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Please note: Details about the next Eastern Conference on Child Sexual Abuse will be posted when they become available. In the meantime, browse these Web pages to get a feel for our conference and bookmark this site for future reference. You may also join our mailing list to automatically receive our brochure when it becomes available. To receive a brochure email eastern@dcs.wisc.edu. Download the brochure from the homepage, or to receive a brochure by mail, e-mail dnolden@dcs.wisc.edu. Workshop DescriptionsPre-Conference Institutes (Wednesday, March 25, 2009)
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8:00–9:00 am |
Registration (continental breakfast) |
9:00 am |
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10:30 am |
Break (15 minute) |
12:00 pm |
*Lunch (on your own) |
1:15 pm |
Institutes continue |
2:30 pm |
Break (15 minute) |
4:00 pm |
Close |
*Lunch is on your own each day. Dining options are: Mez Restaurant (1st floor of Marriott). The Underground Shops offer a variety of eateries (enter from the Marriott Lobby) located within easy walking distance from the conference location.
The following day-long institutes offer more intensive learning experiences. Choose to attend one institute for the day.
1. Introduction to the Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics (NMT)
Bruce Perry, MD, PhD
Our responses to children stimulate development and organization of successive brain regions throughout the developmental process. Adults must be aware of the brain region mediating the behavior at a particular moment and adjust their interactions and interventions accordingly to promote mature development.
The NMT model uses a number of techniques from many sources. Each technique is prescribed to give additional opportunities to master developmental issues, organize neural networks, and create permanent neural connections. This allows for organization, regulation, and development of neural networks needing enhancement. These therapeutic techniques are prescribed as the result of a neurosequential archeological assessment completed on each child admitted to treatment.
Participants will gain an understanding of how to determine which activities may be helpful to clients based on the neurological level of mediation of the behavior, neurodevelopmental principles pertinent to appropriate interventions and developmental enhancements; and the key requisites for successful interventions, such as psycho-social ratio, brain region activation, patterned and repetitive nature of interventions.
2. Art and Play Interventions with
Traumatized Children and Families
Cathy Malchiodi, PhD, ATR-BC
This institute is for counselors, school personnel, psychologists, social workers, marriage and family therapists, medical personnel, play therapists, art therapists, and related professionals who work with traumatized children and is designed to help build a foundation for art and play intervention skills in clinical, medical, educational, and agency settings. Concepts covered include: An introduction to why and how drawing and other art and play activities tap traumatic memories; art and play as narratives of children’s experiences and its value for trauma specialists who work with children; how children’s traumatic experiences are expressed through drawing and other art and play activities; and activities to address trauma (Type I and II), sensory memories, and stress reduction with traumatized children.
By the end of this course, attendees will be able to:
3. Treating Adults with Complex Trauma Exposure: Emotional processing, cognitive interventions and affect regulation training
John Briere, PhD
Drawing on the latest trauma research and theory, Dr. Briere will present a nonpathologizing, developmentally-informed therapy for complex posttraumatic presentations. His Self-Trauma Model incorporates both cognitive-behavioral and relational principles to support (a) the processing of implicit and explicit traumatic memories through carefully titrated exposure, (b) the development of increased self-capacities, especially identity and affect regulation, and (c) the reworking of activated relational schema and other implicit memories within the therapeutic relationship. A central premise of this perspective is that dissociation, substance abuse, self-mutilation, and many other “dysfunctional” behaviors are adaptive strategies that cannot be cured as much as rendered unnecessary by effective treatment.
4. Adolescent Sex Offenders
Anna Salter, PhD
Most adolescent criminal offending, including sexual offending, begins and ends in adolescence. However, a minority poses a longer term risk and continues to offend in adulthood. Some of these are simply antisocial offenders who commit a variety of crimes, and others are motivated specifically by sexual deviancy. This workshop will discuss the phenomena of adolescent sexual offending, including motivations for offending, risk assessment, and treatment. The new “good lives” model of adult treatment will be discussed along with considerations for applying it to adolescents.
