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• Docketing, Title IV-E Compliance, and the DCFS Second Shift: Strengthening Judicial Practice in CINC Cases

  • When
    11/07/2025
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    11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
  • Location
    Online
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  Docketing, Title IV-E Compliance, and the DCFS Second Shift: Strengthening Judicial Practice in CINC Cases

  
  

  
  

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• LCTF Monthly Speaker Series - November 19, 2025

  • When
    11/19/2025
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    12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
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    Online
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  Coffee & Conversations Speaker Series

  
  

  November 19, 2025  12pm - 1pm Online

  Speakers:

  Thomas Mitchell, LPC-S, NCC

  This session is approved for 1 clinical CEU by Team Dynamics, LLC as authorized by the LABSWE.

  
  

  About the guest speaker:

  Thomas Mitchell, LPC-S, NCC, serves as the Executive Director of the Children’s Advocacy Center - Hope House in Covington. He earned a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and a Master of Arts in Psychological Counseling from Nicholls State University. Thomas began his career in the Children’s Advocacy Center movement at the Carl Perkins Centers, where he served as a Clinical Therapist and later became the Director of Clinical Services, overseeing trauma therapy across 16 Children’s Advocacy Centers in West Tennessee. In 2017, he relocated to the Northshore to lead CAC Hope House as Executive Director. Thomas holds board certification in Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and is certified in Trust-Based Relational Interventions® as both a Practitioner and Trainer.

  Thomas serves as a member of the Board of Trustees for Our Lady of the Angels Hospital. Over the past four years, he has also served on the Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement’s Victim Services Advisory Board. He is a former board president of both the Louisiana Alliance of Children’s Advocacy Centers and the Exchange Club of West St. Tammany. An annual guest lecturer at Nicholls State University, Thomas provides advanced training on the neurological impact of complex developmental trauma, and his work has been featured in APSAC’s Advanced Learning Series in Brooklyn, NY. He is a member of the Louisiana Counseling Association and the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children, with research interests that include normative conformity, complex developmental trauma, and the neurological effects of trauma. Thomas resides in Mandeville with his wife, Sayuri, and their three children: Zoe, Emma, and Owen.

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  Questions? Registrations, Connectivity and Credits can be supported by contacting Team Dynamics (985-624-3514).

  
  

  LCTF Program Support Questions can be directed to Michele Rabalais (225-342-2245).

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• CIP Cafe' - November 20, 2025

  • When
    11/20/2025
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    12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
  • Location
    Online
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  GATHER. LEARN. COLLABORATE.

  ^____       Hosted by the Court Improvement Program of the Louisiana Supreme Court       ^____

  Act 409

  Approved 1 HOUR CEU - Presumptive Approval CLE 1 HOUR

  
  

  
  

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• LRS Taking Action Against Abuse: Empowerment and Protection Workshop

  • When
    11/21/2025
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    9:30 AM - 11:30 AM
  • Location
    950 North 22nd Street Baton Rouge, La 70802
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   Louisiana Rehabilitation Services Workshop

  for Louisiana Workforce Commission

  Empowerment and Protection: Increasing Awareness and Action Against Abuse in the IDD Community

  
  

  Team Dynamics, LLC is collaborating with the Louisiana Developmental Disabilities Council to offer the Taking Action Against Abuse is an interactive workshop. This workshop is designed to equip individuals with IDD, caregivers, families, and community partners with the knowledge and skills to recognize, prevent, and respond to abuse and neglect. This session will cover the definitions and signs of abuse, the importance of self-advocacy, and practical steps for reporting and intervention. Participants will engage in activities, discussions, and exercises to strengthen their ability to take protective action. By fostering awareness, confidence, and collaboration, this training empowers individuals with IDD and their support networks to create safer, more supportive environments.

  Join us to be part of the solution—because awareness leads to action, and action leads to change.

  
  

  
  

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  About the speakers:

  Sharon Delvisco, DSW, has over 30 years of experience supporting, educating, and providing technical assistance to people with disabilities to live and work in the community, their families, their service providers.  She has received the Mentorship Award, the Humanitarian Award, and the Education Award from the American Association of Intellectual Disabilities Louisiana Chapter.  She also received the Professional Advocate Award from the Advocacy Center in Louisiana. She has served on FPHSA Regional Advisory Committee and State OCDD Advisory Committee.  Sharon is the parent of a young man that has IDD. She has lived experience as a person with long-term, persistent, chronic mental illness. Sharon is also a member of the LGBTQIA+ community.

