The National Children’s Advocacy Center will host the 9th National Conference on Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation Prevention at the Marriott Convention Center in New Orleans, Louisiana on August 26-28, 2008.
Child maltreatment is a significant social and public health problem in the United States (U.S.). In 2006, child protective services confirmed that approximately 905,000 children in the U.S. were victims of maltreatment and 1,530 died from abuse or neglect. Unfortunately, these numbers likely underestimate the magnitude of the problem in this country.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is pleased to announce the publication of Child Maltreatment Surveillance: Uniform Definitions for Public Health and Recommended Data Elements. This document provides conceptual definitions of child maltreatment, presents associated terms, and recommends data elements for voluntary use by the public health community in the development of surveillance systems. Hard copies of the publication can be ordered on-line at http://wwwn.cdc.gov/pubs/ncipc.aspx. An electronic copy is available at http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/dvp/CMP/CMP-Surveillance.htm.
The National Children’s Advocacy Center (NCAC) is offering a Forensic Evaluation Training for graduate level mental health clinicians who are interested in conducting extended forensic evaluations of children when sexual abuse is suspected. This training is appropriate for both clinicians with some experience and those just beginning this type of work. It is not designed for front line investigative interviewers who conduct one-time interviews.
The training will be held over three full days on April 28-30, 2008, July 28-30, 2008 and November 12-14, 2008. The fee for each training session is $549. Participants are responsible for all transportation, lodging and some meals (lunches will be provided).
The National Children’s Advocacy Center is proud to announce the 9th National Conference on Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation Prevention will be held at the Marriott Convention Center in New Orleans, Louisiana, on August 26-28, 2008.
The Missouri State University Department of Nursing is sponsoring a parenting conference on Saturday, April 19th from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. called “Healing the Heart of a Challenging Child”. Proceeds from the conference will support nursing scholarships.
St. Luke’s Hospital of Kansas City is proud to collaborate with local, state and national experts in forensic care to offer its first Forensic_Investigations conference on June 19-20, 2008, at the Holiday Inn at the Plaza in Kansas City, Missouri. For more information, contact Connie Brogan, RN, CEN, SANE-A at (816) 617-7892, or by e-mail.
The National Child Traumatic Stress Network, in collaboration Rady Children’s Hospital, Chadwick Center for Children and Families, Child and Family Policy Institute of California (CFPIC), California Social Work Education Center (CalSWEC) and California Institute for Mental Health (CIMH) has developed a toolkit, Child Welfare Trauma Training Toolkit, designed to teach basic knowledge, skills, and values about working with children who are in the child welfare system and who have experienced traumatic stress.
Stepping Stones for SAFE Kids: The Medical Response to Child Abuse - New SAFE provider, Current SAFE provider and Child Abuse advocates training - Agenda and registration now available.
Mark your calendar for the all-new Stop Bullying Now! Webcast hosted by U.S. Dept of Health & Human Services, Health Resources & Services Administration and Maternal and Child Health Bureau. The webcast will be held on Wednesday, April 16, 2008, from 1:30 p.m. to 3:00 pm. EDT. The Stop Bullying Now! Webcast will feature “spotlight examples” of state- and community-level campaigns that use the Stop Bullying Now! resources, and will outline how YOU can put the resources to work locally. The webcast will also include a brief overview of the entire Stop Bullying Now! campaign and its resources. Stay tuned for details on how to register!
Break the Cycle is proud to offer a webinar that will look at the challenges that arise when responding to statutory sexual violence, Improving Community Responses to Statutory Sexual Assault. The webinar will be held on Tuesday, March 25, 2008, from 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m EST.