9:00 am |
Registration (continental breakfast) |
10:00 am |
Welcome and Plenary Session |
12:00 pm |
*Lunch (on your own) |
1:15 pm |
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2:45 pm |
Break |
3:00 pm |
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4:30 pm |
Close |
The Impact of Trauma and Neglect
on the Developing Child
Bruce Perry, MD, PhD
The development of a young child is profoundly influenced by experience. Experiences shape the organization of the brain, which in turn influences emotional, social, cognitive and physiological activities. Both trauma and neglect are pervasive problems in our culture. Neglect—the absence of essential developmental experiences required to express a fundamental potential of a child—takes various forms that can include splinter neglect, total global neglect and emotional or relational neglect. Chaos, threat, and abnormal patterns of emotional, social, cognitive, and physical interactions with young children lead to an array of brain- related problems. This presentation will review clinical work and research that can help us better understand developmental trauma, neglect, and the relational problems that arise from neglect and threat. It will provide an overview that suggests new directions for clinical practice, program development, and policy.
Dining options are: Mez Restaurant (1st floor of Marriott). The Underground Shops offer a variety of eateries (enter from the Marriott Lobby) located within easy walking distance from the conference location.
5.
Advanced Clinical Work with
Maltreated Children—Part 1
Bruce Perry, MD, PhD
Participants should also attend Part 2--workshop #11.
6.
Integrating Eastern Mindfulness Practices into Trauma Therapy for Adults: Empirical
and phenomenological perspectives —Part 1
John Briere, PhD
Studies suggest that mindfulness training can improve psychological and physical health. Learn the history and philosophy of mindfulness as it relates to trauma. Learn how to integrate therapeutic meditation into therapy. Effects on identity, affect regulation and anxiety control are emphasized. Participants should also attend Part 2--workshop #12.
7. Evaluating Trauma Reactions and Abuse in Children’s Drawings: Evidence-Based Protocols—Part 1
Cathy Malchiodi, PhD, ATR-BC
This workshop will provide practitioners with current evidence-based information on what children’s drawings reveal about trauma reactions and physical and sexual abuse. Participants will learn several drawing evaluation tools through hands on experience and relevant contemporary research findings on trauma-related content in children’s human figure drawings. Participants should also attend Part 2--workshop #13.
8.
Children Who Act Out Their Pain:
Sexual behavior problems of children
in alternative care settings—Part 1
Linda T. Sanford, LICSW
Participants should also attend Part 2—workshop #14.
9. Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Treatment for Children and Families—
Part 1
Shannon Dorsey, PhD
Monica Fitzgerald, PhD
Learn cognitive-behavioral therapy for children and their families, including strategies to intervene with children and parents. Learn rationale for this treatment model and understand the treatment procedures which are stress management, psychoeducation, gradual exposure, cognitive processing, and parental interventions. Participants should also attend Part 2—workshop #15.
10.
Using a Trauma Sensitive Approach
to Stop Sexual Harm by Youth
Joann Schladale, MS, LMFT
Current research on childhood trauma provides a foundation for enhancing therapeutic engagement and successful treatment outcomes when addressing sexual harm by youth.
11.
Advanced Clinical Work with
Maltreated Children—Part 2
Bruce Perry, MD, PhD
This continuation of Workshop 5 is only for those who attended Part 1.
12. Integrating Eastern Mindfulness
Practices into Trauma Therapy for
Adults: Empirical and phenomenological perspectives—Part 2
John Briere, PhD
This continuation of Workshop 6 is only for those who attended Part 1.
13. Evaluating Trauma Reactions
and Abuse in Children’s Drawings:
Evidence-based Protocols—Part 2
Cathy Malchiodi, PhD, ATR-BC
This continuation of Workshop 7 is only for those who attended Part 1.
14.
Children Who Act Out Their Pain:
Sexual behavior problems of children
in alternative care settings—Part 2
Linda T. Sanford. LICSW
This continuation of Workshop 8 is only for those who attended Part 1.
15.
Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Treatment for Children and Families—Part 2
Shannon Dorsey, PhD
Monica Fitzgerald, PhD
This continuation of Workshop 9 is only for those who attended Part 1.
