Social Work Day 2009: UNDERSTANDING MENTAL ILLNESS IN CHILDREN:RECOGNITION, IMPACT, AND INTERVENTION

What a sucess! Thank you to all 300+ who attended Social Work Day's conference! Also, special thanks to the following people for their hard work and dedication to our school and the social work profession: Mary Campbell, Candi Gray, Tamara Guy and Jeanette Roberts.

Please enjoy the following pictures!

Mary Campbell welcomes everyone.

Congratulations to the NASW-IL East Central District Chapter Public Citizen of the Year, Ruth Ann Fraker.

Thank you from Ruth Ann Fraker.

Candi Gray presents Lisa Pieper with the NASW-IL East Central District Chapter Public Citizen of the Year award.

Mary Campbell introduces Penny Frese (left). Penny Frese keynote presentation titled Red Flags: School-based Awareness and Intervention Program (right) .

Penny Frese speaking in her breakout session titled Children's Mental Health: Promoting and Protecting It.

Penny Frese's breakout session audience.

Stephanie Barisch breakout session titled Screening, Assessment and Support Services (SASS): Psychiatric Crisis Services for Publicly Funded Youth).

Stephanie Barisch's audience.

Colette Lueck breakout session titled Statewide Strategies for Improving the Mental Health of Children.

Al House Breakout session titled Identifying Mental Health Concerns in School Age Children (left). Al House breakout session audience. (right)

Karla Doepke breakout session titled The Autisim Project (TAP)

Rob Lusk breakout session titled Understanding and Treating Children with Psychological Trauma.

Rob Lusk breakout session audience.

Carl Cutsinger keynote presentation titled Mental Illness in Presenters and Audiences.

Amy Starin keynote presentation titled Implementing Evidence-Informed Practice in Children's Mental Health in Illinois.

Amy Starin keynote presentation audience.

Michelle Spanbauer (left) and Tamara Guy (right) breaout session titled Are you Kidding Me??!! Using Humor to Keep Your Buttons from Being Pushed

Michelle and Tamara's breakout session audience.

Mike Wells breakout session.

Mike Wells breakout session audience.

Carl Cutsinger breakout session titled Infusing Clinical Dynamics in School Social Work.