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Pennell, J., Gasman, S., & Henderson, S. (2007, June). Widening the circle for safe meetings to address family violence: Theory-guided evaluation of training and practice. Workshop presented at the annual conference of the American Humane on Family Group Decision Making, Washington, DC.

Pennell, J., Allen-Eckard, K., & McHenry, D. (2007, June). FGDM as prevention in schools. Workshop presented at the annual conference of the American Humane on Family Group Decision Making, Washington, DC.

Umbreit, M., Morrison, B., Stuart, B., Pranis, K. Roger, A., Pennell, J., Baldwin, M.. (2007, March). How strong is it?: The robustness of restorative justice. In H. Zehr (Moderator), Panel presentation at the Community Justice Institute, Florida Atlantic University, Sustaining Restorative Justice: The Challenge of Systemic and Community Transformation in Juvenile Justice, Boca Raton, FL. (invited)

Pennell, J., Rogers, A., Ryan, C., & Title, B. (2007, March). Family violence. Workshop at the Community Justice Institute, Florida Atlantic University, Sustaining Restorative Justice: The Challenge of Systemic and Community Transformation in Juvenile Justice, Boca Raton, FL. (invited)

Merkel-Holguin, L., Pennell, J., & Buford, G. (2006, November). Appreciation for New Zealand's progressive social change: A perspective from the United States. Presentation at 2006 international conference on the family group conference Coming Home - Te Hokinga Mai, Wellington, New Zealand.

Pennell, J., & Burford, G. (2006, November). Reclaiming home: Widening the Contributions of FGC across Generation and Gender. Presentation at 2006 international conference on the family group conference Coming Home - Te Hokinga Mai, Wellington, New Zealand.

Pennell, J. (2006, September). A response to David Crampton's "Family involvement meetings with older children in foster care: Intuitive appeal, promising practices and the challenge of child welfare reform." National Youth Permanency Convening Roundtable, Casey Family Services, Washington, DC. (invited)

Pennell, J., & Anderson, G. (2006, June). Meet the authors. Workshop presented at the annual conference of the American Humane on Family Group Decision Making, San Antonio, TX.

Allen-Eckard, K., Myers, L., Solomon, P., & Pennell, J. (2006, June). Keeping families at the center of cross-system partnerships: The North Carolina example. Workshop presented at the annual conference of the American Humane on Family Group Decision Making, San Antonio, TX.

Burford, G., Pennell, J., Gerald, R., Edwards, M., & Kelley, R. (2006, June). Trauma and crisis in the family group: Finding safety and support through family group decision making. Workshop presented at the annual conference of the American Humane on Family Group Decision Making, San Antonio, TX.

Pennell, J. (2005, June). Culture, safety, and conferencing. Workshop presented at the annual conference of the American Humane on Family Group Decision Making, Long Beach, CA.

Pennell, J. (2004, December). Culture, safety, and family violence. Keynote speaker at New Frontiers in Restorative Justice, Centre for Justice and Peace, Massey University at Albany, Auckland, New Zealand.

Pennell, J. (2004, October). Cultural safety, family violence, and group work. Plenary speaker at Group Work Reaching across Boundaries: Disciplines, Seasons of Life, Practice Settings, Cultures and Nations, 26th Annual International Symposium, Association for the Advancement of Social Work with Groups, Detroit, MI.

Henderson, S., Pennell, J., and Family Group Members. (2004, June). Family perspectives on FGC: Focus groups in a rural county. Workshop at From Margin to Mainstream: 2004 Conference on Family Group Decision Making, Harrisburg, PA.

Pennell, J. (2003, November). Building a framework for engaged conversation: Exploring the essence of restorative justice. Theme Leader at Moving to the Next Level: Intentional Conversations about Restorative Justice, Mediation and the Practice of Law, Hamline University School of Law, St. Paul, MN.

Pennell, J. (2003, October). Child protection, domestic violence and safety: Examining practical approaches from research and practice. Discussant. National Association of Public Child Welfare Administrators and Family Violence Prevention Fund, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD.

Pennell, J. (2003, September). Contextualizing evidence-based practice: FGC from New Zealand to Canada to the United States. In Panel at Building Communities for 21st Century Child Welfare, Child Welfare League of America Community Building Symposium, Albany, NY.

Pennell, J., & Francis, S. (2003, June). Safety conferencing – A coordinated response of informal and formal networks to safeguard women and children. In J. Ptacek (Chair), Feminism, restorative justice, and violence against women. Panel at Rivers of Law: The Confluence of Life, Work and Justice, Law and Society Association Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA.

Pennell, J., & Inglis, S. (2003, June). Domestic violence and FGC: How to keep participants safe? Skills-building workshop at Pathways to Permanence: 2003 Family Group Decision Making Conference and Skills-Building Institutes, Minneapolis, MN.

Pennell, J. (2003, June). FGC key principles – Are we following them in practice? Workshop at Pathways to Permanence: 2003 Family Group Decision Making Conference and Skills-Building Institutes, Minneapolis, MN.

Pennell, J. (2003, April). Underlying factors of a responsive and regulatory child welfare system. In C. Anderson (Chair), Bringing families to the table: A shared vision of authentic family involvement across meeting approaches. Panel at Gateways to Prevention, 14th National Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect, St. Louis, MO.