16. Engaging Families in Treatment
with Sexually Aggressive Youth
Joann Schladale, MS, LMFT
This presentation will illustrate a collaborative approach for engaging families in treatment with sexually aggressive youth in community-based and residential settings. This model explores family members' strengths and resources to heal the pain of sexual abuse. While offender specific treatment challenges each perpetrator to stop destructive behavior, families receive support for healing related painful experiences. Youth and families learn to destroy powerful secrets of sexual abuse that may have influenced their lives for generations. Treatment addresses struggles with power, control, and connection that have often dominated the lives of these families.
Research indicates that multi-systemic family therapy with sexually aggressive youth influences successful treatment outcomes and is cost effective. Yet group therapy in residential treatment continues to be the primary approach to juvenile sexual offending. When these youth return home after residential treatment they are faced with the task of harm reduction in the environment that influenced initial decisions to commit offenses. It is imperative that interventions take this context into consideration.
Clinicians providing a comprehensive response to adolescent sexual offending can explore meaningful ways of involving families who may appear unwilling, or unable to participate. Families do have the ability to provide support and can be involved throughout treatment regardless of geographic location and limited resources.
Examples illustrating this approach will include: family systems interventions for harm reduction; facing up to abusive behavior; understanding life experiences that influence sexual harm; eliminating patterns of destructive behavior through creation of a new story based upon honor and integrity; and identifying therapeutic tasks required of each youth and their family members.
8:30 am |
Registration (continental breakfast) |
9:00 am |
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Break |
10:45 am |
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12:15 am |
Lunch (on your own) |
1:30 pm |
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3:00 pm |
Close |
17.
Screening and Assessing Trauma in
Sexually Abused Children: Models and
application of recent research—Part 1
Jeffrey N. Wherry, PhD, ABBP
This workshop is for beginning clinicians who work with children with histories of sexual abuse or who are at “high risk” (e.g., removed from parents and in foster placements). Become familiar with a model for understanding the potential impacts of child sexual abuse and learn about screening and assessment measures. Learn about empirically-validated treatment approaches and how to do follow-up and program evaluation. Participants should also attend Part 2—workshop #24.
18. Evidence Based Treatment for
Complex Trauma in Adults—Part 1
Chris Courtois, PhD
Increasingly, evidence-based practice is called for in the treatment of many behavioral mental health problems. This workshop will provide information about the evidence based for the treatment of complex traumatic stress disorders, as differentiated from PTSD as defined in the DSM IV TR. It will begin with a review of the proposed criteria of complex traumatic stress disorders and the dimensions that constitute evidence-based practice, drawing upon the definition proposed by American Psychological Association Task Force on Evidence-Based Practice. Different types of treatment strategies and approaches including their evidence base in treating complex trauma will be discussed for the remainder of the workshop. Emphasis will be placed on the building clinical consensus found in recently and soon to be published literature (including preliminary treatment guidelines), the emerging empirical base of the various approaches, the development of “hybrid” or integrated treatment models, and client values and cultural issues that must be attended to.
Objectives:
Participants should also attend Part 2—workshop #25.
19.
Empirically Informed Play Therapy
Interventions for Treating Traumatized Children—Part 1 of 3
Paris Goodyear Brown, LCSW, RPT-S
Evidence Based Practice is the new standard in the field. However, the evidence base regarding trauma treatments for children, particularly young children, is in the early stages of it's evolution. Recent research related to the neurobiology of trauma, implicit and explicit memory systems and the impact of these dynamics on trauma treatment will be discussed. Treatments with a large evidence base, such as TF-CBT and EMDR will be discussed with a view to how many of the treatment goals can be accomplished and more easily digested by children through the vehicle of play. It is critical that practitioners who serve traumatized children be able to match interventions to treatment goals and symptomatology. Specific play therapy interventions will be tied to treatment goals in an effort to help practitioners expand their repertoires with child-friendly interventions based on the latest research.
