Diverse Youth in Transition: Navigating a Difficult Passage

8:00 – 8:30 AM  BREAKFAST

8:30 – 8:45 AM  PROGRAM OPENING

                Welcome by James Peacey, MD, President, WSPA

                Introductory remarks by Annelle Primm, MD, MPH, Director, OMNA

Panel: The Seattle Youth Violence Initiative, Youth Violence, Root Causes, and Ways to Address the Problem

                Chair: William Womack, MD

8:45 – 9:15 AM  Lead Presentation by Kevin Haggerty, MSW, UW School of Social Work

                National Perspectives

9:15 – 9:45 AM  Lead Presentation by Mariko Lockhart, Director, Seattle Youth Violence Prevention Initiative

                Local Perspectives

9:45 – 10:45 AM                Panel Discussion

                Panelists:             Kevin Haggerty

                                                Mariko Lockhart

                                                Legislative Representative TBA

Debra Williams, Seattle Youth Violence Prevention Initiative                                      

                                                Sherry Lyons, parent

                                                Tamara Johnson, youth

                                                Aunrico Williams, youth

10:45 – 11:00 AM                              BREAK

Panel: Youth from Diverse Backgrounds Who Are Over Represented in the Criminal Justice System: What We Can Learn from Our Failures

Chair: Sandra Walker, MD

11:00 – 11:30 AM              Lead Presentation by Bruce Gage, MD, Director of Psychiatric Services, Washington State Department of Corrections

11:30 – 12:30 PM                              Panel Discussion

                                                Panelists:             Bruce Gage, MD

                                                Roberto Terrones, Consejo Counseling and Referral Services

                                                Terry Lee, MD, UW Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

                                                William Womack, MD

                                                Patty King, parent

                                                Jason Barnes, youth

                                                Johnie Lyons, youth

12:30 – 1:30 PM                                NETWORKING LUNCH

Panel: Transitioning for Diverse Youth: What Our System Does Well and What Are Our Failures

Chair: Ray Hsiao, MD

1:30 – 2:00 PM                   Lead Presentation by Karen Spoelman, Cross Systems and Treatments Services Coordinator, King County Mental Health, Chemical Abuse and Dependency Services

2:00 – 3:00 PM                   Panel Discussion

Panelists:             Karen Spoelman

                                Melinda Giovengo, MD, Director of Youth Care

Samantha Ching, LICSW, former therapist at a Seattle school-based teen health center

                                Jeanette Barnes, parent

                                Chris Clark, youth

3:00 – 3:15 PM                   BREAK

Panel: Ways to Re-Engage Youth in Education, Helping Youth Get Jobs, and What Are Our Resources

Chair: Charles Huffine, MD

3:15 – 3:45 PM                   Lead Presentation by Mick Moore, PhD, Assistant to the Superintendent for Interagency Relations, Puget Sound Educational Service District

3:45 – 4:45 PM                   Panel Discussion

Panelists:             Mariko Kakiuchi, Shoreline Community College Career Educational Options Program

Marcus Stubblefield, Systems Integration Coordinator, King County Systems Integration Initiative

                                Deborah Stake, Therapeutic Health Services

Sabrena Roddy, parent

                                Betty Wani, youth mentor, Mockingbird Society