Pennell, J., Inglis, S., & Bright, P. (2002, October). FGCs and family violence – Guidelines for safety conferencing. Building on Strengths: International Perspectives on Family Group Conferencing, International Conference Hosted by Family Rights Group, Manchester, England.

Pennell, J., & Bright, P. (2002, October). Dealing with issues of family violence. Building on Strengths: International Perspectives on Family Group Conferencing, International Conference Hosted by Family Rights Group, Manchester, England.

Pennell, J. (2002, October). FGC & family violence: Sharings from North Carolina. Presentation at DoVe Project Forum, Basingstoke, England.

Pennell, J. (2002, October). Feminist praxis: Making FGC work. Presentation for Eigen Kracht, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Pennell, J. (2001, July). The promise of restorative justice for family violence: The case of family group conferencing. In E. Zedlewski (Chair), The promise of restorative justice. Panel conducted at the ...and Justice for All: Creating Racial and Ethnic Justice, National Criminal Justice Association Forum 2001, Sedona, AZ.

Pennell, J. (2001, January). Family group conferencing and family violence. Presentation to Federal/Provincial/Territorial Working Group on Family Violence Initiatives, Ottawa, Canada.

Pennell, Joan. (2000, July). Feminist praxis, Making family group conferencing work. In Restorative Justice and Family Violence, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.

Pennell, Joan. (2000, July). Feminist praxis for engaging women and indigenous communities in the design of restorative practices in Canada and the United States. In Restorative Justice and Family Violence, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.

Turner, T., Lillie, M., Pennell, J., & Weil, M. (2000, June). Family group conferencing and welfare-to-work: Compatible or conflictual? Discussion group at 2000 Family Group Decision Making Roundtable: Advancing Innovations, Madison, WI.

Turner, T., Pennell, J., Mims, S., Weil, M., & Hardison, J. (2000, June). A partnership model for child welfare: The intersection of training and policy to sustain family group conferencing. Presentation at 2000 Family Group Decision Making Roundtable: Advancing Innovations, Madison, WI.

Pennell, Joan. (2000, April). Partnership building: A framework for evaluating FGC. In Research Seminar at the Third International Forum on Family Group Conferencing, Winchester, Hampshire, England.

Burford, G., & Pennell, J. (2000, March). Family group conferencing in Canada and the USA. Workshop for Social Services, Southwark, London, England.

Harper, C., & Pennell, J. (2000, February). Working together: Child welfare collaboratives and family group conferencing (Part 1, Overview of Family Group Conferencing). Presentation at the Third National Roundtable on Innovative Community-Based Partnerships, Kansas City, MO.

Cooke, L., & Pennell, J. (2000, February). Working together: Child welfare collaboratives and family group conferencing (Part 2, Overview of Family Group Conferencing). Presentation at the Third National Roundtable on Innovative Community-Based Partnerships, Kansas City, MO.

Williams, Linda, Pennell, Joan, Pierce, Lois, Waites, Cheryl, Messinger, Lori, Sandell, Karen, & Wooley, Britt. (1999, November). Maximizing use of IV-E funding in BSW programs. Chat session at the 17th Annual BPD Program, St. Louis, MO.

Pennell, Joan. (1999, August). Mainstreaming family group conferencing. Plenary at the Building Strong Partnerships for Restorative Practices Conference, Department of Social Work, University of Vermont; State of Vermont Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services and the Department of Corrections; and Real Justice; Burlington, VT. (Invited and Sponsored by National Institute of Corrections)

Cass, Jean, Hancock, Joyce, Pennell, Joan, & Roche, Susan (moderator). (1999, August). Using restorative practices in situations of family violence. Panel at the Building Strong Partnerships for Restorative Practices conference, Department of Social Work, University of Vermont; State of Vermont Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services and the Department of Corrections; and Real Justice; Burlington, VT.

Burford, Gale (moderator), Dow, Elizabeth, Pennell, Joan, & Tobin Oates, Mary. (1999, August). Family group decision making in an Inuit community. Panel at the Building Strong Partnerships for Restorative Practices conference, Department of Social Work, University of Vermont; State of Vermont Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services and the Department of Corrections; and Real Justice; Burlington, VT.

Burford, Gale, & Pennell, Joan. (1999, August). Family group decision making: An in-depth look at outcomes and prospects. Panel at the Building Strong Partnerships for Restorative Practices conference, Department of Social Work, University of Vermont; State of Vermont Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services and the Department of Corrections; and Real Justice; Burlington, VT.

Pennell, Joan, & Burford, Gale. (1999, June). Family group conferencing for resolving child maltreatment and domestic violence. Workshop for Hampshire County Council Social Services, Winchester, England.

Cahn, Katherine, Lupton, Carol, & Pennell, Joan. (1999, May). Connecting policy and research. Plenary with Carol Harper (Facilitator) at the 1999 Family Group Decision Making Roundtable and International Conference on Evaluating Family Group Decision Making, American Humane Association conference, Seattle, WA.

Pennell, Joan, Burford, Gale, Macgowan, Mark, Waites, Cheryl, & Weil, Marie. (1999, May). Partnership-building evaluation in Newfoundland/Labrador and North Carolina. Presentation at the 1999 Family Group Decision Making Roundtable and International Conference on Evaluating Family Group Decision Making, American Humane Association conference, Seattle, WA.

