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IT’S BACK!!! Western DRAP is back and you’ll need to save these dates!
June 12, 13, 14 and 15, 2022 at the big and beautiful Blair County Convention Center – I’m guessing most of you were thinking we’d host it at a fire hall or an empty grain silo or something but – dangit we’re the 12th largest city in Pennsylvania. Come visit Blair County. REMEMBER! Everyone is WEST of somewhere – so plan on attending Western DRAP.
Accommodations
Courtyard by Marriot | Holiday Inn Express |
2 Convention Center Drive | 115 Convention Center Drive |
Altoona, PA 16602 | Altoona, PA 16602 |
Attached to Convention Center | Across the street from Convention Center |
Click HERE to access the room block pricing |
Conference Agenda
Western DRAP
Blair County Convention Center
AGENDA
Sunday June 12, 2022
- 3:00PM – 6:00PM
- Registration (Hotel Lobby)
- 6:30PM – 8:00PM
- Best Practices Planning
- Moderator: Keith Calhoun
- Best Practices Planning
Monday June 13, 2022
- 11:00AM – 1:00PM
- Registration (Convention Center Lobby)
- 1:00PM – 1:30PM
- Opening Ceremony
- Welcome – Keith Calhoun
- Presentation of Colors – Lloyd Peck
- National Anthem – Bree Gearhart
- The Honorable Judge Jolene Kopriva, Blair County Court of Common Pleas
- Opening Ceremony
- 1:30PM – 2:45PM
- Critical Thinking
- Presenter: Keith Calhoun
- If you think you’re good at thinking – think again. Your brain would love for you think it’s doing a great job keeping you informed but the truth is almost scary.
- Critical Thinking
- 2:45PM – 3:00PM
- Break
- 3:00PM – 3:30PM
- Fraud Protection
- Presenter: Fred Beers, Office of Inspector General
- Fraud Protection
- 3:30PM – 4:00PM
- Don’t Take It With You
- Presenter: Sharon Francis
- Human services workers (that’s us) are experiencing the cumulative effect of providing services to other people who are experiencing traumatic life events. In this session we will discuss how the life events of the people we serve may affect how they communicate with us, how that is affecting us in how we work and live and what we can do to avoid suffering as a result. We will focus on how to better serve others and ourselves by being better prepared and practicing trauma informed self-maintenance. Be prepared to breath and move.
- Don’t Take It With You
- 3:15PM – 4:00PM
- Motivational Interviewing
- Presenters: James Gallagher and Gina Farzati
- Motivational Interviewing
- 7:00PM – 9:00PM
- Evening Reception
Tuesday, June 14, 2022
- 8:00AM – 9:00AM
- Registration (Convention Center Lobby)
- 9:00AM – 9:45AM
- Understanding Addiction
- Presenter: Aleisha Albertson of Blair Drug and Alcohol Program
- Understanding Addiction
- 10:00AM – 10:45AM
- Stop the Insanity!
- Presenter: Diane Sinkus, PACSETI
- Learn how to make the most of your workday using six time management tips.
- Stop the Insanity!
- 10:45AM – 11:30AM
- SME That Answer Again is….
- Presenters: Jessica Moyer and Kelly Bare
- SME That Answer Again is….
- 11:30AM – 1:00PM
- Lunch (on your own)
- 1:15PM – 2:15PM
- “Verbal Judo” and De-escalation
- Presenter: Scott Mognet
- Learn the keys to generating voluntary and interpersonal communication. It’s not what you said, but how you said it. Helpful tips to avoid miscommunication in the workplace and achieve compliance through verbal persuasion while maintaining professionalism.
- “Verbal Judo” and De-escalation
- 2:30PM – 3:00PM
- Domestic Violence
- Presenter: Emily Freed, Esq., Staff Attorney for FSI Justice Project
- Domestic Violence
- 3:00PM – 3:30PM
- Managing Intrastate Cases
- Presenter: Diane Sinkus, PACSETI
- Refine your knowledge on managing intrastate cases, including the difference between transfer and registration and other key facts.
- Managing Intrastate Cases
- 5:00PM
- Transportation to Altoona Curve Game (Outside Hotel Lobby)
Wednesday June 15, 2022
- 8:30AM – 9:30AM
- Hot Breakfast
- 9:30AM – 10:00AM
- Motivational Interviewing
- Presenter: James Gallagher
- Motivational Interviewing
- 10:00AM – 10:30AM
- Q&A with BCSE
- Moderator: Keith Calhoun
- Presenter: Jaylene Bowers
- Q&A with BCSE
- 10:30AM – 11:30AM
- The State of DRAP
- Presenter: Carla Smith
- The State of DRAP

