Conferences

2012 Webinar Series: Successful Community Initiatives and Systems of Care

Hosted by Community Solutions at the University of South Florida, participants will gain increased knowledge and skills needed to provide behavioral health services and supports to children, youth, and their families.

Annual Children's Mental Health Research & Policy Conference

Since 1988, Department of Child and Family Studies at the University of South Florida has been a leader in promoting the expansion of the research base essential to improved service systems for children and youth with mental health challenges and their families. Our first national conference, also initiated in 1988, was on system of care research primarily to enhance the capacity of the children’s mental health field to systematically study important issues. This conference has continued each year, bringing together more than 500 researchers, evaluators, policy-makers, administrators, parents, and advocates to share dialogue about important issues such as health, education and welfare, share new knowledge, and identify challenges that remain for the field.

National Training Institute on Effective Practice/ Supporting Young Children's Social Emotional Development

The annual conference, held each spring in Clearwater, Florida, provides an exceptional opportunity for teachers, early intervention specialists, trainers, child care providers, head start and early head start professionals, administrators, parents and behavior specialists to receive practical information to help with challenging behavior in their work with young children.