Sessions and Speakers

Dr. David Cross

"Trust-Based Relational Intervention:
Helping Create Organizational Change"

Dr. David Cross is professor of psychology and associate director of the Institute of Child Development at Texas Christian University, where he has worked since moving to Texas with his family in 1985. Dr. Cross and his colleague, Dr. Karyn Purvis, are engaged in a major effort to create, disseminate and implement high quality programs and materials for individuals and organizations who care for foster and adopted children. The centerpiece of this effort is Trust-Based Relational Intervention, which is a practical and effective program for promoting healthy outcomes with children and adolescents who have experienced relationship-based trauma, including abandonment, neglect, and abuse.

http://www.davidcross.us/

Joe White

Opening Keynote

Joe White is the president of Kanakuk Kamps and founder of Kids Across America and Cross International. Each summer, the Kamps host 20,000 sports and outdoor adventure campers, with a college-age and professional staff of 2,500. Joe has been a speaker at several Promise Keepers events and has written 23 books. He speaks across the country for Men at the Cross conferences, AfterDARK College Crusades and Pure Excitement Youth Events. He also has appeared on Focus on the Family radio programs and has led chapels for NFL football and professional baseball teams.

Dr. David Miller

"SWA: Making a Difference"

David Miller is the President and CEO at Hendrick Home for Children in Abilene, Texas, and the President of SWA. He will be heading up a panel report on SWA strategic planning. SWA members won't want to miss this important session.