The treatment areas covered in this workshop will include helping the client to:
Several play therapy interventions will be explained and demonstrated for each of the aforementioned goals. Children accomplish the hard work of healing from trauma in a gentle, fun and safe treatment milieu. Case vignettes, slides and video clips will augment the didactic presentation. Experiential methods will also be used. Participants should come prepared to play! Participants should also attend Parts 2 and 3—workshops #26 and #33.
20.
Assessment and Treatment of Sexual
Behavior Problems in Children Under Age 12
Geraldine Crisci, MSW
The number of children under age 12 with inappropriate sexualized behavior has increased and presents a challenge to parents, practitioners, schools, and communities. Learn how to treat these behaviors starting with proper assessment and within a developmental context. Learn how to use a comprehensive approach, which includes milieu interventions and outpatient methods.
21.
Implementing Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT): Engaging caregivers in the treatment process
Shannon Dorsey, PhD
Monica Fitzgerald, PhD
Clinicians will gain practical knowledge and skills to enhance their implementation of TF-CBT with diverse families. The emphasis of this session is on discussing creative ways to maximize caregiver participation and family engagement in the treatment process, with an emphasis on working with children in foster families and kinship care. We will discuss barriers and difficulties that clinicians commonly encounter when newly implementing the TF-CBT PRACTICE skills components (psychoeducation and parenting skills, relaxation, affective modulation, cognitive processing, trauma narrative, in vivo desensitization, conjoint parent-child sessions, enhancing safety and social skills) in their practice. We will address clinicians' frequently asked questions and offer specific family engagement strategies to enhance the implementation of this intervention. Active participation and the sharing of ideas will be encouraged in this workshop. Clinicians will have opportunities to practice new strategies in small groups and 1:1 role-plays. The importance of implementing TF-CBT components with appropriate consideration and sensitivity to issues of gender, culture, age, developmental level, and socioeconomic status of the family populations involved will be emphasized throughout the session.
22. Real Treatment for Real Kids: Active ideas for creative trauma-focused cognitive reframing and prevention skills for sexual abuse victims
Tamara Hillard, LICSW
For beginner to advanced therapists, this presentation offers active ideas for creative trauma-focused cognitive reframing and prevention skills for sexual abuse victims. Emphasis is on resilience and getting past the abuse, by eliminating harmful ideas and attitudes that can inhibit healing.
23.
Case Consultation Session—limited
to the first 25 participants who register
Eliana Gil, PhD
There will be opportunity to consult on one case in-depth (for an hour) and the remaining time (half hour) will be for more brief consultation questions. Those interested in presenting a case can submit case presentations in writing at least two weeks ahead of time to egil@earthlink.net. Selected case presenters will be notified ahead of time. Dr. Gil uses an integrated and prescriptive approach to treatment which respects client individuality and pacing, considers the cultural context, is developmentally-based, and draws on evidence-based as well as practice-informed approaches and technique.
24.
Screening and Assessing Trauma in Sexually Abused Children: Models and application of recent research— Part 2
Jeffrey N. Wherry, PhD, ABBP
This continuation of Workshop 17 is only for those who attended Part 1.
25.
Evidence Based Treatment for
Complex Trauma in Adults—Part 2
Chris Courtois, PhD
This continuation of Workshop 18 is only for those who attended Part 1.
26.
Empirically Informed Play Therapy Interventions for Treating Traumatized Children—Part 2 of 3
Paris Goodyear Brown, LCSW, RPT-S
This continuation of Workshop 19 is only for those who attended Part 1.
27.
Critical Issues in Sibling Sexual Abuse
Geraldine Crisci, MSW
The workshop reviews the literature and clinical features of sibling sexual abuse. Topics include: separation of victim and offender, joint interviews with victim and offender, roles of key service providers (police, protective services, probation, and mental health). The critical role of full family participation in assessment and treatment is outlined.
28.
Using CBT Skills to Address Sexual
Acting Out Behavior (from TF-CBT)
Shannon Dorsey, PhD
A number of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy strategies, many of which are included in Trauma-focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, can be used to effectively address sexual acting out behavior. Most of the strategies discussed in this workshop will involve work with the child's caregiver (practical application of behavior management skills to sexual acting out behavior), though the workshop will include some discussion of strategies to use in direct work with the child/adolescent.
