ChildLaw Institute's 12th Annual Children's Summer Institute

Program for Practitioners

Carol Harding Lecture Series

"A Matter of Choice: Differential Response in
Child Welfare Service Delivery"

Keynote Speaker:
Erwin McEwen
Director, Illinois Department of Children
and Family Services

Monday, May 24, 2010 • 2:30 – 5:00 p.m.

Polk Bros. Lecture Hall
Erikson Institute, 2nd Floor
451 North LaSalle, Chicago

"Differential response" offers child welfare agencies options for responding to accepted reports of abuse or neglect beyond the traditional child protection investigation. In 2009, the Illinois General Assembly passed legislation allowing DCFS to implement a differential response program.

Soledad McGrath, Post-Graduate ChildLaw Policy Fellow, will begin the afternoon by providing an overview of differential response systems already underway throughout the country. In his keynote address, Director McEwen will discuss Illinois' efforts to develop and implement a differential response program.

MCLE credits will be available for free.

CEU credits will be available for a fee of $25. Checks only - Please make checks payable to Loyola School of Social Work.

To register, please complete the form below, or email your name, address, phone number and whether you would like to receive MCLE or CEU credits to smcgrath2@luc.edu.

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