Waites, Cheryl, Macgowan, Mark, Pennell, Joan, & Weil, Marie. (1999, May). Family group conferencing: Building partnerships with African American, Latino/Hispaños, and Native American families and communities. Presentation at the 1999 Family Group Decision Making Roundtable and International Conference on Evaluating Family Group Decision Making, American Humane Association conference, Seattle, WA.

Ristock, Janice, & Pennell, Joan. (1998, November). Building partnerships: Links and interruptions. Panel presentation at the 5th Canadian Conference on International Health, Hull, Quebec.

Pennell, Joan. (1998, November). Research issues and family group decision making. Panel presentation in L. Merkel-Holguin (Chair), Broadening responsibility through family group decision making, Engaging America's Communities: Joining Together for Safe Children & Strong Families, 12th Annual Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect, Cincinnati, OH.

Rockhill, Anna, Pennell, Joan, & Harper, Carol. (1998, November). Family group decision making: An analysis of the decision-making process and plans. Workshop at, Engaging America's Communities: Joining Together for Safe Children & Strong Families, 12th Annual Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect, Cincinnati, OH.

Pennell, Joan, & Macgowan, Mark. (1998, October). Measuring decision making in partnership-building groups. Presentation at Strengthening Resiliency through Group Work, 20th Annual Symposium of the Association for the Advancement of Social Work with Groups, Miami, Florida.

Pennell, Joan, & Macgowan, Mark. (1998, October). Developing participatory competence through family group decision making. Presentation at Strengthening Resiliency through Group Work, 20th Annual Symposium of the Association for the Advancement of Social Work with Groups, Miami, Florida.

Burford, Gale, & Pennell, Joan. (1998, September). Using FGCs to address domestic violence. Seminar at Family Group Conferences: Breaking New Ground, Second International Forum, Hampshire County Council, Winchester, England, United Kingdom.

Pennell, Joan, Burford, Gale, Hebert, Cheryl, Rowe, Andy, & Waterhouse, Jon. (1998, July). Family group decision making: Comparing outcomes and costs in stopping family violence. In Joan Pennell (Chair), Family Group Decision Making. Panel at Program Evaluation and Family Violence research: An International Conference, Family Research Laboratory, University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire.

Pennell, Joan. (1998, May). Using family group decision making in cases of child sexual abuse and domestic violence. Workshop at the American Humane Association Roundtable, Washington, DC.

Pennell, Joan, & Gunderson, Karin. (1998, March). Using family strengths and resources, natural support systems, and community partners to ensure child safety and achieve permanence. Workshop moderated by Pamela Day at Children '98: America's Promise, Child Welfare League of America National Conference, Washington, D.C.

Harper, Carol, & Pennell, Joan. (1997, November). Evaluating FGDM: What are the expected outcomes and how can they best be measured? Workshop at Family Group Decision Making: Assessing the Promise and Implementing the Practice, American Humane Association, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Pennell, Joan. (1997, September). Family group decision making for preventing abuse of children and women. In Liesel Urtnowski (Chair), Child and family welfare in aboriginal communities. Plenary at Widening the Circle: Developing Partnerships for Aboriginal Mental Health, Native Mental Health Research Team Conference, Institute of Community & Family Psychiatry, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Quebec.

Sherman, Ann, Pennell, Joan, & Lagasse, Vera. (1997, September). Crime prevention, Children and youth. Workshop presented at Challenging Fear, Creating Hope, 26^th Canadian Congress on Criminal Justice, Ottawa, Ontario.

Pennell, Joan, & Sherman, Ann. (1997, June). Youth Justice Model: 12 to 18 years. Panel presentation at the National Crime Prevention Council Workshop, Ottawa, Ontario.

Pennell, Joan, Burford, Gale, MacLeod, Susan, Hancock, Joyce, McCormack, Marilyn, Mills, Tom, Devine, Bren, & Theriault, Evariste. (1997, June). Family group decision making: Knitting communities of concern to resolve family violence. Panel at Canadian Association of Schools of Social Work Annual Conference, St. John's, Newfoundland.

Zamparo, Joanne, Urtnowski, Leisel, Lyall, Brian, Sammons, Susan, Gray, Kate, Bella, Leslie, Pennell, Joan, and Young, Wendy. (1997, June). Breaking ground: Aboriginal social work education and the graduate opportunities. Panel at Canadian Association of Schools of Social Work Annual Conference, St. John's, Newfoundland.

Burford, Gale, & Pennell, Joan. (1997, June). Addressing domestic violence through family group decision making. Plenary at Family Group Conferences in Action: An International Forum, Hampshire County Council with Family Rights Group, Winchester, United Kingdom.

Pennell, Joan, & Burford, Gale. (1997, June). Domestic violence and family group decision making. Seminar at Family Group Conferences in Action: An International Forum, Hampshire County Council with Family Rights Group, Winchester, United Kingdom.

Foley, Julie, Grey, Kate, Morris, Rick, Pennell, Joan, Rowe, Bill, Turner, Frank, & Zamparo, JoAnne. (1997, March). The future of social work. Teleconference for National Social Work Week Continuing Professional Event, co-sponsored by Newfoundland & Labrador Association Social Work and Memorial University of Newfoundland School of Social Work, St. John's, Newfoundland.

