FOCUSING ON STRENGTH: OVERCOMING CHALLENGES
                        IN WORKING WITH FILIPINOS
 

"A First Joint Conference by Filipino Social Workers of Hawaii and California to Educate the Public
and Service Providers on the Filipino Culture, Values, Strength and their Coping Style"


Day One - October 17, 2005 - Monday

8:00 -  8:30am   Registration/ Continental Breakfast
8:30 - 8:45am   Welcome - Lina M Souza, ACSW, President, FSWH

8:45 - 9:15am   A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE ON FILIPINO MIGRATION
Dean Alegado, University of Hawaii, Manoa Campus, Asian Studies

9:15 -10:45am  Panel Presentation - Part 1: A FILIPINO HAWAIIAN EXPERIENCE and PERSPECTIVE

 a.  Ben Gutierrez, KITV
 b.  Dominic Inocelda, MSW, Clinical Program Administrator, Susannah Wesley
 c.  Ernie Libarios, Professor, Leeward Community College
 d.  Q&A

10:45 - 11:00am  Refreshment Break

11:00 - 11:30am Keynote Presentation: TOWARDS A CULTURALLY SENSITIVE PRACTICE
 Antonia S. Austria, MD, Medical Director, Kalihi-Palama Community Mental Health Center

11:30 - 1pm  Lunch Break

1:00 - 2:45pm Panel Presentation - Part 2: HOW DO WE OVERCOME HIYA (Shame) and ENGAGE RESISTANT CLIENTS?

a.   Danilo Ponce, MD, Private Practice,  "Mental Health"
b.   Erlinda M. Cachola, MD, "Health & Nutrition"
c.   Eva Kishimoto, DCSW, LCSW, CSAC, "On Hawaii’s ICE Epidemic"
d.  Q&A

2:45 - 3:00pm   Refreshment Break

3:00 - 4pm   Social Work and Politics, "Why Should Social Workers Be
Concerned With Politics?"  Senator Brian Kanno & Representative Ryan Yamane

4:00 - pm   Evaluation and Closing Remarks

4:30 - 6:00pm   HAPPY HOUR (To Be Announced)
 

Day Two - October 18, 2005 - Tuesday

8:00 - 8:30am   Registration/ Continental Breakfast
8:30 - 8:45am   Welcome - Helen Casaclang, MSW. President, PASWA

8:45 – 9:45am    Panel Presentation - Part 3:  CHALLENGES IN THE FILIPINO MIGRATION PROCESS:  "Reflections of Strength"

a.   Monica Abello, MSW, Executive Director, Pilipino Resource Bayanihan Center
b.   Norma  Sparks, MSW, JD, Director of Family & Children Services, Santa Clara, CA
c.   Q&A

9:45 - 10:15am   Keynote Presentation: FOCUSING ON STRENGTH IN WORKING WITH FILIPINOS   
Carmina Tolentino, PhD., LCSW, Vice President, PASWA

10:15- 10:30am   Refreshment Break

10:30 - 12:00pm   Panel Presentation Part 4: BREAKING THROUGH HIYA:
INTERVENTIONS THAT WORK WITH FILIPINOS - ON SUBSTANCE ABUSE

a.  Jei Africa, PsyD, Youth Service Mgr, Asian American Recovery Services, Inc
b.  Joe Laping, MA, Program Director - Adult Outpatient Program, Asian American Recovery Services, Inc
c.   Q&A

12:00 - 1:00pm   Lunch Break

1:00- 3:00pm Panel Presentation Part 5: BREAKING THROUGH HIYA - ON MENTAL HEALTH and HIV/AIDS

a.  Helen Casaclang, MSW, Solano County Community Mental Health Program
b.  Carmina Tolentino, Ph.D., LCSW, Research, Training and Consultant
c.  Jei Africa, PsyD, Youth Services Manager, Asian American Recovery Services
d.  Victor Abud-Hall, HIV Program Coordinator, Asian Pacific Islander American Health Forum
e.  Q&A

3:00 - 3:15pm  Refreshment Break

3:15 – 3:30pm  Evaluation and Closing Remark

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