On July 30 & 31, there are the free "Too Good for Drugs" workshops at the
Ramada Plaza Hotel in South Charleston.  You can find info. at
http://www.prevnet.org/common/2007-TGFD.pdf 

August 6 & 7, 2007 - free Communities Mobilizing for Change on Alcohol Model
Program Foundation Training in Dunbar.  For more information, log on to
http://www.prevnet.org/common/2007-CMCA.pdf 

Also - about 1-hour from Charleston is the WV Supreme Court of Appeals Basic & Child Abuse and Neglect workshops in Clay on July 31 and August 1 (see below for more info)

Court Improvement Program:  Basic & Advanced Child Abuse & Neglect Seminar

Conference Sponsors:  WV Supreme Court of Appeals and WV Coalition Against Domestic Violence

Dates/Locations (all are 8:30-4:30):
June 26-27:  Ramada Inn, Morgantown
July 24-25:  Days Inn, Elkins
July 31-Aug 1:  Clay County High School, Clay

Topics include:
Law and Procedure Overview; Advocacy Roles of children's and respondent's attorneys; overlap of child abuse/neglect cases in Family and Circuit Courts; ASFA, Permanency and the Role of the Treatment MDT's; applying special needs consideration ins the child maltreatment cases; and overview of the law, dynamics and effects of domestic violence and child maltreatment; and more!

Approved for social work ceus, CLE credits and Domestic Violence Advocate Certfication Credits.

Cost:  FREE

Contact Susan McQuaide or Jason Newsome at 304-340-3676 (voice) or 304-340-3688(fax) for more information and to register.