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2018 Conference Presentations

Thursday, October 4th

Keynote Speaker – Dr. Aukahi Austin-Seabury, I Ola Lāhui
  • Topic: At the Nexus of Old and New: Finding Hope and Inspiration for Health and Healing in Our Communities
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Technology & Ethics – Robin Arndt, University of Hawaiʻi - Mānoa
Clinical Presentation – Dr. Aukahi Austin-Seabury, I Ola Lāhui
  • Topic:  Culturally Minded Treatment: Strategies for Real Life Situations
Presenter – Monica Kim, PharmD, MBA, PsychU.org
  • Topic: Co-occurrence of Substance Use Disorders With Mood Disorders and Psychosis
Presenter – Kaulana McCabe, Kupu Auditorium
  • Topic: Hoʻokupu: Engaging Opportunity Youth Through a Mālama ʻĀina Program
Presenter – Dr. Adrienne Dillard, Kula No Nā Poʻe HawaiʻI
  • Topic: Understanding Caregivers of Native Hawaiian Kūpuna with Age-Related Memory Loss on One Hawaiian Homestead
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Presenters – Māhealani Quirk, UH Mānoa Native Hawaiian Student Services, Nālani Balutski, Hawaiʻinuiākea, School of Hawaiian Knowledge and Sierra Fox, Kamehameha Schools Strategy & Innovation
  • Topic: Makalapua Naʻauao: An Innovative Collaboration Designed to Increase Native Hawaiian Student Retention and Persistence Across the UH System Auditorium
Presenter: Leni Hokoana-English, Liliʻuokalani Trust
  • Topic: Hoʻopono: An Adaptive Intervention of Hoʻoponopono to Empower Children and Families
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Presenters – Josie Howard and Kathy Martin, Partners in Development Foundation
  • Topic:  We Are Oceania: Sharing the Health Stories from our Micronesian Neighbors and Friends
Presenters – Trina Jones Artis and Tercia Ku, Papa Ola Lōkahi
  • Topic:  Influencing Realistic Policy Using Community Voices
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Presenter – Dr. Michaela Rinkel, Hawai’i Pacific University
  • Topic:  Joining Sustainability/Wellbeing and Practice:  Learning from Reflection and Example
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Presenters – Angela Hoppe-Cruz and Saydee Pojas, INPEACE
  • Topic:  Weaving Empowerment: Rich, Rooted Resilient Community
Presenter – Judith F. Clark, Hawai’i Youth Services Network
  • Topic:  Building Capacity for Teen Pregnancy Prevention in the Pacific Islands
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Presenter – Dr. Lori Rae Daniels, Hawaiʻi Pacific University
  • Topic:  Talking Story with Kūpuna: Connecting Past, Present, and Future through Facilitated Life-Review
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Presenter – Jessica R. Garlock, Hawaiʻi Pacific University
  • Topic: Voting is Social Work

Friday, October 5th

Opening Speaker – Dr. Peter Mataira, Hawaiʻi Pacific University
  • Topic: Building local community-university partnerships: Responding to Westside needs and future trends in social work education
Clinical Presentation – Edward Mersereau, LCSW, CSAC, Alcohol and Drug Abuse Division, Hawaiʻi Department of Health
  • Topic: Opioid Crisis in Hawaiʻi: Clinical Treatment Options
Presenters – Kathleen Rhoads-Merriam, Department of Health, and Dr. Pālama Lee, Liliʻuokalani Trust
  • Topic: Kōkua Aku, Kōkua Mai: Recovery Emerges from Hope
Presenters – Kent Kaʻahanui, Ke Ola Mamo, and Vernon Viernes, Liliʻuokalani Trust
  • Topic: No Ke Ola Pono o Nā Kāne: A Cultural Approach in Kāne Health Dialogue
Presenter – Puʻu Zablan, University of Hawaiʻi – West Oʻahu
  • Topic:  Increasing a Sense of Place at UH West-Oʻahu: The Piko Project
Presenter – Dr. Pālama Lee, Liliʻuokalani Trust 200
  • Topic:  The Pua Liliʻu Wellbeing Assessment Tool: Lessons Learned from Voices in the Field
Lunch Presentation on Ethics – NASW Assurance Services (ASI)
Presenter – Richard Jones
  • Topic: Ethics and Risk Management in The New Era of Social Work, part 1
Presenters – Kauʻionālani Nishizaki and Kanilehua Kim, The Queen’s Health Systems
  • Topic:  Ke Kuʻuna Naʻau – Native Hawaiian Behavioral Health Initiative
Presenters – Lorraine Robinson and Māhealani Kaʻawa, YWCA Oʻahu
  • Topic: From Pathology to Wellbeing: Post Traumatic Growth and Healing
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Presenter – Pua Kaninau-Santos, Liliʻuokalani Trust
  • Topic:  ALOHA: Suicide Prevention Basics
Presenters – Jennifer Fonseca and David Nisthal, The Sex Abuse Treatment Center Auditorium
  • Topic: Expect [respect]: A Creative Approach to Sexual Violence Prevention Education
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Presenter – Sharon Usugawa, Hoʻomālie 201
  • Topic:  Awakening the Wisdom (Naʻauao) Within
Presenter – Richard Jones, ASI
  • Topic: Ethics and Risk Management in the New Era of Social Work, part 2
Presenter – Kanoe Enos and Keiki Carlos, Liliʻuokalani Trust
  • Topic:  Sports as a Pathway to Social, Emotional and Physical Health for Native Hawaiian Youth 200
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Closing Speaker – Dr. Noreen Mokuau, University of Hawaiʻi, Myron B. Thompson School of Social Work
  • Topic: Kuleana