  Dr. Rebecca Mandal-Blasio is the Clinical Director in Louisiana for Autism Spectrum Therapies and is a BCBA-D. She leads a team of BCBA Supervisors and Behavior Interventionists serving families in and around the New Orleans, Baton Rouge, and the Florida Parishes areas. A Louisiana native, Dr. Mandal-Blasio received her Ph.D. in psychology from the University of Southern Mississippi and completed her pre-doctoral internship at the Kennedy Krieger Institute of Johns Hopkins School of Medicine as part of the Neurobehavioral Outpatient Unit and Pervasive Developmental Disorders Clinic. She also completed a Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of North Carolina- Chapel Hill's Center for Development and Learning where she studied mental health issues in people with developmental disabilities across the lifespan.

  This workshop is an in-person training event. It is not virtual. 

  There is no cost to attend.

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• 2025 Child in Need of Care Trial Skills Building Training

  • Start
    12/05/2025
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  • End
    12/08/2025
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  • Schedule
    2 sessions
  • Location
    Baton Rouge, Louisiana
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  CINC TRIAL SKILLS BUILDING TRAINING

  FOR LOUISIANA ATTORNEYS

  SIGN UP NOW - LIMITED TO 45 PARTICIPANTS!

  You are required to attend both days of this training.

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  The Louisiana Court Improvement Program and the Pelican Center for Children and Families, in collaboration with the American Bar Association Center on Children and the Law, are pleased to offer a specialized Trial Skills Building training for attorneys in Child in Need of Care cases. The training is designed to support and enhance trial skills for CINC attorneys. We welcome assistant district attorneys, Bureau of General Counsel, children’s attorneys, and parents’ attorneys of any experience level.

  The training delivers comprehensive information about the art of CINC courtroom advocacy. Topics include discovery, direct examination, cross-examination, expert witnesses, exhibits, objections, and closing argument. Participants will have the opportunity to practice direct and cross-examination skills and receive feedback from experienced Louisiana CINC attorney trainers.

  Earn up to 6 hours of in-person credits and 3 hours virtual.

  This course will satisfy the hours required to represent children in court!

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  limited to 45 legal professionals.

  Planning to stay overnight in Baton Rouge? Part 2 of this training is going to be held at the Hampton Inn Downtown (462 Lafayette St, Baton Rouge, LA 70801). We have a state travel regulation rate room block set up. You must reserve the room by November 6th for this rate. Click here. 

  
  

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  Team Dynamics at 985-624-3514.
  

  
  

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• TRAINERS 2025 Child in Need of Care Trial Skills Building Training

  • Start
    12/05/2025
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  • End
    12/08/2025
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  • Schedule
    2 sessions
  • Location
    Baton Rouge, Louisiana
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  CINC TRIAL SKILLS BUILDING TRAINING

  FOR LOUISIANA ATTORNEYS

  THIS REGISTRATION PAGE IS FOR TRAINERS ONLY

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  The Louisiana Court Improvement Program and the Pelican Center for Children and Families, in collaboration with the American Bar Association Center on Children and the Law, are pleased to offer a specialized Trial Skills Building training for attorneys in Child in Need of Care cases. The training is designed to support and enhance trial skills for CINC attorneys. We welcome assistant district attorneys, Bureau of General Counsel, children’s attorneys, and parents’ attorneys of any experience level.

  The training delivers comprehensive information about the art of CINC courtroom advocacy. Topics include discovery, direct examination, cross-examination, expert witnesses, exhibits, objections, and closing argument. Participants will have the opportunity to practice direct and cross-examination skills and receive feedback from experienced Louisiana CINC attorney trainers.

  Earn up to 6 hours of in-person credits and 3 hours virtual.

  This course will satisfy the hours required to represent children in court!

  Sign up now to save your spot -

  limited to 45 legal professionals.

  
  

  Registration questions can be directed to:

  Team Dynamics at 985-624-3514.
  

  
  

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• CIP Cafe' - December 11, 2025

  • When
    12/11/2025
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    12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
  • Location
    Online
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  GATHER. LEARN. COLLABORATE.

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  SPECIAL IMMIGRATION JUVENILE STATUS (SIJS)

  Thursday, December 11 | 12:00pm-1:00pm

  Approved 1 HOUR CEU - Presumptive Approval CLE 1 HOUR

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• Closing the Year with Integrity - Ethics and Professionalism in Practice

  • When
    12/15/2025
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    10:00 AM - 12:30 PM
  • Location
    Baton Rouge, Louisiana
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  CLOSING THE YEAR WITH INTEGRITY

  Professionalism and Ethics in Practice: Advocating for Clients with Diminished Capacity

  
  

  December 15, 2025 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana

  In law school, you learned the principle of talem qualem—“take your victim as you find them.” Known as the “eggshell skull” rule, this doctrine holds defendants fully accountable for harm, even when the plaintiff has pre-existing vulnerabilities.

  But have you ever considered that, as an attorney, you also “take your clients as you find them”?

