The 4th Annual Child Abuse Prevention Conference: Pinwheels to Prevent Child Abuse
April 13, 2012 / Gettysburg, PA

This conference, located at Eisenhower Hotel & Conference Center, is intended for Community Members, Professionals working with children, and Child Abuse Investigators.

Topics include:

• Child Abuse...What Else Could It Be?
• Preparing Children for Court
• Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking
• When Helping Hurts
• Fostering Resiliency in a Traumatic World
• Darkness to Light: Stewards of Children

More Information:
Joddie Walker
The Adams County Children’s Advocacy Center
450 West Middle Street
Gettysburg, PA 17325
Tel: 717 337 9888
Email: jwalker@kidsagaincac.org

The 18th National Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect
April 16 - 20, 2012 / Washington, DC

The 18th National Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect will held on April 16-20, 2012, in Washington, DC, at the Hilton Washington Hotel in conjunction with the Children’s Bureau’s Centennial Celebration.  The conference theme, Celebrating the Past – Imagining the Future, highlights our desire to embrace our past successes, to learn from our challenges, and to realize our dream of eliminating child abuse and neglect.

Intended audience: Behavioral Scientist, Community Activist, Health Services Researcher, Nurse, Physician, Policy Analyst, Public Health Expert and Worker, Public Servant, and Social Worker.

More Information:
Hilton Washington
Washington, District of Columbia 
Email:18conf@pal-tech.com
Website:http://www.naccchildlaw.org/event/id/147135/childrens-bureau---18th-national-conference

The 17th Annual New York State Child Abuse Prevention Conference
April 16 - 18, 2012 / Albany, NY

The New York State Child Abuse Prevention Conference inspires and equips professionals, advocates, parents and other caregivers with the most recent strategies and techniques for strengthening families, preventing child abuse, and improving outcomes for at-risk children and families. Attendees travel diverse paths to the conference, working in many arenas: parenting education, family support, child abuse prevention and child protective services, intervention and treatment, domestic violence, early childhood education, health care, mental health, legal services, schools and in the home as parents. Their common dream is to build a world where all children grow in healthy and nurturing homes, schools, neighborhoods and communities.

More Information:
Marriott Hotel
189 Wold Road
Albany, NY 12205
Website: http://www.preventchildabuseny.org/news_events/nys-child-abuse-prevention-conference

MINCA 2nd CAC/MDT Professional Development Conference
April 23 - 24, 2012 / Traverse City, MI

The conference is open to MDT/CAC members from Michigan and across the country. Keynote speakers will be Laura van Dernoot Lipsky, Olga Trujillo, and Paris Goodyear-Brown. Speakers will discuss the ways that CAC and MDT members can take care of themselves while also caring for others.  Expect to explore the latest trends in the investigation of crimes related to children and ways that the work MDT professionals do can have a positive impact on victims and families.

More Information:
Tom Knapp
Chapter Coordinator
Michigan Chapter of the National Children's Alliance
P.O. Box 543
Hudsonville, MI 49426
Tel: 888 936 3349
Website: www.mivoice4kids.org

25th Annual Together for Children Conference
April 24 - 25, 2012 / Lake Geneva, WI

Preconference seminars held on April 23, 2012, at the Grand Geneva Resort, Lake Geneva, WI.

The featured keynote speaker will be John Yuille, PhD, R. Psych, CEO, Pacific Alliance of Forensic Scientists & Practitioners. Dr. Yuille also will present a full-day preconference training seminar on The Step-Wise Guidelines for Child Interviews: The New Generation.

More Information:
Ann Kulikowski
Tel: 608 442 4181
Email: ann.kulikowski@cssw.org
Website: http://preventchildabusewi.org/subSection.jsp?subid=570&sectionid=4

4th Annual Bivona Summit on Child Abuse
April 25 - 26, 2012 / Rochester, NY

Held in conjunction with Child Abuse Prevention Month, the Bivona Summit on Child Abuse is a multi-disciplinary training conference for professionals who work with children.  The Summit was created by Bivona Child Advocacy Center in recognition of the pressing need to build awareness and education about child abuse issues in our community. The 2012 Keynote Speaker is Olga Trujillo, J.D.

Who should attend:
Professionals who work with children, including but not limited to:

• Law enforcement
• Attorneys and judges
• Mental health professionals
• The pediatric medical community
• Social workers
• School personnel
• Day care providers
• Faith-based community

More Information:
Donna Lipari
Tel: 585 935 7831
Email: dlipari@BivonaCAC.org
Website: http://bivonacac.org/bivona-summit-on-child-abuse

20th Annual Downstate Conference on Child Abuse
April 25 - 26, 2012 / Carterville, IL

This conference is intended for all MDT members in Illinois and across the country. The goal of this conference is to provide high quality, affordable and accessible training for DCFS, law enforcement, mental health professionals, child advocates and all other social service workers who see daily the effects of child abuse. This conference offers cross training and offers a multidisciplinary approach to dealing with child abuse so that the victims are given the best help available when faced with the horrors of abuse. The Downstate Conference presents comprehensive training in every aspect of this very important issue, including the investigation, medical evaluation, mental health assessment and treatment, prosecution, and child advocacy. The conference explores ways to implement the best practices in child abuse investigations. Hopefully, this has translated into better outcomes for child abuse victims.

The two-day event has consistently drawn at least 250 to 300 professionals from throughout Illinois, due to the high quality and affordability of the training provided.

More Information:
Carrie Cohan
John A Logan College
700 Logan College Road
Carterville, IL 62918
Tel: 618296 5366
Fax: 618 296 5380
Email: crcohan@co.madison.il.us
Website: http://www.downstateconference.com/Home_Page_08.html

The 7th Annual Pittsburgh Conference on Child Maltreatment is directed to the prevention of child maltreatment sponsored by the Child Advocacy Center at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, featuring keynote speaker John Stirling, Jr., MD. This conference offers an opportunity for interagency, skill-building, and a forum for professionals to share information.

Tentative Workshop Topics Include:

• "From Crime Scene to Courtroom: The Dynamics of Child Physical and Sexual Abuse Prosecution"
• "Something to Cry About”: Understanding the importance of kids emotions and emotional expression in psychological recover from trauma.
• Human Trafficking: In the Greater St. Louis Area
• “Stop Sexualizing Our Children!: How the Media Impacts Children’s Sexual Development and Ways to Intervene
• The Use of Psychotropic Drugs in Foster Care
• Sexting, Sextortion and Online Predators
• Ethics for Social Workers (meets MO licensure requirements)
• Mandated Reporting & Missouri Children’s Division Hotline