Dakota County Connections Meeting Date/Time of Meeting: July 9th, 2015 @ 9:00 am Location of Meeting: College Center Present: Jeff Hackett/Boys Town, Nick Brown/Jackson Recovery, Jennifer Calderon/ NENCAP, Matt Ohman/SHIP, Scott Lambrecht/Parent to Parent, Gay McTate/Nebr. Children and Families, Megan Wissing/Siouxland Cares, Sally Reinert/Board, Daniel Harder/DHHS, Abagail Engel/NENCAP, Janie Snieder/A Better Way Therapy, Kathy Moller/NENCAP, Kelli Smith/DHHS, Becky Eckhardt/South Sioux City Schools, Robyn Watchhorn Newbrey/Therapist LLC, Lynn Sullivan/Education Service Unit #1, Marian Burnett/Crittenton Center, Stephanie Pickinpaugh/ Educational Service unit#1, Chrissie Young/Boys Town, Lori McClaren/Northeast Community College, Elly Keller/A Better Way Therapy, Olga Jpacaja/Dakota County Health Dept, County Health Dept. Fartun Shire/Dakota Agenda Item #1: Confirmation of Board Elections/ Vote to Add New Member Discussion: Lori McClaren has agreed to a second term as a Board member. Cheri Matthews has agreed to take the position of Board Chairperson for Dakota County Connections. During the June 18th meeting the group was also informed that the Board could have 6-12 members, and if someone was interested in being a board member to let JoAnn Gieselman know. Marian Burnett offered to serve. Lynn Sullivan made a motion to accept Marian Burnett as a Board member, Action: Seconded by Jeff Hackett, the DCC group unanimously approved. Agenda Item #2: PCIT Informational Video (Parent Child Interaction Therapy) Discussion: Janie Snieder shared with the Collaboration that many times when parents are approached about trying PCIT they do not follow through because it is very hard to explain the process and how well it works. Janie explained that currently there was not a video available that really showed the steps of PCIT. Janie presented a new informational PCIT video inspired by our wonderful PCIT therapists. Agenda Item #3: PIWI Evaluation Complete Discussion: Abbie Engel shared about the great relationships and routines that were built during the PIWI class, so good in fact that when the routine was interpreted several times during the evaluation
Dakota County Connections Meeting Date/Time of Meeting: July 9th, 2015 @ 9:00 am Location of Meeting: College Center Present: Jeff Hackett/Boys Town, Nick Brown/Jackson Recovery, Jennifer Calderon/ NENCAP, Matt Ohman/SHIP, Scott Lambrecht/Parent to Parent, Gay McTate/Nebr. Children and Families, Megan Wissing/Siouxland Cares, Sally Reinert/Board, Daniel Harder/DHHS, Abagail Engel/NENCAP, Janie Snieder/A Better Way Therapy, Kathy Moller/NENCAP, Kelli Smith/DHHS, Becky Eckhardt/South Sioux City Schools, Robyn Watchhorn Newbrey/Therapist LLC, Lynn Sullivan/Education Service Unit #1, Marian Burnett/Crittenton Center, Stephanie Pickinpaugh/ Educational Service unit#1, Chrissie Young/Boys Town, Lori McClaren/Northeast Community College, Elly Keller/A Better Way Therapy, Olga Jpacaja/Dakota County Health Dept, Fartun Shire/Dakota County Health Dept. Agenda Item #1: Confirmation of Board Elections/ Vote to Add New Member Discussion: Lori McClaren has agreed to a second term as a Board member. Cheri Matthews has agreed to take the position of Board Chairperson for Dakota County Connections. During the June 18th meeting the group was also informed that the Board could have 6-12 members, and if someone was interested in being a board member to let JoAnn Gieselman know. Marian Burnett offered to serve. Action: Lynn Sullivan made a motion to accept Marian Burnett as a Board member, Seconded by Jeff Hackett, the DCC group unanimously approved. Agenda Item #2: PCIT Informational Video (Parent Child Interaction Therapy) Discussion: Janie Snieder shared with the Collaboration that many times when parents are approached about trying PCIT they do not follow through because it is very hard to explain the process and how well it works. Janie explained that currently there was not a video available that really showed the steps of PCIT. Janie presented a new informational PCIT video inspired by our wonderful PCIT therapists. Agenda Item #3: PIWI Evaluation Complete Discussion: Abbie Engel shared about the great relationships and routines that were built during the PIWI class, so good in fact that when the routine was interpreted several times during the evaluation
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