  The Rules of Professional Conduct make it clear: when representing a client with diminished capacity, you are ethically obligated—so far as reasonably possible—to maintain a standard attorney-client relationship. But what exactly constitutes diminished capacity? What professional and ethical responsibilities come into play when your client’s decision-making ability is impaired?

  This engaging seminar will explore the answers to these critical questions. Join our experienced presenter(s) a discussion designed for attorneys seeking to navigate these complex scenarios with confidence, the program offers practical guidance and a deeper understanding of the rules that govern your role. Strengthen your ethical foundation while enhancing your capacity to advocate with professionalism and integrity.

  Speaker:

  • Rodney Hastings, J.D., State of Louisiana Mental Health Advocacy Service – Child Advocacy Program

  Agenda:

  10am        Ethical Considerations in Representing Clients with Diminished

                     Capacity

  11:30am   Common Challenges and How to Address Them with

                      Professionalism

  Objectives:

  • Recognize concerns and challenges to ethical and professional representation when representing clients with diminished capacity.
  • Identify ways to ethically and professionally address concerns and challenges to representing clients with diminished capacity.  

  

  Earn up to 2 hours of in-person credits (presumptive approval).

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  Registration questions can be directed to:

  Team Dynamics at 985-624-3514.
  

  
  

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• Ethical Principles in Social Work Practice

  • When
    12/15/2025
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    1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
  • Location
    Baton Rouge, Louisiana
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  DECEMBER 15, 2025

  1:00 pm to 4:00 pm

  
  

  $45 per person

  Groups: $40 for additional attendees after 1st

  $35 per person to audit the course, no certificate

  
  

  Class will be cancelled if there are not more than 10 attendees present (refunds will be given in this circumstance).

  
  

  Instructor:  Sharon Delvisco, DSW, LMSW (#15911), CGMP is currently employed as the Training and Course Development Associate and Event Planning Associate at Team Dynamics, LLC.  She received her doctoral degree in Social Work Innovation from the University of Southern California Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work.  She received her masters degree from Southern University at New Orleans.  She has 30 years of experience supporting people with disabilities, their family members and the agencies that serve them to live the life of their choice in the community.
  

  

  
  

  Questions about this course or other sessions with Team Dynamics? Call 985-624-3514 or send an email to Sharon Delvisco at: sharon@teamdynamicsweb.com. 

  We do not offer refunds, but you may substitute a staff person if you cannot attend. This is a live, learner engaged session. You must attend the full course to get credit. 

  Thank you! 

  Team Dynamics LLC

  www.teamdynamicsweb.com

  
  

  This course is not eligible for fee waivers.

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• LCTF Monthly Speaker Series - December 17, 2025

  • When
    12/17/2025
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    12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
  • Location
    Online - Zoom
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  Coffee & Conversations Speaker Series

  
  

  December 17, 2025  12pm - 1pm Online

  When Holidays Hurt:

  Supporting Children and Families

  During High-Stress Seasons
  

  Speaker:

  Dr. Sebastián Del Corral Winder

  Clinical Psychologist, LSUHSC New Orleans

  
  

  About the guest speakers

  Dr. Sebastián Del Corral Winder is a Clinical Psychologist and Assistant Professor at LSUHSC in New Orleans. Dr. Del Corral Winder provides services in Spanish and English and primarily works with young children and families involved with the foster care system. Dr. Del Corral is the Director of the Best for Baby program and collaborates with other professionals to improve outcomes for young children involved in the Child Welfare System in Southeastern Louisiana. Dr. Del Corral supervises mental health clinicians in training and is part of several national and regional committees focused on addressing racial and ethnic disparities and equity in the Foster Care System. His research emphasizes ways to decrease health inequities in marginalized families.

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  Questions? Registrations, Connectivity and Credits can be supported by contacting Team Dynamics (985-624-3514).

  
  

  LCTF Program Support Questions can be directed to Michele Rabalais (225-342-2245).

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• Louisiana WIC Conference 2026

  • Start
    01/12/2026
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    12:00 PM
  • End
    01/14/2026
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    12:00 PM
  • Location
    Northshore Harbor Center, Slidell, Louisiana
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  This is an "invite-only" event for

  Louisiana WIC teams, clinics and partners. 

  
  

  SCHEDULE:

  January 12, Monday: Noon to 4:30pm

  January 13, Tuesday: 8:30am to 4pm

  January 14, Wednesday: 8:30am to Noon

  
  

  • Hotel lists for you to use in making reservations will be provided shortly. 
  • Meals are not provided at the event.
  • On Tuesday, January 13th a Food Truck Fair will be hosted during the lunch break in the Northshore Harbor Center parking lot for those wishing to purchase food.

  Questions? Contact Team Dynamics at 985-624-3514

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