NCCWE Teleconferences/Webinars

Listening time: 29 minutes

Welcome and Introductions, Overview of Teleconference Series
Millicent Williams, MSW, Child Welfare Consultant, National Resource Center for Permanency and Family Connections, Hunter College School of Social Work

Analysis of State Medication Usage Rates in Foster Care Programs
Julie Zito, PhD, Professor of Pharmacy and Psychiatry, University of Maryland

Listening time: 18 minutes

State Perspectives on Medication Usage: Challenges and Solutions
Laurel Leslie, MD, MPH, Associate Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics, Tufts Medical Center

Listening time: 12 minutes

Personal Experience from an Alumni of the Foster Care System
Misty Stenslie, MSW, Deputy Director, Foster Care Alumni of America

Listening time: 28 minutes

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Agenda and Presenters’ Contact Information

Julie Zito

• Population-based Analysis of Psychotropic Medication Use in Foster Care Youth
  
  
• Psychotropic Medication Patterns Among Youth in Foster Care

Laurel Leslie

• PowerPoint: States’ Perspectives on Medication Use for Emotional and Behavioral Problems Among Children in Foster Care (February 2010)

Misty Stenslie

• What Alumni of Foster Care Want You to Know
  Foster Care Alumni of America

Annotated Bibliography: Psychotropic Medication and Children in the Foster Care System (February 2010)
This bibliography was prepared for the NRCPFC for this teleconference by the Child Welfare Information Gateway. For new titles added to the Gateway database, click: http://basis.caliber.com/cwig/ws/library/docs/gateway/SearchForm