Bradshaw, Claudette, Elaine Scott, & Pennell, Joan. (1996). Healthy child development and its link to crime prevention. Workshop at Canada's Children . . . Canada's Future, sponsored by Child Welfare League of Canada and Ontario Association of Children's Aid Societies, Ottawa, Ontario.

Burford, Gale, Pennell, Joan, Williams, Fran, & Maggo, Paulos with translation by August and Rita Andersen. (1996, August). The role of traditional knowledge in stopping family violence through family and community group conferences in Nain, Labrador. Presentation at Traditional Knowledge and the Contemporary World, the 10th Inuit Studies Conference, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Newfoundland.

Pennell, Joan, & Ristock, Janice. (1996, June). Feminist links, postmodern interruptions: Toward a critical social work education. Presentation at Canadian Association of Schools of Social Work Learned Societies Conference, Brock University, St. Catherines, Ontario.

Ristock, Janice, & Pennell, Joan. (1996, May). Research as empowerment. Presentation at Resisting the Neo-Conservative Agenda Globally and Locally: Economy, Representation, and Feminist Praxis, 1996 Canadian Women's Studies Association Learned Societies Conference, Brock University, St. Catherines, Ontario.

Pennell, Joan. (1996, April). Completing the circle to stop family violence. Panel presentation in Circumpolar perspectives. Contemporary Aboriginal Justice Models: Completing the Circle, Canadian Bar Association 1996 Conference, Kahnawake Mohawk Territory, Quebec.

Pennell, Joan. (1996, April). Family group conferencing--Keeping children and women safe. In David Allen (Chair), Priority to children and parental support. Panel presentation at the Towards World Change: Setting the Stage for Community Safety, International Conference for Crime Prevention Practitioners, Vancouver, British Columbia.

Pennell, Joan, & Burford, Gale. (1996, January). Obstacles to partnership models in resolving family violence and child abuse. Panel presentation in New initiatives in family violence. Crime, Criminology and Change, Eleventh Annual Conference of the Australian and New Zealand Society of Criminology, Institute of Criminology, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand.

Pennell, Joan. (1995, July). National Crime Prevention Council. Presentation to the 44^th Annual Atlantic Association of Chiefs of Police Conference, St. John's, Newfoundland.

Pennell, Joan. (1995, June). Remaking strategies to stop family violence: Bringing together child protection and adult corrections in support of family group decision making. Paper presented at Remaking Canadian Social Policy: Staking Claims & Forging Change, Seventh Conference on Canadian Social Welfare Policy, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C.

Pennell, Joan, Campbell, Stella, & MacLeod, Susan. (1994, November). Protecting children through empowering mothers. Panel presented at Stopping the Violence: Changing Families, Changing Futures, national conference of the BC Institute on Family Violence, Vancouver, British Columbia.

Pennell, Joan, & Milliken, Eveline. (1994, November). Research as empowerment. Paper presented at Stopping the Violence: Changing Families, Changing Futures, national conference of the BC Institute on Family Violence, Vancouver, British Columbia.

Pennell, Joan. (1994, September). Crime prevention strategy. Paper presented at the bi-annual Atlantic regional meeting of the National Joint Committee of the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police and Federal Correctional Services, St. John's, Newfoundland.

Pennell, Joan. (1994, June). Integrating aboriginal and white approaches for resolving family violence: The model of family group decision making. Presentation on panel with Leslie Bella and Sharon Taylor, Towards culturally appropriate prevention: Three community-based responses to violence, at the Annual Conference of the Canadian Association of Schools of Social Work, Calgary, Alberta.

Pennell, Joan, & McCormack, Marilyn (1994, June). The Family Group Decision Making Project. Workshop at the Child Welfare League of Canada and Nova Scotia Family and Child Welfare Association, Building on community strengths in support of families and children, Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Burford, Gale, & Pennell, Joan. (1994, May). Family Group Decision Making: An innovation in child and family welfare. Paper presented at the National Research and Policy Symposium on Child Welfare, Kananaskis, Alberta.

Pennell, Joan. (1992, June). Collaboratively analyzing images of class relations within labor-unionized shelters. In Collaborative Research Educated Within the Battered-women's Movement: Two Approaches. Panel with Janice Ristock at the 1992 Annual Conference of the National Women's Studies Association, Austin, Texas.

Taylor, Sharon, & Pennell, Joan. (1992, May). Strengthening feminist process in academia. Resources for Learning and Teaching Circle on Struggle and Oppression at the 1992 Annual Conference of the Canadian Association of Schools of Social Work, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island.

Pennell, Joan. (1992, May). Collaboratively defining reality within the battered-women's movement: Two research approaches. Panel with Janice Ristock at the 1992 Annual Conference of the Canadian Women's Studies Association, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island.

Pennell, Joan. (1991, November). Joining feminist and trade unionist visions: The organization of battered-women's shelters. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women, Edmonton, Alberta.

