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Annual Hoarding Conference
November 3 @ 8:15 am – 4:30 pm
Registration for the Annual Hoarding Conference is now closed.
Join us for our Annual Hoarding Conference! This year’s topic is Harm Reduction for Hoarding: Translating Research Knowledge to Community Practices.
During this day long interactive workshop, keynote speaker Christiana Bratiotis, PhD Professor at the University of British Columbia, will give an overview of the definition, diagnostic categorization, demographics, prevalence, course and manifestations of hoarding. Information will also be provided about evidence-based hoarding assessments, including harm reduction interventions and the newly developed Home Environment Assessment Tool for Hoarding (HEATH).
Workshop attendees will have the opportunity to develop skills through hands-on practice with a standardized case study. Tips and strategies for enhancing motivation, effective communication and reducing risk of harm are offered for those working with and supporting people with lived experience of hoarding.
There are in-person and virtual options for attending this conference. In-person attendance includes breakfast, lunch and snack.
Pricing
In-Person Conference Ticket: $50
Virtual Conference Ticket: $50
In-Person Student Ticket: $35
Virtual Student Ticket: $35
Continuing Education Units
The ADAMHS Board is an approved provider through the Ohio Chemical Dependency Professionals Board and the Ohio Counselor, Social Worker, Marriage and Family Therapist Board offering Recognized Clock Hours (RCH) to Chemical Dependency Professionals, as well as Continuing Professional Education hours (CEUs) to Counselors and Social Workers and has awarded 6 CEU/RCHs for this conference. All participants must attend the entire conference and complete an evaluation form with full licensure information to receive CEUs/RCHs. No partial CEUs/RCHs will be provided. Please allow 30 days from date of conference for attendance to be recorded in CE Broker and receipt of certificate. Certificates will be emailed to the email address used at registration.
For questions on CEUs, please contact Carmen Gandarilla at (216) 479-3268 or [email protected]. If you wish to register a group, please email Jen Cosma at [email protected].
Agenda
| Time | Description |
| 8:15 AM- 8:50 AM | -Registration and Breakfast in person -Log on and attendance for online registrants |
| 8:50 AM-9:00 AM | Welcome and Introduction of Christiana Bratiotis Ph.D., Keynote Speaker -Orion Bell, President and CEO Benjamin Rose -Leshia Yarbrough Franklin Hoarding Connection Co-Chair and ADAMHS Board Cuyahoga County |
| 9:00 AM-10:30 AM | Hoarding basics (including DSM 5 criteria, manifestations, etiology, course and prevalence) |
| 10:30 AM-10:45 AM | Break |
| 10:45 AM-12:15 PM | -Prevention, early intervention and intervention overview -Common legal concerns and hoarding behavior (including ADA disability reasonable accommodation) |
| 12:15 PM-1:15 PM | Lunch |
| 1:15 PM-2:45 PM | -Introduction to assessment of hoarding—tools and principles -Small group assessment gractice using the case study and HEATH -Goal planning and Intervention using case study |
| 2:45 PM-3:00 PM | Break |
| 3:00 PM-4:30 PM | -Harm reduction principles and plan using case study -Necessary companion interventions including case management and motivational interviewing |
Speaker
Christiana Bratiotis, PhD, MSW
Associate Professor, School of Social Work, The University of British Columbia
Dr. Christiana Bratiotis is an Associate Professor in the School of Social Work at The University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada, where she teaches social work practice classes across the master’s and PhD programs and supervises social work doctoral students. She currently serves as Faculty Chair of the MSW program. Christiana has led work in the formation and operation of multi-disciplinary community hoarding task forces around the world and is the leading global authority on implementing community-based interventions for hoarding. Her current research interests center on hoarding treatment and intervention efforts in the context of affordable housing and community-based organizations. Christiana has authored two books on hoarding: The Hoarding Handbook: A Guide for Human Service Professionals (2013) and Hoarding: What Everyone Needs to Know (2020), both released by Oxford University Press.
Dr. Christiana Bratiotis is an Associate Professor in the School of Social Work at The University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada, where she teaches social work practice classes across the master’s and PhD programs and supervises social work doctoral students. She currently serves as Faculty Chair of the MSW program. Christiana has led work in the formation and operation of multi-disciplinary community hoarding task forces around the world and is the leading global authority on implementing community-based interventions for hoarding. Her current research interests center on hoarding treatment and intervention efforts in the context of affordable housing and community-based organizations. Christiana has authored two books on hoarding: The Hoarding Handbook: A Guide for Human Service Professionals (2013) and Hoarding: What Everyone Needs to Know (2020), both released by Oxford University Press.
Throughout her academic career, she has also taught courses in social welfare, mental health policy and social analysis. In addition to her scholarly work, she supervises students who provide clinical treatment and she offers national and international consultation on hoarding behaviour to families and communities.
In 2017 Christiana took advantage of an opportunity to relocate to Vancouver and became an affiliated faculty with the UBC Centre for Collaborative Research on Hoarding where she conducts cross-disciplinary research and co-supervises clinical psychology students.
She has given more than 250 invited community lectures, keynote addresses, agency clinical trainings and academic presentations around the world. In 2011, Christiana developed the HOMES Multi-disciplinary Hoarding Risk Assessment which has been translated into six languages and is a tool used by communities to assess risk and guide hoarding interventions.
Dr. Bratiotis earned her Bachelor of Arts in Social Psychology and Masters of Social Work (MSW) from the University of Nevada, Reno. She completed a 1-year post-MSW fellowship at the Yale School of Medicine, Child Study Center. Christiana served as executive director for two non-profit organizations and has more than 23 years of experience working in and with communities to build capacity and address issues of diversity and social justice.
Her work has been highlighted by media outlets including the Canadian Press, The Vancouver Sun, the New York Times, Boston Globe and the Chicago Tribune.
In 2014, Christiana received the Tenancy Assistance Program Individual Award from Boston’s MassHousing and in 2010, she was recognized with an Excellence in Teaching Award by Boston University. She consistently achieves exceptionally high teaching evaluations and in her words, “is honoured to contribute to the development of emerging social work practitioners and behavioural health interventionists.”
