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Call for Abstracts Open for the 26th Colloquium!
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APSAC is excited to announce the call for abstracts for our 26th Colloquium to be held in Salt Lake City, Utah on 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.
Priority will be given to presentations including an emphasis on integrating the principles of trauma informed interventions for all fields working with child maltreatment. Abstracts should describe presentations designed for professionals in mental health, social work, medicine and nursing, law, education, law enforcement, prevention, research, advocacy, child protective services, and allied fields. Sessions should be designated as beginning, intermediate, or advanced level content.
We are pleased and proud that APSAC Colloquia continue to be well-attended and highly regarded; we welcome your participation! Deadline to submit is November 1.
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Is Your Membership Expiring Soon? Renew Today!
Your APSAC membership may be expiring January 1, 2019. We don't want you to miss a single issue of The APSAC Advisor or our training and networking opportunities, so be sure to renew your membership now!
APSAC members can receive 10% off of their membership as a premium for each 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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Join APSAC in San Diego this January for our Advanced Training Institutes
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Hot Topics in Promoting Resilience in Children
The presence of so-called protective factors in the lives of children can buffer some of the negative effects of maltreatment, and resilience is considered a most important protective factor. Defined as a "combination of supportive relationships, adaptive skill-building, and positive experiences," individuals, families, organizations and communities can support the development of resilience in children. This pre-conference institute will provide an in-depth look at three domains where adaptive skill building in parents can promote supportive relationships and positive experiences, fostering resilience in children: 1) family-based human sexuality education as a tool to promote sexual health and safety; 2) shifting cultural norms to reduce the use of a prevalent risk factor for child physical abuse, corporal punishment; and 3) understanding and identifying psychological maltreatment. Each topic will include a theoretical background, and offer resources to implement in your practice or community.
Advanced Forensic Interviewing Techniques: Interviewing Victims of Commercial Sexual Explotiation and Using Evidence in Forensic Interviews
The first part of this presentation will provide content that forensic interviewers should incorporate in interviews of minors suspected as trafficking and/or internet crimes victims. The focus will be on non-caregiver cases. Commercial sexual exploitation interviews will be compared and contrasted to intrafamilial cases. Strategies to obtain case specific details will be discussed. The second part will focus on advanced issues in presenting evidence in forensic interviews.
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Want to bring high quality professional education to your state? The APSAC training team offers customized training to fit your community's needs!
Contact Jim Campbell, Training Coordinator for more information. CEUs available!
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New APSAC Alert Volume 9, Issue 3:
Screening for Social Determinants of Health
APSAC is pleased to present the latest issue of our quarterly news blast - the
APSAC Alert.
This issue, authored by Michelle Lopez, MD, MPH and Claire Bocchini, MD, MS offers comprehensive and useful information on screening tools for professionals to assess social determinants of health.
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Welcome APSAC's New Executive Assistant - Ilana Feldman
APSAC is thrilled to welcome our new Executive Assistant - Ilana Feldman.
Ilana is a graduate of Miami University of Ohio with several years of non-profit administration and development experience. When she is not helping to support APSAC she volunteers as a crisis counselor with Resilience (formerly Rape Victim Advocates).
In addition to her passion for public service, Ilana is an avid reader and artist.
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APSAC Member George Holden receives 2018 Distinguished Career Award from ISPCAN
APSAC member Dr. George Holden was honored with the Distinguished Career Award at ISPCAN's 2018 conference. The award recognizes an outstanding professional for longstanding dedication, expertise, and contributions to the field of child abuse and neglect. APSAC joins ISPCAN in acknowledging George's impressive contributions to our field!
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CAPSAC Releases Fall 2018 Issue of the Consultant
The California Professional Society on the Abuse of Children (CAPSAC) recently released their Fall 2018 issue of their quarterly newsletter,
The Consultant.
Inside, you'll find articles, information on upcoming trainings, and resources beneficial to professionals both within and outside of California.
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News from The New York Foundling
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Announcing the 2018-2019 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 2018-2019 workshops include:
- Treating the Effects of Racism, Immigration Trauma and Poverty in a Changing Society: How do we help those who are most disadvantaged by the effects of oppression? -- November 15, 2018 -- 5:30-7:00 pm eastern (in person) -- Presented by Alisa Ali, PhD
- To Beat or Not to Beat: What does faith, religion, and spirituality have to say about corporal punishment and loving our children? -- December, 12, 2018 -- 12-1 pm eastern (webinar) -- Presented by Darrell Armstrong, DDIV, MDIV, EDS, MFT
- Psychological Maltreatment - A Central Issue in Violence Against Children -- February 13, 2019 -- 12-1 pm eastern (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 eastern (webinar) -- Presented by Janet Rosenzweig, PhD, MPA
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Resources to Inform Your Work
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From the Children's
Bureau
From the American Bar Association
From the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children
From the National Criminal Justice Reference Service
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Have news of your own? Share it with
info@apsac.org
for the next member newsletter!
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