Call for Presentations

FFTA 35th Annual Conference on Treatment Family Care
August 4 & 5, 2021 ~ Virtual Event  

The Family Focused Treatment Association (FFTA) is now accepting proposals to present at the FFTA 35th Annual Conference on Treatment Family Care, scheduled for August 4 & 5, 2021. This year’s conference will once again be virtual.

The FFTA Conference Committee is interested in receiving proposals for advanced-level workshops on topics geared toward clinicians; program managers and directors; supervisors; agency CEOs and other senior-level staff; administrative staff; foster parent trainers; researchers and evaluators; and resource parents.

The primary objective of the Conference is to equip professionals with the skills and knowledge they need to deliver high quality family focused treatment services and interventions to children and families that are served both inside and outside of the formal child welfare system. Our conference highlights the breadth of treatment family care and the ways in which it is adapted in any family setting, including bio, kinship, treatment foster care and adoptive homes. Our workshops are focused on partnering with families to address the treatment needs of children and youth while concurrently preserving families, stabilizing children, preparing and supporting resources families, achieving permanency, building resiliency and engaging communities.

We are seeking 60 and 90 minutes workshops under the following tracks:

Clinical and Direct Services – Trauma-informed Interventions, Innovative Therapeutic-Interventions, Behavior Management, Transitions to Independence, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, etc.

Executive and Senior Leadership – Change Management, Organizational Culture, Promoting Racial Justice, Fundraising, Workforce (recruiting/retention/development), Mergers/Acquisitions/Partnerships, Strategic Planning, Innovation Engineering, Emerging Digital Strategies to meet Business Needs, etc.

Beyond Foster Care – Kinship Care, Adoption, Prevention and Reunification Services, etc.

Administrative – Recruitment, Assessments, CQI, Program Management, New Program Development, Research to Practice, etc.

Resource Parents and Resource Parent Trainers – Navigating Relationships with Bio Families, Treatment Foster Parent Trainings, Cross-cultural Competencies, Kinship Caregiver and Adoptive Family Support, etc.

Supervision – Reflective Supervision, Coaching and Supporting Staff, Virtual Supervision, etc.

Intersted in submitting a shorter session? We're also looking for unique sessions, view our Call for Micro Sessions.

Proposals Due: April 16, 2021

Download the Call for Presentations Here

Submit Your Proposal to Present Here