Past Conferences
September 9th-12th, 2013
17th International Conference on Violence, Abuse, and Trauma
Town & Country Resort & Convention Center
500 Hotel Circle North
San Diego, California 92108
May 10th, 2013
The Tenth Annual Battered Mothers Custody Conference
720 20th St. NW (at 20th and H Sts NW), Washington DC
Friday, May 10th (10am - 9pm) and Saturday, May 11th (9am - 4:30pm)
September 2012
16th International Conference on Violence, Abuse and Trauma
September 2012
Town & Country Resort & Convention Center
500 Hotel Circle North (off Interstate 8)
San Diego, California 92108
September 2011
15th International Conference on Violence, Abuse and Trauma
September 2011
Town & Country Resort & Convention Center
500 Hotel Circle North (off Interstate 8)
San Diego, California 92108
September 2010
14th International Conference on Violence, Abuse and Trauma
September 2010
Town & Country Resort & Convention Center
500 Hotel Circle North (off Interstate 8)
San Diego, California 92108
September, 21st-26th, 2009
14th International Conference on Violence, Abuse and Trauma
September 21-26, 2009
Town & Country Resort & Convention Center
500 Hotel Circle North (off Interstate 8)
San Diego, California 92108
January, 9th - 11th, 2009
Sixth Annual Battered Women’s Custody Conference: “Solutions”
Holiday Inn
Albany, New York
Visit www.batteredmotherscustodyconference.org for additional information, hotel reservations, and conference registration.
September, 12th-17th, 2008
13th International Conference on Violence, Abuse and Trauma
September 12-17 2008
Town & Country Resort & Convention Center 500 Hotel Circle North (off Interstate 8)
San Diego, California 92108
A premiere, cost-effective, multidisciplinary conference that brings over 1,500 people and agencies together to make a significant positive impact on creating violence and abuse-free homes, communities, and societies.
April 2nd-4th, 2008
5th Annual Hawaii Conference on Preventing, Assessing & Treating Childhood, Adolescent & Adult Trauma.
www.IVATcenters.org
For more information contact Lauren Ossola, Professional Training and Continuing Education Coordinator; ivatptce@alliant.edu
February 28th - 29th, 2008
Summit on Violence and Abuse in Relationships: Connecting Agendas and Forging New Directions
Hyatt Regency - Bethesda, MD
Schedule at a Glance
Registration information
Call for submissions
Co-sponsored by Divisions 35, 44 and 56. The Leadership Council is a collaborator.
Plenary Speakers: Arun Gandhi, Mary Koss, Jacquelyn Campbell, and David Finkelhor.
Topics include: Intimate Partner Violence, Child Maltreatment, Children Exposed to Violence and Abuse, Elder Abuse, Gender-Based Issues, Cultural Issues, Substance Abuse, and related themes. The focus will be on What We Know, What We Need to Know, and Where Do We Need to Go with respect to Research, Intervention, and Prevention.
January 11th - 13th 2008
Battered Women, Abused Children, and Child Custody: A National Crisis
January 11th - 13th 2008
Friday Evening - Sunday Evening
The Albany Clarion Hotel and Conference Center Albany, New York
Visit www.batteredmotherscustodyconference.org
for additional information, hotel reservations, and conference registration.
Limited scholarships will be available to assist battered mothers to attend the conference.
See attached brochure for details.
Come join with mothers, advocates, and professionals from across the nation to hear and dialogue with. . .
Wendy Murphy, Angela Shelton, Lundy Bancroft, Toby Kleinman, Joan Zorza, Diane and Kristen Hofheimer, Nancy Erickson, Barry Goldstein, Robin Yeamans, Garland Waller, Seth Goldstein, Geri Stahly, Joy Silberg, Rita Henley-Jensen, Renee Beeker, Dianne Post, Marcia Pappas, Ben Atherton-Zeman, Wendy Titelman, and many others who are working to combat the legal injustices facing protective mothers in the nation's family/divorce courts.
December 7th & 8th, 2007
Symposium on Domestic Violence Law & PolicyCustody & Abuse Litigation and The Supreme Court
December 7 & 8, 2007
Throughout the country, battered mothers and children have been subjected to unjust court processes that have violated their most basic due process rights and resulted in abusive fathers gaining custody of their children.
The Symposium will bring together leading Supreme Court scholars and litigators with expert domestic violence and child custody lawyers to create a set of best practices for bringing these due process violations for redress to the United States Supreme Court.
If you would like to register for the symposium, please click here.
| Symposium Agenda 1. December 7th will focus on the problems in family court and is open to the public. 2. December 8th, for attorneys and invited guests, is a working program for Supreme Court litigators and dv/custody lawyers. Domestic violence & pro bono attorneys are encouraged to participate. |
| Confirmed Speakers |
| Friday, 1 to 5PM |
| 1. Richard Ducote, leading domestic violence/custody lawyer 2. Joan Meier, Director, DV LEAP and Professor of Clinical Law, George Washington University Law School 3. Wendy Titleman, survivor (recently filed cert petition in the Supreme Court) 4. Irene Weiser, Stop Family Violence 5. Joyanna Silberg, Ph.D., Leadership Council on Child Abuse & Interpersonal Violence. |
| Saturday, 9 to 4 PM |
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1. John Duffy, Professor of Law, George Washington University Law School 2. Seth Galanter, Morrison & Foerster LLP 3. Greg Jacobs, Justice for Children 4. Barbara McDowell, Legal Aid Society of D.C. 5. Patricia Millett, Akin Gump 6. Paul Smith, Jenner & Block LLP 7. Barry Sullivan, Jenner & Block, LLP |
For more information or for additional assistance, please contact our Symposium management partner, The Balcom Group. You can reach them at 804-580-8352.