Pennell, Joan. (1991, June). The participation of non-native workers in aboriginal social services. In Elizabeth Hill (Chair), Aboriginal Community Services on Family Violence. Panel at the conference Alternatives: Directions in the Nineties to End the Abuse of Women, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Milliken, Eveline, Pennell, Joan, Flaherty, Maureen, Flamand, Shirley, Gravel, Naomi, & Neuman, Mallory. (1991, May). A comparison of feminist social work education in nonmainstream and mainstream classes. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Canadian Association of Schools of Social Work, Kingston, Ontario.

Pennell, Joan, Milliken, Eveline, Flaherty, Maureen, Flamand, Shirley, Gravel, Naomi, & Neuman, Mallory. (1991, March). The culture and effect of feminist social work education. Paper presented at the 37^th Annual Program Meeting of the Council on Social Work Education, New Orleans, Louisiana.

Pennell, Joan. (1990, August). Democratic hierarchy in battered-women's programs. Paper presented at the Fifth Annual National Conference of the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, Amherst, Massachusetts.

Pennell, Joan. (1990, August). The labor unionization of battered-women's programs. Paper presented at the Fifth Annual National Conference of the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, Amherst, Massachusetts.

Pennell, Joan. (1990, June). Women's perspectives and feminist commitments: Theoretical significance for social work education. In Jill Niebrugge-Brantley (Chair), Calling the Question: The Feminist Revisioning of Sociology. Panel at the Twelfth Annual Conference of the National Women's Studies Association, Akron, Ohio.

Pennell, Joan, & Gravel, Naomi. (1990, June). Critical incidents in feminist social work education. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Canadian Association of Schools of Social Work, Victoria, British Columbia.

Pennell, Joan. (1989, September). An exploration of job interest, satisfaction, and commitment in social movement organizations. In Timothy Turner (Chair), Voluntarism: A Threatened Paradigm. Panel at the Annual Conference of the Association of Voluntary Action Scholars, Seattle.

Pennell, Joan. (1989, July). Can schools counter family violence? Paper presented at the Fiftieth Anniversary Conference of the Canadian Home Economics Association, Winnipeg.

Pennell, Joan. (1989, June). Democratic hierarchy at battered-women's programs. Paper presented at the Eleventh Annual Conference of the National Women's Studies Association, Towson, Maryland.

Pennell, Joan. (1988, June). Loops, links, and convolutions: Democratic configurations at a Canadian and an American battered-women's association. Paper presented at the Tenth Annual Conference of the National Women's Studies Association, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Pennell, Joan. (1987, July). Labor unions in battered-women shelters: Divergent trends in Canada and the United States. Paper presented at the Third National Conference for Family Violence Researchers, Durham, New Hampshire.

Hawkins, Frank, & Pennell, Joan. (1983, June). Training for field instructor competence: Utilization of an integration model. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Canadian Association of Schools of Social Work conference, Vancouver, British Columbia.

Pennell, Joan, & Allen, David. (1978, June). Personal self, professional self and the women's movement. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Canadian Association of Schools of Social Work, Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Regional/Local

Pennell, J., Poindexter, B., & McNeill, H. (2007, May). The value of child and family teams. Presentation to Meeting of Western Regional Directors of County Departments of Social Services. (invited)

Pennell, J. (2007, May). Family meetings and creative interventions. Presentation to Creative Interventions, Oakland, CA. (invited)

Pennell, J., & Cooper, C. (2007, March). Family-centered meetings and permanency for children and youth. Workshop for Child Welfare Education and Support Seminar, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA. (invited)

Pennell, J. (2007, March). Embedding evaluation in training and practice. Presentation at Child and Family Research Seminar Series, Center for Child and Family Policy, Duke University, Durham, NC. (invited)

Pennell, J. (2007, January). Good practices to fit the context of family meetings. Workshop at the California Family to Family Statewide Convening: Strengthening Our Response to Domestic Violence, The Center for Human Services, UC Davis Extension, University of California, Sacramento, CA. (invited)

Pennell, J. (2007, January). Keeping everyone safe: Family meetings and family violence. Workshop at the California Family to Family Statewide Convening: Strengthening Our Response to Domestic Violence, The Center for Human Services, UC Davis Extension, University of California, Sacramento, CA. (invited)

Pennell, J. (2005, November). North Carolina Family-Centered Meetings Project. In College of Humanities and Social Sciences presentation to North Carolina State University Board of Trustees, Raleigh, NC. (invited)

Pennell, J., Alderson, J., & Jarvis, S. (2005, October). Supporting staff development of and by supervisors: The example of family-centered meetings. Workshop at 84th Annual Social Services Institute, Hickory, NC.

Pennell, J., Morgan, M., & Cromwell, M. (2005, June). CFT meetings and family violence-What are the safety considerations? Institute at MRS Learning Institute, North Carolina Division of Social Services, Greensboro, NC.

Pennell, J. (2005, May). Family conferencing/Restorative justice model. Creative Interventions, Oakland, CA.

Pennell, J. (2003, July). Family group conferencing. Presentation to joint class of Scottish and North Carolina social work class at University of North Carolina at Greensboro, NC. (invited)

Pennell, J. (2002, October). Feminist praxis: Making FGC work. Presentation for Eigen Kracht, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Pennell, J. (2002, October). FGC & family violence: Sharings from North Carolina. Presentation at DoVe Project Forum, Basingstoke, England.

