Agenda

Attendee List

Attendee Bios

Logistics

Meeting Pre-Reading

Coaching Guide Introduction

The Effects of Trauma

Executive Skills and Coaching – A Brief Introduction

Overview of Financial Coaching

Encouraging Motivation to Change: Am I doing this right?

The Effects of Trauma

Alleviating Poverty Doesn’t Have To Be So Hard, And Behavioral Science Can Help

Guiding Principles of Trauma-Informed Care

Follow Up Resources & Materials

Coaching for Economic Mobility– a report by Crittenton Women’s Union to clarify what they mean by “coaching”, its basic elements, and how it is practiced in their programs. 

Poverty Interrupted: Applying Behavioral Science to the Context of Chronic Scarcity– a white paper by ideas42 discussing the application of behavioral science to the cycle of poverty. The paper also includes specific recommendations for programs and providers who are hoping to improve program design and engagement.  

Poverty Interrupted Executive Summary

Executive Function Webinar Series– Six webinars that help define executive function skills, why they matter to human service programs, and how they can be used to inform program design and a goal achievement framework.

Trauma-Informed Organizational Toolkit– designed by American Institutes for Research, this toolkit gives programs a roadmap for becoming trauma-informed, offering guidelines and an organizational self-assessment.

Coaching Toolkit for Child Welfare– from the Northern California Training Academy and Casey Family Programs, this toolkit was designed for agency leadership, learners, coaches, and supervisors. It provides research on coaching as well as tools and strategies for implementing coaching practices.

TuaPath Contact Information

Motivational Interviewing Pocket Guide– this introduction to motivational interviewing provides basic concepts and the steps of MI. You can also access a short video on MI here. Additional resources can be found on the MINT site. If you have trouble accessing materials here, contact Tom Jaeger at tjaeger@rise.org

Meeting Agenda

Pre-meeting Reading Materials

“Executive Functions,” Adele Diamond (2013)

“Executive Function Skills: What They Are and Why They Are Relevant for Workforce Programs?,” DRAFT, LaDonna Pavetti (2015)

“Using Brain Science to Design New Pathways Out of Poverty,” Elisabeth D. Babcock, MCRP, PhD (2014)

Executive Skills Questionnaire

Executive Skills Profile for Adults

Executive Skills Profile Instructions

SPARR Diagram

Presentations

Goal Achievement and Executive Skills: What Is the Relevance and Implications for the Design of TANF Employment Programs? LaDonna Pavetti

Goal-Setting and Planning: How Can We Get It Right? Gabriele Oettingen

How Can We Use Executive Skills Concepts and Principles in Practice? Dick Guare

How Can We Use Executive Skills Principles and Concepts to Create a New Approach for Providing Employment Services for TANF Recipients? Learning from Ramsey County (St. Paul) MN , Kate Probert and Larry Timmerman

• Resource Center Vision – Your Bridge to Success
• Operational Definition – Employment Services Philosophy 2014-2018

What Are Other Options for Using Executive Skills Principles in TANF Work Programs? Learning from Washington State, Lindsay Blanding

Prototype for an Executive Skills Informed, Goal-Oriented Job Search/Job Readiness Program, Michelle Derr

How Can We Build an Evidence Base?  The Job Search Assistance (JSA) Evaluation and Other Evaluation and/or Knowledge-Building Opportunities:

“Developing Evidence on “What Works” in Moving TANF Recipients to Work through Job Search Assistance,” Karin Martinson

“Opportunistic Experiments and Rapid-Cycle Evaluation,” Alexandra Resch

“Applying a Rapid-Cycle Learning Approach: The Family Mobility Project,” Chuck Carter

Thank you for joining us in DC on July 29 and 30, 2014 to work on designing an EF-informed workforce program.

We will be posting follow up information here.

Link to the Powerpoints that we used during the meeting:
Powerpoints from D. Guare

Link to Meeting Notes
EF Job Search Meeting – Day 1
EF Job Search Meeting – Day 2

Link to EF Surveys
EF Skills Youth Survey
EF Skills Adult Survey
Please note that we are in the process of developing an adult survey that uses the style of the youth survey

Below are the previously released materials for preparation.

Most of the logistical and advance preparation information you need for the meeting is contained in this post.

Here you will find the following information:

• Advance meeting prep
• Logistics and other administrative details
• Hotel
• Dietary restrictions
• Optional dinner on July 29^th
• Heading back to the airport
• Attire
• Logistics [Word] (This document was sent via email, as well)
• Reimbursement Form for EF Job Search Work Group Meeting (Please see “Logistics and other administrative details” below for more information; this document was sent via email, as well)

IMPORTANT:  Please note – We have made hotel reservations for everyone who has indicated they will be attending the meeting.  If you do not need a hotel room, please let us know immediately so we can cancel your reservation.

