Trainer of the Year

CONGRATULATIONS TO

RAYMOND LLOYD

   NEORTC 2008 TRAINER OF THE YEAR

 

Raymond Lloyd, the NEORTC 2008 Trainer of the Year, has trained in the Ohio Child Welfare Training Program for over 16 years. Mr. Lloyd was also the recipient of the prestigious OCWTP Linda Pope Award in 2003.  Mr. Lloyd trains Caseworker Core and Adoption Assessor as well Specialized topics which he has developed. He trains in all of the eight RTC’s in Ohio. During site visits and focus groups within our NEORTC counties, he is frequently lauded for his engaging and dynamic presentation skills as well as the depth and breadth of his child welfare knowledge. Mr. Lloyd has gained a reputation for energizing a training room with his motivating and charismatic personality and style. The multi-media presentations that he has created bring the content of his training topics to life.  

Mr. Lloyd trains to a wide variety of audiences. In addition to child welfare caseworkers, he also trains foster parents, CASA/GAL’s, and school personnel. He has developed and trains a parenting program for fathers titled, “Nurturing Fathers for Life”. He also facilitates and trains,” Edge in Life”, a life skills program for adolescents and teens. 

 Raymond Lloyd has contributed more than 30 years of service to the field of child welfare. He began his career in the Clark County, Ohio Children’s Home. Mr. Lloyd served in a number of positions in the Clark County Family and Children Services Agency throughout his tenure, including Assistant Director.

 Please join the NEORTC in congratulating Raymond Lloyd as the recipient of NEORTC 2008 Trainer of the Year Award.

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CONGRATULATIONS TO
JANICE MORABETO

2007 NEORTC TRAINER OF THE YEAR

NEORTC has chosen Janice Morabeto as the NEORTC Trainer of the Year for 2007.  Janice has been training for NEORTC for a number of years and her expertise in the mental health area is very valuable, especially in light of the fact that many families within the child welfare system have mental health issues.   Janice developed a training on “Mental Health Disorders in Young Children” based upon the needs of our constituents.  When we conduct site visits to our 14 counties, we consistently receive positive and favorable comments about Janice’s training. Janice’s engaging and positive personality are infectious and it is always a pleasure to have Janice train for our program.  Congratulations Janice! 

 

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CONGRATULATIONS TO PHIL WASHINGTON

2006 NEORTC TRAINER OF THE YEAR

Please join NEORTC  in congratulating Phil Washington,NEORTC 2006 Trainer of the Year. Phil has been training for the NEORTC for several years. He has presented over 75 trainings for the NEORTC since 2000. Phil has trained standardized curriculum such as Domestic Violence and Core 102. He has developed numerous trainings related to adolescents and teens, single parents and fathers. In 2002 Phil developed " Mother's Paramour as Caretaker: Is It Safe?" for the NEORTC in response to a spike in the number of child deaths and serious injuries at the hands of mothers' boyfriends in the region during 2001.In site visits and focus groups, Phil Washington is frequently noted as a trainer who has received very positive feedback from participants in his trainings.  Honoring Phil is long overdue and congrats to him for being named the 2006 NEORTC Trainer of the Year!

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CONGRATULATIONS TO PATTY HARRELSON

2005 NEORTC TRAINER OF THE YEAR

Patty Harrelson has been lauded as an outstanding trainer by regional constituents from the first time she first entered the training room at the NEORTC. She has a strong knowledge base in the field of child welfare from not only an academic perspective, but from extensive, first hand experience "in the trenches".  Patty has demonstrated an ability to communicate effectively in a classroom setting at the RTC, with small groups in a "coaching" lab environment, as well as in a consulting capacity in the many of our regional county agencies. She has trained a variety of staff including caseworkers, social service aides and supervisors. She has presented standardized curriculum such as "Work Safe, Work Smart" as well numerous curricula she has developed in response to regional needs. Patty has addressed the basic foundation training for newer social workers such as," Case Plans"," Concurrent Case Plans", "Interviewing Skills", "Genograms", and "Drugs 101" as well as demonstrated a commitment to addressing the safety and well being of child welfare staff. Patty developed safety training for social service aides and other support staff as well as "Supervising for Worker Safety". In addition, she more recently rolled out, "Compassion Fatigue" to address the stress issues that come with the territory of working in the child welfare field. These qualities and her dynamic yet endearing personality have set Patty Harrelson apart as a trainer who has been unanimously tapped as the NEORTC's 2005  "Trainer of the Year".  Congratulations Patty!