Pennell, J. (2002, May). Proactive responses to domestic violence: Family group conferencing. Presentation to NC State University Campus Police, Raleigh, NC.

Pennell, J. (2001, October). Family group conferencing: What is it and how to get it going? Workshop for Children's Justice Task Force Conference 2001, Morgantown and Charleston, WV.

Pennell, J. (2000, December). Family group conferencing: Model and current results. Post-Doctoral Mental Health Seminar, Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and Department of Psychiatry, Duke University, Durham, NC.

Pennell, J. (2000, November). Family group conferencing: Empowerment Evaluation. Presentation to doctoral class, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Social Work, Chapel Hill, NC.

Pennell, J. (2000, June). Family group conferencing: Building partnerships within and around families. Workshops for Virginia Commonwealth University, School of Social Work, Virginia Institute for Social Services Training Activities, Williamsburg and Roanoke, VA.

Pennell, J., & Turner, T. (2000, May). Family group conferencing. Presentation at Leadership Roundtable, North Carolina Association of County Directors of Social Services and the Jordan Institute, Asheville, NC.

Pennell, J., & Francis, S. (2000, March). Using family group conferencing in situations of domestic violence. Presentation at the North Carolina Coalition Against Domestic Violence Region IV meeting, Raleigh, NC.

Sandell, K., Pennell, J., & Hernandez, T. (1999, October). Family Group Conferencing in North Carolina. Workshop at Embracing Diversity, Renewing Ourselves, the Eighth Annual Conference and Training of North Carolina Family Based Services Association, Wrightsville Beach, NC.

Pennell, J., & Macgowan, M. (1999, August). Family group conferencing in North Carolina: Policy and practice. Workshop at the First Annual North Carolina Court Improvement Conference, Raleigh, NC.

Pennell, Joan. (1999, May). Family group conferencing with teen mothers. Workshop for Pathways Teen Mother Support Project, University of South Carolina, Institute for Families in Society, Columbia, SC.

Pennell, Joan. (1999, March). Family group conferencing: Building partnerships within and around families. Workshops for Virginia Commonwealth University, School of Social Work, Richmond and Arlington, VA.

Pennell, Joan. (1998, December). Family group conferencing: Widening the circle to stop family violence. Presentation in Janis Kupersmidt (Chair), Carolina Seminar on Aggression and Violence among Youth, Durham, NC.

Pennell, J. (1998, November). Family group conferencing: Building partnerships to stop woman and child abuse. Presentation to the Shelter Directors at Interact: The Family Violence Prevention Center, Inc., Raleigh, North Carolina.

Pennell, J. (1998, November). Family group conferencing: Building partnerships with and around families. Presentation at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington, Social Work Program, Wilmington, North Carolina.

Pennell, J. (1998, November). Family group conferencing: Building partnerships to stop woman and child abuse. Presentation to the Shelter Directors at Interact: The Family Violence Prevention Center, Inc., Raleigh, North Carolina.

Pennell, J. (1998, November). Family group conferencing: Building partnerships with and around families. Presentation at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington, Social Work Program, Wilmington, North Carolina.

Pennell, Joan. (1998, July). Using family group decision making in cases of child sexual abuse and domestic violence. Keynote presentation at Mid-Year Networking Meeting, Family Resolutions Project, Utica, New York.

Pennell, Joan, & Burford, Gale. (1998, June). Widening the circle ­ From family secrets to partnerships for change. Plenary at Change Is Hard, conference of Oregon Department of Human Services, State Office for Services to Children and Families, Corvallis, Oregon.

Pennell, Joan. (1998, May). Family group decision making: Including the voices of young people. Workshop at Through the eyes of the child: Celebrating and creating success, Conference for North Carolina's Challenge for Children Counties, Raleigh, North Carolina.

Pennell, Joan. (1998, February). Family Group Decision Making and Youth Services. Forum with Orange County Youth Services Advisory Commission, North Carolina.

Pennell, Joan. (1998, February). Family group decision making ­ Planning with families. Presentation at the North Carolina Division of Social Services, A Retreat on Concurrent Planning and Family Group Decision Making, Raleigh, North Carolina.

Pennell, Joan. (1997, September). Family group decision making: Building social supports to resolve family violence. Colloquium presentation at University of North Carolina, School of Social Work, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

Pennell, Joan. (1997, July). Central tenets of family group decision making, mediation, and court. Presentation in workshop on mediation, sponsored by Division of Child Welfare, Human Resources & Employment, St. John's, Newfoundland.

Pennell, Joan. (1997, June). After the conference -- A follow-up study of family group decision making. Workshop presented at Eleventh Annual Atlantic Crime Prevention Conference, Corner Brook, Newfoundland.

Pennell, Joan, & Lagasse, Vera. (1997, June). Intervention Model: Ages 12 - 18 (National Crime Prevention Council). Workshop presented at Eleventh Annual Atlantic Crime Prevention Conference, Corner Brook, Newfoundland.

Pennell, Joan, & Burford, Gale. (1997, May). Family group decision making and domestic violence. Workshop sponsored by Portland State University Child Welfare Partnership Training Unit and Oregon State Services to Children and Families, Portland, Oregon.

Pennell, Joan. (1996, November). How can families, communities, and government work together to stop family violence? Presentation at Crime Prevention Forum, Port Union, Newfoundland.

