care and adoption services and emergency care settings in Texas and
Kentucky. Ms. Rodriguez holds a Master’s Degree in Social Work from Southern Baptist
Theological Seminary, Carver School of Church Social Work.
Cuyahoga County Division of Children and Family Services
The Institute for Human Services
9th Annual Discovering your Leadership Supervisor Conference
"Essential Qualities of Leadership"
David Zidar has worked in child welfare for over twenty years. He started his career in
Cleveland working in residential settings for severely troubled children. He was the Vice
President for residential services for the largest provider of residential care in Kentucky. He has a
BSW from Capital University and MSSA from Case Western Reserve University and completed
the University of Louisville Certification in treatment of juvenile sexual offenders.
Cuyahoga County Division of Children and Family Services
The Institute for Human Services
9th Annual Discovering your Leadership Supervisor Conference
"Essential Qualities of Leadership"
Dr. Christine Cross, is a Senior Training Officer for the Division of Cuyahoga County Children
and Family Services for over 20 years. She has a Bachelor’s of Arts degree in Urban Studies,
specializing in Public Administration from the University of Pittsburgh, a master’s degree from
the University of Phoenix in Education, Curriculum and Instruction and a Doctoral degree in
Educational Leadership from the University of Phoenix. Her research was completed on “The
perspectives of child protection caseworkers on sustainability, training, and attitudes.” She was
the orientation supervisor at the Cleveland Job Corps Center for nine years. She has taught many
topics on culture, diversity, ethics, stress, and other classes on casework issues in child welfare to
caseworkers and foster parents.
Cuyahoga County Division of Children and Family Services
The Institute for Human Services
9th Annual Discovering your Leadership Supervisor Conference
"Essential Qualities of Leadership"
Edwin Lebron, M.B.A., is a Senior Training Officer with the North Central Ohio Regional
Training Center’s Foster Parent Training Program at the Cuyahoga County Department of
Children and Family Services. He has a Bachelor of Science degree in Human Resource
Management from Miami University (OH) and also holds a Masters of Business Administration
degree from Bowling Green State University with a specialization in Organizational
Development. Edwin completed the OCWTP Training of Trainers for the culture and diversity
curriculum. He has extensive experience working with training and staff development and has
trained foster/adoptive caregivers and social worker staff.
Cuyahoga County Division of Children and Family Services
The Institute for Human Services
9th Annual Discovering your Leadership Supervisor Conference
"Essential Qualities of Leadership"
Brian Bethel is a Professional Clinical Counselor-Supervisor (PCC-S), a Licensed Chemical
Dependency Counselor (LCDC III), and a Registered Play Therapist-Supervisor (RPT-S) with
specialized training in counseling children, adolescents, and families. He earned a dual Master’s
degree in Clinical Counseling and Rehabilitation Counseling from Ohio University and is
currently completing doctoral studies in Counselor Education and Supervision. With over twenty
years of experience, Mr. Bethel brings a diversity of clinical strengths to his counseling practice.
He has dedicated much of his professional career to working with individuals impacted by
trauma.
Cuyahoga County Division of Children and Family Services
The Institute for Human Services
9th Annual Discovering your Leadership Supervisor Conference
"Essential Qualities of Leadership"
Dr. Denise Goodman PhD and Master's in Social Work. 40 years of child welfare experience.
Since 1992, Denise has been a Senior Consultant to the Annie E. Casey Foundation and provided
sites across the nation with consultation around Birth Parent/Foster Parent relationships and
family engagement. Denise has authored articles and produced a/v materials on the subject.
Cuyahoga County Division of Children and Family Services
The Institute for Human Services
9th Annual Discovering your Leadership Supervisor Conference
"Essential Qualities of Leadership"
Daniel A. Houston, President of Daniel Houston and Associates, is an organizational
development consultant specializing in improving management processes and leading agencies
to develop into high performance organizations. Dan is also a specialist in program evaluation
and organization assessment and has consulted with major organizations for over 20 years. He is
a National Center for Diversity Trainer of Trainers and an Ohio Child Welfare Training Program
lead trainer in the areas of cultural diversity and cultural assessment. Dan has facilitated
management and staff diversity training and organizational development processes in seven
states, the Caribbean, and the Pacific Rim. Dan has a master’s degree in counseling psychology
from the State University of New York at Albany and doctoral level training in management
science, group dynamics and organization development from Northwestern University. He is a
member of the National Organization Development Network and the American Society for
Training and Development.