Your passion improves lives. Every day, every call, every visit has the potential to nurture hope. To build connection. To change a life.
We share your passion.
For more than 40 years, Human Services at UC Davis Continuing and Professional Education (formerly UC Davis Extension) has empowered human services professionals by providing them with research-informed and field-tested knowledge and best practices to excel throughout their careers.
Thank you for your interest in this work, and for all you do in service of children, adults, families, and their communities.
What You Need to Know as a Presenter
- Workshops may provide BBS credits. All presenters will be required to provide a current resume, biography, timed agenda, measurable learning objectives and citations. Presenters must provide their resume, biography and learning objectives upon submitting the workshop proposal form. The timed agenda, presentation materials and citations will be due on January 1, 2024.
- Conference Audience: Practitioners include line staff, supervisors, parent and youth partners, leadership and everyone else serving California’s most vulnerable children and families.
- Length of workshops is 90 minutes; alternatively, we’ll consider 180-minute workshops as a (Part 1/Part 2 workshop pair).
- Workshop attendance averages 25-30 participants.
- Be prepared to include a short Q&A session at the end of your workshop, as well as other interactive opportunities.
- Workshop support will be provided before and during the event.
Steps to Submit a Workshop Proposal
- Presenters must provide their resume, biography and learning objectives upon submitting the workshop proposal form by Oct. 18, 2023.
- The timed agenda, presentation materials and citations will be due on January 1, 2024. All presenters will complete this form for their timed agenda.
- As a reference, here’s a sample workshop proposal.
Topic Ideas to Consider
- Family finding, engagement and support
- Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging
- Effective use of peer partners
- Beyond engaging lived expertise - how to partner
- Wraparound
- Skills-based workshops
- Behavioral Health
- Early Childhood
- Education
- Developmental Services/Regional Center
- Youth Justice
- Tribal Communities
2022 Institute in Review
- A total of 625 participants attended the Institute, representing small rural counties to large urban countie
- View the main 2022 conference web page
- Review the 2022 agenda and workshops
Questions?
If you are new to workshop presenting or have any questions, feel free to reach out to us at resourcecenter@ucdavis.edu.