Pennell, Joan, & Ha, Vinh. (1996, June). Youth and youth justice issues. Plenary workshop at Community Spirit=Community Safety, National Crime Prevention Conference, Tenth Annual Atlantic Crime Prevention Conference, Summerside, Prince Edward Island.

Pennell, Joan. (1996, June). Family group conferencing. Workshop at Community Spirit=Community Safety, National Crime Prevention Conference, Tenth Annual Atlantic Crime Prevention Conference, Summerside, Prince Edward Island.

Pennell, Joan. (1996, April). Wrap-up session. Professional Development Teleconference Series, Provincial Association Against Family Violence, St. John's, Newfoundland.

Pennell, Joan. (1996, February). Research as empowerment. Seminar at Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand.

Pennell, Joan, & Burford, Gale. (1995, December). Family group decision making. Colloquium at McGill University, School of Social Work, Montreal.

Burford, Gale, & Pennell, Joan. (1995, November). Family group decision making. Training workshop presented for Casey Family Services at Montpelier, Vermont.

Pennell, Joan. (1995, November). Developing effective community alternatives for young offenders. Panel chaired by Peter Fenwick, Workshop of the John Howard Society of Newfoundland, St. John's, Newfoundland.

Pennell, Joan. (1995, November). Opening remarks to Together We're Better, 1995 Conference of the Citizens' Crime Prevention Association of Newfoundland and Labrador, Stephenville, Newfoundland.

Pennell, Joan. (1995, June). Family group decision making. Workshop presented at Communities in Action, Ninth Annual Atlantic Crime Prevention Conference, Summerside, Prince Edward Island.

Pennell, Joan, Burford, Gale, Peckford, Bruce, Crawford, Elizabeth, Tuck, Karen, Campbell, Stella, Lyall, George, & MacLeod, Susan. (1994, June). Developing a family empowerment model in partnership with community and government. Panel presented at Protection through Empowerment: Caring for Children and Families, first annual symposium of the Chair in Child Protection, School of Social Work, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Newfoundland.

Pennell, Joan. (1994, May). Family group decision making - Collaborative action research. In Brian Wharf (Chair), Implementation and Evaluation of the Child, Family and Community Service Act. A symposium on research issues and approaches at Victoria, British Columbia.

Pennell, Joan, Burford, Gale, Campbell, Stella, Lyall, George, & MacLeod, Susan. (1994, March). Family Group Decision Making Project. Faculty of Social Work Colloquium for Social Work Week, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's.

Pennell, Joan. (1993, September). Family decision making model. Opening presentation at the Western Regional Consultation, Committee to Build a Provincial Strategy to Address Violence Against Women, Children and Elderly and Dependent Adults, Corner Brook, Newfoundland.

Pennell, Joan. (1993, September). Countering disempowerment. Workshop for Waterford Hospital, Social Work Department, St. John's.

Burford, Gale, & Pennell, Joan. (1994, May). Family Group Decision Making: An innovation in child and family welfare. Paper presented at the National Research and Policy Symposium on Child Welfare, Kananaskis, Alberta.

Pennell, Joan, & Milliken, Eveline. (1993, June). Affirming women and their families. Workshop at the 1993 Annual Conference of the Canadian Association of Schools of Social Work, Ottawa, Ontario.

Pennell, Joan, & Burford, Gale. (1993, June). Young people having a say: An alternative community within the social welfare system. In Reforms and Innovation in Child Welfare. Panel at the 6^th Biennial Social Welfare Policy Conference, Rethinking Social Welfare: People, Policy and Practice, St. John's, Newfoundland.

Pennell, Joan. (1993, April). Family violence. Sessions at Growing Together, Workshop at Bishop O'Reilly High School, Aguathuna, Newfoundland.

Pennell, Joan. (1993, March). Ethical choices and social work practice. Workshop for Waterford Hospital, Social Work Department, St. John's.

Burford, Gale, & Pennell, Joan. (1993, March). Families resolving family violence. Faculty of Social Work Colloquium for Social Work Week, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's.

Pennell, Joan. (1992, November). Consensus. Workshop for Choices for Youth, St. John's, Newfoundland.

Pennell, Joan. (1992, September). Cultural interpretations of family violence. In Lan Gien (Chair), Family Violence: The Hidden Problem. Panel at the Atlantic Settlement Conference, Association for New Canadians, St. John's, Newfoundland.

Burford, Gale, Pennell, Joan, & Burnham, Jane. (1992, August). Reflection day. Workshop on the program evaluation of Choices for Youth, St. John's, Newfoundland.

Pennell, Joan. (1992, April). Social issues: violence. Panel of the Newfoundland and Labrador Housing Tenants Association, St. John's, Newfoundland.

Pennell, Joan, & Murphy, Helen. (1992, March). Workshop Facilitator, Feminism and collectives, Iris Kirby House (for abused women), St. John's, Newfoundland.

Pennell, Joan. (1992, February). Honouring the professing in the professional: Commitments and competencies of a feminist social work researcher. In Leslie Bella (Chair), Feminist Scholarship in a Professional School: Implications for Practice. Faculty colloquium at Memorial University of Newfoundland, School of Social Work.

