<p> Statewide Adoption and Permanency Network (SWAN) in collaboration with the Pennsylvania Child Welfare Resource Center’s Independent Living Project FALL 2016 QUARTERLY MEETINGS REGISTRATION FORM</p><p>NAME:______TITLE:______</p><p>AGENCY NAME:______DEPT.:______</p><p>ADDRESS:______</p><p>PHONE:______FAX:______EMAIL:______The fall 2016 SWAN/IL quarterly meetings will be held on the six dates listed below from 9:15 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day. You may register online at www.diakon-swan.org OR place a checkmark next to the meeting and afternoon session you plan to attend, and then either mail the completed form to Conferencing, Diakon/FDR, 471 JPL Wick Drive, P.O. Box 4560, Harrisburg, PA 17111, or email it to [email protected]. Please register no later than five working days prior to the meeting you plan to attend. If you register online you do not need to send this registration form to Diakon/FDR. Please Note: Lunch is on your own.</p><p> Wednesday, October 5, 2016 Radisson Lackawanna Station SELECT A WORKSHOP FOR THE AFTERNOON SESSION Scranton 700 Lackawanna Ave.  Why, When, How… The Resource Family Registry Registration Deadline: Scranton, PA 18503 This session will revisit the requirements of Act 160 and the Resource Family Registry (RFR). There will be a brief September 27, 2016 (570) 342-8300 review of the history and intent of Act 160 and subsequent legislation impacting family registration. There will be discussion about expectations and requirements from  Thursday, October 13, 2016 Conference Center at Central registering through closing families in the RFR. We will Enola Pennsylvania College provide guidance on maximizing the information in the Registration Deadline: 600 Valley Rd. SWAN Portal for families. Participants will gain insight into October 5, 2016 Summerdale, PA 17093 how to best manage their families in the RFR. (717) 728-2304</p><p> Fostering Older Youth: A Teenage Experience Participants will understand why older foster youth need  Wednesday, October 19, 2016 DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel resource parents who are willing to be lifelong resources and Monroeville Conv. Ctr. supports for them. They will also learn the skills necessary to Monroeville Pittsburgh-Monroeville assist youth in transitioning into a resource home. This Registration Deadline: Convention Center training will focus on skills necessary to support and foster older youth. Participants will gain a better understanding of October 11, 2016 101 Mall Blvd. Independent Living Services and transition planning activities Monroeville, PA 15146 older youth are engaged in and obtain tools to help support (412) 373-7300 these efforts. This will all be connected to the recent changes in federal and state laws that include the addition of the Reasonable and Prudent Parent Standard.  Thursday, October 20, 2016 Park Inn (formerly the Embassy Suites Philadelphia Airport  The Road to Success: Legal Issues for Older Youth Clarion Holiday Inn – same location) Transitioning Registration Deadline: 45 Holiday Inn Rd. This training will focus on five main keys to successful October 12, 2016 Clarion, PA 16214 outcomes for our older youth: 1. Permanence; 2. Transition (814) 226-8850 planning/securing adult connections; 3. Independent Living, education, and related services; 4. Age-appropriate experiences; and 5. Resumption of Jurisdiction. The training  Tuesday, November 1, 2016 Clarion Hotel and Conference will also bring to light changes made to the laws governing older youth in care, specifically regarding permanency Philadelphia Center (formerly Ramada planning, giving older youth a voice in their plans and cases, Registration Deadline: Philadelphia Airport) and providing older youth with opportunities to engage in the kinds of activities that bespeak a normal teen life. October 24, 2016 76 Industrial Hwy., Rte. 291 Essington, PA 19029  Child Specific Recruitment: Working to Find (610) 521-9600 Permanency Child Specific Recruitment (CSR) is first and foremost about  Wednesday, November 2, 2016 Holiday Inn Lansdale permanency. This workshop highlights step-by-step Lansdale 1750 Sumneytown Pike instruction for successful CSR using the newly revised and updated CSR benchmarks and paperwork. This workshop Registration Deadline: Kulpsville, PA 19443 will explore the use of CSR with different permanency goals October 25, 2016 (215) 368-3800 and consider how and why permanent connections are a critical component of our work with children and youth.</p>