Audience

Our participants will include case managers, social workers, child advocates, child welfare trainers, juvenile justice professionals, service providers, and youth (Growing Pains Conference only).

Topics

Workshops can be 75 minutes to 2.5 hours in length and may include a broad range of topics. We invite you to submit workshop proposals on:

• Latest research
• Practice excellence
• Organizational leadership
• Legislative initiatives
• Other topics designed to improve outcomes for our children, youth and families

Priority attention is given to proposals which:

• Are well-written, well-organized, and address current issues

• Demonstrate learning objectives intended to enhance competencies for professionals and caregivers working with children, youth, and families
• Provide takeaways aimed at positively impacting everyday work skills and strengthening core practices
• Do NOT market or sell a product, service, or program
• Do NOT focus solely on a show and tell of a project specific to a state/region
• Provide strong outcomes supported by data/evidence/research
• Include co-presenters with lived experience
• Include co-presenters reflecting cross-sector collaboration

While we encourage exhibitors to share publications, curricula, and other tools, we ask that you refrain from using workshops to “sell” products. Exhibit space is available for those who would like to promote their goods and services.

Notes:

• Presenters are encouraged to support presentations with handouts and other documents for attendees
• Workshop format should include audience participation and engagement
• For the Independent Living Conference, there is a significant Spanish speaking population.  If you can offer your workshop in Spanish, please indicate in your description.
• Daniel is not able to provide LCD Projectors for Power Point presentations. You may bring your own projector or make arrangements with the hotel for these services, as well as workshop room wifi access, at your expense

Selection Process

Workshop proposals will be selected based on their relevance to the field and target audience, ability to address policy/program areas, engaging format, interactive design and originality. Once your proposal submission is received, the Primary Presenter will receive an email confirmation of receipt. Final selection decisions will be made by the Daniel National Conference Planning Committee. Notification of proposal selection will be sent to the Primary Contact Person via email.

Contact information and workshop description captured below will be printed in the conference brochure if submission is selected.