Pennell, Joan. (1989, April). Democratic hierarchy at battered-women's programs. Paper presented at the research symposium Current Focus and New Directions, held by the University of Manitoba, Faculty of Social Work, Child and Family Services Research Group.

Pennell, Joan. (1989, January). Legal counselling. Paper presented at the University of Manitoba, Faculty of Law course in Interviewing, Counselling and Negotiations.

Pennell, Joan. (1988, October). The battered woman syndrome. Panel member for the Annual General Meeting of the Elizabeth Fry Society of Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Pennell, Joan. (1982, May). Group work. Workshop conducted for family service workers at the Department of Social Services, St. John's, Newfoundland.

Pennell, Joan. (1982, February). Communication skills. Workshop conducted for the St. John's and Metropolitan Area Juvenile Diversion Program Mediators' Training Workshop, St. John's, Newfoundland.

Pennell, Joan, & Rabinowitz, Melba. (1981). Services for children of battered women. Paper presented at the Conference, Our Children . . . A Community Responsibility, St. John's, Newfoundland.

Pennell, Joan. (1981). Group work. Paper presented at the meeting of the Occupational Therapists Association, St. John's, Newfoundland.

Pennell, Joan. (1981, June). Group work. Workshop conducted for hospital staff, Western Memorial Hospital, Corner Brook, Newfoundland.

Pennell, Joan. (1981, January). Communication skills. Workshop conducted for the St. John's and Metropolitan Area Juvenile Diversion Program Mediators' Training Workshop, St. John's, Newfoundland.

Pennell, Joan. (1980, March). Group Dynamics. Workshop conducted at the Conference, Preparing for Childbirth, of the Atlantic Nurse-Midwives Association, St. John's, Newfoundland.

Pennell, Joan. (1980). Group work with single parents. Workshop conducted for Department of Social Services' Summer Work Project, St. John's, Newfoundland.

Pennell, Joan. (1979, August). Feminist Counselling. Workshop conducted for Transition House staff, St. John's, Newfoundland.

Pennell, Joan. (1979). Assertiveness training. Workshop conducted for Mothers in Need Project, St. John's, Newfoundland.

Pennell, Joan. (1978, February). Group work with single parents. Workshop conducted for the Workshop on Single Parenthood, Department of Social Services, Gander, Newfoundland.

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(1998, July). Communities and changes in the fishery: Impacts in Newfoundland and North Carolina. Presentations by Patricia Canning, Charlotte Strong, Lena Carawan, and Jerry Schill with co-moderation by Richard Edwards and Joan Pennell. Panel at the Preserving and Strengthening Rural Communities, 23^rd Annual National Institute on Social Work and Human Services in Rural Areas, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Social Work, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

(1998, February). Newfoundland families adapting to the fishing moratorium. Presentations by Patricia Canning and Charlotte Strong at North Carolina State University (co-sponsored by Social Work Program, Department of Marine, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences, and North Carolina Sea Grant), University of North Carolina­Chapel Hill (School of Social Work), and East Carolina University (School of Social Work).

(1997, June). Planning for restructuring: Bringing together health and social programming. Forum with Judge Thomas Gove, co-sponsored by Memorial University's School of Social Work, Newfoundland & Labrador Department of Human Resources and Development, and Newfoundland Regional Community Health Boards, St. John's, Newfoundland.

(1996, October). The experience with cost-effectiveness analysis in the United Kingdom. Presentation by Ann Netten and response by Linda Baker at Crime Prevention: Money Well Spent? Seminar on the Social and Cost Effectiveness of Crime Prevention, National Crime Prevention Council, Ottawa, Ontario.

(1996, June). Aboriginal children their right to advocacy, belonging and continuity. Talking circle with Ann Charter at The A B C's of Child Protection: Advocacy, Belonging and Continuity, Third Chair in Child Protection Annual Symposium, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Newfoundland.

(1995, October). Overview of existing diversion programs in Canada. Workshop at the Canadian Congress on Criminal Justice of the Canadian Criminal Justice Association, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

(1993, November). Victimization of Women in Child Protection Matters. Roundtable Discussion at the 17^th Annual Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women, Expanding the Healing Circle, St. John's, Newfoundland.

(1993, June). Education and Empowerment. Panel at the 6^th Biennial Social Welfare Policy Conference, Rethinking Social Welfare: People, Policy and Practice, St. John's, Newfoundland.

(1991, June). Conference Alternatives: Directions in the Nineties to End the Abuse of Women, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Tillie Blackbear (Plenary Speaker), Beyond the shelter doors, making the connection.

Don Fuchs & Therese Costes (Presenters), Strengthening social network ties at the neighborhood level to end abuse of women.

Evan Stark (Presenter), Making the connections: Domestic violence and child abuse.

Elizabeth Hill (Presenter), First Nations' approaches to healing.

With Hill, Elizabeth. (1989, April). Research guided practice in family violence. Panel at the research symposium Current Focus and New Directions, University of Manitoba, Faculty of Social Work, Child and Family Services Research Group.

(1986, April). For Ronnie Steinberg & Eileen Appelbaum (Presenters), Comparable worth. Panel at Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania.

(1981). Menstruation to menopause. Panel at the Status of Women Council Conference on Our Sexual Beings, St. John's, Newfoundland.