Send any information you’d like to share on your program to rgarcia@cbpp.org.

Advance meeting prep:
If you did not participate in the webinars by Silvia Bunge and Adele Diamond, we would suggest that you try and listen to them before the meeting.  If everyone has listened to them, we will all have a common set of basic knowledge about Executive Function in adults to draw upon.  If you only have time to listen to one of the webinars, we recommend listening to Silvia’s.  Adele’s talk followed her slides very closely so you can go through the slides instead of listening to the webinar, if that is easier for you.

Here are the links to the webinars and the slides:
Silvia Bunge
Adele Diamond

We would also suggest reading the article below written by Dick Guare who will be helping us to figure out how to design workforce programs that support the development of executive skills needed to succeed in finding and keeping a job.  The focus is on children but I think it is quite easy to see how the same principles and perspective can be applied to work with adults.  The article is not very long nor is it super technical.
Context in the Development of Executive Functions in Children, By Richard Guare (2014)

Optional readings:
Self-Efficacy as a Welfare-to-Work Goal: Emphasizing Both Psychology and Economics in Program Design, By Toby Herr & Suzanne L. Wagner (2003)

Beyond Barriers to Work: A Workforce Attachment Approach That Addresses Unpredictability, Halting Progress, and Human Nature, By Toby Herr & Suzanne L. Wagner (2007)

Logistics and other administrative details
I have attached a document specifying meeting and traveling logistics, a brief agenda,  and a form for your reimbursement expenses. We will reimburse you for the following expenses: (1) All travel expenses, including any ground transportation in your home location and in DC; and (2) Dinner on July 28th, if you arrive early, and dinner July 29th (up to a maximum of $25; we will not reimburse for alcohol).   We will also cover dinner and breakfast for the folks from the West Coast who need to stay an extra night.  We require receipts for all expenses.

Hotel
The hotel is the Hilton Garden Inn located at 1225 First Street, NE, about an eight minute walk from the CBPP office. We have reserved a room and paid for everyone who requested accommodations. Just give the front desk your name when you arrive. Also, you should check out of the hotel before the start of the meeting on July 30^th. Bring your bags to the office and we will place them in a secure room.  Directions to our office from the hotel are included in the attached  logistics memo.

There are several casual places to eat in the block where the hotel is located.  If you get in late and everything is closed, there is a grocery store in the same block as the hotel (Harris Teeter) that has lots of options for carryout.

Dietary restrictions
We will have a continental breakfast and sandwiches and salads for lunch. Please let us know before you arrive if you have any special dietary restrictions that will require a personal meal.

Optional dinner on July 29^th
CBPP will host an optional dinner on July 29^th at Todd Gray’s Watershed, the restaurant located inside the Garden Inn hotel. This will be an informal event and you are under no obligation to attend if you have or would like to make other plans.  Please let us know by Friday afternoon (July 25, 2014) if you plan to join us for dinner so we can make reservations.  If folks want to go out on their own, the Metro is just around the corner or you can get a cab from the hotel.  There are a few casual places to eat, but no other nicer restaurants within walking distance of the hotel.

A list of attendees is available (and was sent via email).  If you would like that document sent to you, please email rgarcia@cbpp.org.  This is in case you want to try and make plans ahead of time to have dinner with someone who will be attending – it is a great group of folks!

Heading back to the airport
We will coordinate rides for you on the July 30^th. We will just need you to provide your departure information on Tuesday when you come to the meeting.

Attire
The dress for this meeting is business casual. Summers in DC are hot and humid, but the air conditioning can be too cold for some people. Please dress accordingly.

Questions
Please let us know if you have any questions.  You can e-mail Rose rgarcia@cbpp.org or Ife ifloyd@cbpp.org

Information of Programs Attending
Crittenton Women’s Union
–Mobility Mentoring and the Bridge to Self-Sufficiency
–Mobility Mentoring Services
–Using Brain Science to Design New Pathways Out of Poverty

The New Haven MOMs Partnership

Below are materials from the sessions held during the two day meeting.

Background materials:
Defining and Measuring Executive Functions in Adults – Applications for Practice and Policy (Russell Carlock)
Central New Mexico Community College Financial Coaching Training Survey: Summary of Findings
Suggested Readings

Handout:
Executive Skills

Meeting notes:
EF Workforce Meeting Notes

Presentations:
Executive Function 101
Impact of Poverty and Trauma on Development of the Brain (Dale Farran)
Executive Function from an Adult Perspective (Paul Rubenstein)
Building Nebraska Families Impacts
Using an Executive Function Lens to Improve Family Stability and Economic Mobility Outcomes (Crittenton Women’s Union)
New Haven MOMS Partnership
Personal Empowerment (Twin Cities RISE)