11th International Conference on Family Violence
September 14th -19th, 2006
Institute on Violence, Abuse and Trauma
Formerly The Family Violence & Sexual Assault Institute
Working Together to End Abuse
September 14 -19, 2006
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE - CHILD MALTREATMENT - ELDER ABUSE - TRAUMA -YOUTH VIOLENCE - SEXUAL ASSAULT - VIOLENCE PREVENTION
| Affiliated Training Institutes - Thursday 9/14 and Friday 9/15 Pre-Conference workshops - Saturday, 9/16 Conference - Sunday, 9/17 to Tuesday, 9/19 Post-Conference workshops - Tuesday afternoon 9/19 |
Town & Country Resort and Convention Center
500 Hotel Circle North, San Diego, CA 92108
A premiere, cost-effective, multidisciplinary conference that brings over 1,500 people and agencies together to make a significant positive impact on creating violence and abuse-free homes, communities and societies
September 14th, 2006
Preconference WorkshopsCo-sponsored by the Leadership Council
Earn Up to 14 CE Credits for Mental Health Professionals
Understanding and Working with Adolescent and Adult Self-Injurious Behavior
Thursday, September 14, 2006, 9am-5pm
Treating Complex Post-Traumatic Stress and Dissociation in Traumatized Children
Friday, September 15, 2006, 9am-5pm
Speakers Include:
Lisa Ferentz, Ph.D., Joyanna Silberg, Ph.D., and Frances Waters, DCSW
| Presentation Topics: 1. Impact of neglect, trauma and violence 2. Specific "cycle of self-harm" 3. A comprehensive and in-depth approach to the treatment of children with histories of severe trauma and dissociation 4. Assessment techniques with differential diagnosis 5. Varied treatment techniques with traumatized children at different developmental stages |
Offered as Affiliated Training Institutes prior to the
The 11th International Conference on Violence, Abuse and Trauma
September 16th-21st, 2005
10th International Conference on Family Violence
Institute on Violence, Abuse and Trauma Now Including The Family Violence & Sexual Assault Institute
September 16-21, 2005
Location: Town & Country Hotel and Convention Center, 500 Hotel Circle North, San Diego, CA 92108
Hotel Reservations: Call 1-800-772-8527
March 6th-7th, 2004
Protecting our Children: Clinical, Legal, and Scientific Perspectives on Child Maltreatment Fourth Annual Conference on Trauma and Victimization
Nova Southeastern University
Fort Lauderdale , Florida
March 6-7, 2004
This conference will explore multiple perspectives on child maltreatment, with an eye towards examining how new clinical, legal, and academic approaches might improve our society's response to child maltreatment. The presenters will explore legal, clinical, and system barriers that may interfere with child protection goals and explore new creative solutions for helping children caught in the cycle of intergenerational violence and abuse. Presenters will examine misinformation in the media, academia, and the courtroom about child maltreatment that may impede child protection goals and highlight scientific evidence concerning the physical and emotional consequences of child maltreatment. The conference will end with a panel discussion that will empower practitioners to think creatively about new directions for dealing with child maltreatment in their own locality.
| Objectives Participants will be able to: 1.Identify physical and emotional sequelae of child maltreatment 2. Identify examples of misinformation in the media, courtroom, and academia that have achieved acceptance to the detriment of child victims of abuse 3. Conceptualize new legal solutions for maltreated children's therapeutic needs 4.Generate new legal, clinical, or research oriented 5.Ways to enhance protection of children in their own work |
PROGRAM AGENDA Saturday, March 6, 2004
8:30-9:00 a.m.
Registration and Refreshments
9:00-10:00 a.m.
Violence and Inner-City Youth as a Problem of Abuse and Neglect
Paul Fink, M.D.
10:00-11:00 a.m.
The Ten Biggest Mistakes Made in Family Court
Joyanna Silberg, Ph.D.
11:00-noon
The Media Looks at Child Abuse: For Children or Against Them?
Stephanie Dallam, R.N., M.S.N., FNP
Noon-1:30 p.m.
Lunch
1:30-3:00 p.m.
Does Child Maltreatment Damage the Brain?
Phyllis Stien, R.N., M.S.N.
3:00-4:30 p.m.
Has Academia Misrepresented Child Abuse? Sexual Abuse and the Male Victim
Stephanie Dallam, R.N., M.S.N., FNP
3:30-4:30 p.m.
Protecting Children in the 21st Century: Where Do We Go from Here?
Panel Discussion
Assessing the Problem Sunday, March 7, 2004
8:30-9:00 a.m.
Registration and Refreshments
9:00-9:45 a.m.
Empowering Mothers to Protect Children Exposed to Domestic Violence
Lenore Walker, Ed.D.
9:45-10:45 a.m.
The Importance of Domestic Violence Sensitive Language in the Courts
Toby Kleinman, J.D.
10:45-noon
Looking at Maltreatment from a New Diagnostic Perspective
Frances Waters, D.C.S.W., LMFT
Noon-1:30 p.m.
Lunch
1:30-2:30 p.m.
Ethical Binds and Ethical Solutions in Custody Battles Where Abuse Is Alleged
Joyanna Silberg, Ph.D.
2:30-3:30 p.m.
Therapeutic Jurisprudence
Ginger Lerner-Wren, J.D.
Sponsors
The Leadership Council on Child Abuse and Interpersonal Violence
Nova Southeastern University's Center for Psychological Studies
The Center's Institute on Trauma and Victimization (ITV)
Other collaborating organizations: Family Violence and Sexual Assault Institute, Futures Institute for Sustainable Development, The Sidran Institute, and Justice for Children