29.
The Intergenerational Transmission of the Effects of Childhood Sexual Abuse: When victims become mothers
Jenny Noll, PhD
Data from a three-generational, 20-year longitudinal study of the effects of sexual abuse is presented. Models and mechanisms for intergenerational transmission of risk and residence are discussed.
30. Ofreciendo servicios de salud mental
a familias adonde ocurre abuso sexual: La lucha y la oportunidad. (Offering mental health services to sexually abused children and their families: Challenges and opportunities).
Eliana Gil, PhD
Este taller se presentera en Espanol sin traduccion. Esta es una oportunidad para los trabajadores de habla hispana, discutir temas de interes en su primera lengua. (This workshop will be in Spanish only and will provide an opportunity to spanish-speaking providers to discuss issues of interest in their first language.)
Dining options are: Mez Restaurant (1st floor of Marriott). The Underground Shops offer a variety of eateries (enter from the Marriott Lobby) located within easy walking distance from the conference location.
31.
Case Consultation Session—limited
to the first 25 participants who register
Eliana Gil, PhD
There will be opportunity to consult on one case in-depth (for an hour) and the remaining time (half hour) will be for more brief consultation questions. Those interested in presenting a case can submit case presentations in writing at least two weeks ahead of time to egil@earthlink.net. Selected case presenters will be notified ahead of time. Dr. Gil uses an integrated and prescriptive approach to treatment which respects client individuality and pacing, considers the cultural context, is developmentally-based, and draws on evidence-based as well as practice-informed approaches and techniques.
32. Everything You Always Wanted to Know About the Trauma Narrative Component of TF-CBT
Monica Fitzgerald, PhD
The emphasis of this training will be on discussing frequently asked questions and concerns of clinicians implementing this component with children and families, such as why is gradual exposure important?; is it indicated in all cases, and if not, how would I know?; when are children ready? how do I start the process?; how is it different from TN with adults; how do I approach and structure the work with children with complex trauma histories?; how do I pace the intensity and monitor distress associated with the TN work?; and, how do I work with avoidance, and what if there isn't a caregiver the child wants to share the TN with? Clinicians will learn strategies to help children and caregivers manage the negative thoughts and feelings associated with the trauma to facilitate the “processing” of the event, as well as strategies to determine when the TN component is complete. Further, we will discuss common attitudes, discomforts, and concerns that clinicians have when they encounter child and caregiver distress related to the TN. Finally, clinicians will learn ways to structure the caregiver component of the TN, including the process of preparing for and conducting the joint caregiver-child sessions to share the TN. We will discuss creative alternatives for children without an identified caregiver and how to approach other less than ideal situations.
33.
Empirically Informed Play Therapy
Interventions for Treating Traumatized Children—Part 3 of 3
Paris Goodyear Brown, LCSW, RPT-S
This continuation of Workshops 19 and 26 is only for those who attended Part 1 and Part 2.
34.
Working with Sexual Reactive Children
Tamara Hillard, LICSW
This workshop will present information regarding child sexual abuse and the increasing awareness of children “abusing” other children. This workshop discusses the etiology of the sexual behaviors that children express and the continuum from normal to perpetrating behavior. Many children who have had sexual abuse or other inappropriate sexual exposure may have behaviors that are concerning or may involve other children. Treatment ideas and techniques specific to this population will be presented.
Teaching goals:
35.
Long Term Developmental Consequences of Abuse: What the research shows
Jennie Noll, PhD
The workshop summarizes the results from several large-scale studies examining the psychosocial, developmental, physiological and transgenerational consequences of childhood sexual abuse.
The Department of Professional Development & Applied Studies is a part of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Division of Continuing Studies. The units within Continuing Studies provide continuing education programs for lifelong learners, from precollege to seniors, as well as counseling services for adult learners. You will find the UW—Madison Continuing Studies home page at http://www.dcs.wisc.edu, or browse the Web site using the navigational links below.
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