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13th Annual Conference
Reaches Out to Grandparents
Keynote speaker Crumbley is back by
popular demand
by Martha Evans
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Sparks, Staff Writer
The 13th annual
Bluegrass Regional
Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Conference will
be Thursday, March 19, 2015, at the
Clarion Hotel, 1950 Newtown Pike
in Lexington. The Grandparents
As Parents (GAP) conference is
open to any interested person. This
includes grandparents or anyone
assuming care of children not their
own, as well as those interested
in learning about topics related to
kinship care. Continuing education
units for professionals are offered in
social work, law and FRYSC hours.
Registration begins at 8 a.m. and
the program starts at 8:30 a.m. with
a welcome by Chris Ford, Lexington
First District Councilman. Lunch at
Kimberly F. the registration
noon is included inWilkins
fee. No child care is provided.
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The keynote speaker is Dr. Joseph
121 Prosperous Place, Suite 3
Crumbley. Back by KY 40509
Lexington, popular demand
after rave reviews of his talks at the
2009 and 2012 GAP conferences,
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Philadelphia. For many years Sat. has
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provided training and consulting to
national and regional audiences. He
has developed educational materials used by professionals across the
country. A native of Philadelphia,
Crumbley’s graduate degrees are
from the University of Pennsylvania.
His keynote address begins at 9 a.m.
The topic is “Engaging Birth Parents
in Kinship Care.”
Crumbley’s post-session conference at 2:10 p.m. will emphasize
how to help children and youth
adjust to kinship care. He will especially address how to interrupt the
cycles of poor behavior that parents
and families often tend to pass along
to their children.
Nine workshops will be available.
Among the topics will be an overview from attorney Christian Worth
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on the legal processes applicable to
guardianship, custody and adoption. Other workshops include help
with children and youth who have
experienced trauma; how to identify
the signs of drug and alcohol use in
youth; how to keep children safe;
and using social media responsibly.
There will also be a workshop offering an update on Kentucky legislation impacting kinship families and
an update on Kentucky’s Kinship
Care Program.
A workshop addressing the special concerns of the caregiver will be
led by Dr. Matt Lee, clinical director
of Nicholasville KORT. With his
mantra “Movement is Medicine,”
Lee will discuss the relationship
between health and function, as well
as community resources for wellness
and exercise.
Volunteer attorneys will be available at the conference to provide
free consultations about guardianship, custody, child support and
related legal issues to grandparents
and other relatives raising children.
The 30-minute consultations will be
for information and advice only. The
lawyers are not making a commitment to represent anyone in court
on any matter by providing the
consultation.
Registration is $5 (this includes
lunch). The registration fee for
professionals registering for social
work continuing education credits,
FRYSC training hours or continuing
legal education credits is $50.
A resource and benefits fair will
be open from 8 a.m. until 3:30 p.m.
Exhibitors wanting to participate in
the resource fair should call (859)
257-5582 for registration fees and
information.
For more information about the
GAP Conference, to get registration forms or to sign up for a free
consultation with a lawyer, please
call (859) 257-5582. The Web site is
www.gapofky.org.