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Join Us in San Diego For APSAC'S
Advanced Training Institutes
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Online Registration Closing Friday, January 18th
- Hot Topics in Promoting Resilience in Children
- Advanced Forensic Interviewing Techniques: Interviewing Victims of Commercial Sexual Exploitation and Using Evidence in Forensic Interviews
E-mail
info@apsac.org
after January 18th, or register on site on January 27th.
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Read the Latest
APSAC Advisor
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APSAC is proud to present the latest issue of the
APSAC Advisor.
This issue, edited by Angelo Giardino, MD, PhD, and Christopher Greeley, MD, MS, explores both emerging and on-going issues in child maltreatment. Articles in this issue include:
- At Issue: Supporting Our Immigrant Children
- Evidence-Based Assessment in the Aftermath of Disasters: Towards a Best-Practice Model for Evaluating Hurricane-Exposed Youth
- Improving the Effectiveness of Intimate Partner Violence Screening: Results From a Local Needs Assessment
- Suicide-Related Behaviors Among Abused and Maltreated Youth: A Call to Action and Recommendations for Providers
- Bonded to the Abuser: How and Why Children Form and Maintain Attachments with Abusive Caregivers
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Members: Access Past Issues of the
Advisor
and
Alert
Online!
Members can now access nearly 30 years of the APSAC Advisor and nearly 10 years of the APSAC Alert online in an indexed, searchable library. To access this extraordinary collection, click the link below to log in as a member, then click the link that says, "Access the New APSAC Online Library of Past Advisor and Alert Issues!"
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Renew Your Membership Today
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Don't miss a single issue of the
APSAC Advisor
or our training and networking opportunities. Renew your with APSAC membership today!
APSAC members can receive 10% off of their membership for each new member they recruit - Recruit 10 new members and your membership is free! Contact
info@apsac.org
with the names of members you've recruited to receive your discount!
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Want to bring high quality professional education to your state? The APSAC training team offers customized training to fit your needs!
Contact:
Jim Campbell
Training Coordinator for more info. CEUs available!
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Registration for APSAC's 26th Colloquium in
Salt Lake City is Now Open
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Salt Lake City, Utah | June 18-22, 2019
APSAC's 26th Colloquium will bring high-quality learning opportunities to child maltreatment researchers and practitioners across experience levels and professions. Sessions have been designated as beginning, intermediate, or advanced level content. Sessions will be designed for professionals in mental health, social work, medicine and nursing, law, education, law enforcement, prevention, research, advocacy, child protective service, and allied fields.
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Exciting Updates to our Forensic Interview Clinics
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APSAC is thrilled to announce that we will be offering three forensic interviewing clinics in 2019. In addition to our dynamic 40-hour training, we will hold two two-day advanced clinics focused on enhancing the skills of experienced forensic interviewers. Training details:
- June 18-19, 2019 – Two-day advanced clinic as part of the 2019 Colloquium – Salt Lake City, UT – Registration Open
- December 11-12, 2019 – Two-day advanced clinic – New Orleans, LA – Registration coming soon!
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Trainings in Alternatives for Families: a Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
February 18-20 in San Jose, CA
If you work with families with high levels of conflict, aggression, or child physical abuse, APSAC member Barbara Baumann invites you to consider receiving training in Alternatives for Families: a Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (AF-CBT). (AF-CBT) is a trauma-informed, evidence-based treatment (EBT) designed to improve the relationships between children and caregivers in families involved in arguments, frequent conflict, physical force/discipline, child physical abuse, or child behavior problems.
This is a 2.5 Day Clinician Training with 12 Year-Long Monthly Case Consultations, an advanced half-day training, a comprehensive Session Guide, and client-friendly handouts and worksheets. AF-CBT materials are available in English, Spanish, Japanese, and Korean.
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Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Video Series
Featuring APSAC Founding President Dr. Jon Conte as technical advisor
In early 2017, the Barbara Sinatra Children’s Center Foundation released the animated video series titled
“
The Protect Yourself Rules
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for children grades K-6. APSAC Founding President Dr. Jon Conte was a key technical advisor to this project!
The series has garnered nearly 12,000,000 views on YouTube. The most popular episode in the series "Secrets" has over 4,000,000 views. Current and upcoming videos are free at
fightchildabuse.org
or on
YouTube:
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Click the video above to watch "The Protect Yourself Rules" on YouTube
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Get Involved in an APSAC State Chapter
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APSAC state chapters offer a number of opportunities for APSAC members to get involved at the state level—such as participating in trainings, advocating around key child maltreatment issues in your state, publishing newsletters and white papers, and participating in special interest groups and task forces.
Visit the APSAC website
to find the chapter leader in your state and learn how to get involved! No chapter in your state?
Contact Bri Stormer
to get more information on starting an APSAC chapter!
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News From the New York Foundling
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2019 Child Maltreatment Workshop Series
The New York Foundling's Vincent J. Fontana Center for Child Protection and New York University's Silver School of Social Work are proud to present their 2018-2019 workshop series, which offers opportunities both in person and via webinar. The 2019 workshops include:
- Psychological Maltreatment - A Central Issue in Violence Against Children: February 13, 2019, 12-1 PM EST (webinar) - Presented by Amy J.L. Baker, PhD, Stuart Hart, PhD, and Marla Brassard, PhD
- What's New in Child Sexual Abuse Prevention and How to Make it Work for You: March 27, 2019, 12-1 PM EST (webinar) - Presented by Janet Rosenzweig, PhD, MPA
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Resources to Inform Your Practice
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From the New England Adolescent Resource Institute (NEARI) Press
Understanding and Responding Proactively to Polyvictimization
From the latest issue of The Children's Bureau Express
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The American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children
1706 E Broad St. | Columbus, OH 43203
877-402-7722 | 614-827-1321
apsac.org
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