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2025 Spring Quarterly

10:00 am - 12:00 pm: Don't Label Me...Support Me:Crisis Planning & Intervention for Camp Mental Health (.2 CEUs)

Join Logan Gauvin, CPRP, AFO (Rocky Hill Parks & Recreation), Melissa Hicks, LPC, and Kelli Ayala, LMSW (Rocky Hill Human, Youth and Senior Services) for a crucial workshop on crisis planning and intervention in camp settings, focusing on mental health and behavioral challenges. This interactive session will help participants identify common crisis scenarios, develop comprehensive crisis plans (including risk assessment and communication protocols), and implement effective intervention strategies like de-escalation and collaboration with mental health professionals. Through discussions and scenario-based exercises, attendees will gain practical skills to create a safe and supportive environment for all campers and staff. Leave ready to implement a plan in your department!

1:00 - 3:00 pm: Speed Bumps or Speed Table? (.2 CEUs)

Have you hit some bumps in your professional road lately? Back by Popular Demand! Come navigate through hot topics at our speed tables with CRPA colleagues! This afternoon session will be divided into five twenty-minute rounds of conversations spanning over thirteen different topics. There is sure to be an opportunity to gain insight and perspective on the following topics:

• Adult Programming

• After School Programming

• AI/Technology/Software

• Capital Improvement

• Community Engagement/Social Media

• Facility & Equipment Maintenance

• Golf Course Management

• Inclusive/Adaptive Programming

• Innovative Programming

• Park Programming

• Park/Field Maintenance

• Preschool Programming

• Senior/Intergenerational Programming

• Special Events

• Teen Programming

• Youth Sports

Participants should come prepared to ask questions and/or share knowledge from personal experiences… after all, we cannot navigate without people’s roadmap to success!