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CONGRATULATIONS TO RUTH McMONAGLE

2004 NEORTC TRAINER OF THE YEAR!

It is with our pleasure to announce that Ruth McMonagle has been awarded the 2004 NEORTC Trainer of the Year.  This is indeed an extra special honor as this marks the 20th anniversary that Ruth has been providing training to agencies in northeast Ohio, even before the inception of the Ohio Child Welfare Training Program.  Ruth has been an integral part of our training program, whether it is training supervisors, social workers, and social service aides and support staff.  Having both an MSW and MBA credentials, Ruth provides a management and direct service delivery perspective to her trainings.  Last year in collaboration with NEORTC, Ruth developed a "road show" of supervisory trainings in 3 hour formats that took place at individual counties so that supervisors can receive training yet not be far from their desks.  These trainings were held at Geauga, Medina, and Wayne counties as well as at the NEORTC and received high remarks.  Ruth's friendly attitude and bright personality are always a welcome sight at the NEORTC and we are very fortunate to have her expertise as part of our training program.
 

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CONGRATULATIONS TO

JIM STILL-PEPPER

2003 NEORTC TRAINER OF THE YEAR!

The Northeast Ohio Regional Training Center is proud to announce the selection of Jim Still-Pepper as the 2003 NEORTC Trainer of the Year.  Jim has been training for NEORTC and the Ohio Child Welfare Training Program for the past two years and has been a wonderful addition to the training program.  Jim's wide range of training styles, from laidback and casual to emotional and powerful, have had a profound impact on his audience.  His experience as a therapist in private practice has given his trainings important credibility.  He has trained caseworkers, social service aides, child care workers and also foster/adoptive parents.  Jim has also developed workshops for our program to help meet the needs of our trainees.  We have enjoyed having Jim train for the NEORTC, seeing his friendly smile as he greets trainees in the lobby, checking out his latest colorful tie, and knowing that our trainees are getting a high quality and highly interactive training.  Congratulations, Jim, and the NEORTC looks forward to collaboration and training with you for many years to come!
 

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CONGRATULATIONS TO

ZOE BREEN-WOOD

2002 NEORTC TRAINER OF THE YEAR!

Those of us who come in to child welfare and stay, begin to talk about making a difference, leaving a mark, creating a legacy. Few of us have the opportunity to see ourselves accomplishing that goal while we are still in the field. Northeast Ohio Regional Training Center Trainer of the Year, Zoe Breen-Wood, is making a difference and creating a legacy every day she interacts with child welfare staff.

 Zoe has invested thirty years in child welfare practice and teaching. Both the states of Virginia and Ohio have reaped the most benefits from her initiatives. Target audiences have included foster and adoptive parents, child welfare social service staff and supervisors, executive directors, university professors and foundation leaders. She has addressed agency functioning in the phone room, foundational learning with the risk assessment tool , Core, adoption assessor tier training, and most recently has written a seminal training package on neglect.

Zoe=s car has stickers from Case Western Reserve, Old Dominion University and Virginia Commonwealth University. At these institutions she has been in the classroom, as well as program developing, designing and running pilot projects, grant writing, and collaborating with funding foundations. She easily makes a classroom or training environment come alive with her practical application exercises, power point or CD ROM usage.

 Zoe=s practice foundation from which she references in teaching/training was formulated in outpatient mental health-clinical social work, mental retardation and child protective services.

 Zoe=s richness of experiences cited above is reason enough to endear this regions= respect and admiration. But one other trait is a standout to all of us and that is that Zoe serves as an example in how to balance the personal and professional. She inspires us in sharing her ability to nurture family and classroom with all of us learning in the process. Thank you Zoe on behalf of Northeast Ohio child welfare staff. We are most grateful for what you share.    

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CONGRATULATIONS TO

MICHAEL SANDERS

NEORTC TRAINER OF THE YEAR

2001

Michael started impressing audiences in college where he received a B.A. in social Services from Bradley University. After graduation, he built on his presentation skills contracting as an independent trainer in child welfare for the past thirteen years.

Adolescents is his chosen training focus and gang wear, rap music as well as rubber chickens are part of his classroom repertoire.  Michael fulfills his life long fantasy of being a Wal-Mart greeter by capturing trainees in the building foyer and inviting their attendance at the scheduled event. Audiences are stimulated by a training environment made inviting by music, snacks, resource books and play toys. Creativity abounds from the title of the workshop, through the content material to application exercises for such topics as culture, diversity, violence prevention, gangs, effective discipline and youth culture.  Michael's audiences are diverse.  Foster/Adopt and Kinship providers share space with public and private line social workers.  Everyone goes away encouraged to think outside the box and having an "aha" to add to their knowledge/practice base.

Michael respects the impact training can have and takes seriously his role by encouraging, mentoring and coaching the next generation of trainers.

His smile, approachability, and propensity to have fun make him a great asset to our region. Thank you Michael for sharing your talent.